THE MILWAUKIE PILOT Providing the Citizens Of Milwaukie With I nformation To Bet ter Govern Themselves VOLUME 23, ISSUE 4 ~ April 2013 MILWAUKIE CITYCOUNCIL 2 first Earth Day first Earth Event on Sat., April 20 by visiting (503) 786-7568orat Noon -Reconvene atMilwaukie • • • Project Work Startsat9a.m. 8:45 a.m.-Convene &Register atMilwaukie Presbyterian (2416 tobeautifyMilwaukie. services munity are sponsoringvolunteers, goodsand than 10organizationsfrom theMilwaukie com Celebrate EarthDay Horse ComicsPrez Series snagsDark and regional writersthefirst Thursdayofthemonth. withpublictalksby local arts celebrates theliterary creations, including has alsoproduced filmsbasedonseveral ofhis own Army, to producing filmssuchas international publishinghousein1986.In addition located at2215SEHarrison St. at thePond House, April 4 Horse Comicson president ofDark the founderand own Mike Richardson, features Milwaukie’s Cultural Forum of TheLedding The Cityof Milwaukie willhost Milwaukie’s Please pre-register by contactingBeth Ragelat Pizza Pietro’s and Milwaukie Cha Cha Cha by provided tion lunch! Presbyterian foracelebra Church - Milwaukie Presbyterian Kellogg Creek behindthe collection trash Riverfront Park - 21 along ing Downtown - Living Retirement View lamette SE Lake Rd.) The Ledding Cultural isafreeForum seriesthat Richardson foundedtheaward-winning The third discussion brings greatchangetotown Councilor Churchill:Spring th Ivy pull Ivy , at7p.m. Food and drinks drinks and Food www.cityofmilwaukie.org/volunteer Clean-up & weed & Clean-up st Coffee provided by Starbuck’s & pastries by Wil by pastries & Starbuck’s by provided Coffee and Main Street Main and

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Spring brings great change Help ‘refresh’ Downtown This month's Councilor Column is written by Councilor Scott “What do you want out of Churchill. To contact Scott, call (503) 786-7511 or send him your Downtown Milwaukie?” an e-mail at [email protected]. was the central question posed to those who attended an As Milwaukie steps into Spring Open House and Workshop with the blossoming of flowers, on April 1st, at 5:30 p.m. in one cannot help but think of the North Main Village, 10558 seasonal rebirth of our Willamette SE Main Street. Valley landscape and the change The meeting kicked off it brings us each year. As we the Fresh Look Milwaukie: watch nature bring this change, Downtown Road Map proj- one cannot help but see and hear ect – a major initiative to another change to our City. Light bring the various adopted Rail Construction is everywhere. The rumble of dump plans that map Downtown trucks, the pounding of pile drivers, the spinning of Milwaukie’s future growth in closer alignment with the concrete mixers, the clearing of trees and the removal community’s vision. The kickoff meeting was the first step of hillsides to make way for a new form of public in this process, and will be followed by a three month-long transportation for the citizens of our City and our community engagement process that will include community county. Light Rail. It will change the Milwaukie conversations with identified stakeholders. landscape as we currently know it forever. Those interested in engaging in the conversation are en- As we watch and observe the contractors, couraged to visit the Fresh Look Milwaukie project page on subcontractors, utility workers and traffic control the City’s website to learn how to participate. flaggers, I am reminded of the richness of our existing Neighborhoods and the citizens who live here. They are all part of our City and as residents and neighbors, they strive to respect each other as they go about BE PREPARED their busy lives. Everyone from Firefighters and Police Officers, young families and retirees, homeowners and If you need a little extra help to live independently, renters, City employees and small business owners all remember these tips: “Buddy up” with family/friends to work hard to be respectful of one another and to make help each other. certain that their work dovetails seamlessly into the Buy or make a medical alert tag or bracelet with rich fabric of our community. important info; make up a medical list that includes With that Milwaukie model of respect for one the names of your doctor, medicines/dosages, copies of another being set by its citizens, I know that the insurance cards/important documents. General Contractor for TriMet, Stacy and Witbeck see Be sure to keep at least one week’s supply of important how essential it is for them to respect the Milwaukie medication always available. Citizens as they leave for work, drop children at Check with fas.org/reallyready/disabilities/index for school, walk to the bus transit station or ride their more info. bicycles to downtown. After all, as contractors working on the Light Rail project, they are all guests in the community doing work with our tax dollars and our city general fund contributions. As a guest Get your garden plot in our town, I know that they are aware of how The plots of the Mil- important Safety, Security and Courtesy is for our waukie Community Gar- pedestrians, drivers and bicycle riders as they make dens at the Campbell their way along Harrison, Monroe, Washington and Community Garden and Lake Road. the Open Grounds Garden So when you see them next, give them a wave or call at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church are going fast! them at 503 962-2222 to let them know how they Only six plots are left and all were snagged last season, so act are doing. They will much appreciate the feedback. now to secure your plot. For more information call 503-342- 6330.

