N/NE Quadrant / Stakeholder Advisory Committee

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A Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) is being formed to advise project staff and make recommendations to the Portland City Council and the Director of the Oregon Department Transportation on policy and project proposals resulting from the N/NE Quadrant and I-5 Broadway/Weidler planning process. The committee will have approximately 30 members, with wide representation from area stakeholders and community interests, including: business and neighborhood associations, property owners, affordable housing, cultural heritage, the environment, economic equity, labor, urban design and transportation.

Subcommittees of the SAC will be formed to address specific issues, such as transportation, land use and urban design, and will include additional stakeholders with expertise and interest in the topic issues. Subcommittees will help frame the issues for the full SAC, especially on specific subject areas requiring more analysis and input. SAC and subcommittee meetings will be open to the public and have opportunities for public comment. Agenda, minutes and materials will be posted on this website as they are available.

A Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), representing public agencies with specialized expertise related to the plan and implementation, will serve as a resource for the SAC throughout the planning process.

More information about the SAC process and procedures may be found in the Draft Stakeholder Advisory Committee Collaboration Principles.

N/NEQ News: Are you interested in serving on the Central N/NE Quadrant Plan Stakeholder Advisory Committee?

The City of Portland and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) are seeking applications for two “at-large” positions in order to broaden the diversity of perspectives on the Stakeholder Advisory Committee.

The project will launch with the first SAC meeting on September 16, 2010 (tentative date) and is expected to take approximately 18 months to complete. The SAC will meet approximately 12 times during that period. The deadline to submit an application for an “at-large” position is September 3, 2010. See the Application Form for more information

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Support Your Local Schools with Project Community Care

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Get your community schools ready for fall by coming out to your King public schools, King and Sabin. Along with most other PPS schools, they will have their events on Saturday, August 28th from 9:00-noon. We will be weeding, cleaning, painting and doing general upkeep of the grounds. Meet the new King Principal, Kim Patterson and get involved with the PTA as a parent or community member.

Pre-register at
www.community.pps.k12.or.us.
Questions? Call 503-916-3078 or
e-mail ajackso2@pps.k12.or.us
Your efforts will make a difference for students and the neighborhood.
Interested in additional volunteer opportunities? Visit www.community.pps.k12.or.us to select opportunities such as landscaping, tutoring, painting and more!

There will be a Community Appreciation Barbeque after the event at Clarendon-Portsmouth K-8 School, 5103 N. Willis Blvd. from 1-4 p.m.
Free food, live music, back-to-school information and more!

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King Neighborhood Chairman Resigns

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Scott Breon, King Neigborhood Chair, has resigned effective August 11. This leaves the KNA board without executive leadership since the Co-Chair position has been vacant since this May’s election when Trace Salmon resigned and Scott was elected to fill the vacant Chair position.

Trace resigned to focus on his roles as King School Site Council Chair and PTA Treasurer, coordinating with the new principal and the school’s continuing transformation and International Baccalaureate adoption. Trace was filling in for Chair Charles Boardman who resigned to return to medical school. Scott has resigned to dedicate his full energies to his search for employment after his employer was taken over by another company.

While the KNA bylaws state that only current board members of at least a year can serve as Chair, the Co-chair is not so restricted and if filled, will act as Chair. Interim appointments must be made by the KNA board. Interested parties are encouraged to attend the next meeting or contact the Association at info@kingneighborhood.org or call the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods.

Pizza Hut to Lease Former Adidas Store

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Pizza Hut is reported to have signed a lease for the vacant property at the corner of Alberta and MLK. The store will provide take-out and delivery only. Pil Jun Chung, owner of several local businesses and properties including the Alberta Street Market, has had difficult finding a lessee for the property since Adidas moved out over a year ago. Long envisioned as a focal intersection in the plans to rejuvenate the King commercial district, the site has been plagued by poor foot traffic, no onstreet parking and a lack of commercial activity in the vicinity. With another large national chain expanding into the area, the continuing development of walkable communities with local identities is in question in King.

The Portland Development Commision’s Vanport Square project stalled after the first third was completed and is still not fully leased. The existing buildings on the south end of the site were bulldozed for a phase of the project that never began and removed a noise buffer from neighbors on Garfield Street.

Unable to wait indefinitely for economic conditions to change, private landowners are put in the postion of leasing to whomever can profit from the decreasing affluence of the community as customers with means patronize other neighborhoods. King could benefit from a renewed discussion about what we want our community to look like long-term and not wait for apathy or resignation to make that decision for us.