ELIOT NEWS

A Publication of Eliot Neighborhood Association Volume 23 · Number 1 Winter 2014 Street Sign Caps and More Trees Coming to Eliot By Angela Kremer safe? ing the sign cap, though fabrication, he Beauty and Livability In September, the Beauty group and, installation through the Street Committee was formed in held a walking tour focusing on the Caps program of the Portland Bu- tree inventory and looking at where reau of Transportation. 2012 to implement the Sign Cap for ‘Alphabet District’ - T to build identity between Wiedler to The Beauty committee also in- Neighborhood Livability Partner- these are all over NW Portland ship. This one-of-a-kind Partnership Tillamook, from MLK to the free- cludes a Tree team headed up by Jeff between the Lloyd Community As- way. This walking tour highlighted Ramsey, who joined the committee sociation, Eliot neighborhood, and the problems of the Wiedler and in December and will be leading the Portland Arena Management Broadway area, but also positive Tree Inventory and planting efforts. (Trail Blazers) is a unique oppor- improvements like the new store- The Tree team is developing partner- tunity for political support, collabo- fronts and buildings occupants like ships with the Friends of Trees and ration and physical investments. The the Community Cycling Center. Boise neighborhood and welcome focus of improvement is the area During the September Beauty volunteers for these upcoming between Weidler and Russell from tour the group decided it is best to Spring events. Sign Cap for ‘Historic Irvington’ south to north and between NE 7th to focus on positive impacts on a The Beauty team is looking for the river, an area plagued by sports- streetscape level. In 2014, the Beau- additional members to help with de- related traffic and parking issues. In ty committee will prioritize two pro- sign, outreach, and funding. For ex- April of 2013, the Eliot Board of jects: the street sign caps project and ample, the Beauty team and the Eliot Directors voted to accept funding expanding the street trees into the Board of Directors are developing from the Neighborhood Livability areas along major corridors like outreach, see the sample Eliot Beau- Partnership for two projects. The MLK and Broadway/Wiedler. The ty survey in this issue and posted on Board approved the funds for plant- Street Cap project consists of in- the website. The committee also Bicycle Sign Cap ing 14 street trees and the Intersec- stalling the “street caps,” a fabricat- wants to reach out to business own- tion Repair, a painting on Tillamook ed metal additional sign, to the exist- ers and large landowners for ideas and Rodney Avenue, completed by ing street signs in selected areas. The and sponsorships, particularly of Bird is the Word over 50 volunteers who designed City Bureau of Transportation street caps and other improvements By Mike Warwick and completed the project in June charges $75 per cap to install the like trash receptacles. The Street 2013. Unused funding from 2013 over the street signs but its up to the Cap team offers volunteers the satis- he spotted owl has been a will roll forward since the funding committee to design the map show- faction of immediate results while flash point for forest man- from the Trail Blazers offers three- ing where, how many, and what sec- meeting great people who live near- agement in Oregon for tions are installed first. The actual by. T consecutive years at $5,000 per year decades, but how many of us have for improvements. The Beauty team fabricated cap must be designed; The next meeting of the Beauty actually seen one, or its nemesis, the is hoping that they will be able to typically these caps indicate the Committee is on January 28 at 6:15 barred owl? I haven’t, and I grew up partner with landowners for match- neighborhood or historic district p.m.