Page 2 www.cityofmilwaukie.org The Milwaukie Pilot Luelling or Lewelling? Written by Greg/Frank Hemer Our neighbors in the North East end of town technically can spell their NDA as Luelling or Lewelling. Just depends on choosing between Henderson or Seth… the Luelling or Lewelling Brothers. Yes, brothers. In the summer of 1847, Mr. Henderson Luelling left Iowa, bringing across the plains several hundred yearling grafted sprouts of apple, pear, cherry, plum, prune, peach, grape, and berries, and settled in Milwaukie. Seth Lewelling came west in 1850 and joined his brother of writing of Llewellyn to Luelling, for simplicity. Henderson at his nursery in 1853. During his whole life Henderson followed the spelling So why the different spellings? The family, originally, came adopted by his father; and so did Seth until as late as 1875 from Wales, and in the latter part of the eighteenth century when Lewelling was used in nursery catalogues. Seth adopted settled in North Carolina. Soon after arriving the head of the “Lewelling “ as his spelling of the family name, but “Luelling family decided to change the name from the usual Welsh style “was retained by the remainder of the family. Citizens invited to help update Transportation Plan The Transportation System Plan (TSP) of 2013, and while making these updates page, and identify whether any projects is the City’s guiding document for mak- City Council is asking the community should be re-prioritized, or recommend ing improvements related to transporta- to reassess the TSP’s project lists to make any new projects that would address im- tion in Milwaukie. The TSP identifies sure they still reflect the community’s portant needs. needs for the following systems: Pedes- priorities. To accomplish this Planning At an Open House on April 17, 2013, trian, Bicycle, Public Transit, Freight, Department Staff is asking interested from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Epis- Street Network, Neighborhood Traffic residents to review the Master Plans for copal Church (2036 SE Jefferson St.) at- Management, Downtown Parking. various modes (i.e., pedestrian, bicycle, tendees will learn about the TSP and have The City is required to update a num- public transit, etc.) on the City’s website, a chance to evaluate the Master Plans for ber of the TSP’s elements before the end located on the Planning Department the various modes.

The City Code Corner The Chief’s Corner Written by Tim Salyers, Code Compliance Coordinator Written by Bob Jordan, Chief of Police This month is all about the do’s and don’ts of yard In Oregon, an estimated 1,004,200 prescriptions go maintenance. unused every year - 663,000 from residents and another Trim your grass and blackberries lower than 8” 341,000 from long-term care facilities. Some of these Trim your trees and shrubs at a clearance height of 8’ over sidewalk drugs reach Oregon’s environment. Others reach those they were not prescribed to. DO’S and 12’ over the street Take your trimmings to a yard debris deposit center or your yard In partnership with the pharmacy team from Providence debris can Milwaukie Hospital, the Milwaukie Police Department Trim your trees so signs can be seen will host a prescription drug turn-in day Sat., April 27th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Milwaukie Public Safety Cut a tree down or work in the right-of-way (that area between Building, located at 3200 SE Harrison Street. Designed the sidewalk and the curb) to raise awareness of the abuse of prescription drugs, and DONT’S Cut a tree down in wetland areas to keep potentially dangerous drugs out of landfills and Plant a tree in the right-of-way without a permit waterways, the event will allow citizens to anonymously If you have any questions, please give me a call at 503- drop off unneeded or expired prescription drugs for safe 786-7409. disposal.

