Wednesday, July 3, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CHANGES: Several
large trees to be
removed in Sisters
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hold a joint meeting on
Thursday, July 18, 4 p.m., to
review the final drafts of the
newly completed Housing
Needs Analysis, Buildable
L a n d s I n v e n t o r y, a n d
Housing Measures Report
before they go to the City
Council.
" The City has signed a
three-year economic services
agreement with Economic
Development for Central
Oregon (EDCO), which
includes the services of man-
ager Caprielle Foote-Lewis.
Previously, the City provided
$60,000 per year toward
the cost of the contract. The
new amount is $50,000 from
the City. Each year for the
next three years, the Sisters
EDCO advisory board will
be responsible for privately
fundraising $8,000, $10,000,
and $13,000. The section
of the contract dealing with
the advisory board has been
expanded and the role of the
board clarified.
" The City and the Central
Oregon Intergovernmental
Council (COIC) have signed
an intergovernmental agree-
ment for COIC to facilitate
the Vision Project implemen-
tation during FY 2019-20. In
late summer, an event will
be held for the public to hear
implementation plans.
" A new project coordina-
tor, Troy Rayburn, assumed
his duties in the Public
Works department as of July
1. He is replacing Nicole
Abbenhuis and will have
broader responsibilities in the
newly created position. He
comes from Redmond, where
he worked in the community
development department as
an urban-renewal program
specialist. Former employers
include Clark County, City of
Aspen, and the Oregon State
Legislature.
" The Community
Development Department
has published their work plan
for FY 2019-20. Their prior-
ity tasks are those mandated
duties of processing land-use
applications and consents
for building permits, walk-in
customer service, responding
to queries from the public,
code enforcement, and flood-
plain administration. As time
allows, they will address the
next round of Development
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" Following a study using
approved methodology, staff
is recommending increases to
the water and sewer system
development charges (SDC)
paid by builders of new resi-
dential and commercial proj-
ects. A component of that
study was an annual infla-
tionary adjustment derived
from the Engineering News
Record construction cost
index. For FY 2019-20, that
adjustment is a 3.04 percent
increase.
" Hot off the press are
copies of the Sisters Country
Vision 3 Our Community,
Our Future. The colorful
brochure is professionally
printed, outlining the strat-
egies identified to support
the four major components
of Sisters vision: prosperity,
livability, resilience, and con-
nection. More details on the
vision are available at www.
sistersvision.org.
" Workers are currently
being hired locally for the
2020 national census. A great
deal of work, like check-
ing physical addresses, takes
place ahead of the census date
of April 1, 2020. Enumerators
are paid $14.50 an hour and
field supervisors are paid
$16 an hour. There is work
right at the time of the census
and also after the census for
any needed follow-up. More
information and applications
are available on the website
at www.2020census.gov/jobs.
2020 will be the first time
that people have the option
of completing the census
by self-reporting via phone
and internet. The results of
the census impact financial
appropriations received by
the county and congressional
representation.
" The Urban Forestry
Board approved removal of
three large ponderosa pine
trees located in front of the
First Interstate Bank on Main
Avenue. The roots of the
trees are causing heaving
and breaking up of asphalt
and concrete. There are scars
on the trees where they have
been hit by cars. They are
compromised due to those
conditions and there is evi-
dence of pitch moth infesta-
tion. The UFB determined
there was no viable solution
other than removal of all
three trees. First Interstate
will be required to plant two
mitigation trees of a different
species more appropriate as
street trees.
" There are <alarming
signs= in the Hayden Homes
subdivision that a 42-inch
diameter significant pon-
derosa has died. The Urban
Forestry Board recommended
immediate removal due to
bug infestation to keep them
from spreading to other trees.
There is evidence of a light-
ning strike to the tree. There
is no evidence of any excava-
tion around the tree.
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seeking the sensor for its
effectiveness in measuring a
leak during a winter where
homes and businesses suffer
from frozen pipes.
<People are also protect-
ing their homes from water
damage because it is able to
detect a leak and will notify
you when there is an abnor-
mal level of water leakage,=
Adler said.
The business in the past
year has seen huge growth,
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and has received almost $50
million in funding.
<This sensor fits within a
huge market for something
that can help with conserva-
tion,= Adler said.
Adler plans to present this
sensor to the City of Sisters
and get word spread out to
regions across Oregon.
<It is pretty unanimous
across cities and towns to use
this sensor because it helps
keep water costs down for the
city, as well as for homeown-
ers,= he said.
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