February 2018 News from Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. www.swni.org (503) 823-4592

Neighborhood South Portland Wayfinding, 9-1-1 Dispatching 4 Associations Arnold Creek and Emergency Response Improvements Ashcreek The Portland Bureau of solution to eliminate this issue, Current Mailing Address Transportation has been including unincorporated Multnomah Future Mailing Address Bridlemile collaborating with Portland Fire & County areas served by the City. 0715 SW Bancroft Street Collins View Rescue, Portland Police Bureau Wayfinding, 9-1-1 dispatching 715 South Bancroft Street and Multnomah County to improve and emergency response issues Crestwood wayfinding, 9-1-1 dispatching and increase each year as development 3303 SW Moody Avenue Far Southwest emergency response in the area and population growth occurs in 3303 South Moody Avenue Hayhurst of Southwest Portland east of SW the leading zero addressing area, 6331 SW Radcliff Street Naito Parkway. Due to the eastward especially in South Waterfront. Hillsdale 6331 SW Radcliffe Street curvature in the Willamette River, In addition, the spelling of SW Homestead east-west addresses in this area Radcliff/Radcliffe Street and SW Maplewood are currently addressed with a Radcliff/Radcliffe Lane in Crestwood leading zero address to differentiate Markham N.A. outside the leading zero them from addresses west of this addressing area will be standardized. Marshall Park dividing line. About 8% of Southwest The current spelling on property Multnomah Portland addresses are in this owners’ addresses, street signs and leading zero addressing area. the official names of the streets South Burlingame Portland Fire & Rescue (PFR) sometimes differ. South Portland staff and Portland Bureau of Therefore, addresses will change Southwest Hills Transportation (PBOT) staff have as shown in the following examples: been directed to implement a West Portland Park Continued on page 2 Time to Sign Up for Stormwater Stars! First Workshop February 24th, 9 am to 1 pm, Maplewood Neighborhood SWNI Stormwater Stars workshops teach about locations and dates go to swni. 10 Committees Portlanders the skills and tools to org/stormwater. Refreshments, Parks implement stormwater solutions tools, materials, safety supplies at their homes, businesses and and plants will be provided. Every Transportation places of worship. The workshops Stormwater Stars attendee will be Land Use are presented by the SW Watershed an active participant in learning and Resource Center with generous implementing stormwater practices Schools support from the West Multnomah on the workshop day. This means Equity and Inclusion Soil & Water Conservation District. physical work such as digging, lifting, Watershed The workshops are completely free carrying, planting and more! and everyone is welcome. There will If you need accommodations to be 4 workshops: 2/24, 3/10, 3/18 attend the event, or can't participate & 4/8. On our next workshop on in any part of the work, please let us Public Safety Saturday, February 24th, from know ahead of time. Workshops are 12 9 am-1 pm join us in the Maplewood held rain or shine. Crime Prevention neighborhood to practice how to Emergency amend soils for increased water Continued on page 14 Preparedness absorption. We will go over native plant ID and appropriate placement to prevent runoff. Watershed To sign up and get more information 14 News and Events Living with Urban Coyotes Community February 22nd, 6:30 pm to 8 pm, Room 7, Multnomah Arts Center 15 Meetings and News Conversations about coyotes have around the topic. Please join Audubon been on the rise across SW Portland, Conservation Director Bob Sallinger with discussions on Nextdoor, run- and WRC staff on Thursday, February ins between coyotes and domestic 22nd from 6:30-8pm in Room 7 of animals, and reported sightings the Multnomah Arts Center. All ages around Southwest neighborhoods all welcome! This event is free of charge, increasing over the past few months. with refreshments and beverages These happenings have generated provided. Coyote-themed kid-friendly a lot of interest in the issue. Due to crafts and activities will be provided. PORTLAND, OR NONPROFIT ORG. NONPROFIT PERMIT NO. 1348 NO. PERMIT popular demand, the SW Watershed Please contact [email protected] U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. Resource Center (WRC) is teaming up with questions or requests. with the Audubon Society of Portland See event ad on page 2 for a night of learning and discussion

SW Hope Campaign for Watershed Wide Emergency Feed the Hungry Event at Jackson MS Preparedness Fair February 10th

Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. Neighborhoods, Southwest Capitol SW 7688 Hwy Portland, 97219 OR See Page 15 See Pages 14 See Page 13 2 FEBRUARY 2018 Community South Portland Wayfinding, 9-1-1 Dispatching and Emergency Response Improvements Continued from page 1 Multiple databases and callers, who may simply be unable to County, including for the Riverdale the Riverdale area of Multnomah information technology applications ascertain their correct location. neighborhood north of Lake Oswego. County, with very small portions of have difficulty with the leading zero The ongoing time and expense A five-year transition period of both Homestead and South Burlingame address or are simply unable to dealing with leading zero addressing old and new addresses is anticipated changing as well. support it. As a recent example, will be eliminated with a one-time to occur from May 2020 through If you have any questions about testing of the City’s new 9-1-1 expense to replace street signs May 2025. If your property is east this change, there will be open telephone software found that in this area, including for north- of SW Naito Parkway, or is on SW houses in March and April, with only leading zero addresses failed south streets. The leading zero Radcliff Street or Lane, please do dates, times and locations to be testing. While the City would not will be eliminated for east-west not begin changing your address confirmed in the March edition of upgrade this software without first streets, with no address change until you receive a subsequent the Southwest Neighborhood News, resolving this issue, the need for for north-south streets. However, letter this summer confirming the with a new project website URL also information technology workarounds all addresses east of SW Naito effective date of the street name included in the March newspaper. is increasingly problematic, and Parkway and the southerly extension change. About four-fifths of the Questions? Please contact Andrew still results in additional 9-1-1 thereof are planned to change from streets changing will be in the South dispatching steps when the software Aebi at 503-823-5648 or via e-mail, Southwest to South beginning in Portland Neighborhood Association [email protected]. works as intended. These additional May 2025 pending final City Council area, which will become South dispatching steps to confirm correct approval and budgeting for the Portland. The remaining one-fifth of By Andrew Aebi, PBOT South addressing take valuable time street sign changes. The City of streets changing to South Portland Portland Addressing Project Manager from 9-1-1 dispatchers, and more Portland administers addressing are in Collins View, the Riverplace and Don Russ, Deputy Chief, importantly are often stressful to 9-1-1 for unincorporated Multnomah area of Portland Downtown, and Portland Fire & Rescue

Living with Coyotes Attend this presentation and Q&A to learn about coyote biology and how you can help prevent unwanted behavior! Thursday, February 22nd 6:30 - 8 pm

Multnomah Arts Center, Room 7 7688 SW Capitol Highway Coyote, Marshall Park • photo by Mike Charles Mike by • photo Park Marshall Coyote,

Name: Wile E. Age: 1 year Presented by Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director Height: 24” Weight: 26 lbs Audubon Society of Portland Likes: Rodents, garbage, fallen tree fruit, Hosted by the SW Watershed Resource Center pet food, Canada goose eggs, 503-823-2862 • wrc.swni.org small domestic pets In Our Neighborhood FEBRUARY 2018 3 SWNI President Report Hillsdale Foundation John Gibbon, President, knowledge of Citywide (on at least on Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. one occasion, I was one of Bonny’s invites project ideas [email protected] designated attendees), I took on the responsibility for advising the Supporting the Citywide Land Use Chairs and Directors group what for funding Group – course might be considered regarding The Hillsdale Community In the past the foundation has A Challenge for the Neighborhood Citywide Land Use. Foundation is inviting proposals contributed to numerous projects Coalitions? From my experience with Citywide, for projects serving the Hillsdale including installing and maintaining The efforts of the city’s a discussion with Bonny, reports from community. plants along Capitol Highway, neighborhood associations to coalition staff and conversations The foundation may fund contributing to the new Rieke address land use issues have long with interested parties, I now know accepted projects costing up to playground, enhancing local trails, been supported by the Citywide there is marked degree of interest $5000 although most projects are buying computers for Wilson High Land Use Group. Operated by East in keeping Citywide Land Use going funded at lower levels. School, improving public signage, Portland activist Bonny McKnight, among people drawn to neighborhood installing bicycle amenities in the the group is well described on association activism by its historic The deadline for 2018 proposals Town Center and providing seed Commissioner Fritz’s web site as a role related to land use. Bonny’s is Wednesday, April 11. money for the Hillsdale Main Street body that on a monthly basis “brings sometimes eclectic approach to Proposals should assist one or Program. Neighborhood Association Land Use Citywide Land Use topics helps all of the following: the Hillsdale If you or your organization has Committee members together to inform a deep understanding of business community, community an idea or a project to put forward, discuss development issues, new and the city programs that impact its organizations, public art, the include in your request the amount proposed regulatory changes, and land use process. She has been an environment and sustainability, sought, the completion date of the Bureau initiatives that involve land important voice in trying to enable and Hillsdale institutions including project and an explanation of how use.” effective citizen participation in those our schools. Those in surrounding your project will serve the Hillsdale The group has operated with processes by urging time deadlines neighborhoods may indirectly Community. for responses to land use requests. benefit as well. minimal city support other than the E-mail your application to board staff support of the BPS’s recently It has been reported to me that one The non-profit foundation, now member Rick Seifert at wfseifert@ retired East District Liaison Chris vision for Citywide Land Use would be in its 11th year, is funded largely gmail.com. If you have questions, Scarzello, and the use of space and to use cable or internet technology to through its annual book sale you can e-mail or call Rick at 503 meeting equipment in the 1900 reach all interested neighborhoods and individual tax-deductible 245-7821. building for its monthly meetings. with the information that would contributions. This reflected a determination on the provide more understanding of part of Bonny to maintain as much the city policies, programs and independence from the city as was processes related to land use. Do possible for a group whose purpose is these technologies provide as to keep track of and, when necessary, much institutional independence cast a critical eye on, the city’s public relative to the city as Bonny achieved Voices of the Homeless processes, efforts and decisions that through her minimal reliance on city It’s fair to say that issues of The program will be recorded by affect livability of neighborhoods as assistance? homelessness have been among Metro East Media for rebroadcast geographic entities. An effort is being made to find the most talked about topics in after the program, and will be The group has been challenged an educational institution willing to Portland for the past few years. available on the League of Women for the last few years as Bonny’s provide space and perhaps some We’ve heard from homeowners, city Voters website, lwvpdx.org health has kept her from physically form of support for Citywide Land Use officials, business people, and non- Funding for the recording is attending its monthly meetings in so the neighborhoods can have more profit organizations. provided by the Multnomah Bar downtown. However, using telephonic independence from the city when Everyone, it seems, recognizes Foundation. and internet resources, Bonny evaluating and responding to land use that having people unhoused on has been keeping track of city issues. Parking is available on the the streets of Portland is good for street. Multnomah County Building activities and actions of import to This column is written to request no one. The February League of the neighborhoods. With help from is easily accessed by public members of the SWNI community Women Voters of Portland Civic transportation. TriMet options designated Citywide attendees and promptly address to me comments Education program is dedicated Chris, chairing the monthly meetings include bus lines 4, 6, 10, 14, 15 and concerns regarding the future to listening to people who have and the Portland Streetcar. on the relevant subjects she has of the Citywide Land Use Group so I experienced homelessness. identified using city teleconferencing For more information contact may include them in my report to the Please join us in hearing about equipment. Chairs and Directors in time for its Marion McNamara, civiced@ the challenges people who are lwvpdx.org, or visit lwvpdx. This meant there has been a March Quarterly meeting. It is also homeless have overcome and what program many of the longtime regular written to provide a caution to those org/voices-homelessness- they see as useful strategies for february-13/ attendees acknowledge gives them people strongly involved with land use confronting this problem. a strong sense of what the common matters in the city. Regardless of the issues and the differences are that fact that the Citywide Land Use Group Tuesday, February 13, 2018 affect their respective neighborhoods remains in existence now, the effort to 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30) has continued. Recently Bonny’s sustain the group as an independent Multnomah County Building and other interested parties have observer of the city land use process recognized that the challenges of has clearly depended upon one 501 SE Hawthorne keeping the group going required dedicated individual. This state of Portland, OR succession planning. Chris’s recent affairs cannot fairly or reasonably The Civic Education Program is retirement has enhanced this concern expected to long continue. free and open to the public. Doors and caused several City Bureau’s open at 6:30 p.m. including BPS(Planning), BDS (Zoning & Building Review) and ONI to ask what, if any, role they should have in relation to Citywide Land Use. With Volume 39, No.2 Chris no longer the responsible city SW News is published monthly Staff: Sylvia Bogert, Executive official arranging for the use of the and distributed free by Southwest Director; John Tappero, Program 1900 Building meeting space the Neighborhoods, Inc. (SWNI), a Coordinator; Hilary Hunt, Watershed question arose whether Citywide Land THWE OU ST 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing services Resource Center (WRC) Manager; Use could continue to use the space. S to 17 neighborhood associations in Lorena O'Neill, Stormwater It is my understanding Interim (and southwest Portland. Partial funding Programs Specialist; Sharon now) Director Rebecca Esau of BDS, is from the City of Portland through Keast, Technology; Corey Shelton, who has long participated as City an annual grant. Communications; Nancy Biskey, staff in presenting to Citywide land Office Specialist; and Sara Freedman, Use, stepped in to arrange for the Our mission: SWNI empowers N . citizen action to improve and Events. continued use of the space as plans E C for the future are made. I maintain the livability of Southwest Board officers: John Gibbon, G IN H neighborhoods. Donate at swni.org/ President; Leslie Hammond, 1st ONI’s new director Suk Rhee BO DS donate. Vice President; Ryan Blum, 2nd Vice and her staff have brought up the RHOO We are located in the Multnomah President; Carol Porto, Secretary; question of how the Neighborhood and Lee Buhler, Treasurer. Coalitions Chairs and Directors Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., working group thought Citywide Land Room 5, Portland, OR 97219-2457. Subscribe online at swni.org/ Use should proceed. As a member Hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, subscribe. Advertising rates can be of that group, and due to my long Monday through Friday. Call 503- found at swni.org/newspaper. All service as SWNI’s Land Chair (2005- 823-4592 or email [email protected]. submissions are due by the 15th of 2015), as a member with extensive the prior month. 4 FEBRUARY 2018 Neighborhood Association Reports Arnold Creek Bridlemile

