Southeast Bend Neighborhood
Association
Presentation to Bend City Council
November 4, 2015
SEBNA Board Members
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Bill Galaway, Chairman
Mitch Myer, Vice Chairman
Judy McLeary, Secretary/Treasurer
Dana Myer
Kathleen Martin
• All Board Members are new to the Board
– None of us have served on anything like this
• First meeting as a Board was October 3, 2015
Why We All Got Involved
• Traffic Concerns throughout our
Neighborhoods
• Large Amount of Undeveloped Land
• UGB Expansion Bordering our NA
• These issues are interlinked, especially with
the proposed UGB expansion
What is the SEBNA Board Doing
• Getting started, learning roles and responsibilities
– Partnering with other NA’s and Anne/Justin from the
City to learn
– Getting involved in the NA Roundtable
• Nan Loveland (OFDNA) is an excellent resource
• Land Use Chair position being established
– As developers begin working their property, we will be
involved
• UGB Expansion scenarios for the Thumb
– Working closely with the decision makers to ensure
our concerns are addressed
SEBNA Location
• SEBNA is roughly
bordered by Murphy Rd,
15th St, Knott Rd, China
Hat Rd, and Highway 97
• Small amount of tax lots
• Significant amount of
undeveloped land
• Bordering UGB
Proposed Expansion
(“Thumb”)
Our Vision for SE Bend
• Controlled development targeting mixed use, self
contained communities
• Traffic improvements on existing roadways
– Safety improvements for high use roads including
county roads
– New development must address traffic patterns in and
out of the development
• Increase in amenities normally seen in other
neighborhoods
– Restaurants, shops, employment opportunities
UGB Expansion into the Thumb
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500 housing units
1,200 jobs
Potential for new High
School
Significant Increase in
Traffic in the area, no direct
entrance off H97
– Concern that traffic will
use existing streets that
are already overwhelmed
– Requesting why the tip of
the Thumb is not included
in UGB
Subareas: The “Thumb”
• Key advantages:
– Master planning
opportunities
– Housing affordability
– Well-suited to a wide range of
uses (Ward)
– South end of US 97 relatively
uncongested
• Key disadvantages:
– Connectivity limited unless
full collector system built
from China Hat to Knott
(highway & RR barriers)
– Canal creates barriers
– Reliant on US 97
– Long avg trip lengths
– Fully in Elk/Deer Range
– Impacts Arnold Irrigation Dist.
– DWPAs – concern for certain
uses
Aerial View of the “Thumb”
Access to the Thumb from the North would come down Parrell or bypass the
Thumb and double back off Knott