City Projects/Proposals

Clean Streams Plan

The City of Lake Oswego manages about 130 miles of storm drainage pipes, several thousand catch basins and various specialized facilities including detention/sedimentation basins, and other water quality facilities. The City needs community guidance to determine how much of our resources should go to managing surface water and to identify our priorities within the surface water program. The current master plan, which was the culmination of a similar process 17 years ago, is no longer current: it does not reflect current science, technology or regulations and does not reflect current community goals.

Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project

Environmental Analysis Moves Forward
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) has been studying the alternatives for mass transit on the Macadam corridor. The three alternatives that have moved forward to the Committee include: No-Build, used as a basis for comparison for the other two, Enhanced Bus, and Streetcar. CAC meetings are basically educational sessions which include the opportunity to ask questions, hear citizen input, and voice concerns. The latest meeting reviewed legal requirements for a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). The requirements discussed included land use impacts such as zoning and development, safety and security impacts, community impacts such as demographics, and the restrictions required by public parks and other recreational services. Still to come are ridership and cost studies. The DEIS is currently expected to be ready for the Committee's review in July. It will be published in August and a 45-day public comment period will begin. The CAC's meetings are held the 3rd Monday of the month. Our representative on the Committee, Dave Jorling, encourages you to attend the meetings. Comments you may have on this analysis can also be submitted to Metro in writing or by email. Questions about the process? Contact Dave at: djorling@comcast.net.

Infill Task Force

The City reactivated its Infill Task Force in 2005 to determine whether infill design standards approved in 2003 were working or needed to be modified. After three years of work by the Infill Task Force and over a year of review by the Planning Commission, the City Council adopted the Infill recommendations with the exception of the RID review, and acknowledged the need for further study of steeply sloped lots. Recommendations of interest of FAN/Forest Hills residents include allowing minor building height adjustments to homes constructed on slightly sloped lots, changing the minimum side yard setback in the R-6 zone from 5 feet to 7½ feet (the total of both side yard setbacks would still be 15 feet), and requiring a side yard setback plane on corner lots.

See the City web site for more information:

Oswego Lake Interceptor Sewer

For news and updates on the Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer (LOIS) visit: www.lakeinterceptor.com.

Contact Jeff Selby, Citizen Information Coordinator, City of Lake Oswego at (503) 697-6514 or jselby@ci.oswego.or.us for more information or to have him speak to your group about LOIS.

West End Building (formerly Safeco)

The new City Council has as one of its goals to “make an informed, community-supported decision about the West End Building." City staff did an assessment of city facilities including the West End Building (WEB) and reported back to the Council in February 2009.

Strategy for the West End Building and Other City Facilities - April 20, 2009

[ Last updated 4 May 2010 ]