Central Northeast Neighbors
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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman
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Upcoming Meetings in
Central Northeast Neighbors
Meetings are being held through Zoom. Please look at the Neighborhood Association Websites for updates.
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Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN)
contact
Ronda
Sumner Neighborhood Association (SAN) c
ontact
Ronda.
Madison South Neighborhood Association (MSNA)
Click here
Beaumont Wilshire Neighborhood Association (BWNA)
Click here
Friends of Wilshire Park Playground Project,
Click here
Rose City Park Neighborhood Association (RCPNA)
Click here
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Hollywood Neighborhood Association (HNA)
Click here
Grant Park Neighborhood Association (GPNA)
Click here
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Portland is in Phase 1 of the Reopening.
What does that Mean for You?
Face coverings are required in indoor public spaces in Multnomah County. This requirement does not apply to children under 12, and to people with a medical condition or disability that prevents them from wearing a face covering.
Phase I –Restaurants/bars – limited sit-down Personal care (salons, gyms) – limited In-person local gatherings up to 25
Phase II – Higher risk Optional increased work in offices
In-person local gatherings up to
100**
with physical distancing
(**TENTATIVE & SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Visitation to nursing homes – limited
Phase III – Highest-risk; will require reliable treatment or vaccine Concerts Conventions Live audience sports
For more information about COVID 19/ Phase 1
click here
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COVID-19 RESOURCE GUIDE
Did you receive your Resource Guide? In partnership with our fellow neighborhood coalitions, we produced this bilingual Covid 19 Resource Guide to provide vital resource information to all Portlanders.
It was direct-mailed to over 200,000 households in the city and thousands more were reprinted for direct-service providers.
If you did not receive or would like additional copies for your business please contact
Ronda
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RIP Hearings Over, Final Council Vote
Slated for July
by Susan Trabucco
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On June 3, the Portland City Council heard public testimony from nearly 50 of the 100 people registered to testify on several proposed amendments to the Residential Infill Project (RIP). Testimony concluded on June 18th, with a final vote by the Council first on the amendments, then on the entire RIP package sometime in July.
RIP was established to help the Council find ways to implement the “middle housing” policy adopted in early 2016 by the city in its Comprehensive Plan—a controversial policy that encourages the city to consider zoning decisions to allow more duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, accessory dwelling units, and small multiunit or clustered residential buildings in single-family residential zones. Long-range in scope, Portland’s Comprehensive Plan is designed to prepare the City for expected population growth and provides direction for City decision-making on land use, transportation, sewer, and water systems and natural resource management programs, while ensuring that investments in major city systems are coordinated.
In January this year, City Council closed public testimony on the RIP Recommended Draft and moved on to consider amendments. The proposed six RIP amendments on which Council heard testimony in June ranged from simple terminology changes for project consistency (e.g., getting into required alignment with Oregon’s new statewide initiative to increase the allowed number of units on single-dwelling lots to four) to more substantive issues, especially in connection with the “Deeper Affordability Bonus” and “Historic Resource Demolition Disincentive” initiatives. While the housekeeping amendments garnered little public commentary, the two meatier amendments drew comments from nearly 100 percent of those testifying at the hearing.
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What’s going on at Whitaker Ponds?
If you’ve been up near NE 47th Ave between Columbia Boulevard and NE Cornfoot Road recently, you’ve noticed the construction project that began toward the end of last year. Perhaps you’ve been planning a visit to Whitaker Ponds Nature Park, a hidden gem of greenspace that offers a chance to escape the busy urban area that surrounds it.
Don’t be deterred! Whitaker Ponds will be accessible throughout 2020--here’s how to get there, and what you’ll find to enjoy while you’re there.
Accessing the Park
During May through July, NE 47th Avenue is scheduled to experience localized closures. From now through May and July through September, there will be two-way traffic with flaggers. Parking will remain available in the Whitaker Ponds parking lot. For updates, check the PBOT project website: portlandoregon.gov/transportation.
The NE 47th Avenue project will create numerous benefits such as multiuse paths, street trees, bioswales, new street lights, and flashing beacons to aid pedestrian crossing. The project will also extend stormwater and sanitary sewers to help protect the Columbia Slough. The project is scheduled to be completed by early fall 2020.
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The Rose Lane Project report was unanimously adopted by City Council on February 13, 2020. We are actively working on implementation. More updates will be shared online as they are available.
What is a Rose Lane?
Rose Lanes are corridors where transit priority treatments are used to get buses and streetcars out of traffic. Through project development, we will determine which treatments best address the needs and context in specific locations. Not all Rose Lane corridors will include bus-only lanes.
