January 2016



City Council Goals for 2016
The City Council will hold a goal-setting retreat on Saturday, January 9. Mayor Studebaker has asked for city staff suggestions for short term and long term goals. If you have an idea for the Council to consider, please share it via a comment at the bottom of this page, or send an e-mail to Anne-Marie Simpson at asimpson@lakeoswego.city

Jenny Slepian, our Sustainability & Management Fellow, is a member of the Timbers Army. She flew to Columbus for the MLS championship match on December 6. The photo collage below shows Jenny celebrating the victory with the Timbers in Columbus. She returned the next week a bit bleary-eyed. Must have been jet lag.

 
 
Below: Parks & Recreation holiday party and gingerbread house decorating competition
 
 
Have a Happy New Year!
 
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December 2015



In Memory
We were all saddened by the loss of the ACC's Gary Abraha on 11/17  as the result of a car accident. Giebrehiwet, or Gary as he was know to us, was originally from the African nation of Eritrea and moved to the US in 1997 and attended Grant High. He will be missed not only by his ACC "family," but by all of us who had the pleasure of working with him.

Please Join Us at the Lake Oswego University Commencement Ceremony
Staff members from all city departments will celebrate the completion of the two-year MPAL (Master of Public Administration - Lite) program. The commencement ceremony will be from noon to 1:00 on Thursday December 10 at City Hall in the City Council Chambers. Enjoy cake, a commencement speech by Lake Oswego Review Editor Gary Stein, and congratulate your co-workers.

And speaking of celebrations, don't forget the employee Holiday Luncheon on December 15 from 11:00 to 1:00 at the Palisades Building.

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Newspaper Indexing    Librarians, with the assistance of trained and experienced volunteers, have streamlined the indexing of local newspapers by entering data directly from the print paper and microfilm into the indexing program, rather than hand marking hard copies of the paper and then having them entered. This should speed up the process significantly.

Tracking Police Training and Equipment  The Police Department spends hours each month tracking equipment and training. The Police Department needed a system that would simplify the record keeping process, alert in advance for certification and equipment expirations, keep a precise inventory, and be accessible to every officer.

A new software system being implemented by the police department can do all those things, and more. By using barcodes, everything from TASERS to training attendance can be scanned. For instance, when new officers are hired, they will be issued a kit containing all weapons and uniform items. This kit will be auto-populated into the database and connected to the officer throughout their employment with the department. The scanner system will either recognize a product barcode or we can affix our own. We scan it and it’s in.

This program connects to the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) training records and will upload training hours automatically. Alerts via email will be sent to the individual when certification maintenance is nearing a deadline or advancement. In addition, the Police Department can issue barcoded ID cards to employees, using the card printing system they already have. When they attend in-service training, they just scan themselves in and the training roster sends itself to DPSST.  The department plans to roll-out their new software tracking program sometime during late Fall or early Winter.

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November 2015

Veterans Day
November 11 is Veterans' Day. I want to thank all of our staff who have served our country through military service, and now continue to serve the public at a local level. We have veterans in every department; please take the time to acknowledge their service.

Something in the Water?
For whatever reason, our organization seems to be experiencing a rash of retirements, either announced or informally talked about. I won't attempt to list them out of concern for leaving someone out. But I do know we will be losing a lot of experience, and folks who will be missed and who will be hard to replace.


A New City Council Member
The City Council has appointed Charles Collins to fill the vacancy created by Councilor Bowerman's resignation. Councilor Collins previously served on the Budget Committee (and as Chair for the last year). He is wrapping up (as of December) a 32-year career as Sales Executive in the apparel industry with the VF Corporation, whose brands include (among many others) Lee, the North Face, and Jansport. Mr. Collins is an Air Force veteran and Past President of the Lake Oswego Rotary Club. He and his wife Candice live in Old Town.

Safety Award
At the League of Oregon Cities annual conference, City/County Insurance Services presented Lake Oswego with an award for workplace safety, based on time loss due to injuries in the past year. We were the only organization in our size class that received the award. Thanks to all of you for following safe practices; keep it up!

Caped Crusaders
Interoffice mail is being delivered on 10/30 by a pair of caped crusaders. An investigation has revealed the true identities of Batman and Robin: Dave and Deghan Arpin.

