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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
HAydEN HOMES:
Developer will come
back to the table
Continued from page 3
During the hearing, Sisters
resident Cort Horner expressed
concerns about allowing
lower-density construc-
tion in one of the few multi-
family zones left. Habitat for
Humanity Executive Director
Sharlene Weed said that the
number of apartments and
townhomes planned was
insufficient to help meet the
current need for those types
of residences in Sisters.
Hayden offered to build 24
apartments in the first phase
of the modified plan, but the
total of 48 proposed units was
a considerable reduction from
the original plan. Unable to
reach an agreement, the plan-
ning commission continued
the hearing to June 29.
In the meantime, Hayden
reported they have been work-
ing on a revised plan that
addresses the concerns raised
at the Commission hearing.
“In order to satisfy the
items discussed (at the June
16 hearing), we believe that
the application should be a
modification to the original
master plan (with an update
to current code and public
works standards) rather than
removing the eastern property
and submitting a new master
plan,” explained April Pust,
PE, land development man-
ager for Hayden.
When informed that
Hayden plans to submit an
application for modification of
the 2005 master plan, Horner
was hopeful.
“I’m very glad Hayden
is coming back to the table
Broken Top gets its close-up...
again. I hope a compromise
is reached that all parties
can be happy with,” he said.
Hopefully they will “con-
sider the immediate needs in
the community, and weigh
them against the other present
options,” he added.
Weed stressed the impor-
tance of sufficient rental
housing in Hayden’s new
application.
We desperately need
rental housing, so a new
agreement needs to
include a minimum of 100
apartment units...
— Sharlene Weed
“I see where compromise
could benefit both Hayden
and the City. We desperately
need rental housing, so a new
agreement needs to include
a minimum of 100 apart-
ment units with at least 1/3 of
them built in the first phase.
Anything less would be giving
away the farm,” she said.
I n P u s t ’s l e t t e r t o
Davenport, she expressed
Hayden’s desire to complete
the Village at Cold Springs
subdivision and have it be
a positive development for
everyone.
“Hayden Homes is work-
ing diligently on this applica-
tion, and we plan to submit
a master plan modification
concurrent with tentative plat
application for all phases as
soon as possible. We believe
it is in everyone’s best interest
to get construction started in
the first phase in 2016,” Pust
wrote.
photo by Jay mather
often overshadowed by the three Sisters, Broken top got its due from photographer Jay mather.
LIZARd: Reptile is
great at pest control
around the house
Continued from page 19
vegetation and grasp butter-
flies, moths and honeybees
as they sailed by close to the
ground looking for flowering
plants to nectar in.
Surprisingly, I’ve never
found an alligator lizard in
Sisters Country, or around
Central Oregon for that mat-
ter. Maybe it’s too cold in
winter for them; perhaps our
lizard-eating kestrels are too
efficient and the lizards can’t
escape them. Or I’m going
blind. So, please go out and
find one for me in the Trout
Creek Natural Area, Camp
Polk or around Smith Rock.
The sex-life of alligator
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lizards is hard on the females
because of the male’s ten-
dency to take possession
of the female of his choice.
During the spring breeding
season, a male lizard grabs
onto the head of a female
with his tiny, needle-sharp
teeth until she’s ready to let
him mate with her. They can
remain attached this way for
several hours, almost oblivi-
ous to their surroundings.
Besides keeping her from run-
ning off to mate with another
male, this probably shows
her how strong and suitable a
mate he is.
The female will give
birth to four to 15 live young
between June and September,
and she’ll keep them away
from the “Old Man,” just in
case. But keeping them safe
from a marauding kestrel will
be difficult to impossible.
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