HOMESTEAD NEIGHBORHOOD 
March 28, 2020 E-News
 
The Homestead Neighborhood Association normally meets the First Tuesday of every month, 7pm at the OHSU Child Development and Rehabilitation Center; 707 SW Gaines, Third Floor. 

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Please note that the Homestead Neighborhood Association will Not meet in April.


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Important Information From the Homestead NET (Neighborhood Emergency Team) Leader

To  ALL Homestead NEIGHBORS:

As your Homestead Emergency Response Block Coordinators we want to develop ways our community can provide support for one-another in this Covid-19 emergency.
 


This Covid-19 pandemic is a world-wide emergency that will last for months
not just weeks.  Since it is a novel virus recently transmitted to humans from animals, no one has acquired immunity. Stringent  public health mitigation measures are being implemented based on epidemiological models that indicate half the US population will be infected by mid June if we do nothing. To be effective, mitigation and suppression measures are likely to be in place for most of 2020. 
 
Mitigation requires social distancing - closing schools and nonessential business, working from home where possible, no social gatherings, and sheltering in place (particularly for those >65 or with pre-existing conditions- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/people-at-higher-risk.html
 
Suppression requires 14-day quarantine of infected individuals and their close contacts. This means that as infections spread to individual households in our communities - those households will be isolated for 14 days or more. They will need essentials and an effective communication network to sustain their self isolation.
 
The Homestead Neighborhood has posted on our web site, a list of web links that provide up-to-date Covid-19 information. http://www.homesteadna.org

 
Our daily life is being transformed.  We will need support from one another.  

What can you do?
 
  1. Practice Social Distancing and avoid all non-essential shopping trips and direct physical contact with those outside your household.
  2. Develop a plan for how your household will manage self quarantine should some member become infected.
  3. Check-in with your neighbors frequently - particularly if you or they are at high risk or need to self-isolate.
  4. Immediate neighbors and friends should help those households in isolation with shopping for groceries or pharmaceuticals, walking dogs, etc.
  5. Help us assemble comprehensive information about all our neighbors making it possible to organize effective support networks.
  6. Discover ways we can all make our neighborhood strong and resilient now.
 
We have established a network of block coordinators for most of Homestead to facilitate communications and support for everyone that needs it. 150 households have already filled out detailed questionnaires during face-to-face interviews with their block coordinators.
 
Now we are asking those who haven't been interviewed, to fill out a brief household questionnaire on-line at  https://swni.org/homestead/net .   The Homestead NET team will send your household information to your block coordinator.  Current Block Coordinators are:

Bancroft St South of Terwilliger: Marguerite Becker & Laurie Lester
Condor Ave North of Bancroft: Mark Urban & Jenny Schmidt
Homestead between Terwilliger and OHSU: Jane Manchee
View Point Terrace: Jackie Phillips (additional volunteer needed)
Hamilton St: Mary Egan
Condor Ave South of Bancroft & Bancroft Ct: John Chandler
12th & 13th Sts South of Gibbs: Ed Fischer (additional volunteer needed)
Homestead North of Gibbs:   volunteer needed
Apartments South of Gibbs:  volunteer needed

We need additional Coordinators. If you can help, contact Bob Bonner at [email protected] or call him at 240-838-8933.

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Parking Survey Delayed.  New tentative date to begin survey is April 15.  We are waiting for PBOT approval and will extend the survey through May 30.


Area Permit Parking Program Changes being Considered by the Homestead APPP Committee

Each area's parking permit committee has designed and adopted rules concerning that area. These rules are contained in Supplemental Plans. All supplemental plans, including Homestead's Supplemental plan can be found on the city's website. 

The Homestead Neighborhood Association is interested in reviewing and possibly changing the Homestead Plan in order to improve the parking difficulties, particularly in the Zone C area.

Considerations are:
  1. Limit the number of all business parking permits issued.
  2. Reduce allowed Visitor Parking time on signs to one hour in Zone C.
  3. Consider replacing guest permits with daily "scratch-off" permits.
  4. Consider de-annexing the commercially zoned property at SW Gibbs and Veteran's Hospital Road. 
Watch for the parking survey that will be available by April. Due to PBOT employees working from home, the survey will be extended through May 30.  Final decisions will hopefully be made before June. Parking on Ma rquam Hill is a complex issue that affects all area residents and we  want to hear from you!

Do you have comments or other ideas?   Contact us at [email protected]

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The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project's April  Community Advisory Committee meeting will be a virtual meeting on Thursday, April 2 from 5:30-7 p.m. 

You can join us online by clicking  this link at 5:30 p.m. Or, call 346-248-7799 to join by phone. If you're asked for the webinar ID number, enter 368 666 326

The  agenda will include a report on what we heard during the past two months' community engagement activities around the  Conceptual Design Report plus more information about the Marquam Hill Connector.


Follow  trimet.org/health for the latest updates about TriMet and COVID-19.

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 Make your voice heard.........

The year ahead will be a busy one filled with discussions and important decisions that affect the Homestead area.  If you want to be part of the conversation you can become a member using the membership form found on our website.   http://www.homesteadna.org 

Homestead also contributes to the monthly "Southwest Neighborhoods SW News".  You can subscribe online at http://www.swni.org/subscribe

Homestead is  a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Neighborhood Association.  Your donation funds efforts to  fulfill Homestead Neighborhood Association's mission and purpose.

 



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Comments relating to the Homestead NA, the Homestead Enews or the website can be made at [email protected] 

Jackie Phillips 
Vice-President, Homestead Neighborhood Association 
 
NOTICE: If you no longer live or own property in the Homestead neighborhood and do not want to receive these emails, please reply accordingly and we will remove your email address from our list-serve.  Thank-you. 
 
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You're invited!                               
Neighborhood meetings are held at 7:00pm, the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at the OHSU CDRC, 3rd Floor, SW 6th and SW Gaines Street.

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Homestead Neighborhood Association Board