February 17, 2009 AGENDA

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' AGENDA

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10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Siuslaw Middle School, 2525 Oak Street, Florence)

1. Siuslaw School District Tour and Lunch. (Siuslaw Middle School Principal Lisa Peterson) (estimated 120 minutes)

2. Lunch with students and staff at Siuslaw Middle School. (estimated 40 minutes)

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(Maximum time 30 minutes: Speakers will be limited to 3-minutes per public comments. If the number wishing to testify exceeds 10 speakers, then each speaker will be given an apportioned amount of the total time.)

3. COMMISSIONERS' RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND/OR OTHER ISSUES AND REMONSTRANCE (2 min. limit) (estimated 10 minutes)

a. DISCUSSION/Citizen Initiated Tax Measures. (Commissioner Pete Sorenson) (estimated 45 minutes)

b. ORDER 09-2-17-1/In the Matter of Amending the Good Governance Board Order. (Commissioner Pete Sorenson) (estimated 15 minutes) View Material

c. RESOLUTION 09-2-17-2/In the Matter of Supporting Increasing the Oregon Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). (Commissioner Pete Sorenson) (estimated 15 minutes) View Material

d. DISCUSSION/Environmental Protection Agency Grant Application: West Coast Estuaries Initiative for Coastal Watersheds. (Commissioner Sorenson) (estimated 15 minutes) View Material

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009 – BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OUTREACH – COMMUNITY DIALOGUE

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(All items listed here are considered to be routine by the Board of Commissioners and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately.)

1) ORDER 09-2-18-1/In the Matter of Approving a Grant Application to the Oregon Department of Revenue for ORMAP Funds in the Amount of $140,000 For FY 2009-10. (Anette Spickard, Assessor) View Material

1) ORDER 09-2-18-2/In the Matter of Approving the Submittal of a Grant to the U.S. Departments of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the Amount of Up to $250,000 Over Two Years for Education, training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities; and Delegating Authority to the County Administrator to Sign Grant Documents. (Alicia Hays, Children and Families Director) View Material

1. ORDER 09-2-18-3/In the Matter of Delegating Authority to the County Administrator to Execute Intergovernmental Agreement between the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Lane County to increase the Per Diem Daily Rate. (Russ Burger, Lane County Sheriff) View Material

1. ORDER 09-2-18-4/In the Matter of Appointing Seven New Members to the Resource Recovery Advisory Committee. (Marsha Miller, Director, Public Works and Patti Hansen, Division Manager, Waste Management Division) View Material

a. ORDER 09-2-18-6/In the Matter of Allowing the SAVE Committee to Meet on February 26, 2009, and Thereafter During the First Quarter of 2009, Outside of a Regularly Scheduled Board of County Commissioners' Meeting (Liane Richardson, Director, County Counsel; and Marc Kardell, Assistant County Counsel) View Material

a. Legislative Committee. (Jeff Spartz, County Administrator; and Alex Cuyler, Intergovernmental Relations Manager, County Administration) (estimated 30 minutes)

a. DISCUSSION/Public Safety, Education, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation. (Ron Chase, Executive Director, Sponsors; and Larry Weinerman, Director, Chrysalis Drug Treatment) (estimated 30 minutes) (TIME CERTAIN 10:00 A.M.)

b. ORDER 09-2-18-7/In the Matter of Approving Projects Submitted under Title III of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program, P.L. 110-343 for Fiscal Year 08-09. (Jeff Spartz, County Administrator, County Administrator; and Christine Moody, Sr. Management Analyst, Budget) (estimated 30 minutes) View Material View Material

c. ORDER 09-2-18-8/In the Matter of Awarding Contracts for Strategic Investment Projects Selected Through the 2008 Economic Development RFP Open Proposal Cycle and Authorizing the County Administrator to Sign Project Contracts. (Jeff Spartz, County Administrator; and Mike McKenzie-Bahr, Community and Economic Development Coordinator) (estimated 20 minutes) View Material

a. ORAL REPORT BACK/Discussion Regarding the Results of a 12-month B-20 Biodiesel Evaluation. (Marsha Miller, Director, Public Works; and Phil Guyette, Fleet Services Manager, Fleet Services) (estimated 15 minutes)

a. PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDER 09-2-18-9/In the Matter of Receiving Comments From the Public About Community Development Needs, Proposed Projects to Meet These Needs, and Lane County's Performance of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Projects. (Jeff Spartz, County Administrator, and Mike McKenzie-Bahr, Community and Economic Development Coordinator, County Administration) View Material

a. ORDER 09-2-18-10/In the Matter of Electing Whether or Not to Hear an Appeal of a Hearings Official's Reconsidered Decision Approving in Part, and Denying in Part, an Application for a Recreational Vehicle, Boat, and Self–Storage Facility in the Rural Residential Zone (RR5), Map and Tax Lot T18-R03-S24 Tl 4600 (File No. PA 07-6721/McCabe). (Marsha Miller, Public Works Director, and Rafael Sebba, Associate Planner, Land Management Division) (estimated 30 minutes) View Material

5. WORK SESSION/Conflicts of Lane Code Chapters 10 and 16 (Identify conflicts before Work session) (LMD) (3/19/08)(July or August)

7. REPORT BACK/Energy Saving Incentives to Long-Range Planning Codes (LMD) (5/14/08)

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*NOTE: Next scheduled Board of Commissioners' Meeting Tuesday, March 3 and/or Wednesday, March 4, 2009.