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County staff explained that the project is a partnership of St. Charles Health System (SCMC), BestCare, PacificSource, and Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI) on behalf of a regional provider. The City of Redmond limits facilities to 15 beds; the county will be the CDS applicant and the funds would be awarded to the operating provider to outfit the facility. Separately, Representative Levy is pursuing a $4,000,000 request for construction; partner organizations have committed to operations support and other funding.

Commissioners approved the county’s application request and authorized staff to submit the CDS proposal to the congressional offices identified by stakeholders. The board instructed staff to coordinate letters of support and to consult with partner agencies on the application packet.

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Emily Horton, public health manager for preparedness and environmental health, told the board the county’s MRC includes many non‑licensed volunteers who perform critical tasks during local incidents (check‑in, logistics, shelters). The proposed changes in SB 837 would reduce legal barriers and expand the state’s ability to register and deploy volunteers where needed.

After discussion, the board unanimously directed staff to submit level‑2 (priority) support testimony for SB 837 and to provide the bill office with the written comments prepared by the county’s MRC coordinator.

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Collins summarized the approach: adopt state definitions where available, replace subjective terms (for example “adequate”) with quantitative measurement where possible, and add clear definitions for components that distinguish accessory structures from dwelling units (kitchens, full baths, internal connectivity). He explained a specific technical change to how building height is calculated (an average of adjacent high/low finish grade, with an optional perimeter‑sampling method available in some cases) to avoid unintentionally disallowing common designs such as daylight basements.

No members of the public submitted testimony during the hearing. After a short period of board deliberation, the board voted to close the hearing record and directed staff to prepare ordinance materials and return for a first reading approximately two weeks later. The board emphasized that this is the first of several packages and that staff will continue to refine the code with further packages addressing subdivision/partition standards, natural resources (Goal 5) and other provisions.

Why it matters: the changes implement a statewide mandate that local governments apply clear and objective standards to needed housing proposals outside incorporated UGBs; planners expect additional follow-up packages to finish the extensive code work required before the July 1 effective date.

What’s next: staff will prepare ordinance drafts and training materials for permit staff and bring the ordinance forward for the board’s first reading in approximately two weeks.","After a public hearing with no in-person or remote public testimony on the first package, the board closed the record on the Title 18/19 clear-and-objective amendments (definitions, dimensional standards and accessory uses) and directed staff to prepare ordinance documents for a first reading in roughly two weeks.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6330293,"Commissioners approve $8,946 grant application request for county Historic Landmarks Commission",529,1461000,1990000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314727-4447e511123d65b31c6f56280c1d579b&start=1461&end=1990","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314727-4447e511123d65b31c6f56280c1d579b/thumbnail_1461000.jpg","/articles/6330293/Deschutes-County/Oregon/Commissioners-approve-8946-grant-application-request-for-county-Historic-Landmarks-Commission","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330293-4b825ccbda8404d5a63c66094e5f2f4e/orig.mp4?Expires=1773743776&Signature=UlG3rscYNY4lfBu6mL1r8Ra6OXn9DepFhYa1hoy5-KF6lTa0H4n8Y4VfGf9UQtr9oqMJ6zcqZZyNPLnGP8HDxqcCo0uqf5FNaHDvLfF7De7GISjec0oddvajv0ucpwsOR4HIV5qPuk3NccRfoPGcBiKxlpRaxlD~8Qwl9SeQgDV~N2-v0I0oUzosN~mpHsAu0IOKQP8WIroTPzV1zinX71nMTeAG5NpgF9Hp-fGHq1ba2t80tQmSf8~JdpopDTug2gq08EosrIgyaOV7NwiTtD6ze~Ss6k1gkvDhj09bTwJm9EdREJJMNsL6HIhweWcXckyD1TXBJkTlfPampL0rlw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 12 voted unanimously to authorize staff to apply for the 2025–26 Certified Local Government (CLG) historic preservation grant. Tanya Saltzman, senior planner in community development and staff liaison to the Historic Landmarks Commission (HLC), described the $8,946 request as primarily intended to fund training (including the Oregon Heritage Conference) and support materials for the HLC and the City of Sisters’ initiatives.

Saltzman explained the grant is a federal pass‑through from the National Park Service via the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). She told the board the grant requires a 1:1 match that the county will meet with staff time rather than a cash match: “That is not a check that the county is writing, it is just a staff time,” Saltzman said.

Commissioners expressed support for investing in training for the newly reconstituted HLC and for it being a cost‑effective way to build local capacity for local historic preservation review. The motion to authorize submission of the application passed with the chair and both commissioners voting yes.

Next steps: If the application is successful the county will return to the board for any grant award documents and will carry out the grant activities, including training and documentation updates, through the following grant cycle.

","The board authorized staff to apply for a Certified Local Government historic preservation grant of $8,946 to support training and outreach for the county Historic Landmarks Commission and City of Sisters; county staff time will meet the required 1:1 match.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6330296,"Deschutes commissioners hear hours of public concern and expert explanation over state wildfire hazard map",9944,1095000,11039000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314727-4447e511123d65b31c6f56280c1d579b&start=1095&end=11039","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314727-4447e511123d65b31c6f56280c1d579b/thumbnail_1095000.jpg","/articles/6330296/Deschutes-County/Oregon/Deschutes-commissioners-hear-hours-of-public-concern-and-expert-explanation-over-state-wildfire-hazard-map","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330296-16d4f121c7aaeb6b1bc1cf30399ab26b/orig.mp4?Expires=1773743776&Signature=F2u4kUJk6DS-DA8pXZO2n3zsFUR3f6xbt15Qs1cV1ecNJzjrAbdrjyKNuuxNESFAnSTTDWwZcq795CfZ1NU3IOSQiYsGgTdx6xlI4wfCIy8tH45Ys5~HWguVwrgi5xE5IcowzYslzuxMSxPL6xFa-8uOHFjklQ4JgbK50Nd-ru0k69FvLWIChjDuuonr~TkU0~-Lhbxb4C1d65W-egNy1A1gD1pOk1JvcR81iJ1Iy4wv65CtskS~BpnXLd-flnISMCa7aQkAS9lRsSJhSytn-FpQa~JTTmdix6XkhW8VkrRVc6BmYW8iGgCp0O2LWdOrgdgWfbthWzn5YFMgldfl2A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commissioners and a packed public room spent hours discussing the statewide wildfire hazard map produced under Senate Bill 762 (amended by later bills including SB 80), with residents urging the county to oppose portions of the map and staff and experts explaining what the map does and does not require.

The meeting opened with multiple speakers during citizen input and continued into an extended agenda item on the wildfire hazard map. Commissioner Chang said the county should focus on actions that reduce the risk of homes burning and cautioned against letting the map fight distract from fuels work: “trying to make the maps go away is a distraction from helping us protect Deschutes County homeowners, from losing their homes in the next wildfire,” he said.

County Forester Kevin Moriarty and Associate Planner Kyle Collins presented technical details of the map and the implementation path in state rulemaking. Moriarty stressed that the R3-27 “fire hardening” building standards that the state would apply to new development are already in common use and not brand-new, arguing they are practical measures rather than radical change: “These are not radical new building materials that are being forced upon people,” he said.

Many residents told the commissioners the state map had singled out individual parcels that appeared similar to their neighbors and that the map’s parcel-level designations had caused alarm about insurance and resale. Sita Kelly, a Bend resident who submitted written testimony in advance, asked the county to join other Oregon counties in opposing SB 762’s Section 8 and to coordinate a regional response: “Deschutes has the opportunity to be part of the trifecta and make us stand together as Central Oregonians,” she said. Agricultural and rural owners pressed the point that irrigated land and other local conditions were not always reflected in the statewide product.

Others who work in wildfire response urged caution about rejecting science-based mapping outright. Keith Rocco, a long‑time wildland firefighter and local Republican party chair, said the statewide hazard map cannot substitute for site‑level tactical decision making but also warned that removing the map entirely could create resource‑allocation problems in planning. “The wildfire hazard map in SB 762 can’t do that. It does not provide any useful information that can lead to success,” he told the board, while also saying the map’s absence would not provide the tactical data firefighters use day to day.

Commissioners and staff repeatedly separated three things that the map can, and cannot, do: (1) the map assigns a landscape‑level hazard classification that is intended to guide where statewide defensible‑space and building‑standard rules would attach to new development; (2) the map itself does not directly set insurance company premiums — insurers use proprietary models and claim history to make underwriting decisions — but residents reported correlation between map notices and changes in the insurance market; and (3) many of the mitigation tools that reduce the real risk of losing homes — fuels treatments on federal lands, local projects, and neighborhood hardening programs — remain the county’s top priorities.

No formal county ordinance or resolution opposing the map was adopted at the meeting. The board agreed to continue public engagement; commissioners asked legal and community development staff to review appeal procedures, and the chair said she would be in contact with state legislators. The board asked staff to prepare materials (including links to the appeal form and technical guidance) and to follow the governor’s and legislature’s incoming work on the topic.

Why it matters: homeowners, small landlords and rural businesses say parcel-level classifications are damaging property values and disrupting transactions; county officials say greater clarity and more resources for fuels reduction and home hardening are the practical solutions. The discussion laid out the immediate political, technical and community challenges the county will press with state lawmakers in coming weeks.

What’s next: the board asked staff to collect appeal instructions into the meeting record, to follow up with the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal about the definitional and appeals process, and to communicate constituent concerns to state legislators.

","Commissioners spent the morning and part of the afternoon on Senate Bill 762/80 and the statewide wildfire hazard map, hearing about insurance, mapping methods, federal land treatments and community mitigation. No formal resolution was adopted; commissioners asked staff and legislators for follow-up and to relay constituent concerns.","actionData","errors"]

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