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| March 5, 2008 |
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| Written by Philippe Kreiter | |
| Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | |
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HILLSDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES 5 March 2008 I. The meeting was called to order at 7:04. A. Greeting B. Introductions C. Approximately 17 present. II. Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved. III. Review of Jan 2008 Meeting Minutes--see Hillsdale web site (http://www.hna-pdx.com). The minutes were approved. IV. Hillsdale Officer Brian Hughes provided a public safety update. Mostly deals with traffic issues and theft. Other events: A. Homicide last year near Papa John’s – drug related. Two people who are not from Hillsdale met there for a drug deal. The friends of the victim dropped the victim off at the Hillsdale Hospice thinking it was a hospital. B. Homicide in a transient camp under the overpass from Capitol Highway onto Barbur Blvd. It involved a homeless victim. There was a very large homeless camp under that ramp and it tends to have a lot of problems. The camp was cleaned out and bars were installed to prevent access to the area. C. Identity Theft Investigations – there have been a number of identity thefts in the area. The source of the fraud has been identified. D. Car break-ins in the Watershed –end of January and early February. E. Identity theft in general – Be careful with junk mail; anything with your name and address that arrives should be shredded before it is discarded. Credit card offers are a particular example of mail that needs to be shredded. Also, be very careful with checks. Don’t leave checks in your mail box with the red flag up. These are often stolen and then fraudulently cashed. All checks should be put in an official US mail post box. F. Car prowls are a problem in the area. Make sure that you don’t leave things in your car. “When a prowler sees a gym bag, s/he doesn’t know if it contains dirty socks or an I-pod.” V. Hillsdale Town Center Planning --Issues Hillsdale wants to have addressed as we proceed with planning in the town center. Rick Seifert. Reps from HBPA, HNA, Farmers’ Market, and the schools’ PTA will meet periodically with Brian Sheehan for planning issues. They are also discussing photovoltaic panels that significantly contribute to powering Rieke school. Also, issues about increasing Hillsdale density as a way to relieve pressure on the urban growth boundary are also being discussed. VI. Agreement with South Portland Neighborhood Association about improvements for Naito Parkway from Barbur to I-405. A solution is being sought that will serve the needs of both Hillsdale and the South Portland neighborhoods. A. Proposal: As presented by Don Baack (pasted from Don’s document) Agreement of Basic Principles on the South Portland Improvements Project The Board of the Hillsdale Neighborhood Association and the Board of the South Portland Neighborhood Association, by majority vote in regular public meetings, hereby adopt and agree to the following principals in regard to the South Portland Improvements Project. This project represents the recommendations of the South Portland Circulation Study adopted by Portland City Council on August 1, 2001, and is identified as project # _______ in the Portland TSP and as project # 10235 in the Metro RTP. The purpose of this present agreement is to further define certain design aspects of the project. The associations agree that these design features should be those followed by City of Portland as the project moves into the environmental assessment and preliminary engineering phases, and on to final design and construction. Naito: Four operable lanes in each direction with out bump outs to prevent having 2 lanes of traffic flowing during rush hour, designed to permit parking when the flow of traffic does not require the street capacity. Speed limit reduced to make the street more pedestrian friendly. Designs to help assure the speed is reduced will be supported. Signals at key intersections which have been reduced to average grade to accommodate pedestrians, bikers and autos will be supported. Ross Island Connection: If the current connections to the Ross Island Bridge are removed, a direct two way connection to the Ross Island Bridge bridgehead area at the west end of the Ross Island Bridge will be provided concurrent with the removal of the current connections. This connection at Kelly & Woods shall be signalized such as to allow equal access from the west as from the north and from the east heading south to Barbur. Signal timing shall not be used to delay the flow of traffic to or from Naito Parkway. It is not acceptable to cause Naito traffic seeking to cross the Ross Island Bridge to detour north of the current connection beyond Woods. The neighborhood associations agree that once the EA is completed, PDOT should attempt to identify funding for preliminary engineering, final design, and construction of the project under the same criteria and from the same sources as those applied to other transportation projects in southwest Portland. B. It was moved to adopt the proposal. The motion was seconded. In discussion, association members suggested that a map is needed so the project can be visualized before a decision can be made. The motion is tabled until June. C. A committee will prepare a presentation of the issues and possible solutions for the June meeting. Aloha Weise, Glenn Bridger, Robert Hamilton, and Rick Seiffert VII. Halo LID progress update and Safe and Sound Streets proposal. Wes Risher. There are three Halo LID projects that are being considered. The Halo concept is to charge not only the people whose property borders the project, but also people who