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Making Public Records More Accessible
The City Manager’s Office, in coordination with the IT Department has implemented the first stage of its Laserfiche Electronic Records Repository which is now online for public records access. You can reach this new tool at www.lakeoswego.city/Weblink/ and you can now search through all approved Agenda & Minutes that exist for the Council, the Development Review Commission, the Planning Commission, and other advisory boards. You can find city ordinances, resolutions and recorded instruments there too. More document categories will be added to the archive on a continuous basis.

Curious about what went on at the first Council meeting on January 21, 1910? Reading the minutes would suggest that it was a simpler time! (The document is here: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/weblink/0/doc/995/Page1.aspx)

Planning & Building Services--Quicker Reviews
In November, the City will begin Enhanced Completeness Reviews for new single family building permits. This pilot program is intended to reduce the overall time it takes to issue permits when no land use decision is required. It also seeks to improve the quality of plan submittals and avoid complications once construction begins. The pilot consists of: 1) clearer instructions to builders in the form of a unified checklist; and, 2) improved coordination among the City departments (Planning, Building, Engineering and Fire) through a standing ‘plan review’ meeting.

Library--Streamlined Processing of Materials
Technical Services and Youth Services departments are teaming up to streamline ordering and processing procedures for children’s materials. One huge time-saver has been to download on-order children’s materials records to the catalog from Ingram, (one of our vendors). By doing so, records are in the system prior to receipt of the item allowing patrons to place holds on children’s books before they arrive (similar to the procedure for the adult collection).

Another huge time-saver is that the item records are in the catalog at the time that the items arrive, greatly reducing the amount of hand-keying record data into the catalog. Additionally, Youth services is marking their materials for cataloging in a more efficient manner: carts of books arrive from youth services marked in groups of like items, rather than items marked individually.

Public Works--Electronically Generated Work Orders
Typically Utility Billing generates a daily list of address/meters that need to be read for move-outs and move-ins as well as re-reads that are printed out on paper, taken to the field by Water Operations staff, brought back to the office where Administrative staff scan the information and send back to Utility Billing. A new automated process of communication between Utility Billing and Operations should conservatively save 2+ hours of staff time per week, and somewhere between 5-10 reams of paper per year. This effort is in collaboration with IT (Wes Pay), using our new “water shut-off and turn-on” tool as the template for this process improvement.

Human Resources--Paperless Personnel Action Forms
With the support of IT, the HR department is piloting a paperless process for approving Personnel Action Forms.

Fire--Effective Use of On-Board Computers
Working closely with LOCOM leadership, the Fire Department is amending its policy on how to use the on-board mobile data computers (MDC) found in our emergency response vehicles. Previously our policy required that we communicate with LOCOM verbally over the radio anytime we go on the air or change status.

The time required for LOCOM dispatchers to acknowledge non-emergency radio communications from the fire companies takes time away from processing other critically important 911 calls, giving medical instructions to callers, or from dispatching other fire and/or police incidents.

Fire staff are now using their on-board MDCs to record status changes. The software installed on the MDCs communicates electronically with the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) computer at LOCOM. With the push of a button, fire companies can go on the air, acknowledge that they are responding or arriving on scene, clearing the incident, or make themselves available to be dispatched. Change of status is accomplished without either side having to respond verbally.


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September 2015


The sale of the West End Building to Yakima Products closed on Friday afternoon, 8/21. A portion of the upper floor is being leased back for the staff and contract engineers of the Lake Oswego-Tigard Water Partnership. The challenge of moving out quickly was met in a great example of inter-departmental cooperation. Parks & Recreation had the most to move, but Police, Records, Engineering, Library and IT all had their own material and equipment to deal with. Getting Palisades School ready and then handling the logistics of the move required a lot of support from Facilities and IT. There is still work to do. But all in all, it was a smooth move, and I thank all the staff who made it happen.

Thirteen Lake Oswego residents submitted applications to be appointed to the City Council position vacated by Karen Bowerman. At their September 1 meeting, the Council will select a shorter list for interviews, tentatively scheduled for September 8.

