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Cityscape 1994-06/07 •.o■ OEM rl nnn Vol.XII No. 5 The Official Newsletter of Tigard June/July 1994 The Mayor's Corner Catch the Wave - Read! Consolidated Citizens of Tigard have elected a If reading is your idea of a whale of Water/Sewer Billing new Mayor and two new City Coun- a time, don't miss this year's Sum- Effective July 1, 1994, Tigard water cilors. Bob Rohlf and Ken Scheckla mer Reading Program at the Tigard customers in the City of Tigard will were elected to City Council. As we Public Library! begin receiving sewer/storm bills on go to press to provide the commu- a bimonthly basis with their water nity advance notice of June CIT Who's Summer Reading for? bill statements. Tualatin Valley agendas, the Mayor's race is too o For kids going into grades K-5. Water District customers will con- close to call. The new Mayor and tinue to receive a separate water Councilors will be sworn in after » For young ones, tots and bill from their water provider and a election results are certified as final. preschoolers who enjoy being bimonthly sewer and storm bill Voters approved an amendment to read to. from the City. Tigard's Charter which changes » For families who like to read If the water and sewer are currently how vacancies on the Council are together. billed to different individuals, this filled. Under the new Charter change will result in both charges amendment, Council may either ap- What to Do: being billed together to the party re- point a person or call a special elec- » Read great books at home and sponsible for water charges. If you tion to fill a vacancy. An election track your daily reading. have any questions about this may be called only if it can be held » Come to the library for special change, please call the City of 'fi- at least one year before the term ex- weekly events(puppet shows and gard at 639-4171 and ask for Utility pires. This amendment also allows a more!) Billing. person appointed to a vacancy to run in the election for the position. » At the end of the summer, pick 1994/95 Budget Process I have enjoyed serving as Tigard's up your free book for The 1994/95 proposed budget will be Interim Mayor. Thanks to my fellow participating in the program. available for public inspection be- Council members and city staff for When to Sign Up. ginning Tuesday, May 24 between their assistance. Participation is a the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm at good way to learn about our commu- Sign up at the Library on June 13 City Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd. The nity and the issues we face. I en- or after through August 20. Budget Committee deliberations on courage others to attend CIT, the budget will conclude in late Planning Commission, and City Where to Sign Up: May. The Budget Committee recom- Council meetings. You can have an In person, at the Tigard Public Li- mendation will be forwarded to City impact if you get involved. brary,at the"Book Beach." Council. The final budget hearing before the Tigard City Council is scheduled for June 28, 1994. Interested citizens Jack Schwab, Mayor are encouraged to review the pro- posed budget, attend the Council Fish for a book at the Library meeting, and provide input. this summer — you're sure to If you have any questions about the catch a good one! Questions? Write 1994/95 budget or the budget proc- Tum the Page•e• them on a slip of paper, put them in ess, please contact the City's Fi- • CIT Agendas for Jufie a bottle and set afloat to Jody or Hance Director, Wayne Lowry, at Terri at the library (or call 684- 639-4171. !� o Recycling News You Can Use 6537)! j ,S A ® ® ® • ® Fn CIT Grassroots Neighborhood-Based SOUTH TIGARD WEST TIGARD EVERYONE'S INVITED! COMMUNITY! RESIDENTS,PROPERTY AND BUSINESS CITIZENS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS!! OWNERS! When: Wednesday, June 1, 1994 When: Tuesday, June 7, 1994 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. Where: Tigard High School Cafeteria Where: Mary Woodward School 9000 SW Durham Road Cafeteria —12325 SW Katherine Street ® What can WE do to get Hall Blvd. improved? ■ How Does City Hall Work? ■ What's planned for the Fanno Creek ® Zoning—What does it all mean? Greenway? CENTRAL. TIGARD EAST TIGARD! COMMUNITY! PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS! RESIDENTS, PROPERTY AND BUSINESS RESIDENTS!! OWNERS!! When: Wednesday, June 8, 1994 When: Thursday, June 2, 1994 7.00 to 9:00 p.m. