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The update, delivered by Matt Stewart, Real Estate, Facilities and Housing director for Deschutes County, and Amy Fraley, a City of Bend staffer, summarized TSSA activity since sanitation stations were first installed in 2023 and described the joint resolutions adopted by the county (Oct. 23) and the city (Oct. 29) that established the area and called for a full closure on or before Dec. 31, 2026. “Our goal with this meeting is to provide that update and status on how we’ve been doing with the management and the implementation and discuss next steps,” Stewart said.

Why it matters: The TSSA is a managed response intended to reduce public-safety and sanitation risks from unsanctioned camping while directing people into services. County and city staff told the joint meeting the program has increased engagement with service providers but also requires ongoing enforcement, infrastructure protection and funding. Officials are weighing whether to begin phased closures in 2026 as called for in the resolutions or to extend the TSSA while they build alternative placements.

Key facts and figures

- County and city staff said the TSSA has engaged 241 unique individuals with service providers at peak reporting; an August dashboard used by the city reported 569 service hours for 95 people that month. The most recent count cited at the meeting was 191 people and 143 camps (report from Compass as of the prior Thursday).

- Service providers said about 70 people have active housing equity assessments. Staff estimated, based on provider conversations, that roughly 25% might qualify for permanent supportive housing, 25% might seek safe parking, 25% might consider noncongregate motel shelter and 25% other outcomes; staff emphasized those allocations were informal estimates, not tracked client-level data.

- Combined city and county spending for fiscal years 2024–25 was reported at about $1 million for hygiene stations, security, trash, cleanup and related costs. County-specific line items presented by staff included water ($64,000), portable toilets/handwashing ($40,000), dumpsters ($20,000), security ($128,000) and general cleanup (~$250,000), for a county total of roughly $600,000 over the last couple fiscal years.

Management, rules and enforcement

County and city officials reviewed the TSSA rules derived from state law that require camping in the designated area to be temporary and vehicle-based, prohibit constructed structures and open wood fires, and limit fuel-burning cooking to safe distances from flammable materials. Staff said they first emphasized education in June, began issuing notices of remedy in August (10 to date), and issued a first removal notice in early September that led to removal of three camps (about six individuals). Providers receive copies of remedy notices to coordinate outreach.

Service engagement and outcomes

Amy Fraley told the joint body that engagement with grant-funded housing services exceeded expectations. Fraley said, “The level of engagement with the Houseless Services grant recipients has been much higher than we anticipated.” She added that the city does not keep client-level files and relies on providers and NeighborImpact for case conferencing and data aggregation.

Staff said several providers—Mosaic Medical, Shepherd’s House, Central Oregon Villages, Reach and Companion Animal Medical Project—are active at the site and that NeighborImpact is managing data and case conferencing. The meeting record shows 22–26 people have moved from the TSSA into more permanent housing since operations began; staff said that figure is derived from provider reports rather than a city client registry.

Infrastructure and public-safety concerns

Both agencies described work to protect buried irrigation canals (COID and Swalley) where vehicle traffic risked damage to infrastructure, and to reduce fuels and fire risk on both city and county parcels. County staff emphasized the canals’ subsurface construction and said irrigation districts asked for measures to prevent vehicles driving over them. Staff also credited fuels-mitigation work with enabling quick fire response and fewer severe incidents.

Options discussed and next steps

Staff presented two central options: (1) follow the adopted resolutions and coordinate a phased closure of the TSSA on or before Dec. 31, 2026 (with closures beginning in May 2026 and notices beginning in March 2026), or (2) reduce the TSSA footprint by roughly 50% and extend operations beyond Dec. 31, 2026 while the city and county pursue alternative sites and long-term solutions.

During the discussion, city and county leaders signaled they would explore an extension conditional on a clear, time-bound plan. Several councilors and commissioners stressed that closure next year without ready alternative placements would likely disperse residents around the region and increase public-safety risks and hardship. Councilor Megan Perkins and others urged more time to identify managed camps, long-term vehicle-residency areas and other lower-cost approaches that have been used elsewhere.

