Mayor Wrangles Votes for Renewal
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‘FROZEN’ DREAMS COME TRUE EDITION — SEE LIFE, B8 GREATER PORTLAND PortlandTUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014r • TWICEt CHOSENl aTHE NATION’Sn BEST NONDAILYd PAPERTTribune • PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COMrib • PUBLISHEDu TUESDAYn AND THURSDAYe Mayor wrangles votes for renewal ■ Changes By STEVE LAW expressed confi dence he has “We are aware that the two The city’s The Tribune majority support on the City “The PDC and the commissioners have their con- planned to PSU Council for his urban renew- cerns about the plan,” says Education Urban district face Horsetrading has begun al overhaul, it appears he mayor’s offi ce Dana Haynes, Hales’ spokes- Renewal Area on Mayor Charlie Hales’ lacks the votes to dump the man. “The negotiations have uphill battle need to be more includes money proposal to eliminate the education district. begun to try and convince as watch- city’s urban renewal district City Commissioners Nick forthcoming with them.” to expand PSU’s dog tries to surrounding Portland State Fish and Amanda Fritz say Former Mayor Sam Adams business school, information about but that might pierce veil University. they’re reluctant to elimi- and PSU President Wim Hales divulged plans last nate it, while Commissioner this for the rest Wiewel spearheaded creation reduce property of City Hall week to redraw the city’s ur- Dan Saltzman is expected to of us to see.” of the district, which would taxes available talks ban renewal district map, in- abstain from voting because raise $169 million in property for local schools cluding dumping the fl edgling his family owns property in — Debbie Aiona, taxes over 30 years. Plans and community Education Urban Renewal Ar- the district. That leaves League of Women called for spending $2 million colleges. ea championed by his prede- Hales short of a City Council Voters of Portland TRIBUNE PHOTO: cessor and PSU. While Hales majority. See URBAN/ Page 9 JAIME VALDEZ Liberals also want ‘city that works’ Survey says political lines blur when potholes need to be lled By JIM REDDEN The Tribune Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commission- er Steve Novick are looking for millions of dollars for ad- ditional road Mike Verbout, a retired PPS maintenance. teacher and principal of 33 years, TRIB They may de- is passionate about the future of cide to put a SERIES Roosevelt and his community. new fee or tax TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE on the Novem- LEANING TO THE LEFT ber 2014 ballot. LAST OF If that hap- THREE PARTS pens, passing ■ Mike Verbout lls up his retirement with a search for solutions it should be do- able, based on the results of the 2013 Oregon Value & Be- Mike Verbout owns a book called “I Hate the businesses, individuals and groups liefs Survey. Meetings.” that have made a difference. According to the survey, road But the lifelong North Portland resident “I think it takes everybody — the team, infrastructure is the No. 1 issue loves his neighborhood. the village,” he says. Portlanders want local govern- He sees meetings and The other two event ment offi cials to do something GATHERING STORY BY “gatherings,” as he likes founders are North Port- about. A full 67 percent of city to call them, as a neces- JENNIFER ANDERSON land business people and residents believe government sary part of bettering his neighbors Dan Halko should stimulate the economy community, local busi- and Joanna Lawler. through spending on jobs and ness climate and public school system. Last year’s event sold out all 350 tickets; infrastructure. TO SOLVE “I try to facilitate things, create things, this year’s event is set for March 15 at the The same per- always trying to get people to collaborate University of Portland. It’s called “Magic cent say they and network,” says Verbout, who is reluc- Happens in North Portland,” and will fea- are willing to tant to take the spotlight, since he sees ture entertainment by illusionist William increase or re- himself as a convener. Scott Anderson, a native Oregonian, U.S. allocate some PROBLEMS Four years ago, he helped create an Army veteran and 2010 fi nalist on “Ameri- of their taxes event called “Celebrate North Portland,” for road and with the goal of recognizing and honoring See VERBOUT / Page 2 highway main- tenance. And a slight majority NOVICK — 51 percent — say we don’t spend enough on public services and should increase some taxes. But Hales and Novick aren’t Loss tempers PCC’s tourney victory taking anything for granted. They are conducting a series of “I know was lying in the road at South- town hall in different parts of