Bend Developer or SNAP

  

"A developer who has received millions in state funding to build more than 100 affordable homes in southwest Bend  

told the city he won’t follow its recently adopted tree preservation code,  

setting the table for continued land-use disputes 

 and raising questions about whether the quest to save trees is compatible with the city’s housing needs." 

 

https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/developer-refuses-to-comply-with-bends-new-tree-code/article_ec71da50-5ba7-4b39-89bd-512c7a6b57f8.html

"Kine, who is no stranger to brushing elbows with government agencies, would rather fight than submit to a code he feels is unjust and impossible to meet.  

He argues the tree code is in violation of the U.S. Constitution,  

multiple state laws and directives of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek to increase housing supply." 

"The Tree Code as currently written is illegal and prioritizes existing trees..." 

(Over short term profits and green washing) 

"Kine also builds more luxurious developments. Just to the east, at Murphy Crossing, his new 174-space RV park is up and running. He has plans to build pickleball courts and an airplane-themed food cart pod called “The Hangar.” On Bend’s west side along Century Drive, Kine is working on 100 single-family homes to be priced between $875,000 and $1.1 million.

To prep each of those developments, Kine made stark clearcuts across acres of ponderosa pine. Both instances were propellers of public concern that rapid development in Bend was sacrificing too many mature trees, and would mean less shade, warmer temperatures, acceleration of climate change and loss of Bend’s rural character." 

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