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MEMORANDUM
TO: Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Peter Russell, Senior Transportation Planner
DATE: February 10, 2010
SUBJECT: Work Session summary for adding PA-09-2 (adding 19th Street to Transportation
System Plan map between Redmond and Deschutes Junction)
BACKGROUND
Staff initiated PA-09-2 to add a line depicting 19th Street, a future rural arterial, to the Deschutes
County Transportation System Plan (TSP) map between the existing 19th Street in south
Redmond and the Deschutes Junction interchange. The two-lane road will go east of the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks.
The Deschutes County Planning Commission (PC) held public hearings on Dec. 17, 2009 and
January 14, 2010, and deliberated on January 28, 2010. The PC voted 6-0 in support of a
transportation linkage between Redmond and Deschutes Junction, but voted 6-0 to recommend
the Board deny the specific alignment depicted in PA-09-2.
The alignment of PA-09-2 originated in a federal planning document, the “Upper Deschutes
Resource Management Plan” (UDRMP) which identified a ½-mile wide corridor across the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands between Redmond and Deschutes Junction. The
UDRMP plan was a multi-year collaborative effort involving BLM, Deschutes County, City of
Redmond, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Department of Land Conservation
and Development Oregon (DLCD), Department of State Lands (DSL), and the Oregon National
Guard.
PURPOSE OF WORK SESSION
Staff will provide background to the Board to prepare them for the Feb. 22, 2010, public hearing
on PA-09-2. Key issues will be 1) explain the alignment chosen for 19th Street, which requires
an exception to Statewide Planning Goal 3; 2) purpose of 19th Street; 3) summarize the
concerns of the PC as well as the general public; 4) summarize the support from the City of
Redmond, ODOT, and DSL; and 5) staff will answer any questions from the Board.