The Street of Dreams is wrapping up. Meeting the Homebuilders' tight timeline for building the subdivision and homes required a tremendous amount of work on the part of Engineering and Planning & Building staff. The Police Department helped minimize neighborhood complaints about traffic and parking. Bonnie Hirshberger produced an excellent four-page brochure on city services and amenities that was scooped up by visitors. Megan Phelan served as overall troubleshooter before and during the show. The offsite parking lots and shuttle service (including the downtown trolley) seemed to work very well, and in spite of the thousands of people who attended the show, there were very few problems.


The Court of Appeals affirmed the LUBA decision which in turn affirmed the decision of the City Council to approve the development application for Block 137 (the Wizer block). Several departments will be involved in one way or another with this project. Sid Sin is providing overall coordination of the staff effort. September will see the beginning of activity on the site; PHK development has created a web site on the timeline for the project at http://timeline-lo137.com/

As in other cities, our City Council will need to make some decisions on the sale and growing of marijuana. The Council will have a preliminary discussion of the issue on September 1. Under recently-adopted state legislation, an outright ban (if the Council is inclined in that direction) must be approved by voters. Beginning in October, medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell recreational marijuana, but that's a moot issue for us, since for the time being the dispensaries are not allowed in LO.

The Northwest has been hit with a number of serious wildfires. In the wee hours of Friday 8/21 our Fire Department put out a brush fire in Waluga Park (see the Council Digest post). It was of course on a much smaller scale than the fires in forests, but still a reminder that we are fortunate to have the resources (skilled firefighters and a reliable water supply) to prevent a brush fire from turning into a major catastrophe.

Congratulations to all our colleagues who participated in the Hood to Coast race!


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August 2015

Career Changes  Chief Johnson swore in three new police officers on 7/20. They will be good additions to the department, and what is especially interesting is the path they took to law enforcement. Mike Svoboda served in the US Coast Guard and then gained customer service experience in a Colorado sporting goods store. Brock Rosenthal was "road tested" by the department in his role as a Community Service Officer, and found to have qualities that would make him be a good (sworn) law enforcement officer. And Mark Laymon has proven himself over seven years as a utility worker in our Public Works Department, and thought it would be cool to make a career switch to police officer. Congratulations to all three of them!

Councilor Karen Bowerman announced at the July 7 Council meeting that she will be resigning from the Council, effective on August 31. With direction from the Mayor and Council, Anne-Marie Simpson has posted an ad and application form for residents to express interest in being appointed to the position (the term expires at the end of 2016). The Council hopes to make an appointment in September.

A key feature of Lake Oswego's Gallery Without Walls is that the sculpture is displayed on a two-year rotation, giving residents a fresh view of outdoor art, and letting more artists display their work. One of the sculptures that was scheduled to rotate out was Sunflower that has been displayed at Sundeleaf Plaza. But it has been a favorite with residents and visitors, and many were sad to see it go. In response, Council member Skip O'Neill and his wife Lynda stepped up and purchased the sculpture as a gift to the community. Nancy Nye, Executive Director of the Arts Council, said this is one of the largest single donations the Council has received.

Speaking of art, our library has been displaying the work of Dave Arpin, who splits his time between Parks & Rec and IT (you may have met him delivering mail). His art in the library features an unusual medium: colored duct tape. And his graphic design talent has served the city in another way--he designed the new eye-popping wrap for the Adult Community Center's van. It was a highlight of the July 4 parade, sending the message that our ACC isn't your typical senior center.

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Deputy City Attorney Evan Boone has worked with IT to implement a digital signature process. This is a key step toward fully paperless contracts and agreements, in which contractors and city contract managers can sign agreements in a way that meets legal and practical requirements for authentic signatures.

The Planning & Building Department has launched an on-line tree permit application process, which eliminates the need for contractors and residents to travel to City Hall to apply for their permit. In related news, the Council has appointed an ad-hoc committee to make recommendations on changes to the tree code, and one of the charges to the committee is to consider code changes that can further streamline the process.

Engineering has converted the erosion control permit application to an on-line fillable form, and is working on a similar conversion for their traffic control permit. They are also devoting an hour per week to updating their set of standard specifications that contractors use when constructing street and utility facilities (they have over 130 of them!). Having clear and up-to-date standards will save time for both contractors and staff.

