Community Engagement Summary
June 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020 This report summarizes community engagement for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project from June 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
Overview The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project, led by ODOT, will improve local, regional, and international travel on the I-5 corridor. The project will reimagine highway overpasses to complement local street improvements that reconnect neighborhood streets. In doing so, the project will enhance public spaces while supporting opportunities for economic development. On the I-5 mainline, auxiliary lanes and shoulders will be added to improve travel reliability, safety and will smooth traffic flow between I-84 and I-405. Throughout the project, ODOT has and will continue to conduct outreach to and engagement with the public. ODOT continued public engagement after the close of the 45-day environmental assessment public comment period on April 1, 2019. During the environmental review phase, engagement activities included: • interviews with Black Portlanders and communities of color • working with a Community Liaisons Group to inform outreach • project presentations at over 100 events • nine hosted events with more than 280 attendees • community walking and biking tours • door-to-door outreach • a public hearing • updates via the project website Engagement during this time frame was described in a previous Public Involvement Summary through May 30, 2020. This summary describes the engagement from June 1, 2020 until December 31, 2020 leading up to and following the release of the Finding of No Significant Impact and Revised Environmental Assessment on November 6, 2020. Most of the community engagement during this time period focused on project awareness and outreach to environmental justice and Title VI communities to collect feedback informing project design and decision-making, particularly focusing on the historic Albina community that was harmed by the original construction of I-5 and other urban renewal efforts. This summary includes the following sections: • By the numbers • What we heard • Information sharing • Outreach and engagement • Attachments (supporting materials)
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By the numbers The following statistics represent engagement from June 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Other sections of the summary discuss this engagement in greater detail.
Approach . 1 online open house . 2 surveys . 10 project advisory committee meetings . 15 e-alerts (including e-newsletters and press releases) . 3 mailers . 4 briefings and 1 event (Meet the Proposers) with stakeholders
Reach • 135 comments submitted • 4,798 e-newsletter recipients (as of December 2020 newsletter) • 29 voicemails received • 27,390 website views • 400 businesses canvassed
What we heard The project team received broad input encompassing a large range of perspectives. This report summarizes themes identified between June 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Key themes include: • Support for the project purpose to address the largest congestion bottleneck in the state. • Support for the highway covers to reconnect the local street grid and create more community space in the neighborhood. • Support for the highway covers to be built in a way that would support development on top. • Desire for the highway covers to provide opportunities for economic development and restorative justice (e.g., affordable space for housing, businesses, and community-based organizations) and design elements and/or uses reflecting the historic Albina community and promoting community cohesion. • Need for improvements to local streets for multimodal safety and mobility with support for more separated and/or protected facilities for people walking, rolling, cycling, and accessing transit. • Opposition to moving I-5 closer to Harriet Tubman Middle School. • Support for the project to include mitigation measures reducing air quality and noise impacts to Harriet Tubman Middle School. • Opposition from bicycle and climate advocacy groups regarding adding auxiliary lanes to I-5 as a means to mitigate congestion. • Support for the project values particularly related to restorative justice and climate action and improved health outcomes.
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• Support for the project to complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). • Need for more community involvement and representation in project processes and decision-making, particularly from the historic Albina community and communities of color.
Information sharing
E-alert Five e-alerts announcing upcoming project advisory committee (i.e., Executive Steering Committee, Community Advisory Committee, Community Oversight Advisory Committee) meetings were sent to people who signed up for the project updates list and posted to the project website. The newsletters are included in Appendix 1.