Staff and elected officials also discussed a cooperative step with the Central Oregon Irrigation District (COID). County staff asked both jurisdictions to consider contributing capital to COID to harden fencing and protect its hydro intake. Participants agreed informally that both the city and county would each consider contributing up to $30,000 toward larger perimeter fencing for COID’s intake area; the meeting record shows this was treated as a joint, informal commitment rather than a formal, recorded vote.

Direction to staff and follow-up

Elected officials from both bodies asked staff to return early next year with a menu of options, cost estimates, and timelines for managed camps, long-term vehicle areas, safe parking expansion and other alternatives. Several members requested a January progress meeting so governing bodies could decide whether to proceed with closure in 2026 or extend the TSSA while implementing alternatives. Staff said notice to occupants would be required in March 2026 if the jurisdictions decide to begin phased closures in May 2026.

What was not decided

No binding, formal vote to close the TSSA on a particular date was recorded at the meeting. The city and county discussed and signaled conditional support for exploring an extension and for co-investing in COID fencing; those commitments were recorded as informal consensus/show-of-hands discussion rather than an official motion with a recorded roll-call vote.

Speakers (selected and as stated at the meeting)

- Matt Stewart, Real Estate, Facilities and Housing Director, Deschutes County (government)
- Eric Cropp, Deputy County Administrator (government)
- Amy Fraley, City of Bend staff (government)
- Tony DuBone, Deschutes County Commissioner (government)
- Melanie Keebler, Mayor, City of Bend (government)
- Megan Perkins, Bend City Councilor (government)
- Phil Chang, Deschutes County Commissioner (government)

Authorities referenced

- Joint resolutions establishing the TSSA: Deschutes County joint resolution (adopted Oct. 23, 2023) and City of Bend resolution (adopted Oct. 29, 2023) (type: resolution; referenced_by: [\"TSSA intent and closure date\"])
- State statute referenced generically as ORS provisions governing temporary vehicle camping (type: statute; referenced_by: [\"TSSA rules requiring temporary vehicle camping\"])

Actions (recorded from the meeting, informal or planned)

1) Action: Informal consensus to co-invest with COID on fencing
- kind: other
- motion: \"City and county to each consider contributing up to $30,000 toward COID perimeter fencing to protect irrigation/hydro assets.\"
- mover/second: not specified
- vote_record: []
- outcome: consensus_note
- notes: Informal show-of-hands during discussion; not recorded as a formal board/council motion.

2) Action: Staff directed to prepare options and return early next year
- kind: referral
- motion: \"Staff to return early next year with a menu of options, cost estimates and timelines for managed camps, long-term vehicle areas, safe parking and other alternatives; report back to the joint bodies.\"
- mover/second: not specified
- vote_record: []
- outcome: planned
- notes: Multiple elected officials requested a January follow-up meeting for progress updates and decision-making.

3) Action: Proposed phased closure approach (staff recommendation)
- kind: other
- motion: \"If following existing resolutions, begin phased closure by May 2026 (notice beginning March 2026), starting with Sections 1 and 2 and moving in 30–90 day phases.\"
- mover/second: staff recommendation
- vote_record: []
- outcome: no_action (discussion only)
- notes: No formal approval recorded; staff asked for direction from elected bodies.

Clarifying details

- \"Not specified\" used where staff said the city does not keep client-level exit destination data (staff provided counts but not detailed exit destinations).
- Closure timing: staff recommended notices begin in March 2026 with phased physical closures beginning in May 2026; closure would be completed by Dec. 2026 under the existing resolutions unless extended.
- Enforcement timeline: education began in June 2025; remedy notices began in August 2025 (10 issued); first removal notices executed early September 2025 (3 camps removed, ~6 individuals).