- 8 p.m. at Koch Landscape Ar- in a logging community. My impres- with an artistic symbol or icon. You chitects, 2nd and Wielder. The Eliot ing funds to implement larger pro- nd sion was that the spotted owl was a jects. can see samples of the sign caps Board also meets on the 2 Monday small, reclusive bird that was easily Last June, the Eliot Neighbor- from other neighborhoods such as at 6:30 p.m. at the Emanuel Medical intimidated by habitat change and hood Beauty Committee posed a St. Johns or Alberta and the Office Building, West Conference being driven from its normal range question for all readers of the Eliot bikeways also have orange bicycle Room, 501 North Graham Street. by the much larger barred owls in- News: sign caps as well. The sign caps are Please contact Angela at vading from the east. Imagine my not paid for by the City but require [email protected] if you  What great ideas do you have surprise when my daughter claimed fundraising or Business District in- are interested in getting involved in for making Eliot more beautiful and to have seen a large owl in her back- vestment covering the costs of mak- either of these projects. ● yard on Russell by MLK last Octo- ber. Shortly thereafter, I saw a Our Voices Were Not Heard crowd in the middle of Thompson by NE 11th staring in the air at a By SmartGrowthPDX large owl. I was able to return with First appeared October 28th on my camera and took this picture. It www.eliotneighborhood.org was a barred owl, which I found out t was with high hopes that is about 16 inches tall – similar to residents of the Eliot and the spotted owl, so not small at all. I Boise neighborhoods took Mike Warwick can be reached at time out of their days to be active [email protected] ● participants in the Design Advice Request (DAR) on Thursday. This was likely our last chance to voice our concerns over the development of the lot at NE Williams and Fremont and the future development of the overall neighborhood that each one of us has invested quite personally in. When City Council approved the zoning change from R1 to RXd, it was stated that the DAR hearing would be our guarantee of The “Aleta” Proposed Development at N Williams and Fremont finding that middle ground where Our voices were not heard. Our tails of the building. This was very neighbors and developer would concerns were not addressed. Intelli- difficult for us to sit and listen to. meet. This was not that place. It felt gent discussions about the impact of How is it possible that we’re already more like being stuck on a boat in a building of this scale on the adja- debating about materiality and de- the middle of the ocean, trying to cent homes and neighborhood were tails of the façade without analyzing yell for help to the mainland. And not made. Instead, it became a three the larger context? How do you talk we only get to yell for three minutes. hour discussion on the minute de- (Continued on page 7) Barred Owl in Eliot

