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Commissioners reopen record on Thornburg Resort remand limited to economic analysis
Summary
After lengthy discussion the board voted to reopen the local record only on the economic-analysis portion of the remand from LUBA, requiring additional evidence to address whether reductions in proposed golf courses change projected economic impacts.
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted April 16 to reopen the local record on a Court of Appeals/LUBA remand for the Thornburg Destination Resort application — but limited the reopening to the economic-analysis questions identified by LUBA.
Planning manager Will Gross told the board that the April 7 remand raised three issues: whether submission of the 2022 Fish and Wildlife Management Plan satisfied the county’s no-net-loss standard for groundwater; whether the 2022 plan constituted a substantial change requiring new economic analysis under DCC 18.1.13070(c)(3)–(4); and whether the 2022 plan violated the treaty with the tribes of Middle Oregon dated June 25, 1855. The applicant asked the board to reopen the record only for the…
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