Jenny Slepian, management & sustainability fellow, sent this note to the Fire Department: "I was just looking through our EPA Portfolio Manager where I enter electricity, water, and gas use for city buildings each month. Since we started doing this in 2008, the fire stations have seen an AMAZING decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, which seems tied directly to a significant drop in energy use." Since 2008, the decreases are 25% for the Main Station, 18% for Westlake, 15% for Jean Road, and 6% for South Shore. Jenny wrote, "Now I really can’t wait to see what happens when the [new interior] LEDs and sensors go in!"

To streamline the recruitment process, the Police Department is considering an internship program, where interns (typically working on a criminal justice or related degree) will work on meaningful projects, but also be evaluated as potential candidates for a future position within the department.


 



July 2015

Many city staff members have benefited from the Leadership Lake Oswego program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. My own experience was that it provided an excellent introduction to the community and to the organizations and institutions that make up the fabric of our city. The time commitment (one day per month) seemed reasonable. Registration is open for the 2015-16 year. If you're interested, see the program brochure for more information. (In the interest of full disclosure, Superintendent Heather Beck and I are listed in the brochure as instructors for the leadership sessions. This amounts to about an hour and a half at the beginning of each day's session on a leadership topic, similar to the areas we've been covering in LOU. We're doing it gratis as a way to "pay it forward" and support future community leaders, and we'll alternate months for a manageable time commitment.)

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A byproduct of continuous process improvement is often increased efficiency, but the focus is on improving the customer experience. As another step in this direction, Councilor Joe Buck suggested creation of an automatic reply to citizens who send an e-mail to "council distribution." IT responded quickly by setting up a message that acknowledges receipt and thanks the writer for taking the time to communicate with the City Council. And it provides a quick link to our Citizen Request tracking system, so that if the writer has a complaint or service request that needs a staff follow-up, we can monitor it and make sure that action is taken.

And to help save costs for our water customers, new solar panels at our Water Treatment Plant are hooked up and producing power (June was a good month for this!).

Chuck's Coffee
Internal customers are important, too. Chuck Sciarotta offered to keep coffee supplies stocked for the various departments that share city hall. This has been previously done separately by each department. This may seem a small thing, but the important thing about Lean Oswego is that it's a continuous process of improvement, and many small things add up over time. Jim Collins uses the metaphor of a flywheel, spinning slowly at first but building momentum. He writes, "Tremendous power exists in the fact of continued improvement and the delivery of results."


Employee Picnic
Be sure to register for the employee BBQ on August 28 (4:30-7:30 at Foothills Park). If you didn't see a recent e-mail invitation, contact Gail Hoddevik in Human Resources.
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June 2015

Naming Contest
Thanks to the following individuals who submitted entries in last month's contest to come up with a new name for our continuous process improvement program:
Janice Reynolds
Chip Larouche
Kira Taylor
Cathie Recker
Todd Mecklem
Greg Barnum
Maria Bigelow
Sara Hasegawa

A select panel of judges reviewed the entries...and the winner is (drumroll):

Lean Oswego submitted by Maria Bigelow at the Adult Community Center. Thanks Maria!

A Lean Oswego milestone was recently reported by the Parks and Recreation Department in our new Council Digest blog (itself a product of the Lean Oswego program). Click here for the link.  Watch this space for related news.

Passport to Fun
And speaking of Parks & Rec, take advantage of the Living Well in LO program (see LakeOswego.city/parksrec/living-well-lo) You don't have to be a resident of Lake Oswego to benefit; you can enjoy many of the activities in the program over a lunch hour or before or after work.

WEB
Details are being worked out, but it seems we're very close to an announcement on a buyer for the West End Building. We'll send out a citywide e-mail when that happens.


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May 2015

Naming Contest

We need a snappier name for our Continuous Process Improvement program. Please think of some good labels, and enter them into a naming contest. We'll all vote, and the winner will be memorialized in an equestrian statue in the center of the Iron Mountain roundabout (well, it will be a virtual one with the help of Photoshop). Words that are associated with this program are Quality, Customer, and Lean. Acronyms are fine, but CPI seems to have been taken (and not to be confused with our PCI - pavement condition index - and CIP - capital improvement program). To submit your entry, just fill out this quick form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGYVCJN

Introducing...  www.LakeOswego.city
Have you ever been on the phone, trying to give someone your e-mail address? Do you get tired of saying "dot," and does the other person get confused? Well, our sparky colleagues in IT have created a solution. A new series of web name extensions opened up, and the IT department snagged lakeoswego.city. Much simpler, yes?

