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THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 23
March 2019
Wilsonville adds e-vehicle chargers at library
By MARK OTTENAD,
CITY OF WILSONVILLE
At the Jan. 24 meeting of the Wilsonville City
Council, the Council adopted a City agreement
with electric-utility provider Portland General
Electric (PGE) to install an “Electric Avenue”
five-vehicle electric-charging hub at the
Wilsonville Public Library. The site, near the
intersection of Wilsonville Road and Memorial
Drive, provides electric car owners with a safe,
visible charging station that is accessible
around the clock and conveniently located near
restaurants, shops, Memorial Park and the
library. The hub, with one 6.7 kW Level 2
dispenser and four 50 kW DC Fast Charge
stations, is being constructed, operated,
inspected, repaired and maintained by PGE; the
City is responsible for the care and maintenance
of the parking area.
The City Council approved on second reading
minor amendments to City Code (Sections 800-
814) to comply with new Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) regulations
governing small wireless facilities located in the
public right-of-way. With this action, the City is
equipped to apply community-adopted aesthetic
policies for telecommunications utilities and to
recover a majority of costs in implementing new
FCC rules to facilitate implementation of “5G”
small-cell wireless technology.
The Council also approved a supplemental
budget adjustment to provide funding for
several capital requests — including $2 million
to complete Villebois Regional Parks 7 and 8 —
and operational expenses to bring the City’s
janitorial services in-house; the second is an
inter-governmental agreement with the
Westside Urban Renewal Area that provides
the URA with capital project funding without
incurring costly bank lending fees.
At the work session prior to the meeting,
staff provided an update on ongoing efforts to
gather public opinion to inform improvements
to SMART’s Dial-a-Ride service to help the
transit agency provide better service to the
growing number of community members who
rely on the service. Staff also provided a
financial update on the City’s Urban Renewal
districts, the uses and the effects of tax
increment financing in the City’s urban
renewal districts.
Community members can watch a replay of
all or a portion of the City Council meeting on
Comcast/Xfinity Ch. 30, Frontier Ch. 32 or on the
City’s video-on-demand service at www.ci.
wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV. ■
TVF&R uses shuttered Charbonneau
building for training session
The fire department, which
serves all of Wilsonville, conducted
With smoke enveloping the
its first two training sessions at the
hallways and blinding firefighters, a building located at 32050 S.W.
group of Tualatin Valley Fire &
Charbonneau Drive Feb. 11 and Feb.
Rescue personnel trotted down a
18 and had its final training session 8
staircase to the bottom floor of a
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25.
dilapidated building next to
The scenario Feb. 11 involved
Charbonneau Country Club to
firefighters winding through the
rescue an ostensibly downed
multi-story building, spotting the
firefighter.
downed firefighter who was trapped
“Cover your eyes and then try to under an assortment of objects and
get yourself through a building like
then carrying them out of the
this ... that’s what they see,” TVF&R building through a door, a rooftop
Public Affairs Officer Stefan Myers
window or another exit. Because a
said.
fire-stricken building is typically
Though the scenario was realistic, scattered with broken objects, the
the life of the immobilized firefighter department also placed barriers and
was not in danger that day. Instead, wires in the path of the firefighters
the fire crew was simulating the
and blocked off certain hallways so
rescue to give firefighters in the
that they had to find a different
Rapid Intervention Team (RIT)
route. The crew didn’t actually start
better training in case a real
a fire for the exercise, but did
emergency arose.
inundate the building with smoke.
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PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP
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New year, new
management
— Page 2
Thank you,
Cindy! — Page 10
Singles club
goes all
female — Page 15
Changes
for board
nominations
— Page 8
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