Development Services – Monthly Report – June 2019

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Planning items:

Ballot Measure 3-540:Staff is still working with Firwood Design to confirm the legal descriptions associated with the annexed parcels after receiving comments from the Department of Revenue. 

Sign code: A future work session with Council and Staff shall take place (autumn potentially) regarding proposed updates to the existing sign code regulations. Staff has met several times to discuss existing and additional recommendations and will pass the recommendations to City attorney prior to scheduling a work session. 

Eagle Park improvements (19-009 DR):  Review on this project should be issued in mid-June.

Scenic Street (old Mt. Hood Hospice site): Staff had a pre-app in late May for a new senior residence/memory care facility.

Bloom Annexation (18-026 ANN): Scheduled for the 7/22/19 Planning Commission meeting. Once Planning Commission renders their recommendation the case will be scheduled to be heard by City Council.  

Sandy Community Campus (SCC) replat:  City Manager in communication with OTSD to determine location of fence and proposed land entitlements. OTSD is considering a renovation to the existing Sandy Grade School campus which may affect the desired placement of the fencing.  

Platted Lots through Q2:

Attached is an updated platted and tentative platted lots list through June 30, 2019.  Two new subdivisions were recently platted, Sandy Woods and Mt. View Ridge, which added 81 available lots for single family homes. We issued a model home permit in Sandy Woods prior to June 30th and since then have issued numerous other permits in those two subdivisions. Now that we have more lots available for development, we are getting a number of house permits submitted. Marshall Ridge (37 lots) and City Center Townhomes (6 lots) should be platted in the next few months.

You will receive the next update in October 2019.

Design Review:

  • Tractor Supply Company shed addition: (19-022 DR) applied for a design review for a shed on the site of the primary use however no plans were submitted.  Staff intends to deem the application incomplete should plans not be submitted within 30 days of receiving the initial application (6/27/19).
  • Dutch Bros: (18-057 DR/CUP) Design Review, Conditional Use and Variances (3) was approved at the 6/24/19 Planning Commission meeting. Staff is in the process of completing a Final Order and predicts it will be complete the week of July 15-19th.
  • Stowaway Mini Storage (18-048 DR): At the 6/10 PC meeting, this was continued to the July 22 PC meeting.
  • PGE Redevelopment (19-002): This was deemed complete on 6/4 and tentatively scheduled for the August 26 PC meeting. 
  • Fun Time RV (18-030 DR): (18-030 DR) was continued at the 5/28/19 Planning Commission meeting to August 26, 2019. Staff has since met with the applicant and their representative to discuss the proposal.
  • Bird Property Annexation (18-034 ANN): Scheduled for the July 15th Council meeting.
  • Trillium Machine: (19-017) proposes to build a second structure on their site located at 36535 INDUSTRIAL WAY. The application was deemed incomplete on June 20, 2019.   

Internal projects: 

City Hall Remodel: City Hall is currently undergoing a series of exterior improvements to the building – current status is as follows:

  • This project is mostly completed.  Only clean up work remains at this point.
    • Paint has been completed – note that the metal railings at the front of City Hall were painted in the trim color as well.
    • City Recorder’s window will be completed on Saturday, July 27.  This should be the final work needed to complete this project.
    • The window on the west wall of the downstairs data room has been removed and replaced with lap siding.  This was done to improve security to the data room.
  • Concrete skim coat for the entry to City Hall is now complete.
  • We are now waiting on bids to replace the plumbing in the building.   Bids for this phase shall be due in late July.  This should be the final City Hall urban renewal project for 2019.

Economic Development items:


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

  • AntFarm Youth Services:  There has been talk lately of AFYS starting to think about additional space.  They are aware that the Leathers lot that currently houses their Outdoor Programs is likely to develop before too much longer, and would also like to move their current offices out of the café space to allow that entity to grow as well.  Nunpa has expressed some interest, if any space ultimately becomes available, in looking at space at the Sandy Community Campus – he would be interested in a long-term lease for some office space at the very least.  The first floor of the Bunker Building would work, as would any new space that might get built in the future.  He would like the City of Sandy to keep him in mind as we think about developing this space in the near future.

Econ Devl – Internal Projects:

Downtown maintenance:

  • Although the blue recycle bins are accumulating some trash, they are also being used for their intended purpose as well.  AntFarm is emptying the bins regularly
  • Cleanup on Proctor Blvd: the AntFarm crew is completed with the first downtown cleanup project we have engaged them in.  We had them weed and cleanup about a half dozen planter strip and sidewalk sections including some pretty bad ones at Brady’s Brats & Burgers, the Chariteas Building and the Clackamas County offices.  Also had them remove sod in a couple of overgrown planter strips and replace with barkdust.
  • Derelict buildings – residential: 
    • One of the Pendergrass properties (the small garage directly behind Meadowlark Ski) has been approved for demolition.  Konell Construction has already pulled the demolition permit, so look for this structure to be gone within the next week or two.
    • After the recent discussion with Council, we seem to be back on track with the Lamb demolitions.  Jordan was able to get in touch with Mr. Lamb directly, and he agreed to comply with the City-led demolition process.  The scope of work for the demolition is complete – we are waiting for Mr. Doughman to draft a letter committing him to this process for him to sign before we move forward with the bid process. 
  • Derelict buildings – Smith Building:  This project has stalled out because of a deteriorating relationship between the two building owners.  We are reluctant to get in the middle of this growing dispute, and we note that most of the “nuisance issues” at the building have been corrected.  The cost of properly prepping and painting the building is going to be extremely high for the owners as the building is registered as historic and the paint is almost certainly lead-based.  Considering the condition of the building and the fact that it is probably not able to be occupied in its current condition, staff is reassessing our path here.

Econ Devl – Conferences/training:

  • June 5: Building in Oregon – an OEDA certification class (Cottage Grove, OR)
  • June 7: OEDA Summer Conference (Cottage Grove, OR)