Community relevance

- Geographies: Juniper Ridge; potential knock-on impacts across Bend and unincorporated Deschutes County
- Impact groups: people living in the TSSA (est. 191 at last count), providers/staff, adjacent neighborhoods, irrigation district customers
- Funding sources discussed: city and county general funds, state shelter funding streams (discussed generally), grant-funded case-management dollars used by providers

Meeting context

- Engagement level: lengthy joint discussion, multiple elected officials and staff participants, numerous public-service provider references; meeting time devoted chiefly to the TSSA update
- Implementation risk: medium to high — closure depends on availability of alternative placements, state funding allocations, and coordination with landowners and service providers
- History: TSSA evolved from sanitation stations in 2023; joint resolutions adopted in October 2023; housing-focused case management added March 2025

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Tim Brownell, Solid Waste director, said the county’s siting process began in 2022 and narrowed candidates from more than 200 parcels down to a handful. The board had previously accepted a staff recommendation for an aggregate-mine site called Moon Pit but negotiations with the owner stalled. At the board’s direction, staff reopened the process in March to re-evaluate sites in-county and to re-examine alternative disposal technologies.

Horse Ridge and next steps

- Horse Ridge area: Brownell said three disturbed parcels (previous aggregate or surface-mining sites) adjacent to county property on the east side of the Badlands are now being evaluated together; parcel owners have expressed interest in selling. The site had been ruled out earlier because of eagle overlays and other wildlife concerns but updated state wildlife mapping pushed those overlays back, bringing the parcels back into consideration.

- Advantages: The Horse Ridge pod is underlain by alluvial (sand and soil) deposits rather than hard basalt, which is operationally advantageous for landfill excavation and development, Brownell said.

- Process and timeline: The Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) recommended in August that staff proceed to a final site evaluation—an approximately six-month, deep-dive review of financial, environmental and cultural constraints. Brownell said staff will seek executable agreements with landowners if the site passes the final evaluation and hopes to return to the board with a recommendation by roughly April 2026. The county also reported that Noti landfill capacity projections have shifted and the county now expects capacity to be needed between June and September 2031 (later than an earlier 2029 projection).

Why it matters

Securing a long-term landfill site (30–300 acres target) is a multidecade infrastructure decision for the county. Brownell emphasized that the county is pursuing previously disturbed sites where possible to reduce environmental disturbance and that staff will attempt to pre-negotiate executable agreements with landowners should a site clear technical review.

Speakers

- Tim Brownell, Director, Solid Waste (Deschutes County)

Actions

1) Action: Board direction taken previously (March 2025) and SWAC recommendation
- kind: referral
- motion: \"Reopen the in-county landfill siting process and conduct final site evaluations, including Horse Ridge; seek executable agreements if the site is suitable.\"
- mover/second: not specified
- vote_record: []
- outcome: in_progress
- notes: SWAC recommended final site evaluation in August; staff to return with findings in approximately six months.

Clarifying details

- Target site size: 30–300 acres to provide multi-generation disposal capacity.
- Final evaluation: six-month scope to assess environmental, cultural and financial constraints; Roth East remains a previously evaluated alternate with known constraints near sage-grouse habitat.
- Capacity timeline: Noti landfill capacity projected between June and September 2031 (staff noted this extends earlier projections and provides more time for siting work).

Proper names

- Horse Ridge site (discussed parcels)
- Moon Pit (previously recommended site)
- Noti landfill

Meeting context

- Engagement level: single presentation to the board summarizing multi-year technical process; SWAC involvement noted.
- Implementation risk: medium — depends on environmental review outcomes, negotiations and potential legislative/regulatory constraints.

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Eric Cropp, deputy county administrator, and county staff told the board they have invited the landowner, Craig Gales, to brief the commissioners about the proposal and that staff would prepare a draft agreement that would obligate the owner to limit certain uses if the rezoning is approved. The county’s update described a pre-application meeting between the landowner and Community Development and said the likely land-use review process would proceed via a hearings officer if necessary to avoid commissioner conflicts.

What was proposed

- The Crow Board has approved up to $25,000 to help cover community development fees that would be associated with a rezoning application; the funds sit in a county budget though the Crow manages them.

- If the property owner accepts the funds and the rezoning is successful, the county would work with the owner to record a restrictive covenant or similar agreement limiting commercial uses on the site as a condition of the financial assistance.

Next steps and timeline

County staff said they are coordinating times for the landowner to meet the board and that the formal next step would be staff drafting an agreement for commissioner review. Staff indicated the land-use change remains in pre-application stages and did not present an ordinance or final contract for immediate action at the Sept. 29 meeting.