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Eliot Neighborhood Association The Eliot Neighborhood Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose members are the residents and business owners of the Eliot Neigh- borhood. Its purpose is to inform Eliot residents about issues affecting the neighborhood through meetings, newsletters and other activities. Members of the neighborhood association must be over 14 years old and live, own property, have a business, or represent a nonprofit within the neighbor- hood. The Eliot Neighborhood Association was founded in 1969. It is recog- nized by the City of Portland, is a member of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, Inc., and its members represent Eliot on other commit- tees.

Eliot Board Pending Listings bed bath sq ft price Chair Alan Sanchez – [email protected] (503) 288-4489 302 NE Fremont 3 1.1 1934 $250,000 Vice Chair Angela Kremer – [email protected] (503) 284-9136 501 NE Monroe 3 3 2880 $335,000 News Editor Allan Rudwick - [email protected] (503) 703-3910 Treasurer Annie Rudwick - [email protected] (503) 460-3078 Recorder Kristen Yates - [email protected] (503) 802-0299 Sold Listings bed bath sq ft price  Nancy Zimmermann – (503) 758-4856 2821 NE Rodney 5 5 2016 $319,000  Jim Hlava – [email protected] (509) 998-3406 2926 NE Rodney 3 2 2016 $336,500  Joan Ivan – [email protected] (503) 265-5868  Johnny Engleheart-Noel – [email protected] (503) 875-1213 526 NE Stanton 3 1.1 3766 $369,900  Kayla Mullis – [email protected] 87 NE Morris 5 2 1885 $390,000  Erik Olson – [email protected] 18 NE Stanton 3 2.1 3473 $399,900  Katie Hughes - [email protected] 126 NE Graham 3 2 2456 $395,000  Paul Van Orden - [email protected] (503) 522-3648  Stuart Malkin - [email protected] 2008 N Williams 3 2.1 3473 $443,825  Pamela Weatherspoon - [email protected] (503) 413-4630  Clint Lundmark – [email protected] (503) 552-8678  Patricia Montgomery – [email protected] (503)758-1263

Land Use and Transportation Committee LUTC Chair Mike Warwick – [email protected] (503) 284-7010 LUTC Vice Chair Allan Rudwick - [email protected] (503) 703-3910  Laurie Simpson – [email protected] (503) 280-1005  Clint Lundmark – [email protected] (503) 552-8678  Paul Van Orden - [email protected] (503) 522-3648  Phil Conti - [email protected]  Mike Faden – [email protected]

Eliot Monthly Meetings If you live or work in Eliot, you are welcome and encouraged to attend meetings of the Eliot Neighborhood Association, which are held the second Monday of each month at 6:30p.m. at Legacy Emanuel Hospital. It’s a great opportunity to meet your neighbors, stay informed, help build a stronger community, and have input into city decisions that may affect you.

