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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CITY: Building activity is accelerating in Sisters only thing left is the final design and footing details for the dishwashing station. The campground will be open on Monday, April 2 after the Easter Sunday egg hunt. Camp hosts will be on site May 1. • The Sisters Planning Commission is still reviewing possible Development Code text amendments regarding vacation rentals. The City has been receiving numerous communications from area realtors who are generally not in favor of most regulations proposed for vacation rentals. • The new City website is up and available. It is much more user-friendly than the old site and everything seems to be functioning well. It can be found at www.ci.sisters. or.us. • AT&T Mobility is pro- posing to install a monopole at 15200 McKenzie Highway, which is the address of Sisters Middle School. The over- all height above the ground would be just a little less than 127 feet. • Sisters City Council passed a resolution supporting the City of Sisters grant appli- cation for the Village Green play structure replacement project to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The total cost of the project is estimated at $193,750 with the City providing $77, 500 of the Continued from page 3 Drive and is awaiting issuance of a building permit for three residential units upstairs with a commercial catering busi- ness on the ground level. There is a mixed-use proj- ect going in next to the mini- storage on Barclay Drive. There will be three residential units upstairs with a wood- working business and coffee shop on the ground level. A site plan by the same owner has been submitted for land just to the north of the wood- working shop. • On Tuesday, March 20, HousingWorks was to break ground at 601 Brooks Camp Rd. for the 48-unit affordable Village Meadows Apartments. A ceremony was to take place at 2 p.m. with officials of HousingWorks, the City, and Deschutes County making remarks. A similar ceremony was to take place Tuesday morning in La Pine where another affordable complex will be constructed. • Improvements to the Creekside Campground are almost complete. Five full hook-up conversions are com- plete. The fiber conduit for wifi has been installed. The total. The City Parks Advisory Board has been research- ing possible structures. If the grant is received, public input will be sought on recommen- dations for play equipment. The entire structure, includ- ing the surface underneath it, would be ADA accessible. • Council approved an agreement between the City and the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council for riparian and utility design for Creekside Park and Campground. The design will include upstream and downstream fish passage at buried utility crossings, improvements to riparian and in-stream habitat, retrofits to the current pedestrian bridge over Whychus Creek, and provisions to reduce riparian impact of user-created trails. The design phase should be complete by December 31, 2018, with a complete set of bid-ready and permit-ready plans and specifications for the project. A majority of the funding for the project will come from grants secured by both the City and UDWC. • Finance officer Joe O’Neill reported he is work- ing on preparations for the 2018-19 budget process, pre- paring worksheets that reflect the Council goals. The Budget Committee begins their work in May. The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. Champs! PHOTO PROVIDED The Sisters Men’s recreational league basketball team sponsored by Don Pollard’s Global Fire Protection, (GFP Enterprises) took home the Bend Parks and Recreational Men’s Upper League championship. After finishing out a strong 11-1 season, the men went on to play in the championship tournament and won their final game, against Rock Supremacy, 98 -71. The team (Rob Jensen, Nate Jackson, Chad Rush, Jordan Oathes, Rodney Warner, Jason Huber, Issac Jackson, Brian Horner, Ryan Moffat, Blake Weber, Eli Harrison, and Chris Pratt) plays twice a week, year-round, with other Sisters residents. They offered a special thank-you to Don Pollard for sponsoring the team. Servgng th e Sgsters, Camp Sherman and Black Butte Ranch Areas Ponderosa Properties R E A L T O R S 541-549-2002 A N D 1-800-650-6766 9 L LLC P R O P E R T Y M A N A G E M E N T www. P onderosa P roperties.com 221 S. Ash St., Sisters The Locals’ Chogce for Real Estate Sales Kevin R. Dyer 541-480-7552 Rad Dyer 541-480-8853 Carol Davis 541-410-1556 Catherine Black 541-588-9219 Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226 Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650 Carrie Koepke 541-419-1575 Greg Davidge 808-281-2676 Jackie Herring 541-480-3157 CRS, GRI, Principal Broker ABR, CCIM, CRB, CRS, GRI, Principal Broker ABR, GRI, Broker CRS, Broker, Realtor Emeritus 40 Years Broker GRI, Broker Broker Broker Broker
