10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017
Local
County hears Lime, watershed update
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Shirtcliff and Er-
ickson discussed the
agreement with the
Board, and Shirtcliff
said that it’s a two-year
contract, and it would
mean additional rev-
enue from the State to
the County of around
$30,000.
Erickson discussed
Intergovernmental
Agreement No. 13786,
between the County
and the Oregon Youth
Authority, for the
services of the preven-
tion of and reduction
of juvenile crime, with
the Board.
Th e agreement,
which was approved,
with a motion from
Harvey, and a second
from Nichols, is also
a two-year contract,
and the County would
be compensated in the
amount of $36,912.
Baker County Social
Media Policy No.
13.3.1 was adopted,
with a motion from
Nichols, and a second
from Harvey.
Prior to approval,
Lee discussed the
policy with the Board,
which Lee said is a
more clarifi ed policy,
as requested by staff .
Morris, who has
been Executive Direc-
tor for about the last
eighteen months, pro-
vided a Powder Basin
Watershed Council
(PBWC) update, fi rst
explaining that his-
torically, the PBWC
provided the County
with an update yearly,
but that’s not been the
case for the last couple
of years.
He spoke about
the formation of the
PBWC and other simi-
lar councils. In 1987,
he said, the Clean Wa-
ter Act was modifi ed
to include “nonpoint
source pollution,”
which is when rural
areas were added (ur-
ban areas were previ-
ously the main focus).
Councils such as the
PBWC were formed in
the mid-1990s, aft er
the development of
water advisory boards,
he said.
Christo said that the
PBWC administers
three basic programs:
education and out-
reach, data collection,
and in-stream resto-
ration (he provided
copies of the PBWC
Monitoring & As-
sessment, Restoration
& Education 2016
Annual Report, and
the PBWC Monitor-
ing Program 2014 Full
Report).
Among the Moni-
toring & Education
highlights for 2016,
the PBWC: monitored
73 water quality sites
across the Powder
Basin; used 31 vol-
unteers, including
students from three
Baker County schools,
to collect water sam-
ples; completed the
fi nal year of nutrient
monitoring on the
Powder River for 20
Bureau of Land Man-
agement (BLM) sites;
and completed engi-
neering designs for
the Lower Clear Creek
Restoration Project.
Among the Out-
reach & Education
highlights for 2016,
the PWBC: had 85
volunteers, for a total
of 641.51 hours; saw
5th and 6th grade
attendance of 135, of
students from Haines
and South Baker, who
participated in the
Council’s third fi eld
day event; had 37
guests and 12 students
attend the Council’s
Fair and Spring Tours;
engaged community
members in fi ve public
watershed learn-
ing events and two
river cleanup events;
provided watershed
education for approxi-
mately 140 students
of Haines Elementary
and South Baker, at
the Sixth Grade Out-
door School Event;
and distributed three
issues of the Council’s
newsletter, Th e Th al-
weg, to 3,700 basin
residents (Th e Th al-
weg is also regularly
available at the Baker
County Library).
Christo said that
the PWBC is in its
third and fi nal year
of data collection for
the Water Quality
Monitoring Program
in 2017, and a fi nal
report will be available
by March 2018, cov-
ering 78 monitoring
sites across the basin,
by that time.
Th e Lower Clear
Creek Restoration
Project will include
revegetation and stabi-
lization of bare banks,
improved fi sh habitat,
fencing, and design
work to address fi sh
passage barriers.
Th e PWBC expects
to off more educa-
tional and outreach
presentations during
spring and fall, to
continue off ering Field
Days, and to partici-
pate in Baker Public
School’s Summer
Academy and Outdoor
School, among other
details.
A public hearing
was held in the mat-
ter of Ordinance No.
2017-04, Amending
Th e Zoning Map Ad-
opted By Ordinance
No. 84-1, Th e Com-
prehensive Plan Ad-
opted By Ordinance
No. 2000-04 (Which
Readopted Ordinance
No. 83-2), And Th e
Baker County Zoning
Ordinance Adopted
By Ordinance No.
2014-01; Creating
An Overlay To Th e
Timber-Grazing Zone
Titled Limited Use
Tourist Commercial
Overlay (LUTCO) For
Tax Lot 400 In Town-
ship 07 South, Range
38 East, Section 4C.
Kerns and Quam
introduced and de-
tailed the matter, using
the County’s interac-
tive Smart Board, aft er
Harvey read a hearing
statement, and the
Daniels, the appli-
cants, provided fur-
ther testimony, with
details and highlights
of the benefi ts to the
surrounding commu-
nities, of adherence
to standards, and of
eff orts regarding miti-
gation.
Hardt provided brief
testimony in favor, and
there was no other tes-
timony off ered, either
in favor, or in opposi-
tion. Ordinance No.
2017-04 was approved
to be read by title only,
with a motion from
Harvey, and a second
from Nichols, and the
matter was continued
to the Wednesday,
June 21, 2017 regular
session, at 9:45 a.m.,
with a motion from
Harvey, and a second
from Nichols (two
public hearings before
the Board are re-
quired).
Order No. 2017-
132, Appointing A
Member To Th e Baker
County Fair Board,
was approved, with a
motion from Bennett,
and a second from
Nichols.
Ann Kniesel was
appointed, her term
set to expire on May 1,
2018.
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