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To McKenzie Pass Scenic Route(Closed in Winter at Milepost 84)

Dee Wright Observatory

Crossroads Subdivision

Cold Springs Campground (Milepost 88)

Population: 1,490

Elevation: 3,182’

To Three Creeks Falls

Three Creeks Lake

To Bend- 20 Miles

To Redmond

Aspen Lakes Golf Course

Eagle Crest Resort

To Hoodoo Ski Area

Suttle Lake

Black Butte Ranch

Camp Sherman

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Overnight Camping

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Sisters, Oregon

2016 Oregon Federal Lands Access Program – Excerpts from Grant Application

Proposed Work Summary This project involves constructing a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of US20@Barclay in the City of Sisters and within the Deschutes National Forest. Constructing a roundabout, rather than a signal, will better reduce conflicts among vehicles, bicyclist and pedestrians while improving traffic flow for all users. It will also improve access to and from the Barclay/Locust alternate route and provide an aesthetically pleasing gateway feature for Central Oregon and for the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass National Scenic Byway. Oregon DOT is delivering the project through construction with FHWA, and is currently in the design phase. Description of Proposed Capital Improvement, Enhancement, or Surface Preservation This project will also provide a gateway into the City of Sisters. The gateway will include artwork and landscaping that protects the scenic byway's intrinsic values and follows the interpretive theme, "A Journey Through the Passes is a Journey Through a Land of Contrasts" and ties into the City's existing aesthetics. The gateway will be the hub of multiple destinations including the Mckenzie Pass-Santiam Pass National Scenic Byway (Hwy 242), East Portal Interpretive Site, and Sisters to Smith Rock Scenic Bikeway. Also included in the project is a multi-use trail on the east side of US20/Cascade Avenue that will connect to the Barclay roundabout and downtown Sisters providing pedestrians and bicyclists a safe connection to travel from downtown to the middle school and high school. Recreation and Economic The Deschutes National Forest consists of 1.6 million acres of national forest lands which attracts over 2.5 million visitors each year, according to the 2008 National Visitor Use Monitoring Study. The Deschutes ranks number three in highest visitation to national forests in the Pacific Northwest Region. The East Portal Interpretive Site adjacent to this project also provides access to the adjoining Willamette National Forest. The city of Sisters is surrounded on three sides by the Deschutes National Forest. Visitors often recreate in the Three Sisters Wilderness, and other recreation sites on the Sisters Ranger District in areas that include Black Butte, Metolius River, Whychus Creek, and Three Creeks Lake resulting in high use and economic generators for the City of Sisters as well as other surrounding communities. US 20 to the north of the project also provides access to Camp Sherman, Hoodoo Ski Area, Suttle Lake and Detroit Lake. Scenic Bikeway designations provide routes to McKenzie Pass to the west of the project area and to Smith Rock which is to the east of the project area. The enhancements proposed by this project will provide safer access when crossing US 20 and an easier transition between urban, rural, and semi-primitive areas. The proposal will improve the visitor experience by providing a visible gateway and change in traffic flow and speed to the city of Sisters and a change in landscape character of a more scenic and winding travel corridor found on the McKenzie Pass portion of the national scenic byway.

Meeting Scenic Byway Needs Identified in Byway’s Management Plan The McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway is an 82-mile loop over OR 126 and OR 242 both of which are directly accessed from US 20 through the proposed roundabout project. US 20 also provides the link between other national scenic byways throughout the Willamette Valley as well as the Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway in Central Oregon. The anticipated benefit related to the byways would be a sense of arrival through a formal gateway and designated entry to public lands through an east portal. The project would meet the needs identified in the Byway’s management plan through its site planning and facility design which would enhance the expression of the interpretive theme “A journey through the passes is a journey through a land of contrasts” and related subthemes of human experience, geology, and natural process. The influence these interpretive sub-theme stories would have on the physical design of byway sites and facilities should be reflected in the color and texture of materials used and the form, scale and construction details of specific design features. The project would also meet Byway management plan needs as a Scenic Byway entry portal which would welcome visitors to the Byway and identify the Scenic Byway through design and use of materials compatible with the interpretive theme of the Byway and its surrounding Forest environment.

Excerpt from the City of Sisters Development Code:

2.15.2200 Public Art: All sculpture and visual art shall incorporate themes related to Sisters' western

heritage, culture, recreation, natural surroundings, wildlife, history and educational opportunities. These

themes can be interpreted by a wide range of artistic styles, ranging from traditional to contemporary.

Such displays shall be subject to Planning Commission approval.

The Sisters Country Vision

We have a modern western community that honors and preserves its history. Sisters is a safe

community with an authentic village atmosphere, and a variety of public gathering places, that invites

walking and cycling. We especially support our youth and elders and provide social services for all. We

have a belief in all aspects of education and the presence of community institutions that foster

individual and community growth.

We create our future through a strong planning process that protects the town character, encourages

environmental sustainability and defines future development, including housing options for all citizens.

The surrounding natural environment provides a spectacular setting for the community, and there are

strong connections to it for personal, social and economic purposes.

We have a strong tourism economy because of this beauty. But we are also a diversified entrepreneurial

economy that includes arts and culture, light industry, natural recourse based businesses, and small

retail. This economy especially supports locally conceived and owned businesses that provide a wide

variety of year-round family wage jobs. Highly developed local leadership and an active and informed

citizenry make Sisters a fine example of community self-sufficiency and grassroots democracy.