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LUTC Meeting Agenda – May 18, 2016

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Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC)

Meeting Agenda

May 18, 2016 – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Community Room – McMennamins Kennedy School

Members:     Steve Elder (CNA Board – E1), Ben Earle (Secretary), Ken Forcier, Sam Farber-Kaiser, Jeff Hilber, Kirk Paulsen, Ali Novak (CNA Board – AL4), Tyler Bullen, Garlynn Woodsong (Chair, CNA Board – SW1)

Contact:    landuse@concordiapdx.org, lutc_secretary@concordiapdx.org

Meeting Participation Guidelines

  • Discussions: Focus on most important issues, stay on topic, be respectful
  • Presenters: Provide written synopsis in advance when possible, or at least at the Meeting
  • Public Commenters: Identify yourself (include where you live), please be brief & to the point

7:00 pm      Welcome & Introductions, Quorum Check, Agenda Review

7:05 pm      Public Comments

7:10 pm      Minutes:  Review & Approve – February, March, & April (LUTC Operations: ACTION ITEMS)

7:15 pm      2016 Goals, Objectives, & Priority setting (LUTC Operations: ACTION ITEMS)

7:25 pm      Demolitions:  3636 NE Killingsworth (Land Use – Residential: POSSIBLE ACTIONS)

7:30 pm      CNA LUTC “Letter to Developers”:  Implementation plan (Land Use – Demolitions & Development: ACTION ITEMS)

7:35 pm      Development:  Redesign Team recommendations; Concordia U GNA (Land Use – Mixed Use: ACTION ITEMS)

7:45 pm      Concordia University GNA (Transportation – Parking: PENDING ACTION)

7:50 pm      Concordia Design Standards: Design Team launch (Land Use – Development: PENDING ACTION)

8:00 pm      NE Lombard / N PDX Hwy (US 30):  Bicyclist & ped. safety (Transportation – Road Safety: POSSIBLE ACTIONS)

8:10 pm      Transportation Updates (Transportation: STATUS REPORT)

8:20 pm      ZipCar Proposal (Transportation – Parking: POSSIBLE ACTIONS)

8:30 pm      Comprehensive Plan  (Land Use – Residential, Mixed Use: STATUS REPORT)

8:40 pm      RIPSAC – Residential Infill Project Stakeholders Advisory Committee (Land Use – Residential: STATUS REPORT)

9:00 pm      Adjourn

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Pending Items:  To be addressed either “offline” and/or at a future meeting:

Transportation

  • Bikeways: 20s – Traffic Calming / Diversion, SE Uplift Letter; Faubion “through route”
  • Road Safety: Traffic Calming:       Speed Limits  – Alberta & Killingsworth; Ainsworth; 42nd Ave.; North Portland Highway

Left Turn Lanes:      33rd & Prescott

Miscellaneous

  • Alley Naming
  • Fernhill Community Center
  • LUTC Communications: CNews & CNA website; other orgs & groups

Organic Tomato Growing

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By Jolie Donohue

Spring has sprung full force in Portland. In May we are itching to fill up the edible garden for our summer harvest. Tomatoes are a favorite of gardeners everywhere. One of my all time favorite garden quotes comes from public radio show host Mike McGrath “Everybody wants to grow tomatoes. Tomatoes are the gate way drug to all of gardening.”

Lest we get too eager to start planting tomatoes, here are some tips for successful growing in Portland:

