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Message from the Mayor: State of the City
December 2009
The overreaching goal of the city must always be to
provide basic city services of the highest quality in the
most cost-effective way. Underlying that is the need to keep
the city on a solid financial base.
In 2009, we continued to do those things, even in the face of the
most challenging economic downturn experienced in this generation.
We have a balanced budget and a positive fund balance, which
means that the city is not “broke” and we continue to provide
all the municipal services that residents expect like police,
water, library, parks and streets.
We are even able to continue to address the areas which require
additional attention, like downtown improvements and traffic
congestion. Projects to improve traffic flow on 99W are
progressing. Construction on the Hall/99W intersection
should begin this year, directly followed by improvements
to the Greenburg/99W intersection. The signal control system
upgrade for the entire length of 99W is also imminent. While
this will result in little visible change, it will make the
entire street system function better. Downtown, the new
Burnham Street rebuild is underway, with completion expected
next year. In the area of parks, the land acquisition bond
measure in November 2009 was narrowly rejected by voters.
We hear you. We will make adjustments, better define the goals,
and most likely try again this year to get what the voters want.
A few years ago we made some decisions that defined a direction for
our city to go into the future. As we go down that road together,
let’s all continue to work toward the common goal of making Tigard
“A Place to Call Home.”
Craig E. Dirksen, Mayor
craigd@tigard-or.gov
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