Remarks by Phil Chang
312 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 13
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“We got corners of it. I printed myself a copy right before I came down here, and then I left it on the printer upstairs.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“It's absolutely, the print is absolutely the right size in the board pack, which I appreciate.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And Caroline, I mean, I forget, for deliberations, do you have to review background with us? I mean, we could...”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Caroline, I mean, I think this gets into the next remand issue, but I mean, it's still very complex, you know, potentially confusing, you know, how the... the 1992 comp plan and EC for the entire scenic, you know, overlay and this interact. I mean, if I'm understanding correctly, one of the arguments is, you know, that for this scenic resource, there's already been an EC done. And so we don't you can't layer another site-specific one on top of it. Is that an accurate kind of explanation of that argument or...”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“I mean, I guess what I want to understand is, is that one of the arguments being made that there was a 1992 policy that included an EC, and one of the arguments is that is the... That is the ECU that we should be working off of. That is the scenic resource protection that we should be adhering to.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“At the high level, I just think that they're, you know, basically what we're seeing is that there's parts of Existing policy, comp plan, code that direct protection of existing scenic resources. And that's going to be my overarching take on this.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, on this on this question of snowball effect. I mean, I think that this this rezone application in and of itself is, you know, viewed in the chronology of of rezone activity to rural industrial in this general vicinity of Deschutes Market Road. It is an example of snowball effect. And if I'm tracking correctly, then we will have a couple of other rezone applications in the immediate area that basically help to illustrate and demonstrate that snowball effect is real. And we do need to think about cumulative effects. of uh you know the loss of efu's own bland you know particularly in this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“We don't have to go so far south or north of this site to imagine what conversion to rural industrial zoning could produce in terms of scenic effects. I mean, just looking at the other side of the highway, just north and just south of of this property gives you a sense of what rural industrial uses look like. And it is a lot different than what is, it's a lot different than what is currently there on this property. So I'm, you know, I'm sorry, but this will, this will have significant scenic impacts. And you know, particularly taken in the context of there being, you know, other rezone…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“So my vote on both of these topics will be to deny the plan amendment zone change request.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. Do you have all the information you need?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And moved and seconded. Any further discussion?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'll just say again, I found the arguments that this land doesn't have agricultural potential unpersuasive. I am very concerned about impacts to Goal 5 resources, the snowball effect and cumulative losses of Goal 5 protected resources through this series of rezone applications to rural industrial in this vicinity of Deschutes County. Ready for a vote? Commissioner Dubon? Yes. Commissioner Dare? Yes. And Chair votes no.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Item number seven, work session in preparation for a public hearing on the Dickey Road LLC rezone of 51.86 acres from exclusive farm use to multiple use agricultural.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“I did have a question or two after reading the staff report and hearings officer's record. There was a rundown of the types of soils present on the property, the 36A soils and the 58C soils. Throughout the, you know, throughout our board packet materials, there is some description of what kind of the spatial layout of where the soils were. But I don't think I read anywhere what the percentages of the site in... you know, in 36A and what percent there is in 58C. So do you either know that off the top of your head?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, because 36A soils are, they are actually good soils. They're not 7 and 8 if irrigated. and this property does have irrigation rights. So I want to know what... Only 6.4 acres, so... Yeah, I want to know how much 36A soils there are within that breakdown, because that is, you know, it's significant to actually evaluating the agricultural potential of the property.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And there may have been some or there was a couple of times there was a mention that, you know, the current owner of the property acquired the land very fairly recently in the last few years. Do we have a specific date for that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Again, that's 7 and 8 without irrigation. But until we know how many 36A soil acres there are, we don't know which, you know, what portion of that 70% is potentially class 3 or 4 soil with irrigation. That's why it's important to understand that. So the question was about the year of acquisition of the property. 2025. 2025, okay. And yeah, 2025, then there was a notation that the property is over 50 acres purchased for $726,000. EFU zone prices. So I think that's an important thing to note as we're talking about this rezone application. Because I'm quite certain that after, you know, if this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“There was a reference in the transportation analysis, but in a number of ways, the question of how much rural residential development would there be on this property came up in a variety of ways. At minimum, if I'm tracking correctly, MUA 10 property over 50 acres would allow five units and five ADUs. Is that correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“7.7 acres of 36A soils. Okay. Thank you. Any further questions? Or anything else for this work session in preparation for the hearing next week? Next week. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“uh next item on our agenda number eight a work session in preparation of uh the board of commissioners presentation for county college on august 25th grab mine in the photocopy room thanks”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“And there's always some attrition over the versus a week.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, I like the idea of giving people a little bit more insight into the role of the county commissioner. So thank you for trying to take us in that direction. The second to last slide, what commissioners need to know, I almost feel like you could use the word what commissioners need to learn instead of know, because I don't think anyone comes into this job knowing all this stuff. I need to know or learn, but that wouldn't fit.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah. You know, or even on things that you, you know, like I knew a whole lot about wildfire mitigation before I started this role. But what the county's job is within the world of wildfire mitigation is, you know, a whole different thing. A whole different compartment.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, no, that seems like a really good final slide before we, you know, we see questions from people. They'll see those topics and they'll be interested in asking about them. At this time, do we want to divvy up slides? Kim, you had some suggestions on...”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“feelings on that flow. I mean, I kind of feel like three slides, only one commissioner doing three slides is kind of a lot to just focus on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026