All meetings at Legacy Emanuel Hospital on Mondays Land Use Committee - January 20 - Room 1027 Land Use Special Mtg - February 3 - Room 1027 Board Meeting - February 10 - MOB West Land Use Committee - February 17 - Room 1027 Board Meeting - March 10 - MOB West Land Use Committee - March 17 - Room 1027 General Membership Meeting - April 14 - MOB West For agendas and more information, see eliotneighborhood.org

Directions: MOB West Conference room is across the driveway from the Atrium of the Emanuel Medical Office Building at 501 N. Graham St. To get to the numbered rooms listed, enter at Stanton and Gantenbein and turn left past the security desk. Go up the half flight of stairs and turn right.

Eliot News Eliot News is published four times a year by the Eliot Neighborhood Association. It is delivered or mailed free of charge to every address in the neighborhood. It does not have a ISBN.

 Editor: Allan Rudwick - [email protected]  Advertising & Layout: Allan Rudwick - (503) 703-3910  Delivery: Susan Bailey - [email protected] (503) 284-7010

Rights to articles are retained by the author. Opinions of the authors do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the Eliot Neighborhood Association.

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Now It’s Bunk Annual Auction By Clint Lundmark but it is really good. Their Chicken Supports unk Bar is the latest of- Salad sandwich has Dijon, bacon fering from the Bunk and avocado. It’s also hard to not Irvington B family to occupy the want to try the Italian Cured Meats space under the Wonder Ballroom. with “Bunk marinated” hot peppers School About a year ago a new restaurant and provolone picante. By Adrian McCarthy named Trigger – billed as “a Bunk The bar is full service, serving up Joint” opened up. It was a sit-down your favorite cocktails or weekly he annual Irvington Auc- restaurant featuring quality Tex- Bunk specials. It is easy to get a seat tion is coming soon! This Mex. Over time they changed up the at the bar and order directly from the T year, we will be celebrat- menu a bit, some for the bad, some bartender on non-show nights. When ing with TOTALLY AWESOME for the good. The Beer Can Chick- the Wonder Ballroom is having a 80s. The fun event will be held near- en was featured in Portland Monthly show, it is a great place to grab a by at the Left Bank Annex, across in June. Eventually they switched to bite to eat, get a drink and just hang from the Rose Garden, on Friday, counter ordering and no longer had out before the show starts. March 14 at 5:30 p.m. The evening wait staff. That pretty much marked Check out their website at http:// begins with the silent auction, where the end of Trigger. Now, still a part www.bunkbar.com. The Eliot loca- patrons will have the chance to tion is mysteriously missing. Bunk Bar Sign on the side of the of the family, the space has become Wonder Ballroom browse through a wide variety of another Bunk Bar. Clint can be found at silent auction items from massages Bunk Bar is a unique, original [email protected] ● to wine to language lessons. Once sandwich shop and bar. Like other the silent auction closes, attendees locations, it is counter based order- will enjoy a lovely dinner and excit- ing complete with an “Order Food ing live auction featuring trips, Here” sign and a chalkboard menu. unique local experiences and one-of- They did retain some of the Trigger a-kind student classroom art pieces. favorites like Queso Deluxe, a It will be a TOTALLY AWESOME cheesy dip with guacamole, brisket night to remember. and jalapenos. You can also still or- The Irvington auction is the pri- der the Side Pipe, a large frozen mary fundraiser that provides fund- margarita with a miniature Corona ing for staffing and student activi- beer topsy turvy in the middle. Oth- ties. Whether you can attend the erwise, Bunk Bar is pure Bunk. event, donate goods or services or Though Trigger is missed, the volunteer, please support the Irving- sandwiches at Bunk Bar are really ton School to build a better commu- good. If you have thought to your- nity. self that you don’t like sandwiches, For more information, vis- do your taste buds a favor and at it www.irvingtonschool.com/auction least try it. The Cubano featuring ● pork belly, swiss, pickles and mus- tard may sound relatively simple, Bunk Bar Chalkboard Menu

