Shoreline visual
assessment discussed
The board heard a
presentation from representatives of the state Department of Land Conservation
and Development on the draft Visual Assessment Tool for the state’s Territorial
Sea Plan amendment.
DLCD’s Paul Klarin
said the tool is designed to inventory, evaluate and score shoreline viewpoints
along the Oregon Coast for the purpose of assessing the potential visual impact
of wave energy and other in-ocean renewable energy facilities. The inventory
will measure each site’s scenic quality by scoring landforms, vegetation,
development and other features.
The visual impact
assessment will be one tool, along with assessments of ecologically sensitive
sites, fishing grounds and recreation areas, which will be used to determine
which areas of the coast are the least and most appropriate for energy projects,
Klarin said.
State, Extension
agreement approved
The board, acting as
governing body of the 4-H and Extension Service Special District, approved a new
intergovernmental agreement between the district and the Oregon State Board of
Higher Education.
The new agreement was
drafted following a statewide reorganization of the Extension Service to a
regional-based model. The agreement provides clearer descriptions of the
authority and responsibility of each entity, and commits the county and
Extension Service to a one-year feasibility study on placing the staff of the
local Extension Service office, who are currently county employees, under the
employment of the district.
Forest Council letter
approved
The board agreed to
send a letter to the Council of Forest Trust Lands Counties requesting that the
panel provide the county with adequate notice of council votes on important
issues. The letter is in response to a July 10 vote by the council to join two
lawsuits over environmental practices on Oregon State Forest lands. The council,
which represents 15 Oregon counties containing state forest lands including
Clatsop County, took the vote before the county board of commissioners was
informed
Commissioner Patricia
Roberts, who represents Clatsop County on the five-person council, voted in
favor of joining the two lawsuits.
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