3) Hearing scheduled for Alberta-Interstate project
1) Memorial Day
The Overlook Neighborhood Association hopes all residents are having a wonderful holiday weekend. We encourage everyone to take a moment this Memorial Day to remember the American service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom.
As the law establishing Memorial Day urges, let us all hope for perpetual peace so that current and future service members need not give their lives.
2) Police strategic planning
The Portland Police Bureau will host a community meeting for its Strategic Planning process on Thursday, May 30, in North Portland. The purpose of the meeting is to present the draft Police Strategic Plan framework and solicit additional feedback from the community through small group discussions. For more information, please visit the Strategic Planning Project Page.
Thursday’s meeting will run 6-8 p.m. at Terrell Hall, Room 206 on the PCC Cascade Campus (5624 N Borthwick Ave.).
3) Hearing scheduled for Alberta-Interstate project
As mentioned last week, the Overlook Neighborhood Association has appealed an exception granted to active use requirements for a development proposal at Alberta and Interstate. A hearing has been scheduled before the Design Commission for Thursday, June 20 at 5:05 p.m. It will take place 1900 SW 4th Ave., Room 2500B. The hearing is open to the public and interested parties may testify. If the time changes, it will be reflected on the agenda.
City staff would allow less than the required 25 percent active use such as restaurants, shops or medical offices. OKNA believes that such active use development is crucial to creating a vibrant, walkable town center around Interstate Max stops that will serve all Overlook residents.
4) OKNA board member resigns
Overlook Neighborhood Association board member Lauren Alfrey has resigned from the board for personal reasons. Lauren has been a valuable contributor to board discussions since her election in September, and she will be missed.
The OKNA bylaws give the board the option to appoint a replacement or leave the seat vacant. Given that we are entering the summer months when less OKNA business usually occurs and that elections will occur at the end of the summer, the board has chosen to leave the seat vacant. When a resignation occurred around the same time last year, we also left the seat vacant.