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Bend council adopts first-reading emergency ordinance adjusting Bachelor View development agreement
Summary
Council approved first reading of an emergency ordinance removing a sentence added in July to the Bachelor View statutory development agreement—the change resolves a developer impasse and preserves prior phasing and lot-count changes for Bachelor View 2 and 3.
Bend City Council on Dec. 3 gave first reading to an emergency ordinance adopting a statutory development agreement for two Bachelor View residential subdivisions after staff negotiated removal of a sentence added to the July version.
City attorney Michael Selkirk told council the development agreement covers Bachelor View 2 and 3 (part of a cluster of subdivisions off Century Drive). The agreement includes an alignment fix, reduces BV2 lots from 44 to 39 and keeps the previously approved layout intact. A sentence added in July that would have changed the timing of dedication of certain public easements (intended to secure full connectivity) led the developer to refuse to sign the prior agreement; staff negotiated to remove that sentence so the developer will sign and the settlement can move forward.
With no applicant present, council heard one neutral public comment from nearby resident Peter Yonan and then moved and seconded the emergency ordinance for first reading. Councilor Riley moved the motion and Councilor Perkins seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.
Staff said the access concern tied to the removed sentence will be addressed later in a separate process and that communications with neighboring-property owners are ongoing. The ordinance language removes the July-added sentence in Section 4.1.0.1(b) but otherwise retains the terms previously approved in summer.