E-newsletters Four email newsletters were sent to people who signed up for the project updates list and posted to the project website. The purpose of each newsletter and the topics included are listed in Table 1. Copies of the newsletters are also included in Appendix 1. Table 1. Project Email Newsletters
Number of Date Subject Purpose Sections Recipients July 31, I-5 Rose To provide • Community 4,740 2020 Quarter project updates Advisory Improvement about the Committee hears a Project July upcoming project update and Email Update advisory learns about committee workforce and meetings, business ODOT’s Notice opportunity of Intent to • ODOT issues Award for the Notice of Intent to Construction Award, takes step Manager/ toward unlocking General the project’s Contractor, economic virtual summary opportunity engagement, • Sliding into and field work in Summer: the project area. Engagement in Virtual Spaces • Community Opportunity Advisory
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field work, the • Historic Albina release of the Advisory Board Revised Recruitment Environmental • Have Your say at Assessment the Online Open and Finding of House No Significant • Rose Quarter Impacts, Recap: Project recruitment for Committees the Historic • A Rose by Any Albina Advisory Other Name: Board (HAAB), Featured an opportunity Community Voices to participate in • Rose Quarter an upcoming Underground: online open Looking at house and Conditions from the highlight key Bottom Up project team members. December I-5 Rose To inform • How Do You 4,798 3, 2020 Quarter recipients about Envision the Rose Improvement the online open Quarter? Project e- house and • Rose Quarter Newsletter provide updates Recap: Project on recent and Committees upcoming topics • Rose Quarter discussed in Underground: advisory Looking at committee Conditions from the meetings. Bottom Up
Press Releases Six press releases were sent to people who signed up for the project updates email list and posted to the project website. The press releases are described below and copies of each are included in Appendix 2. Environmental Peer Review Report The press release was sent on June 2nd to announce the findings and availability of the report completed for the Environmental Peer Review of air quality, greenhouse gas, and noise analyses completed for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Environmental Assessment. The report provided recommendations to incorporate into the project’s future design and construction phases, such as the requirement of low-emission construction equipment including
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electric vehicles. The review process occurred between April and May 2020. Staff from the City of Portland, Metro and Portland Public Schools participated in the process. Meet the Proposers Event The press release was sent on July 7 to announce that proposers in competitive range for the Construction Management/General Contractor contract would be providing an informational briefing for stakeholders, potential subcontractors and other interested parties from the community. The community questions and feedback provided at the event informed ODOT’s creation of at least one interview question for the Proposers to answer at the separate, mandatory interviews that took place the following day on July 9, 2020. Construction Management/General Contractor: Notice of Intent to Award The press release was sent on July 13 to announce the Notice of Intent to Award the Construction Management/General Contractor contract to Hamilton Sundt a joint venture, in association with Raimore Construction, for the design and build of the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. This partnership marked a significant action towards ODOT doing business differently−in a way better aligning community input and values with restorative justice. New Community Board The press release was sent on September 2 to announce the newly formed Historic Albina Advisory Board. The board is a 13-member decision-making body of current and former partners who will prioritize restorative justice and advise the Executive Steering Committee on project design elements, including the highway covers, while centering voices of Portland’s Black community. Applications were available from November 9 through November 30. Finding of No Significant Impact The press release was sent on November 6 to announce that the Federal Highway Administration issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project, marking completion of the environmental review phase under the National Environmental Policy Act. ODOT published the Revised Environmental Assessment and the Finding of No Significant Impact for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project online, which included responses to common community questions and information about design changes responding to community feedback. Survey Results The press release was sent on December 15, to inform the public of the results of the public survey conducted between September 8 through 28 to better understand community vision and values for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project and project area. African Americans were oversampled by the survey to reflect the demographics of the Albina area. After respondents learned about the project, 77 percent of Portland area respondents and 83 percent of African American respondents supported the project. This survey was conducted separate from an online open house survey that was available in late November 2020.
Mailers Three mailers were sent to residents and businesses within the project area regarding upcoming field work activities with potential noise and/or traffic impacts and project updates and
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Fieldwork Mailer: Summer A field work notification postcard was sent to 93 businesses and residents adjacent to pavement sampling sites in the project area in June 2020. The field work mailer was sent to inform those in the immediate area of the presence of equipment and to notify residents and businesses of nighttime noise and lane restrictions due to the field work.
