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22 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SNAPSHOT: McKenzie Meadows revision on agenda Continued from page 3 as the model for others to come, Farnsworth noted. The artwork planned for the center of the roundabout will hopefully be in place by September 2018. • C o m m u n i t y Development Director Patrick Davenport reported that the Sisters Planning Commission is involved in an extensive review of possible text amendments to the City codes, includ- ing those dealing with nui- sance abatement. Davenport also said that plans for a community visioning proj- ect are underway includ- ing participation by the Citizens for Community organization. • Public Works direc- tor Paul Bertagna reported to the Sisters City Council that the original design con- cept is completed for all four intersections on the east end of town – Highway 20/Larch, 20/Jefferson, 20/ Buckaroo Trail, and junction of 20/126. The concept will be reviewed with ODOT and the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee and will then be available for public review and comments. • Bertagna reminded everyone that the City is now in “road work season” which means a small paving project on Hood Avenue near La Magie Bakery will be tak- ing place, as well as striping of streets and crosswalks will be occurring. City crews will be performing maintenance in the City’s public right-of- ways. Bertagna also reported that plans are underway to rearrange the traffic flow at the elementary school and to create a parking plan on East Cascade Avenue. When those plans are complete, an asphalt overlay will be applied to East Cascade Avenue. • Future Council business will include approval of a new three-year contract for policing services to the City by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s office at the May 24 Council meeting. A review of social gaming in the City will occur at the June 24 Council workshop at 5:30 p.m. • The City issued eight new business licenses in April. Those businesses include: a carpet cleaner; mobile repair service; nail spa; sports equipment manu- facturer; home cleaning ser- vice; a catering company; hot tub and sauna sales; and business services. • At the May 24 City Council meeting, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, Council will hold a public hearing on an application by the owners of the property known as McKenzie Meadow Village to revise the original master plan to make it more flex- ible for the property owners, while providing sufficient controls for the City. The original master plan was unusually prescrip- tive regarding uses and time frames so that the property’s availability for development is currently very limited. The restrictions have made it especially problematic with the market fluctuations as a result of the economic downturn and three Land Use Board of Appeals fil- ings by Mark Adolf. Adolf was unable to secure financ- ing to build the planned MMV assisted-living facil- ity and subsequently applied with the City to build an assisted living facility sepa- rate from MMV and received approval. However, that proj- ect currently appears to be stalled. YOUR YEAR-ROUND IRRIGATION EXPERT Backfl ow Installation & Testing Winterization Nelson Horse Waterers Underground Field Irrigation Residential Irrigation Services miller I R R I G A T I O N 541-388-0190 LCB#8234 Northwest Dining At Its Finest Open Thurs.-Sun., 5 p.m. to Close Call 541-595-6420 for Reservations C www.kokaneecafe.com The circle grows... PHOTO PROVIDED More than 120 community members in Sisters gave time to come last Wednesday to learn how lives of vulnerable young children are being changed when mentors give them undivided attention every week through the Circle of Friends program. These generous citizens donated more than $34,000 to ensure that the work continues. SPRD budget committee to meet A public meeting of the budget committee of the Sisters Park & Recreation District to discuss the bud- get for the fiscal year July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 will be held at the SPRD Coffield Community Center 1750 W. McKinney Butte Road. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 23 at 5:30 p.m. A second meet- ing of the budget committee may be held on May 25, at 5:30 p.m. if additional time is needed by the committee to review the budget proposal. The purpose of the meet- ing is to receive the budget message, to receive comment from the public on the budget and review the 2017-2018 budget proposal. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained by contacting Sisters Park & Recreation District. The pro- posed budget is also available at www.sistersrecreation. com. For more informa- tion call Liam Hughes at 541-549-2091. Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District Notice of Budget Hearing