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In This=20 Issue
=95 = City Council - What's=20 Next

=95 City Council = Re-Cap
=95 = Foothills Dock=20 Open
=95 What Do You = Value?
=95 = Bicycle Safety on Hwy=20 43

=95 Mural = Dedication

=95 Tennis Center=20 Siting
=95 MiGA Golf=20 Tournament

=95 Fire Station Open=20 = House<= /DIV>

=95 How Can We=20 = Help?

Do you have = questions=20 or comments regarding City services? Let = us=20 know!

Improving Lives Through = the Sport of=20 = Golf

On Sunday, = October 17, the=20 Mobility Impaired Golf Association = (=20 MiGA) will host a = golf event=20 for children and young adults with special = needs=20 giving them the opportunity to "play the = golf=20 course" or take part in a clinic for those = unable=20 to play the course... with a BBQ and = special=20 awards following. Registration = deadline is=20 Thursday, October 7. For more information = or to=20 register, call the Lake Oswego Public Golf = Course=20 at 503-636-8228.

Fire Station Open=20 House
The Lake Oswego Fire = Department=20 invites you to celebrate Fire Prevention = Week,=20 October 3 though 9, and the City=92s 100 = Year=20 Centennial at an open house on October 9 = from 11=20 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Main Fire Station, = 300 B=20 Avenue. Meet your firefighters, see fire=20 equipment, check out auto extrication and = rope=20 rescue demonstrations, take a station = tour, and=20 much more!

How Can We = Help=20 = You?

Finance
=95=20 Passports
=95 Dog=20 Licenses
=95 Business=20 Licenses
=95 Utility=20 Bills

Lake = Oswego=20 Interceptor Sewer
=95 LOIS

Library
=95=20 Programs &=20 Events
=95 Classes=20

Parks &=20 Recreation
=95 Activities & = Events
=95 Sports
=95 Adult=20 Community Ctr
=95 Golf = Course=20
=95 Indoor=20 Tennis Ctr
=95 Natural=20 Areas

Planning &=20 Building
=95 Building=20 Permits
=95 Planning
=95 Natural=20 Resources
=95 Sustainability

Public=20 Safety
=95 Fire
=95 = Police =20

Public=20 Works
=95 Maintenance
=95=20 Engineering=20
=95 Water=20 Quality
=95 Water=20 Conservation

Water=20 = Partnership

=95 Lake Oswego - = = Tigard

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City Council - What's = Next?

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The=20 next City Council meeting will be on = Tuesday,=20 September 28, at 6:30 p.m. Join the = Council=20 for a project briefing on the Lake Oswego = to=20 Portland Transit Study and a discussion of = the=20 West End Building Site = Study. Detailed = information on=20 these items will be included in the=20 Council=20 Packet. (Council = Packets are=20 normally posted the Thursday prior to the = Council=20 meeting.)

Can't make it to = the Council Meeting? Watch it = live=20 wherever you are via live streaming video! = Type=20 mms/www.ci.oswego.or.us/live into=20 your browser during the Council meeting to = watch=20 Council live.

All Tuesday = evening=20 Council meetings in the Council Chambers = are=20 televised. Regular City Council = meetings=20 and study sessions are shown = live on=20 Channel 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Meet your=20 City=20 Councilors.

Didn't See the = Last City=20 Council Meeting?

Here's=20 = a Re-Cap!

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On September 21, City Council had a = regular=20 meeting where they heard a presentation by = Todd=20 Chase, FCS Group, on Lake = Oswego=20 Demographics. This report - which will = help=20 the community understand the emerging = demographic,=20 economic and market trends that are = influencing=20 the city - relates to the Comprehensive = Plan=20 update which is currently underway.

At this meeting, Council also:

Recognized the members of the Second = Look=20 Task Force for their work=20
Reviewed the Lake Oswego Marketing = Strategy=20 =96 designed to increase awareness of = and enhance=20 Lake Oswego=92s image, increase customer = traffic=20 to Lake Oswego=92s business and shopping = districts, increase tourism, and support = business recruitment and retention=20
Received the new catalog of City = programs=20 and services, LOPedia =96 created by = the City=20 Manager=92s Office, with the assistance = of the=20 City's annual summer Kincaid Memorial = intern,=20 this encyclopedia is an in-depth catalog = of Lake=20 Oswego's municipal services and programs = and=20 includes information about what the City = of Lake=20 Oswego does, how it does it, and how = much it=20 costs=20
Directed the City Manager to sign a = contract=20 with HNTB for $146,147 to complete Phase = 2 of=20 the Boones Ferry Road Refinement Plan = and=20 adopted Resolution 10-61, establishing = the=20 charge statement and appointing members = to the=20 Project Advisory Committee

Detailed information on the above=20 items is included in the September 21=20 Council Packet. For additional Council = packets, as well as meeting summaries and = minutes,=20 or to view past meetings, visit the City = Council's=20 = webpage.

Foothills=20 Dock

Join us for = a Ribbon=20 Cutting=20 = Ceremony

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The new dock at = Foothills=20 Park is now open. You are invited to=20 a ribbon cutting ceremony on = September=20 30 at 5:30 p.m. Stop by and = check it=20 = out!

What Do You Value Most = About Lake=20 = Oswego?

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What=20 do you value most about Lake = Oswego?

The City is currently seeking = information to=20 help shape the future of Lake = Oswego. Please=20 take a few minutes to participate in = Open City=20 Hall and give us your feedback on = this=20 question. Your response to this and other=20 questions will be used to guide the = discussions=20 and develop policies that build on what = people=20 value in Lake Oswego.

With Open City Hall, you can = post=20 your own statement and read what others = are saying=20 about important Lake Oswego topics.

Thank you for=20 = participating!

Interested in Bicycle = Safety on=20 Hwy = 43?

Highway=20 43 from Lake Oswego into Portland is a = heavily=20 traveled route, both by motorized vehicles = and by=20 bicycles and pedestrians. We would like = your ideas=20 on actions that can be taken soon to help = keep=20 this important route safe for everyone. = Join=20 Clackamas County and its partners on = Tuesday,=20 September 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at = Chuck=92s=20 Place, 148 B Avenue, to learn about = projects=20 planned for the Highway 43 corridor, tell = us what=20 works for you (and what doesn=92t) along = the=20 corridor, and share your ideas about how = to=20 improve safety. For more information, = contact Ellen Rogalin at = = 503-742-4274.

Forest Heritage Mural to be Dedicated = in Lake=20 = Grove