Annual Meeting and Elections: Tuesday, February 13, 7:00 pm Next General & Board Meeting: Wednesday, February 7, 7:00 pm Stephenson Elementary School, 2627 SW Stephenson St. All meetings at Bridlemile Elementary School 4300 SW 47th Drive Grethe Larson and Debbie Griffin, [email protected] David Stein, [email protected] ArnoldCreek.org bridlemile.swni.org January Meeting Highlights. Many the annual Watershed Wide Event, a of our neighbors listened attentively day devoted to restoring the Tryon A committee of Bridlemile School Volunteers will meet at the west end during our annual neighborhood Creek Watershed. Let’s do our part! parents is spearheading an initiative of the park by SW Mitchell St and SW emergency presentation, “After the Street Sign Caps. Thanks to our to develop and enhance some of the 38th Ave across from the Timberlee Big One.” Neighbors Liz Marantz contributing neighbors, we have outdoor spaces around Bridlemile. apartments. Please refer to the map and Sue Randall gave sage advice raised enough money for sign caps The committee has many talented for details. Contact Janelle St. Pierre and practical tips, including how to which have already been installed people creating ideas to establish at janelle.st.pierre@portlandoregon. make an emergency clotheswashing throughout our neighborhood. With more native habitats, grow edibles gov or 503-307-3426 with any machine! They provided handouts recent donations, we are ready to for student consumption, address questions you may have in advance of on how to be prepared, and how install 18 more! Please consider stormwater runoff and to create an this event. For day-of-event questions the response will be coordinated by making a tax-deductible contribution outdoor environment that is both only, contact Charlie Nappi at 503- Neighborhood Emergency Teams for Arnold Creek projects. Details on beautiful and educational. They 823 - 6537. (NETs). Being informed and prepared how to contribute can be found swni. have already gathered input from Finally there is some exciting is the most neighborly thing you can org/arnold_creek school students and teachers and news that is breaking at the time do. now they want to hear from you! of writing this article, but should Join us for Upcoming Events and Join them for a special sharing and With so many natural disasters, Dates: be coming into focus in the coming relief efforts, and recovery in the discussion session, targeting aspects months. Several months ago a news, emergency preparedness Tuesday, February 13th, elections of developing this outdoor space, in grant proposal was submitted to the is on all our minds. The ACNA NET at 7 PM. There are open board the Bridlemile School Cafeteria on Portland Bureau of Transportation as presentation was held in January positions so please consider Tuesday, February 20th, at 6:30pm. part of their Portland in the Streets as a reminder of the last Big One in getting more involved by giving Any questions about the event can Community Grant Program. We just January 1700. As a more rural and your time and effort, working be directed to Shelley Hamilton at received news that the project in less populated neighborhood, we with neighborhood leaders and [email protected]. Bridlemile will be funded with this will need to be helping each other city and county representatives. Join PP&R and Bridlemile grant! There are many more steps to until federal, state and local teams Contact Debbie Griffin to confirm Neighborhood Association as we go through before everything is done; arrive. Oregon Public Broadcasting you meet the voting eligibility continue to enhance the riparian area however the final product will result has a documentary about the regional requirements. president@ at Albert Kelly Park. Volunteers will be in the trail connecting Julia Ct and risks we face as Oregonians when arnoldcreek.org pulling ivy and removing old fencing Shattuck/53rd Ave being improved the next huge earthquake happens. along the natural area. This is a family- to the point to be more accessible “Unprepared” can be viewed online at - friendly event and all are welcome, for people of all abilities, regardless opb.org/news/series/unprepared/ but children must be accompanied of how much rain is falling. We will be Transportation. You may have by an adult. Instruction, gloves, tools sharing more about this project and noticed new elevation signs in our and light refreshments provided. hope to get significant community neighborhood. PBOT has installed Please dress for the weather, wear involvement as this becomes a trail 500 and 1,000 foot elevation signs long pants and closed-toe shoes and that everyone can use! to make citizens aware of potential bring a water bottle. hazardous road conditions at higher Registration is required. Please elevations. register at handsonportland.org/ Land Use. The proposal for the opportunity/a0C1H000010p9wr 7-lot subdivision at 12434 SW Orchard Hill Rd has been approved. A decision Far Southwest was reached on the environmental review for 11422 SW 27th allowing Next Meeting: Tuesday, TBA, 7:00 pm the property owners to keep their Comfort Suites, 11340 SW 60th Ave at Barbur unpermitted landscape improvements, Teddy Okonokhua, FSWNA Chair, [email protected] and in mitigation all of the property George Vranas, [email protected], 503-724-4011 will be landscaped with native plants. farswpdx.org A subdivision has been proposed for The mid-December to mid-January homes should be completed by the 12384 and 12396 SW Clara Lane reporting period featured holiday start of summer. with 17 lots and a new street. celebrations and visits to family Another area of residential Southwest Watershed Resource and friends for the residents of Far development in Far Southwest is at Center. Hilary Hunt, Manager of Southwest. The weather has been the end of SW 61st Avenue, at the the SW Watershed Resource Center, wet, but reasonably mild, and by western margin of our neighborhood, explained the efforts to restore the mid-January FSW gardens started to very close to I-5. Plans for this site Tryon Creek Watershed near Jackson show the first signs of spring, with are still in the earliest stages. The Middle School and invited all of us to hellebores perking up from their developer, who lives in Far Southwest, Trail Improvement Day, February 10th, dormant state, and well-placed witch hopes to extend a roadway and build 10am-12:30pm. Food, beverages Ice Garden Photo: Sue Strater hazels starting to flower. We have a home for his son in the 1.8 acre and tools will be provided as we pitch endured a number of very windy site which he owns. He also hopes to in to restore/clean up the school’s nights however, although no damage be able to offer additional homesites south side. Please RSVP for childcare was reported as a result. to the public. The developer, Ken and a headcount – tinyurl.com/ Little happened of community Paulson, talked about his proposal at watershedwide This event is part of interest or concern that warrants our last Far Southwest Neighborhood reporting. The developer on SW Association meeting on January 23rd. Haines Street continues to build his We thank the neighbors that Ashcreek two new, large homes (see picture). came out on January 23rd, and Of the three homes planned for the Next Meeting: Monday, February 12, 7:00 pm made a good showing at our winter one acre parcel, the westernmost meeting. Results of this meeting will Multnomah Arts Center, Room 30, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. one is complete and has been sold, Jerry Rundorff, [email protected] be the main topic of next month’s the middle parcel is being built, and contribution to the SWNI SW News. ashcreekna.org the third, easternmost parcel shows All those interested in the Garden housekeeping. We its lumber footprint. Both unfinished Home Road/ Multnomah Blvd. will be looking intersection improvement (at Old for a treasurer for Market Pub) please note that we our neighborhood will have Steve Szigethy, Capital association in April, so Project manager, Portland Bureau come by, introduce of Transportation at our February yourself and join 12 meeting. Multnomah Arts Center, in shaping your room 30 7 p.m. He will be speaking community. about developing a Public Involvement Plan, the upcoming project website and taking questions and input. The Ashcreek December meeting consisted of an up date on SWIM by Dave Manville and general Building two homes on SW Haines Street, FSW Neighborhood Association Reports FEBRUARY 2018 5 Collins View Crestwood Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 7, 7:00 pm Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 14, 7:00 pm Riverdale High School, 9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd. West Portland United Methodist Church library, 4729 SW Taylors Ferry Road Elise DeLisser, [email protected] Chair John Prouty, Vice-Chair Tony Hansen collinsview.org and collinsview.nextdoor.com [email protected], 503-705-9902 crestwood.swni.org Collins View Street Cred Collins View Neighborhood has Portland has been growing Our website swni.org/crestwood SWNI is the far western frontier as 9.4 miles (81.1%) maintained by the exponentially and with growth comes has more information (like maps!) far as city street maintenance goes. city; 2.2 miles (18.9%) maintained by increased density. This density on these upcoming transportation SWNI has 227.2 street miles (81.0%) adjacent property owners. 3.1 miles is putting heavy demands on our projects. While you’re there, we maintained by the city and 43.7 (26.5%) are paved streets with curbs; city's infrastructure that was not encourage you to join our low-volume street miles (15.6%) maintained by 7.6 miles (66.0%) unpaved without necessarily designed to support such email list if you'd like to find out about adjacent property owners. It has the curbs; 0.9 miles (7.5%) are unpaved heavy use by all our new commuters; neighborhood events, get meeting lowest percentage of streets “paved streets. Sidewalk coverage is 1.9 from drivers to unicyclists and reminders, and preview the upcoming with curbs” (54.3%), and the highest miles (8.3%) of all streets. everything in between. Portland meeting agenda. If you have percentages of streets “paved without June 2017 data from the Portland has been busy trying to meet these questions for us, that's also a great curbs” (40.9%), and streets “unpaved” Maintenance Authority. additional demands by proactively place to ask. (4.8%). 25.3% of the streets have Residential Infill Pressure is equally planning many development and Your Crestwood Neighborhood sidewalks. This is less than half of the applied to all parts of the city. As transportation projects. These will Association focuses on the issues next lowest neighborhood coalition’s population density increases, safety significantly change the landscape important to our neighborhood: sidewalk coverage (East Portland demands that neighborhoods and and livability of our fair city. increased communication Neighborhood at 52%). Only 33.9% of neighborhood coalitions with less While the physical construction and community building; park SWNI’s arterial streets have sidewalk city infrastructure get infrastructure of these projects may not begin for preservation, restoration, and coverage, also SWNI has the lowest upgrades. But the increased tax several years, their prioritization and development; transportation arterial street sidewalk coverage receipts for the city, derived from design are happening now. You can improvements; safety for all modes of of all the Neighborhood Coalitions. increased density/infill, are put into make your voice heard today. Light transportation; improved stormwater This is a safety issue right now, and the general fund. We do not have rail, pedestrian safety, stormwater management; and ensuring that guaranteed to be more urgent and assurances that these monies will be management and even tolling on our future building development critical with the pressures of infill and spent to upgrade the infrastructure freeways are just some of the issues preserves both the safety and density. needed to support our growing being actively debated. Your voice character of our neighborhood. If any Most of our SWNI territory was population – not only for street matters! Which projects are most of these topics are important to you, annexed from the county in the maintenance, but also for increased important to you? We cannot stress too, we’d love to chat. Our meetings 1950s-1980s. Part of the annexation demands on needed police, fire, enough the importance of taking are always open. Come on by. deal was that the city would pave public transit, water and sewage the personal initiative to learn more Our next meeting is on March and maintain the county roads. Lo systems. about these projects and providing 14th; hope to see you there! and behold, there was no money your feedback. An easy first step to do that after the territories were Submitted by Maryellen Read is to see the "Southwest in Motion annexed. Instead, the city came Survey” ad on page 16, follow the link, up with the plan that some roads portlandoregon.gov/transportation/ (unpaved, unmaintained) would be the SWIM, and get involved. Numbers responsibility of adjacent neighbors, count! The results from the survey much to the dismay of the residents. will have a huge influence on which This matches with what many local projects get funding. The survey will oldsters know all too well. close at the end of the month, so if you wait, it might be to late! Hillsdale Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 7, 7:00 pm St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 2201 SW Vermont St. Robert Hamilton, Secretary, [email protected] hna-pdx.com Two featured speakers will this will lead to more demolitions be included at the February 7 and displacements, especially in meeting: City Commissioner Dan neighborhoods of smaller, older Saltzman will discuss the City’s homes. snow & ice removal plans and other Although replacement board topics; and Aaron Golub, professor members were nominated and of the Toulan school of Urban approved at the January 3 meeting, Studies and Planning at Portland it was later noted that we had not State University, will discuss the explicitly informed the public, as our potential consequences of light- Bylaws stipulate, that an election rail construction in the Southwest would be held. So, the approval is Corridor. invalid, and the public is now informed At the January 3 HNA meeting, that elections will formally take place Jim Gorter, representative of the again on February 7. Residential Infill Project (RIP) Mark Dane of Mark Dane Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee from made a lengthy presentation on SWNI, presented "Infill in Hillsdale: January 3 concerning the application What's Next?" Portland is expected of his client to build seven detached to grow by 123,000 households condominiums on SW 13th Drive (250,000 people) by 2035. In facing the cul-de-sac and Wilson For detailed map, go to portlandoregon.gov/cbo/article/433188 response to this growth and concerns Park. This was the second of two about demolitions and McMansions, presentations by the firm as the first, the city is rewriting the single dwelling on December 6, 2017, resulted in a zoning code. The RIP addresses large representation of Wilson Park scale, a density overlay and narrow neighbors and a decision by the lots. The Bureau of Planning and chair to extend the discussion by a Sustainability (BPS) staff published a month so that all questions could be discussion draft of the new proposed addressed prior to an “advisory” being code last fall. An eight-page summary offered by members or a motion being is posted on the BPS website. It will offered by the board and a vote taken. go to the Planning and Sustainability The matter was discussed again at a Commission, probably in the spring, special January 13th board meeting for their review and revisions. The and a motion was passed to authorize new code essentially eliminates land use chair, Glenn Bridger, to single-family zones from most of inform the city that the neighborhood Portland west of I-205, including objects to the project design in it's Hillsdale, replacing them with the pre- current form. 1959 "old Portland" model of smaller multi-family housing of duplexes, triplexes, and ADUs interspersed Submitted by Robert Hamilton among single-family homes. Jim feels 6 FEBRUARY 2018 Neighborhood Association Reports Hayhurst Homestead

