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Sat, 09/01/2018
September 1, 2018 — Working in conjunction with the Clackamas County Arts Alliance, the City of Wilsonville is undertaking a community enhancement program project to craft a ‘Public Investment Strategy for Arts, Heritage & Culture.’ As part of this effort, the City is undertaking, through October 7, a public survey online to gauge community members’ thoughts and desires on arts and culture.
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Fri, 08/31/2018
The September 2018 edition of the all-city newsletter, The Boones Ferry Messenger, features reports and updates on a range of topics including the following articles and content:
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Thu, 08/30/2018
August 30, 2018 – Wilsonville Parks and Recreation is accepting Community Opportunity Grant applications through Friday, September 28.
Each year, the City distributes $25,000 in Community Opportunity Grant awards from its general fund to provide funding for a wide range of local programs and projects in Wilsonville. Successful proposals advance education, diversity, arts or community involvement. Applications are available online at WilsonvilleParksandRec.com/GrantPrograms.
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board reviews applications and awards $12,500 in grant funding twice annually. Incoming applications are scheduled to be reviewed at the board’s October 11 meeting.
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Tue, 08/21/2018
August 21, 2018 — On August 20, the Wilsonville City Council reaffirmed a 30-year “sister city” relationship with Kitakata, Japan, in front of a 12-person delegation visiting from the Japanese city led by Mayor Chuuichi Endo. Elected officials from Wilsonville and Kitakata planted a friendship tree at City Hall, exchanged gifts and expressed gratitude for the ongoing cultural exchange program, locally managed by the Wilsonville Sister City Assn.
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Wed, 08/08/2018
August 8, 2018 - During the August 6, 2018, meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council conducted a public hearing and adopted the Concept Plan for the Basalt Creek Planning Area. Worked on jointly by the Cities of Tualatin and Wilsonville with funding and logistical support from Metro regional government, the plan guides future land use, transportation and infrastructure investments in an 847-acre area of rural Washington County.
Under New Business, the Council approved the commencement of negotiations for upgrading the City’s core financial accounting and permitting software by Tyler Technologies, budgeted at $1.1 million. The software upgrade allows the City to examine existing municipal business processes and improve customer service between City and water/wastewater customers and vendors.
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Thu, 07/19/2018
July 19, 2018 — A City of Wilsonville road project to improve the I-5/Wilsonville Road interchange Exit 283 southbound freeway on-ramp is now complete. The $700,000 project adds a third “stacking lane” to the metered on-ramp, increasing on-ramp capacity to hold an additional 35 vehicles waiting to enter the freeway during evening rush-hour.
Completed with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the additional lane is designed to decrease traffic congestion at the I-5/Wilsonville Road interchange area by providing additional room for vehicles on the on-ramp rather than backingup on Wilsonville Road.
The project was one of three congestion improvements totaling an estimated $900,000 approved by the Wilsonville City Council in October 2018 to improve traffic flow on Wilsonville Road between Boones Ferry Road and the I-5 interchange.
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Tue, 07/17/2018
July 17, 2018 — At the July 16 meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council conducted a public hearing and approved both comprehensive-plan and zone maps amendments for a 2.22-acre parcel located along Canyon Creek Road South. The Council’s action—which increases the allowable density of development from an older 0 to 1 residential units per acre to the newer standard of 4 to 5 dwellings per acre—enables development of a five-lot single-family subdivision known as “Aspen Meadows No. 2.” Over time, the City has approved development of single-family homes on 14 of the original 19 lots that composed the 1964 “Bridle Trail Ranchettes” subdivision.
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Mon, 07/09/2018
July 9, 2018 – The City of Wilsonville is set to embark on a project to replace a 40-year-old corrugated metal outfall pipe and install a new diffuser at the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The project provides increased wastewater treatment capacity to accommodate future growth, improves Willamette River water quality and satisfies Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) compliance requirements.
Leakage from the outgoing outfall pipe was discovered in 2014; the City completed interim repairs on the outfall in 2015.
The Wilsonville City Council approved preliminary design and permitting or the replacement pipe in October 2015, and authorized final design and bid support in November 2016. In May 2018, Council authorized a contract with Northbank Civil and Marine to complete the $1.1 million replacement and diffuser installation.
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Thu, 07/05/2018
July 5, 2018 – The City of Wilsonville has launched a new family of websites that provide community members with better access to city services and information.
