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related amendments to the county comprehensive plait and county zoning code on
<br />February 11, 2009.2
<br />The city provided notice and submittal of the UGB expansion to the department on April
<br />16, 2009. The submittal contained an approximately 14,000-page record, including the
<br />adopted ordinances NS-21 12 and NS-21 13. Tile submittal did not include Ordinance NS-
<br />2111, which adopted an amended public facility plan, although a copy of Ordinance NS-
<br />2111 was included in the April 16, 2009 submittal materials.
<br />The 21-day objection period for the April 16, 2009 submittal ended on May 7, 2009, with
<br />27 parties filing objections. Also on May 7, 2009, the department sent the city notice that
<br />the submittal was incomplete. The city responded to the department's notice on June 5,
<br />2009.
<br />On June 12, 2009, the city provided notice and submittal of its adoption of the public
<br />facility plans related to the UGB expansion, including the notice of acoption for
<br />Ordinance NS-21 11. This submittal started a second 21-clay objection period. This
<br />second objection period ended on July 6, 2009 with nine objecting parties, including
<br />some who had objected during the objection period for the UGB submittal.
<br />The department determined that the Clty'$ Submittals were complete on AugUst 28, 2009,
<br />and consolidated the record for review in the manner of periodic review. This began the
<br />department's 120-day review period to prepare a decision on the consolidated submittal.
<br />The 120-day review period was extended to January S, 2010 by agreement of the city, in
<br />response to a request from the department on December 15, 2009.
<br />B. Summary of the UGB expansion
<br />The UGB expansion acids 8,462 acres to the existing 21,247-acre Bend UGB, an
<br />approximately 40 percent increase. The expansion includes 2,866 acres for housing needs
<br />and related uses mid 2,090 acres for employment needs and related uses, for a total land
<br />need of 4,956 acres. [R. at 1054, 1057-1058] The amendment includes 5,475 acres
<br />considered "suitable" and available for development, leaving a theoretical "surplus" of
<br />519 acres. [R. at 1054] In addition to the 519-acres, the UGB amendment includes 2,987
<br />acres considered unsuitable for satisfying housing and employment land needs.
<br />Of the 5,475 acres considered "suitable" and available for development, 4,069 acres are
<br />exception lands, which (under state law) are the highest priority lands for UGB
<br />expansions. ORS. 197.298, The remaining 1,407 acres are t•esource (farm) lands, which
<br />are the lowest priority lands for UGB expansions. [R. at 1058] The findings do not
<br />indicate the land priority of the 3,506 acres of land that have been included in the UGB
<br />expansion, but that are either unsuitable for housing and employment land, or are
<br />The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2009-01, related to co-adoption
<br />of the proposed Bend UGB and associate comprehensive plan policies and Ordinance No. 2009-02, related
<br />to the county zoning map and zoning ordinance text for areas within the Bend UGB.
<br />Bend UGB Order 001775 7 of 156 January 8, 2010
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