ODOT Rest Area and Welcome Center Remand

On May 11 and 25, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., the Board of Commissioners  held remand hearings in the City of Medford's Chamber, 411 S. Main Street, Medford, Oregon to consider the Oregon Court of Appeals Remand of Ordinance No. 2009-7, an ordinance amending the Jackson County Comprehensive Plan by taking "reasons" goal exceptions to Goal 3, 11 and 14 for the Rest Area/Welcome Center and connection to an existing sanitary sewer line. On remand, the current proposal is to amend the Jackson County Comprehensive Plan by taking a "reasons" goal exception to Goal 11 to allow urban level water service to be extended and connected to the Siskiyou Safety Rest Area. Located on an approximately 18 acre property described as Township 39 South, Range 1 East, Section 24 (right-of-way), located between mileposts 12 and 13 within the Interstate 5 right-of-way (east side), approximately 500 feet south of the City of Ashland Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). 

On June 29, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., the Board of Commissioners held a 2nd Reading/Public Hearing approving a "reasons" goal exception to Goal 11 to allow urban level water service to be extended and connected to the Siskiyou Safety Rest Area through Ordinance 2011-9.