Board of Commissioners - Wednesday Meeting, August 5, 2026
Approves Deschutes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Limited Remand (Ordinance 2026-015), 2-1
What happened
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners took no commercial or residential zoning entitlement actions at this August 5, 2026 meeting. The most consequential land-use vote was the adoption of Ordinance 2026-015 approving limited comprehensive plan remand amendments to Deschutes…
- Jurisdiction
- Deschutes County, OR
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 5, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 2-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 6
Order 2026-030 approving SEL 805 ballot title and explanatory statement for commissioner districts
Board approved Order 2026-030 with wordsmithing changes to the SEL 805 form and explanatory statement for the single-member district ballot measure, including confirming the district map. Explanatory statement finalized at 242 words. Passed 2-1 with Chair Chang voting no. Vice chair signs SEL 805 in light of chair's position.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners took no commercial or residential zoning entitlement actions at this August 5, 2026 meeting. The most consequential land-use vote was the adoption of Ordinance 2026-015 approving limited comprehensive plan remand amendments to Deschutes…
Key Decisions (6)
Order 2026-030 approving SEL 805 ballot title and explanatory statement for commissioner districts
Approval of commissioner district map
Deschutes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Limited Remand (Ordinance 2026-015)
Decline HLC participation in NRCS consultation on Pilot Butte Canal Modernization Project
MOU with Saving Grace for grant application (Justice for Families Program)
HR personnel rules update (Ordinance 2026-017)
Development Activity (1)
COID Pilot Butte Canal Infrastructure Modernization Project
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Deschutes County prioritizes maintaining existing roads (99.6% rated good or…
Housing Demand
The Board has rezoned hundreds of acres from EFU to…
Infrastructure
Canal piping (Pilot Butte Canal modernization) is advancing as a…
Commercial Demand
Deschutes County Fair & Expo is pursuing an aggressive year-round…
Who Spoke (18)
On the record: the chair, 2 commissioners, 7 staff members, the clerk, 2 attorneys, the applicant's representative, 2 witnesses, and a member of the public.
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