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Wine at WineUp WineUp Co-Founders Wayne and Camille Spotlight on Small Business: WineUp on Williams By Nancy Zimmermann Chung integrated.” They have wine tours, a carved mahogany palace chair that ne of the most recent wine shop, a wine bar, a wine club, looks like it was lifted from a medie- additions to North Wil- and even a show on the internet val castle. O liams Avenue, WineUp (WineUpTV). He explains that Wayne considers himself a care- on Williams opened this fall in Eli- WineUp has distinguished itself taker of the space, just one in a line ot’s historic Rinehart Building. This from other wine tour companies be- of occupants stretching back to week, I stopped by to take advantage cause tourists are able to ship their 1910, when the building was first of the bar’s “Tightwad Tuesday” wine purchases home through the completed. The Rinehart Building deals and to chat with co-owner retail shop, obviating the need to has been home to many local busi- Wayne Oppenheimer. spend precious vacation hours nesses over the past century: a candy The Rinehart Building has been searching for appropriate packaging manufacturer, a brewery, a grocer, a vacant for more than a decade, but and delivery options. This capabil- meat market, and, most famously, this year its new owner, Timothy ity, along with excellent TripAdvisor the Cleo Lillian Social Club, which Brown, completed a total renovation reviews, has earned WineUp a Wayne describes as an African of the space. The rehabilitated struc- strong reputation amongst local ho- American speakeasy, one of only Suits of Armor Adorn WineUp ture sports restored brick, replica tels. two bars in Portland to possess a storefronts and cornices, two built- WineUp has also been offering gambling license. An integral part of work of subterranean passages con- out ground floor tenant spaces, and Groupons and daily specials to en- the neighborhood’s social life from necting basements to each other and five re-created apartment units. tice potential wine-lovers in to sam- the 1950s through the 1980s, the to the city’s shipyards. Although WineUp feels pleasantly familiar ple vintages from around the world. Club was a crucible for charitable there is no record of any such tunnel the moment you walk into inside, The current membership deal (for causes and community activism. In to the Rinehart Building, Wayne has and has already begun to establish $100, you get access to the cellar its heyday, it played host to cultural high hopes for rediscovering it be- itself as a favorite neighborhood eat- and one glass of house wine every icons Miles Davis, B.B. King, and hind one of the basement’s bricked- ery and hangout. Wine bottles, day that the bar is open) has helped George Foreman. off walls or stairways. He also plans guarded by a suit of armor, line the swell the ranks of Wayne’s “Cellar Passionate about cultivating a to collect and display framed photo- brick walls of the entryway, which Dwellers” club to about 150. sense of the structure’s cultural sig- graphs depicting scenes from the quickly gives way to the bar and The freshly remodeled cellar, nificance, Wayne has set about tap- Rinehart’s rich history. restaurant area. The place is already currently reserved for wine club ping into the neighborhood’s By the time Wayne and I head starting to hum when I arrive around meetings and special parties, has a memory of the building. After mov- back up to the bar, there’s not an six, with a group of patrons provid- den-like atmosphere, furnished with ing in, he put out word on the street empty seat in the house – pretty ing voluble commentary on the Port- a billiard table, wooden beams that he wanted to find out about the good for a Tuesday night. Fortunate- land Trailblazers game. Although wrapped in string lights, and a building’s past. It wasn’t long before ly, my parents (visiting from New I’ve never met him before, it’s easy charmingly eclectic collection of he received a visit from Robert and York) have staked out one of the to spot Wayne: the tall guy in the Craigslist finds. Wayne pulls his Xavier Browning, brothers who took tables, and we stay to enjoy a Panini middle of the room sporting purple “Wizard of Wine” staff out of the over management of the Cleo Lillian and a sampler of five wines, each of hair and a proprietary air. corner for me to admire, and ex- Social Club from their father Louis which as very tasty, particularly con- Wayne guides me downstairs, plains that he is converting the five- in 1975. sidering that all sell for $14 or less. I away from the increasing hubbub, foot tall wooden replica of Seattle’s While walking through the space feel like WineUp is already well on and immediately launches into an Space Needle into a cue rack. The with Xavier and Robert, Wayne its way to becoming a fixture in Eli- enthusiastic overview of his newest pièce de résistance stands at the head learned that somewhere in the build- ot. venture. He describes WineUp’s of the tasting table: Wayne’s ing’s basement is one of Portland’s Want a spotlight? Send ideas to unique business model as “vertically “throne,” a massive and ornately famous “Shanghai tunnels,” a net- [email protected] ●