live in the area and would benefit from the project to impact individuals bordering the project less. There will be open houses to see what these projects might look like and get a sense of the cost. Vermont, Hamilton, and SW 35th from Jackson Middle School to the south. MTIP looked at projects and set priorities: Capitol highway near Hoot Owl corner and Vermont to Taylor’s Ferry Rd., Red Electric, several Barber projects, and Slavin Road to get down to Corbett, and improvements to the Barbur bridge. Also, a pot of money was requested to subsidize each of the Halo LID projects so that the property owners will see that other people are involved in carrying the cost. There are also several intersections, dangerous for pedestrians; it is being pushed that these be reconfigured. VIII. Update on progress on trails in Hillsdale Park and adjacent school property. No report. IX. Update on trail planning for the Oregon State Parks planning effort for the Hillsdale to Lake Oswego Pedestrian Trail. The Boones Ferry Bridge at Arnold over Tryon Creek is the key to getting the trail soon. Proposed letter to Sam Adams and commissioners on budgeting for the bridge –to move up funding (crossing Tryon Creek at Boones Ferry). Meeting March 10. X. HBPA and Alliance Report - Rick Seifert. Status of our fundraising efforts for Lite Up Hillsdale. We are $3000 away from the lights and the fountain. So far, we have raised $18000. XI. Robert Gray live and silent auction Saturday March 8th, 6:30 admission 15, 2 for 25 Funds go to the Robert Gray Foundation a 501 c(3) in support of the educational efforts at Robert Gray contact for more information Linda Venti 293 9939. –Valerie Friedmann A. The first auction at Robert Gray Middle School is this Saturday night –March 8, at Multnomah Arts Centers. Tickets are $15.00 and include dessert. Doors open at 6:30. The reason for the auction is to step up fundraising and offset staff reductions, or possibly increase staffing. B. The Rieke PTA has just embarked on the plant sale fundraiser. Orders are Due March 21, 2008. There will also be a craft said again this year, in the Rieke gym. XII. Report on Sun School at Robert Gray by Neighborhood House –Rick Nitti A. Neighborhood House is a 103 year old service organization. The focus: feeding the homeless, assisting families, head start for west Multnomah County, parent education for immigrant population, childcare improvement project, Sun schools, mentoring programs for at risk kids in SW Portland, and helping lower income children explore career programs, senior center at the Multnomah center, senior transportation with a bus and volunteer drivers, a case management program to help frail elderly remain independently in their own homes, and anti-poverty services (emergency food box –spike upward in families in need, 329 families in February, turning point providing housing for homeless families) rent and small energy assistance. May 3, the Animation Celebration –fundraiser for Neighborhood House—with things for sale in a “Peter Pan” themed event. By March 16, Neighborhood house is trying to raise 75000 pounds of food for the Food Box. B. Sun Schools at Robert Gray: the problem is that funding will be reduced by 25%. Robert Gray will receive $69,750 because it is a ‘partial Sun School’. Greater support from the community is needed to keep it going. Sun is the primary youth program for Multnomah County. It is an integrated system to offer school based and school age services. It is designed to reduce future higher costs in public safety and mental health services among target populations (lower income and minority populations). Programs are available to the community at large. Case management is provided for at-risk kids who are in the Sun school and others as well. Last February, Ted Wheeler appointed a task force to review Sun services. Child poverty now surpasses 25% and has moved largely to the east county. Thus focus has been put on schools in the higher areas –so schools outside of these areas are having their funding reduced or eliminated. Other sources are being sought for funding in order to offset the effects of the cuts. XIII. SWNI Report Glenn Bridger. The SWNI board had a retreat. A. Listened to some aspects of the “Portland Plan” with City Planning. The process of dialogue in discussing the future plans for the city is in progress. B. Work is in progress to get the SWNI website updated and more user friendly. The goal is to make a seamless connection between the printed paper and the timely information that a website makes possible. XIV. Update of “The Watershed” Project -- Sheila Greenlaw Fink All are moved in and the HNA meeting will be at the Watershed in May. XV. Update on progress of evaluation of Stephen Creek Community Gardens XVI. Update on Bike Blvd planning Don Baack There is a detailed map of bike routes. There will now be an attempt to identify the main routes and highlight them XVII. Iowa and Newbury Structure status report-- Don Baack, XVIII. Welcome committee package. It is suggested that this be presented as a HBPA project. The Alliance is another forum where this should be discussed. It is suggested that the issue of involvement on the HNA be an agenda item for next meeting and that we make an effort to bring people who are not normally involved to provide input about what would involve them. If there is news: XIX. Status of fence complaint at Hessler on Northwood, Other Hillsdale Land Use Issues Duane Hunting. XX. Old Business XXI. New Business Check out the new Hillsdale News published weekly on line, you can go on line or get an email copy in your inbox: http://hillsdalenews.org/Content/default.asp XXIII. Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 9:06. Respectfully submitted Philippe Kreiter |
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