Online Open House and Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact Mailer (December 2020) A mailer was sent to 20,826 households as an invitation to attend Online Open House from November 16 to December 6, 2020. The mailer invited the public to share feedback on the project and learn of ways to stay involved. The mailer was also sent to notify the public of the Revised Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact available for review online.
Fieldwork Mailer: Winter A field work notification postcard was sent to 5,122 businesses and residents within a quarter- mile radius of underground utility mapping, soil sampling, and hazardous materials sampling sites in the project area in December 2020. The field work mailer was sent to inform those in the immediate area of the presence of equipment and to notify residents and businesses of nighttime noise and possible lane restrictions due to field work in the area from early December 2020 through April 2021.
Project voicemail An informational project voicemail recorded in both English and Spanish was updated weekly to provide project updates. The hotline received the most traffic during October 2020. Table 2 includes the number of calls received by month. Table 2. Project Voicemail Visitors
Month Number of calls June 4 July 4 August 3 September 3 October 7 November 4 December 4
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Website The project website was available to the public at www.i5RoseQuarter.org. The website provided a way to learn about the proposed project and its history, as well as how to get involved, submit comments or sign up for project updates. The website was referenced on all project materials as the hub for the most in-depth and up-to-date project information. Between June 1 and December 31, 2020, there were 43 posts published and 27,390 webpage views. The website had the most visitors in July viewing news related to hiring the Construction Manager/General Contractor, upcoming field work, and community engagement opportunities. More than 60 percent of visitors found the project website through an online search engine, although another quarter of visitors were directed to the website from project newsletters or social media. The top three most visited pages were the homepage, the events page, and the document library. Figure 1. Website Visits by Month
Outreach and Engagement
Presentations and Outreach to Community-Based Organizations The project team held four community briefings by request to provide information about and updates on the status of the project, including the highway cover assessment, design elements, project committees, and disadvantaged business workforce development program. Briefings also included opportunities for participants to ask questions, request more information, and provide feedback to the project team. Table 3 lists when these briefings occurred and the organizations included. Table 3. Community Briefings Date Community Briefing Organization or Group type 10/8/2020 Disability Rights Oregon Briefing Community Organization 10/29/2020 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Community Organization Health (REACH) Briefing 11/4/2020 El Programa Hispano Católico Briefing Community Organization 11/5/2020 SE Uplift Briefing Community Organization
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Online Open House
The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project held an online open house event from Monday, November 16 through Sunday, December 6 with attendance from over 2,300 visitors. The purpose of the online open house was to share information with the public on the status of the project, the project’s values and outcomes, and preliminary design. Participants were also provided with information on next steps and ways to stay involved as the project works toward 30 percent design. The online format was used to reach as many people as possible given in- person limitations due to COVID-19 health guidelines. A summary of the online open house is provided in Attachment 4.
Open House Survey
The online open house also collected input through a set of questions to help the project team understand community expectations for potential highway cover uses and how the project should measure success in the future. In 2020, the Oregon Transportation Commission directed ODOT to retain a consultant team of local and national urban design, engineering, and environmental experts in response to project partner requests to conduct an independent assessment of the project’s highway cover designs. This independent team reviewed and provided input on the survey questions to ensure that the feedback gathered could inform their work to develop three design scenarios supporting the community’s vision for neighborhood revitalization and restorative justice. Future work from the Independent Cover Assessment team will gather input on the highway cover as well.
Over 300 participants provided input – expressing support for outdoor areas, community gathering spaces, and buildings with space for affordable housing and community organizations. Online open house feedback was consistent with and considered together with the results from the public survey (described in the next section below) to inform both the work of project team to refine overall design and the independent team to develop the highway cover design scenarios.
Canvassing Business canvassing for the Open House took place between November 18 to December 4, 2020. Outreach efforts prioritized Black and African American businesses, businesses in the immediate project area and businesses with whom the project had previously engaged as part of the environmental review phase.
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Figure 2. Canvassing Outreach
The project team sent a personal email from I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Communications and Public Involvement Manager April deLeon-Galloway to over 400 businesses in the project area. For Black-owned businesses without a valid email address, the project team contacted each business by phone to speak with the owner or manager or leave a voicemail with information about the project and invite their feedback (See Attachment 5).