  • Tomatoes like warm weather. They need consistent minimal night temperatures of 55 degrees. In Portland this is typically between May 15-June 1. Planting your tomatoes too early will result in stunted or dead plants.
  • Tomatoes like warm soil. They need consistent soil temperatures of 60 degrees. • Plant your tomatoes into the garden by transplants/start s. Portland does not have a long enough or hot enough summer to facilitate direct seeding tomatoes. If you want to start tomatoes by seed start seeds indoors in mid-February.
  • Tomatoes need a full sun location, ideally south facing, where they receive 8-10 hours a day of sun. They will not set fruit in shady areas.
  • Tomatoes are “heavy feeders ” and appreciate being planted with an organic granular fertilizer, which will slow release to your plants through out the season.
  • Tomatoes are prone to blossom end rot. To prevent the disease blossom end rot, add a calcium source into the planting hole, such as a spoonful each of rock phosphate or bone meal and lime.
  • Tomatoes have very long root systems (3-4 feet) and they ne ed plenty of room to grow. Make sure your planting bed is deep enough for the tomato’s roots.
  • Tomatoes are big plants and need proper spacing to thrive. Give the plants plenty of space between each other, at least 4 feet wide per plant.
  • Tomatoes need support. They have dense branches laden wit h heavy fruit. Install a tomato cage or other support system at planting time to preven t later damage to your plant.
  • Tomatoes don’t need a lot of water. Be consistent with a deep watering a few times per week throughout the growing season. Inconsistent watering c ontributes to fruit splitting and blossom end rot.
  • Tomato plants take several months to produce in Portland. Expect your harvest to begin in late August and end in October when cold temperatures ha ve set in.
  • Rotate your crops. Do not grow your tomatoes in the same place every year. This will create disease and pest problems. Use a 4-year rotation for all edible crops.

For more information visit www.jolieanndonohue.com

Part 3: The Alberta District and its bungalow grocery

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The life and times of a neighborhood store and its people

by Doug Decker, historian

This is the third of a four-part series about the early days of the Alberta business district, written by Northeast Portland neighborhood historian Doug Decker. To read more of Doug’s research and writing— or to read the full text of the early news stories mentioned here—visit his blog

The bungalow grocery at NE 27th and Going at low ebb, about 2002. This photograph shows just how far down the building had faded during its later years and why it was a leading candidate for the wrecking ball. Photo courtesy of Chad Crouch.
The bungalow grocery at NE 27th and Going at low ebb, about 2002. This photograph shows just how far down the building had faded during its later years and why it was a leading candidate for the wrecking ball. Photo courtesy of Chad Crouch.

Picking up where we left off, one of our favorite momand-pop grocery stores, at the northwest corner of NE 27th and Going, had risen from a vacant lot in the midst of the Alberta District’s 1909 muddy streets, to a men’s clothing store in 1911, to a vibrant neighborhood grocery run by a local family from 1921 to 1943. The photo featured in the April edition of Concordia News showed proprietor Agnes Coulter out front of the store—Alameda Park Grocery—in its prime.

But during the war years, like so many things, shopping patterns were changing.

In 1943, Isabelle Coulter sold her pride and joy to Charles and Vera Fiebke who held it for just a year before selling it to Henry and Ruth Rieckers, who owned the business until 1953. During this decade, the business was referred to as “Rieckers” and as “Rieckers Grocery.” A classified advertisement in The Oregonian on March 3, 1953 indicated the Rieckers were retiring and putting the business up for sale, asking $6,500.

On June 24, 1953, the property was purchased from the Rieckers by John Henry Moad and his wife Lucy Jane Moad. They operated the store—as Moad’s Grocery—from 1953 to 1961 when it was sold to Robert A. and Louise M. Klatke, who changed the name to Bob’s Quik Stop Market. But the Klatkes didn’t hang on for long.

An article in The Oregonian on June 29, 1962 reports a robbery at Bob’s Quick Stop. Klatke, age 56, was robbed with a knife to his throat. A few months later, he and Louise put the store back on the market, selling it to Agnes Martin on November 2, 1962. Then, sometime during the mid-1960s, the building ceased functioning as a store.

By that time, mom and pop neighborhood grocery stores were having a hard time hanging on. The whole retail grocery business was changing and local grocery stores were quickly becoming convenience rather than primary shopping locations. (To read more about local shops that once served the neighborhood, check out www.alamedahistory.org and click on the story When Mom and Pop Stores Ruled.)

The Martin family owned the property for the next six years and at least one reference to the building shows it as the Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ. The Polk City Directory for 1965 shows the building as vacant, and in 1967, it is listed simply as L.S. Martin. On September 17, 1968, the Martins sold the property to Carl E. Bass (son) and Viola Matheson (mother). Bass, who was a potter, turned the space into an artist’s studio and lived in the property until his death in April 2001 at the age of 73.

