Concordia land use meeting cancelled for Thursday, January, 7

The concordia land use meeting has been cancelled in order for everyone to attend the city wide land use group, special meeting with Sam Adams.

CITYWIDE LAND USE GROUP
(NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING A LIVABLE PORTLAND)

SPECIAL MEETING WITH MAYOR SAM ADAMS
Thursday, January 7, 2010
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Room 2500 B; 1900 Building; 1900 SW Fourth

Neighborhood Associations and Their Planning Role

Neighborhood Associations are defined by the ground they cover. They are the physical location where various codes and regulations come together and impact the every day life of residents.

For that reason, how regulatory decisions are made and code is written is of essential importance to the many volunteers who provide the Neighborhood Association land use review service to this city.

It is important to rebuild an adequate planning role for Neighborhood Associations for short term changes, the longer term period until the Portland Plan is defined, and for the future period in which regulations will be written to implement a new Comprehensive Plan.

Tonightʼs discussion with Mayor Adams will ask for: A consistent and adequate review process for changes to City Code Title 17, Title 29, Title 33, and proposed Tree Title 11 regulations.

Restoration of the Regulatory Reform 45 day Neighborhood Association review period prior to the final draft code proposal.

A process which builds a stronger resident comment base for informing Planning Commission action on proposed code changes.

A Neighborhood Association review process to provide information and education about code changes so they can be understood and supported in the community while allowing early identification of
potential problems and concerns that prolong code adoption.

PLEASE JOIN US AS WE BEGIN WORK IN 2010.