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SROA forming Fire Protection Workgroup
SROA NEWS – The board
has approved the formation of a
Fire Protection Workgroup following owner concerns about
fire risks in Sunriver.
The workgroup will be
tasked to examine current and
existing fire protection efforts
to fill any identified gaps.
This will include the review
of existing processes and plans,
including:
• Sunriver Ladder Fuels Reduction Plan
• Sunriver Community
Wildfire Protection Plan
• Collaborations with agency
partners (Sunriver fire/police,
Deschutes County, Oregon
State Fire Marshal, USFS,
ODF, etc.).
• Review of such under legal
requirements, best practices
and suggested guidelines
This workgroup is expected
to meet in a regular manner
and make periodic recommendations to the SROA Board of
Directors as well as consideration by Sunriver owners and
the community. Such recommendations could include
amendments to exiting plans
and rules. It is expected that
early meetings will include educational components for those
participating in the workgroup,
as well as owners in general.
Overall, the intent is to explore
all factors that are currently and
could be implanted in Sunriver
to make the community as fire
resilient as possible.
The overarching goal is to
retain the high standard of
livability that such planning
and associated regulations are
intended to ensure – this has
been part of the underlying history of Sunriver since its inception in 1968. The integrity of
blending the urban community
within a forested environment
that has developed since that
time is of the utmost importance and must be retained in
order to continue to enhance
the quality of life, retain the
natural environment and preserve property values.
An important part of the
output from the workgroup
will be the input of community
stakeholders. The workgroup
will be comprised of representatives that include a variety of
owners to the greatest degree
possible (full-time residents,
part-time residents and owners who rent their property),
agency partners (SSD/fire/police/representatives, Deschutes
County, Oregon Department
of Forestry, Oregon State Fire
Marshal, U.S. Forest Service,
etc.) and, as necessary and available, community partners (Resort, Village, Sunriver Nature
Center, airport, etc.), SROA
Board liaisons and SROA staff.
Those interested in volunteering can fill out a volunteer
service form on the SROA website at www.sunriverowners.
org/volunteer. As an on-going
workgroup with no formal
sunset date, membership will
likely change over time.
It is not expected that there
will be a sole final product
from the workgroup as there
would be from a task force. It
is expected that – as various
elements of existing plans,
legal requirements, guidelines,
etc. are explored – there will
be periodic recommendations
for amended/updated fire protection related plans, Sunriver
Rules and Regulations, Design Manual rules, etc., (with
an emphasis on considering
recognized gaps) that will be
presented to the SROA board.
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