Speakers

- Eric Cropp, Deputy County Administrator (Deschutes County)
- Craig Gales (landowner; referenced)

Authorities referenced

- No specific statutes were cited during the update; staff framed the action as a proposed county agreement tied to fee assistance from Crow-managed funds.

Actions

1) Action: Crow Board allocation (already taken)
- kind: other
- motion: \"Crow Board voted to allocate up to $25,000 from Crow funds to help offset planning and zoning fees for the Gales property.\"
- mover/second: not specified (action reported by staff)
- vote_record: []
- outcome: approved (at Crow Board level)
- notes: Funds reside in county budget; county staff will draft a restrictive covenant agreement should the landowner accept funds and proceed with rezoning.

Clarifying details

- County staff said a pre-application meeting has occurred with Community Development; no formal rezoning application had been presented to the Board of County Commissioners as of the Sept. 29 meeting.
- If an application is submitted, the staff said the hearings officer may hear the land-use application because some commissioners had prior discussions with the landowner and would recuse themselves.

Proper names

- Gales property (landowner: Craig Gales)
- Crow Board (source of the $25,000 allocation)

Meeting context

- Engagement level: brief update during the joint session; matters remain at pre-application stage.
- Implementation risk: medium — depends on landowner decision, successful rezoning and recorded covenant.

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Brian Raek, Long Range Planning manager for the City of Bend, and Damien Sernick, senior planner, described a multi-package work plan that would address housing and employment land needs first (package 1, 2026–27), then move into capacity, efficiency measures, climate-friendly areas and the UGB amendment (package 2, 2028–29). Raek said sequential review is a method other Oregon cities have used and that new statewide rules (including the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis and climate-focused planning rules) increase the value of staging the review.

Why it matters

Sequential review allows the city to seek state acknowledgement on core technical products—buildable lands inventory, initial housing capacity analysis and economic opportunity analysis—before pursuing the UGB amendment and the zoning changes that depend on those technical determinations. City staff said the approach reduces the risk of having to redo dependent work if the state or an appeal challenges an earlier technical conclusion.

Next steps and schedule

- The city planned to ask City Council to adopt a resolution on Nov. 19 directing staff to pursue sequential review; staff said they would then ask the county to adopt a corresponding order so the city can submit written notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) in December.

- DLCD officials were listed as available on the meeting’s Zoom call; staff said DLCD would have up to 120 days to review a sequential-review work plan after receiving notice.

Scope and constraints

City staff noted that some deliverables (for example, the housing production strategy) would be adopted separately and not submitted as part of the sequential-review package; other new state rules (Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities; the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis) are scheduled for adoption at the state level this fall and may affect the city’s technical work.

Speakers

- Brian Raek, Long Range Planning Manager, City of Bend
- Damien Sernick, Senior Planner, City of Bend

Actions and requests

1) Action (planned): City to request City Council resolution (Nov. 19) and county order to proceed with sequential review
- kind: referral
- motion: \"City will request council resolution to initiate sequential review and county partnership to submit notice to DLCD.\"
- mover/second: not specified
- vote_record: []
- outcome: planned
- notes: Staff requested county participation in the sequential-review notice and outlined a work plan for 2026–29.

Clarifying details

- Planning period proposed for sequential review: 2029–2049 (20-year horizon)
- Key packages: Package 1 (land need: buildable lands inventory, housing phase 1, economic opportunities analysis), Package 2 (housing capacity phase 2, climate-friendly area designation, efficiency measures, UGB amendment)
- DLCD rule timeline: new ONA rules released Oct. 1, public comment through Nov. 7, anticipated adoption in December; staff expects to be among the early adopters using the new rules.

Proper names

- Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
- Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (ONA) rules
- Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) rules

Meeting context

- Engagement level: planning presentation with both bodies; the county’s formal action would be limited to UGB amendment adoption in later packages.
- Implementation risk: medium — new state rules introduce technical uncertainty and sequencing adds administrative steps but reduces remand risk.

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