Next Meeting: Monday, March 12, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 6, 7:00 pm Hayhurst School, 5037 SW Iowa St. OHSU Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, 707 SW Gaines Janet Hawkins, [email protected], 503-244-7703 (SW 6th Ave Dr. & Gaines St.), 3rd floor hayhurst.swni.org Ed Fischer, [email protected] HomesteadNA.org The Homestead Neighborhood buildings abutting Broadway Drive. Safety Committee has been busy The new CEO, Bob Johnson, will meet during the past month assisting South with the association at the February Portland NA with many safety issues meeting to describe this project and that affect both neighborhoods. answer questions. T. Plaza also has Steve Gramsted has been very plans for a major physical expansion successful getting the attention in the future which will allow the of both the city and the state PLaza to offer more and different relating to several needed safety types of services. Bob will describe improvements. The recently damaged the planned new footprint and answer traffic separator and guardrail in questions. the 4000 block of Barbur Boulevard The Homestead Neighborhood has been repaired, the Grover Street has seen an increased number of Tunnel at the base of the Ross ReachNow vehicles monopolizing Island Bridge has been cleaned and the limited number of parking painted and the lighting improved. spaces in the area. In December, In the Homestead neighborhood so many ReachNow cars were many disabled, abandoned RV’s and parked at Terwilliger viewpoints that vehicles have been towed, and the the volunteers for a work party for homeless camp above Duniway Park Terwilliger Parkway could not park to has been removed. Good job, Steve! Safety Vigil. Photo by Janet Hawkins participate in the event. ReachNow The School of Dentistry Demolition cars are increasingly taking up Hayhurst NA had an excellent Executive Committee meeting at 7:00 began January 12 and will continue space on neighborhood streets. An turnout for our safety vigil on Tuesday – 8:15 pm, Monday, February 12th through the upcoming months. understanding was reached with a morning, January 2nd. We had eight at Vermont Hills United Methodist Parking and traffic impacts should similar company, CAR2GO, which took neighbors come together to hold Church, 6053 SW 55th Drive. be minimal. There may be elevated Terwilliger off its home areas map “slow down” signs at the corner of SW Everyone is welcome to attend. noise levels from equipment and and worked with the neighborhood 45th & Vermont on a busy traffic day The Portland Bureau of pumps. However, vibration and noise to lessen the impact of its cars. The in the neighborhood. Our goal was to Transportation (PBOT) hosted an monitors have been installed. There ReachNow cars are fairly new to the remind drivers to slow down and look Open House on January 10th on is potential for dust while loading area and parking is again becoming for pedestrians and bicyclists who the SW Vermont paving project. The dumpsters with equipment. Water difficult. This topic will be part of a share the streets. We also had Officer open house attracted neighbors misting will be used as needed while discussion at the February meeting. Jacobsen with the Portland Police from both Hayhurst and Maplewood dumping. Bureau present to enforce safety neighborhoods. The current plan is Terwilliger Plaza will soon and speed laws. It was a cold and to repave SW Vermont from 45th dark morning, but we all agreed our undertake major repairs to the to 52nd Avenue. The paving project rock wall directly behind the plaza presence was noticed by those driving will provide for new bike lanes through the intersection. and a sidewalk on the south side We had a good turnout for our first of Vermont Street. Unfortunately, Hayhurst NA meeting of the new year. PBOT lacks funding to extend We elected 2018 Board Officers & these improvements past SW SWNI Committee representatives. 52nd to Oleson Road. Hayhurst NA New officers and committee chairs representatives present provided include: input on the need to extend the Board Officers Vermont Street sidewalk and bike lanes along the last ¾ mile to Oleson Janet Hawkins, Chair Road to ensure better pedestrian and Randi Sachs, Vice Chair bike safety. Gary Hoselton, Secretary Hayhurst Neighborhood Association’s general meetings takes Carolyn Rundorff, Treasurer place on an every-other-month basis. SWNI Board Representatives Our next Hayhurst Neighborhood SWNI Board – Leslie Hammond Association meeting is scheduled for 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Monday, March LU Committee – Susan King & 12, 2018. Our meeting will take place Brynna Hurwitz at Hayhurst School. Hayhurst is Transportation Committee – Vacant located at 5037 SW Iowa Street. Parks Committee – Dylan Lauzon Contact Hayhurst NA's chair, Janet Barbur Blvd. guardrail repair Dec. 2017 Equity & Inclusion Committee – Hawkins, at janetchawkins@msn. Casey McCulloch com or (503) 244-7703, with any questions. We plan to have our Hayhurst NA’s

