The Bend City Council adopted amendments to the Bend Code on December 19, 2018, to establish the Citywide Septic to Sewer Conversion Program (Link to Bend Code Ordinance).  The program is the result of 18 months of work with the Septic to Sewer Advisory Committee  and recommendations from the committee.  The program is funded through utility rate revenues, and allows residents to apply for roughly $2.5M annually to extend sewer lines into neighborhoods through a Neighborhood Extension Project. The program becomes effective on February 1, 2019.  Applications will next be accepted in February 2020.

The Department of State Lands recently sold more than half of its roughly 640 acres east of 27th Street. Much of this land is already within Bend’s UGB. Once developed, it could host over 2,600 homes and mixed use properties – but it will take a lot of work. This project will take years, so get involved and help shape what happens now!