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Wednesday, June 7, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LETTERS Continued from page 2 Pardon me, if I extend the analogy to the uninformed, who like blind MOLES dig shal- lowly just relishing roots of Earth’s succulent plants. Joann Power s s s To the Editor: Eight years ago a group of Sisters citizens came together to revise and update the city’s TSP (Transportation System Plan). Many months were spent reviewing changes to our transportation needs, and a final report was presented to the City Council. After several workshops and public hear- ings, that plan was adopted in January of 2010. One of the recommendations in the TSP is finally in place — the west-side round- about. Kudos to ODOT and the City, espe- cially Paul Bertagna, for seeing this through. The west-side entrance to our city will be safer, and more beautiful, as a result. Parents will no longer have to fear for their teen- age drivers as they dart across Highway 20 between speeding cars on the way to school. Our seniors will no longer have to cross between 50 mph+ traffic on their way to Ray’s or Bi-Mart. ALL cars passing through this intersection will be at 20 mph. There is no doubt that we saved someone’s life by choos- ing a roundabout for the entrance to our city. These types of infrastructure projects take years from the planning stage, to funding, to implementation. We need to start now on get- ting the second roundabout installed at Locust and Highway 20. Our community will be safer, and more beautiful, as a result. Carey Tosello s s s To the Editor: Thank you for the article explaining the problems the townhome owners are experi- encing with their damage repair and lack of cooperation from the HOA in the Village of Cold Springs built by Hayden Homes. YOUR YEAR-ROUND IRRIGATION EXPERT Backfl ow Installation & Testing Winterization Nelson Horse Waterers Underground Field Irrigation Residential Irrigation Services I agree there is absolutely no excuse for all these delays. These folks pay monthly dues to the HOA to cover the maintenance of the exterior of their buildings. This means the roofs. Of course, this is Hayden’s problem to solve. Hayden has total control of the HOA board. There are no homeowners on this board, so we have no input into how things at the HOA are handled. The single-family homes have a separate problem. We do not pay the HOA for our maintenance of the exterior of our homes. However, because Hayden did not build these homes to code, many of us sustained major damage as well. I find it interest- ing that Hayden Homes said in your article, “Your home was constructed in accordance with all building codes and requirements that applied on the date of construction… Neither the city of (Sisters) nor (Deschutes County) required the installation of an ice barrier when your home was constructed in 2013.” This is totally wrong! There is a code in place, and has been in place for several years, that requires an ice shield be installed on the roofs of these homes. We have it stamped on our plans, in red ink, showing the locations that were required to have the ice barrier. I have an e-mail from Deschutes County that shows they have this code in effect as of January 1, 2013. Hayden is not being honest with the homeowners. Hayden was contacted by several home- owners and were told that Hayden would do nothing. They are not going to honor what they should have done in the first place. They don’t care. Now several homeown- ers are having to replace their roof to install the ice shield that should have been done by Hayden and are considering potential legal action. Hayden should be held accountable to build homes per code. I don’t understand where they get their reputations as a high-quality home-builder, based on our experiences. Doug Wills s 541-388-0190 LCB#8234 s Welcome, Rodeo Fans & Cowboys! 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