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Bend Chamber of Commerce
4/29/15
Brian T. Rankin, Long-range Planning Manager
Background: Remand & New Process
Update on Progress: Initial Findings
Next Steps
Timelines and Strategies
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 Planning period 2008-2028
 Housing, Employment, Park,
School, Institutional, Other Land
 Population forecast of 115,063
 16,681 New Housing Units &
22,891 New Jobs
 8,462 acres: 2,866 acres for
residential, park, school, ROW,
other lands, & 2,090 acres for
employment uses
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Bend Area General Plan
Sewer Master Plan
Water Master Plan
Transportation System Plan
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Major Issue Areas:
• Land for Housing, Schools,
Parks, Other
• Land for Employment
• Transportation
• Public Facilities
• Boundary Location
Adhere to State Law
Bend’s Citizens Must Be Involved
It’s About Land, Infrastructure,
Natural Resources, Implementation
Not Just Land, But A Plan
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 Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC)
extension to complete the remand (June 30, 2017)
 Outreach, education, listening to feedback:
• Bend Chamber of Commerce
• Bend-La Pine Schools
• Central Oregon Landwatch
• Regional Solutions Team
• Realtors
• ODOT, DLCD, Deschutes
County
• Planning Commission
• Bend Economic Development
Advisory Board
• Bend-Metro Parks and
Recreation District
• 1,000 Friends of Oregon
• Neighborhood Associations
• Oregon League of Women
Voters
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*Complete local adoption by April 2016
*Use a collaborative decision making process involving
local experts and interested parties in a facilitated and
expertly assisted process
*Apply best planning and engineering practices involving
scenario development and analysis
*Engage, inform, and receive input from the public with
techniques best suited for the project
*Commit to providing additional resources subject to
reviewing specific proposals
Project Management, Planning, Public Involvement,
Policy, Plan, and Code Development, Findings
Scenario Planning and Efficiency Measures
Public Involvement, Steering Committee Facilitation
UGB Methodology, Goal 14 and Public Finance
Market Analysis
Transportation Planning and VMT Analysis
Urban Design and Visualization
Web-based Public Involvement
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Project Goals, Public Involvement Program
Capacity/Expansion Estimates,
Redevelopment Areas, Efficiency Measures
Approach to Boundary Expansion, Analysis
DLCD “Agreement” and USC Approvals
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Stakeholder
interviews
(25) and PIP
Public
Outreach
and Input
3 TACs and
Steering
Committee
(22+
meetings)
MetroQuest
(core
values and
draft
results)
Speakers
bureau
materials,
logo,
graphics,
fact sheets
Community
open
houses,
workshops
(2)
City Web
Page
MindMixer
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Decision
Making and
Guidance
Education
and
Promotion
*Updated Buildable Lands Inventory
*Modelling and Analysis with Envision Tomorrow
*Identification of Code-related Barriers and New
Efficiency Measures
*Housing Mix – 55% SDF/10% SFA/35% MF
*Identified New Opportunity Sites for
Redevelopment and New Uses
*Direction on “Special Site” Needs and “Market
Choice” Factor
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* Package A:
“Base Case” represents current Development Code
requirements.
* Package B:
Market-based approach. Examples include:
* Reducing minimum lot sizes and setbacks
* Reducing parking ratios
* Expanding allowed housing types in the RS zone
* Package C:
Market-based plus regulatory requirements for more
land efficiency. Examples, in addition to those identified above
for Package B, include:
* Increasing minimum density standards in the RS and RM zones
* Master planning requirements for large blocks of vacant residential
land
* Prohibiting new single family detached housing in the RH zone
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New land use designations
would enable:
• 1,425 to 3,071 more
housing units than
today
• 679 to -795 more/less
jobs than today
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• 2-mile area around Bend
• Only exception lands vs. farm and forest lands
Defined Study • “McMinnville” Process
Area and
Process
Evaluated
Study Area
• Over 25 maps created
• Implement Goal 14 factors
• Characterize areas, identify best lands after
balancing
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Issues: Natural Resources
Wildfire Risk
East vs. West
Infrastructure Impacts
Efficient Lands to Develop
Irrigation District Concerns
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Potential UGB Expansion Acres by General Land Use
Residential
• 748 - 367
acres
Employment
• 528 - 657
acres
Two Scenarios for UGB Expansion:
• Different Assumptions on
Development Code and Juniper
Ridge
• Scenario 4B: Assumes Juniper
Ridge is used for employment
• Scenario 5C: Assumes Juniper
Ridge is a combination of
residential and commercial
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Public
“Other”
• Approximately
670 acres
• Approximately
230 acres
Approximate UGB Expansion:
• 4B: 2,195 acres
• 5C: 1,911 acres
• Subject to refinement
Res. &
Emp. TACs
Boundary
TAC
Boundary
TAC
All TACs
• Refine and finalize technical documents
• Establish new policies
• Create UGB expansion alternatives
• Refine, consider linkages with existing UGB
• Form three distinct UGB expansion scenarios
• Evaluate with more detailed models
• Balance, refine, and select preferred alternative
• Create new plan policies, development codes, technical reports to
implement preferred alternative
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Timelines
Strategy
2016 local adoption of UGB, 2017 State
decision
Public Facility Plans, annexation policies
Consider Urban Reserve and refinement
planning
Monitor land supply, smaller/faster UGB
expansions
Focus on infrastructure
Adapt to change: policies and codes
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