247-23-000149-CU, 150-SP, 151-LR, 152-AD; Redmond Wetlands Complex and associated pipeline upgrade

Proposal Summary

Major Administrative Determination, Conditional Use Permit, Site Plan Review, and Lot of Record Verification for the Redmond Water Pollution Control Facility Effluent and Biosolids Disposal Complex (“Redmond Wetlands Complex”).

The project includes:

• Relocating sanitary sewer treatment facilities to the 608-acre City-owned property and expanding the disposal facilities to the north onto federally owned property. The relocation and expansion includes new operational buildings, new lined and unlined treatment wetlands for effluent polishing and disposal, new primary treatment facilities with headworks screening, and new aerated lagoon system for secondary treatment.
• Replacing an existing 24-inch diameter interceptor pipeline with a 48-inch diameter pipeline that will be below grade and within established utility easements and/or public rights-of-way on an approximately two (2) mile route to the City of Redmond to connect to existing facilities treatment facility at the north end of Dry Canyon.

Location

The project spans a number of tax lots within rural Deschutes County.

The main wetlands complex facility will be located on the following tax lots:

1413300000101 – 5801 Northwest Way, Redmond, OR 97756
1412000000200 – 8300 NW Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne, OR 97760
1413000002600 – 4250 NW Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne, OR 97760
1413000002604 – No site address
1413290000201 – No site address

The pipeline replacement will be located on the following tax lots:

1413290001201 - 3080 NW EUSTON LN, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290001202 - 2827 NW COYNER AVE, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290001300 - 2675 NW COYNER AVE, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290000601 - 2667 NW EUSTON LN, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290000600 - 2571 NW EUSTON LN, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290000700 - 3085 NW EUSTON LN, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290000800 - 5350 NORTHWEST WAY, REDMOND, OR 97756
1413290000900 - 3000 NW WILLIAMS WAY, REDMOND, OR 97756

Proposal Status

A public hearing was conducted by a Deschutes County Hearings Officer on June 20, 2023. Following a 21-day open record period, the Hearing’s Officer decision to approve the applications was issued on August 8, 2023 and the 12-day appeal period ends on Monday, August 21, 2023 at 4pm. 

The County received a timely appeal of the subject files. The appeal is assigned File No. 247-23-000632-A. 

In addition, the County received a timely request for a Reconsideration pursuant to Deschutes County Code 22.30. The Reconsideration is assigned File No. 247-23-000634-RC. The Hearing's Officer decision on the Reconsideration File No. 247-23-000634-RC was issued on September 13, 2023. A 12-day appeal period on the Reconsideration will follow. Please see below for the decision in full. 

Staff received a withdraw request regarding the original appeal file (247-23-000632-A). This ends the appeal process. The Hearings Officer's decision constitutes the final action by the County on the applications. The appeal period has lapsed and the decisions are final. 

Staff Contact

Haleigh King, Associate Planner
Haleigh.king@deschutes.org
(541) 383-6710