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Notes of Interest » December 4, 2008
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Today's Notes of Interest contains two of Portland's favorite topics: bikes and dog poo. Read, ride, and watch your step...(photo: Queen Bee)
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Oct 9,2008
City Council Approves Lease For Portland Hope Meadows
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The Portland City Council agreed to lease the John Ball School site to a nonprofit organization over strong opposition from the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association and residents. Portland Hope Meadows plans to build a community where foster children are placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. Families would live rent-free in exchange for adopting three to four children from the state.
Opponents to the project believe that North Portland has more than its share of public housing. They also believe the City has not involved residents in the decision there by denying them the right to due process.
This vote to lease the property to Portland Hope Meadows gives them the ability to secure grants that require a signed lease. Construction cannot begin until a land use change for the property has been approved. Much of the $12.5 million construction costs have been raised through private donations.
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Sep 30,2008
North Portland Greenway Trail Comment Period
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Posted at The Sentinel : FROM PRESS RELEASE By Paul Maresh, NPGreenway Trail Metro and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) will be seeking public comment on the allocation of regional flexible funds to be programmed in the 2010-13 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). The formal comment period will be from October 13 to noon December 1st. Portland Parks and Rec. has requested $449,000 for: North Portland Willamette Greenway Planning Study. Twenty-six applications have been submitted to METRO requesting over 52.5 million dollars of funds, in amounts from $222,000 to 5.2 million dollars. There are approximately $28 million of funds to be allocated. Of this amount about $12,000,000 will be allocated for projects within the City Of Portland. There are 10 requests totaling about 22 million dollars for projects within the City. So, you can see public input from North Portland residents can play a big part in advancing our np
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Sep 28,2008
Controversial Portsmouth Housing Project in Front of City Council, Again
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The Portland Hope Meadows foster care project is on the agenda for this Thursday's City Council meeting. The project would build a community of homes, on the former John Ball School site, where foster children would be placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. According to the Portland Tribune , the decision before the City Council is should the city lease the property to Hope Meadows for $1 per year. Previously, the City Council said Portland Meadows could seek the lease after meeting a number of conditions, including raising a significant portion of the projects estimated cost of $12.5 million. There is significant opposition from the neighborhood, including the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association. The opposition argues that North Portland already has too many social service programs and low-income housing projects, and that the City Council is ignoring due process by not including the neighborhood in the process and not considering any
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Sep 14,2008
Planning Commission Members Tour North Portland With Neighbors
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Planning Commission members took a close look at North Portland last Tuesday to learn about the development issues affecting the city's fifth-quadrant. The tour included representatives from each of the eight neighborhoods that make up North Portland. The goal was to make sure city planners were familiar with North Portland's issues as they work to update Portland's Comprehensive Plan .The four-hour bus tour was intended to give commissioners and planners a "visual frame of reference", according to Arianne Sperry, the North Portland liaison with the Planning Bureau . Many of the commission members haven't been exposed to the issues in North Portland. During the tour neighborhood representatives pointed out specific issues in their neighborhoods. The most common opinion among neighborhoods was that North Portland is full of under-utilized commercial properties. Many properties are used for "transient" rather tha
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Aug 29,2008
Take the Streetcar Survey
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The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) is currently drafting a Streetcar System Plan, with the intent of creating a citywide network. The purpose of the Streetcar System Plan (SSP) District Working Group process that is currently underway is to engage the public in the beginning of a long-range planning effort that will identify future streetcar corridors with the highest potential in a long-term implementation strategy. Specifically, the goal of the NE District Working Group process is to identify where community support for potential streetcar corridors is located in NE Portland. Currently, volunteers like us are doing community outreach to gauge the level of support in Northeast Portland along various corridors such as Broadway/Weidler, MLK Blvd, Alberta St, and 82nd Ave. The city has stated that new streetcar corridors will be prioritized in areas where community support exists.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7QjGufQZvkQ5cFawdRA6CA_3d_3d
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Jul 27,2008
Interstate corridor plan approved, neighbors reactions mixed
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It does seem that the Height Opportunity part of the plan was inserted close to the end of the process with little opportunity for public input. Overall, however, I still think the plan is good and will provide good growth opportunities for the areas within the plan.
Read the Portland Tribune's story .
Read the Portland Tribune's story .
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