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Nov 11,2008
City Prepares for Wind and Rain
by pearlgirl
The City of Portland's Transportation Maintenance Operations is preparing for rain and wind storms forecasted by the National Weather Service to occur over the next 48 hours. Crews will be working the Veteran's Day holiday today to keep catch basins, culverts, and trash racks clear of debris in response to recent rains and in preparation for more. The City is prepared to deal with downed trees, limbs, and leaves and standing water issues that strong winds and heavy rain could bring.The City advises residents that they can help reduce street flooding by periodically clearing catch basins (grated storm drains) near their property. The following simple actions can help keep streets open and catch basins clear: Use a rake or pitch fork to clear leaves and debris from catch basins so that water can drain easily. Do not rake leaves into the street. Pile them on the curb in the planting strip (grassy area between the sidewalk and the street). The City's leaf removal servi
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Nov 10,2008
Old Town Chinatown Positively Glowing
by pearlgirl
Old Town Chinatown is glowing—thanks to a small group of volunteers who shined up 20 bronze sidewalk plaques throughout the neighborhood. This effort is part of a long-term plan to raise awareness of these neighborhood treasures. Check out photos of the shine up effor t that took place last week. It only took an hour for neighbors to shine up all 20 plaques. Nancy Stovall, vice chair of the Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association, would like to thank Blanchet House and Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association's Arts, Culture & History Committee for their efforts to establish a regular plan of cleaning these beautiful plaques. If you'd like to see these neighborhood treasures up close, download the walking map and take a self-guided tour. Read More...
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Oct 31,2008
Citywide Accessibility Tool Launched
by where's lulu
The new Portland-only web site Where's Lulu is a free, online database where Portlanders can rate and review places and services (mostly businesses) based on their accessibility. Example: Are the curb cuts next to the bus stop in front of a Stumptown Coffee Roasters wheelchair-friendly? A search tool allows for filtering using criteria such as whether nearby public transit options exist. Coming up: The ability to upload photos depicting accessibility or inaccessibility of businesses. We founded the site to provide info making it easier for disabled people to get from point A to point B, as well as to establish higher standards of accessibility for businesses and public places in general. The local disabled community is already on board, with users voicing opinions on everything from just how close a Mac Store is to the MAX line, to the wheelchair maneuverability between aisles at swank Southeast eatery Noble Rot. To join Where's Lulu for free, or to learn more, visit http
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Oct 29,2008
New Rules for Wireless Phone Towers
by shooter
Wireless phone towers are pretty much ubiquitous these days. We see many design review requests for placing these on the roofs of buildings. Homeowner Associations or property owners can collect fees by allowing companies to use their roof space for these antennas.Residential Neighborhoods
In residential neighborhoods it's a different story since most structures are single-family residences of only one or two stories. In neighborhoods, phone companies pay fees to the city for using utility poles for their antennas. The city's Office of Cable Communications & Franchise Management surveyed residents about the placement of these antennas and received a huge amount of feedback. Read the Portland Tribune's story for details.
New Rules
As a result the city is proposing new rules for these antenna poles. Among other proposed rules, the height of the antenna poles would be reduced form 50 to 40 feet in resid
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Oct 13,2008
Gift Trees-Green Gifts that Keep on Giving
by pearlgirl
This holiday season, give your friends and family green gifts that keep on giving as they grow—Gift Trees and Gift Groves. For $35 you can order a Gift Tree, and for $100 you can order a Gift Grove. Friends of Trees will plant the young native trees in local natural areas in need of restoration. Orders can be placed at "Gift Trees" at www.FriendsofTrees.org. You can include the name of the person the trees will be planted in honor of, a personalized message, and the name of the person giving the gift. Friends of Trees will print your gift acknowledgment card and mail it for you within three business days of the date you place your order. In addition to slowing climate change, trees reduce air and water pollution by trapping pollutants on their leaves and roots, and they help us even more as they grow. Buying a gift tree leaves a living legacy for the people you love. To learn more about Gift Trees or Friends of Trees, visit www.FriendsofTrees.org or call Melissa at 50
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Oct 9,2008
24 Hour Relief in Old Town
by shooter
The Portland Tribune reports that a public toilet in the Portland Rescue Mission, located in Old Town, is open 24-hours a day. This should bring relief to many of the homeless in the area, as well as residents and business owners who all encounter the inevitable results of no toilets available. The restrooms in the mission were renovated with $60,000 of generously donated private funds. The new toilets include floor drains, stainless steel automatic flush toilets, and exhaust fans. Public toilets generally fail due to a lack of security, but the mission's round-the-clock front door security ensures the toilets are used for their proper purpose.
