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Council hears quarterly goals update; staff outlines major completed and upcoming infrastructure projects
Summary
City staff summarized accomplishments under the 2023–25 council goals and presented a long list of completed and upcoming transportation, water and facilities projects; councilors asked for more outcome-focused measures and staff described a heavy fall work-session schedule tied to transportation and midtown projects.
Assistant City Manager Stephanie Bedridge and Assistant City Manager/Chief Operations Officer Russ Grayson gave the Bend City Council a quarterly update on adopted council goals and a detailed review of recent and near-term infrastructure projects on July 16.
Bedridge summarized the 2023–25 goals and said 43 of 49 actions (88 percent) were complete as of June 30; 10 percent were still in progress and one action was on hold (work on local gun-safety policies, she said, is paused because of legal uncertainty tied to state legislation). She highlighted achievements across five goal areas: an equity framework and language-access program; a $5 million Pro Housing grant and other housing and shelter funding; adoption of a revised tree code and right-of-way code; steps on climate and the community climate action plan; and public-safety investments such as maintaining fire and EMS response times.
Grayson then provided a…
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