The property was purchased from the Bass estate by investor/developers George and Isabelle Zitcak, who held it for just four months before selling it in April 2002 to Chad Crouch and Sheryl Eckrich. This is where the story gets interesting, which will be the subject of our final installment in the next edition of Concordia News.

The new Faubion PK- 8/Concordia University building breaks ground under sunny skies

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More than 400 students, educators, elected officials, and community members gathered on the warm, sunny morning of April 7 to break ground and celebrate the development of a signature new facility for education in Portland.

“This is how we turn hope into opportunity,” said City of Portland Mayor Charlie Hales.

The new building will combine Portland Public Schools’ Faubion School and the Concordia University College of Education. In addition, Trillium Family Services joins them in collaborating to create 3 to PhD® – a new model for education that aims to create safer, healthier and more educated communities.

Prior to the Groundbreaking Ceremony much construction has happened at the Faubion site. In February demolition crews took down the old building to make way for the new, and within a couple of weeks the buildings were gone. All scrap metals were recycled, thousands of bricks will be reused and all the asphalt and concrete are being recycled and reused on site. At the end of February construction began with foundations for the new building being poured. As March came to an end more foundations were prepared for pouring and seismic sheer walls began to rise from the ground.

Tribute & fundraiser for Melody Winn May 22

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Key figure in Fernhill Park Playground Project succumbing to cancer

By Rachel Ivey

We don’t always know who to thank for the things that make our community what it is. Some fit in so seamlessly or are so vital that it’s hard to imagine ever having been without them. Yet the playground at Fernhill Park is just such a place. Beautiful, functional, fun. But there was a time when it didn’t exist. Making it what it is today was an uphill battle, championed primarily by two women; one of them was Melody Winn, the former owner and lead teacher of Our Place Preschool.

Opened in 1999, Our Place was home to over six hundred children in the 30+ years it was in operation. In childcare, the days can be long and exhausting, no matter how full of joy. It’s impossible to overstate how impressed I am that Melody found the time to undertake the Fernhill Playground project. Talking with her about the multi-year challenge to raise the funds for it, I came away with a small sense of how she managed.

“I have always been a very positive person and have given 200% all of my life…I worked 60 hours a week with the children and it wouldn’t be unusual…to work another 20 hours in the evenings and weekends,” Melody said.

All of the work she and fellow community member Anne Rothert did paid off eight years later as their efforts, (combined with a contribution from the Parks Bureau) raised over $90,000 for the structure. The voices of Melody and Anne in the community attracted helping hands for all the various hurdles, such as design, and meeting city requirements.

Heartbreakingly, Melody has since been forced to change gears. On April 6th last year, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a year to live. Her decision to close Our Place was a devastating one, but necessary.

“I wasn’t able to offer the children all…they deserved and I didn’t want to be around them if I was going to die quickly,” Melody said.

Despite the sudden change of pace, she hasn’t been bored. As we turned the corner into spring, Melody looked forward to a group of former students coming over to make pizza. There, she told her visitors of finishing her volunteer training at Doernbecher Children’s hospital.

“I have to say that my love for children has paid off…I have so many children who come to visit me… they tell me over an over how much I meant to them…I feel good that I was able to touch other people’s lives and it makes me feel like I did right with my time here.”

I can’t think of a more beautiful legacy than a community of happy children and a place we can all watch them play. Come thank Melody Winn in person at a fundraiser and community party at The Spare Room on Sunday, May 22nd from 6pm-9pm. Proceeds will help Melody with travel expenses for treatment.

Rachel Ivey is a mother, owner and operator of Room To Grow Childcare and researcher of all things home and child. She is proud to have her nest and business in the heart of Concordia. For tips, tricks, and advice on thriving with children, please feel free to contact roomtogrowportland@gmail.com.

