Wednesday, September 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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City snapshot — funds boost investment
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO COURTESY DCSO
A search and rescue team wheeled an injured hiker out of the woods to
Pole Creek Trailhead last Sunday.
Rescuers aid hiker near
Pole Creek Trailhead
A sheriff9s search and res-
cue team came to the aid of
an injured hiker near the Pole
Creek Trailhead southwest
of Sisters last weekend.
Deputy Shane Zook,
assistant search and rescue
coordinator, reported that
Deschutes County Dispatch
received a report of an
injured hiker near the Pole
Creek Trailhead at about
2:33 p.m. on Sunday, August
29. The reporting person
said that a male in her hiking
party had fallen and injured
himself. The caller said that
the hiker could not walk out
and would need assistance to
get back to the Pole Creek
Trailhead. According to the
coordinates that dispatch
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Ten Deschutes County
Sheriff9s Office Search and
Rescue volunteers responded
to the call. The volunteers
parked at the Pole Creek
Trailhead and hiked in with
a wheeled litter. Members of
the medical team evaluated
the hiker9s condition and pre-
pared him to be transported
in the wheeled litter. The
hiker was then loaded into
the wheeled litter and carried
back out to the trailhead.
The hiker chose to seek
further medical treatment on
his own and did not want the
assistance of an ambulance.
" Sisters City Council
received good news from City
Finance Manager Joe O9Neill
at last week9s meeting. The
City received $308,677.15 in
American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) funds, the first of two
tranches or installments. The
second, equal amount will be
awarded in a year, bringing
the total awarded to $617,000.
One of the eligible uses for
these funds is for investment
in water, sewer, and broad-
band infrastructure. The City
will use part of the $308,000
to cover the overage on the
contract for the Locust Street
sewer line relocation. The
other part is scheduled to go
toward the installation of solar
panels on the public works
headquarters building to help
power the sewage treatment
plant more economically.
" Sisters Habitat for
Humanity received a $50,000
affordable housing grant from
the City to be evenly dis-
persed among the develop-
ment of nine lots in the Village
Meadows South development.
According to Community
Development Director Scott
Woodford, Habitat met all the
requirements for the grant.
They do need to update their
exhibits for the property to
reflect the increase from six
to 10 lots total (one is already
built on). Another stipulation
for the grant is to formally
record the plat. City staff all
agreed that no further requests
will be granted for this partic-
ular development.
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line relocation project is now
underway, with surveying
being conducted. The con-
tractors will begin their work
after Labor Day, with the proj-
ect wrapping up by the end
of September. The process
will begin with fish salvage
in Whychus Creek near the
Locust Street bridge. Then
the creek will be diverted, and
excavation will begin in the
streambed. The new sewer
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month of September as work
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Public Works Director Paul
Bertagna indicated this is a
very technical project and will
probably garner much public
interest. The upstream line has
been a longtime concern with
the possibility for damage to
the exposed pipe from debris
coming down the creek during
high water times.
" City Recorder Kerry
Prosser announced that 734
responses have been received
so far for the destination tour-
ism survey that is currently
underway, being completed by
tourists visiting Sisters. She
hopes to have 1,250 responses
by the time the survey activ-
ity is completed. The informa-
tion gathered will help inform
decisions made regarding pos-
sible tourist attractions, activi-
ties, and facilities.
" A public hearing will
be held on Wednesday,
September 8 before the
City Council on an amend-
ment to update the City9s
Comprehensive Plan, which
has been under review for the
past year. The plan has had
public input by two commit-
tees, a number of online sur-
veys, tabling events around
town, and presentations to
all of the City committees,
boards, and commissions.
The public is invited to make
comments during next week9s
hearing, which begins at 6:30
p.m. in Council chambers at
City Hall.
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