2025-433-Order No. 2025-058 Recorded 12/22/2025REVIEWED
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2025-433
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Designating the Deschutes County
Property Manager, Kristie Bollinger as the
Deschutes County representative for the
purpose of signing documents associated with
the temporary conveyance of real property
located at 17799 Paulina Lake Road, La Pine,
Oregon 97739 and known as Map and Tax
Lot 2111000000099 to Deschutes Land Trust,
and to accept said real property by
conveyance from Deschutes Land Trust
* ORDER NO. 2025-058
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County has authorized the
temporary conveyance of real property commonly known as the "Rease Cemetery" located at 17799
Paulina Lake Road, La Pine, Oregon 97739 and known as Map and Tax Lot 2111000000099 to
Deschutes Land Trust, and further authorize to accept said real property from Deschutes Land Trust;
and
WHEREAS, in 1993, the County acquired the real property by Tax Deed through the property
tax foreclosure process by Map and Tax Lot number in lieu of a legal description (Cemetery Property);
and
WHEREAS, Deschutes Land Trust (DLT) owns adjacent real property (DLT Property) that
borders the Cemetery Property; and
WHEREAS, because inconsistencies have been identified between physical Cemetery Property
boundaries, physical DLT Property boundaries and title records, Deschutes County will temporarily
convey the Cemetery Property to DLT, in accordance with Oregon Revised Statute 271, to complete
survey work and perfect titles by completing property line adjustments to remove said inconsistencies
("Work") associated with the Cemetery Property and DLT Property; and
WHEREAS, once the titles are perfected by completing and recording the property line
adjustments in the Official Records of Deschutes County, DLT will convey the Cemetery Property to
Deschutes County; now, THEREFORE,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
HEREBY ORDERS as follows:
PAGE 1 of 2- ORDER No. 2025-058
Section 1. The Deschutes County Property Manager, Kristie Bollinger is designated as the
Deschutes County representative to sign the necessary documents to complete the temporary
conveyance of real property commonly known as the "Rease Cemetery" located at 17799 Paulina Lake
Road, La Pine, Oregon 97739 and known as Map and Tax Lot 2111000000099 to Deschutes Land
Trust, and further authorizes Kristie Bollinger to accept said real property from Deschutes Land Trust.
Dated this of , 2025
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
NTHONY DEBONE, Chair
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PATTI ADAIR, Vice Chair
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PHIL CHANG, Commissioner
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MEETING DATE: December 17, 2025
SUBJECT: Public Hearing regarding the proposed temporary conveyance of real property
commonly known as the Rease Cemetery located at 17799 Paulina Lake Road in
La Pine to Deschutes Land Trust, and further authorize accepting said real
property from Deschutes Land Trust
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Following the public hearing, move approval of Board Order No. 2025-058.
Board Order No. 2025-058 authorizes:
1) The conveyance of a +/- 1.00 acre real property located at 17799 Paulina Lake Road,
La Pine and known as Map and Tax Lot 2111000000099, to Deschutes Land Trust
2) Accepting said property from Deschutes Land Trust
3) The Deschutes County Property Manager to execute the documents associated with
completing both transactions
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
On December 17, 2025, the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to
consider the conveyance and acceptance of real property.
In 1993, the County acquired the "Rease Cemetery" by Tax Deed through the property tax
foreclosure process. Today, this property is referred to as the Paulina Prairie Cemetery
(Cemetery Property). The pioneer Cemetery Property consists of +/- one acre and is located
east of La Pine at 17799 Paulina Lake Road (Map and Tax Lot 2111000000099). It is
bordered by Deschutes National Forest to the east and real property owned by Deschutes
Land Trust to the north, west and south. When the Tax Deed was recorded, the deed
included the Map and Tax Lot number of the Cemetery Property in lieu of a legal
description.
In 1920, the Rease family sold a large area of land. The legal description used for that
conveyance described the large area, and excluded a one -acre area that approximately
described the Cemetery Property. The intent was not to convey the Cemetery Property, but
to exclude it from the conveyance of the larger parcel. That large parcel is today known at
least in part as the Spectre Ranch, was subsequently acquired by Deschutes Land Trust in
2022.
Because the location of physical survey monuments on the ground differs from the
Cemetery Property description, which was described as "approximate" in the 1920 deed, it
has proved difficult for DLT to acquire title insurance. For that reason, DLT has requested
participation from the County to perfect the titles to eliminate the title insurance issue.
County Property Management consulted with County Survey, Community Development,
County Counsel and a private survey firm. It was determined that the best path forward
would be for the County to temporarily convey the Cemetery Property to DLT to complete
the necessary survey work and property line adjustments to perfect the titles. Once the
property titles are perfected by completing and recording the property line adjustments in
the Official Records of Deschutes County, DLT will convey the Cemetery Property to
Deschutes County.
DLT will cover all associated costs including but not limited to survey work, property line
adjustment fees, and recording fees.
This conveyance is authorized in accordance with Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 271. The
required advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation for the pending conveyance has
been met.
BUDGET IMPACTS:
None
ATTENDANCE:
Kristie Bollinger - Deschutes County Property Management