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TO: Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Peter Russell, Senior Transportation Planner
DATE: October 31, 2011
MEETING: November 9, 2011
SUBJECT: Work session on draft Transportation System Plan Update (PA-11-5/TA-11-4)
The Planning Commission held its first public hearing on Oct. 27 regarding the draft
Transportation System Plan (TSP) Update. The major topics covered in 90 minutes of public
testimony, in no particular order of importance, were:
City of Redmond’s desire to add an extension of SW Helmholtz and 19th Street to the
TSP map with both extensions terminating at the US 97/Quarry Road intersection
Tumalo residents’ concerns about connectivity and loss of direct access due to a raised
median on US 20 being an integral part of ODOT’s long-term plan to install either an
overpass or an underpass at Cook-O.B. Riley and US 20
Deschutes River Woods Neighborhood Association desires transit service into DRW
and a park and ride lot
Questions about how the County collects and then apportions transportation System
Development Charges and how County prioritizes projects in this era of limited funding
Property owner’s desire for a Deschutes Junction refinement plan
A bike/ped bridge across the Deschutes River that is shown on the Bend TSP outside
the SW edge of the UGB is not allowed by State or federal scenic river designations
Sisters Trail Alliance’s request to expand by approximately twenty (20) the number of
roads segments in Sisters and Redmond to be designated County bikeways plus a trail
between Sisters and Camp Sherman
Discussion of proposed passing lanes on US 20 between Black Butte Ranch and west
edge of Sisters
The PC has continued the TSP Update hearing until Nov. 10 at Three Rivers Elementary
School. A third hearing will be in Sisters on Dec. 15, site yet to be selected.