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ach Neighborhood Association has a Land Use change. Check the City’s website for current information. EChair monitoring applications the City receives. • April 9 - Planning Commission Work Plan, Stormwater To help track the process, these are upcoming Land Master Plan, CCEP overview

Use/Development Review hearings. Dates are subject to • April 23 - Tacoma Station Area Plan n Ardenwald/Johnson Creek n If you have any questions, please N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : t h contact Lisa T u e s ., A p r i l 9 , A r d e n . E l e m ., 6:30 p . m . Written By Lisa Gunion-Rinker, Member-At-Large at: 503-754- 1655. For more Spring is on the way with peonies, trilliums, and daffodils making their way forth. This means it is time for the information, Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Plant Sale! also check When: Sunday, April 28th from Noon to 5 p.m. out our Where: 3012 S.E. Balfour Street (Near our future website: www. neighborhood park) ardenwald.org. Please join the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Also, come join The Friends of Tideman-Johnson Park for our next for their plant sale. Bring your plant list, and plant work party scheduled for April 6th from 9 a.m. to noon. We enthusiasm, and come buy some choice plants to take home. will be mulching and pulling invasive plants in April! Meet Plants have been donated from some of our accomplished at the bottom of the 37th Street entrance - gloves, tools and neighborhood master gardeners, and some of our wonderful refreshments will be provided. More information is always neighborhood gardeners. This plant sale is a fundraiser for available at: www.ardenwald.org. development of a park master plan and will be located near We look forward to seeing you at the next neighborhood

the future new park. (Please bring cash or check only, as there meeting, and keep in mind that board elections will be

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N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : W e d ., April 10th, R o w e J r . H i g h , 6:30 p.m. M o n ., A p r i l 8, P o n d H o u s e , 6:30 p . m . Written By Debby Patten, Chair Written By Jean Baker, Chair Thank you to all who helped on March 24th with the clean- Our Neighborhood has undertaken some very big projects that up, weeding, and planting at Century Park, our traffic circle on will be a #10 in the Big Deal Scale in the near and far future. SE 34th, and the area around our sign on SE Washington. We are asking you to please be a part of them. We are a small We were lucky to have unusually good weather for March! group and can not take upon ourselves the decisions that if you When the daffodils are gone, we will still have some lovely knew about, would want to make for yourselves. colors in those areas! Emergency Response: As you may or may not know, April 22nd is Earth Day, which We are looking for people to work with each other, with pooled is another great opportunity for you to get out with family, effort in search & rescue, equipment, first aid, shelter creation friends, and neighbors and make our world a little bit nicer. and operation, food resources, child care, and organization. In SOLVE has lots of different dates, times, and places for you essence, how to form little communities to work together for to get out there and make a difference. Please check out their mutual benefit during wide spread emergencies. website at www.solv.org. I have signed up for the Milwaukie Review and Revise the City Transportation Plan: Downtown and Riverfront Cleanup on Sat., April 20th. If that We need volunteers to work with our neighborhood board doesn’t make you want to go ...! on the City plan’s required update. This is a 25-year-plan that Don’t forget in May you have an opportunity to make a covers streets, sidewalks, bikeways, which streets will be altered difference closer to home at our NDA. We are holding our to restrict or increase traffic, where we need bus service, park and annual Officer Elections. I have learned so much working rides, parking for downtown, all with limited funding sources with the NDA and met so many wonderful people in our We need your help in evaluating the plan from a neighborhood Neighborhood and the City. I highly recommend it! perspective.

