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Board places county’s East Redmond code-enforcement case into abeyance while staff pursues site work and partnerships

3563501 · May 28, 2025
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Summary

Facing an extensive county-owned encampment site in East Redmond, the Board voted to hold its own code‑enforcement case in abeyance while staff pursues a sequence of priority projects — land exchange, managed-camp development, 20 First Street site work and more — and requested options on security and cleanup costs.

Deschutes County commissioners voted May 20 to place a county‑issued code‑enforcement case in abeyance concerning county‑owned property in East Redmond while county staff completes a set of priority actions and coordination steps intended to reduce public‑safety and sanitation risks on the roughly 1,600‑acre property.

Deputy county administrator Eric Croft and property‑management staff told the board they had prepared a phased timeline after the board asked staff at the previous meeting for options. The five priority tasks identified were:…

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