Maplewood Pragmatic LLC Next General Meeting: Tuesday, February 6, 6:45 pm Next Board Meeting (same night this month): Tuesday, February 6, 8:30 pm Meetings at Maplewood Coffee and Tea, 5206 SW Custer St. [email protected] 503-810-3900 maplewood.swni.org [email protected] License #183855 Bonded, Insured, Certified Arborist Living in the neighborhood, with 37 years of experience Maplewood neighborhood Neighborhood residents recently association meetings recently have formed both a walking/running been full of discussion about plans club, as well as a book club. Each General Construction Tree Service & Landscaping for Vermont Street improvements group has about 40 neighborhood All Phases of Construction Comprehensive Tree Service planned by PBOT's "Fixing Our members! Plans are already underway Streets" program. Many residents for summer events: we hope to repeat - New Construction , Remodels - Planting , Tree Health Care are eagerly anticipating the start both our National Night Out weekend - Water Problems , French Drain - Landscape Planning (and more so, the end) of this project. ice cream social and to be selected Our neighborhood NET team will be as a site for the summer Movie in the - Seismic Structural Reinforcement - Viewscaping , Pruning , Shaping attending neighborhood association Park series. - Customized Solutions - Mulching , Root Barriers meetings regularly, to communicate - Disability Access , Senior Safety - Hazard Assessment & Removals and coordinate emergency planning information within the neighborhood. Call or Email us for a Complimentary Estimate Neighborhood Association Reports FEBRUARY 2018 7 Markham Multnomah Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 13, 7:00 pm Next Board Meeting: Monday, February 5, 5:00 pm Jackson Middle School Library, 10625 SW 35th Ave. Next General Meeting: Tuesday, February 13, 7:00 pm Donna Herron, [email protected], (503) 452-0000 Multnomah Arts Center, Room 30, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. markhamneighborhood.com Martie Sucec, [email protected] multnomah.swni.org We launched a fund-raising eye to most neighborhoods’ input campaign last month to support for how to accommodate growth MNA’s appeals to the Land and where to put density while still Conservation and Development retaining what is of importance Commission (LCDC). As reported to the people who live in a place. before, the MNA voted to file formal Multnomah residents spent four objections to five provisions of the years testifying, submitting written 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Three testimony, giving feedback to the of these we commissioned Fodor planning bureau at various venues on & Associates of Eugene to prepare the policies, the mixed use and other and submit to the Department of comp plan projects, and testifying Land Conservation and Development before City Council—all to virtually no (DLCD): the Middle Housing Policy, avail. NET Search & Rescue Exercise, Sears Armory, on Jan. 13th. Photo: Donna Herron the designation of Multnomah Village One of our appeals sums up the as a “Neighbor Center” rather than On Saturday, January 13th, Street as well as clarification to experience the best I’ve seen it a “Corridor,” and the commercial stated—see below. Three of our Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) placement of clean gravel near the mixed zoning of the Village to allow members from 16 greater Portland creek crossing. MKNA will continue appeals, if validated, will benefit all 45ft buildings, with a likely bonus Portland neighborhoods, so please neighborhoods split into 6 teams to work with the city in an effort to allowance to 55ft. to practice emergency responder, obtain the UTP in the spring with the spread the word to your friends and search, rescue and extrication, mass hope that trail building would occur When the DLCD rejected our neighbors to donate at swni.org/ casualty medical triage and more this summer before school resumes in objections and all others to the comp multnomah. under the training and direction of September. plan in December, we appealed. The “Unfortunately, this considerable original objections and appeals are Portland Battalion Fire Chief Fred At MKNA’s January 9th monthly effort by the MNA and its members Ellison, Fire Station #18 Captain posted on the MNA website at swni. went unheeded by the City. Instead, meeting, MKNA heard the first org/multnomah. Gerard Pahissa, Lieutenant David of two readings of proposed the BPS pursued an abstract, Barron, Paramedic Ryan Weaver changes to its bylaws. After the Our fund-raising campaign supports idealistic, and dogmatic version plus EMTs Mel Watts and Alex Rybak Southwest Neighborhood, Inc. the appeals to the LCD Commission of reality that had its own vision of at the Sears Armory in Multnomah (SWNI) board voted to eliminate and, if it rejects our appeals, to the centers placed conveniently around Village (see photos). Markham the Communications Standing Oregon Court of Appeals. The robust the city like a “checkerboard.” The NET’s normal 2nd Wednesday Committee last year, it was no longer response to our request for donations citizens who actually live in these meeting falls on Valentine’s Day necessary to have a Communications (starting on 12/24) was gratifying— areas and know them best were this year. Therefore, the team will chair position on the MKNA board. we raised $1855 by year’s end and, given short shrift because of a visit other NET meetings in adjacent The proposed Bylaw changes will although we do not yet have verified myopic view by BPS regarding what neighborhoods in February. Visit eliminate the Communications chair data, a total of more than $2700 by is best for the greater good of the MarkhamNeighborhood.com for more position on MKNA’s board. The the first week of January. We need City. This is a heavy-handed, top- information. second reading and a call for vote to raise a lot more, so please pass down style of planning that fails Rob Lennox and Shannon will occur at MKNA’s next meeting on the information onto your friends and to respect and honor Portland’s Hiller-Webb of South Burlingame Tuesday, February 13th. neighbors to donate at our web site by established, cherished, stable, and Neighborhood Association (SBNA) credit card, or mail a check to SWNI high-functioning neighborhoods. In Also on the agenda for February’s Multnomah Land Use Fund, 7688 SW short, the BPS would destroy much presented updates on the city of meeting is updating the MKNA action Portland’s land use approval of Capitol Hwy, Portland OR 97219. of what is best about Portland in plan for the coming year as well as order to pursue their vision of urban the Macadam Ridge development deciding if the neighborhood would In sharp contrast to the SW Application. MKNA members voted Community Plan process, this comp centers and so-called “complete like to proceed with a 4th Portland neighborhoods.” [Page 10/Appeal 2.] to write a letter in support of SBNA’s Parks & Recreation Movie In The plan update has largely turned a blind appeal for the application approval. Park event at Jackson Middle School John Gibbon volunteered to write the this summer. The public is welcome letter. to attend or view the live broadcast MKNA’s urban trails permit (UTP) online. Visit MKNA’s website for applied to the City of Portland to additional information. establish a Safe Route to School for For more information, visit children and pedestrians to walk to Markham Neighborhood’s website at Jackson Middle School and Maricara MarkhamNeighborhood.com Park more safely. The city requested additional information related to the ownership of the pipes near the north entrance at 30th Ave. and Wilbard Multnomah Village photo courtesy of Stewart Rounds

Park. We want to seek input from meetings to get more information and Marshall Park more MPNA neighbors, so please ask questions. Next Meeting: Thursday, February 8, 6:00 pm send me an email and let me know Many southwest neighborhoods Capitol Hill Elementary School, 8402 SW 17th Ave. what you think about this idea, or if have added sign caps to their Mike Charles, [email protected], 503-244-6099 you have any questions. street signs, so people know which marshallpark.swni.org 5. Watch out ivy! There will be an neighborhood they are in. We Hello, Neighbors, has been repaired. This table was IVY PULLING EVENT in Marshall Park discussed this idea for Marshall Park. at 9:00am on Feb 10, organized by The consensus was these would be a We had a strong turnout at the clobbered by a very large tree that fell on it last year. The table looks to be Tryon Creek Watershed. To register go source of pride in our neighborhood, MPNA January meeting at Capitol Hill to tinyurl.com/watershedwide and worth further investigation. One School, a good start to the new year. in good shape again. We had good reports from our of our neighbors offered to do some Our guest was Jannelle St Pierre 3. Some really good news - research to find out the costs and Portland Parks purchased a property MPNA representatives to the SWNI from Portland Parks. Jannelle had committees on Transportation, Land process for these caps. We will have lots of information to share: on Taylor's Ferry near 17th, which more information at future meetings. stretches into the park all the way to Use, and Equity & Inclusion. Thanks 1. Funding has been obtained Owl Creek. This adds about two acres very much to our reps for attending Finally, a doe was killed and to replace the two footbridges in to Marshall Park. those committee meetings and devoured in a neighbor's backyard. Marshall Park and Foley Balmer. providing a summary at our MPNA There were no human witnesses to Unfortunately there is a very limited 4. The big park project starting in meeting. See the SWNI website or this event, so we do not know what period when crews are allowed to winter 2019 will be the Boones Ferry the SWNI News for more information attacked the deer. If you look on work in the creeks, and the planning culvert replacement. In addition, about these committees and what Nextdoor.com you will see some & permitting steps will not be there will be trail work done to they are working on presently. reports of possible "cougar" sightings establish a good trail from Marshall completed in time for this summer. Speaking of the Boones-Ferry in the Tigard area. Whatever killed So the repairs will be carried out in Park to Tryon Creek State Park. We the deer, it serves as a reminder to have some leftover funds from the culvert project, this will divert a lot of Summer 2019. traffic through our neighborhood in be careful after dark - and keep kitty playground project. There was a and the pups inside! 2. In other repair news, you may suggestion to donate that to Portland 2019. This is a big concern to many have noticed that the picnic table Parks for the trail work in Marshall neighbors. We will try to get a PBOT Be safe, stay warm, and keep dry! representative to attend one of our 8 FEBRUARY 2018 Neighborhood Association Reports Southwest Hills Residential League Board Meeting: Wednesday, February 21, 7:00 pm Ascension Chapel, 1823 SW Spring St. Nancy Seton, [email protected] or [email protected] 503-224-3840 swhrl.org SAVE THE DATES: site watch for announcements on The developer and owner have come on tax reform strategies residents Next SWHRL board meeting: emergency preparedness. NOTE: to a number of SWHRL meetings to can undertake and on coordination Wednesday, February 21, 2018, New Neighborhood Emergency Team discuss their plans with neighbors. with state legislators. To get on their 7-8:30pm (NET) class in March 2018. Portland Neighbors are concerned about email list, contact: missflora503@ (and SWHRL!) need more trained construction and ongoing traffic yahoo.com. SWHRL will also be Ascension Chapel, 1823 SW volunteers to respond in emergencies. on SW Tangent and SW Davenport. publicizing future meetings, so Spring St. Please let us know if there The next basic NET classes have been Formal application will be submitted contact [email protected] if you are any issues you’d like the board to scheduled for March 3, 10, and 17. to the city on February 2, 2018. After are interested. For more information consider. Board meetings are open to the application is complete, BDS will look on the SWHRL website, swni.org/ the public. Land Use send out notices to SWHRL and to swhrl. Tangent Village: Proposed Public Safety/Crime nearby neighbors soliciting input on development of 14 homes adjacent Helpful resource: Our neighborhood coalition SWNI’s the proposal. to 1315 SW Broadway Drive & at Mike Vaughn, Multnomah County Public Safety Committee hosts Tax Assessor/Director the west end of SW Tangent St. on a Stroheckers: No news – application quarterly meetings with police reps on combination of 4 properties. to remove 1984 ordinance 503-988-7325 (direct) crime and public safety for residents restrictions limiting use of site to a [email protected] Type III Planned Development / in SW Portland. Anyone is welcome to grocery had NOT yet been filed as of Land Division and Environmental attend to discuss their concerns. Kim mid-January 2018. Silverman and Nancy Seton attended Review. The 14 new homes in a Ongoing Property Tax Reform the meeting on Jan 4, 2018, and Pacific NW style are to be located meetings in 2018 shared what they learned at the Jan. in one tract, and the environmental 17 SWHRL member meeting. Check resources preserved in environmental Anyone is welcome to attend future SWHRL’s website for a summary. tracts. Egress from the development meetings of Westside Neighbors Watch for dates of these special will be a private street connected to for Tax Reform, an informal group of quarterly meetings and other events SW Tangent, currently a dead end residents of West Portland who are on the SWNI Public Safety site: road, rather than onto SW Broadway, educating themselves on our complex swni.org/public_safety which would be very problematic due property tax system and looking for to the steepness of the site, short ways to take action to improve its Also on this SWNI Public Safety sight-line and traffic on Broadway. inequities. Future meetings will focus West Portland Park Next Meeting: Thursday, February 8, 7:00 pm Jackson Middle School Library, 10625 SW 35th Ryan Blum, [email protected] wpp.swni.org West Portland Park is off to a great where many people come to and Improvement day on 2/10/18 from east of Capitol Highway falls into the start for the New Year! Over 25 through - for school, for work, for life, 10:00 – 12:30 pm. Free child potential rezoning. This type of issue neighbors joined our monthly meeting and for many splendors. We set out care, food, beverages and tools will is an IMPORTANT reason to become on January 11, 2018. Thanks to to celebrate our diversity and the be provided. RSVP: tinyurl.com/ involved with your neighborhood everyone who attended and a hearty many people and cultures that make watershedwide association…while we have a voice encouragement for others to join us in up our neighborhood through cultural Gary Runde, SWNI Land Use in determining the outcomes. There February. share boxes. The committee who Committee Chair and WPP’s are land use issues currently in front First agenda item was the spearheaded the grant, production representative, updated everyone of WPPNA; hence, the urgency of election of officers. Members in of the boxes, and placement of them on the residential infill project (RIP) neighbors coming together to discuss/ attendance shared their experiences want you to know that the community proposals. A major portion of RIP share and work out what our livability of being an officer and/or director is free and encouraged to place items is a design overlay zoning that will will look like in the future. as well as the importance of having in the box as well as 'borrow' items effect those residences in zones R2, Please join us on February 8, 2018, representation on the SWNI (South from the box. The boxes are a unique 5 & 7. The overlay zoning allows for 7:00 pm in Jackson Middle School West Neighborhood, Inc.) committees. way for all who visit West Portland a single-family residence to be sold Library. See you in February! SWNI is our parent organization Park and who call it home to share and the new owner to replace it with and also our connection with the with one another their heritage and multiple family units (up to a four- city and other neighborhoods. WPP culture. Enjoy! plex). Most of WPP within 2 blocks has several committees without a Southwest Watershed Resource representative to work with SWNI. Center manager, Hilary Hunt, These are: Parks and Community presented the exciting project the Centers, Schools, Transportation (very center is currently undertaking in important one), Equity and Inclusion West Portland Park. The center and Watershed. If you have interest, is partnering with Jackson Middle please contact Ryan Blum (rhblum@ School SUN program to offer after- gmail.com). school hands-on learning about Drum roll, please! The election our watershed area near JMS. The results: Ryan Blum, President; and, students are working firsthand in Liv Ormand, Secretary-Treasurer. New clearing non-native plants while Directors: Richard Hall and David learning about various native species Gens. and also discussing policy and West Portland Park is a wonderful practices that affect watershed. and beautifully diverse community An open invitation is offered of neighbors. It's also a crossroads, to families to join the Trail Kissing Car during December's ice/snow photo: Vicki McNamara South Portland Business Association

