Author Archives: King Neighborhood Association
Safety and Livability Team (SALT) meeting Monday 9/21
Hello Neighbors,
The upcoming SALT meeting will include a Comprehensive Community Plan to address violence in NE neighborhoods presented by the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct Command Staff.
Please join us and learn more.
NECN Office: 4815 NE 7th Portland, OR 97211
http://necoalition.org/projects/community-committees/safety-livability-team-salt/
http://necoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/09-21-15-SALT-agenda.pdf
Volunteer on your hood – Sept 12 & Sep 19
Gardening Fun
September 12th & September 19th, from 10 am to 1 pm
The King School PTA and Green King are organizing this community events. Get to enjoy the fun and the good feeling that comes from changing some ugly neglected areas into beautiful green areas. Don’t miss this opportunity to help out your community, meet your neighbors and give something back to our King community. Please RSVP if you can. Location is at King School 4906 NE 6th | Portland, OR 97211 Parking is available in the parking lot in NE 7th and Wygant
Join Green King and get updates of the event at https://www.facebook.com/greenkingproject
Or email diego@kingneighborhood.org from Green King if you have any questions.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is “What are you doing for others?”
Martin Luther King, Jr
The events are to help restore the beauty of the King School surroundings and to do maintenance of the School Garden Project.
Gardening, connecting with neighbors and having fun
Volunteer and Win: In both events, each participant gets a chance to win a pair of tickets to Timbers 2 vs Sacramento @ Providence Park
Thanks to our funder East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservartion District
King Neighborhood Association – September 2015 meeting!
We have a busy agenda this month. Lots of things are happening in King. Get involved. Know your neighbors. Help to make a better community. Find volunteer opportunities.Show up at the meeting. We are looking forward to meet you.
Agenda
King Neighborhood Association
September 9th, 2015
6:30 to 7:45
4815 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR
6:30 – Welcome & Introductions.
6:35 – Review & approval of agenda and last minutes
6-45 – Reports:
Committee’s Reports
Treasurer’s report
6:55 – Jambalaya donation failure
7:00 – New code of conduct for KNA members
7:05 – Nomination and appointment to fill Chair and vacant positions.
7:10 – Proposal for the creation of a new By-laws Committee
7:15 – New Building proposal by PCRI
7:20 – Traffic hazards in Walnut Park
Sabin Fremont low speed proposal
7:30 – Safety at King school park
7:35 – Woodland King Sewer Repairs
7:40 – Announcements
7:50 Adjournment
Parking available at the parking lot on Wygant, between NE 6th Ave and NE 7th Ave. The meeting is open to the public.
Meting Guidelines:
1- Stay within agreed time
2- Stay on topic
3 – Voice a solution if you voice a concern
4 -Notice and care about the effect your words have on others.
Draft of Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan
The Planning and Sustainability Commission’s Recommended Draft of Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan is now available on the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability website. You’re invited to review the draft plan and submit testimony to City Council through the revised Map App, via U.S. Mail or email, or in person at a public hearing.
See the Comprehensive Plan Recommended Draft
Interactive Map App
The Recommended Draft includes a revised Map App, which allows community members to click on or search for a specific property to view any recommended land use changes. Most of the city will keep the same land use designation (residential, employment, open space, etc.); only 14 percent of the area of the city will be subject to change if City Council adopts the Recommended Draft. Visit the Map App at www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/mapapp
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has set up a helpline to answer questions about the draft 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Community members may call 503-823-0195, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff will be on hand to answer questions, and interpretation services are available for those whose first language is not English.
Additionally, District Liaisons will be holding drop-in hours throughout the city this fall to answer questions. I have hours scheduled at the Hollywood Library on September 30, and will be scheduling others, probably including a late afternoon at the NECN office. Check the Comprehensive Plan calendar for dates, times and locations.
How to Comment
The public is invited to comment on the Recommended Draft directly to City Council via the following methods:
Email: cputestimony@portlandoregon.gov
Map App: www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/mapapp
U.S. Mail:
Comprehensive Plan Testimony c/o Council Clerk
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 130
Portland, OR 972014
In person:
November 19, 2015, 2 p.m.
Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Council Chambers
Public involvement timeline
With the publication of the Recommended Draft and launch of the Map App, City Council’s official record opens. To give Council and the public time to review and understand the recommendations in the draft 2035 Plan, Commissioners will hold their own work sessions with staff on key topics from September through November.
The first public hearing at City Council will be on November 19, with other hearings to be scheduled soon after. Council will then hold additional work sessions to consider amendments to the Recommended Draft. A City Council vote to adopt Portland’s new Comprehensive Plan is anticipated in February 2016. Once the Plan has been adopted, it then goes to the State Land Conservation and Development Commission for acknowledgement.
September – December 2015: City Council staff work sessions
November 19, 2015: City Council hearing @ 2 p.m.
November – December 2015: Additional City Council hearings
January 2016: Additional work sessions to consider amendments
February 2016: Anticipated City Council vote to adopt the 2035 Comprehensive Plan
Early implementation projects
Several Early Implementation projects for the new Comprehensive Plan are currently underway, including zoning code updates for employment land, campus institutions and mixed use areas. Portlanders will have additional opportunities to weigh in on drafts of these projects as they come before the Planning and Sustainability Commission. See an Early Implementation timeline here: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/543016
For more information about the Comprehensive Plan Update, please visit the project website atwww.portlandoregon.gov/bps/pdxcompplan
P.S. We are providing hard copies of the Recommended Draft and Citywide Systems Plan to all District Coalition offices. If you would like your own copy, please send an email topdxcompplan@portlandoregon.gov.