City Council Candidates were sent a survey asking 16 questions on topics
around livability, growth, development, code changes, and citizen involvement in the land use process. Nine candidates responded to our survey! Click on the button below to view a pdf of the candidate responses to our survey.
around livability, growth, development, code changes, and citizen involvement in the land use process. Nine candidates responded to our survey! Click on the button below to view a pdf of the candidate responses to our survey.
Melanie Kebler
Justin Livingston |
Anthony Broadman
August Johnson |
Ron Boozell
Megan Perkins Chris Piper |
Michael R. Hughes
Rita Schenkelberg |
For easy reference to help you find the candidate responses to the questions that most interest you, the following questions were asked:
Q1 - What is your current occupation?
Q2 - What previous government or other public sector experience do you have, especially in Bend? What have been your major accomplishments in this work?
Q3 - What do you see as the top three land use challenges to the residents of Bend?
Q4 - What changes in City policies do you support to address these challenges (Q3)?
Q5 - What can the City do to retain the character and livability of existing neighborhoods as Bend grows?
Q6 - People often move to Bend to escape density, but Oregon land use laws generally result in increased density over time. To address this conflict, what is your vision for how Bend should look after 10 more years of development?
Q7 - For incumbents, what do you think has been your most significant contribution towards solving land use problems in Bend? For challengers, what would you do differently?
Q8 - What are your ideas to improve housing affordability in Bend (beyond the measures already taken)?
Q9 - A current proposal before the City Council to provide more affordable housing would allow Micro-Unit Developments (SROs) as small as 150 s.f. with a private bath and no kitchen, but a common kitchen for every 10 units. What is your opinion of this concept and how should the Council respond?
Q10 - What effect do you think short-term rentals in Bend have had on the availability of affordable housing? What would you do about this, if anything?
Q11 - How familiar are you with Bend's Community Climate Action Plan? To help achieve the goals of that Plan, do you favor adopting measures requiring all new housing have solar power?
Q12 - Increasing the density of housing developments (more units on smaller lots) often results in urban heat islands (partly due to tree removal), increasing energy consumption and pollutant emissions, and compromising human health and comfort. How would you address this problem? For example, to encourage more shade, would you require the preservation of older trees on the development site?
Q13 - In the process of permitting new developments, Bend does not currently take into account fire evacuation. In what ways should Bend take into account the need to evacuate in the event of wildfire?
Q14 - The City is allowing thousands of housing units to be built with few provisions for handling the additional vehicles on the road. Yet, the public rates traffic congestion as a top current problem. How should the City address the pace of development to balance growth and road capacity?
Q15 - How should the City do more to involve citizens in changes to the development code?
Q16 - The GO (general obligation) bond for transportation projects on the November ballot allocates only 4.2% of the funds to public transit, yet reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips is an important goal. Would you allocate more of the GO bond funds to support public transit? What other ideas do you have for getting people out of their vehicles?
Q1 - What is your current occupation?
Q2 - What previous government or other public sector experience do you have, especially in Bend? What have been your major accomplishments in this work?
Q3 - What do you see as the top three land use challenges to the residents of Bend?
Q4 - What changes in City policies do you support to address these challenges (Q3)?
Q5 - What can the City do to retain the character and livability of existing neighborhoods as Bend grows?
Q6 - People often move to Bend to escape density, but Oregon land use laws generally result in increased density over time. To address this conflict, what is your vision for how Bend should look after 10 more years of development?
Q7 - For incumbents, what do you think has been your most significant contribution towards solving land use problems in Bend? For challengers, what would you do differently?
Q8 - What are your ideas to improve housing affordability in Bend (beyond the measures already taken)?
Q9 - A current proposal before the City Council to provide more affordable housing would allow Micro-Unit Developments (SROs) as small as 150 s.f. with a private bath and no kitchen, but a common kitchen for every 10 units. What is your opinion of this concept and how should the Council respond?
Q10 - What effect do you think short-term rentals in Bend have had on the availability of affordable housing? What would you do about this, if anything?
Q11 - How familiar are you with Bend's Community Climate Action Plan? To help achieve the goals of that Plan, do you favor adopting measures requiring all new housing have solar power?
Q12 - Increasing the density of housing developments (more units on smaller lots) often results in urban heat islands (partly due to tree removal), increasing energy consumption and pollutant emissions, and compromising human health and comfort. How would you address this problem? For example, to encourage more shade, would you require the preservation of older trees on the development site?
Q13 - In the process of permitting new developments, Bend does not currently take into account fire evacuation. In what ways should Bend take into account the need to evacuate in the event of wildfire?
Q14 - The City is allowing thousands of housing units to be built with few provisions for handling the additional vehicles on the road. Yet, the public rates traffic congestion as a top current problem. How should the City address the pace of development to balance growth and road capacity?
Q15 - How should the City do more to involve citizens in changes to the development code?
Q16 - The GO (general obligation) bond for transportation projects on the November ballot allocates only 4.2% of the funds to public transit, yet reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips is an important goal. Would you allocate more of the GO bond funds to support public transit? What other ideas do you have for getting people out of their vehicles?