Sign up for Public Alerts – Emergency Notifications

Published December 4, 2025

The City of Lake Oswego uses the ClackCo PublicAlerts emergency notification system to deliver critical information during emergencies. The City strongly encourages all residents, workers, and students in the area to sign up for PublicAlerts notifications.

By registering and providing your contact information, you can choose to receive urgent alerts by email, phone call, and text message. Notifications may include:

  • Extreme weather events (flooding, landslides, etc.) or emergencies requiring immediate action such as evacuation or shelter in place
  • Significant utility disruptions (boil-water advisories, wildfire-prevention power shutoffs, etc.)
  • Requests to help locate a missing or endangered person
  • Police activity impacting nearby neighborhoods

Each county operates its own PublicAlerts system. You will only receive alerts if the address you register is within an impacted zone. To stay informed, be sure to add all relevant addresses—home, work, school, and other places you frequent. If you move across county lines, you may need to register in multiple counties.

  • Clackamas County: Register for #ClackCo PublicAlerts – click here
  • Multnomah, Washington, Marion, or other counties: Visit PublicAlerts.org/SignUp to find your county’s registration link.

Learn More

To learn more about how PublicAlerts works, visit About PublicAlerts or Clackamas County PublicAlerts.

For questions or help signing up, contact the City’s Public Information Office at 503-635-0257.

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Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) Project Coordinator

Primary Role:

  • Handles NEP grant applications, grant approvals, reviews receipts for reimbursement and is the single point of contact between the entire Palisades Neighborhood Association (PNA) and the City.
  • To be successfull in this role you should be organized, communicative.
  • Time commitment: From 8-12 hrs. throughout the year

Process:

  • Accepting NEP proposals: Anyone living in the Palisades Neighborhood Association can submit proposal(s) to the NEP Coordinator along with estimated costs throughout the year. They should follow the application guidelines and answer the questions related to their proposal.
  • PNA Board will Vote on Which Items To Include in our NEP Proposal: During the month of March PNA board meeting the NEP Coordinator asks the board to vote on the proposed item(s). NEP Coordinator encourages person(s) proposing the item(s) to attend the meeting to answer questions that might come up. The PNA board then votes on which items should be included in the NEP grant proposal.
  • Developing and Submitting the NEP Grant Proposalt: During the NEP grant proposal period (usually the month of May) the NEP Project Coordinator:
    • Fills out the NEP grant proposal application based on items approved by the PNA Board;
    • Gets sign offs from the PNA Chair
    • Submits the proposal form to the city in early May for the initial review process
    • Provides additional information requested by the city
    • Revises and submits the final application to the City by the deadline (typically May 31).

What Happens Next:

  • Iris McCaleb from the City forwards the NEP grant proposals to the grant review committee and then to the City Council who review it and awards certain grants.The NEP Coordinator will receive a letter of award from the City and will share it with the PNA Leadership Team.
  • As items are purchased from the approved grant list, the project close-out form is filled out by the person requesting reimbursement. They will attach digital copies of receipts and photos and then submit all to both the NEP Project Coordinator and the PNA Chair. The NEP Project Coordinator submits the reimbursement request to Iris at the City for reimbursement.
  • Reimbursement checks are then sent directly to the person who purchased the item(s).