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Eliot Eateries Planning Eliot By Mike Warwick Breakfast/Coffee/Cafés he Comprehensive Plan Bridges Café 2716 NE MLK Jr. (503) 288-4169 strictions, especially after hearing process continues. The some of the stories from Irvington Eliot E-Mat Café 2808 NE MLK Jr. (503) 280-8889 T second round of plan neighbors. That leaves few options Goldrush Coffee Bar 2601 NE MLK Jr. (503) 331-5955 comments ended December 31. The to protect Eliot’s historic homes and Tiny’s Café 2031 NE MLK Jr. (503) 467-4199 Comp Plan, as it is called, is a 20- character from developers interested TwentySix Café 2723 NE 7th (503) 284-6033 year blueprint for how the City of only in profit. Portland envisions its growth and One action the LUTC is consid- Bars/Taverns development in the upcoming two ering is using the Comp Plan to re- 820 820 N Russell (503) 284-5518 decades. It will affect how all of quest zoning changes to better pre- Bunk Bar 128 NE Russell (503) 327-8234 Portland’s neighborhoods and streets serve Eliot and to stimulate develop- Bill Ray’s Dive 2210 NE MLK Jr. (503) 287-7254 evolve, especially close in neighbor- ment along MLK. The last Comp hoods like Eliot. Some of the plan’s Gotham Tavern 2240 N Interstate (503) 517-9911 Plan changed zoning for many va- outlines were already agreed upon in cant parcels along MLK from White Eagle Saloon & Hotel 836 N Russell (503) 282-6810 the NE Quadrant Plan that was cov- “commercial” to residential. Most of Secret Society 116 NE Russell (503) 493-3600 ered in the Eliot News previously. the residential development that oc- Sloan’s Tavern 36 N Russell (503) 287-2262 That two year effort proposed a curred since has been for subsidized Tavin’s Pub 102 NE Russell (503) 719-4890 number of changes to zoning along housing and most of it lacks store- Broadway and into Eliot and west of front shops. The LUTC is proposing Waypost 3120 N Williams (503) 367-3182 Williams south of Russell. The Eliot replacement of the exclusive Widmer Gasthaus 929 N Russell (503) 281-3333 Land Use and Transportation Com- “residential” zones with a new WineUp On Williams 3037 N Williams (503) 616-1918 mittee (LUTC) is taking advantage “mixed use” zone Planning staff are Groceries of this once every 20-year oppor- developing as part of the Comp tunity to review the existing Eliot Cathay Market 2858 N Williams (503) 288-0330 Plan. This is not expected to be con- Plan and evaluate the need for zone troversial. On the other hand, the Chuck’s Market, J&S Grocery 2415 N Williams (503) 281-6269 changes and other modifications. LUTC is exploring a request to re- New Seasons Market 3445 N Williams (503) 528-2888 City staff are also considering zone duce the allowed development den- Knott St Grocery 2709 N 7th (503) 284-7490 and plan changes for Eliot, some of sity in Eliot’s core residential areas Super Market 2322 NE MLK Jr. (503) 281-0844 which may transform the neighbor- from 1 unit per 2,000 square feet of hood from an historic enclave to an lot area to 1 per 2,500. This change Lunch/Dinner inner city version of Northwest Port- from R2 to R2.5 will make zoning in Mint 816 N Russell (503) 284-5518 land. This is evident in the high rise, Eliot the same as it is everywhere OX 2225 NE MLK Jr. (503) 284-3366 no parking apartment blocks along else in NE Portland. The R2.5 zone Pizza A Go Go 3240 N Williams (503) 335-0300 Williams north of Fremont and pro- guides developers to position new posed for the area around New Sea- Popeye’s 3120 NE MLK Jr. (503) 281-8455 homes along the sidewalk rather sons. The in-fill construction evident than tucked in behind and therefore Queen of Sheba 2413 NE MLK Jr. (503) 287-6302 throughout Eliot is another example. preserves the back yards desired Russell St Bar-B-Que 325 NE Russell (503) 528-8224 Many of the new in-fill projects fit both by families and gardeners. This Sparky’s Pizza 2434 NE MLK Jr. (503) 282-3000 in to the neighborhood, despite their is the type of home most in-fill de- Toro Bravo 120 NE Russell (503) 281-4464 “historic” design and “skinny” house velopers are building and generally and townhouse (duplex) style. How- the most profitable. However, there ever, some developers have gone out are developers who are only con- of their way to cram too many units cerned with building as many units on each lot eliminating rear and side as possible. They care little for yard yards as well as privacy for adjacent space or housing for families. Sell- properties. ing a lot or an older, smaller home in In response, the Eliot Board and Eliot to one of these developers may LUTC are evaluating some zone and be more profitable with the existing other changes that we hope will bet- R2 zone than the proposed R2.5, but ter preserve Eliot’s historic charac- that really depends on what current ter, assuming Eliot residents and and future Eliot residents’ value. City Council think that is a priority The Eliot Board and LUTC have over increased development density. heard from many residents that they The existing Eliot Plan was adopted don’t like having a new home right by City Council in 1993. Although on their property line or their back