CNA May General Membership Meeting – Tuesday May 10, 7-8:30pm, Kennedy School (Board Meeting 6pm)

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CNA May General Membership Meeting
Tuesday May 10, 2016, 7:00pm-8:30pm
CNA Community Room @ Kennedy School
The CNA Board of Directors will meet at 6pm immediately prior to the General Meeting. Public welcome!
2016 CNA BOARD: I. Quintero, Chair; C. Lopez, V. Chair: A. Novak, Sec.; R. Bowles, Treas.; J. Culhane; D. Dennis; S. Duffy; S. Elder; D. Greenstadt; I. Harris; T. Neal; G. Woodsong
Agenda (DRAFT)
7:00     Welcome & Introductions
7:05     Announcements
                1. CNews paid staff proposal
                2. CNA Spring Clean up – Saturday, May 14
                3. Treasurer’s Report – Need to recruit a new CNA Treasurer
                4. New CNA Facebook page
7:15     CNA Committee Reports
                — Media (5 mins)
                —  LUTC (5 mins)
                —  Social (5 mins)
                — Policies & Procedures
7:30     LUTC presentation
7:45     Earthquake Preparedness Presentation – Don Francis of Ecotech & Jeremy Van Keuren of NET
8:30     Adjournment

Save your home: CNA May 10 general membership meeting to include earthquake preparedness info

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Megaquakes (8.7–9.2) occur regularly in the Pacific Northwest. The last mega quake that shook Portland occurred on January 26, 1700. For the past 10,000 years, the average time between mega quakes has been 300 years. The next one could happen tomorrow. The next mega quake will shake the foundations from Vancouver, BC to northern California. It will be the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, dwarfing Hurricane Katrina in damage, suffering and costs.
Don Francis of Ecotech and City of Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team coordinator Jeremy Van Keuren will speak at the Concordia Neighborhood Association’s general meeting May 3rd.  They’ll share information on how prepare the inevitable big one and getting involved with a Neighborhood Emergency Team. The meeting will take place in the Community Room of McMenamin’s Kennedy School from 7 to 8:30pm.
In Portland, thousands of people will die and tens of thousands will be injured. Thousands and thousands of Portlander’s will be homeless, as homes built before 1980 slip off their foundations, crumple and collapse. “These houses are most vulnerable because unattached houses can slip off the foundations during a quake and sustain much more damage than would have occurred had they been retrofitted.”, said Francis.
Not all damage will be physical. The equity in the house they live in is where the wealth is stored for most middle class Americans. For unprepared homeowners, an earthquake can not only destroy their  homes, if they survive, it can also leave them with nothing except a mortgage payment for a house that no longer exists. Bankruptcy may be final aftershock.We cannot prevent earthquakes. We can, however, be prepared.

CNA Board Meeting April 12, 7pm – Public Welcome

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The regular monthly meeting of Concordia Neighborhood Association Board of Directors will by Tuesday, April 12th from 7pm to 8:30pm in the Community Room of McMenamin’s Kennedy School. Open to the public as usual.

 

Agenda

7:00 – 7:05 pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum

 
  7:05 – 7:10 pm

  

   

     7:11 – 7:15 pm

 

 CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes

(Please  review board minutes sent to you previously via CNA Board email by recording secretary prior to meeting)

Treasurer’s Report

(Please  review report sent to you previously via CNA Board email by Treasurer prior to meeting)

 
7:16 – 7:35 pm Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker)
 

 

7:36 – 8:00 pm

  

 

Old Business

Egg Hunt Status

Yard Sale Event

Recruitment of Board Member to fill vacant seats

 
 
8:01 – 8:30 pm New Business

1.      Concordia News update by Susan Trabucco, others.

2.      Review and Acceptance of Code of Conduct for Board of Directors (Document will be provided via CNA Email prior to meeting please review prior to meeting)

3.      Summer Concert Update

 
  Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)

1.  Media Committee   2.  Land Use Committee   3.  Social Committee

4. Clean-Up Committee   5.  Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee

 
  Meeting Guidelines

1.      Stay within agreed time (Option: Decision to add time)

2.      Stay on topic (Option: Parking lot)

3.      Voice a solution if you voice a concern (Upgrade: Seek solutions to address ALL concerns)

4.      Avoid personal attacks (Upgrade: Notice and care about the effect your words have on others)

 

 

 

CNA SPRING CLEAN-UP – Saturday, May 14 from 8am to 12:30pm

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Saturday, May 14th from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
PCC Workforce Training Center on NE 42nd Ave & Killingsworth!

