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Homelessness/Urban Camping Impact Reduction Update Greetings- This week, we received 463 new campsite reports identifying roughly 105 campsites throughout the City. Of these new reports, 96 were of people living in vehicles. Additionally, 152 of the reports we received this week were reports of camping on Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) properties and rights- of-way, 7 were of camping on Union Pacific or BNSF rights-of-way, and 16 were regarding camping on private properties. Please note, in the event of a Severe Winter Weather Declaration, the City will not require people to move during campsite cleanups. Sites that have been posted will be cleared of any trash and/or bio-hazard material during the severe weather, but occupants will not be required to move until the Severe Winter Weather Declaration has been lifted. Sites that have been posted but not completely cleaned due to the weather, will be reposted and cleaned in the coming weeks. Severe Weather criteria: The Joint Office, as well as Multnomah County and Portland Emergency Management, use the following criteria to determine when conditions pose a danger to exposed vulnerable people. Any one of the criteria below will result in a Severe Weather Notice if the conditions are forecasted to persist for four (4) hours or more during what would be severe weather shelter operating hours (8pm-7am): 1. Forecasted temperature of 25° F (-3.9° C) or below. 2. Forecasted snow accumulations of 1.0 inch or more sticking to the ground in most locations. 3. Forecasted temperature at or below 32° F (0° C) with driving rain of 1.0 inch or more overnight. 4. Other conditions, including severe wind chills or extreme temperature fluctuations. Homelessness/Urban Camping Impact Reduction Update: Last week we cleaned the following locations: North • N Larrabee and N Broadway • N Larrabee and N Hancock Northeast • NE 10th and NE Everett • NE Interstate and NE Larrabee • NE 81st and NE Schuyler • NE 82nd and NE Jonesmore • 5644 NE 105th Ave, along 105th Ave and across from 5701 NE 105th • NE Grand and NE Lloyd Northwest • Steel Bridge West Side-Near Day Storage • NW 19th and NW Savier • NW 21st and NW Irving • NW 22nd and NW Reed • NW 99th and NE Wygatt Southeast • SE Water and SE Madison • Morrison Bridgehead Area-MLK and Morrison/Belmont (maintenance)* • SE 6th and SE Pine • SE Hawthorne Bridge • SE Knapp and Mt. Scott • SE 1st and SE Madison • SE 17th and SE Powell • SE 92nd and SE Steele • SE 2nd and SE Belmont • Lynchwood Park • SE 14th and E Burnside • SE 122 and SE Rhone • SE 92nd and SE Steele • SE 35th and SE Main • SE 97th and Glenwood • SE 88th and SE Powell • SE Knapp and Mt. Scott Southwest • SW 6th and SW Pine • SW 13th and SW Montgomery • George Himes Park • SW Naito and SW Morrison We will continue to monitor the situation along the I-205 MUP and SwCT, adjusting as needed. Finish projects that were started the previous week or are maintenance projects* This week we are cleaning the following locations: Please note, in the event of a Severe Winter Weather Declaration, the City will not require people to move during campsite cleanups. Sites that have been posted will be cleared of any trash and/or bio-hazard material during the severe weather, but occupants will not be required to move until the Severe Winter Weather Declaration has been lifted. Sites that have been posted but not completely cleaned due to the weather, will be reposted and cleaned in the coming weeks. Severe Weather criteria: The Joint Office, as well as Multnomah County and Portland Emergency Management, use the following criteria to determine when conditions pose a danger to exposed vulnerable people. Any one of the criteria below will result in a Severe Weather Notice if the conditions are forecasted to persist for four (4) hours or more during what would be severe weather shelter operating hours (8pm-7am): 1. Forecasted temperature of 25° F (-3.9° C) or below. 2. Forecasted snow accumulations of 1.0 inch or more sticking to the ground in most locations. 3. Forecasted temperature at or below 32° F (0° C) with driving rain of 1.0 inch or more overnight. 4. Other conditions, including severe wind chills or extreme temperature fluctuations. North • Unimproved N Kilpatrick, Right of Way between N Mississippi and N Albina • N Lombard and N Burgard • N Larrabee and N Hancock Northeast • NE Everett and NE MLK (maintenance)* • NE 8th and Schuyler • NE 105th-112th and NE Marx • Behind Hollywood Transit Center • NE 82nd and NE Jonesmore • NE 33rd and NE Lombard • Big 4 Corners • NE Killingsworth East of 105th • NE Halsey and NE 6th • Cross Levee Northwest • Union Station (maintenance)* • NW Broadway and NW Naito • Steel Bridge West Side-Near Day Storage • NW Broadway and NW Hoyt • NW 19th and NW Savier • NW Broadway and NW Glisan • Forest Park near St. Johns Bridge Southeast • Morrison Bridgehead Area-MLK and Morrison/Belmont (maintenance)* • Hawthorne Bridgehead Area-MLK and Madison/Hawthorne (maintenance)* • SE Morrison and SE Water (Morrison Bridge)* • SE Water and SE Madison • SE 37th and SE Oak (Laurelhurst Park area)* • SE 12th and SE Alder/Stark (maintenance)* • Greater St Francis Area-including SE 11th and SE Pine, SE 10th and SE Washington (maintenance)* • SE Division St and MLK (maintenance)* • SE Division Place and Grand (SE Ivon-maintenance)* • SE 2nd/3rd and SE Ash St.