Planning staff largely ignored it, the yards invaded by dense development Eliot Plan envisioned MLK as the that affects their privacy and blocks revitalized commercial street it once sun to their gardens. They also ob- was, with a mix of retail and com- ject to designs that don’t respect Eli- mercial uses at street level with ot’s historic character. If this is the apartments on upper levels of 3 to 5 majority opinion, the LUTC will story buildings. It also emphasized continue with its proposal to change preservation of Eliot’s historic resi- our residential zoning. You should dential area through the Eliot Histor- expect to hear more about this in the ic Conservation District, which spring. doesn’t provide the same level of Mike Warwick is the Chair of protection as a “true” Historic Dis- Eliot’s Land Use and Transportation trict such as was recently adopted in Committee and can be reached at Irvington. There does not seem to be [email protected]. The sufficient support for “historic dis- LUTC has 7 members and welcomes trict” status for Eliot among resi- the public to its meetings every 3rd dents and the many absentee land Monday at 6:30p.m. at Emanuel owners. 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(Continued from page 1) gard and desecration of our neigh- about architecture without talking borhood. And while it is easy to just about place? This is the most basic wash our hands of the whole process and essential element of creating in utter frustration, we’re not going amazing, lasting architecture. Archi- to. We are vested in this neighbor- tecture should not create its own def- hood! And while we may be vulner- inition of a place, but should able to the decisions made by the strengthen the existing fabric that few with power, we’re going to keep has been woven for over 100 years. voicing our concerns and our voice And we are not talking about repli- will only become stronger and more cating historic buildings because of united. We have the support of our the historic homes in the neighbor- neighbors, friends, and family. We hood (we’re a little more modern have the support of neighbors near and savvy than that). We’re talking and far. And if the developer or the about finding ways through the ar- city would like to engage in a pro- chitecture to express what makes ductive and intelligent discussion The “Aleta” proposed development view from NE Ivy and Williams this neighborhood wonderful. What (not a three minute statement) about foundation are we building upon? the growth and development of our Numerous neighbors expressed neighborhood, or even about why their well-founded concerns about we love the neighborhood we live in, massing, use, traffic, and various you know where to find us. Our impacts such large and fast growth doors are open. will have on the neighborhood and SmartGrowthPDX is a group of their homes. Yet no response was neighbors in the Eliot Neighbor- given. While it was stated at the be- hood. You can find out more at ginning of the hearing that develop- www.smartgrowthpdx.com. ● er/applicant Ben Kaiser’s own par- ticipation as a member of the Design Review Board would have no impact on their review of this application, it was impossible to feel that the re- Editor’s Desk view was fair and impartial. The By Allan Rudwick relationships already established i, readers of the Eliot were evident. We can’t help but News. Now that you’ve wonder if that’s why the concerns H made it this deep into we brought up were glossed over. To the paper, I want to ask, do you want say we were disappointed is an un- the Eliot News to continue? In its derstatement. We felt helpless, frus- 23rd year, the Eliot News is a paper MLK Christmas Tree trated, and angry. Perhaps if we had medium in an increasingly digital known that we would more or less world. It is delivered quarterly - not Christmas at the Gateway be observers to a discussion on ma- enough for timely news or even to By Mike Warwick teriality and courtyards, we would keep it on your mind in between attended, with free hot drinks and have stayed at work or at home and issues. he MLK Gateway where live jazz an additional attraction. done something more meaningful Being volunteer edited and deliv- MLK and Grand merge The band played at least one original with that time. But what felt the ered, the Eliot News is able to stay T just north of Broadway Christmas song. A gospel choir was most meaningful, was having a say above water financially, but effort- has been the site for a Christmas tree also on the agenda. Make a note to in what our neighborhood becomes. wise we struggle to survive. What hosted by the North/NE Business visit the tree at night, and attend the We came for a compromise and a will be the future of this paper? Association (NNEBA) for the past tree lighting after Thanksgiving next discussion and came away with Should we expand or fold? two years. The tree lighting ceremo- year. nothing to hang our hats on. Instead, Please contact Allan with ideas ny was November 30. Despite the Mike Warwick can be reached at we’re witnessing the complete disre- at [email protected] ● chilly weather, the event was well [email protected] ●