Is one 24-hour public toilet enough? They City's will install the first of its new "stand-alone" toilets on NW Glisan between NW 5th and 6th within the next few weeks. Randy Leonard has pushed for new public toilets, even working on his own designs. The difficul
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Oct 3,2008
Central City Butt Brigade Committee
by pearlgirl
January 1, 2009 signifies a new era for Oregonians when the Smokefree Workplace Law bans smoking from any establishment that is not a designated smoke shop or cigar bar. In addition, smoking will be prohibited within 10 feet of doors or open windows. What does this mean for us? It means that you won't go home from a bar needing to take a shower and wash all your clothing. But it also means that there will be more cigarette butts than ever in the streets and on sidewalks. No smoking within 10 feet of the entrance removes the responsibility of cleanliness from the business owner and puts it in the hands of the smoker. Ten feet outside of a bar, especially in high-density neighborhoods like the inner city neighborhoods will often put you in front of another business or in the streets. When in the streets, many smokers will choose to stomp their butts instead of disposing of them properly. Cigarette butts are composed of a type of plastic that can persist in the environmen
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Sep 30,2008
Portland Seeking New Members for the City's Pedestrian Advisory Committee
by pearlgirl
The City of Portland is seeking new members for its Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Portland's Pedestrian Advisory Committee is a standing citizen advisory committee active since the early 1990s. Its purpose is to advise the Mayor and City Council and City departments on all matters that encourage and enhance walking as a means of transportation, recreation, wellness, and environmental enhancement. Committee members meet monthly in the evening on the third Tuesday of each month. They review and make recommendations on the following: planning documents affecting pedestrians pedestrian projects projects with pedestrian facilities funding priorities for pedestrian-related projects activities of other jurisdictions that affect pedestrians in Portland maintaining and periodically updating the Portland Pedestrian Design Guide and Pedestrian Master Plan. The committee is composed of 9-13 members appointed to a four-year term. To qualify, applicants mu
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Sep 23,2008
Advertising on Neighborhood Utility Poles
by pearlgirl
Do you know that posting signs, posters and flyers on wooden or metal utility poles is against the law? It's trespassing. Get this: Persons attaching posters or signs to privately owned poles may be charged with Criminal Mischief III (ORS 164.345) Apparently, this act also violates a number of City of Portland and National Electrical Safety codes (including Portland City Codes 14A.50.070 and 17.64.040 and NESC Rule 217A4 and Rule 237A). Do you know who owns these poles? The quantity of posters, flyers and signs being attached to private property (utility poles) creates a hazardous condition for persons responsible for maintaining the poles. Within the City of Portland, these poles are owned by several entities including but not limited to: Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, Qwest, Verizon and the City of Portland. Is your band, business or service advertising on local utility poles? If it is, you may receive this letter from the City of Portland. Failure
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Sep 22,2008
Portland is the Greenest U.S. City—Well, Mostly!
by pearlgirl
SustainLane.com has released its 2008 City Rankings of the most sustainable cities in the United States— whaddyaknow : Portland is the greenest city in the nation! What's really interesting is the breakdown of categories and where we rank in each. Let's just say that we didn't receive an A+ in every category of our sustainability report card. Portland is a Sustainability Leader in: Air Quality (we're #1) Energy and Climate Change (we're #2) Green Building (we're #1) Green Economy (we're #1) City Innovation (we're #1) Knowledge Base (we're #1) Planning/Land Use (we're #3) Waste Management (we're #7) Tap Water Quality (we're #2) Portland is Sustainably advanced in: City Commuting (we're #11) Metro Congestion (we're #16) Metro Ridership (we're #19)
Portland has Mixed Results in: Natural Disaster Risk (we're #30) Water Supply (we're #28)
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