We won't print out new business cards or re-paint the police cars just for this. Instead, we'll do a "soft roll-out." Use the new address (good for both the web site and e-mail addresses) where it's easy to update, such as electronic publications. When you do print new cards or outfit a vehicle, use the new address. It may take a few years to fully make the switch, but that's okay. Both addresses will work.

Here are some tips and guidelines from IT:
  • For the web address, it doesn't matter if you put "www" in front. Both "www.LakeOswego.city" and "LakeOswego.city" work. Sometimes it's good to put www in front so people know it's a web address; use your own judgment.
  • Capitalization doesn't matter either. LakeOswego.city looks a little classier, but lakeoswego.city works just as well. Most e-mail addresses are all lower case, so name@lakeoswego.city would be appropriate.
  • www.LakeOswego.city will get you into the web site, but when you navigate around in it, your browser will show the old www.ci.oswego.or.us. 
  • People can send you mail using name@lakeoswego.city, but when you hit reply, it will show the response coming from name@ci.oswego.or.us.
  • All the former shortcuts and extensions still work with the new web address. For example, you can get to the library page via LakeOswego.city/library in the same way you can with www.ci.oswego.or.us/library (and isn't it easier to type?)

Recognition
Last month, Megan Phelan received national recognition with the Pacesetter Award, given by the National Public Employees Labor Relations Association (NPELRA). And Ivan Anderholm has earned the distinction of being a "Certified Parks & Recreation Executive," one of only 129 nationwide.

If you or your colleagues receive any awards or recognition from professional or community organizations, please let me know.   --Scott


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Local News
Developer Jerry Abel has announced plans for a new strip mall to be built at an undisclosed location. When asked if it would be consistent with village character, he replied, "Sure, I'm going to name it some kind of village; I'm leaning toward Swampview Village."

Parks Director M.J. Chong said there is no truth to the rumor that recreational marijuana will be grown at Luscher Farm as a source of revenue to the parks department.

The Knickers Dune Neighborhood Association is working on an amendment to the city's development code that would require use of a single house plan for any new infill development. The three members of the board are meeting next Wednesday to choose the paint color and to decide whether the shelves in the hall closet should be poplar or melamine.

In related news, the Second Subtraction Neighborhood Association recently mailed a survey to residents asking for opinions on a variety of Neighborhood Association issues and concerns, including elephants at the Oregon Zoo and the US military presence in Syria.

The Historical Society has mounted a campaign to preserve an old sandwich (circa 2008) that was left in the refrigerator of the employee lunch room.

The school board took testimony for three hours from angry parents, complaining their daughters didn't get enough playing time on the basketball team. One of the board members commented, "Seems we should instead be spending our time talking about educating our children." "What does that have to do with school?" parent Jock Stropp demanded.

Region
On Monday, I-205 was once again turned into a parking lot, extending from Oregon City to the Glen Jackson Bridge. The cause this time was a four-hour closure of all northbound lanes as emergency responders attempted to resuscitate a bug on a windshield.

State
A growing number of of bills have been introduced in the 2015 legislative session to impose a variety of land use "fixes" on local governments. LCDC Chair Dick Tator commented in a committee hearing, "We should just cut to the chase and make all local land use decisions in Salem."

Governor Luke E. Mee has proposed a bill that would include friends with benefits as members of households for the purpose of state ethics rules. The Senate Committee on Manners held a spirited and sometimes salacious debate on the definition of "benefits."

Nation

In response to the spiraling cost of higher education, Congresswoman Patty Padiddle has introduced a bill allowing student debt to be excused in exchange for donation of certain body parts for scientific research.


World
As a gesture to end the conflict in the Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin  has challenged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to an arm wrestling competition (best two out of three). Suspiciously, sales of black market steroids in Russia spiked after the announcement.

March 2015

Continuous Process Improvement


 Ken Miller, in Extreme Government Makeover, describes the use of  triage as a way to streamline processes. It involves moving from a one-size-fits-all approach to a more targeted process based on the needs and circumstances of the customer. A common private sector example is the "8 items or less" express checkout line in a grocery store. Using the same concept, some cities waive a plans review process for builders who have demonstrated proficiency in the building codes, and are willing to take their chances on inspections in the field during construction.

