Hi Overlook! Your Overlook Views newsletters are back from the printer. If you can’t wait for your delivery, have a peek here:https://overlookneighborhood.org//newslet
ters/2012/WINTER2012.pdf
In other news, there’s lots of news! Have a great weekend.
1) No-Parking Apartment Buildings – Several Items
2) West Hayden Island Decision Coming (11/15)
3) More Columbia River News: The CRC Rises Again (11/14)
4) Running Event Seeks Neighborhood Volunteers
5) Campus Institutions & Neighborhood Impact (11/29)
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1) No-Parking Apartment Buildings – Several Items
1.1) Citizen Survey Due (deadline 11/10)
There are just two days left for you to share your input on a neighbor-led survey regarding the many new apartment buildings going in on the east side of Portland that include no on-site parking. Please give a few moments of your time and your thoughts: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFKG3VF
1.2) The Bureau of Planning & Sustainability (BPS) has completed their promised study of existing no-parking buildings and the current costs of on-site parking and the impact on affordability to further conversation at their upcoming forum. Results of these studies will be presented at the following forum:
Planning and Sustainability Commission (PSC) Open Forum
November 13, from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 2500A
More information? Matt Wickstrom, 503-823-2834 or matt.wickstrom@portlandoregon.gov.
View the studies and research: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/59974
If you are not able to attend the November 13 forum, you can send comments directly to the PSC at psc@portlandoregon.gov.
1.3) Finally, The Oregonian published a story on the topic and many residents have added their thoughts in the comments.
http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2012/11/study_acknowledges_increase_in.html
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2) West Hayden Island Decision Coming (11/15)
Our neighbors to the north have asked us to Help Save West Hayden Island Wildlife Area! Hundreds of acres of forest, meadow and wetlands at risk of being converted to parkinglots! Go to www.facebook.com/pages/Save-West-Hayden-Island/136664296349832 and come to their hearing at the PSC
Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission Hearing on West Hayden Island
530 PM- 900 PM, Thursday, November 15, 2012
Portland Building, 2nd Floor, 1120 Southwest 5th Avenue, Portland, OR
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3) More Columbia River News: The CRC Rises Again (11/14)
The Columbia River Crossing project will host an open house on Wednesday, Nov 14, to share information about the bridge height analysis. Project partners, river users, businesses and neighborhood residents are invited to learn about the findings and provide feedback. The report containing the findings has been submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard and is available online.
Bridge Height Open House
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Red Lion at the Quay, River Room
100 Columbia Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
Through November, CRC staff will continue to refine the technical analysis on the number of vessels impacted, river users, costs and potential solutions. A bridge height recommendation is expected in December 2012. The bridge height recommendation will be central to the general bridge permit application to be submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard in January 2013.
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4) Running Event Seeks Neighborhood Volunteers
The Freshwater Trust is this year’s beneficiary of a Holiday themed 1/2 Marathon and 5 K run organized by local running store, Foot Traffic. This is the third year for the event, and should be lots of fun for runners and volunteers alike. For more information about the race, please visit: www.foottraffic.us/holiday/
This year’s event will take place at the Adidas North America Campus and The Freshwater Trust would love to see some local neighbors and community members out and about during the event. The race will take place on December 16, 2012 and will go from 6:30am to about 12:30pm. They have lots of volunteer needs, from helping pass out water and food to racers to providing course support in the neighborhood.
If you would like to volunteer individually or with your group to staff the streets, cheer on runners, hand out water etc, please contact the volunteer organizer: Maggie Rounds, Holiday Half Marathon Volunteer Coordinator, The Freshwater Trust volunteer@thefreshwatertrust.org or give her a call: 503.550.4548
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5) Campus Institutions & Neighborhood Impact (11/29)
Neighbors, is anyone interested in following this discussion? Contact us at OKNA: info@OverlookNeighborhood.org Send an email and we’ll forward you the complete agenda. Or, for more information, please contact John Cole, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-3475 orJohn.Cole@portlandoregon.gov
You are invited to a community briefing regarding “Campus Institutions” to be held on November 29th. This briefing will present draft Comprehensive Plan policy language regarding, universities and hospitals and begin an outreach effort with interested neighborhood associations regarding an effort that the Bureau is undertaking to review and revise both the city land use policy and regulatory framework under which these institutions operate.
Comprehensive Plan Update: Campus Institutional Policy Community Briefing
Thursday, November 29, 2012 — 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Conference Room 7A
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