{"id":274,"date":"2014-11-15T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/?p=274"},"modified":"2014-11-15T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:56:14","slug":"monthly-report-september-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/2014\/11\/15\/monthly-report-september-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report ~ September 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Center<\/strong>\u00a0(Nancy Ream Enabnit)
It’s time to give a shout-out to the dedicated crew of Meals-on-Wheels drivers. Iris White heats up the food and packages it for delivery. Four routes are delivered four days each week. Currently there are 49 individuals who receive a hot meal and, more importantly a welfare check, from one of 16 caring volunteers. The service boundary\u00a0encompasses the entire Oregon Trail School District, exclusive of the Hoodland corridor. After people begin to receive meals, Cami Henderson conducts an in-home visit and explains the other services provided by the Center.<\/p>\n

Parks
<\/strong>Joe Preston & Steve Gillis kept the parks looking snazzy for the peak use season. That was no easy task since new\u00a0facilities, Bornstedt Park and the Sandy Bluff Dog Park, created quite a bit of additional work for the crew. \u00a0Many thanks to Joe & Steve.<\/p>\n

Recreation<\/strong>\u00a0(Sarah Richardson)
\nIt has been a year since the Recreation Guide went completely electronic. For the most part the impact has been positive.\u00a0 The new reader board, more flyers to schools, email newsletter blasts etc. have helped to provide the community with information about recreation and leisure opportunities. Feedback indicates they like the frequent reminders.<\/p>\n

The Recreation Department and the Library have started to talk about collaborating more frequently on programs. Working together in the summer to provide camps, classes and other programs is an exciting possibility.<\/p>\n

Some programs were in transition in September, namely the Wednesday playgroup. It is back up and running now, but September numbers will reflect the delay in reorganizing after Healthy Start lost funding. The turnout the first week was very strong indicating the need for such programs in our community.<\/p>\n

Transit<\/strong>\u00a0(Julie Stephens)
\nTotal ridership this month of 11,442, shows a slowing trend of declining ridership, 33% from the same period last year. SAM-Gresham decreased 36%; again this month, SAM-Estacada had the greatest drop in use, 44%;\u00a0STAR had an increase of 12.7% this month; and\u00a0ED ridership had a decrease of 61%.\u00a0 The opening of the dialysis facility in Sandy has shifted many ED rides to STAR.\u00a0 The result is significant cost savings per trip, better usage of STAR and an increase in the percent of people with disabilities using STAR.\u00a0 STAR remains, however, available to the general public.<\/p>\n

The expanded Mt. Hood Express ridership was 2510 in September.\u00a0 The bike trailers have brought out a new mountain bike ridership that takes the bus up to Ski Bowl and Timberline and rides trails back to Rhododendron. \u00a0The bike trailers will remain through October or until the snow flies.\u00a0 Ski equipment boxes are being constructed for the winter season.<\/p>\n

Julie and Clackamas County partner, Teresa Christopherson, attended the Conference on Transportation and Federal Lands in Washington, DC.\u00a0\u00a0 It was rich with shared information on innovative projects and areas of research affecting multimodal transportation, tourism, recreation, travel and access to and in National Parks and Federal Lands.\u00a0 The Mt Hood Multimodal Plan and subsequent transit project with its unique partnerships was presented by ODOT and WFHA.<\/p>\n

Transit staff worked to design and conduct multiple online, newsletter and on-board transit surveys in September.\u00a0 The surveys were performed jointly with Mt Hood Express to fulfill a requirement for the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) Grant.\u00a0 Online surveys were available for one week, newsletter survey responses are still coming in, and on-board surveys were conducted on all routes during all hours over three days\u2014approximately 140 service hours.\u00a0 A BIG thank you to the on-board survey volunteers (off-duty drivers, TAC members, PSU students, willing husbands and family) and staff who performed many extra shifts to get the job done.<\/p>\n

Online and newsletter results are still being tabulated.\u00a0 Andi has entered all 336 on-board surveys into Survey Monkey for analysis.\u00a0 Preliminary results show great satisfaction with the service, especially the drivers, a desire for more Sunday service, later weekday service, a very high percentage of transit dependent riders and once again, that SAM brings as many riders into Sandy daily as those transported elsewhere.\u00a0 This is significant and clearly identified because the surveys are conducted in one direction only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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