Our Parks & Recreation department is using this concept in a proposal to improve the way special event permits are reviewed and issued. Based on objective criteria, some event permits will be issued immediately, with other departments simply kept informed of the date and nature of the event. Others (for example, those requiring a street closure) will get more scrutiny. And still other events won't need a permit at all.

This new process will provide significantly better customer service, and it will reduce staff time.

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Our Library staff have made a significant improvement in the way magazines and other periodicals are processed. By using a software module available through the library network, they have reduced staff time in processing periodicals from 28 hours per week to 7 hours per week, a 75% reduction.  And it provides better customer service: library patrons can now see (via the on-line system) what the most most current issue available is at all times.

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With the Support of IT, the Police Department is transitioning from stationary in-car computers, to portable tablets. Not only does this reduce the amount of hardware in the patrol car, it allows the officer to gather records information or write a report “in the field,” away from the car. This can be especially helpful when at the scene of an accident or crime. The Police Department anticipates time savings as a result of this new mobility – no more need to hand write information for report writing at a later time – officers will only handle the information once.

The Police Department recently switched brick and mortar uniform store, to an online uniform vendor. As needed, this new vendor comes to the police department to ensure correct measurements for purchases, however, most transactions are completed online, with delivery to the Police department. The police Department is finding the service to be better than previously received and is reporting a time savings by eliminating travel to the brick and mortar store, previously in Portland.

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Something as mundane as how your workspace is organized can make a big difference in how efficient you are. Julia Childs stored her cooking implements on a pegboard, with the outline of each tool marked, the same technique used by journeyman mechanics. Along those lines, Jessica Numanoglu in the Planning & Building Services Department reorganized the commonly-used electronic folders to make working documents easier to find, and to consolidate similar topics in one place.








February 2015

City Council Goals


At their January 10 retreat, the members of the City Council discussed their goals for the coming year and beyond.  The following list is a draft and hasn't been formally reviewed by the Council, but it reflects the gist of the Council's discussion.



2015 City Council Goals
D R A F T

Balance community expectations for city services, infrastructure maintenance and facilities within existing resources, adjusting taxes and fees, when necessary, with fiscal prudence and restraint

2015
Sell the West End Building.

Balance the goals of community aesthetics and environmental quality with the preservation of property rights and individual freedom

2015
Adopt changes to the development code by June, 2015 to implement the reform of regulations on “sensitive lands.”

Convene a community dialog on the tree code to see if there is a better way to meet the intent of the code while responding to residents’ desire for less stringent regulation.

2015 and 2016
Streamline the development code to make it more business-friendly, while still maintaining community standards.

Improve the city's infrastructure to meet current standards and provide for managed future growth

2015
To the extent finances are available, invest in a street maintenance program that will, over five years, result in attaining and maintaining a Pavement Condition Index of 70.

Develop a financially feasible plan for a community facility (library services, meeting rooms, police presence) in Lake Grove in conjunction with the Boones Ferry project.

Long Term
Complete new or expanded Police/LOCOM facilities (by 2016). Upgrade the Operations Center (by 2017). Complete Boones Ferry Improvements (by 2019).

Build funds through a set-aside in the operating budget to complete major repairs to the exterior walls and windows of City Hall.

Identify strategies for making it safer and easier to walk and bicycle in neighborhoods. When planning for major road resurfacing projects, include cost estimates for associated paths and/or sidewalks.

Consider the feasibility and options for a bike/pedestrian trail on or near the Willamette Shoreline Trolley right-of-way.

Build the tax base by supporting business investment in Lake Oswego

2015
Complete property acquisition and actively market the North Anchor properties. Plans for development should involve nearby residents and other community members, as well as those with expertise in the market for commercial real estate.

With the involvement of property owners and surrounding residents, develop a plan for the southwest industrial area.

Improve the effectiveness of Lake Oswego’s city government

2015
Hold a community round table forum twice per year.

Long Term
Consider a ballot measure making housekeeping (not substantive) changes to the Charter on the November 2016 election.

Identify strategies for reducing state mandates and preemptions and returning local control to our community.