BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS'
REGULAR MEETING
August 6, 2008
1:30 p.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
APPROVED 9-1-2010
Commissioner Faye
Stewart presided with Commissioners Bill Fleenor, Bobby Green, Sr. and Pete
Sorenson present. Bill Dwyer was
excused. County Administrator Jeff
Spartz, County Counsel Liane Richardson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer
were also present.
14.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
SECOND
Stephanie Schulz, Land Manager, explained that this is an opportunity for the Board to gather testimony for consideration of co-adopting the Cottage Grove 2007 Transportation System Plan, the Refinement Plan to the Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan. She noted the Cottage Grove 2007 Transportation System Plan identifies future transportation facility and service needs through the year 2025. She indicated Statewide Planning Goal 2 requires effective governmental units with land use planning responsibilities to coordinate all plans that guide land use decisions. She said because Lane County has jurisdictional responsibility for lands between the city limits and the urban growth boundaries of the small cities, the Board’s concurrence is required for the policies and regulations contained in their comprehensive plans to be consistently applied to future decisions. She said the city’s updated TSP retains relevant policies and regulations from the previous plan as well as adding new goals, objectives and policies in response to recent initiatives within the state and County as they relate to transportation facilities. She indicated the TSP addresses all modes of transportation, motor vehicles, public transportation, bicycles, pedestrian, air, waterways and railroads. She added that local government coordination was achieved during this process by the participation of County transportation planning staff on the TSP Technical Advisory Committee during development of the plan. She recalled March 10, 2008 is when the city adopted their TSP update. She noted on February 6 they submitted it to the county for co-adoption. She noted on April 4, the DLCD notice of proposed action was sent. On April 30 notice and referral was sent to interested parties and a legal ad was published in The Register Guard notifying the public of the Planning Commission hearing. She said they held a Planning Commission work session on May 20. She indicated the vote at the Planning Commission was to unanimously recommend co-adoption of the Cottage Grove 2007 TSP to the Board. She noted on July 16 they provided a notice and referral for the board hearing today.
Schulz reported the TSP study area for developing the
conclusions goes outside the urban growth boundary for purposes of
transportation planning within the UGB and the number of trips generated within
the UGB is a larger number than the population that lives within the UGB.
She noted there were questions at the First Reading regarding population
households and the relationship to transportation planning developed by the city
of Cottage Grove. She stated that
applicable criteria are found under Lane Code 12.050.
She noted Ordinance No. PA 1258 is the adopting ordinance.
She added under 12.050(2)( c) and (d) criteria are found to be applicable
to this application. She indicated
the changes adopted by the Oregon Legislature have become law since the adoption
of the 1998 Cottage Grove Transportation System Plan. She noted the city’s
response in this change in policy is to update their plan and staff concurred
with the ordinance findings that show the TSP update responds appropriately to
transportation public policy changes and provides guidance for expected
transportation needs in Cottage Grove through the year 2025. She indicated the
Schulz said Lane Code Chapter 16.400 6(h)(iii)(aa) further requires the Board to make findings that the proposed amendment meets all applicable requirements of state and local law, statewide planning goals and Oregon Administrative Rules. She noted that Exhibit C to the ordinance addresses all applicable criteria found in the statewide planning goals and OAR’S and staff concurs with the findings and recommends the Board co-adopt the Cottage Grove 2007 Transporation System Plan for application within the Cottage Grove urbanizable area.
In response to questions by the Board at the first reading, Schulz provided a supplemental memo with attachments that address the difference in the population forecast for the Cottage Grove urban growth area as described in population and households and how the calculations were done.
Sorenson asked how the Transportation Analysis Zone applied to this. He asked who created them. He said by looking at the data LCOG provided on the number of people in Cottage Grove according to their population, they are planning for a large population relative to what the LCOG population data shows.
Celia Barry, Public Works, explained that it is more about households than population. She distributed information about the trip generation manual (Copy in file). She indicated that it is prepared by an international group of sceientists and engineers that are experts in this field. She said they use households instead of population.