* • SE 10th and SE Mill • SE 10th and Harrison* • SE 3rd and SE Alder • SE 9th and SE Stephens • SE 8th and Ash • SE 10th and Alder • SE 8/9th and SE Yamhill • SE 8/9th and SE Salmon/Taylor • Eastbank Esplanade underneath I-5 and I-84 interchange • SE 7th and Market • Lower Powell Butte Floodplain • SE 13th and SE Oak • SE 16th and SE Schiller • SE Tenino/Mcloughlin Loop-d-loop • SE 174th and SE Jenne • SE 160th and Division • SE 28th and SE Steele • SE 17th and SE Powell • SE Holgate and SE 82nd Southwest • SW Naito under the Morrison Bridge • SW Naito and SW Madison • SW Jefferson and SW Murray • SW 5th and SW Grant • SW Naito and SW Sheridan We will continue to monitor the situation along the I-205 MUP and SwCT, adjusting as needed. Finish projects that were started the previous week or are maintenance projects* Next week (beginning) 3/19/2018, the following locations are scheduled to be cleaned (locations to be posted by 3/16/2018* weather permitting): Please note, in the event of a Severe Winter Weather Declaration, the City will not require people to move during campsite cleanups. Sites that have been posted will be cleared of any trash and/or bio-hazard material during the severe weather, but occupants will not be required to move until the Severe Winter Weather Declaration has been lifted. Sites that have been posted but not completely cleaned due to the weather, will be reposted and cleaned in the coming weeks. Severe Weather criteria: The Joint Office, as well as Multnomah County and Portland Emergency Management, use the following criteria to determine when conditions pose a danger to exposed vulnerable people. Any one of the criteria below will result in a Severe Weather Notice if the conditions are forecasted to persist for four (4) hours or more during what would be severe weather shelter operating hours (8pm-7am): 1. Forecasted temperature of 25° F (-3.9° C) or below. 2. Forecasted snow accumulations of 1.0 inch or more sticking to the ground in most locations. 3. Forecasted temperature at or below 32° F (0° C) with driving rain of 1.0 inch or more overnight. 4. Other conditions, including severe wind chills or extreme temperature fluctuations. Northeast • NE Everett and NE MLK (maintenance)* Northwest • Union Station (maintenance)* • NW Broadway and NW Naito • Steel Bridge West Side-Near Day Storage • NW 18th and NW Savier Southeast • Morrison Bridgehead Area-MLK and Morrison/Belmont (maintenance)* • Hawthorne Bridgehead Area-MLK and Madison/Hawthorne (maintenance)* • SE Morrison and SE Water (Morrison Bridge)* • SE Water and SE Madison • SE 37th and SE Oak (Laurelhurst Park area)* • SE 12th and SE Alder/Stark (maintenance)* • Greater St Francis Area-including SE 11th and SE Pine, SE 10th and SE Washington (maintenance)* • SE Division St and MLK (maintenance)* • SE Division Place and Grand (SE Ivon-maintenance)* • SE 6th and SE Washington • SE 8th and Mill Southwest • SW Naito under the Morrison Bridge • SW Naito and SW Madison • SW 10th and SW Columbia • SW Jefferson and SW Murray We will continue to monitor the situation along the I-205 MUP and SwCT, adjusting as needed. Finish projects that were started the previous week or are maintenance projects* To see a map of the locations reported during the last week, please click HERE (OPC Weekly Map). To see a rolling map of the last 12 weeks of reports, please click HERE (OPC Time Aware Map). Please note: The web-based version of the PDX Reporter app for your smartphone is now available. This new version allows us to more easily, and regularly, update the app for a better user experience. We encourage people to stop using the older iOS and Android version of the PDX Reporter app as they are no longer receiving maintenance updates, and will eventually be removed altogether. To create an icon for the new app on your phone’s home screen: 1) Visit www.pdxreporter.org on your phone’s web browser 2) Sign in using the same username and password created for the City’s website 3) Then pin a shortcut (icon) to your phone’s home screen for quicker access to the online One Point of Contact [email protected] PDX Reporter App www.pdxreporter.org Homelessness Toolkit www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit Online Campsite Report Form www.portlandoregon.gov/campsite Weekly One Point of Contact Update www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/reports MAP of Last Week's Reports Time Aware Map of the Last 12 Weeks .
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