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. DOOR-TO-DOOR CITY BEGINS WORK ON NEW POLICE FACILITY Since 2001, multiple studies have been performed The preliminary concept for the new facility is a SOLICITATION on the condition of City Hall and the need for the two-story office building above below-grade secured While the City encourages commercial enterprise, construction of a safe, secure, and adequately sized parking for police vehicles. In addition to police restrictions on residential door-to-door solicitation are in public safety and emergency dispatch facility. The and emergency dispatch services, the new building place to help protect people’s privacy. Solicitation for any Police Department’s current on the second floor will also feature an emergency operations center, purposes, e.g., for-profit business, non-profit organization, of City Hall is insufficiently sized for today’s Police community meeting room, and up to 5,000 square charitable entity, or political candidate or measure, must and 911 operations, the building and police vehicles feet of active public space along A Avenue. The be conducted in accordance with LOC 34.16.910-.950. cannot be secured, and the building does not meet LORA Board has identified the Lake Oswego Arts Solicitation includes visual, verbal, or written (flyers, current seismic standards for essential services. Council and the Lake Oswego Booktique as the handouts, brochures, etc.) communications. preferred tenants for the public use space. In 2015, the three parcels immediately east of City Hall were acquired using urban renewal funds from the Lake The process will begin this spring with a series Oswego Redevelopment Agency for the purpose of a of community forums. For more information and to new Police and 911 dispatch facility. Urban renewal stay updated on the project and schedule, please visit will provide the funds to build the new facility and no www.lakeoswego.city/lora/police-facility-project-city- additional funding will be required from residents. hall-rehabilitation-project. PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY - CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Did you know that unless you have a “No Solicitation” sign posted (one that meets Lake Oswego Code requirements), a person can solicit at your residence between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., daylight savings time or between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. standard time? It is unlawful to solicit on residential property at any time if a sign is posted on or near the property boundaries at the normal points of entry that contains the words “No Solicitation” and the reference “LOC 34.16.920(4)” in characters no less than ½ inch high. The sign must If you’ve driven on Pilkington Road in the past few Staff will move themselves, city equipment, tools, be at least 6 inches high by 8 inches wide. For your months, you may have noticed that progress on the new and vehicles into the new offices and storage facilities convenience, signs that meet these requirements are Public Works and Parks Maintenance facility is coming beginning in September. Last steps of the project available for $5 at the Finance Department at City Hall. along at a rapid pace! The new building will house city include the demolition of the existing Public Works staff from departments who are responsible for the building, creation of a back parking lot in its place, Violations may be reported to the Lake Oswego Police at maintenance of City parks and open spaces, as well as and adding finishing touches to landscaping and 503-635-0238 (all hours). for infrastructure such as streets, water, and sewer. exterior details. An exciting addition to the new facility is the installation of public art, which will For more information on door-to-door solicitation, go to New developments are being made each week. The enhance and compliment the building and its www.lakeoswego.city/finance/door-door-solicitation. decant facility was completed in the fall and is already surroundings. Full completion of the project is slated being used by crews. This facility is used by Public for November, and will be signified by a community Works to wash trucks and empty debris. In addition, ribbon cutting celebration. The new building new stockpile bins were installed to hold rock, sand, boasts more space, and will have several community SEWER REHAB PROJECT and dirt. Now, construction has moved on to the rooms available for reservation through the Parks & main facility, motor pool shop, and vehicle storage The City has initiated a new project in multiple Recreation Department. building. Most recently, the concrete foundation was neighborhoods to rehabilitate deteriorated components laid and framing has begun. In early March, the tilt up If you’d like more information about this project, of the sanitary sewer system. These components have concrete walls will be lifted, and the buildings will take or to view a webcam of work, check