Received from UNR (United Neighborhoods for Reform) today:

Houses to be demolished can be torn down by a backhoe or deconstructed by hand. A resolution about deconstruction of houses will be considered by City Council on Wednesday, February 17 at 2:30pm. This resolution is the work of the city’s Deconstruction Advisory Group, led by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.  Barbara Kerr, a member of UNR and experienced regarding deconstruction issues, has been an invited member of city’s Deconstruction Advisory Group.

For details of this resolution see: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/563095T

The following is information about deconstruction and the position UNR is taking on this issue.

We request your written and/or verbal testimony to City Council about this resolution. cctestimony@portlandoregon.gov.  If you live near a house that was deconstructed or demolished, your testimony would be especially important.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT DECONSTRUCTION

Continue reading →

28 June 2016

Agenda & Announcement (blog post)

Minutes: KNA Land Use Committee mtg notes june 28 2016

KNA received the following short term rental notifications in November:

Accessory Short-Term Rental Permit 1125 NE Sumner (pdf)

Accessory Short-Term Rental Permit 545 NE Jessup (pdf)

KNA received the following Intent to Demolish notice for 442 NE Jessup

Intent To Demolish 442 NE Jessup St (pdf)

Additional information from the Developer’s presentation in October can be located here

http://kingneighborhood.org/proposed-development-design-presentation-slides-from-last-nights-meeting/