Wednesday, February 16, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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999 Public Notice
NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE
SESSION
To Consult with Legal Counsel
Concerning the Legal Rights and
Duties of the Panoramic Special
Road Access District with
Regards to Litigation
Panoramic Access Special Road
District (PASRD) Sisters,
Oregon, will hold an executive
session on Monday, February 21,
2021 at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. The
executive session is being held
pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(h),
to consult with legal counsel
concerning the legal rights and
duties of PASRD with regards to
litigation. The meeting is being
held via zoom due to current
Covid restrictions. Notice will be
published in The Nugget, via
PASRD email system, and
posted on the website.
Our regular monthly Board
Meeting will be held Tuesday,
February 15 at 7 p.m.
21
City snapshot — traffic will have to slow down
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
" Drivers will have to slow
down in Sisters. Council
adopted Ordinance No. 518
at their February 8 meet-
ing, which sets a designated
speed of 20 miles per hour
on local streets in residen-
tial districts. Currently, the
majority of streets within the
Urban Growth
Boundary
(UGB) have
posted speed
limits of 25 mph.
The downtown
commercial dis-
trict has lower
speeds of 20 mph
set by state stat-
ute. Adoption of
this ordinance
establishes a 20
mph speed limit in
residential districts on local
streets only. Collector streets
and arterials as designated
by the City9s transportation
system plan are not eligible
for the speed reduction. The
new designated speed will
take effect on the local streets
after the removal of the exist-
ing 25 mph signs and installa-
tion of the new 20 mph signs.
The total estimated cost for
the transition to 80 new signs
is $12,000.
" After six months of work
and five drafts, the Urban
Forestry Board9s 2022 Urban
Forest Management Plan was
approved and adopted by the
City Council on February 8.
The plan9s various elements
are addressed through mul-
tiple management strategies
with associated action plans.
The plan offers a compre-
hensive approach to building
and maintaining a healthy
urban forest and minimizing
damage caused
by wildfire and
inv
invasive
pests and
is comprised of
fiv components.
five
Th components
These
w
work
together to
bu
build
a thriving
ur
urban
forest and
e
efficient
man-
a
agement
plan:
tr
trees and infra-
s structure, urban
f forest manage-
ment, wildfire mitigation
and fuel treatments, man-
agement of tree inventory
outside of city limits, and
community engagement and
involvement.
" Sisters is the only city
in Oregon that has an Urban
Forestry Board, tree ordi-
nance, contracted City for-
ester, and Urban Forest
Management Plan. And
Sisters has again been rec-
ognized as a 2021 Tree City,
which we have been every
year for well over a decade.
" The City has posted two
job openings, one for the
camp host at the Creekside
Campground for the camp-
ing season, and the other
for a full-time code compli-
ance officer. The Camp Host
posting will be open until
February 21. The host duties
include keeping the camp-
ground clean and running
smoothly, and assisting park
visitors in a number of ways.
The compliance officer post-
ing closes on February 18,
with an anticipated start date
of March 14 or earlier.
" The City9s new prin-
cipal planner, Matt Martin,
assumed his duties on
February 7, and was intro-
duced to the City Council at
their February 9 meeting.
" Council approved a pro-
fessional services agreement
with Cameron McCarthy
Landscape Architects and
Planners for $64,664 to
provide planning services
to update the City9s Parks
Master Plan. Their timeline is
to have the master plan ready
for the Planning Commission
and City Council in October/
November 2022. The parks
master plan update is the City
Parks Advisory Board9s pri-
mary project for 2022.
" The Public Works
Advisory Board will be
updating the City9s water
and wastewater master plan
this year. At their February
8 meeting, they heard an
informational update from
Anderson Perry & Associates
on the part of the plan deal-
ing with water and next
month they will hear about
wastewater.
" At their February 26
workshop, Council will begin
a review of the City Charter,
which hasn9t been reviewed
or updated since 2003. When
ready, the Charter changes
will have to be voted on by
the citizens, probably in the
November election.
" The Sisters Woodlands
property bordered by West
Barclay, North Pine, and
Highway 20, is beginning
logging in preparation for
Phases 1 and 2. The public
will start noticing gradual
changes to the former Forest
Service property.
" The new bump-outs on
either side of the Creekside
Park bridge have been com-
pleted. Those were added as
part of ADA accessibility
improvements to create space
for a wheelchair to stop and
still have room for pedestri-
ans to pass or vice versa. The
ironwork decorations being
crafted by Ponderosa Forge
should be ready for instal-
lation soon. The bridge is
open again after being closed
during construction of the
bump-outs.