Board of Commissioners - Monday Meeting - 2026-03-02
Approves Motion to place original 250th anniversary proclamation on future agenda, 2-1
What happened
This Deschutes County Board of Commissioners work session contained no zoning or rezoning decisions. Substantive items included a work session directing staff to proceed toward a public hearing (with emergency-adoption clause) on a new county code section DCC 2.35 for contested c…
- Jurisdiction
- Deschutes County, OR
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- March 2, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 2-1
Meeting Summary
This Deschutes County Board of Commissioners work session contained no zoning or rezoning decisions. Substantive items included a work session directing staff to proceed toward a public hearing (with emergency-adoption clause) on a new county code section DCC 2.35 for contested c…
Key Decisions (4)
Work session on new county code DCC 2.35 contested case procedures
Oregon Water Resources Department drought and groundwater update
Safe parking / micro-shelter program update and lease renewal (7th & Evergreen, Redmond)
Motion to place original 250th anniversary proclamation on future agenda
Development Activity (1)
Safe parking / micro-shelter program (7th & Evergreen, Redmond and Bend safety campus)
Residential
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Deschutes Basin faces severe drought (33% snowpack, groundwater declining ~2-2.5…
Infrastructure
About five well-permit applications have come in since the late-2014…
Housing Demand
Continued demand for low-cost shelter with over 50% of safe-parking…
Infrastructure
Rising well-deepening and new-well drilling counts (step up in 2022-2024),…
Who Spoke (13)
On the record: a staff member, an attorney, 3 witnesses, and a member of the public.
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