4^th Quarter Report 2021 – available lots in subdivisions:

Attached is an updated platted and tentative platted lots list through December 31, 2021.  We issued 22 single family homes between October and December.  Jewelberry Meadows (20 lots) and Jewelberry Ridge (9 lots) are both in the final stages of public improvements, but neither development has received substantial completion so the plats cannot be recorded yet.

With the approval of Cedar Creek Heights (89 lots), Ten Eyck Rim (9 lots), and Sandy Woods II (43 lots) we will see additional subdivision construction for those three subdivisions in the near future. 

City Council will be hearing Deer Meadows (formerly Bull Run Terrace) on appeal on January 18. Staff is still working with the developer of The Bornstedt Views on subdivision modifications. You will receive the next update in April 2022.

Planning Department items:

Parks Code Changes (21-032 DCA):  Staff continues to work wih ESA, the City Attorney’s office, and Councilor Walker on the amendments.

Senate Bill 458 (21-059 DCA):  A work session has been scheduled for March 8^th to discuss how the City of Sandy shall proceed with adopting the requirements of this Senate bill. 

Mt. Hood Cleaners addition (21-057):  Review of this Type I application for the construction of a storage addition to their existing building has been completed by staff.  Final order was issued on December 22^nd.

Bornstedt Views Subdivision (21-021 SUB/TREE):  The application for this 42 lot subdivision between Bornstedt Rd and Averill Parkway south of Cascadia Village was deemed complete on August 17^th.  The Planning Commission has postponed this hearing from its original hearing date of October 25^th to the PC meeting on February 28^th.

Deer Meadows Subdivision (21-014 SUB/TREE & 21-061 AP):  The applicant filed an appeal of the Planning Commission decision on November 30 within 12 days of the Planning Commission decision as required by Section 17.28.10 of the SMC.  The appeal will be heard by the City Council at their regular meeting on January 18, 2022.

City of Sandy Comprehensive Plan Update:  The contract with 3J Consulting has been fully executed and a press release was placed on the City of Sandy website.  3J Consulting, Planning staff, and City administration completed a project kickoff on January 4^th.  Staff and 3J Consulting are now discussing a public outreach strategy and are creating an application and solicitation process for recruiting for a citizen advisory committee.  Project kickoff is tentatively scheduled for February 22^nd before the City Council.

39601 Scenic Street (21-064 DR/FSH/TREE):  This duplex conversion of a single-family home and request for tree removal has received on December 15^th and deemed incomplete by staff on December 28^th.

19555 SE Arletha Court annexation:  This property was just purchased, and the new owner would like to annex it into city limits.  Pre-application meeting was held on January 6^th.

OTSD tree removal (21-042 TREE):  This request by the Oregon Trail School District to remove trees at Cedar Ridge Middle School was deemed incomplete in September.  Staff is still waiting on additional information from applicant.

Kelly’s Kudos:

This month I want to thank Ron Lesowski and Don Carlton for their service and dedication to the City of Sandy Planning Commission. They have both been instrumental in numerous code amendments, long range planning objectives, and of course land use reviews. Their time spent on the Commission for over a decade is inspiring and very appreciated.

Internal projects: 

Permanent Outdoor Covered Structures grant program:  The status of this program is reviewed semi-monthly at the City of Sandy Ec Dev Advisory Board meeting – here is the status of the program as of the beginning of December 2021:

More information has been requested by the Sandy Urban Renewal Board before a final decision can be made for the following projects:

• Sandlandia II
  • Bigfoot Growlers
  • Sandy Inn Best Western (approval given for design work)

Staff is researching and collecting the information requested for the first two projects listed above for review by the SURA Board at a future meeting and will work with the general manager of the hotel to get a design concept drafted for the final listed project.  Design work for approved projects will now be forwarded to the engineer – all projects will be re-drafted by the engineer and will incorporate any changes he requires.  Economic Development anticipates that the first project may be ready to go out to bid in March.  Watch this space…

Economic Development items:

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

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• Façade project – Clackamas County’s Sandy Health Clinic:  Construction continues on this new County health care clinic next to the Sandy PD, which is tentatively scheduled to be completed in October 2022.
• Façade project – Les Schwab:  This project is now essentially complete.  Staff is still waiting for the general contractor to request a final inspection.  Email status request to project manager Jordan Hoffart is pending.
• Public infrastructure project – Small library planter:  This project on hold – contractor currently out with COVID but anticipates completing the project in January.
• Façade project – Fun Time RV fencing:  Work has resumed on this project – concrete base for fence posts now installed. 

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Econ Devl – Internal Projects:

Downtown maintenance:

• AF Downtown Maintenance:  The urban renewal agency is keeping our AntFarm downtown maintenance crew busy to start the new year.  Their primary task in January will be to clean up the back lot of the Smith Building pending the redevelopment of the building by the new owner in the coming construction season.  This project will focus on digging out existing blackberry bushes, trimming the landscaping, removing a 15-year layer of moss from what remains of the rear parking lot and general cleanup.

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We also had the crew address the series of sidewalk drains that were installed on Proctor Boulevard during the undergrounding project.  These drains were installed to avoid pooling where there were low points in the new sidewalks that were lower than the base of the adjacent buildings.

Econ Devl – Economic Development Advisory Board:

At the January meeting of the EDAB, the board was given a draft copy of the proposed RFP for the Economic Development Strategic Plan.  Discussion focused on the length of time the report should focus on and what elements should be highlighted.  It was determined that using a 15 year focus would be a better approach than the 10 year focus we were planning on, and our future business retention and attraction activities (whatever they end up being) should focus heavily on attracting living wage jobs and the industries that provide them.

Econ Devl – Conferences/training:

There were no training opportunities for Economic Development in the month of December.