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View this email in your browser Share Tweet I;b Forward r I 01s IVA s c i 1� CITY OF TIGARD EVENTS TIGARD LIBRARY EVENTS >> City Council, CCDA Meeting: Tue., Apr. 5 >> Baseball's Battered Bad Boys: City Council Meeting: Tue., Apr. 12 Mon., Apr. 4 >> City Council Meeting: Tue., Apr. 19 >> Cinderella and Prince Charming City Council Meeting: Tue., Apr. 26 Puppets: Tues., Apr. 12 City Council Outreach: Sat., Apr. 30 >> Friends of Library Book Sale: See full calendar Fri.-Sun., Apr. 22-24 Day of the Book/Day of the Rose: Sat., Apr. 23 See full calendar rN � to, 1 ••• -• C to- WAR•- - • S � E Fight Identity Theft Youth Face Off Against at Shred Event Smoking and Vaping On April 9, the Tigard Police The Tigard Youth Advisory Council Department and Pride Recycling will (TYAC) sponsored a host a free paper shred event, to smoking/vaping ban meme contest securely dispose of personal during the month of March to papers, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. communicate new city ordinance. Read more... Read more... City Council Approves New Street Maintenance Fee Schedule and Upcoming Gas-Tax Ballot Measure Starting July 1, residential customers will see a drop in their monthly street maintenance fee, which helps pay for Tigard's infrastructure on city-owned streets, while commercial customers will see a slight bump in the same fee that is assessed on required parking spaces for their facilities. Read more... County Emergency Services Bond Measure on May Ballot The Washington County Emergency Communications System Bond Measure on the May 17 primary election ballot will ask voters to replace and upgrade the system, which supports first responders countywide. Read more... Library Gets High Marks for Customer Service in Annual Survey Of the 3,094 surveys completed online and in person at the Library, more than 98 percent rated library service as excellent or good. Read more... Tigard Celebrates Trees During April Tigard will celebrate its 15th year as a Tree City USA, in conjunction with a city proclamation naming April as Arbor Month and citywide activities that celebrate trees and tree planting. Read more... Mayor's Corner The best harbinger of spring is the opening of baseball season, so why not celebrate by attending Opening Day for Tigard Little League at Tigard High School (9000 SW Durham Road) on Saturday, April 2, at 9 a.m. Read more... Watch for Roadwork on SW Walnut Street and Street Widening Near Highway 99W Project work is underway on SW Walnut Street, between SW 116th Avenue and SW Tiedeman Avenue, to improve pedestrian safety and make other improvements, and a contractor will be widening Dartmouth Street as it approaches Highway 99W and widening 78th Avenue as it approaches Highway 99W. Read more... Rules of the Road: Speeding Violations Top Tigard Municipal Court Caseload Our review for 2015 showed once again that Tigard has one of the busiest municipal courts in Oregon, with an average of 500 cases filed each month during 2015. Read more... Measuring the Value of Place in the Tigard Triangle The city is hosting a four-person graduate student team, known as Delta Planning, from Portland State University's Masters in Urban & Regional Planning program to explore ways to make the Tigard Triangle a place for Tigard residents to explore on foot. Read more... Tigard Partners with FEMA for America's PrepareAthon Tigard's Emergency Management program is joining with the regional Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) office starting the first week of April to promote preparedness citywide. Read more... Tigard Kept Focus on Legislative Session The city's 2016 state legislative agenda includes affordable housing among its priorities-- also one of the top two issues state lawmakers took up during the recently completed 32- day session. Read more... Tigard Celebrates its Shining Stars on April 29 The 42nd annual Shining Stars Community Awards Celebration will take place April 29, honoring Tigard citizens who demonstrate excellence and community leadership in business, volunteer activities and educational achievement. Read more... Downtown Art Walks Returns for 2016 Art Walk 2016 takes place May 5-14, featuring juried art displays in downtown businesses, a pop-up gallery space and a planned street side artist sale. Read more... Calling All Good Number Crunchers The city has re-opened its search for Audit Committee members to fill one regular vacancy and one alternate position, with a deadline of May 12. Read more... Tualatin Riverkeepers Opens Summer Day Camp Registration The Tualatin Riverkeepers'summer day camp program has opened up registration for its summer camps and welcomes youth between the ages of 4 and 13. Read more... Curtis Tigard Will Celebrate 107th Birthday Come celebrate the birthday of Curtis Tigard at the John Tigard House Museum on April 16, from 1 to 3 p.m., with this free event organized by the Tigard Historical Association. Read more... Tigard Downtown Farmers Market Returns, in April The Tigard Downtown Farmers Market gets started early this spring, opening on April 24, at its usual Tigard Public Works parking lot location, on 8777 SW Burnham St. Read more... li NIA i�� S,.rmF `i[liSiyl tSl{ y .N4 tt BINI N1 PIAN NoAn1ttIM6Sln16{iM xr uN N! W N! W IrNWrufNSN rrsN 1rs41cf � d x �►s�►s��se�s�,� FAZIR ��t�1�D�►`i� A, 116l0 : If ONLINE Youth Bike Fair Rolls into Durham Elementary Tigard's Safe Routes to School program is partnering with Durham Elementary School on April 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., to get youth and parents geared up for safe, healthy and fun cycling. Read more... • • • PROJECTS Mapping . • Development Corridor>> Park Shelter Rentals >> River Terrace >> Permits and Inspections >> SW >> Ticket Payments >> Strategic Plan >> Utility Payments >> Water Partnership . . Opportunities 4 41 r T I CARD ..yright o 2016 City of Tigard, • -.. reserved.All rights r.shavey@comcast.net Forward to a Friend City of Tigard Website: www.tigard-or.gov This email was sent to r.shaveyno.comcast.net why did 1 pet this unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences City of Tigard • 13125 SW Hall • Tigard,OR 97223 • USA