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Moratorium
Support Committee Summary
6.8.06
Johan Hogervorst, Committee Chair
to
City Council
The Moratorium Support
Committee was formed by the motion of Councilor Howison on
May 11, 2006
. Since
that time, we have met on May 17, 24 and 31.
We also plan to meet once more on June 7th before the
next Council Meeting at which time we will be meeting with contractors (LCOG) for professional help with our ordinance revision.
Accomplishments to
date:
May 17th meeting
Formalized the members
who wish to be involved and have decided to meet every Wednesday night at
7pm
for the duration of the moratorium.
Looked at the list of tasks to be accomplished over the 120 days of
the temporary moratorium (Attachment A of Ordinance 182), and we
prioritized them as follows:
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Priority
#1 – BMPs for erosion control, surface water runoff and vegetative
stabilization. We also
added a fertilizer ordinance and provisions for impervious surfaces
during development
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Priority
#2 – Implementation of Ordinance 173
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Priority
#3 – Draft and adopt higher standards for septic systems
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Priority
#4 – Educational outreach program
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Priority
#5 – Lakeshore survey. Also
need road survey to analyze where ditches are connected to streams and
lakes.
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Priority
#6 – Document progress and inform the mayor and councilors
Committee members were assigned to each priority at the first
meeting and assignments were clearly made.
Grant possibilities and assigned city budget were discussed and the
group stressed the need to clearly define the roles of LCOG and volunteers
in the process. With regard to
ordinance revision as a whole,
Gary
had asked if we were going to work with
the proposed chapter 155 or would we start from scratch with our existing
ordinance.
Gary
state that working off the existing
ordinances would be cheaper, better for tracking changes and more
defensible. The committee
agreed with
Gary
’s assessment and decided to build on our
current ordinances.
May
24th meeting
The Committee went
through each of the priorities and reviewed action items as assigned at
the last meeting. Under
Priority #1, we began reviewing ordinances from the
Tahoe
Basin
and agreed that they are well written and
useable for our work along with Troutdale and some other cities’ codes.
Under priority #2, we went through a list of 20 items that needed
to be accomplished in order for us to implement Ord 173.
Among the most important were the need for a working database to
track systems, and resolution on DEQ certification for inspectors.
We made a list of things to hand off to the Water Quality
Committee. Under Priority #3,
we made the decision to approach Mark Chernaik and ask him to give us a
bid on putting together the standards for new septic systems in
Dunes
City
. Under
Priority #4, we talked of ideas for public outreach including an event
with food and music. Priority
#5, the lakeshore survey will happen in July upon the
Chandlers
’ return.
Assignments were reconfirmed and a discussion of the role of staff
in helping to implement priorities of the moratorium occurred.
It was the consensus that the Council and Mayor need to direct the
staff to make the moratorium a higher priority if indeed we want some of
the most important priorities to get done.
Joanne had indicated to Chair Hogervorst that this was possible if
clear direction was given to the staff in this regard.
Issue needs to be raised at the next Council meeting.
May
31st meeting
Action items assigned
to specific committee members were discussed in detail:
Three professionals from LCOG are scheduled to meet with our
committee on June 7th to outline the scope of work to
accomplish ordinance revision. After
June 5th, 2006
, DEQ should be able to approve the
certification of our one septic pumper in
Dunes
City
. Items
presented to the Water Quality Committee were reviewed but not taken on.
We will forward these items to city staff and our committee will
follow up on them.
Tenmile
Lakes
staff is working with us on a sign that
reminds entrants to
Dunes
City
that all ground-disturbing activities
within city limits require permits. We
heard more reports on
Tahoe
Basin
’s ordinances and how LCOG can use
portions in our rewrite. We
will continue to pursue a relationship with Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
personnel to assist our efforts.
Contact has been made with Mark Chernaik and he has responded with a
description of the work he could accomplish, a price for the work and
probable hours it would take. There
was group consensus that we should hire him for $1,200 to accomplish
Priority #3. While Chernaik
can help us greatly with new systems, committee members are in agreement
that existing systems that are in poor shape, though not failing, are a
big problem that is not being addressed under this moratorium.
A subcommittee was formed to look at the feasibility of tackling
this huge problem. We may
choose to work with Chernaik on this aspect as well.
Financial assistance to landowners will be key to this issue.
We heard a report on what the Oregon Revised Statutes say about the
BMPs we are adding to our ordinances and we want to tier to these statues
and any other governing authorities within our new ordinances wherever
possible. One of our committee
members has been having an open dialog with
Lane
County
about their septic database and what we
need to do to set up ours. Two
committee members have undertaken the task of going to the
Lane
County
office to literally copy or photograph
existing records that are now in file cabinets.
City staff will be meeting with an LCOG employee concerning the
city’s current database and what can be done to complete it.
After this work occurs, we can ask if a septic component can be
added. Meanwhile, we will work
with Excel to input known data.
Attendees
and participants at one or more meetings to date:
Mark
Chandler, Susie Navetta, Peter Howison, David Bellmore, Richard Koehler,
Karen Peck, Johan Hogervorst, Darlene Beckman, Marv Beckman, Eric
Hauptman, John Stead, Gerry Wasserburg, Ralph Farnsworth, Audrey
Farnsworth, Dave Davis and Jim Rossman
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