Survey The project team conducted a statistically valid survey from September 8 through 28, 2020 to better understand community vision and values for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project and project area. A total of 605 adults in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties were asked a variety of questions ranging from their view on project elements to highway cover uses and project values. In line with the project values of restoring justice and elevating Black voices, the survey oversampled the African American community to better reflect the perspectives of people living in the Albina community (rather than the region). After being provided with more information about the values and elements, 77 percent of Portland area respondents and 83 percent of African American respondents expressed support for the project. Participants supported all of the project values and the new shoulders and auxiliary lanes on I-5 were highly popular elements of the project. Outdoor areas were the most popular highway cover uses among all respondents, while buildings containing affordable space for community organizations and other restorative justice elements were most popular with African American respondents. The survey results are available online and were presented to the Executive Steering Committee at the December meeting..
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Social Media Many project updates were provided via Twitter (8 posts) and Facebook (6 posts) to expand outreach beyond the newsletter email list to engage community members less likely to prefer receiving news by email. Social media outlets are especially important in reaching communities of color who are more likely to use sources like YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to receive content and news.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/On-the-Job Training Outreach The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project aims to improve economic opportunities and reduce barriers for disadvantaged business enterprises. Disadvantaged business enterprises are small businesses that are at least 51% owned by: • Minorities: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian-Pacific Island Americans and Subcontinent Asian Americans. • Women and other individuals on a case-by-case basis.
Meet the Proposers Event Proposers in competitive range for the Construction Management/General Contractor contract for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project provided an informational briefing for stakeholders, potential subcontractors and other interested parties from the community, and responded to moderated questions. The community questions and feedback provided at the event informed ODOT’s creation of at least one interview question for the Proposers to answer at the separate, mandatory interviews that took place the following day on July 9, 2020 The summary of this meeting can be found at: https://www.i5rosequarter.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/07/RQ_MeetProposers_MeetingSummary.pdf.
Community Oversight Advisory Committee (COAC) A Community Oversight Advisory Committee advises on the project’s disadvantaged business enterprise and on-the-job training program. Established in March 2019, the committee had four meetings during the last half of 2020.
COAC Meeting #4 The project team hosted the committee’s fourth meeting on June 18, 2020 via Zoom with eight members in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the changes to the committee’s charter and the role and expectation of the committee at the upcoming Meet the Proposers event. Thus far, the committee had focused on providing feedback on the development of the disadvantaged business and workforce program. The purpose of the committee was decided to transition to an oversight role of implementation and accountability. This was reflected in the proposed new name: Community Oversight and Advisory Committee (same acronym). Key takeaways regarding the role and responsibility of the committee include: • Accountability in partnership with ODOT
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• Committee reviews the Diversity Plan and workforce utilization as it relates to the disadvantaged business and workforce program goals • Committee may request written responses from the construction contractor to questions it raises • Provide feedback and make recommendations to ODOT The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/coac-meeting-4/.
COAC Meeting #5 The project team hosted the committee’s fifth meeting on August 13, 2020 via Zoom with ten members in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to explore the committee’s workforce expectations for the project. The committee discussed their expectations for the workforce program and the construction contractor. Their key points are as follows: • Workforce diversity data will be disaggregated. • Despite past workforce goals, the construction industry is still almost entirely white. There is a need to figure out why Black people are not joining the industry. • Workforce goals should not be aspirational. The contract should state concrete examples of steps that need to be taken to create long term, systemic change. • Committee members cited examples of other companies who have taken tangible steps towards addressing their lack of Black people in leadership positions. • It is critical to hold the contractor accountable to these goals by putting them in writing and including consequences and incentives in the contract. • Committee members requested to be briefed on the contractor’s contractual obligations and historical employment of disadvantaged business contractors by ODOT. • The workforce goals need to be realistic by taking into account other projects happening at the same time as Rose Quarter. • Working with apprenticeship programs would be a good step to reaching diversity goals. • Committee members shared several ideas on how to address barriers and harassment in the workforce. • The committee should push for ODOT to work with diverse firms as well as diversity in the construction workforce. The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/coac-meeting-4-2/.
