| | Next SCNA Board Meeting Thursday May 14, 5:30pm |
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Topics at this month's Board Meeting include: Board meetings are held via Zoom. Please email us at [email protected] no later than noon on the day before the meeting to request a Zoom invitation (which will be sent later that day).
If you would like to request time on the agenda to discuss a particular topic at a board meeting, please email [email protected] at least 2 days prior to the meeting.
Learn more about Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association meetings, including minutes from past meetings, on our website. |
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Annual FireFree Yard Debris Disposal Event |
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Deschutes County is once again conducting a FireFree event this spring. The usual fee at Knott Landfill will be waived so that you may dispose of yard waste for free. This includes grass clippings, brush, plant prunings, pine needles, pine cones, weeds, trimmings, and branches, stumps or trees no larger than 12” diameter. This event runs from May 15 to May 24, 7am to 4:30pm. You can find out more about this event as well as other fire prevention information on the FireFree website.
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Bend Transportation Safety Plan Comments |
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In last month's newsletter we told you how you could impact future transportation plans by visiting Bend’s Transportation Safety Action Plan webpage and taking a survey or leaving a comment. Since then, many comments have been posted. SCNA would like you to go vote on some specific comments in our area to help us see what you support.
Go to the comment map and zoom in to our area. You can click on the various comment markers on the map to see the comments. Within a comment you can click to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to it. The following comments are suggested for your up or down vote, but you can vote on others too. The SCNA Board will review these to inform our future transportation surveys. The Bond-Reed Market Roundabout comment says “roundabout needs more lanes”. The Columbia-Bond Intersection comment by Kelsey is about making it a roundabout or 3-way stop.
On Reed Market next to Farewell Bend Park, the comment requests removing the bike path and median to make Reed Market 2 lanes each way.
The Reed Market and Chamberlain comment requests moving crosswalk to Silver Lake and adding a center turn lane.
On McClellan near Summer Shade the comment is requesting traffic calming on this cut-thru traffic path.
The comment at Woodriver Park requests a multi-use path and speed hump.
At Bond and Industrial Way near the Box Factory, Travis C requests a RRFB, i.e. user activated rapid flashing crossing sign at the crosswalk. The Century-Reed Market Roundabout comment by SCNA member requests adding a right turn lane.
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Sunny Breeze Subdivision Appeal Status |
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On April the City of Bend approved the application for the 42-lot single home subdivision located at 61521 Sunny Breeze Way. However, on April 8 the developer appealed the decision to a Hearings Officer because of conditions for approval required by the City. The public hearing for the appeal took place on Wednesday May 6, during which time the Hearings Officer approved leaving the record open for additional evidence and rebuttal. She is expected to issue her decision in late June. This means the public can submit additional comments until 4 pm on May 20.
You can review the City’s and the developer’s hearing presentations as well as previous public comments on the project application page.
Submit comments to Elizabeth LaFleur at [email protected], and you must include the project number PLLD20250690. |
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Bond-Reed Market Roundabout Update |
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The Southern Crossing Board’s top issue this year continues to be a 2-lane-through roundabout at the Bond-Reed Market-Brookswood intersection. The City’s will be working up an estimate for a 2-lane-through roundabout in addition to their initial proposal for a 2-lane-entrance, 1-lane-exit roundabout (i.e. a turn-only second lane). In a April 27th phone conversation with Russ Grayson, the City’s Chief Operations Officer, he indicated that both options will be evaluated. If the 2-lane-through option is not too much more expensive, that will likely be the recommendation. Your SCNA Board believes a turn-only lane will not begin to handle even the traffic load when finished in 2028, let alone the planned DOUBLING of residential units in SCNA’s area. When the estimates are prepared to go to City Council, we will ask you to tell the City what you think at a time shortly before Council votes. To see the City’s initial proposal and our counter proposal, visit our traffic webpage.
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Party in the Park with SCNA |
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Planning is well under way for the SCNA Annual Summer Party taking place on Saturday, July 11 from 11 am – 3 pm at Blakely Park. Please plan to join us for this free, family-friendly celebration of our great neighborhood. It’s a chance to meet new friends from across Southern Crossing and enjoy lawn games, food, prize drawings, and entertainment. Speaking of entertainment, if you'd like to share your talents (i.e., music, juggling, magic) at the party, please let us know and we can put you on this bill…we’d love to spotlight gifted neighbors!
For more info on the party or to volunteer, please contact Robbie Silverman at [email protected]
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Voting Underway in Oregon |
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Oregon’s primary ballots have been mailed out to registered voters and are due back by Tuesday May 19th. Some races on the primary ballot might be decided in May. In the non-partisan primary races, if one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, they are elected in May. Only run-offs of non-partisan races will appear in November.
The non-partisan Deschutes County Commission races are notably different this time, driven by a 2025 change that expanded the Commission from 3 to 5 members. As a result, 2 existing and 2 new positions are now on the ballot. These are all at-large positions for the current election cycle, but that could change if a new district map is approved by voters in November. (Under this proposed map, Southern Crossing would be part of the Western Bend district, and would only be able to vote for that commissioner position.)
While it is too late now to make changes for this primary election, you can do so for the November general election. Visit oregonvotes.gov to register, change your address or party affiliation, and find general information on voting in Oregon.
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