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Letter from Eliot Neighborhood Association Chair By Alan Sanchez The ENA has important agenda items that neighborhood voices are liot in First Quarter 2014 needed for. Please make a date to is an exciting, energized attend our next meeting and give us E and rapidly changing your opinion(s). Our next meeting is neighborhood. During my time serv- February 10th, 2014 at 6:30p.m. ing on the Eliot Neighborhood Asso- located in Emanuel Hospital’s Medi- ciation (ENA) Board, many events cal Office Building – West Confer- and neighborhood highlights have ence Room (501 N Graham). held my interest and spurred me to- Agenda items include: wards further involvement, gaining -renaming Eliot neighborhood? more opportunities to experience -proposed zoning changes and help Eliot thrive. -committee projects Highlights include: Alan Sanchez is the incoming -Eliot Oral History Project Chair of the Eliot Neighborhood -Eliot News Newsletter Association and can be reached at Volunteers of America helped out at the Eliot Neighborhood Clean- -Concerts in the Park [email protected] ● Up, which incoming ENA Board Chair Alan Sanchez ran last year Tree Inventory Planning Portland coming to Eliot By Mike Warwick housing options. This concern led proved, and other institutions in the he current Comprehensive Eliot to encourage use of an Rx zone city want more certainty than By Jeff Ramsey Planning process provides at the corner of Fremont and Wil- “conditional use” provides. or the past four years, T city planners with a once liams recently, to its regret. (An Rx (Conditional uses must be reaf- Portland Parks and Recre- every 20-year opportunity to rethink zone is Central housing, and allows firmed every 10 years and, in theory, F ation (PP&R) has spon- it planning processes and tools. It is buildings up to 100 feet high.) Plan- could be revoked.) Planning staff sored street tree inventories in neigh- evaluating two tools that are im- ners expect to select citizen advisers have selected advisors to evaluate borhoods across Portland as a way to portant to Eliot as part of that pro- to help evaluate the need for and how it should treat institutions going assess the condition of the urban cess; the Ex zone and characteristics of a new mixed use forward. Generally, residents are forest and build community around “institutional” (hospitals and colleg- zone in January. That effort may not fearful existing institutions will en- this shared resource. Thus far, the es) land uses and users. be completed for a year; however croach or otherwise debase their project has collected information When the current Comp Plan was the “new” zone may be included in neighborhoods, and institutions like about the location, species, health, adopted in 1993, mixed-use develop- the draft Comp Plan this summer. Emanuel, covered by IMPs, want and size of nearly 70,000 trees in 17 ments were an exciting and encour- The City views colleges and hos- looser rules. This advisory commit- neighborhoods. Knowing where aging development but still relative- pitals as future “engines of growth.” tee will try to work through these trees are (and aren’t) in Eliot is the ly new. Financing a project with Most colleges and hospitals in the issues to fulfill the City’s goal of first step in protecting the beautiful both commercial and residential ele- city operate as “conditional uses” accommodating economic develop- old trees in our neighborhood and ments was difficult so the need for a generally in the midst of residential ment and neighborhood goals of prioritizing where to plant the grand, new “mixed use zone” wasn’t clear. neighborhoods. Emanuel Hospital is preservation and enhancement. Eliot old trees of 100 years from now. The Ex zone was supposed to en- an exception, largely due to the fact has a representative on this commit- Using this information, neighbor- courage “Employment,” but also it eradicated a large swath of Eliot to tee as does Emanuel. The current hood volunteers will develop a tree allows residential development. It create its current campus and, as a plan is for results in a year and input plan for Eliot to guide planting in has since been a favored zone for result, Eliot demanded procedures to to the Comp Plan as it is developed. the future. mixed use developers, however, in prevent its further encroachment into Finally, the Bureau of Transpor- While PP&R will host inventory order to accommodate the neighborhood. The result was an tation has two ongoing projects that events this summer, we need to start “employment” activities, it has lax Institutional zone for the Emanuel will affect Eliot in the near future: planning now. design requirements. Also, although campus and adoption of an Institu- the Williams Traffic Improvement If you are interested in connect- residential development is allowed, tion Management Plan (IMP) to Project and the Rodney bikeway. ing with tree lovers and being part it is not required. One consequence govern development within the cam- The Williams project has been of the team that develops the Eliot is that property zoned Ex may be pus. Although the IMP is complex covered in the News previously. Tree Plan, please contact Jeff Ram- used for a fast food drive through or and awkward to apply, it has served Briefly, traffic will be reduced to sey at [email protected]. This a convenience store rather than a Eliot well. Nevertheless, Emanuel one-lane along Williams except near project is funded by the Neighbor- more dense development offering chaffs under its restrictions, there are New Seasons. Bike lanes will be hood Livability Partnership.● more employment opportunities and areas Eliot would like to see im- improved and revised. Some parking will be removed and new traffic sig- nals will be installed on North Cook. We have discussed potential traffic evasion problems with nearby neigh- bors and the City already, but more discussions are planned as construc- tion starts. Rodney is targeted for a “neighborhood greenway” in the Portland Bike Plan. These are gener- ally routes that have less traffic, slower vehicle speeds, and are better suited to occasional and timid riders than hard core commuting routes. When this was first proposed there were concerns that the street south of Sacramento is already too narrow for two cars to pass and fear that parking may be removed. We are inviting the lead Transportation planner for these projects to a spe- cial meeting of the Land Use Com- mittee on February 3rd. Check the Eliot web site for further infor- mation. Mike Warwick is the Chair of Eliot's Land Use and Transportation Committee and can be reached at [email protected] ●

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