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THURSDAY • October 13, 2022 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $3 IN CONCERT IN GO » Central Oregon Symphony returns with fall season SPORTS PULLOUT, A5-8 DESCHUTES COUNTY COMMISSION DeBone leads Tatom in campaign fundraising BY ANNA KAMINSKI The Bulletin Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin An aerial view of the land proposed for development near U.S. Highway 20, left, and Robal Lane in Bend. Bend’s north gateway Plan for a Costco, restaurants, housing in northwest gets nod from the city’s planning commission BY ANNA KAMINSKI • The Bulletin A plan to develop 52 acres at Bend’s northern gateway into retail stores and housing met with mixed re- views from the city’s planning commission at a recent public hearing. A new Costco warehouse, gas station and car wash, restaurants and at least 380 housing units, including a senior living community, are a part of a plan to develop the area near the intersection of Cooley Road and U.S. Highway 20. The Bend Planning Commission met Monday evening to discuss the develop- ment, resulting in a 3-2 vote in favor of moving forward with the plan. Scott Winters, chairperson of the com- mission, called the proposed development a “blight.” Winters voted against the pro- posal, along with commissioner Kathi Bar- guil. “It is this old school way of development that is not conducive to a community. This is not a neighborhood. This is a shopping In the Deschutes County Commission race be- tween Republican incumbent Tony DeBone and Democratic challenger Oliver Tatom, the two have raised over $186,700 in campaign contributions. More than $131,000 of that belongs to DeBone, who had to compete in the primary in May when Tatom did not. DeBone has received donations from several big-ticket committees. Tatom, who has received over $55,000 in contri- butions, said efficiency in spending and collab- oration with other candidates is imperative to competing with DeBone’s war chest. Tatom has spent around $43,700 of his contri- butions. His campaign is entirely run by volun- teers, which he said gave him closer connection to his supporters. “It allowed me to be more involved in the ac- tual decisions in the campaign and the creative decisions of the campaign, so that I know that it really represents me,” Tatom said. Many of Tatom’s contributions came from smaller individual donors, with the exception of unions and local officials. One of his largest con- tributions came from the local Laborers’ Interna- tional Union of North America, which donated $2,500. He also received $500 from the Iron Workers Union of the Pacific Northwest. See Fundraising / A4 REDMOND HOMICIDE center,” Winters said at the meeting. If the large Costco Wholesale location was removed from the plan, Winters said he might feel differently, and other plan- ning commissioners agreed. “An even bigger Costco — or just a re- tail shopping center — doesn’t really fit into discussions over the last three or four years about what development in the city of Bend should look like moving forward,” said Whitney Swander, vice chair, at the meeting. Concern for “big box” developments that are unfriendly to pedestrians and al- ternative modes of transportation didn’t stop Swander from ultimately voting to move forward in recommending the devel- opment to the Bend City Council. The project would require improve- ments to Highway 20, including round- abouts at Cooley Road and Robal Lane, ad- ditional bike lanes and sidewalks and three new local roads within the development. The first phase of the project would pri- oritize building Costco and the supple- mental gas station, car wash and tire ser- vice center. The next three phases would build other commercial spaces, multiunit housing and senior living facilities, in that order. Ground could be broken next fall if the City Council approves the plan, accord- ing to Aaron Henson, a senior planner for the city. He said Costco stores are typ- ically constructed quickly — about nine months — but road improvements and canal piping needs to be completed be- fore any stores or housing units can be occupied. The planning commission will pres- ent its recommendation to the Bend City Council at the regular council meeting Nov. 2, during which another public hear- ing will be held. █ Reporter: 541-633-2160 akaminski@bendbulletin.com Man killed called 911 before shooting BY BRYCE DOLE The Bulletin Police believe a man killed in Redmond last month was shot after calling 911 following a fight with the suspected gunman. Trevit C. Law, 46, was shot through the head after a fight on Sept. 25 with Skyler R. Myers, according to Deschutes County Circuit Court records. The 32-year-old Myers was the son of Law’s girlfriend, friends of the victim say. The records do not state what preceded the fight at the home on SW Young Avenue where the shooting took place. But at some point, a man believed to be Law called 911 to report he was being assaulted, ac- cording to the records. See Shooting / A4 Biden travels to 3 Western states as midterms near BY SEUNG MIN KIM AND COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. — Joe Biden’s three-state swing in the West will capture, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: promote his administration’s accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful — all while continuing to rake in cam- paign cash. Biden began in Colorado, where he designated the first national monument of his ad- ministration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in this state, as he called for TODAY’S WEATHER protecting “treasured lands” that tell the story of America. The announcement at Camp Hale is a boost to Col- orado’s senior Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, who has for years advocated for the designation and is in a com- petitive reelection bid this November. The location is an alpine training site where U.S. soldiers prepared for battles in the Italian Alps during World War II. The president will head to California, where he will hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legisla- tive achievements and head- line a fundraiser for the House Democrats’ campaign arm. Warm, sunshine High 80, Low 41 Page A12 INDEX Carolyn Kaster/AP President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, en route to Eagle County Regional Airport, in Gypsum, Colorado, on Wednesday. Finally, Biden will stop in Oregon, where Democrats’ grip on the governor’s mansion Business Classifieds Comics A11-12 A14 A9-10 Dear Abby Editorial Events A7 A8 GO! in Salem is being threatened by an unaffiliated candidate who has captured double-digit sup- Horoscope Local/State Lottery A7 A2 A6 Obituaries Puzzles Sports A4 A10 A5-7 port in polling, giving an open- ing for a Republican to win the race outright in November. Early voting starts in Oregon and Colorado next week and is already underway in Cali- fornia. “We’ve been very clear that the president is going to go out, the vice president is going to go out,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. “They’re going to talk about the successes that we have seen in this ad- ministration in the last 19 months.” He is notably staying away from states where his presence could hurt Democrats; on this trip he’s skipping Nevada and Arizona, where incumbent Democratic senators are bat- tling tough reelection bids. It’s all part of a campaign The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 117, No. 329, 38 pages, 2 sections blueprint fine-tuned over the last several months for Biden, who has been eager to travel the country but is facing the traditional midterm head- winds against the political party in power, an unsettled economic outlook and pres- idential approval ratings that have remained stubbornly un- derwater. To counter Republican crit- icisms over the economy and inflation, Democratic candi- dates have highlighted accom- plishments such as bipartisan infrastructure, manufacturing laws, and a sweeping climate, tax and health care pack- age. Those achievements also helped prompt a late-summer uptick in Biden’s own job per- formance ratings earlier this year. See Biden / A4 SUN/THU President to stop in Oregon to support Democrat Tina Kotek’s bid for governor U|xaIICGHy02330rzu
