What policies are the City of Bend working on to improve air quality?
1. The city shall encourage the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to perform more thorough monitoring of the air quality of the Bend Area, and shall work with DEQ to ensure that state and federal ambient air quality standards shall not be exceeded. 2. The city, county and state shall continue to work towards improving circulation and traffic flow through the city in order to reduce carbon monoxide levels. 3. The city shall regulate open burning, wood stove installations, and consider other measures to improve air quality within the urban area. 4. The city will cooperate with DEQ in continuing to monitor industrial emissions. 5. The city shall review land-use development in the Bend Urban Area as to its potential air quality impact on Class I areas within a 20-mile radius. 6. The city and county shall develop a plan and program to mitigate any air quality problems, before the city gets out of compliance with air quality standards. 7. The city shall support local citizen organiza
