Remarks by Anthony DeBone
144 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 6
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“Well, I think the previous decision was to use by reference the 1992 EC and not include it in the decision. So that's how it bounced back to us because of this at this time. Because there was an site-specific ECE discussed previous approval process, it was not included in the final decision. Now we have an updated one, which is a lot more kind of dialed in, I guess I'd say. But yeah, we need to work through that and figure out”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And then does this set a precedence for the expectation is for EC to be done on site-specific rezones like this?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And there'll be examples of them if and when this package is mature, approved or denied or whatever. There'll be examples.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“So I support the fact that the LM overlay compliant development, muted earth tones, existing vegetation is the mitigation and that comes up in the next step of a conditional use process also. I mean, so... Central Oregon Land Watch is saying don't touch anything. But, I mean, to touch something is going to try to be compliant. It's going to have to be compliant with the development. And that's a conclusion I've come to in the past.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“One of the things that comes to mind are the multi-story storage buildings kind of on the north part of town. There's one on Division, and also you can see one from the new north bypass road coming out of Bend. Multi-story, bright building with bright contrasted accents on the building. I mean, that is not what would happen in the rural industrial. You know, 30-foot maximum, I think, is what we're talking about here. Is that correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And that is to say that muted earth tones and existing vegetation and the setbacks. So as I said, I envision that rural industrial as being just a different urban development that we're seeing where some buildings want to be seen bright and bold. And that's just not allowable in this rural industrial zone.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“So I support the applicant's response for item number two, knowing that the muted earth tones and existing vegetation conditional use is going to be out there in the future, and also we're not going to be building those multi-story white buildings out there. It's just not going to be a fit. So putting direction to this, I support with remand item number two, the applicant's response. And that still puts us into the spot. Do we adopt an updated site-specific EC or not? It's kind of the whole package. I guess on the topic of the EC, I mean, it seems to be very mature now. The applicant and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“If that is done, is that, I guess it's just, is it setting the precedence for anybody else saying, oh, well, we've got to do our EC now also, or is that still kind of an open item to be done case by case?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“So my thought is if an EC line item says that, you know, something could happen in the rural, but we've determined that's not going to be a good fit for our property, they're locking themselves in by saying, Having a piece of paper that says they're never going to be able to do something on the parcel, is that logic reasonable?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, so if something comes up in the future, it'll be conditional use. It'll be a heck of a discussion, but at least it's not specifically prohibited before it ever even starts to happen. Understood. Great. Well, I support that EC also then.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Move approval of the last ranch PAZC remand request.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Could you clarify real quick just the BCL remand? Was that a Deschutes County case? Yeah. What is that referring to, I guess?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, and the solar fields. Got it. Yeah, okay. Sorry.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“uh water just uh domestic water supply so as avion available is one question there yeah they've provided a well-served report sure dear any questions um no i think we've discussed several things”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, the slides are real concise about, you know, launching point for each of us to be able to speak about what we do, how and why. You know, a lot of good facts here. So as I say, I think the three of us have done this many times, so we can get through any of this. And these are real interesting political times, too. This will be the last time a three-person board presents like this.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, that's a great picture. Yeah, that was a good one.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And this will be the very beginning of the session for everybody also.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“So I support you know one slide each and just yeah making a little bit of room case another commissioner wants to build something and just finish it up or whatever.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yep. Well, and just like Commissioner Chang always says, let's get them asking questions up front early. So maybe there's a moment before we even go into those slides. Maybe there's a whole new slide. So is there any thoughts? Because I was wondering, is somebody coming here for a hot topic or whatever?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026