out the Public high rates of unwanted ground and surface water, or shape. Next steps include more structural framing, the Works webpage at www.lakeoswego.city/publicworks are experiencing structural failure in the form of cracks, addition of the roof, and then other exterior finishes, and click on the “New Construction” tab under separated joints, partial collapse, etc. The project will such as doors, windows, gutters and drains. “About Us”. involve the rehabilitation of public mainlines and laterals in the right-of-way - it will not involve work on laterals on private property except when the mainline is located on that property. HOST FAMILIES NEEDED In March, the City of Lake Oswego will welcome Portland Education Tour Center is seeking families As part of project design and planning, the City and its Japanese middle-school students visiting from our interested in hosting a student during their stay. The consultants have been locating the sanitary sewer laterals sister city, Yoshikawa, Japan. The students will enjoy group will arrive on March 31 and depart on April from the public mainline to the private properties - you a week- long visit which will include time learning 6. A per diem is available to each host family. If you may notice utility locate marks in the form of paint, stakes about local government, spending time with our are interested, please contact Naoki Hashimoto with or whiskers (plastic brush-like markers) in and next to the students at Lake Oswego Junior High and enjoying Portland Education Tour Center at 503-294-6488 or streets, alleys, or easement areas. our community with their host families. email at [email protected]. Construction of the sewer system improvements is expected to occur in the spring and summer of 2017 and may involve temporary road closures. No road closures are BOARD & COMMISSION VACANCIES anticipated during design. The city is seeking applicants for the Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Advisory Board and for the It is important to address unwanted ground and surface Planning Commission. For more details, go to www.lakeoswego.city/boc/boards-commissions-vacancies water that enters the wastewater collection system to or contact the City Manager’s Officeat 503-635-0215. Applications can be filled out online. reduce costs for wastewater treatment, and to reduce the likelihood of overflow or backups that would impact these neighborhoods. DRUG TAKE BACK EVENT Property owners directly served from the sewer pipeline SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., AT THE ACC segments to be rehabilitated have recieved notification. Mark your calendar! On April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the City will be holding a For additional information about this project, including one-day-only drug take-back event to help citizens properly dispose of unwanted or specific locations, please visit www.lakeoswego.city/ expired prescription medicines. Look for more information in the April HelloLO or publicworks/201516-system-wide-rehabilitation-1. visit www.lakeoswego.city/community/drug-take-back-event-spring-2017.

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City Manager Kent Studebaker Joe Buck Jeff Gudman Theresa Kohlhoff John LaMotte Jackie Manz Skip O’Neill Scott Lazenby Mayor City Councilor City Councilor City Councilor City Councilor City Councilor City Councilor 503-635-0215 503-201-2270 (Cell) 503-849-3572 (Cell) 503-780-1524 (Cell) 503-660-8693 (Cell) 971-263-8272 (Cell) 503-939-2563 (Cell) 503-781-7664 (Cell) 2 PARKS & RECREATION Palisades, 1500 Greentree Road more information regarding in-between care. 14865 - THE GAMING ACADEMY For more information or to register for Parks & See the following list of Spring Break Camps. This camp is a combination of Video Design, Recreation programs, call 503-675-2549 or visit Advanced and 3D Game Design, offering www.loparks.org. 14861 - NINJANEERING USING LEGOS hands-on experience designing and building your very Imagine and build unique and fun LEGO projects while own . Ages 10-15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 27-31, 15271 - DADDY DAUGHTER DINNER DANCE exploring the fantasy world of Ninjago. Ages 5-7, 9 a.m. Palisades, $310. to 12 p.m., March 27-31, Palisades, $155. “Mermaid Affair” is the theme for this year’s fun annual OTHER CAMPS event. We are calling all mermaids, seahorses and more to enjoy an evening of enchantment under the sea The following camps are also available. at this semi-formal. Put on your dancing shoes, and 14686 - Spring Break Farm Camp your prettiest dress and enjoy a tasty dinner. Capture 15102 - Intro to Survival Camp the of the evening with a keepsake photo done 15127 - Spring Break Intro to Fencing Camp by a professional photographer. Please register under For more information, call 503-675-2549 or visit daughter’s name. Price is for father and 1 little mermaid. loparks.org. $15 for each additional daughter. Ages 3+, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 11, LOPR-Palisades, $53. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GIRLS YOUTH LACROSSE GRADES K-2 Cornell Corridor of Trees Young lacrosse enthusiasts learn the fundamentals of Sunday, March 5, 1 to 3 p.m. women’s lacrosse in a fun environment. Program runs Join Friends of Hallinan Heights Woods for their on weekend afternoons beginning the weekend of April inaugural work party to “Free the Trees” in the 8th and 9th and runs through early June. We offer Girls Cornell Corridor of Trees. Be ready for an adventure 14862 - JEDI MASTER USING of these 3 natural acres. This is not recommended for Kindergarten Start-Up Program and Girls Grades 1-2 LEGOS Skills & Scrimmages Program. Registration now open! children under 6 years old. Park off Larch St., which Please visit www.loparks.org. The Force Awakens in this course for young Jedi. is off Cornell Street - will walk together to the work Discover key engineering concepts as you build complex site. For more information, contact Barbara Fisher at TAILGATING SPORTS NIGHT AT THE ACC machines and structures from a galaxy far, far away. Ages 503-636-3153 or [email protected]. On-site 8-12, 1 to 4 p.m., March 27-31, Palisades, $155. contact: Megan Big John at 503-534-5436. It's a kick-off to summer sports, so let's tailgate and celebrate. Game night tailgating brings food, fun and 14863 - ALL ABOUT THAT BASS West Waluga Park fellowship to sports fans. Yep, you'll have corn hole, Saturday, March 11, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. table tennis, social games and more. Join us under the Come explore instruments such as the electric bass, Join Friends of Parks, as they hunt for and remove big tent for food hot-off-the-grill, homemade pretzels the upright bass, and other lower pitched instruments. old metal fence posts to ensure that the forest remains and crafted beer. Suggested $5 donation. Ages 18+, 6 to Learn how they are used in jazz and classical music and natural. Grab some clippers and help with invasive 8 p.m., Friday, April 7. Adult Community Center. their history. Ages 8-12, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., March 27- removal too. Volunteers under 18 must have a signed 31, Palisades, $140. parental release form. Meet at West Waluga Park, SPRING BREAK CAMPS 15775 Waluga Dr. For more information contact: 14864 - BEGINNING TO ROCK CAMP Come join the fun at Parks & Recreation for Spring Will Mahoney-Watson at 503-752-3430 or will@ Break. Try something new or hone your skills in Lego Students explore the drums, bass, guitar, keyboard and humannatureart.com. engineering, music, gaming and more. Pre-registration vocals, and learn the fundamentals of music, such as pitch, melody, harmony and rhythm. Ages 5-7, 1 to 4 Signs will be posted for both work parties. Please wear required. We offer “in-between care” for camps held at sturdy shoes, and bring gloves and water. Palisades for $25 for the week. Call 503-675-2549 for p.m., March 27-31, Palisades, $140.

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Pints from the Past - Shaping a Cultural Landscape at Practice Early Literacy at the Library Wii Gaming Willamette Falls March 20 to April 7, 10am to 12 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 3:30 to 5 p.m. (lower ) Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m. While our librarians are taking a break from storytime, Test your Wii skills against friends and other local . Join us for an entertaining and informative local please join us at the library to practice your early literacy We’ll provide the Wii, controllers, snacks and fun! history presentation in partnership with the Clackamas skills through playing, reading, writing, singing and Knitting Club County Historical Society and Lake Theater & Café. talking. Toys will be available as well as other props Thursday, March 23, 3:30 to 5 p.m. (lower level) Laurie Matthews, Director of Preservation Planning + necessary to facilitate all five of your early literacy Design at MIG, will share the work she and her team practices. Have you always wanted to learn how to knit? Are are doing to understand the layers of history on the you an experienced knitter who likes to hang out with friends while knitting? Either way, we’re here for you. Willamette Falls Legacy Project site in support of the PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES riverwalk design process. Read more about the riverwalk We’ll provide the yarn and snacks, and the Teen Board will provide their expertise and patience. here: http://www.rediscoverthefalls.com/riverwalk/ . Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Admission is free and no ticket is required. Doors Thursday, March 2, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (lower level) Wake Up & Sing - Red Yarn Puppet Theatre open at 6 p.m., presentation begins at 7 p.m. The Lake Come celebrate this legendary Children’s author, Dr. Saturday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. Theater & Café is located at 106 North State Street in Seuss. We’ll have cake and balloons, seussical crafts and Andy’s upbeat show is based on material from his Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Carissa special guests. most recent album, Wake Up & Sing. This fun mix Barrett at [email protected] or 503-534-4237. of energetic movement songs and puppet routines is Kids CREATE - A-Maze-ing Design perfect for the toddler to pre-school crowd. Come and Thursday, March 9 (second Thursday of each month) spend your Saturday morning with us. Drop in between 3:30 to 5 p.m. (lower level) Get your Game on at the Library Creativity is a foundation of all other milestones in Every day, March 26 to 31, Noon until closing time educational development. Harnessing creativity at a (times vary according to the day of the week) young age, when brain development and plasticity are During Spring Break we’ll provide all kinds of games at their peak, not only optimizes academic success, but for you and your family to play - Sorry! Candyland, is critical for social and emotional development, critical Battleship, and more. We’ll have games out for you to thinking and problem solving. play all afternoon and evening. Today, design a tabletop maze using materials from your household recycling bin. Use cardboard, cereal boxes, PROGRAMS FOR TEENS and paper tubes to create one-of-a-kind mazes, and race PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN ping- balls through them. Beyond the Duct Tape Wallet Storytime Break will begin March 20 Thursday, March 16, 6 to 8 p.m. (lower level) LEGO Club Our local duct tape artist will guide you through the • Chirp Musical Laptime with Keeley St. Clair (birth Saturday, March 11, 10:30 a.m. to noon - 18 months) Mondays at 3 p.m. process of creating an amazing duct tape superhero tile Drop in every second Saturday to build and create. • Preschool Storytime (3 - 5 year olds) creation. For examples see southpawpictures.com Art Recommended for grades k-5. Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Portfolios/Duct Tape Art. For teens in grades 6-12. • Toddler Storytime (2 - 3 year olds) Family Movie Night Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 13, 6 to 8 p.m. For more information call: • Fun for Ones Storytime (12 - 24 months) Running out of room on your couch? Let us provide Main Number, 503-636-7628 Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. the big screen, cozy blankets to sit on, and snacks. We’ll Reference Desk Number, 503-675-2540 • Baby Storytime (birth - 12 months) even clean up the popcorn mess. or visit www.lakeoswego.city/library. Fridays at 10:30 a.m. 3 SERVICES & ACTIVITY GUIDE GET YOUR COPY TODAY! Community Calendar Check out the City's new Services & Activity Guide! You will find Event dates are subject to change. information about art, culture, historical resources, schools and the More details are available online at: www.lakeoswego.city/calendar wealth of services and events offered by the City of Lake Oswego and For more information, call 503-675-3992. its community partners. Whether you are new to town or considering moving to Lake Oswego, a current resident, or just visiting, you will find this guide an informative and useful resource. March 1 Wednesday • Youth Leadership Council, 5pm The Guide is available on brochure racks at City Hall, Parks & Rec, • Evergreen NA Meeting, 7pm and the Library, plus it's available online at www.lakeoswego.city/ 2 Thursday publicaffairs/services-activities-guide. 3 Friday • First Friday at ACC - Everyone’s Irish Tonight, 6pm 4 Saturday “LOVE MY CITY” VIDEO CONTEST 5 Sunday • Cornell Corridor of Trees Stewardship Submit a video of why you love Lake Oswego and you could win $1000! Second and third place winners will also Work Party, 1pm receive gift cards valued at $500 and $100, respectively. The Love My City Video Contest is free to enter and 6 Monday • DRC Meeting, 7pm open to professional and amateur filmmakers of all ages. For contest details, please go to www.lakeoswego.city/ 7 Tuesday • Lake Grove Business Assoc, 7:30- VideoContest. All entries must be received by 5 p.m., Friday, July 14. 8:30am • City Council Regular Meeting, 6:30pm 8 Wednesday • TAB Meeting, 7pm GOT A BACKYARD STREAM? 9 Thursday • Old Town NA Board Meeting, , 7pm With all of the storms this year, backyard streams are with native, non-invasive, shade-producing Friday no longer out of sight or out of mind. These streams vegetation. This helps hold the soil in the face 10 carry runoff from our urban watersheds, and often of high streamflows, reduces the amount that 11 Saturday • Snowshoe Trip - White River, 8am pollutants as well. As you start planning yard projects streamflow is warmed on hot days, and provides • Fsih Hunters Class, 9am • Waluga Stewardship Work Party, for the coming year, here are some things to consider habitat for native wildlife, including songbirds and 9:30am that can help with the care and feeding of that (mostly) pollinators. Need help transforming your yard to • Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance, little creek and its adjacent riparian areas: reach this? Look to the City-supported Backyard 6-8:30pm Habitat program - www.tryonfriends.org/protect/ 12 Sunday • Woodmont Park Stewardship Work • Try to limit man-made impediments to flow – backyard-habitat. Party, 1am bridges, fences, dams. These can catch small bits of debris that become larger accumulations, causing • Avoid or limit the use of fertilizers and pesticides 13 Monday • Planning Commission, 6:30pm or exacerbating local erosion of the channel. next to streams. Keep pollutants – things like 14 Tuesday • Pints From the Past, Lake Theater, paint, fertilizers, pesticides, and soaps – out of 7pm • But don’t get too aggressive about clearing out the streets and storm drains. Look for alternative 15 Wednesday • PNAB Meeting, Palisades, 6pm pieces of large (immobile) wood or big rocks in the approaches to managing these on the City’s website creek. These serve to dissipate stream energy and at The River Starts Here (www.lakeoswego.city/ 16 Thursday • Beyond the Duct Tape Wallet, Library, 6-8pm create instream habitat. Instream work including publicworks/river-starts-here) or in the Nature rip-rapping streambanks usually requires a permit • Uplands Neighborhood Association Friendly Home and Yard Care brochure (www. Board Mtg, 7pm from state and federal agencies. Check with the cleanwaterservices.org/media/1287/stream- 17 Friday City’s Planning Department for guidance. friendly-home-and-yard-care.pdf), available in the • Keep the streambanks and adjacent areas planted 1st and 3rd floor kiosks at City Hall. 18 Saturday • Springbrook Park Stewardship Work Party, 9am 19 Sunday • Iron Mountain Stewardship Work Party, 1pm FRIENDS OF LUSCHER FARM 20 Monday • Public Art Committee Mtg, 2pm OPEN HOUSE - 4 TO 5 P.M., ON APRIL 9 • Woodmont Park Design , 6pm • SAB Meeting, 6:30pm • DRC Meeting, 7pm 21 Tuesday • City Council Regular Meeting, 6:30pm 22 Wednesday 23 Thursday • 50+ Advisory Board, ACC, 9am 24 Friday 25 Saturday • Red Yarn Puppet Theatre, Library, 10:30am 26 Sunday 27 Monday • Parks & Rec Spring Break Camps begin • Planning Commission, 6:30pm 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday Do you consider Luscher Farm to be one of the The Friends of Luscher Farm are actively involved in 30 Thursday crown jewels of Lake Oswego’s amazing park system? working with the City to implement the Luscher Farm 31 Friday Would you like to see Luscher Farm become a Master Plan. To date, they have helped build a tool April regional education hub centered on sustainability, shed for the community gardeners and to reroof the natural resource protection and historic preservation? historic barn. 1 Saturday 2 Sunday Are you passionate about making a difference in Please join the Friends of Luscher Farm for an our community? If so, the Friends of Luscher Farm informational open house on April 9, from 4 to 5 p.m., 3 Monday • DRC Meeting, 7pm wants to talk to you! The Friends of Luscher Farm is at the farm house at Luscher Farm, 125 Rosemont Road, 4 Tuesday • City Council Regular Meeting, 6:30pm recruiting new board members - they are looking for to learn more about who they are and what they do. people who have experience in finance, fundraising/ 5 Wednesday • Youth Leadership Council, 5:15pm grant writing, event planning, computer/ If you would like more information, please contact • Evergreen NA Meeting, 7pm skills, or other skills. Heidi Schrimsher at [email protected]. 6 Thursday 7 Friday • Blood Drive, City Hall, 9:30am-3pm 8 Saturday • Community Garden Work Party, WOODMONT PARK - DESIGN CHARRETTE 10am-12pm 6 P.M., MARCH 20, PARKS & REC - PALISADES, 1500 GREENTREE ROAD 9 Sunday • Friends of Luscher Farm Open House, 4-5pm Please join the Lake Oswego Parks & Recreation Department at the first of three Public Outreach and Design for the Woodmont Park Master Plan process. Meet the design team, learn about goals for the 6.7 acre ACC Adult Community Center park, efforts currently getting underway, and plans for the next 12 months, and discuss the park’s future in relation DRC Development Review Commission to ecology, infrastructure and program. HRAB Historic Resources Advisory Board LAB Library Advisory Board LORA Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency Citizen Information Specialist and HelloLO Editor/Writer MPP Millennium Plaza Park Bonnie Hirshberger 503-675-3992 [email protected] NA Neighborhood Association PAL Palisades School / Parks & Recreation Contributing writers: Glossary This newsletter is printed PNAB Parks, Rec & Natural Resources Advisory Board Katy Kerklaan, Engineering Sarah Selden, Planning on 100% recycled Anne MacDonald, Engineering Diana Smith-Bouwer, Public Information content paper, using SAB Sustainability Advisory Board Pat McDougal, Engineering Rachel Sykes, Public Works soy-based ink. TAB Transportation Advisory Board Bev Ross, Library Jordan Wheeler, City Manager’s Office

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