The City’s primary website, ci.wilsonville.or.us, is now more accessible from mobile devices, including cell phones. The site is easier to navigate, more secure, and provides an expanded calendar of events.
Sites for the Wilsonville Library (wilsonvillelibrary.org), SMART Transit (ridesmart.com) and Wilsonville Parks and Recreation (wilsonvilleparksandrec.com) are also redesigned.
The City’s website redesign project is the first in nearly five years. Each of the new sites includes unique branding; all are organized to highlight information people are most often looking for.
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Tue, 07/03/2018
July 3, 2018 — On July 2, the Wilsonville City Council adopted an amendment to the SMART 2017 Transit Master Plan (TMP) which identifies and prioritizes proposed service upgrades that could be funded by the new Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF). The amendment updated project cost estimates listed in Appendix B of the TMP as to meet the planning requirements set forth by the State. All projects and their prioritization remain the same as originally identified through an extensive two-year TMP public involvement process. Identifying service priorities is a requirement of the Oregon Department of Transportation, which is expected to distribute STIF funding annually, beginning in spring 2019.
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Mon, 07/02/2018
July 2, 2018 – The City of Wilsonville is seeking community feedback on three preliminary design concepts recently unveiled at an open house introducing the City’s Signage and Wayfinding Plan.
An online survey is available now at http://bit.ly/CitySignage. Responses are being collected through Monday, July 16.
“We are looking for as much detail as people are willing to provide,” said Planning Director Chris Neamtzu. “We want to hear opinions –supportive and critical – about the styles, colors, materials, fonts and shapes we’ve presented to help us move forward with a concept that the community supports.”
With design partner Alta Planning + Design, City planners will analyze community feedback, develop a preferred design, and present it to the Planning Commission and the general public for review this fall.
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Fri, 06/29/2018
The Summer 2018 edition of the Wilsonville Public Library newsletter "Check Out" features articles and information about events at the library throughout July and August. Check it out!
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Fri, 06/29/2018
The July 2018 edition of the all-city newsletter, The Boones Ferry Messenger, features reports and updates on a range of topics including the following articles and content:
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Fri, 06/29/2018
June 29, 2018 – A new flyer that details which items can be recycled – and those items that cannot – is being distributed throughout Wilsonville in the July edition of the all-city newsletter, The Boones Ferry Messenger. The flyer is also available at the City’s website, www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/recycling.
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Thu, 06/28/2018
June 28, 2018 – S&P Global Ratings has raised the City of Wilsonville’s long-term rating from ‘AA+’ to ‘AAA’ on the City’s existing full faith and credit obligations. The global market intelligence firm notified the City of the newly-amended rating on June 26.
The AAA rating is reflective of many factors cited in S&P’s analysis, including strong budgetary performance and very strong management. The designation signals to potential lenders that the City possesses extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments.
“The rating action reflects our view of the city’s improved management assessment reflecting the adoption of formalized policies and practices that we consider strong,” the S&P summary report reads. “The rating action also reflects our view of the city’s improved local economy reflecting higher per capita income and overall wealth levels.”
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Wed, 06/27/2018
June 27, 2018 – South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) has introduced two new routes this month, providing convenient alternatives to automobile travel for Wilsonville-area commuters.
SMART is collaborating with Canby Area Transit (CAT) to provide a new midday express service between the Wilsonville and Canby transit centers. Route 3X runs 12 times every weekday between 5:30 am and 7:20 pm. The 20-minute trip costs $1.50 ($3 round-trip). The service, which debuted on June 21, is possible because of a grant awarded to CAT by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); CAT has an inter-governmental agreement with SMART to deliver service to Wilsonville.
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Mon, 06/25/2018
June 25, 2018 – The City of Wilsonville invites residents to participate in the online component of the City’s 2018 Wilsonville Community Survey through July 6 at bit.ly/wilsonvillesurvey2018.
Conducted every other year, the statistically valid survey includes questions about quality of life, local policies, demographics, ratings of local government services and resident use of services.
Conducting this survey every two years allows the City to compare 2018 responses against benchmark values of prior surveys from Wilsonville and more than 500 other U.S. cities. Results help the City understand when residents’ satisfaction with various city services and community amenities has increased or decreased, and how Wilsonville compares to other communities participating in the National Citizen Survey.
