City Council Proclaims March 5-11 as “Soul’d Out Week,” Awards $3,000 to Support Choir Trip to NYC
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At the March 5, 2018, Wilsonville City Council meeting, the Council welcomed Soul’d Out, Wilsonville High School’s a cappella choir, for a live performance to commemorate the choir’s first-place finish at the International Championship of High School A Capella (ICHSA) Northwest Semifinal in January.
Declaring March 5-11 as Soul’d Out Week, Mayor Tim Knapp read a proclamation recognizing the choir’s success and congratulating the staff and students of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Afterward, Council unanimously approved a grant of $3,000 to support Soul’d Out’s fundraising efforts to travel to New York City for the ICHSA Finals at Lincoln Center on April 20.
The Council also continued a public hearing until April 16 to adopt the 2017 Water Treatment Plant Master Plan Update as a subelement of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and a Capital Improvement Project List for the Water Treatment Plant. The extra time allows staff to clarify the treatment plant’s operations in context with citywide water-system planning.
During the work session prior to City Council, City staff provided additional information on the upcoming March 14 open-house event for the I-5 Boone Bridge Congestion Mitigation Study, detailing three alternatives for a ramp-to-ramp (auxiliary) lane that would extend southbound from Wilsonville Road to mitigate the bottleneck that has slowed traffic during peak evening hours. Additionally, the Council reviewed property-tax exemption requests for five multi-family housing developments that offer subsidized rent to qualifying families, seniors and individuals.
Community members can watch a replay of all or a portion of the City Council meeting on Comcast/Xfinity Ch. 30, Frontier Ch. 32 or on the City’s video-on-demand service at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV.