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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12,2015
HARVEY
“I have to pay close attention to
this because we have an ordinance
in Baker County from 2001 that
says we will coordinate. I don’t
have an option, as the chief officer
of Baker County, my directive is we
will coordinate,” Harvey stated.
Harvey went on to talk about de
veloping a new natural resource
plan by utilizing the framework of
the County’s old plan and integrat
ing into it the updated expert infor
mation, consumer information and
data for the best economic growth.
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This new plan would then be fo
cused on what is best for Baker
County and the other government
agencies can come look at the plan
and make a decision whether or not
they wish to coordinate with thè
county as a cooperative member.
“It’s a process that will take some
time, several meetings and lots of
patience,” Harvey said of the time
frame for creating the new plan and
coordinating with other agencies.
Art Sappington of the Eastern
Oregon Mining Association also re
minded Harvey of the money sav
ings that occurs when an entity is
coordinating and not cooperating.
The cooperating agency must foot
its own bill for research, data collec
tion, legal fees, etc. This difference
would explain why the county, as a
cooperative entity, had expended so
much money while assisting in the
Blue Mountain Forest Plan revision
over the past 14 years according to
Sappington.
Other topics brought up were a
brief explanation of the Watershed
Council, a mention of the new East
ern Oregon Jobs Council and a we
binar with Oregon State Legislators
Cliff Bentz and Ted Ferrioli.
The webinar is a monthly event,
occurring on the first Wednesday of
each month. It is held at the Baker
County Event Center at 7 a.m. It is
Make Your Reservation
open to the public and anyone with
questions or comments for the leg
islators is welcome to participate.
Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Debi Bainter offered some
good advice given to her by Senator
Ferrioli for making a difference in
how legislation is written and voted
on.
She quoted the Senator, “If we
want to see something change there
had to be more than nine people in
my legislative hotline meeting at 7
a.m. in the morning on Wednes
day.” Extensive amounts of com
munity involvement is the most
notable way to get the attention of
lawmakers.
Harvey wrapped up the meeting
stating, “There’s no separation any
more. My job is to bring Baker
back together again. We have got to
show that we are together and go
against what’s attacking us.”
Harvey suggested that residents
show up to meetings, write letters
to the editors of newspapers, give
our legislators a ‘report card’ and
make phone calls to get the
processes of rebuilding our econ
omy started.
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Commissioners
Vote to
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The fact that many citizens are
extremely dissatisfied motivated
Baker County’s Commissioners
to change course.
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sion session, a full court room
witnessed the Commissioners
unanimously vote to withdraw
Baker County’s participation in
the new Memorandum of Under
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the Blue Mountain Forest region
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