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| Written by Rick Seifert | |
| Tuesday, 01 July 2008 | |
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HNA meeting minutes, July 2, 2008
St Barnabas Church HNA chair Don Baack presiding Agenda meeting approved Minutes for the previous meeting are on the web site Helping the Penningtons Wood chopping for the Penningtons at their Flower Terrace house this Sunday 1-4 Water Bureau projects The Portland Water Bureau’s Tim Hall explained several pipe replacement projects that will take place in the Hillsdale Area over the next 30 months. Noise, dust, blocked driveways, road closures and parking restrictions are a few of the problems that may be associated with the work. Some of the affected streets are Burlingame Terrace, SW Tenth, Martin’s Lane, 19th. The roofs on the Burlingame tanks will be replaced. For more information go to www.portlandonline.com/water. To reach Hall call 503 381-0056 cell or e-mail him This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Fred Meyer Plans Fred Meyer’s Bob Currey-Wilson and members of the FM planning staff explained where they are with planning process for the Burlingame store. They have decided to raze the old store, which was opened in August 1950 and was the chain’s first. Fred Meyer will replace it with a $30 million, 150,000-square-foot store. It will be the largest in the Fred Meyer chain, which is owned by Kroger. The new store will have a garden center and an apparel section. The planners would like the new structure to be LEED certified. Currey-Wilson said that housing (230 units were considered) on the site didn’t pencil out. Work wouldn’t start until spring 2010. There would be no store at the site for a year. Wes Risher suggested putting a team together to have transit oriented development which would include housing. Curry-Wilson said that he would report back to the neighborhood in a couple of months. Food Front Update Food Front manager Holly Jarvis reported that work is well underway to prepare for the store’s opening in late August. Hiring of 35 to 40 new employees has begun. A pressing and as-yet-unfulfilled need is for a meat section manager. Parks blocks Stephens Creek Community Garden Based on a planning bureau decision, the Parks bureau has decided that a community garden at Stephens Creek Nature Park would be incompatible with existing “open space” zoning. Earlier Metro and the City had agreed to make a garden part of the functional plan. Neighborhood backers of the garden will meet with Parks bureau representatives to explore the reasoning behind the decision. Logo vote Participants at the meeting voted for their favorite logo among the four presented. By-laws change to increase board size There were no objections to increasing the size of the current board to as many as 11 members from the current seven. Liability in right of way PDOT has informed SWTrails through a letter that it and any other private party needs a permit to make improvements in the City’s right of way. Improvements can’t obstruct the right of way. Don Baack, president of SW Trails, said that if the city requires SWTrails to assume liability the organization will no longer do projects in the city’s right of way. It is vital that the City make a decision about liability issues regarding right-of-ways used by the public, he said. He added that the City’s notification letter will be posted on the neighborhood association’s web site. Speed limits on Capitol Highway Don said that the state is still considering reducing speed limits on SW Capitol Highway between Hoot Owl Corner and SW Burlingame. Book sale/Light-Up Hillsdale Night. Rick Seifert of the Hilsdale Alliance notified the meeting of the Hillsdale Blueberry Pancake Breakfast and the Hillsdale Alliance Book Sale. Both will be held on Sunday, July 27. A “Light-Up Hillsdale” Night will be held at Salvador Molly’s on Wednesday, July 16, with a portion of the proceeds to go to the Light-Up Hillsdale campaign. Solar design City Planner Brian Sheehan reported on proposed alternative designs for the Rieke solar array project. The HNA approved the project last month but some expressed concern about the appearance of one large flat array. The alternatives break the single panel into three. Sera Design, which is working with Hillsdale on planning, has suggestions for landscaping around the project that may “soften” its appearance. Sera meeting Sheehan also reported that the first city meeting with Sera was held today, and that a community meeting will likely be scheduled in conjunction with the opening of the new Food Front store in late August. In September or October, Sera will return with three design alternatives that pin-point development opportunities for moving the Hillsdale Town Center Plan forward Coyote Alert Craig Christy, of Washouga Street, warned the group that many coyotes are roaming throughout the area this summer. Household pets, particularly cats, are their prey. He encouraged everyone to cut back low-lying shrubs and to keep pets inside from early evening to an hour after sunrise. Constructing fences and feeding your pets inside also discourages the Coyotes. He noted that Multnomah Count provides NO predator control. “The dumbest coyote is smarter than the smartest dog,” he said. Bull Run trip Arnie Panitch is organizing a July 19th bus trip to visit to the Bull Run watershed, the primary source of Portland’s water. Respectfully submitted, Rick Seifert |
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