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
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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.
Veterans’ Services
Serving those who’ve served.
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