What’s Happening in the "SPBA" and Puppies” starting Jan 30th to see why they are one of the www.southportlandba.com and the last Tues. of every month longest standing studios in Portland. The International School will from 7pm - 8 pm. Enjoy a pint from gudmestadyoga.com host an Open House on Jan 30th a local brew master while your pup South Portland Business from 6 pm – 8 pm. Join them for a plays with new friends. Puppies Association Members “Save these brief presentation about the school must be less than 12 months old, dates” Weds. Feb. 28th and Weds. followed by a tour of their campus. well behaved, current vaccines. Ph. March 28th for 2 great net working Meet teachers and school leaders. 503.477.4757 to reserve a spot. Cost events. Full details will be posted on Presentations will occur at 6 pm, $20. per session, Wildwood clients the website as well as sent via email 6:30 pm and 7 pm. followed by receive 20% discount. Address: 3734 and mailed invites. tours. The International School is a SW Moody Ave. Portland, Or. 97239 language immersion pre-K through [email protected] Happy Valentine’s Day! 8th grade. Located at: 025 SW Gudmestad Yoga offers safe ~ Malea Sherman Street Portland, Or. 97201 alignment-based yoga to help create SPBA Board Member/Event Chair/ www.intlschool.org harmony, balance and strength Secretary Join Wildwood Vet Clinic for “Pints in your body and mind. Stop in a garden of flowers to enjoy Neighborhood Association Reports FEBRUARY 2018 9

Our Neighborhood Association met development in an EC zone as it will South Burlingame this last Sunday in an emergency set a precedent for future egregious Next Board Meeting: Thursday, February 8, 7:00 pm board meeting to discuss our right development throughout the city Capitol Hill Elementary School, 8402 SW 17th Ave. to appeal. The applicants of the in other EC zones. The applicant’s Robert Lennox, [email protected] land division, Riverview Abbey attorney argued that they had the burlingame.swni.org Mausoleum, along with a majority of right to identify the most important the Board members and a dozen or environmental resources and in On January 12th, South Burlingame At the first hearing we asked for so neighborhood members were in doing so will destroy the remaining Neighborhood Association (SBNA) additional time due to the volume attendance. After much discussion, 4.7 acres of EC zone by clear cutting, held our monthly board member of material and we were denied. the Board voted unanimously to grading, and paving to allow for meeting. The main discussion When the hearing resumed, we appeal the hearings officers decision the greatest number of lots. When centered around the result of the had a procedural objection that we to City Council. As a neighborhood presented with a solution that hearing for the proposed land needed additional time to review the association, we also exercised our would save additional trees and division on the property west of the large number of newly submitted right to request a waiver of the make the protected area larger, the Riverview Abbey Mausoleum (north of documents and again were denied. $5,000 appeal fee. attorney objected on grounds that Taylors Ferry Road) called Macadam Many of our neighbors submitted Again, due to the 365-day it would affect the market value Ridge. Although the majority of the written testimony and gave oral limitation, we have been told the of the lots. If you extrapolate this city bureaus recommended denial, testimony at the hearing, and council meeting is tentatively out to all of our properties in the the hearings officer approved the hearing was finally closed to scheduled for February 7, 2018. city with environmental overlays, the application with some minor public record. The Hearings Officer We have also been informed that you would lose a large portion of conditions. It’s also worth noting that re-opened the public record two City Council will not have time to environmental zones to conventional the Land Use hearings officer did not weeks into preparing his decision, do anything but vote on the appeal lot and block development. The appear to weigh in on our neighbor's stating that he felt our procedural that same day with findings being burden is on the applicant to show significant written or oral testimony in objection had merit and he had published the following week. innovative design approaches to his decision. erred in denying us. He then notified preserving Environmental Zones and This leaves SBNA with a very short One of the overarching conditions us via letter the week prior to the the applicant failed to do so. Our timeframe to gather the necessary set on this application was the state Thanksgiving holiday of a seventeen testimony and the opinion of the resources to present a winning statute that an application must days' extension. As it was a holiday, Bureaus align that this is an incorrect argument to council. To do this, we be completed within 365 days of it professional offices were closed application of the code and the need like-minded citizens to help being accepted as “complete.” The for the long weekend and therefore developer whose interest is profit us. If you feel that building in a applicant lay dormant for months left our neighborhood with ten days should not be the ones deciding what known, historicly mapped landslide and only requested a hearing near to find and secure the necessary portion of the land should remain in zone with potential of destroying the end of the 365 day window, professionals to review the technical the EC Zone. all of the 21 homes being built essentially draining the calendar, documents submitted. We were plus the 19 existing homes near Thank you to everyone who has leaving little time for the city and unable to find help in this short the development; or feel that the volunteered time to help with the neighbors to respond or seek experts timeframe in the midst of the holiday. removal of over 500 mature trees in review, comments, and effort to to rebut new materials. The city bureaus responded in an environmental conservation zone ensure this development meets the a like manner. They shared that On the day of the hearing Chris is egregious; or feel the developer city code requirements to safeguard while the new information did not Koback, the applicant’s attorney, should provide safe access to public our residents and protect our constitute a new application, they did requested additional time to address transportation with a crosswalk valuable natural resources in our not have the time in their schedule negative responses from the on Taylors Ferry and adequate bus neighborhood and the city beyond. to perform a comprehensive review reviewing city bureaus. He claimed stops and are worried about setting Please email me at sbna- of the vast amounts of new data and that their team had not been aware a precedent in Environmental [email protected], and I’ll be still recommended the application be of these negative responses. A two- Conservations (EC) Zones, then happy to answer questions, provide denied. In addition, the applicant’s week extension was granted and the PLEASE HELP us. We need volunteers information on how you can testify attorney prevailed in convincing applicant’s team proceeded to add to appear before Council to speak. and help with our efforts. hearings officer, Melvin Oden-Orr, over two hundred pages of technical We need help with funding to hire that they had met their obligation Our next meeting is on Thursday, findings into the record. professionals and experts to review in direct contrast to the bureau's February 8th, Capitol Hill Elementary and give written or oral testimony. The time for the city and neighbors recommendation. The city’s bureaus School, 8401 SW 17th Ave at 7pm. to review and prepare for the were shocked to learn of his decision One of our primary concerns is This will be a board meeting. reconvened hearing was very short. to approve. how this application approaches

was added to the committee in order Portland available at the city website South Portland to better coordinate between the (portlandoregon.gov/police/71978) Lair Hill/Corbett/John's Landing and lists 56 crimes for November 2017 Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 7, 7:00 pm South Waterfront. occurring on 19 streets as follows: PBS Conference Center, 4343 SW Corbett Ave. 10 burglaries, 23 larcenies (of which Len Michon, [email protected], 571-334-0836 Jim Gardner, Land Use chair, 11 were thefts from motor vehicles), southportlandna.org presented a briefing on the SW Corridor transportation project, 7 motor vehicle thefts, 7 assaults, 5 NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD (SPNA) Don Rust (PF&R), and Mike Crebs indicating that funding issues may frauds, 1 robbery, and 3 vandalisms. MEETING (PPB) provided specifics on certain arise during the development of this REMEMBER: IF YOU SEE The monthly meeting of the issues. This is an effort to modify plan. Jim also discussed efforts to SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, REPORT community board (Lair Hill, Corbett, city ordinance number 61325 address a new city position regarding IT. John's Landing and South Waterfront) passed September 2, 1931, wherein construction within the South Anna Gadsby, resident, discussed met January 3, 2018, at the PBS buildings were renumbered, streets Portland National Historic District the need to be on NextDoor to Conference Center at 4343 SW renamed, the city was divided into (SPNHD). A University of Oregon keep abreast of local happenings. Corbett Ave. five quadrants and much of SW professor presented at the January There appear to be three separate PUBLIC FORUM Portland was assigned "leading zero" Land Use committee meeting a NextDoors within the SPNA David Snyder, a Lair Hill neighbor, addresses. An example is "141 Gibbs proposed student project to assist in neighborhood and connecting to all discussed the issue of the NET Street was converted to 0231 SW the SPNHD efforts. three seems to be a problem. Anna (Neighborhood Emergency Team) and Gibbs Street." The current proposal The next SPNA Land Use meeting and Pasquale will investigate the BEECN (Basic Earthquake Emergency would convert "0231 SW Gibbs Street will be on Tuesday, February 20, 6 pm issue. Communication Node). to 231 S Gibbs Street". The leading at NUMN Radlet Hall, 2719 SW Kelly Marilynn Considine, NUNM zero would be eliminated and a sixth There are three within the Ave. representative, stated that NUNM quadrant (South) would be added neighborhood, Lair Hill, John's Michael Harrison, Parks chair, and was waiting for the city to approve to the city grid. Today's emergency Landing, and South Waterfront. Caryanne Conner, Parks member, their proposed construction on management is automated (unlike in David has concerns that the discussed the need to restructure the a block of Porter Street. Once 1931) and, like some GPS systems, NET teams & BEECNs need to committee for resident input. Both approved, construction is expected does not recognize a leading be coordinated so that each will continue efforts in that direction. to take up to six months, during zero address, without significant would be able to assist the entire Pasquale Pascuzzi, Public Safety which parking on the campus will be programming changes. If approved, neighborhood. Public Safety chair chair, stated that residents were impacted. changes would begin during 2020 Pascuzzi will discuss the issue and pleased with the results of the city Kayla Ward, Communications chair, and be finalized by 2025. work for a resolution of the concern. and school children's cleanup of the was expected to further discuss COMMITTEE CHAIRS' COMMENTS PRESENTATION Grover Street tunnel under Naito her community outreach proposal. James Paulson, Transportation Andrew Aebi, project manager at Parkway. The key point in all safety Unfortunately she was not present, chair, followed through from our PBOT, provided a detailed analysis issues is that if a resident sees a and a brief discussion ensued about December meeting, presenting a of a proposal to be forwarded to problem, contact our Public Safety participation at the board level and Strategic Planning Process to develop City Council for consideration this committee and/or city officials not pursuing independent action. A a Plan of Action for this committee. winter. "Wayfinding and Address without delay. The longer a problem comment was made that we need The presentation was at a high level Standardization" is an effort to exists, the more entrenched it more people involved who are and certain members of the board ensure public safety emergency becomes and thus is harder to passionate about their requested more detailed specifics response to parts of southwest resolve. neighborhood. regarding Community Outreach. Pete Portland. Dee Walker (PBOT), The latest crime statistics for South Collins, SWF community relations 10 FEBRUARY 2018 SWNI Committees

Chair Maripat Hensel Chair Steve Mullinax [email protected] [email protected] swni.org/schools swni.org/parks