Project Objectives and Better-Off Measures:
The Rose Lane Project effort grew from recommendations in the City’s
Enhanced Transit Corridors (ETC) Plan
, adopted by City Council in June 2018. The Rose Lane Project will help advance implementation of the initial Enhanced Transit Network identified in the ETC plan. The project will help advance several City goals:
- Advance equity, including racial equity and transportation justice.
- Reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change by encouraging more transit ridership.
- Improve the resiliency and safety of our transportation system.
- Provide transportation options for a growing city.
- Make more efficient use of the public right-of-way.
- Increase transit ridership and reach the goal of 25% of trips in Portland made by transit.
- Help meet the region’s vision to “make transit more convenient, accessible, affordable and frequent for everyone.” (Regional Transit Strategy: 2018 Regional Transportation Plan)
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METRO NEWS
Get Moving 2020 Listening Session:
Central Multnomah County and Portland
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This is the latest round of events Metro has held over the last 18 months to ensure the Get Moving 2020 plan represents the priorities and needs of community members around greater Portland. In July, the Metro Council is expected to consider referring the measure to the November ballot.
The first session is Tuesday, June 30 for residents who live in Clackamas County. Three more will follow on July 6, 7 and 9 for people in East Multnomah County, Portland and Washington County respectively. All sessions begin at 5:30 p.m.
People who wish to provide input at a session are encouraged to sign up in advance using the link in the corresponding calendar listing on Metro's website. Otherwise, attendees can sign up to speak when they join the session. Participants will speak in the order in which they have signed up. The time limit for each speaker will be three minutes.
Sessions will be accessible by phone and video conference.
Language Interpretation
can be requested by calling 503-797-1890 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays) at least five days before the event you wish to attend.
Anyone who can’t attend a session may also email feedback of any length in any language to
getmoving@oregonmetro.gov
by July 9.
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Montgomery Park to Hollywood Transit and Land Use Development Study
About the MP2H Project
Purpose, background, timeline, and contact information for the MP2H project.
Project Purpose
The Montgomery Park to Hollywood Transit and Land Use Development Strategy (MP2H) will create an equitable development plan for potential transit-oriented districts in NW Portland (extending from the Central City to Montgomery Park) and NE Portland (extending from the Central City to the Hollywood District). The MP2H study will identify land use and urban design, economic development, and opportunities for community benefits possible with a transit-oriented development scenario. The project will also consider how such opportunities could support the City’s racial equity, climate justice, employment and housing goals. The work is funded in part by a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant.
Project staff and consultants will assess affordable housing, economic development and business stabilization opportunities associated with potential transit investments. They will evaluate existing and future transit service along a potential 6.1-mile transit corridor in two areas/phases:
- Phase 1 will explore extending the streetcar or other high-quality transit service to Montgomery Park, linking the Lloyd District and the Central Eastside to an under-served area of Northwest Portland.
- Phase 2 will explore alignment options and development potential to extend this line to the Hollywood District.
Major transit investments are a land use tool that can be used to shape the future growth of the Central City and surrounding areas. The workplan will assess the ability of different transit and land use scenarios to support compact development along the corridor, with an emphasis on identifying tools to help advance equitable development.
The
Montgomery Park to Hollywood (MP2H)
study is progressing, and the team will soon be posting an
Urban Design Concept - Virtual Open House and Survey
on the web. In addition, the team will be holding two related
Information Sessions
on Zoom to share more details about the Urban Design Concepts and to provide you an opportunity to ask questions of staff. In the meantime, please hold the dates for the information sessions if you are interested:
NW Portland Study Area Information Session
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
NE Portland Study Area Information Session
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
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Wilshire Park a Happy Place in Troubled Times
by Tiffney Townsend
The last few months have been hard for all of us. Our daily lives have been completely altered by the COVID-19 crisis, and many of the plans we had for what turned out to be a mild and pleasant, if slightly rainy, spring had to be abandoned. But somehow through all of this, Wilshire Park managed to be a place where wonderful things were quietly happening. BWNA’s Friends of Wilshire Park committee (FoWP) had a final fundraising push in March, asking Beaumont-Wilshire neighbors (via envelope insert in the March-April issue of the newsletter) to contribute what they could to pay for a replacement playhouse in the toddler area. And guess what? B-W neighbors, along many others in the community who value the park, came through big time. When the fundraiser crossed the finish line, over $20,000 in donations, small and large, had been collected and deposited with the Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN) neighborhood association coalition, which then transferred the funds to Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) for purchase and installment of the new equipment.
