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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Letter campaign...
COMP PLAN:
Citizen volunteer
opportunities abound
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PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
Local activists presented the Sisters Post Office with some 6,000 letters on Friday, as part of the Vote
Forward “Big Send” campaign. Local citizens composed letters to “unregistered and low-propensity
voters” telling them why they vote and encouraging the recipient to do so. Several people produced
more than 1,000 letters each. While the letters do not encourage the recipient to vote for or against a
particular candidate, Vote Forward and The Big Send are associated with the pro-Democrat organization
Swing Left.
Highway 22 reopens
Travel between Sisters
and the Willamette Valley
took a long step toward
normalization as Highway
22 reopened to traffic
in the Santiam Canyon
on Tuesday, October 11.
Oregon Department of
Transportation officials esti-
mate more than 30,000 haz-
ard trees have been removed
along a 40-mile stretch of
Highway 22 that saw heavy
roadside damage from high
winds and wildfires in early
September. Hazard trees
include dead, dying or lean-
ing trees that were damaged
by the wildfires, and would
likely fall down on and block
the highway.
As commuters resume
travel on the highway, offi-
cials advise:
" The speed limit is
reduced to 40 mph between
Gates (milepost 33) and
Pamelia Creek Road (mile-
post 63).
" Significant work contin-
ues in the canyon and trav-
elers should expect delays
throughout the burn area.
" Utility companies are
working throughout the cor-
ridor to repair power lines
and are continuing to cut
down hazard trees.
" Other hazards to travel-
ers include damaged guard-
rail, roadside log decks and
slash piles from the hazard
tree removal, as well as the
potential for falling rocks.
" With fall and winter
rains beginning, slides and
debris flows are a particular
concern, especially in areas
where the vegetation, tree
roots and underbrush have
been stripped away.
" Since many businesses
and other facilities were
damaged or destroyed by
the fires, there are limited
services available through-
out the Santiam Canyon.
Commuters should fill their
gas tank, pack enough water,
food and other supplies for
the trip.
" Access for pedestrians,
including those with disabili-
ties, will be available and
identified through or around
the work zones.
Ore. relaxes
asbestos
rules to speed
fire cleanup
SALEM, (AP) 4 Oregon
officials are relaxing some
requirements for handling ash
and debris containing asbes-
tos to speed work in removing
debris from homes and build-
ings destroyed by wildfires.
The Oregon Environ-
mental Quality Commission
on Friday also authorized
the temporary stockpil-
ing of asbestos-containing
debris before being taken to
landfills.
The comp plan gener-
ally addresses land within
the City9s Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) but there
will also be an assessment
done exploring the potential
to expand the UGB while
examining areas adjacent to
the UGB.
Oregon state law requires
that all cities adopt and peri-
odically update compre-
hensive plans that are con-
sistent with the state9s 19
Statewide Planning Goals.
Since 2005, when the comp
plan was adopted, Sisters
has experienced rapid popu-
lation growth and shifts in
demographics. The original
data, trends, and land-use
categories used to establish
the 2005 comp plan are now
outdated. Also, a full update
of the City9s comp plan is
identified as an action item
in the Sisters Country Vision
adopted in 2019.
The project management
team includes City staff from
the Community Development
Department, supported by a
team of consultants led by
Angelo Planning Group that
includes Johnson Economics
and NXT Consulting that
facilitated the Sisters Vision
project. The process will be
guided by a Stakeholders
Advisory Committee of local
agency partners to provide
technical expertise, as well
as a Community Advisory
Committee to review plan
policies and concepts.
The comp plan update
process will provide numer-
ous opportunities for com-
munity members to engage
with and provide feedback
on the goals, policies, and
objectives of the plan, with
a focus on making feedback
opportunities accessible to
the full range of Sisters com-
munity members. Outreach
efforts will incorporate a
variety of activities and strat-
egies to ensure that everyone
is able to provide feedback in
a meaningful way.
The Project Management
Team has identified a num-
ber of ways to interact with
and solicit feedback from
the community. They will
target stakeholders and par-
ticipants including coordi-
nation with City commis-
sions, boards, and other
local public agencies. The
team will also engage other
governmental, business, and
advocacy groups and will
conduct regular briefings,
open to the public, with the
Planning Commission and
City Council.
The project website
(www.sisters2040.com) will
be the primary location for
project information and also
will provide a platform to
receive general feedback
on the planning process and
draft concepts. People can
also sign up to receive regu-
lar project email updates via
an interested parties email
list. Community members
can also submit comments
about the project, including
an option to have a City staff
person contact them to fol-
low up.
Throughout the year-long
process, there will be a mul-
titude of ways for citizens
to be involved and provide
feedback. COVID is going
to require much of it to be
done online, and the team is
currently working on a vari-
ety of other activities and
events.
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