COAC Meeting #6 The project team hosted the committee’s sixth meeting on October 15, 2020 via Zoom with seven members in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss topics from the Community Input Matrix in break out groups. Each breakout group discussed a separate question, listed below, and reported back to the full group with key points and feedback. • How do we create a workplace culture that benefits people of color?
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• How do we disaggregate disadvantaged business and workforce goals? • What can ODOT and the committee do to hold prime contractor accountable?
The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/dbe-ojt-coac-meeting-2/.
COAC Meeting #7 The project team hosted the committee’s seventh meeting on December 10, 2020 via Zoom with twelve members in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss project updates and continue discussing topics from the Community Input Matrix in break out groups. Two breakout groups discussed the questions listed below and then reported back to the full group with key points and feedback: • What recommendations do you have for the construction contractor to achieve a successful disadvantaged business and workforce diversity program? • What advice would you offer the construction contractor about their approach? The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/dbe-ojt-coac-meeting-4/.
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Community Advisory Committee was composed of up to 25 members who represent diverse perspectives including historic and existing ties to the project area and community. Members represent individual or organizational interests and served as a conduit of information between the committee and the community, organization and/or interest they represented.
CAC Meeting #2 The CAC’s second meeting was held on June 23, 2020 via Zoom with 17 CAC members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard findings from the African American and Native American Discussion Groups and offered their perspectives and suggestions to ODOT as part of a listening session. The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/cac- meeting-2/.
CAC Meeting #3 The CAC’s third and final meeting was held on July 23, 2020 via Zoom with 17 CAC members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard ODOT’s response to the last meeting’s listening session and learned about the project’s disadvantaged business and workforce program. The meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/cac-meeting- 3/.
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Historic Albina Advisory Board (HAAB)
The Community Advisory Committee was sunset in August 2020 to form the Historic Albina Advisory Board with the purpose to elevate voices in the Black community, ensuring that project outcomes reflect community interests and values and that Historic Albina directly benefits from the investments of the project. The Board advises the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project and its Executive Steering Committee about project design and how the project can support future development opportunities within the historic Albina neighborhood. The Board was convened in December with the first meeting scheduled for January 12, 2021.
Membership The board is composed of 13 members that include Black Portlanders and those with ties to Historic Albina. Membership is based on recommendations from the collective group of facilitators and consultants who support the project’s committees, as well as at-large members selected through an open recruitment process with input from Metro. The Board is composed of leaders and volunteers who work with and serve the Blank community in Albina and Portland. Members represent a wide array of civic and community interests.
Executive Steering Committee (ESC) The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Executive Steering Committee is composed of local government officials and pertinent community-based organizations in our region with 12 current members (representatives from Albina Vision Trust, Multnomah County and the City of Portland Office of the Mayor and Office of the Commissioner resigned in June 2020).The committee advises the Oregon Transportation Commission and ODOT on major decisions related to the project’s design and construction. The committee provides a critical opportunity for the Oregon Transportation Commission, ODOT, and regional and local organizations to work cooperatively to develop a design for the project that responds to local transportation needs in the area as well as addressing critical regional and state mobility, congestion relief, and safety improvement needs.
ESC Meeting #2 The committee’s second meeting was held on June 22, 2020 via Zoom with 15 members in attendance. At this meeting the committee discussed the values document and charter and heard about the environmental peer review process and final report. The meeting was livestreamed, live-captioned, recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/get- involved/events/.
ESC Meeting #3 The committee’s third meeting was held on September 28, 2020 via Zoom with 11 members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard updates on the project from ODOT, discussed the charter and received an introduction to the Independent Highway Cover Assessment. The meeting was livestreamed, live-captioned, recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on
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the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/esc-meeting-2/.
