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Public commenters urge tree protection at Murphy's Crossing and Ponderosa and propose climate measures including a tool-lending library and e-bike program
Summary
Sherry told the committee that developers at Murphy's Crossing and a Ponderosa subdivision declined to provide tree inventories or preservation plans required under the new tree code; she asked the committee to investigate.
Two people used the committee's public comment period to press local climate and conservation priorities.
Sherry, who identified herself as active with the TreeCode process and as a member of the Southwest Bend Neighborhood District board, said the developer for Murphy's Crossing and a second developer for a Ponderosa subdivision on Highway 97 are declining to follow the recently adopted Bend tree code. Sherry said she reviewed correspondence between the developer and city staff in which the developer told staff the tree-code requirements "are…
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