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Do you think Bend needs more street lights?
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429 Votes

Do you think Bend needs more street lights?

Yes, for safety!

9

No, it's been fine.

7

Yes, for safety!

9 Comments
poor turtle
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poor turtle

I'm for this if they are designed to limit their light pollution and just light what they need to. No need for excess

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k san
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k san

In some neighborhoods, most definitely! Dark neighborhoods are havens for crime. Light dissuades crime.

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Bob Yetter
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Bob Yetter

I see lots of comments on nextdoor about car prowling, break-ins and vandalism. There are over 200 homes in our development and not one single street light! I keep all my outdoor lights on all night.

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Kerie Raymond
Kerie Raymond

Studies show that increased light does not increase safety. Just wasting energy, disrupting birds, people's ability to sleep, and pollutes the night sky.

Cathy Green Horinek
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Cathy Green Horinek

Especially along 97, where there are curves, and at exits or entrances to the parkway.

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JohnWayne Kenneth Pool
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JohnWayne Kenneth Pool

There are definitely streets or stretches of that could be better lit up. I walk frequently and it would make me more comfortable.

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Vernon Budd
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Vernon Budd

These moron's won't read them anyway they don't read the exciting one's

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Bob A. Bui
Bob A. Bui

The “morons” won’t “read” the streetlights? LOL.

No, it's been fine.

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Brad Livsey
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Brad Livsey

No lights! More roundy-rounds, they're fun, don't you know!

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Deb Dyck
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Deb Dyck

We don't need more light pollution!

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Mark Dierbeck
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Mark Dierbeck

Dark skies are important

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Kerie Raymond
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Kerie Raymond

I support dark sky compliance. Light pollutes the night sky making it hard for migrating birds, observing the stars, and sleeping! Studies show that light does not increase safety.

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Kerie Raymond
Kerie Raymond

I'm encouraged that the City of Bend is replacing lamps with LED lamps that will use less power, emit less heat, and are dark sky compliant by pointing down, not out or up, preserving the night sky.

Ashley Wilson
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Ashley Wilson

It’s fine the way it is. We are not a huge city. We have made it the past 30 years I have been here.

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Bob Yetter
Bob Yetter

Yes, but it's grown significantly. I see lots of comments on Nextdoor about car prowling, break-ins and vandalism. More street lights may help minimize this. We do not have a single street light.

Do you think higher  SDC fees will lead to fewer new homes in Bend?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
150 Votes

Do you think higher SDC fees will lead to fewer new homes in Bend?

Yes

1

No

0

Yes

1 Comment
Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

People are already dealing with bidenomics, vote this woke city council out

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No

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Do you agree with piping of canals in Central Oregon?
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315 Votes

Do you agree with piping of canals in Central Oregon?

Yes

4

No

3

Yes

4 Comments
Michael Thille
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Michael Thille

Piping the canals to conserve water is the logical next step. Where does Commissioner Adair think the wildlife got a drink before the canals were made over 100 years ago? I will admit reducing Junipers and reinvigorating our wild grasslands makes sense.

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Delaney Gates
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Delaney Gates

The canals were not put in as "water features" for people's backyards. Build your own water feature and pay for the water. This water is meant for agriculture.

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SunnySunshinestein
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SunnySunshinestein

Get it done, it's way past time.

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happy jean
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happy jean

Commission Adair, where do you think wildlife get water when irrigation water is off Oct-March? Please share your plan and funding strategy for removing 5 million juniper trees. What will happen to the wildlife that live in those trees. Your argument is weak.

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No

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snowzone
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snowzone

Why do Bend residence have to accommodate Jefferson county. I'm sure someone up there can figure a way go pump the water they need out of Lake Billy Chinook

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Alma and Bruce Miller
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Alma and Bruce Miller

I agree with commissioner Patti Adair - there are other alternatives.

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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski
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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski

Wildlife has relied on these open canals for decades. There is no other option for critter water.

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