Senior Center (Nancy Ream Enabnit)
The south side entrance doors got a major overhaul as new automatic openers were installed. After 21 years of service, reliability of the old mechanism was sketchy at best. Money from the Senior Trust Fund, made up primarily from memorial donations, was used for the repairs.
Monthly activities included the second annual Walk the Red Carpet Oscar party. Participants in attendance enjoyed hors d’ouevers, bubbly beverages, a Hollywood glitz costume contest and prizes for predicting the winners.
Parks
Thanks to heroic efforts from volunteers and staff at the Community Center and City Hall staff, in cooperation with Cool Printing, a massive park survey (including a Parks of Sandy map) was distributed to Sandy citizens. The results will help shape the updated Parks Master Plan, currently under revision by the Park Board. Apparently this is a subject people care about since well over 400 surveys have been returned.
Recreation (Sarah Richardson)
Mountain Storm Youth Basketball for 5th and 6th graders is in full swing with 10 teams. Instructional programs for K-2 are also underway. The opening of the new High School has created more gym time and the opportunity to look at new formats for the 2013-14 season.
Planning for summer 2013 is in the beginning stages. New classes are coming to the Recreation Department including Stained Glass, Letterboxing, and Crochet. Summer programs are being tweaked to meet both budget criteria and resident need.
Transit (Julie Stephens)
Total ridership this month was 19,067, a decrease of 6.8% from the same period last year. The SAM-Estacada route showed an increase of 6.6%; SAM-Gresham decreased 5.6%; STAR use decreased by 22% this month.
A mandatory Drug & Alcohol Audit was conducted by ODOT in February. The auditor reported Sandy Transit maintained good oversight of the operations Contractor.
Sandy has an opportunity to request funding for Saturday morning and Sunday service between Sandy and Gresham in conjunction with the Mountain Express extension of service to Government Camp. Staff is researching the possibility.