Grants: Community + outcome of our grant application in The Portland Parks and Recreation important discussion in the budget Involvement + Partnerships mid-February we will be able to begin Budget Advisory Committee continued process. the implementation of this project. Through 2017 we shared photos of work in January on a proposed There was a great community our meetups and gatherings for the We are also in the throes of budget for the city's FY 2018-19. planting event in Albert K. Park, 2017 ONI small grant we secured for planning a panel and complementary Sami Faile of Maplewood is the SWNI November 18. About 60-70 people, Tech Equity: Enrichment Opportunities. conversation circles on the topic of representative. Mayor Wheeler has lots of kids, great day, great See our website for our final report Education Equity for Thursday, April asked Portland Parks to submit a community spirit, and a reunion of and for photos from last year. 19. Save the date now! Watch for your budget reflecting a five percent, or Bridlemile Creek Stewards, who were invite to attend as well as information $3.3 million cut, another year of As this paper goes to press we are active in stream restoration work about this session and pre-session difficult choices. The city's budget finalizing a 2018 ONI Small Grant 1998-2008. Another work party to panel questions in the near future. process continues, with completion entitled Tech Equity Extensions. The keep this a high-quality natural area If you know someone who should due in the spring. project includes a Fall Coding Series for people, native plants and wildlife is be included on the panel, or if you with our partners at Capitol Hill SWNI wrote a covering letter scheduled for Albert Kelly Park, 9 am, want to participate, send an email to Branch - Multnomah County Library supporting a request for better Saturday, March 3. Contact Janelle St. [email protected]. We look for each and Portland Public Schools, Jackson security in SW Parks and Natural Pierre with any questions, 503-307- Neighborhood Association to send Middle School SUN Program. Along areas. The concern arose from an 3426. someone to this one-time session. with this component of our grant assault and injury by off-road cyclists Next Meeting request, get used to seeing and As a Committee we will also be illegally using a pedestrian trail in Marshall Park in August. Our Budget Thursday, February 1st,, 7pm hearing info about reachouts and examining our structure and making Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 8 recommendations to the SWNI Board. Advisory representative reports that a Showcase. And, get ready for our 7688 SW Capitol Hwy requests to ask for your help with We will keep you informed about our enhanced security in Parks is an hands-on computational learning plans through electronic updates activities at reachouts. and social media posts. Our agenda is distributed a week prior to our For this year’s proposal we are regular meetings which are held every digging deeper with a pilot program Chair, David Martin other month during the school year. for Coding, and broader to develop [email protected] (Note: This year we have scheduled a many more relationships with special April 19 session.) Like us on swni.org/transportation individuals and groups such as PTAs Facebook. and Neighborhood Associations for South West In Motion (SWIM) • Implementation planning. reachouts. Community involvement Next Meeting: As residents of SW Portland, we are Strategic coordination between aka ‘SW volunteers working together’ Thursday, March 21st, 7 pm the recommended project lists and is the glue for our 2018 work. These Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 4 very aware of the gaps, and at times, lack of transportation infrastructure if appropriate funding opportunities will sessions and activities are in the 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. support successful implementation of planning stage. When we know the you are traveling through SW Portland by car, biking or walking. SWIM the plan. represents an opportunity to address This effort will be an important step these gaps, often unseen by from the towards setting near-term priorities Watershed PBOT level of evaluation. and determining project readiness to [email protected] Southwest In Motion is a short- more efficiently deliver pedestrian and term refinement, prioritization and bicycle improvements in Southwest swni.org/watershed_committee implementation strategy for planned Portland as opportunities emerge. active transportation investments in PBOT Our January 18th committee use of off-corridor stormwater Southwest Portland. The final plan Currently the PBOT staff is working guests were Becky Tillson with facilities." No vote was taken at the will identify a realistic 5-year active with their Community Advisory Bureau of Environmental Services Watershed Committee meeting. transportation action plan that Committee and the public at large and Ruben Gonzalas-Baird the project Watershed Resource Center provides basic walking and bicycling to identify community priorities for storm water engineer who updated Manager Hilary Hunt announced connectivity, as well as access to project selection criteria. If you are committee and interested members of the following events scheduled in transit improvements where they are interested in learning more about the the public on storm water aspects of February: needed most. project and/or providing feedback, the Capitol Highway project. They also • Tryon Creek Watershed Council’s Plan elements feel free to take a look at the provided information about planned resources below. provision of technical assistance to Watershed Wide Event with WRC at • Coordination with active planning residents within that portion of the Jackson Middle School – Saturday, efforts, such as PedPDX, Portland's Typically the best source of main Tryon Creek basin affected February 10, 2018, 9 am event start Citywide Pedestrian Plan, and Safe information: Stakeholder Working by the project, called, for project time, 10 am work party start time at Routes To School Strategy and Project Group (SWG) meeting material purposes, the Basin 3 area. Becky Jackson Middle School. Planning. portlandoregon.gov/transportation/ gave an overview and stated BES • Stormwater Stars Workshop – • Coordination of past active article/661592 has been scheduling site visits with February 24, 2018, 9 am to 1:00 pm, transportation plans, networks Draft Public Involvement Plan impacted and interested residents. location TBA and future projects. This includes portlandoregon.gov/transportation/ BES is also looking into a substantial • Living with Coyotes – February 22, the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030, article/662066 assessment of the stormwater 2018, 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Multnomah Southwest Urban Trails Plan and other Nick Falbo, PBOT Sr Planner, SWIM challenges specifically in the basin 3 Arts Center, Room 7 citywide and neighborhood plans. area. Becky and Ruben also answered [email protected] • Project list refinement. Changes committee and member of the Chair John Gibbon provided the to the project list may be needed to Next Meeting: public's questions arising out of their Committee members with the enhance network effectiveness and Wednesday February 21, 7pm presentation and the project generally. Public Utility Board's upcoming agenda for meetings in the next two implementation feasibility. Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 7 Members present were given a months, in several of the meetings, • Evaluation and prioritization of 7688 SW Capitol Hwy copy of the SWNI Transportation matters related to the Bureau of the project list. The result will be (Meeting date was changed Committee motion, that was passed Environmental Services budget will a recommended set of short-term to the third Wednesday due unanimously and sent to the SWNI be considered, it is hoped that the projects intended to enhance active to the holiday this month) Board of Directors for consideration Watershed committee can monitor transportation options across the at its January 24th meeting: “SWNI these proceedings. Southwest district. supports a continuous sidewalk and separated continuous bicycle path Next Meeting: on the east side of the street that Thursday, February 15, 7pm creates safer walking and bicycling Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 30 facilities. This could be accomplished 7688 SW Capitol Hwy by minimizing use of on-corridor stormwater facilities and maximizing

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Bullying is a tool for asserting to assure the messages are not being authority over others. Our children in listened to in a personal manner. At our January Land Use meeting Discussion Draft materials are school. Our friends in the workplace. The next step is to forge alliances we welcomed our new Committee still available on the project website: Our gender; our race; our religion; our and opportunities to learn about Chair Gary Runde. Gary has taken portlandoregon.gov/bps/75084. appearance; our abilities. “I am the the issues fostering the negativism. this role head on with a vision of The Map App will also be available to best” and “I am better than you…” Asserting our pride in who we are, the committee as being proactive view parcel-specific information about are symbols of bullying. Sometimes what we believe, and what we stand in addressing chronic issues within which Discussion Draft proposals these statements are directed to us for is the crowning step. SW and a dedication to working will affect individual properties: as individuals; sometimes to an entire in collaboration with City staff to portlandmaps.com/bps/mapapp/ Our self esteem is too important address root causes of issues faced maps. race, religion, our country. to let attacks upon us, either in SW Portland in advocating for (Please note that, based on Bullying is intentional and repeated. individually or as a part of a larger community needs. Pain or discomfort are intended. group, diminish what we know as public feedback, the proposals in Bringing silence to one’s voice is also right. The scholars, politicians, and Residential Infill Project (RIP) the Discussion Draft are subject to intended. scientists from all countries, religions, Public review of Discussion Draft revisions that will not be reflected until the Proposed Draft is published.) We see the news media tell us, and gender preferences demonstrate Report ended November 30, 2017. on the many screens we look at, the wonderful abilities in each of us. A “What We Heard Summary Report” Visit: portlandoregon.gov/bps/infill repeated derogatory assertions by Respect is the universal language (and all comments in their entirety) Contact: Julia Gisler, 503-823-7624, public figures. We see this national each of us must practice, daily. was posted on the project website in [email protected] mid-January. conflict play out locally in one-on- Next Meeting: NEXT MEETING: one attacks working to counter the Monday, February 26, 4:30 pm The comments on the Discussion rights each of us has for equity and Draft will guide staff as they develop Tuesday February 20, 7 pm Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 4 Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 7 inclusion in our community and our 7688 SW Capitol Hwy a Proposed Draft for the Planning country. and Sustainability Commission (PSC), 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Stopping bullying starts with looking which will consider it in the spring. out for the most vulnerable among Portlanders will be able to give formal us. Children and people who are still testimony on the Proposed Draft at maturing need thoughtful protection that time.