ESC Meeting #4 The committee’s fourth meeting was held on October 26, 2020 via Zoom with 10 members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard updates on the project from ODOT, adopted the charter and learned more about the Independent Highway Cover Assessment. The meeting was livestreamed, live-captioned, recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/esc-meeting- 4/.
ESC Meeting #5 The committee’s fifth meeting was held on November 23, 2020 via Zoom with 10 members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard updates on the project from ODOT and learned more about the approval of the environmental document, the finalization of contract execution with construction contractor, and the start of the project design and recruitment for the Historic Albina Advisory Board. The majority of the meeting was spent learning about the Independent Highway Cover Assessment and their work related to project document review, governance and finance, and the facilitation and needs assessment. The meeting was livestreamed, live-captioned, recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/esc-meeting- 5/.
ESC Meeting #6 The committee’s sixth meeting was held on December 14, 2020 via Zoom with 11 members in attendance. At this meeting the committee heard updates on the project from ODOT and learned about the community survey results and about the Independent Highway Cover Assessment. The meeting was livestreamed, live-captioned, recorded and posted on YouTube and linked to on the project website. All meeting information is posted on https://www.i5rosequarter.org/event/esc-meeting-6/.
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Appendix 1
E-Alerts and Newsletters
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Table A-1. E-Alerts and E-Newsletters Date Website Link June 16, 2020 June E-Alert July 16, 2020 July E-Alert July 31, 2020 July E-Newsletter September 3, 2020 September E-Newsletter September 24, 2020 September E-Alert October 14, 2020 October E-Alert November 9, 2020 November E-Newsletter December 3, 2020 December E-Newsletter December 9, 2020 December E-Alert
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Appendix 2
Press Releases
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Table A-2. Press Releases Date Website Link June 2, 2020 Environmental Peer Review Report July 7, 2020 Meet the Proposers Event July 13, 2020 Construction Management/general Contractor: Notice of Intent to Award September 2, 2020 New Community Board November 2, 2020 Finding of No Significant Impact December 15, 2020 Survey Results
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Attachment 3
Project Mailers
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ODOT crews will be in the Rose Quarter area on July 6 and 7 to conduct nighttime work The work will provide information about the existing pavement condition of local streets to inform the design of the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. What you will see and hear Crews will examine the pavement by drilling holes ranging from 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep to 8 inches wide and 10 feet deep. The holes will be backfilled within 24 hours and covered when not in use. You may hear some noise while crews work nearby, but activities will be no louder than typical traffic noises.
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I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Project Improvement Quarter I-5 Rose ONLINE OPEN HOUSE ONLINE YOU’RE INVITED TO THE INVITED TO THE YOU’RE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION ENVIRONMENTAL ODOT invites the public to participate in the participate public to the invites ODOT DOCUMENT NOW AVAILABLE DOCUMENT NOW The Federal Highway Administration and ODOT and ODOT Administration Highway The Federal Improvement Quarter I-5 Rose the released and Assessment Environmental Revised Project’s Impact. Finding Significant of No website. the project online at the document View November 16 – December 6, 2020 November Esta información también está disponible en español; está también información Esta llamando al 503-731-4128. solicítela For Americans with Disabilities Act or Civil Rights Title VI with Disabilities Act or Civil Rights Americans For or services, translation/interpretation accommodations, call 503-731-4128, TTY 800-735-2900 or more information Service 7-1-1. Oregon Relay ROSE QUARTER THEN... ROSE QUARTER IN ENVIRONMENTAL THE FUTURE... DECISION DOCUMENT In the 1950s and 1960s, ODOT’s construction of I-5 divided and The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project is NOW AVAILABLE displaced the historic Albina committed to supporting a safer, more just and inclusive Albina community and greater The Federal Highway Administration and ODOT community, specifically Portland’s Portland region. The project will make local, released the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Black community. We recognize Project’s Revised Environmental Assessment regional, and international travel more and Finding of No Significant Impact. that this action and other urban predictable and reduce frequent crashes on developments took generational