{"id":72,"date":"2012-07-09T23:59:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T23:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/?p=72"},"modified":"2012-07-09T23:59:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T23:59:26","slug":"monthly-report-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/2012\/07\/09\/monthly-report-june-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report ~ June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

SENIOR <\/span><\/strong><\/strong>CENTER<\/span><\/strong> (Nancy Ream Enabnit)
\nCenter members are gearing up for the Sandy Mountain Festival Pie & Cookie booth.\u00a0 Proceeds from the efforts benefit the area\u2019s meals-on-wheels program.\u00a0 Many thanks to the VFW Ladies Auxiliary who helped mix cookie dough.\u00a0 Once again the Festival music at the Birdcage Theater got a jumpstart from the center\u2019s own Silvertones band and vocal group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PARKS
\n<\/span><\/strong>New members were approved by City Council for appointment to the Park Board just in time for the annual park tour.\u00a0 Working towards the updated Park Master Plan, board members completed facility inventory forms for each of Sandy\u2019s Parks.\u00a0 Christine Gaare, wife of new board member Craig, provided valuable information on effective survey techniques.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RECREATION<\/span><\/strong> (Sarah Richardson)
\nAdult Coed Softball is back to a full 14 teams for 2012, up from 10 teams in 2011.<\/p>\n

A new program for middle school aged kids combines a visit to learn about volunteer opportunities with the Oregon Humane Society, Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Oregon Food Bank with lunch and a movie.<\/p>\n

Classes for pre-school aged kids in dance and soccer are very popular this summer with growth in both programs.<\/p>\n

A variety of Martial Arts programs for all ages continues to expand and grow in popularity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 7th<\/sup> Annual Noah\u2019s Quest 5k\/10k Walk & Run was held on June 30th<\/sup>. \u00a0New this year was a 1k Kiddie Run featuring an enthusiastic group of boys and girls.\u00a0 About 170 people participated in all events.<\/p>\n

Check out this year\u2019s Sandy Summer Sounds & Starlight Cinema schedule at www.sandysummersounds.com<\/a> or pick up a nifty brochure at any City building.<\/p>\n

TRANSIT<\/span><\/strong> (Julie Stephens)
\nTotal ridership this month was 22,348, representing just under a 2% decrease from the same period last year.\u00a0 The SAM-Gresham and STAR were down by approximately 2%, while SAM-Estacada decreased 9.4%. The use of ED increased again by 15.4% over the same period last year. \u00a0There were fewer days of service due to the way the calendar fell.<\/p>\n

Ridership for the fiscal year finished up by 5.8%, which is a greater annual increase than has been seen in recent years.<\/p>\n

TheTransit Center bids came in with only one respondent; which, despite coming in over the estimate, was accepted.\u00a0 Contract documents will soon be completed with construction expected in the fall.<\/p>\n

Staff continues to work with TriMet and the other regional transit providers toward an update of the regional Elderly and Disabled Transportation Plan.<\/p>\n

Thirteen participants joined the Transit Adventure to The Old Church in downtown Portland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SENIOR CENTER (Nancy Ream Enabnit) Center members are gearing up for the Sandy Mountain Festival Pie & Cookie booth.\u00a0 Proceeds from the efforts benefit the area\u2019s meals-on-wheels program.\u00a0 Many thanks to the VFW Ladies Auxiliary who helped mix cookie dough.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/communityservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}