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Wednesday, August 15, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Celebrating with SPRD... City snapshot By Sue Stafford Correspondent • Three volunteer posi- tions are currently available on the City Parks Advisory Board for three-year terms. Applicants can be residents of either inside or outside the city limits. Applications are available at City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Ave., or online at www.ci.sisters.or.us and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, August 31. The board’s responsibility is to advise the City Council on matters pertaining to the acquisition, development, maintenance, and preserva- tion of public parks, trails, and open space. The CPAB meets the first Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. at City Hall. For more information contact Patrick Davenport at 541-323-5219 or email him at pdavenport@ci.sisters.or.us. • The Deschutes County Sheriff’s office is investigat- ing recent vandalism to pub- lic restrooms at Fir Street and Village Green parks, where tagging was found on the walls. Please report to either the DCSO 541-603-6911 non-emergency number or City Hall 541-549-6022 any suspicious activity around the city parks. • Survey number two for the Sisters Country Horizons vision project is available online until August 17. Respondents will have the opportunity to indicate their favorite draft strategies. Those receiving the highest numbers will help frame the final vision document for for- mal adoption in early January 2019. Take the survey at www.sistershorizons.org. • Jeanette Pilak, execu- tive director of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, reported to the City Council that 1,289 quilts were displayed at this year’s show. ODOT estimated there were 8,000 attendees. Pilak thanked the Sisters Public Works Department for all their hard work making the city clean and a fun place for quilters to come. Pilak said they intention- ally buy locally for materi- als and services as much as possible, such as from Sisters Rental, Ace Hardware, and Blazin Saddles. One hun- dred local businesses provide sponsor support and over 400 volunteers make it all happen. The SOQS gives out $10,000 a year in honorariums to local groups such as high school athletic teams and Sisters Park & Recreation District for their assistance with the event. This was the 43rd year for the SOQS. • Joe Rambo, organizer of the Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival, thanked the City and the Public Works Department for all their assis- tance with the first year of the festival. He reported they had 784 attendees from outside Central Oregon and 500 from outside Oregon. • The City Parks Advisory Board received a progress report from the staff of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council on the Creekside Park and Campground Fish Passage and Riparian Restoration Project. They reviewed project components including utilities, instream and riparian habitat resto- ration, creek public access points, and ADA access at the footbridge. The discus- sion that followed will help further guide finalizing the conceptual design report, which will be available from Henderson Land Services in early 2019. • City Council, City staff, and the City attorney’s 9 office continue to refine the time, place, and man- ner restrictions applicable to marijuana-related busi- nesses, in an attempt to have a Development Code amendment in place as close to the November election as possible. Sisters residents will be voting on whether to allow marijuana busi- nesses in Sisters and whether to tax such businesses. The Planning Commission will be holding a public hear- ing on the ordinance on November 8, and the City Council’s public hearing will be November 28. If all goes well, the ordinance will be in effect December 28. • A Housing Policy Advisory Board is going to be established by City Council to help provide direction on housing issues in the city. • Applications are begin- ning to be received for the City Manager’s position, which will remain open until it is filled. Brant Kucera will leave his position in Sisters on August 17 for his new posi- tion as City Administrator in Ashland, Wisconsin. PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK SPRD showcased its programs like Zumba in a community celebration on August 9. 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