Planning items:

Sandy Community Campus: Staff has received the updated plans completed by the contracted land surveyor for the proposed final plat of the Sandy Community Campus and Sandy Grade School campus. Staff will complete an internal review of the plans to determine if they depict the intended outcome and proceed accordingly.

Ballot measure 3-540: At their December 3^rd meeting, Council approved Resolution 2018-35 proclaiming the annexation (ballot measure 3-540) effective following the majority vote by voters in the November general election. City staff will file the appropriate documentation with the necessary State and County departments to make the results official.

Zion Meadows:  Two separate applications have been submitted for the relocation of mitigation trees off of individual private lots.  These applications are in process.

T Mobile:  Antler Avenue cell tower co-location was approved with conditions on November 7^th.

Tickle Creek Property: Removal of 2 trees within the FSH overlay on the NE corner of Ruben and Dubarko was approved with conditions on December 4^th.

Stowaway Mini Storage: Staff has not received any additional submittal from Stowaway Mini Storage after issuing an incompleteness letter on 10/25/18 in response to their design review application to incorporate 24 storage unit containers into their overall development. As a reminder: The existing storage units did not receive approval before installation occurred.

Internal changes: Planning staff is in the process of adopting new FEMA floodplain maps and associated changes to the Flood & Slope Hazard overlay code chapter.  No appeals were made to DLCD for the recent development code changes to Chapters 17.22, 17.28, 17.80 and 17.82 – these changes went into effect on December 5^th.

Design Review:

• McDonald’s: The McDonald’s restaurant on HWY 26 was issued a completeness letter on 11/28/18 for their proposed facade improvements (18-050 DR).
• Robert Mottice: Received a completeness letter for the proposed RV carport structure variance to have the structure located closer than the required side and rear yard property lines (18-051 VAR). Planning Commission hearing is being scheduled.
• Bank of America ATM: This is for the drive-thru ATM located near the Lovely Nails building in the Fred Meyer parking lot at the intersection of Hwy 26 & SE 362nd Dr. The bank was issued a completeness letter on 11/6/18 for their proposed ATM drive-thru renovation (18-053 DR).
• Fun Time RV: Received an incompleteness letter on 8/28/18 for their proposed expansion of RV storage. Staff held a meeting with business representatives to make the process and requirements clearer to the applicant on 11/21/18 (18-030 DR).
• Double Creek Condos modification: Received an incompleteness letter. Attorney communication to find compromises is ongoing.
• Snowboarding school/camp: Applicant is requesting a conditional use permit for this proposed use at the old hospice site on Scenic Avenue. Application has been deemed incomplete.
• Jacoby Heights subdivision: Applicant submitted new materials on December 5^th.  Staff is re-reviewing the application for completeness.

Other large reviews being conducted:

• TSC, Inc.: Tractor Supply has decided to wait to excavate the site and move forward with construction until Spring 2019. However, their property transaction with Mr. Benson occurred and they now own land in Sandy.
• Sandy Vault Storage: This proposed project was issued an incompleteness letter on 10/29/2018. Applicant’s representative has been making steady progress forwarding missing items to staff.

Parks & Trails Advisory Board:

• Staff has requested the Board begin the conversation to formally make their recommendations regarding the Parks Master Plan at the upcoming meeting proposed to be held 12/19/18. New members and staff have been on-boarded since the current informal recommendations have been proposed therefore this will give new members the opportunity to offer new perspectives and provides staff the ability to better understand the Board rather than making inferences based on the findings received from the Board Chair earlier this year.
• City Manager Kim Yamashita has reached out to the organization 110 Percent in hopes to have a representative speak with the City regarding the parks master planning efforts. Details to come as we wait for a reply.
• The Meinig Park Entry Arch upgrade is currently under construction. Efforts have been made to use what information exists in previous park master plans to create continuity in design with other Sandy parks, including design elements, coloring and font choice.

Internal projects:

We have created some positive internal change here at City Hall on the Planning side of the building.

• We have purchased and are installing new desks for Noryne and Rebecca to give a more professional look (and a more functional counter area) to the Planning & Building Desk.
• We have also hired new planning support staff.  Marisol Martinez will begin to support our Planning Assistant position right away, and will eventually support the Building Assistant position and have other support duties as assigned.  Welcome Marisol aboard the next time you stop by the Planning Desk.

Economic Development items:

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

• Next Adventure: Construction is now complete, and Next Adventure is fully utilizing this building.  There were a few hiccups with the building opening, but all seems to be worked out now.  Also, NA has removed the vinyl banner they had up on the sign for their building and is now fully compliant with local sign ordinance.

Econ Devl – Internal Projects:

• Downtown maintenance: 
  • AntFarm Downtown Maintenance contract: The work on the Bignall Pool grounds continues slowly but surely. AntFarm crews are preparing to install some kinnikinic as ground cover for the slope next to the pool exit, and weeding continues.
  • West Streetscape project: A few pictures of the completed work…

• Bignall Pool, north wall: Laverne’s Rock Works of Estacada will begin working on this project shortly after the new year begins.  They were clear with us when they bid on this project that they were a certain number of weeks out (6-8 weeks) due to the overheating economy, but the bid was so good that we agreed to the delay.
• Derelict buildings – residential: We have now met with both residential owners and the owners of the Smith Building, and we are happy to report that progress is being made on all fronts.  We have completed environmental testing on one of the residential property owner’s structure, and we now have access to the other residential property owner’s structures and environmental testing is scheduled.  Once we receive the results of the testing on these three structures, we will be ready to put this job out to bid.  Bulldozers will come next….
• Derelict buildings – Smith Building: Development Services met with Mr. Goldenberg and Mr. Paletti, the owners of the Smith Building on December 3rd to discuss how to move forward with getting this building looking good again.  The owners took full responsibility for the condition of their building and seem eager to work with us to get everything into compliance.  While they search for a design professional to assist them with some of the structural restoration pieces, they have already tackled many of the landscaping and minor issues to the City’s satisfaction.  Next time you drive by the building on Hwy 211, check out the back of the building – they’ve done a fantastic job with the landscaping.  Work continues.

• Clackamas County Tourism’s Community Partnership Program grant projects:
  • Jonsrud Viewpoint: This project is essentially on hold right now – our contractor is having a legitimately difficult time getting a concrete truck to roll to this job site because it is less than a full load of concrete. Concrete suppliers are loaded to the brim with work right now, making it extremely difficult to get one of them to commit to rolling a partial load.  We’re working on it — a solution will be found soon.
  • Meinig Park Entry Arch: This project is moving along nicely. Contractor now has most of the arch constructed (see below).  He should have 95% of the project construction done before the end of the calendar year.

Econ Devl – Conferences/training:

• No conferences in November; One training event (Staff training event at Collins Retreat)
• In January, I will be dropping off of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (I am termed out).
• In January, I will be joining the board of Ant Farm Youth Services. I am excited about this transition as I hope to help develop this relationship further by:
  • utilizing AntFarm crews for more maintenance work around the City.
  • working heavily on workforce development needs in the community and how AFYS can play a role in matching labor with need.
  • Helping their executive director with the continuing development of the organization’s management staff.
  • Developing new services for the greater community – cleaning up the meth camp on Music Camp Road recently has uncovered a new service need here in Clackamas County (homeless/drug site restoration) that could potentially be a new revenue stream for this organization. This type of work is badly needed in this region, and the Clackamas County Sherriff’s Office has already offered their support in developing these services going forward.
  • Creating new programming and potentially new opportunities to engage the community for the organization in the future.