the I-5 corridor, supporting Oregon’s economy, While this is an important milestone in the federal and will create new community connections environmental process, ODOT continues to work wealth and opportunity from the with the community and project partners to identify Albina community. To address this, to support future economic development. We potential solutions to minimize environmental effects we are committed to elevating the must ensure the historic Albina community including air quality, noise, and water. We are excited benefits from the investment of this project. voices of the historically harmed to work together to design and build a project that provides the most community benefit. Albina community to understand The project aims to reconnect both sides View the document online at the project website. the needs of and provide benefit to of I-5 to help reconnect the historic Albina this community as we design and community, unify the Albina street grid, and www.i5RoseQuarter.org/Library build the project. provide more community spaces. The project If you are unable to view the document on the project website, will improve transportation and community please contact us to discuss reasonable accommodation. places, spaces, and connections. It is estimated to save nearly 2.5 million hours of congestion per year and result in up to a 50% reduction What is an Environmental Assessment/ in crashes. It aims to fix safety issues on local Finding of No Significant Impact? streets and the reconfiguration of a highway An Environmental Assessment determines if on-ramp. With the new full shoulders, it also actions have the potential to cause significant environmental effects. The Environmental allows space for emergency vehicles and Assessment states the purpose and need for the potentially transit. proposed action, alternatives to the actions and Albina 1930s - Broadway and Larrabee environmental effects of the proposed actions and alternatives. Based on the Environmental Assessment, if the www.i5RoseQuarter.org action will not have significant environmental impacts, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 503-470-3127 [email protected] is issued.
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Stay informed Sign up for updates at www.i5RoseQuarter.org Questions? Just ask! 503-470-3127 | [email protected] 24-hour noise hotline: 503-731-8415 December 2020 December UPCOMING FIELD WORK UPCOMING is committed is committed Project Improvement Quarter The I-5 Rose Albina and inclusive just more a safer, supporting to The project region. Portland and greater community more travel and international regional, local, will make I-5 on the crashes frequent and reduce predictable and will create economy, supporting Oregon’s corridor, economic to support future connections community new both sides reconnect aims to The project development. Albina community, the historic help reconnect of I-5 to grid, and street issues on the Albina unify and fix safety spaces. community more provide See inside for details on work timing and traffic and noise and timing and traffic on work details See inside for updates: for website impacts. See project www.i5RoseQuarter.org. Three types of field work will inform project design and project work will inform types of field Three utility mapping, soil sampling, underground construction: sampling. materials and hazardous Crews will perform field work in the area from early from work in the area field will perform Crews April 2021. December through Project? is the What Purpose of Field Work ¿Hablas español? Podemos proporcionar la información de proporcionar la información ¿Hablas español? Podemos por recibir información en español. Para publicación esta llame al 503-731-4128. favor For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Civil Rights or Civil Rights with Disabilities Act (ADA) Americans For translation/interpretation and/or Title VI accommodations 503-731-4128, TTYservices, call 800-735-2900 or Oregon Service 7-1-1. Relay SOIL AND HAZARDOUS UTILITY MAPPING MATERIALS SAMPLING SOIL AND HAZARDOUS Utility mapping nighttime work starts in December Soil and hazardous materials sampling to start in December Utility mapping and investigation work will begin in Crews are expected to begin collecting soil and other MATERIALS SAMPLING AREA December and continue through March. Work will occur material samples throughout the Rose Quarter area in approximate location of on or near I-5, local streets, and the Rose Quarter Transit early December and continue through April. Sampling will daytime soil sample sites Center. Crews will collect and record the locations of occur on and near I-5 at nighttime and along several local approximate location of underground utilities to inform design and construction streets primarily during the day. The work will ensure that nighttime soil sample sites planning with short-term traffic impacts and little noise. designs are appropriate for local soil conditions and that approximate location 0 1/8 1/4 construction activities are done safely. of nighttime hazardous Here’s what you can expect: materials sample sites miles
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