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6 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon HAYDEN: Original Master Plan dates back to 2010 Continued from page 3 Approval would enable development of a minimum of 195 residential units 4 116 single-family detached, 18 single-family attached/ townhomes, and 61-65 multi- family units 4 as well as 3.35 acres of open space and recre- ational amenities and support- ing infrastructure. The request also includes a Zoning Map Amendment to relocate 1.8 acres of an Open Space zoning district within the project site. In the original MMV Master Plan, that 1.8 acres was set aside as a park. Hayden wants to move it to a different location in an effort to save more trees in a more densely treed area. One final request is con- sideration of a Development Agreement (DA 19-01) to address specific terms related to the provision of affordable housing units (AHU). In 2009, the Planning Commission and the City Council attached two stipulations to the property. One directed that one in every 10 housing units would have to be affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as housing in which low-income residents spend no more than 30 percent of their gross household income on housing-related expenses. A low-income person or household earns 80 percent or less of the median family income for the area. In a September 4, 2018 Nugget article, it was reported that Hayden planned to build the 20 AHUs as First Story homes (Hayden9s 501(c)(3) nonprofit). Those homes would be offered at market rate with a 20-year deed restriction. First Story would offer a 30-year no- interest loan to each of the buyers. According to the proposed Development Agreement coming before the Planning Commission, the City of Sisters, McKenzie Meadows Village, LLC (the owners), Hayden Homes, LLC (the buyer), and First Story (the developer), agree that First Story will develop the AHUs on the property in accordance with the amended and restated Annexation Agreement obtained in May 2017 by McKenzie Meadows Village. The amended Annexation Agreement removed the pre- scriptive nature of how the AHUs would be provided. The original provisions dealt with affordable housing for seniors, called for affordable units to be evenly distrib- uted throughout the property, and related to housing styles, sizes, and design types. Those restrictions are not part of the 2017 Annexation Agreement. Hayden9s AHU exhibit in the new Master Plan for MMV indicates nine AHUs will be part of Phase 1. It appears they will be similar to the 400- to 600-square-foot units along McKinney Butte Road in the Village at Cold Springs. The other 11 AHUs will be part of Phase 3, located on a parcel of land on the western edge of the property next to the high school parking lot. Those are marked as rentals. According to the proposed Development Agreement, Hayden Homes will contrib- ute $50,000 to the City of Sisters Affordable Housing Fund, with $25,000 to be paid within 60 days after expiration of the Termination Right. The remaining $25,000 will be paid within 365 days of the first payment. If a Construction Excise Tax is later adopted by the City, MMV would be exempt from that. The other stipulation in the original Annexation Agreement required that the proposed senior living facil- ity had to be constructed and open for occupancy before any other construction could begin in the development, which eventually lead to a number of LUBA appeals, long delays, and expiration of permits, resulting in listing Quality Truck-mounted CARPET CLEANING Quality Cleaning 16 years in Reasonable Prices Sisters! — Credit Cards Accepted — ENVIROTECH 541-771-5048 Licensed • Bonded • Insured • CCB#181062 RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL of the property for sale by the local Willitts, Kallberg, and Reed families, long-time own- ers of the property. The original Master Plan for the entire MMV was approved in 2010. Now, nine years later, with over $600,000 in legal fees paid out by parties involved, a new Master Plan for development of the property by a different builder is coming before the Planning Commission. 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