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Wed, 06/20/2018
June 20, 2018 — At a public hearing on June 18, 2018, the Wilsonville City Council adopted the City’s all-funds $185.8 million budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The budget, recommended and approved on June 6 by the Budget Committee for Council consideration, includes $37 million for the General Fund, which funds services such as Parks, the Library and Police, and an unchanged property-tax rate of $2.5206 per $1,000 of assessed value that funds $7.5 million or 20% of the General Fund budget.
As part of the budget-approval process, the Council adopted two resolutions that confirm Wilsonville’s eligibility and election to receive State-shared revenues totaling $2.3 million, with $0.7 million for the General Fund and $1.6 million of gas-tax revenues for the Road Operating Fund.
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Thu, 06/14/2018
June 14, 2018 — The City of Wilsonville is hosting several family-friendly community events this summer, including a celebration of the City’s 50th birthday. These free events are designed to bring friends and families together to celebrate summer at two of Wilsonville’s top gathering places – Memorial Park and Town Center Park.
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Thu, 06/07/2018
June 7, 2018 — The City of Wilsonville is hosting a Signage and Wayfinding Open House on Tuesday, June 26, 5:30-7:30 pm, at City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop E., to gather community feedback on initial design concepts that will inform the City’s Signage and Wayfinding Plan.
After a brief presentation about wayfinding, three design concepts are being presented for public review and comment. An online survey is collecting additional feedback from community members unable to attend. A survey link is being posted on the City’s Facebook page and on the City’s website at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/signageandwayfinding after June 26.
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Wed, 06/06/2018
The June 2018 edition of the all-city newsletter, The Boones Ferry Messenger, features reports and updates on a range of topics including the following articles and content:
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Tue, 06/05/2018
June 5, 2018 - At a public hearing on June 4, 2018, the Wilsonville City Council selected a preferred alignment to locate the proposed French Prairie Bridge over the Willamette River that would serve as both an emergency incident response route for I-5 and a daily use amenity by bicyclists and pedestrians.
Working in partnership with Clackamas County, the City Council acted on a unanimous recommendation from a 21-member citizen task force empaneled to review and recommend an alignment and design for the bike-ped-emergency bridge. The Clackamas Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution supporting the Alignment W1 recommendation on May 24.
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Mon, 06/04/2018
Samples of local water delivered to a Seattle-area laboratory for testing on Friday, June 1, revealed no detectable level of microcystins in the local water supply, the cities of Wilsonville and Sherwood announced today.
A ‘non-detect’ result was returned this morning for three samples – source water, finished water and distributed water – supplied by the City of Wilsonville.
As an additional measure to ensure the health of the water supply, Wilsonville is sending samples to two laboratories to analyze seven straight days (June 1-7) of water.
***June 13, 2018, update: all samples analyzed by laboratories during the week of June 1-7 returned 'non-detect' results, indicating no cyanotoxins in the Wilsonville/Sherwood water.***
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Fri, 06/01/2018
The City of Wilsonville learned yesterday afternoon, May 31, that a treated water sample recently tested for contaminants revealed trace levels of microcystin, a cyanotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, sometimes referred to as blue-green algae.
The City is rushing a sample to a laboratory in Seattle this morning for more thorough testing; results are expected on Monday. Based on the result of the test, the City will determine if a public advisory is necessary pursuant to state and federal guidelines. The Environmental Protection Agency strongly recommends obtaining results from a confirmation sample prior to issuing a public advisory.
If necessary, the public advisory would likely apply to anyone who is under the age of six, who has a compromised immune system, who is receiving dialysis treatment, who has a pre-existing liver condition, who is pregnant or nursing, or who has other sensitivity concerns.
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Fri, 06/01/2018
The City of Wilsonville learned on afternoon of May 31 that a treated water sample recently tested for contaminants revealed trace levels microcystin (micro-sys-tin), a cyanotoxin (sigh-an-o-toxin) produced by what is commonly referred to as blue-green algae. Out of an abundance of caution, the City is notifying the public of the trace detection; at this time, this is not a public-health advisory, but rather a notice of detection.
On June 1, out of an abundance of caution, the City issue a public notice of the contaminant finding, and then reached-out to communicate with commercial retailers, daycare centers, senior/assisted-living facilities, and others.