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Where: Tigard City Hall Where: C.F. Tigard School Library 13125 SW Hall Blvd. 12985 SW Grant Avenue ® Tigard Triangle Plan—When and Note Change in Location! how will it be implemented? Will it ■ Traffic Circulation: 129th and affect you? Walnut—What are the options? ■ TMC? CDC? What's the.difference? V -2 - Recycling Nevus You Can use! Recycling Offered by all Tigard Franchised Haulers by 9/30/94 New Recycling Services Offered ITEMS RESIDENTIAL COMMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY Scrap paper and yard debris - tion at curbside will be offerefere d RECYCLED at curbside sometime between July 1 and Sep- Newspaper X X X tember 30, 1994. Your hauler will Corrugated Cardboard X X X notify you of the exact date. Glass Bottles X* X* X*** For weekly collection of SCRAP Tin food cans on x X X PAPER., please prepare as follows: Aluminum X X N/A Place in a grocery bag. Scrap pa- Scrap Metal/Ferrous X X N/A per includes: kraft bags (paper gro- Motor Oil X N/A N/A cery bags), brochures, junk mail, Milk Jus X N/A N/A envelopes (with or without win- Magazines x X N/A dows), paper egg cartons, paper H• h Grade Paper X X N/A cores (from paper towels), paper Ia- Low Grade Paper N/A N/A N/A bels (from tin cans), greeting cards, white and colored high grade paper, Yard Debris ** ** ** computer printouts, file folders, cou- Clean Wood Waste ** ** ** pons, paperboard, chipboard (cereal Concrete/Asphalt ** ** ** boxes), and gift wrap. Do not in- clude newspaper, corrugated card- Plastic 1 thru 7 N/A N/A N/A board or magazines. * Sorted by color(clear,green and brown) For collection of YARD DEBRIS ** .Fee-for-service drop box pickup is available from franchised haulers every other week prepare as follows: *** -Sorted by color(clear and green) Place in cart. Yard debris includes N/A-Not available at this time grass clippings, leaves, branches (4" or less in diameter), shrubs, plants, Please prepare materials before recycling. Ouestions? Call your haulerl prunings, weeds, and christmas Miller's Sanitary Service—644-6161 Pride's Disposal—625-6177 Schmidt's Sanitary Service—639-2378 trees. Dirt and rocks are not ac- cepted. ' Yard debris service is provided Et " same day as garbage every otheweek year-round. Haulers will pro- _ vide one 60-gallon roll cart for me- chanically assisted collection. A Cost of Services class exemption is offered to home- owners' associations with 15 house- The City of Tigard continues to look cart saving money on your holds or more when certain for ways to control the increase of garbage bill. conditions are met. costs for solid waste collection (gar- # Place the cart within 5 feet of the bage and recycling programs). curb - this allows collection with "Class"Exemption for Haulers are automating their collec- a mechanical assist device on the Residential Curbside Collection tion services to reduce the amount garbage truck, reducing extra of Yard Debris of time it take to collect materials. service charges since the driver Existing neighborhood or home- How. is the City helping? The does not have to walk into your owners'associations with at least 15 City continues to work with all cit- yard to collect the cart. households as members have an op- ies in the Washington County Coop- # Place the "extra" bags of portunity to elect to exempt their erative Recycling Program. The City material next to the garbage cart members from the yard debris col- has been actively participating in a - not on ton — this reduces the lection service. To qualify for an ex- metro-wide, 5-year waste reduction amount of spillage whenthe emption, they must have a contract program to save valuable resources automated arm picks up the for yard maintenance service which and landfill space. garbage cart to empty it into the includes the hauling and recycling What Can You Do? truck. of all yard debris. Each hauler will If you have questions about how you administer the exemption program Recycle as much material as Y q Y for their franchise area on July 1st possible - this allows you to can reduce your garbage bill, please of each year. Please contact your reduce the size of your garbage call your hauler. hauler for conditions to meet to qualify. - 3 - nA A AM AM duo A 2 Portland Rose Festival Association presents... atural ClanBalloWestNon � Ah �Ic�4 c .... ......... ...... .......... �k ............ ......... 4 June 17,, 18,, 19 ........ ..... 6:00 am to 9:30 am 35 Balloons!! Tigard Rotary Breakfast on June 18 and 19 to benefit Tigard Rotary Scholarship Fund. Only $2.00 COmm tA vi i fy Gctle-vidctt All meetings at Tigard City Hall— 13125 SW Hall Boulevard,unless noted. The Tigard City Council City Council: Library Board: Intergovernmental meetings are cablecast live at June 14*,21,28* 2nd Thurs., 7:00 pm Water Board 730 pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month on July 12*, 19,26* Planning 2nd&4th Wed., 5:30 pm Channel 27. Replays are shown - 6.30 pm unless otherwise Commission: Tigard Water Bldg. at 9:00 pm Wednesday following posted 1st Mon. after 1st Sun., 8777 SW Burnham the Tuesday meeting, and at 7.30 pm 6:00 pm the Thursday following *Cablecast Meeting the Tuesday meeting on Ch.21. Paid for by: CITY OF TIGARD BULK RATE 13125 SW HALL BLVD. CARRIER ROUTE PRE-SORT TIGARD, OREGON 97223 U.S.POSTAGE PAID Cily OF TIGARD (503) 639-4171 PERMIT 2528 OREGON FAX No. 684-7297. PORTLAND,OR POSTAL CUSTOMER