City Council Approves Maintenance to Sustain Water Features at Two Wilsonville Parks
October 8, 2024— At the October 7, 2024, meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council approved a contract with Andersen Pacific, Inc., to address failing components within the City’s popular water features at Town Center Park and Murase Plaza in order to ensure these amenities remain operational. The first phase of the project updates the mechanical infrastructure of the Murase Plaza features; future phases provide on-call support to limit downtimes and replace outdated components at Town Center.
As an amendment to the City’s Street Naming Policy, the Council adopted new policy, recommended by the City’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, for any future streets to be developed within the Wilsonville Town Center area. New streets would honor individuals making impactful contributions to social justice.
The Council approved of a contract with Tyler Technologies to convert the City’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to a software-as-a-service (i.e. online cloud-based) model. This migration of seven core services reduces the number of systems and amount of storage space on City servers and provides a more disaster-resilient service model.
The Council approved a $20 million supplemental budget adjustment that reappropriates funds from the prior fiscal year budget to the current budget year for several ongoing capital projects, including capacity expansion of the Willamette River Water Treatment Plant, construction of the Boeckman Dip Bridge, and Boeckman Road Street Improvements. A supplemental budget adjustment was also approved at a meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency that convened immediately after the conclusion of the City Council meeting.
The Council approved two actions recommended by the Development Review Board, vacating about 0.35 acres of public right-of-way within the 27-acre OrePac property in Old Town that is no longer needed by the City to facilitate a connection to Kinsman Rd., while also approving a zone map amendment to support Planned Development Industrial (PDI) land use consistent with the Comprehensive Plan for any future site improvements.
During Mayor’s Business, Mayor Julie Fitzgerald detailed her recent attendance at area meetings and events, including participating along with SMART Transit Director Dwight Brashear in a legislative roundtable discussing transportation needs and funding with the Joint Committee on Transportation. She also sought to clarify several details of the Wilsonville Town Center Plan that have been misunderstood, conflated, or discussed in public forums without sufficient context or background information.
During Communications, Natural Resources staff reported on the progress of a Wilsonville-Metro Community Enhancement Program-funded project at Boeckman Creek Primary School to teach students the basics of watershed management.
During Councilor comments, City Councilor Joann Linville reported that last weekend’s Bulky Waste Day event at Republic Services accommodated 323 vehicles and collected 40.5 tons of bulky waste, such as old appliances, worn-out mattresses, etc.
At a work session held prior to the meeting, Engineering staff shared preliminary designs for the Boeckman Creek Interceptor and Trail Project. Informed by engagement with project neighbors, this project provides key sewer infrastructure to support future development in Frog Pond and yields a new trail segment that extends from Boeckman Road to Memorial Park. Construction is not scheduled to begin until 2026.
Natural Resources staff provided an update on the development of Wilsonville’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), a roadmap now being developed to identify actions and strategies aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Planning staff discussed the Conversation Guide, a public engagement tool to inform the Housing Our Future project. The guide enlists and empowers residents to host conversations with family, friends, and colleagues to discuss local housing needs and identify how the City can support those needs to help address Oregon's critical housing shortage.
The next scheduled meeting of the City Council takes place on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 pm; a pre-meeting work session is scheduled at 5 pm.
Community members can watch all City Council meetings on cable (Xfinity Ch. 30, Ziply Ch. 32) or on the City’s YouTube channel: ci.wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV.
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