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N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : M o n d a y , April 8th, 6:30 p.m., T h e G r a n g e M o n ., A p r i l 8, 7 p . m ., Public Safety Building Written By JoAnne Bird, Chair Linda Hedges The City is doing a Transportation System Plan update, and March was Earthquake Preparedness month in Oregon, and has decided to include the Neighborhoods in the process. As the State has just released the Oregon Resiliency Plan, which such, we will be looking for anyone who is interested in taking outlines the state of preparedness of our buildings, bridges, some time to familiarize themselves with the TSP and report roads and government to respond to and survive a large- back to the NDA on what they think will impact Island Sta- scale earthquake disaster. The short version is that we’re not tion. The Land Use committee and the Public Safety Advisory prepared. Committee Member (me) will also be involved. Do you think It will take months or years for utilities and infrastructure we need more pedestrian access? How about traffic calming? to return to normal following an earthquake or for a tsunami If you have opinions on these matters, or anything else, please of the scale as the one northeastern Japan suffered two years come to the meeting and share your wisdom. ago. So it begs the question – how are you and your family We are still looking for someone to set up and maintain a web prepared to take care of yourselves in a disaster, and for how page or blog site for Island Station. A volunteer with expertise long? Yes, you should have a 72 hour kit, but many professional would be greatly appreciated. emergency responders believe it could be weeks or months We will be discussing Spring Park at our next meeting. Tonia until a food and water supply is available. Burns of North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District, which Information on how you can plan ahead, train, and be ready looks after the park, will be there to tell us what’s going on with to survive such a disaster is available at: www.ci.milwaukie. the park and the funding she is seeking to make improvements. or.us/generalpage/emergency-preparedness; www.redcross.org; We will also be talking about our grant funds and how we www.ready.gov; or www.fema.gov. want to spend them both inside and outside of Island Station. Please remember if a severe disaster strikes, there is no magic Elections are looming in May. Anyone interested in serving in back-up plan for those who are unprepared. Talk with your any capacity is STRONGLY encouraged to attend the meeting family and neighbors. Decide on a comprehensive, affordable and letting us know you’re interested. emergency plan that will work for you and those you are

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d N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : d LINWOOD W e d s ., April 10th, 7 p.m., L e w e l l i n g E l e m e nt a r y Written By Pepi Anderson, Chair N e x t M e e t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n : Our fair City is about people and in the case of the NDA it is T h u r s d a y , April 11th, 7 p.m., L i n w o o d E l e m e nt a r y about being neighbors and looking out for each other. I have a Written By Lynn Kelland, CoChair neighbor who sneaks over and trims my small hedge when I’m As many of you know the Milwaukie Police Department lost not looking. It’s about relationships! their K-9 Officer last December. The NDA associations and City might involve politics such The Milwaukie Public Safety Foundation is in the process as zoning, code compliance, water bills, light rail, but it is also of gathering donations from the Citizens and Businesses of about supporting the purchase of a new police canine; raising Milwaukie to obtain another K-9 for the Police Department. money so we can make sure our children are nourished while Please donate what you can to this at school; giving bikes to school kids; making our high school cause. The K-9’s fill a very impor- kids safe by providing a safe graduation party and many others tant role in Police work and we not mentioned. Now there you see a large number of volunteers would like to fill this void as doing the right thing, helping out! soon as possible. The request would be to check the schedule; come once in For more information a while if that’s all you can do; and foremost, let your NDA please check out www.mil- leaders know what you want to talk about at a meeting. waukiepsf.org. There are a lot of plans for the summer going on in most Members of Linwood NDA’s, Music in the Park; Movies in the Park; Neighborhood NDA are encouraged to at- Cleanups; Plant Sales. Where can you put in your two cents tend the May meeting in which worth? Call or email your NDA chair and get involved. elections will be held.

