Planning items:

Bloom Annexation: Case No. 18-026 ANN, Bloom Annexation, has been granted an extension not to extend beyond May 27, 2019 (245 days). The applicant’s representative submitted the required TPR analysis and ODOT has provided their response. Currently the applicant’s representative is working with outside agencies with regards to the existing historic designation(s) associated with the property to determine how they would like to approach that element of the project before proceeding to Planning Commission for consideration.

Sandy Community Campus: Following the City Council approval of Ordinance 2018-28 to vacate segments of public ROW, staff has continued to work with the contracted land surveyor to begin the re-platting process to clean up the property boundaries for the two owners (City of Sandy and OTSD). It was communicated to staff that a site visit would be performed on November 12, 2018 with associated deliverable to follow.

Newberry Duplex: Applicant Jeff Newberry received a final order regarding the proposed duplex development of a property on the north side of Creekside Loop.

Zion Meadows:  An application was submitted for the relocation of mitigation trees.  We are in the process of recording an amendment to the tree protection covenant for this subdivision.

Stowaway Mini Storage: This company received an incompleteness letter on October 25 in response to their design review application to incorporate 24 storage unit containers into their overall development.

McDonald’s: The existing McDonalds restaurant on HWY 26 has submitted an application for a Design Review for façade improvements to conform with Sandy Style.

Other large reviews being conducted:

• TSC, Inc.: they have decided to wait to excavate the site and move forward with construction until Spring 2019.
• Sandy Vault Storage: This proposed project was issued an incompleteness letter on 10/29/2018. Next steps on this project would be for the applicant to submit the requested missing items to Planning for review.

Economic Development items:

Econ Devl – Commercial Properties (vacancies, new businesses, etc.):

• Joe’s Donuts: Stage II complete.  Sandy citizens can now enjoy their favorite donuts in an outdoor setting!  Many thanks to the Parks crew for helping out with the installation.
• Next Adventure: Construction is mostly complete and should be ready to take advantage of the 2018-2019 ski season.  Paint job is similar to the Sandy PD.

Econ Devl – Internal Projects:

• Downtown maintenance:
  • AntFarm Downtown Maintenance contract: The work on the Bignall Pool grounds is in progress – you may notice that the landscaping at the pool exit near Sandy Grade is now complete and looking much better. They have also completed the work in front of the former Elusive Trout Pub as well.  As always, if there are areas of downtown that you would like to see them focus on next, let me know.
  • West Streetscape project: Next time you stop by City Hall, make sure to check out the cleanup work completed with this project.  We filled in all of the landscaping “islands” across the street, removed an old driveway apron that was no longer serving an active business with a proper sidewalk segment (and approximately 10’ of new, legal on-street parking), and added some outdoor customer facilities for Joe’s Donuts including bike parking and new seating, along with some general clean up.
  • Bignall Pool, north wall: We have selected Laverne’s Rock Works as the lowest bid contractor to do some repair to the exterior of Bignall Pool.  Since the play structure has been removed, missing mortar and surface damage to that wall is both exposed and obvious now.  We are repairing it so that it does not get worse now that there will be direct exposure to the elements.
  • Derelict buildings: We have now moved at least partially forward with all three property owners identified to Council as having derelict buildings in the downtown couplet.  We are meeting with one of the property owners this week to get access to the property they wish to demo to have it tested for environmentally hazardous materials prior to putting the demolition out to bid.  The other two property owners have been contacted and have responded, but have not yet identified the path they wish to take with their properties yet.

• Clackamas County Tourism’s Community Partnership Program grant projects:
  • Jonsrud Viewpoint: Blake Turin from N8 Construction has started this project in the late part of October by cutting and removing the pieces to be replaced at the   Forms will be built, and concrete is scheduled to be poured by the end of the Thanksgiving holiday, followed by the addition of new traffic and instructional signage from both City of Sandy and Clackamas County Tourism & Cultural Affairs.  This project is scheduled to be completed by November 1.
  • Meinig Park Entry Arch: We have signed a contract with Todd Speck of Mountain View Contracting to do the construction work for this project. Speck was the contractor of record on the Shell Station façade project in 2017 – he is local to Sandy and has displayed excellent craftsmanship in the work that he has completed with us to date.  We are currently processing the building permit for this project, which should begin shortly.

Econ Devl – Conferences/training:

• Oregon Economic Development Association: 2018 Annual Conference (October 7-9, Klamath Falls): This conference marks 2018’s final opportunity for economic developers around the state to gather and network with each other, and to learn what is going on around Oregon with regard to economic development.  Got to spend some time with our Clackamas County Tourism folks, who sent three representatives to the conference, and Clackamas County Business & Economic Development’s Cindy Moore.  Also spent time catching up with Matt Lorenzen (my counterpart in Estacada) and other regional economic developers.  Tourism was an overarching theme at this event, as Oregon’s tourism numbers continue to skyrocket.