City to intervene in land use appeal

The City of Sisters will jump into the fray as an intervenor in the appeal against bringing two proposed industrial parcels into the city.

Acting on a request from Barclay Meadows Business Park and from the Sisters School District, the Sisters City Council agreed Thursday, February 8, to intervene in an appeal to be filed by the Alliance for Responsible Land Use in Deschutes County (ARLU DeCo).

As an intervenor, the city will prepare a brief to the state Land Use Board of Appeals detailing the city's position on the developments and the history of the process that would bring the two approximately 30 acre parcels at the north edge of town into the city limits, zoned for light industrial use.

The developers offered to reimburse the city for any legal costs associated with the appeal.

Opponents argue that the proposed developments would have a negative impact on the adjacent Trapper Point subdivision and on traffic in the area.

The developers crafted a development agreement with the city and Deschutes County designed to mitigate impacts and paying for necessary traffic improvements.

ARLU DeCo and many Trapper Point residents were not satisfied by that agreement and remain opposed to the developments.