Neighborhood Notes

The City of Portland is accepting applications through October 31, 2008, for 12 community members to serve on the Community Involvement Committee (CIC) for the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan is a comprehensive, three-year planning project lead by the City's Bureau of Planning. The purpose of the Portland Plan is to develop policies and actions to guide Portland's growth and development over the next 30 years. The planning effort will result in an update to the city's Comprehensive Plan and the Central City Plan.

The charge of the CIC is to review and make recommendations on the public involvement efforts and accomplishments of the Portland Plan. The committee will review past involvement efforts and results, preview upcoming involvement activities, and make recommendations to the Bureau of Planning on ways to continue or improve its public involvement activities to meet the overall goals of the public involvement strategy of the Portland Plan.

The CIC will be made up of three Planning Commissioners and 12 members of the community at large. CIC members should expect to meet quarterly over the three-year period of the planning project. However, in the beginning, the committee may need to meet more often.

Additional information about the CIC is available at: http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=203993.

MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS

Strong interest in and understanding of public involvement processes.
Commitment to the city's goal for the CIC: To oversee and strengthen the community's involvement and capacity to participate with the Bureau of Planning, partner bureaus, agencies and other governments in the development of the Portland Plan.
Ability to work collaboratively with people of diverse perspectives and experiences.
Team player; ability to contribute to successful group work.
Ability to commit 4-6 hours every three months, preparation for quarterly meetings; possible additional committee meetings; presenting at City Council, etc.
Live and/or work in the city of Portland.

MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

Major responsibilities of the CIC members include:

Review quarterly public involvement methods, activities and results over the next three years. (Approximate end date for Portland Plan project is Spring 2011.)
Review and make recommendations for involvement methods and activities for the coming quarter.
Participate from a citywide perspective.

SELECTION PROCESS

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of Vision into Action Steering Committee members; Bureau of Planning, Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Office of the Mayor staff; and members of the Planning Commission. Final consideration and appointments will be made by the Mayor and approved by City Council in November 2008. This application process will fill 12 positions on the Portland Plan Community Involvement Committee.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply to be a member of the CIC for the Portland Plan, please submit the following by Friday, October 31st, 2008, 4 PM:

Fill out a "City Boards & Commissions Interest Form."

2) Submit your responses to the supplemental questions below. Please keep answers to a maximum of two pages (single sided and single spaced), 12 point font.

City Boards & Commissions Interest Form For Community Involvement Committee

The purpose of this form is to obtain information for use in making appointments to City boards, commissions and committees, and to assist the Mayor in making inquiries concerning the qualifications of applicants for appointment. Please note that information provided in this document is public information, with the exception of the confidential section. (Information in the confidential section will only be disclosed as required by law.) If you have a recently prepared biography or résumé, please attach it to this form. Thank you for your interest.

Please return this form by October 31, 2008, 4 p.m. to:

Christine Appleberry, City of Portland | Bureau of Planning

1900 SW 4th Ave, 7100, Portland, OR 97201-5380

Or email to christine.appleberry@ci.portland.or.us (email confirmation to be sent once received) or fax to: 503-823-7800

To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. Call 503-823-2030 or 503-823-4000 with such requests.