Bureau of Planning State officials would then prepare Visit: portlandoregon.gov/bps/ Project moves from “assessment” to a written order implementing the betterhousing “amendments.” and Sustainability Commission’s decision, which could Contact: Bill Cunningham, Together, the Bureau of Planning (BPS) Update take several months. Portland 503-823-4203, and Sustainability (BPS) and Bureau City Council passed an ordinance A monthly snapshot of all the [email protected] of Development Services (BDS) are delaying the effective date of the working on a Design Overlay Zone planning work going on in your new plan until May 24, 2018, at 1 Portland Off-Road Cycling Master neighborhoods. Plan (ORCMP) Amendments (DOZA) package of p.m. to provide time for a possible proposals to update and improve Community Involvement LCDC hearing. A Discussion Draft with an both the process and the tools used Committee Visit: portlandoregon.gov/bps/ interactive online map has been for design review. The DOZA Process A new advisory committee for land article/665388 published; Parks Board to review the Discussion Draft will be ready for use planning outreach efforts. draft in February/March, then off to Contact: Eric Engstrom public review in April 2018; the DOZA The application period for the City Council for adoption in Spring Tools Discussion Draft is scheduled 503-823-3329, 2018. City’s new Community Involvement [email protected] to be released in the fall of 2018. Committee is closed, and new The ORCMP Discussion Draft Better Housing by Design (BHD) Contact: Kathryn Hartinger, members will be appointed in early provides a foundation for local 503-823-9714, Kathryn.Hartinger@ 2018. The Community Involvement Discussion Draft to be released in off-road cycling needs and desired portlandoregon.gov Committee (CIC) will be a new mid-January 2018. experiences, as well as current best standing committee that reviews management practices for planning, SW Corridor Equitable Housing The Better Housing by Design Strategy and advises the way City staff project will release a Discussion designing, building and managing engage with the public in land use Draft of proposed zoning code successful off-road cycling facilities. Bringing more housing choices and transportation planning. This amendments intended to improve It presents a citywide framework for and opportunity to SW Portland and is an important part of the City’s the design of development and developing a connected, citywide Tigard. new 2035 Comprehensive Plan expand housing opportunities system of trails and bicycle parks. The SW Corridor Equity and Community Involvement Program, in the multi-dwelling zones. The This plan is intended to guide the Housing Advisory Group meets at supporting the goals and policies draft amendments are based City’s investment in off-road cycling Metro on January 24 from 1 - 3 p.m. of Chapter 2 of the Comprehensive on concepts from months of facilities over the next 15 to 20 Meeting materials can be found here: Plan (portlandoregon.gov/bps/ community discussion and can be years. portlandoregon.gov/bps/74015. article/579165). found in the Concept Report (https:// The Off-road Cycling Master Plan More information about the Equity Visit: portlandoregon.gov/ www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/73945). The is conceptual. It does not change and Housing Advisory Group can be bps/73998 code amendments will affect or create any City regulations found here: portlandoregon.gov/ Contact: Sara Wright, citywide multi-dwelling zoning code or “greenlight” any recommended bps/article/635881 regulations, and includes a subset of projects. Future projects will require 503-823-7728, Visit: portlandoregon.gov/ [email protected] strategies focused on East Portland. site-specific planning and community engagement, more detailed site bps/73445 2035 Comprehensive Plan Staff anticipate that the Discussion Draft will be available analysis and design, environmental Contact: Ryan Curren, 503-823- Appeals filed against the State for review by January 22, 2018 (visit reviews, and funding for planning, 4574, Ryan.Curren@portlandoregon. approval of Portland's 2035 the project website for updates). construction, and long-term gov operations and maintenance. Comprehensive Plan. LCDC to hear The draft proposals will address Planning and Sustainability the appeals in March. topics such as housing options and The Bureau of Planning and Commission (PSC) Agenda affordability, outdoor spaces, and Sustainability is working on this On Dec. 5, 2017, the Oregon View the upcoming PSC agenda building and site design. project in collaboration with Portland Department of Land Conservation items here: portlandoregon.gov/ Parks & Recreation, the Bureau of and Development (DLCD) issued Two open houses will offer bps/article/312882 an order both approving Portland’s community members a chance to Environmental Services, Portland All PSC meetings are streamed 2035 Comprehensive Plan learn about the Discussion Draft Bureau of Transportation, the live on the BPS YouTube channel at (portlandoregon.gov/bps/70936) zoning code amendments (more Portland Water Bureau and other youtube.com/c/portlandbps and and responding to objections raised information will be posted soon on local government and community tape delayed on Channel 30. against the new plan and associated the project website): partners. implementation measures. The Visit: portlandoregon.gov/ City Council Agenda Multnomah Neighborhood Central Portland, Wednesday, bps/70151 View upcoming City Council Association and one other individual January 31, 2018, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. agenda items here: portlandoregon. subsequently filed appeals of 900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 2500 Contact: Tom Armstrong, gov/auditor/article/378315 that DLCD decision with the Land (2nd floor) 503-823-3527, Conservation and Development Eastern Portland, Thursday, Tom.Armstrong@portlandoregon. All council meetings are broadcast Commission (LCDC). February 8, 2018, 6 – 8 p.m. gov live at: portlandoregon.gov/ article/230361 The LCDC will likely consider 9955 NE Glisan Street (Ride Design Overlay Zone Amendments the appeals at their scheduled Connection Office) Project (DOZA) March 2018 meeting in Salem. 12 FEBRUARY 2018 Crime Prevention and Public Safety Emergency Tip of the Month A car prowler can break into a car within a minute by entering an unlocked door, smashing windows, Neighborhood Emergency hacking keyless entry systems, using keys on older model cars or using wedges and other tools. Car Teams (NET’s) are volunteers prowls can happen to anyone, anywhere. Items stolen may lead to other crimes such as identity theft, who are trained by the burglaries or car theft. Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) to Items most frequently stolen from car prowls: lead their neighborhoods • Gym & shopping bags • Electronics & electronic device • Credit cards in preparation for, and self- • Purses accessories • Documents containing personal sufficiency after, a major disaster. The main disaster • Wallets • Garage door openers information • Packages • Luggage and clothing we train for is a 9+ subduction • Laptops zone earthquake, but NETs respond to other disasters too, such as wind storms, floods Prevent car prowls in your Portland neighborhoods and explosions. For more Tips to help prevent car prowl: Report crime information about NET, and/ and suspicious activities: or to become a NET volunteer, • Closing vehicle windows and locking doors every time go to: portlandoregon.gov/ Describe what you observed: • Removing all valuables and bags when leaving your vehicle pbem/58587 or call Jeremy • What and why it was suspicious Van Keuren, NET Program • Keeping stored items in your trunk or out of visual access activity Specialist, Portland Bureau of • Keeping unused chargers and accessories in your glove box • Identifying traits (i.e., gender, Emergency Management at (503) 823-4421. • Not keeping credit cards or sensitive information in your vehicle age, race, weight, clothing, tattoos & scars) • Not leaving garage door openers or keys in the vehicle unattended Emergency • Time event occured • Parking in a garage, secured parking or a well-lit area preparedness tip • Location of event • Using a Faraday bag/cage for key fobs to thwart hacking (RFID-blocking) of the Month: Survey your exit route from Reporting to the Police: each room in your house. Note 911 - immediate threat to life or property • Non-Emergency 503.823.3333 what is likely to fall over and block Online reporting - car prowl that already occurred portlandoregon.gov/police/com the route, or spill items onto it. For more crime prevention tips, visit portlandoregon.gov/oni/cpadvice Fix it.

Stay Warm, Stay Safe this Winter Creating a safe environment • Keep landscaping free of • Maintain smoke detectors and Prevention Program website at www. for yourself, your family and your obstructions to be able to observe alarms. portlandoregon.gov/oni/cp or call neighborhood requires effort and and report suspicious activity. • Be mindful during social events of 503-823-4064 the participation of everyone. • Make sure trash cans are in a who is coming and going and secure Security evaluations and community locked and secured area to deter private areas. preparedness is something everyone prowlers and identity theft “phishing.” can do to improve the environmental One thing people might do factors that could enhance the • Provide adequate and consistent particularly in the winter season security of properties. This is one of lighting around the property, is leave their vehicles running the things you may do to see if you especially parking areas, walkways unattended to heat up. This is a risky are prepared for the upcoming winter and front doors. habit; some car prowlers may use months. • Keep walkways and drains free of this as a crime opportunity. Keeping debris and ice. a spare jacket or a blanket in your Practicing prevention habits may car are options to consider when seem inconvenient; however it can • Create clear designation to mark going to start your vehicle for the day. save you time and money in the private property (gates, signage, This way you can sit comfortably and long run. As winter comes and the fences and landscaping elements, warm inside your vehicle to prevent days get darker, it is important to etc.) to deter unauthorized individuals. your risk of prowling and vehicle theft. remember how to keep yourself • Keep doors, windows and and your neighborhoods safer and Crime prevention habits are not just peepholes obstruction-free for good prepared. While crime prevention a seasonal practice. We encourage visual access to the outside. starts with one individual it is most you to adopt those practices as part effective when the entire community Preparing the inside of your homes of your everyday life. A key to crime is involved. For example, if you see and businesses is just as important prevention success is to work with that the walkway lights of a neighbor as the outside. You may want to your neighbors to promote public have burnt out try to notify them. consider a few things before hosting safety. Take the time to get to know Often in the winter months people a gathering, coming home from your neighbors and to look after remain inside and there is less social a vacation, or leaving the house one another! When neighbors take interaction between neighbors. Some for general purposes. Some crime the responsibility to build cohesive will even take shortcuts in safety and prevention tips include: neighborhoods, those neighborhoods are less vulnerable to crime. prevention to avoid being out in the • Check if the windows can be cold weather. opened in the event of an emergency To request a free training for your Some simple things you can do (e.g., fire) and that they can also be organization or community group to check your home or business for locked. on crime prevention topics, access our prevention handouts or find exterior security and crime prevention • Make sure to lock the doors when your Crime Prevention Coordinator, are: entering or exiting. visit the City of Portland’s Crime

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SWNI Public Safety Committee Emergency Preparedness Fair Next Meeting - Public Safety Action Committee: Thursday, February 1, 7:00 pm Multnomah Arts Center, Rm 30, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. th Chair: Carol Porto, [email protected] Sunday, March 4 , 2018 12 - 4 pm swni.org/public_safety Multnomah Arts Center Auditorium About 30 people participated because Multnomah County has in the second Quarterly Public so few jail beds (1,000) most 7688 SW Capitol Highway Safety Action Committee meeting individuals convicted of crimes held on January 4th. Sgt. Rob are given community service and Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NETs) Simon, Neighborhood Response then, because of a lack of parole Team Officer Jacobson and District officers, there is not sufficient Preparedness demonstrations: Attorney Jim Haden attended the oversight. Committee members and • Water storage/safety/purification discussion. Sgt. Simon reported residents expressed a strong need • Emergency food ideas that the Portland Police Bureau to advocate Multnomah County to has 34 officers in training, but they open additional jail beds during the • Demonstration of gas meter turn-off are not assigned to work patrols upcoming budget sessions, as well yet. Many officers were assigned to as adding parole officers. Information/vendor tables: walk the downtown beat over the At the February 1, 2018 SWNI • Portland Water Bureau presentation holiday season. Two very successful Public Safety Committee meeting traffic safety vigils were held during • Red Cross expertise we will hear neighbor concerns • NW Seismic demonstration the last three month in southwest about current issues and focus on Portland (SW 45th and Vermont; SW finalizing details for our Emergency • FEMA literature ...and more! 53rd and Shattuck Road) with traffic Preparedness Fair scheduled control officers and neighborhood for Sunday, March 4, 2018, from Essentials of knot-tying! volunteers. It was also reported that noon to 4:00 pm at Multnomah the Central Precinct completed one Arts Center. Please see the Free samples! successful narcotics investigation information flyer on this page and has another one in process in for details. Everyone is invited. Door prizes! southwest. Activities will include a presentation DA Jim Haden announced that on Residential Seismic Retrofit, the Jan. 4th PSAC meeting would Portland Water Bureau talk on Kid Zone! be his last community meeting in the “Big Pipes,” and of course we his 30-year career. A number of will be featuring our Neighborhood residents expressed frustration Emergency Teams with various regarding the number of car prowls demonstrations (first aid, ham radio, and thefts in our area and asked food preparation, and pet care). if any arrests have been made. Questions? Issues of concern, Officers stated, “Yes, a number more information, please contact of arrests have been made and [email protected] individuals are prosecuted. However, Report Crime Every Time Presented by SWNI’s Public Safety Committee Event sponsorship still available! Email: [email protected] If you have been a victim of crime and you are safe, you can contact the police to file a report by phone at 503-823-3333. For certain crimes, you can file online: at portlandoregon.gov/com (please read the criteria before filing). Multnomah Arts Center THE REGIONAL ARTS RESOURCE