April 2013 www.cityofmilwaukie.org Page 5 Celebrate National Library Week with Food For Fines To celebrate National Library Week the staff of Ledding Li- Unfortunately, lost materials may not be paid for under this brary are offering patrons the chance to swap some food for fines. program. From April 14th to 20th, every package or can of food brought First observed in 1958, National Library week is a national into the Library will pay down 50¢ of patron’s total fines. Maybe observance sponsored by the American Library Association and you forgot about that DVD last month and racked up a $2 fine. libraries throughout the United States. National Library Week Pay it all off with four cans of food. is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries and library All of the food that is collected will be picked up by the Or- workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide. egon Food Bank and distributed within the local community. It’s the perfect time to visit the Ledding Library. City Events Calendar April 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5pm City Council 6pm Citizen 6:15pm Public Pond House Book Store Library First Saturday MCH - Milwaukie City Hall, 10722 Work Session, Utility Advisory Safety Advisory 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Music Series SE Main St. (MCH) Board (JCB) Committee, (PSB) Charlie Mosbrook PSB - Public Safety Building, 7pm City Council Ledding Cultural Forum 3200 SE Regular Session, See Page 1 Harrison St. (MCH) JCB - Public 1 2 3 4 5 6 Works Building, 6101 SE Johnson Island Station NDA, 6:30pm Planning Lake Road NDA, Linwood NDA, 9:30am Milwaukie Pond House Book Store Creek Blvd. 6:30 p.m., Grange Commission, 6:30 p.m., Rowe Jr. High 7 p.m., Linwood Center Advisory 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. MC - Milwaukie Elementary Center, 5440 SE Historic Milwaukie (MCH) Lewelling NDA, 7 p.m., Board (MC) Kellogg Creek Ardenwald/J.C. NDA, Dr. NDA, 6:30 p.m., PND Lewelling Elementary Pond House Book Store 6:30 p.m., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. LED - Ledding Hector Campbell NDA, Library,10660 Ardenwald Elem. Milwaukie Poetry SE 21st Ave. 37 7 p.m., Public Safety Series Reading PND - Library Building Pond House, Pond House 7 p.m. 2215 SE Harrison St. 8 9 10 11 12 13 5pm City 5pm Council Pond House Book Store Pond House Book Store Council Work Study Session, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Session, (MCH) (MCH) 7pm City Council Regular Session, (MCH) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5:30pm Librarby 6:30pm Planning Pond House Book Store Pond House Book Store Board, (PND) Commission, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (MCH) Join ‘City of Watch City Council 21 & Planning22 23 24 25 Milwaukie’on:26 27 Commission Broadcasts On Cable Channel 30 or stream them on 28 the City’s29 website! 30 Facebook & twitter!

Neighborhood District Association (NDA) Information

Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Island Station Linwood Meetings held on second Tuesdays Meetings held on second Mondays Meetings held on second Thursdays 6:30 p.m., Ardenwald Elementary, 8950 SE 36th Ave. 6:30 p.m., Milwaukie Grange, 12015 SE 22nd Ave. 7:00 p.m., Linwood Elemen., 11909 SE Linwood Ave. Co Chairs, Matt Rinker & Jeff Davis Chair, JoAnne Bird, 503-653-0857 CoChairs Lynn & Beth Kelland, Neighborhood Website: www.ardenwald.org email: [email protected] 503-652-8589, email: [email protected] Hector Campbell Lake Road Meetings held on second Mondays Meetings held on second Wednesdays SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE THE PILOT 7:00 p.m., Public Safety Building, 3200 SE Harrison St. 6:30 p.m., Rowe Middle School, 3606 SE Lake Rd. ONLINE. VISIT CITY’S WEBSITE, Chair, David Aschenbrenner CoChairs Debby Patten & Vince Alvarez CLICK SUBSCRIPTIONS. Neighborhood Website: www.hectorcampbellnda.org email: [email protected] The City of Milwaukie looks forward to any Historic Milwaukie Lewelling questions or suggestions you might have. Meetings held on second Mondays Meetings held on second Wednesdays Please drop us a line or give us a call. 6:30 p.m., Pond House 5325 SE Logus St. 7:00 p.m., Lewelling Elementary, Phone: (503) 786-7503 CoChairs, Dion Shepard & Jean Baker, 503-659-4070 Chair, Pepi Anderson, 503-320-6577 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

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