Forward plays for his he’s watching More inside east 173rd Avenue and Division the city to hear what residents father, who was killed over me right Related stories about Street. Police said they don’t are willing to support. The Bu- Angelo Tupper was now,” Angelo the PCC basketball know why Tupper was in the reau of Transportation is also one of the key in January accident Tupper, a 6-4 team in today’s road. They were told he had polling city residents on the is- forces in the middle forward from Sports section been in a nearby lounge, but sue. A scientifi c survey has al- for the Portland By JOHN HOWARD Madison — See B1 they said he wasn’t intoxicated. ready been conducted and an Community College Pamplin Media Group High, said of Angelo Elton Tupper was online survey is underway on basketball team, his late father, 46-year-old An- struck by a white 2013 Mer- Novick’s website. which last week It meant something special gelo Elton Tupper, who was cedes C250 driven by 43-year- Hales and Novick are wise to won the Northwest to one Portland Community struck by a car and killed on old Ted Chu, who was driving take it slow. No matter what Athletic Association College basketball player Southeast Division Street in east on Division Street in the Portlanders say they believe, of Community when the unheralded Pan- late January. right lane. Chu immediately the 2013 Oregon Values & Be- Colleges title. thers became regional cham- Angelo Elton Tupper died stopped and cooperated with liefs Survey includes another PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: pions March 4 at Kennewick, Jan. 30 when he was struck by a JOHN HOWARD Wash. car at about 8:30 p.m., while he See PCC / Page 7 See POLL / Page 7 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune deliver balanced news that re ects the TRIMET SAYS IT IS DRIVEN BY EQUITY stories of our communities. Thank you — SEE INSIGHT, PAGE A6 for reading our newspapers.” Inside — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR 480033.030614 A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Group says PPS fumbles Roosevelt High project Roosevelt high Critics worry that school is pps’ modernization work first full rebuild project, with may be ‘misguided’ $82 million in 2012 bond funds. Roosevelt alum By JENNIFER ANDERSON Concerns and community The Tribune surfaced this leader Mike week about the Verbout (left) A group of North Portland design process chats with friend community members has so far. Mel Osbeck, who called foul on Portland Pub- TRIBUNE FIlE PHOTO volunteers daily lic Schools’ modernization at the school by design process for Roosevelt reinventing the wheel instead.” She and Vice Principal Greg sweeping leaves High School. n The 6,000 square feet pro- Neuman played down criticism and sprucing up They say it has been less posed as CTE space at Roos- of the design process. the grounds. than transparent, misguided evelt is not nearly enough, con- “There’s a lot of folks that TRIBUNE PHOTO: and not reflective of the sidering the minimum stan- want a lot of things,” Neuman JONATHAN HOUSE community. dard for schools nationally and said. “I wish we could have all “This is a 75- to 100-year in Oregon is about 10,000 of that too. At the end of the project that requires big think- square feet, and Franklin High day, there’s X amount of bud- ing, big actions and big re- School has 20,000 square feet of get and X amount of footprint. sults,” the critics wrote in a let- CTE space proposed in its re- ... It’s a zero-sum game.” ter emailed to district officials build. There aren’t any com- In addition to DAG meet- Verbout: ‘Gathering’ March 3. “This is not currently plaints with that process so far. ings, Williams points out that happening at Roosevelt so we The proposal is to split Roo- there have been community de- need to get the process back on sevelt’s 6,000 square feet into sign workshops and other ways track so the Roosevelt commu- four sections: 2,000 square feet for the public to get involved. nity is not stuck with a medio- for a STEM lab; 2,000 square “I understand people want looks at business climate cre school doomed to fail the feet to teach electrical, metal to know how their input is go- North Portland population.” and wood working; 1,000 ing to be valued and used,” she n From page 1 sory Committee, which exam- gather once a quarter.” Taxpayers will be watching square feet for a small-busi- says. “We are a district are be- ined the needs of the schools They called it The Gathering, the Roosevelt project closely ness lab and 1,000 square feet ing transparent with the pro- and tried to anticipate future and the name stuck. By design, since it is the first full rebuild for a publishing lab.