Remarks by Phil Chang
312 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 13
- Play at 1:45:04
“um i guess to kind of further you know for this further explore this idea you know my issue with with this is that we are trying to uh decide whether a condition is allowable or not that i um at the policy level i disagree with right i actually want us to be able to do clustering uh you know and and you know Yeah, put five units in a little corner of this property and keep the rest blank slate for future urbanization. Are there ways to draft these kinds of conditions that preserve opportunities to adjust to future clustering policy if that kind of policy is created?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:48:19
“And I mean, speculating about future policymaking, if we bring back the idea of an urbanization overlay that was kicked around a few years ago, going a half mile or a mile out from the city and an urban growth boundary and saying, you know, we... we would allow development of RR10 or MUA10 in a clustered way, that would similarly not conflict with this condition or the condition could be written to accommodate that if we say pass that in February 2027.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:49:23
“Okay. Thank you for walking me through that. I don't have any further questions. Right. Well, if there are no further questions from commissioners, then we can proceed to the discussion of whether we want to continue the hearing to a date and time certain, close the oral portion of the hearing and leave the written record open to a date and time certain, close the hearing and schedule deliberations for a date and time to be determined, or close the hearing and commence deliberations. I guess one question for staff before we get into that. How are we looking in terms of calendar and shot clock…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:51:40
“I would still be interested in hearing about... augmenting the information that's already, that was just submitted by LandWatch with information about irrigation districts and the seniority of rights in the examples that are provided. So I think to receive that and to be able to consider that, we would need to leave the written record open. So that's my preference, but this is a majority decision.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:52:31
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:54:24
“Well, if there's no further questions or comments from commissioners, we can wrap this up then. That's the timeline. Thank you very much, Dan.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:54:51
“We'll see you all in a few weeks. Okay. At this time, we'll move on to item number nine, a public hearing related to revisions to Deschutes County Code Chapter 8.30, Deschutes County Ambulance Service Area and 8.30.100 Appendix A, the Ambulance Service Area Plan.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 1:59:32
“Are there questions or thoughts before we jump into the public hearing?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:00:04
“Wow. And tightening it up. I mean, there's a lot of changes in here, you know, for this incredibly rapidly evolving, you know, area of public services that I'm sure there's a lot of things that we need to think about now that, you know, we couldn't have even imagined 27 years ago. So with that, are you all ready to go to a public hearing?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:00:37
“Okay. At this time, we will open a public hearing on revisions to Deschutes County Code Chapter 8.30, Deschutes County Ambulance Service Area and 8.30.100, Appendix A, the Ambulance Service Area Plan. Is there anyone in the room who would like to provide comment or testimony during this hearing. And Eric, is there anyone online with their virtual hand raised? Okay. Seeing none, we can close the public hearing and proceed to deliberations.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:02:47
“I want to express appreciation for all of the franchisees who provide ambulance service in our community as well. And also express concern. Commissioner DeBone raised funding constraints. Most of our fire districts don't collect any tax monies to provide ambulance service. They are pretty much entirely dependent on insurance coverage or patient pays type model in order to provide ambulance service. And there's a lot of discussion these days about the $1 billion of Medicaid funding that is going to evaporate for the state of Oregon. One billion dollars per year that's going to evaporate…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:04:49
“It's been moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Commissioner Adair? Yes. Commissioner Dubon? Yes. Chair votes yes. And so we can proceed to a first reading now? Do we need an additional motion for the first reading or that's?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:05:14
“Okay. Okay. So, first reading. Before the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County, Oregon, an ordinance amending Chapter 8.30, Ambulance Service Area, of the Deschutes County Code and amending Appendix A to Chapter 8.30, the Ambulance Service Area Plan for Deschutes County, Ordinance No. 2026-016. All right. We'll see you in a couple of weeks for second reading.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:06:33
“Well, yeah. Thanks to you, Tom. Thanks to all the members of the committee for doing the very heavy lift on overhauling a very old plan and freshening that up for us, modernizing it so that we can move forward.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:06:57
“Okay. Moving to item number 10, letter of support for Bend Urban Renewal grant application.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:10:19
“Chris, one question I'd like to ask is that this connection has shown up in TSPs or other plans for a number of years. Can you just talk about the way that it has showed up and the way we've discussed it in past plans?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:12:08
“Yep. So the city owns an easement and is the easement for more than just the water and sewer lines or, you know, does that easement cover a road?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:12:30
“Maybe that's a question for the city to answer. Here we go. Thanks for joining us.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:13:04
“And that'll be, I'm sure that'll be part of what is studied or analyzed is acquisition of adequate right-of-way or Eastman.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:13:54
“And Jonathan, do you, you may or may not know this, I mean, would the city envision completing this whole segment all the way to Deschutes Market Road in one fell swoop? Or would there be like a piece, you know, so that you could better serve Juniper Ridge and then another piece later on?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:15:06
“Is that little band of untreated land, is that the easement that we're talking about?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:16:02
“Yeah, no, and there'll need to be a lot of thought about how you connect in... uh, you know, a major road into just, you know, into shoots market road, which is, was not, at least it's not currently engineered to accommodate on, you know, a huge amount of traffic coming in off of Cooley road in, in that spot. So we, um, it's good to do the planning and the analysis. Um, yeah. Any further questions?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:16:48
“It's been moved and seconded. Any further discussion? I guess one big picture thing I would say is that, you know, Juniper Ridge was a long time ago, it was county property that was, you know, that turned over to the city to facilitate expansion and economic growth and development. And it's exciting to see that, you know, it's exciting to see the work in Juniper Ridge proceed and, and, You know, here we are back again, however many decades later, talking about, you know, working together to facilitate urban growth and economic development in that area. So celebrating the ongoing partnership…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:17:57
“Right on to item number 11. ARPA funds re categorization and allocation authorization.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026
- Play at 2:20:06
“I'm really excited to see that on-farm efficiency work happen. So I hope that the Deschutes River Conservancy is able to get a lot of that work completed before the deadline. But having an excellent kind of backup use for those funds is a good thing.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 26, 2026