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The City of Wilsonville is holding a community kick-off event to help plan the future of Boones Ferry Park on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6:00 p.m., at Boones Ferry Park, 31240 SW Boones Ferry Road. The City seeks community input regarding preferences for enhancing park and open-space amenities and increasing public access to the Willamette River through development of a new park master plan.

“We are excited to hear community members’ ideas on how the City should invest and manage Boones Ferry Park,” explained Parks and Recreation Director Mike McCarty.

On February 11, 2017, the Wilsonville City Council met at an all-day retreat to generate a set of long-term policy objectives and biennium goals for 2017-2018. The long-term objectives offer broad policy direction for the City for approximately the next 10 years. The 2017-18 Council goals provide more specific short-term policy level actions for the City to take in the upcoming biennium to help achieve the long-term objectives. The Goals and Administrative Directives were put into a Work Plan to make it easier for the public to monitor the performance and outcomes.

The 2017/2018 Wilsonville City Council Work Planprovides a high level overview of community priorities established by your governing body. The Work Plan includes plans and projects that address important issues related to residential growth, transportation enhancements, growing the City’s tax base, adding family–wage jobs, environmental preservation, and expanding cultural opportunities in the City.

The City of Wilsonville Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, August 2, 6:00 p.m., at City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop East, to review the findings from a recent Parks and Recreation Master Plan survey. The survey sought to gather feedback from community members regarding preferences for future City investments in recreational programs, services and parks facilities in Wilsonville.

In May a statistically-valid questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 3,500 households in Wilsonville that was followed in June with a similar online survey. The survey asked a variety of questions to assess community preferences for the types of parks, facilities, recreation programs and services desired by local residents. The survey results are being used to determine community values, satisfaction levels, needs and priorities for the City’s long-term planning efforts to be included in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

The City of Wilsonville is launching a design survey for community members and other stakeholders to share their preferences for the future look and feel of Wilsonville’s Town Center area. The survey asks participants to review a variety of images that represent a range of possibilities for future development in the 100-acre area that encompasses the properties north of Wilsonville Road, within and adjacent to Town Center Loop. The survey, which takes only five minutes to complete, is now available at www.WilsonvilleTownCenter.com/designsurveyand remains open until Sunday, Aug. 20.

On Friday, July 7, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Clackamas County is restriping major roadways in Wilsonville that are in need of a new coat of reflective paint. The roads to be repainted include portions of the following roads: Boones Ferry Road, 95th Avenue, Elligsen Road, Canyon Creek Road, Burns Way, Ridder Road,  Boeckman Road, Parkway Avenue, Boberg Road, Barber Street, Town Center Loop West, Wilsonville Road and others. A map of all the roads to be painted is available on the City’s Website.

Within an hour of application the paint drys, but community members are asked to avoid crossing the freshly painted lines until the cones are removed from the roadways. 

No roads or travel lanes are to be closed as a result of the restriping project, but community members are urged to slow down and stay a safe distance away from the painting trucks and work crews.

In May the French Prairie Bridge Project Task Force established proposed evaluation criteria that are to be used this summer to make a bridge alignment recommendation to the Wilsonville City Council later this fall.

After extensive discussion, the task force agreed that the bridge evaluation criteria be weighted as follows:

Connectivity and Safety - 20%
Emergency Access - 20%
Environmental Impacts - 11.5%
Compatibility with Recreational Goals - 20%
Compatibility with Existing and Built Environment - 17%
Cost and Economic Impact - 11.5%

The project Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), composed of project partners and agency officials with regulatory authority, originally developed the draft project evaluation criteria for consideration by the task force.

At the June 19, 2017, Wilsonville City Council meeting, the Council adopted four different resolutions that together approve the City’s Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget as approved by the Budget Committee and also made final adjustments to the current 2016-17 budget. The Council action is the final step in the process to adopt the City’s annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017. The all-funds budget of $174.1 million includes contingency reserves of $71.3 million; the most-flexible general fund that supports basic municipal services is $32.3 million, less $10.3 million in contingency reserves. The balance of the budget, $135.3 million, is dedicated to specific funds supported by user fees and taxes on gasoline and payroll within the City for particular uses, such as the City’s public transit agency South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART), road maintenance, operations or utility services.

The City of Wilsonville is hosting a Design Workshop as part of the Wilsonville Town Center Plan on Monday, June 26, 5:00–8:00 p.m., at Clackamas Community College–Wilsonville Campus, 29353 SW Town Center Loop East. The public workshop provides community members the opportunity to discuss alternatives for shaping the future look and feel of Town Center and is a family-friendly and bilingual (Spanish translation services to be provided) event with programmed activities that begin at 5:30 p.m. Parents are encouraged to bring their children and the City is providing food and refreshments. The City of Wilsonville is committed to providing meaningful access. For accommodations, translation, and interpretation services, please call Tami Bergeron, Planning Assistant, at 503-570-1571 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Boeckman Road, west of the intersection of Wilsonville-Stafford-Boeckman-Advance Roads, is planned to be closed to through-traffic between Wilsonville Road and Canyon Creek Road for a two-week period, Saturday, June 3, through Saturday, June 17.

The road closure is needed to allow complete reconstruction of a section of Boeckman Road in association with the new Meridian Creek Middle School being constructed by the West Linn–Wilsonville School District. The City and School District apologize for any inconvenience this may cause citizens and businesses.

The intersection at Wilsonville/Stafford Roads remains open; however, traffic headed west on Boeckman Road from the intersection follows a detour route using Stafford Road, 65th Avenue, Elligsen Road, and Canyon Creek Road throughout construction. Local access to homes off of this section of Boeckman Road is to be maintained, but delays may be expected.

The City of Wilsonville is hosting a Design Workshop as part of the Wilsonville Town Center Plan on Monday, June 26, 5:00–8:00 p.m., at Clackamas Community College–Wilsonville Campus, 29353 SW Town Center Loop East. The public workshop provides community members the opportunity to discuss alternatives for shaping the future look and feel of Town Center and is a family-friendly and bilingual (Spanish translation services to be provided) event with programmed activities that begin at 5:30 p.m. Parents are encouraged to bring their children and the City is providing food and refreshments. The City of Wilsonville is committed to providing meaningful access. For accommodations, translation, and interpretation services, please call Tami Bergeron, Planning Assistant, at 503-570-1571 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Boeckman Road, west of the intersection of Wilsonville-Stafford-Boeckman-Advance Roads, is planned to be closed to through-traffic between Wilsonville Road and Canyon Creek Road for a two-week period, Saturday, June 3, through Saturday, June 17.

The road closure is needed to allow complete reconstruction of a section of Boeckman Road in association with the new Meridian Creek Middle School being constructed by the West Linn–Wilsonville School District. The City and School District apologize for any inconvenience this may cause citizens and businesses.

The intersection at Wilsonville/Stafford Roads remains open; however, traffic headed west on Boeckman Road from the intersection follows a detour route using Stafford Road, 65th Avenue, Elligsen Road, and Canyon Creek Road throughout construction. Local access to homes off of this section of Boeckman Road is to be maintained, but delays may be expected.

May 3, 2017 - The City of Wilsonville is hosting a French Prairie Bridge Project advisory Task Force meeting on Monday, May 22, 6-9 p.m., at City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop East, Wilsonville. All meetings are open to the public; interested community members are invited to attend.

The 21-member task force is scheduled to consider evaluation criteria to be used to assess the location and design of the proposed bicycle/pedestrian/emergency-access bridge crossing the Willamette River.  The evaluation criteria will be used to assess the location and design of the proposed bicycle/pedestrian/emergency-access bridge crossing the Willamette River.