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SW Watershed Resource Center Hilary Hunt, Manager 503-823-2862 or [email protected] Contact the WRC to sign up for our monthly email newsletter, the SW Watershed News. Watershed stewardship and ivy pulling enjoyed with great enthusiasm. Photo from Visit us at: 2017 Watershed Wide Event. swni.org/watershed facebook.com/sw.wrc instagram: watershedresourcecenter Jackson Middle School The Southwest Watershed Resource Center inspires awareness and action on behalf of watershed health in SW Portland. Trail Improvement Day! We work through a partnership between Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc., and the City of Portland Bureau of Join the SW Watershed Resource Center and partners to Environmental Services. pull weedy ivy from the trail on the school’s South side! This SW Watershed Friends spring, we’re turning the area into a beautiful, diverse habitat Groups & Events for wildlife and people. Step one? Ivy removal! Friends of Marquam Southwest Trails PDX Nature Park SW Trails Volunteer 2/14, 9-12. Join Friends Event: 2/1, 9am. Join February 10th, 10am-12:30pm of Marquam and the West SW Trails for a morning of • Food, beverages, and tools provided Willamette Restoration trail maintenance in our Partnership to restore this beautiful parks! Meet at • No prior knowledge necessary natural area. Robin Jensen, Dickenson Park, SW 55th [email protected], Ave. at Alfred Court. • All ages welcome! 503-799-8435. • RSVP please, free childcare by request www.fmnp.org SW Trails Walk: 2/10, • Meet by the Jackson greenhouses at 10am 9am. Meet at Wilson HS Friends of Terwilliger bleachers for a 5.5 mile or... 2/17, 9-12 at George urban hike. More info on • Join the pre-event 9am celebration at Himes Park near corner website: swtrails.org Riverdale HS for breakfast and a raffle! of SW Terwilliger Blvd and SW Nebraska St. Look West Willamette for the work party sign. Restoration Partnership Contact Robin Vesey, info@ terwilligerfriends.org or WWRP conserves and 503-293-1069. enhances natural areas. This event is part of the annual www.westwillamette.org Contact Adriana Escobedo- Watershed Wide Event, a day Friends of Woods Park Land at wwrpcoordinator@ 2/24, 9-12. Join Portland gmail.com devoted to restoring the Tryon Parks & Recreation, SOLVE, Creek Watershed. and the Friends of Woods Park for the annual leaf- Marshall Park More info and RSVP: raking event to protect the 2/10, 9 am - 12:30 pm. Meet Here tread of Woods Park's trails. Marshall Park is one of tinyurl.com/watershedwide Tools provided. Supervised the Watershed Wide Event children welcome! Meet sites. See article above for by stairway trail off SW more info. Contact mary. Woods Pkwy. Contact [email protected] Jesse Johnston, jesse@ with questions. teamjohnston.net Community FEBRUARY 2018 15 Neighborhood House’s Library Events Capitol Hill Library Hillsdale Library Annual SW HOPE 10723 SW Capitol Hwy. 1525 SW Sunset Blvd. Campaign Launches (503) 988-5385 (503) 988-5388 Getting to Know Muslim Music & Movement Communities: Integration vs. Join award-winning children’s February 11th Isolation or Assimilation educator and performer Aaron Nigel By Dana Guterman, Community Church, and the Muslim Join Mr. Jawad Khan, Muslim Smith as he gets the whole family Neighborhood House Educational Trust, will be collecting Educational Trust board member and moving, grooving and learning. Oregon Islamic Academy teacher, Seating is available on a first-come, The holidays are a time of getting food and cash donations through and weigh the differences between first-served basis. involved and giving back, but April. Non-perishable food items isolation, assimilation and positive Sunday, February 11, 3-4 pm can be dropped off at collection integration of the Muslim community come January 1st, many families as a minority group in the United still struggle to put food on the barrels throughout the area, located at local businesses, community States, along with addressing which Vanport: A City That Was table. Each year, local nonprofit of the three the Muslim Educational Vanport, the largest World War Neighborhood House’s SW HOPE: centers, and congregations. Trust tries to accomplish. All of this is II housing project in the United Feed the Hungry community food The campaign's inaugural event is interpreted through the lens of what States, built in a year, meant to civic responsibility and engagement house shipyard and defense workers, drive aims to combat the sharp an Interfaith Kickoff at St. Barnabas mean from an Islamic perspective. became the second-largest city in decline in giving that occurs after Episcopal Church on February 11th. Made possible by The National Oregon (during that time period). the new year. In partnership with "I'm looking forward to connecting Endowment for the Humanities Fund In its heyday, it housed 40,000 residents. On May 30, 1948, in a 40+ local faith and community with faith and community leaders of The Library Foundation. matter of a few hours, it disappeared organizations, the annual at our first SW HOPE event of Saturday, February 3, 3-4 pm forever, leaving a lasting influence on campaign works to keep the spirit the year. This is such a strong Portland, Oregon. This presentation, by author Zita Podany, will summarize of generosity alive all year long by community; I know we can band Botanical Drawing on Walnut the rise and fall of Vanport. Seating is keeping Neighborhood House’s together and reach our goal," says Paper available on a first-come, first-served Emergency Food Box Program Neighborhood House Executive Create a miniature botanical basis. shelves fully stocked. Director Chris Chiacchierini, who drawing using colored pencils on Saturday, February 3, 1:30-2:45 walnut ink stained paper. This simple pm 2018 marks SW HOPE’s twelfth will be in attendance. The kickoff technique produces stunning effects year, with the campaign launching will be followed by a Dine Out to making your artwork resemble a Donate night at Salvadore Molly’s, botanical illustration from an old Nature's Medicine Cabinet for on Sunday, February 11th and manuscript. We will be drawing from Your Home: Essential Oils running through April 14th. Over a Hillsdale institution featuring eclectic street food from around observation, so please bring a small Meet Yiwen, an experienced yoga the coming months, community rose hip, acorn, maple samsara or teacher and wellness instructor, members will host a diverse array the globe. From 4:00 pm to close a small plant or a seed pod. You who will introduce you to the world of fun, family-friendly events to on Monday, February 19th, twenty will learn simple colored pencil of essential oils. In addition to their percent of all sales will benefit techniques for blending and layering intrinsic benefits to plants and raise funds and food in support colors and how to achieve form by their beautiful fragrance, essential of Neighborhood House’s Food SW HOPE. In mid-March, enjoy a oils have long been used for food pint with a slice of history at the balancing light and dark tones. All Pantry, the largest food distribution artistic levels are welcome. preparation, beauty treatment and McMenamin's Hillsdale Brewery health-care practices. Learn how, why center in Southwest Portland. In a Sunday, February 4, 2-4 pm and when to use them. Registration climate of rising housing costs and & Public House, Oregon’s first required; register online, in the library brewpub post-Prohibition. Fifty or by calling 503.988.5123. increased federal funding cuts, the Job Application Strategies percent of all proceeds will go to the Food Pantry receives new clients Looking for a job? Not sure which Saturday, February 17, 2-3 pm every week, welcoming 30 new campaign. skills you need to highlight? Job Tuesday, February 20, 5:30-7:30 households in December alone. Come spring, supporters can coach specialists from Goodwill pm purchase beautiful, locally crafted Industries are here to help! Develop a SW HOPE began in 2007, with master job application and learn how Space at programs is a goal to raise 50,000 pounds pottery and enjoy delicious soups to market transferable skills to land limited. Seating is available on of food. Since then, food costs at the popular Empty Bowls Soup the job you want. a first-come, first-served basis, have gradually risen—but the Dinner, which will begin at 5:00 Saturday, February 24, 2-4 pm unless otherwise noted. community’s generosity has risen pm on Friday, April 6th, at the to match. Last year, the campaign Multnomah Arts Center. Finally, lace aimed for a record 175,000 pounds up your running shoes and head to Senior Center of food; this year, organizers Gabriel Park for the SW HOPE 5k on 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. have set a target of 200,000 Saturday, April 14th. Learn more at 503-244-5204 pounds. While every donation swhope5k.com, and stay tuned for 9 am - 3:30 pm, M-F helps, Neighborhood House can other events. buy four pounds of food directly To get involved with SW HOPE, SW RideAbout Shuttle 2/6 Raleigh Hills Fred Meyer* or from the Oregon Food Bank for please contact Marc Czornij, Offered in partnership with Ride New Seasons just one dollar, making cash Volunteer and Events Coordinator, Connection To/From Senior Center 2/7 Beaverton Fred Meyer or donations the most effective way at 503-246-1663 x2117 or Transportation Trader Joe’s to support the program. Local faith [email protected]. Monday through Thursday 2/13 Costco or WinCo partners, such as St. Andrew’s 8:30 – 10 am Pick Up / 2/14 New Seasons* or Dollar Tree Presbyterian Church, Hillsdale 12:45 – 2:15 pm Take Home 2/20-21 No shopping trips Call Transportation Coordinator 2/27 Raleigh Hills Fred Meyer or Marie Haviland at 503-246-1663 New Seasons X6103 2/28 Walmart or WinCo February Shopping Schedule: 9:45 am – 12:15 pm *Senior discount days February Trips: Please call (503) 244-5204 for more information. REGISTRATION BEGINS Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:30 am.

Monday, Feb. 12 8:55 Board #45 in Multnomah Noontime Showcase! Tony Village Starlight: Impersonator, singer, 9:30 Coffee, Tea and Conversation musician and comedian. Bring your at Field Ballroom in the Mark lunch. FREE. Building SW HOPE community organizers meet with Neighborhood House Executive Director Chris Chiacchierini (photo credit: Mari Yerger) 10:15 Meet at Senior Center 10:15 Lecture by Mary Weaver 11:20 Board #44 at front of Chapin: Kingdom Animalia Multnomah Arts Center 11:15 Museum exhibits 11:45 Get off at SW 6th/Salmon 12:00 Meet at main lobby 12:00 Noontime Showcase 12:15 Board #45 at SW Columbia/ 1:20 Board #44 at SW 5th/Main Park Tuesday, Feb. 20 12:40 Arrive at Multnomah Village Portland Art Museum, Art & (Key Bank stop) Conversation. "Kingdom Familia": For more information or to sign up, Museum collection covers 500 please contact the NH Senior Center years with prints, drawings and at 503-244-5204. posters. This is the debut of THIRD Register in person for trips. TUESDAYS. FREE. Current Neighborhood House 8:35 Meet at Senior Center (enter Senior Center membership is at back parking lot). required for all recreational trips. 16 FEBRUARY 2018 Calendar SW Trails Walk Saturday, February 10th, 9am The February walk will be led South to the Gibbs St. Pedestrian by Mark Turner. From Wilson Bridge and back to the cars. The High School we will carpool to the walk is about 5.5 miles long with vicinity of SW Corbett St. and SW an elevation gain of 500 feet. Whitaker St. Then we will walk We’ll meet behind the bleachers, up to the Veteran’s Hospital, over near the food carts (porta-potty) to OHSU and then back down at Wilson High School (SW Sunset past the Casey Eye Institute to Blvd. and SW Capitol Highway) and Terwilliger Blvd. Then we will take be ready to go at 9:00 am. Well the Woods Street trail down to SW behaved dogs are allowed. They Barbur and proceed north to SW must be on leash. For health Lincoln St. Next we will go past the reasons, there is no smoking on Lovejoy Fountain, Pettygrove Park, SW Trails walks. Keller Fountain and Terry Shrunk Park before turning and crossing For more information, or to the Hawthorne Bridge. Turning volunteer to lead a walk in your South we will walk on the East neighborhood, contact Sharon Bank Esplanade to the Tillikum Fekety ([email protected]). Crossing Bridge. After crossing the Willamette River we will again go

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February 2018Southwest Neighborhoods February 2018 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 7:00 PM Home Energy 9:00 AM SWTrails Work Groundhog Day Score public workshop Party 7:00 PM SWNI Parks and Community Centers 7:00 PM SWNI Public Safety Committee

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5:00 PM Multnomah NA 6:45 PM Maplewood Gener- 7:00 PM South Portland 6:00 PM Marshall Park Gen- 9:00 AM Tryon Creek Wa- Board al Meeting General Meeting eral Meeting tershed Wide Event 7:00 PM Homestead Gener- 7:00 PM Hillsdale General 7:00 PM South Burlingame 9:00 AM SWTrails Walk al Meeting Meeting Board Meeting 8:30 PM Maplewood Board 7:00 PM Bridlemile General 7:00 PM West Portland Park & Board General Meeting 7:00 PM Collins View Gen- eral Meeting

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6:00 PM Tryon Creek Wa- 7:00 PM Multnomah Gener- Valentine’s Day 7:00 PM SWNI Watershed 9:00 AM Friends of Ter- tershed Council al Meeting williger Work Party 7:00 PM Hayhurst Executive 7:00 PM Markham General 9:00 AM Friends of Mar- Committee Meeting quam Work Party 7:00 PM Ashcreek General 7:00 PM Arnold Creek Meeting Board and General Meeting

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SWNI Office Closed 6:00 PM SPNA Land Use 7:00 PM SWNI Transporta- 8:30 AM Multnomah Village 9:00 AM Friends of Woods Presidents’ Day Committee tion Committee Business Association meet- Park Work Party 7:00 PM SWNI Land Use 7:00 PM SWHRL Board ing 9:00 AM Friends of Mar- Meeting quam Work Party

25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4:30 PM SWNI Equity & In- 7:00 PM SWNI Board 7:00 PM SWNI Parks and 9:00 AM Eco Crew – Trail clusion Community Centers Day 7:00 PM SWNI Public Safety Committee

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