The playhouse was installed over the weekend of June 6-7, although it remains fenced off due to playgrounds being off limits to help stop the spread of COVID-19. There was even enough money left over to buy a new riding toy shaped like a rabbit. The playhouse resembles a little cabin and has plenty of gadgets to keep little hands busy and enough space inside for big imaginations. This project is a wonderful example of what happens when a grassroots group of neighbors networks with the neighborhood association system and city government to do some good for the next generation of Portlanders. In particular, CNN provided valuable advice on fundraising and acted as a fiscal sponsor, using its 501(C)(3) status to allow donations to be tax-deductible. Likewise, PP&R showed creativity, flexibility, and support in recognizing how important this project was to the neighborhood and implementing the final plans.
A team effort!
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Portland Parks & Recreation’s Free Lunch + Play
Begins Monday, June 22:
Expanded program is key in citywide efforts to provide crucial services
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R)’s annual Free Lunch + Play program began on Monday, June 22, 2020. This year’s program is part of an expanded effort by the City of Portland and area school districts to provide food security in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meal service will be held at lunchtime or early afternoon at 26 sites all summer long; schedules are available at
portlandoregon.gov/parks/freelunch
. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, children do not need to be present in order to receive a meal as they did in years past.
“COVID-19 and widespread layoffs have made hunger one of our community’s most urgent needs this summer,” says Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. As Mayor and Parks Commissioner, I’m proud that the Free Lunch + Play program is able to help keep thousands of young people nourished and healthy.” PP&R teams up with Portland Public Schools, the Parkrose and Reynolds School Districts, and partners to make this effort a success.
Free Lunch + Play locations are:
Alberta Park, Columbia Park, Cully Park, Essex Park, Gateway Discovery Park*, Harrison Park, Irving Park*, Kenton Park, Khhunamokwst Park, Lents Park, Luuwit View Park, Montavilla Park*, Mt. Scott Park, Peninsula Park, St. Johns Park, Wilkes Park
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TriMet News
Steel Bridge to close for four weeks in August for major MAX improvements
Bridge closed to all traffic on upper deck; five bus lines detoured and all MAX lines disrupted, shuttle buses running from Aug. 2 – 29
August will see TriMet’s largest MAX improvements projects to date, resulting in a four-week-long closure of the Steel Bridge to allow crews to make a series of major upgrades to the MAX light rail system that will improve resiliency, keep trains on time and create a smoother ride.
From Sunday, Aug. 2, through Saturday, Aug. 29, the upper deck of the Steel Bridge will be closed to auto, bus, MAX light rail, bicycle and pedestrian traffic to accommodate the work. All MAX lines—Blue, Green, Orange, Red and Yellow—will be disrupted. To move people around the disruption, shuttle buses will depart about every two to five minutes, serving Rose Quarter, Union Station/NW 5th & Glisan and Old Town/Chinatown stations.
Bus lines 4, 8, 35, 44, and 77, as well as all auto traffic, will be detoured to other bridges. Pedestrian and bicyclists will be able to cross the Steel Bridge on the lower-deck pathway, which will remain open during the entire project.
For full story
click here
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National Night Out
The National Night Out 2020 celebration will be held later in the year due to the pandemic. While conditions may change, we are currently planning to hold events on one day, the first Tuesday in October (10/06/2020).
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Oregon Symphony
In the Community
From classrooms to concert halls, from correctional facilities to retirement homes, the Oregon Symphony strives to create a stronger and more vibrant community through music. Together with these partner organizations, we use music’s transformative power to inspire our youth, foster life-long learning, and bring healing and joyous music to all parts of our community.
For Families
Kids Concerts
These three Kids Concerts are designed especially for Portland’s up-and-coming music lovers. Both entertaining and educational, they last about an hour – perfect for kids and their families!
Symphony Storytimes
Introduce younger children to music with a fun, interactive storytime at a local public library. A reader from the library will tell the stories while an Oregon Symphony musician brings them to life with live music. At the end, the kids get to try the instruments for themselves!
Kinderkonzerts
Give your children in grades K–2 an up-close musical experience with these entertaining, educational programs hosted by three Portland-area schools.
Young People’s Concerts
Bring your kids in grades 3–8 to the concert hall as the Oregon Symphony orchestra performs a concert that connects music to their education and the world around them.
The 2021 Young People’s Concert, Music That’s Out of This World, will take place on February 18, 2021.
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Do you need a Notary Public?
Central Northeast Neighbors can help you. We have
Ronda Johnson
and she is able to help you with this. Please contact her for more information about doing curb side notaries during Covid-19 quarantine.
Central Northeast Neighbors Ronda (503)823-2780
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This newsletter has been made possible through funding by the City of Portland, Office of Community & Civic Life
.
Views or findings expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the City of Portland or the bureau.
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