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Bend
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Melanie Kebler

Mayor2023-01 to 2027-01 (month-level start: January 2023, elected mayor Nov 2022 per Deschutes County results; month-level end: January 2027; four-year terms for seats elected Nov 2022, new terms begin January 2027 per City of Bend candidate packet)

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At a glance

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Term ending Jan 1, 2027.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
30
Total speaking time
7:02:25
Avg per meeting
14:05
Segments
8725

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Filtered to Development

Top issues during term (15)(Development)

high↑Apr 2026[18]

Tax Increment Assistance policy for housing affordability

Exemptions would lower construction costs for qualifying affordable and middle-income homes but shrink fee revenue and policy coverage.

critical↑Jul 2026[17]

Bend's eight-year housing need and safe harbors

No direct cost, but the shortfall shapes future city housing spending, SDC/fee policy, and state advocacy; federal PRO Housing grant work continues.

critical↓Sep 2026[15]

Caldera Ranch growth boundary expansion

Development-driven road, sewer and water improvements will be largely developer-funded, but city CIP projects like a future China Hat/Knott roundabout have no funding yet.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

development infrastructure requirements

Affects development fees paid on new construction citywide.

high↑Oct 2026[10]

Affordable housing progress at Summit area

The project could reduce housing-cost pressure on school employees, but the source doesn’t detail the public subsidy, total cost, or financing mix.

high↓Apr 2026[5]

Hayden Homes Legacy Village financing request

Millions from the land sale go to Oregon's common school fund, plus developer-funded off-site road and roundabout improvements.

high↓Jan 2026[1]

Restructuring the City's Equity Program

The plan includes a net addition of one full-time position plus an expanded consultant contract; specific costs weren't detailed.

high↓Mar 2026[1]

Southeast UGB expansion: plan map amendment and 66.46-acre annexation

high↓Feb 2026[1]

Copperwood Crossing annexation and plan map amendment

Development will trigger transportation mitigation fees, off-site roundabout requirements, and infrastructure extensions paid through the annexation agreement.

high↓Jan 2026[1]

Petrosa affordable housing dispute (Bella Pines)

The city chose the Petrosa site over ten other applicants for affordable housing funding; residents warn it could depress nearby home values and commercial development.

high↓Jan 2026[1]

Site-specific TIF clawback provisions

A developer default could return millions in clawback fees to housing programs, plus the TIF revenue back to taxing districts.

medium↓Apr 2026[1]

Timber Yards master plan revision

Reduced transportation mitigation obligations for the developer; construction could begin this fall.

medium↓Apr 2026[1]

Bend Growth Plan Phase 1

Up to $2,898,459 this biennium within the budgeted materials and services line.

medium↓Jun 2026[0]

housing crisis / GIS technology

It could help the city spend planning dollars more wisely and steer housing toward where it’s needed, but it won’t instantly lower rents.

medium↓Oct 2025[0]

housing inequality report

The report itself doesn’t come with a price tag, but it could steer Bend’s housing dollars toward affordability programs and away from business as usual.

Decisions during term (11)

Recorded while Kebler was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.