Stewart requested that they keep the record open for two weeks.
MOTION: to approve a Second Reading and Setting a Third Reading and Deliberation for Ordinance PA 1248 for August 27 and keeping the record open to August 20.
Fleenor MOVED, Sorenson SECONDED.
Sorenson asked who established the boundary for the Transportation Analysis Zone. He asked if there was any way to resolve the problem of looking at LCOG and other population studies that show numbers of people within an urbanizable area outside of the city within the UGB.
Vorhes responded the legal effect of TAZ is a tool. He added that it doesn’t establish anything other than a study area for trip generations within the population within the urban area and households outside the UGB.
VOTE: 4-0.
15.
COMMISSIONERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS
Green announced
that on August 12 he will be holding a townhall meeting on jobs, challenges and
employment at the Peterson Barn.
16. CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD
None.
17.
OTHER BUSINESS
ORDER 08-7-6-5
Coordinated Population Forecast
Fleenor recommended
changes that more accurately reflected what they wanted as a board.
He read the proposed amendments.
MOTION:
to make changes to the board order and bring it back on the Consent Calendar.
Sorenson MOVED,
Fleenor SECONDED.
VOTE:
4-0.
Letter to Hynix
Stewart indicated
the third paragraph was changed as recommended earlier today.
Sorenson indicated
he had concerns about the letter.
Green wanted
Sorenson to write the letter and see if it meets with the Board’s
expectations.
Sorenson thought
that maybe they wouldn’t come to an agreement for the letter.
Green thought they
could ask for cooperation from Hynix. He
was upset the way they learned about Hynix closing.
Stewart said they
will have a further discussion on this matter in two weeks.
Vorhes indicated
that an appeal was filed on the population forecast.
He said the Planning Director has two days to review an appeal to
determine whether it will be accepted or whether there is a basis for acceptance
of the appeal.
Kent Howe, Land
Management, explained the notice for the Planning Director decision was sent out
on July 22, and the appeal period for that decision expired at 5:00 p.m. on
Monday August 4. He said the
appellant left a message on the staff phone line at 3:00 p.m. on Monday
afternoon on August 4 requesting information regarding the decision.
He said staff returned the phone call in a timely fashion on Tuesday
morning. He said the electrical
problems in the
Howe said he would
come to the conclusion that this was not filed in a timely fashion.
He didn’t think the fact the electrical problems the County is having
had anything to do with his appeal. He
said the appeallant didn’t come into their office on Monday.
There was a phone call at
Fleenor said it
looked like the County was shut down. He
thought a one day extension under these circumstances would be warranted based
that they don’t have power outages all the time and they are not creating a
precedent. He would allow the
appealant to file the appeal one day late.
Vorhes said there
is risk in terms of what the code says and what happened and whether the facts
back up to support a decision that says they will process the appeal.
He said if it is challenged, they could determine it wasn’t right.
Spartz indicated
that at no time did the website go down.
Sorenson thought
this was an extraordinary circumstance. He asked who made the decision if
something was timely filed.
Howe said he makes
the decision.
Sorenson asked when
he is supposed to make the decision.
Howe said he has
two days from
Vorhes indicated
they have two days from the day they received it.
Stewart asked what
kind of information was requested on the phone message.
Howe said they
called at 3:00 p.m. and the deadline was at 5:00 p.m.
He said the staff person who received the phone call returned it the next
morning and didn’t get the message before 5:00 p.m.
He said they returned the phone call on Tuesday morning and gave the
appealant the information they inquired about
Stewart said that
would have been the response whether there was power or not.
He didn’t support the request.
Green asked how
much time was required to appeal.
Howe responded the
decision was mailed on July 22 and there is a ten day appeal period within which
anyone can place an appeal.
Green said they had
ten days to file, not the day the power went out.
Howe said they
called the day the power went out at 3:00 p.m.
Green thought they
had enough time to do it.
Stewart said there
was a split and no clear guidance
There being no
further business, Commissioner Stewart adjourned the meeting at
Melissa Zimmer
Recording Secretary