Description: The Paulina Ranger District has completed a draft Environmental Assessment for the Southside Allotments Project which proposes to continue to authorize livestock grazing in the Heisler, Wind Creek, and Wolf Creek allotments using new grazing management standards consistent with the goals and objectives of the Ochoco National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan to maintain or improve resource conditions.
Relevant Dates: 30-day comment period beginning June 17, 2008 (July 16, 2008), to Slater Turner, Acting District Ranger, c/o Paulina Ranger District, 7803 Beaver Creek Road, Paulina, OR 97751, comments-pacific-northwest-ochoco-paulina@fs.fed.us
Contact Details: Slater Turner, Acting District Ranger, 541-477-6901 or Steve Gibson, Project Team Leader, 541-416-6440

Description: Applicant requests approval of a conditional use permit and landscape management review to establish a non-farm dwelling on a 13-acre parcel in the EFU, LM and WA zones.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on July 22, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., Barnes & Sawyer rooms, Deschutes Services Bldg, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Anthony Raguine, County Planning Division, 541-617-4739, anthonyr@co.deschutes.or.us

Description: Due to recent amendments to the proposal, the Board of County Commissioners has continued the public hearing regarding Applicant's requested amendments to the County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to create a set of regulations for a new Town Center district in Sunriver. These regulations would describe what uses would be allowed in the Town Center as well as the development limitations, such as setbacks. Copies of the proposal and the record to date can be viewed at www.deschutes.org/cdd under the pending code amendment page. The Planning Commission will not be taking another vote, but the Planning Commission members will be advising the Board. At this hearing, testimony will only be taken on the amendments to Applicant's proposal.
Relevant Dates: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Barnes & Sawyer rooms, Deschutes Services Bldg, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Terri Hansen Payne, Senior Planner, 541-385-1404, terrip@deschutes.or.us

Description: Applicant is seeking a conditional use permit to establish a template dwelling on an 80-acre parcel in the Forest Use and Wildlife Area Combining zones located off of Bull Springs Road.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on July 8, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., in the Barnes & Sawyer rooms, Deschutes Services Bldg, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Anthony Raguine, County Planning Division, 541-617-4739, anthonyr@co.deschutes.or.us

Description: A special work session will be held by the Bend Planning Commission to discuss matters relating to the proposed expansion of the Bend UGB. This is not a public hearing.
Relevant Dates: Monday, June 16, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., Barnes & Sawyer rooms, Deschutes Services Bldg, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Brian Shetterly, Long Range Planning Manager, 541-385-6680, bshetterly@ci.bend.or.us

Description: Bids will be accepted for 133 CCF of Lodgepole Pine and Other Coniferous species sawtimber, 73 CCF of Ponderosa Pine sawtimber, and 145 CCF of White Fir sawtimber marked or otherwise designated for cutting, as well as 643 CCF of All Species non-saw timber that the bidder agrees to remove at a fixed rate.
Relevant Dates: Bids should be received by 11:00 a.m. on June 24, 2008, at the Deschutes Nat'l Forest Supervisor's Office, 1001 SW Emkay Dr., Bend, OR 97702
Contact Details: Sisters Ranger District Office, P.O. Box 249, Sisters, OR 97759, 541-549-7700; or the Deschutes Nat'l Forest Supervisor's Office, 1001 SW Emkay Dr., Bend, OR 97702, 541-383-5496

Description: The City of Bend intends to modify its Water Rate Structure and increase Water Rates. A public hearing will be held to discuss the proposed modifications.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., at City of Bend Council Chambers, 710 NW Wall Street
Contact Details: NA

Description: A public hearing will be held to discuss the revised Draft Land Use and Management Plan for the South Redmond Tract, a 945-acre tract south of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds and south and east of the Juniper Golf Course. The tract borders the Redmond city limits and UGB. As an asset of the Common School Fund, the tract offers a significant investment opportunity to produce revenue for the Fund. The results of the public hearing will be used to help finalize the Plan and to determine compatibility with the Redmond and Deschutes County comprehensive land use plans.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., at the Redmond Fire & Rescue Meeting Room, 341 NW Dogwood, Redmond
Contact Details: John Lilly, 503-986-5291, john.lilly@state.or.us; Doug Parker, 503-986-5246, Douglas.parker@state.or.us

Description: Hearing on proposed annexation, Thornburgh Resort Annexation to the Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #1.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on Monday, June 2, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Board of County Commissioners' Hrg Room, First Floor, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Deschutes County Counsel, 541-388-6623

Description: RCC Atlantic, Inc./Unicel is proposing to construct a 40-foot tall E-lam wood pole for wireless telecommunication arrays and microwave dish antennas on a rural privately-owned residential lot in Christmas Valley.
Relevant Dates: Comments must be received 30 days of this notice, or as of July 1, 2008
Contact Details: John F. Wark, P.O. Box 3474, Spokane, WA 99220, 509-535-3064

Description: RCC Atlantic, Inc./Unicel is proposing to construct a 50-foot tall E-lam wood pole for wireless telecommunication arrays on a privately-owned vacant lot in Redmond.
Relevant Dates: Comments must be received 30 days of this notice, or as of July 1, 2008
Contact Details: John F. Wark, P.O. Box 3474, Spokane, WA 99220, 509-535-3064

Description: Applicants are seeking Water Overlay Zone and Deschutes River Design Review approval for a 5,692 sq. ft. single-family residence in the RS zone.
Relevant Dates: Hearing on June 9, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., City of Bend Council Chambers, 710 NW Wall Street
Contact Details: Craig Chenoweth, Senior Planner, 541-388-5563, cchenoweth@ci.bend.or.us

Description: A public hearing will be held to discuss PZ 08-106, Deschutes River Design Review, and a work session to discuss matters relating to the proposed expansion of the Bend Urban Growth Boundary.
Relevant Dates: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., DeArmond Conference Room, 1300 NW Wall St.
Contact Details: Brian Shetterly, Long Range Planning Manager, 541-385-6680, bshetterly@ci.bend.or.us for the work session, and Matt Martin, Associate Planner, 541-388-5554, mmartin@ci.bend.or.us for the public hearing

Description: A Decision Memo was signed on May 19, 2008, approving the Ochoco Valley Project, which is to include 600 acres of non-commercial mechanical thinning and approx. 2500 acres of prescribed burning in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed for the purpose of reducing density of small trees and reduction of fuel loadings and wildfire risk.
Relevant Dates: NA
Contact Details: Lookout Mountain Ranger District Office, 3160 NE Third Street, Prineville, Oregon 97754, www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/projects/units/lookout/index.shtml

Description: For sale are an estimated volume of 1375 CCF of ponderosa pine sawtimber, 848 CCF of white fir and other coniferous species sawtimber, and 304 CCF of all species non-saw that the bidder will agree to remove.
Relevant Dates: Bids should be received by June 3, 2008, to the Deschutes National Forest Supervisor's Office, 1001 SW Emkay Dr., Bend, Oregon 97702, 541-383-5469
Contact Details: Sisters Ranger District, P.O. Box 249, Sisters, Oregon 97759, 541-549-7700; or the Deschutes National Forest Supervisor's Office, 1001 SW Emkay Dr., Bend, Oregon 97702, 541-383-5469