Tired of seeing all the clutter & junk in your closet, basement & garage?
Drop it all off at the PCC Workforce Training Center on May 14th for
CNA’s BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR!

Spring Cleaning has come to Concordia and the CNA will dump, recycle
and find a new home for your household items! Your trash, may just be your neighbor’s treasure!

WE WILL TAKE: Household Waste, Metal, Furniture, Electronics, Lamps, Batteries, Mattresses, Clothes, Bicycles and other Household Stuff.

WE WON’T TAKE: Light Bulbs, Refrigerators & Freezers, Large Appliances/White Goods, Tires, Rocks, Concrete, Paint, Oil, Kitchen Garbage, Residential Yard Debris & Trimmings, Styrofoam (Block & Peanuts), Waste & Recyclables Collected Curbside (including Plastics), & Hazardous Waste.

Also, METRO is prohibiting the disposal of construction, remodeling or demolition materials (see examples below) suspected of containing asbestos at all Neighborhood Clean-Ups in 2016!

Please see below for examples of High Risk Materials Suspected of Containing Asbestos that will be prohibited at the CNA Clean-Up this Year:

Flooring: vinyl tiles, vinyl sheet, mastic
Walls: plaster, decorative plaster
Siding: cement siding shingles “Transite”
Ceilings: acoustical tiles, “popcorn” and spray-on texture
Insulation: spray-applied, blown-in, vermiculite, pipe, HVAC and lagging
Electrical: wire insulation, panel partitions
Other: fire doors, fire brick, fire proofing

SPECIAL FEATURES in 2016

• “You Price It” Yard Sale for reusable household goods! You see something you like, tell us what it’s worth to you, and it’s yours!

• Collecting household items for Community Warehouse, a nonprofit organization that provides essential household furnishings to low-income people. Their high-priority items are as follows: 1) Pots & Pans 2) Dish sets & Silverware 3) Microwaves 4) Cooking Utensils & Chopping Knives 5) Pillows, Blankets & Towels 6) Glasses/Cups 7) Blenders 8) Toasters 9) Coffee Makers 10) Lamps
⁃ ** Items for Community Warehouse must be clean & in useable condition, & free of stains or tears.

• Professional Tool Sharpening (8 AM – 1 PM): Bring in your Knives and Garden Tools and have them professionally sharpened by 1 SharpTool Edge Service (see flier for details). 25% of tool-sharpening profits go to the CNA

SUGGESTED DONATION FOR CLEAN-UP VEHICLE LOADS:

$10/car $15/truck, van, & SUV $20/large truck $30/oversized load

Extra $5 Donation for Electronics & Batteries

ALL PROCEEDS HELP YOUR CNA!

CONTACT:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to help organize event, & unload vehicles and direct traffic the day of the event. If interested, please email
Katie Ugolini at ktugolini@gmail.com or call 503-449-9690!

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:

 

BPS

 

CommunityWarehouse

 

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NECN

 

EAR

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MMetals

 

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Summer Concerts in the Park (Update)

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Greetings fellow Concordians!

Your friendly neighborhood Fernhill Summer Concert Committee here. It’s a particularly beautiful springtime in Concordia. Time to get your ‘seeds and starts’ in the ground. The same is true for your concert committee. Time for us to dust off our Rolodex, and get the old ‘Hat Passing’ hat out of mothballs!

This year we need to raise just about $20,000 to fund this year’s Fernhill Concert Series & we are still $9000 short!  So, if you have the desire and/or the means, PLEASE DONATE!

This summer the Kristan Knapp Foundation will match your individual donations to Fernhill Summer Concerts up to $500! So please do consider donating to the Fernhill fund. Your dollars will go twice as far! We have a fantastic, NW All-Star lineup lined up for you this year, and here’s who we have tapped;

We get off to a rollicking start on FRI, July 8th with THE TONY STARLIGHT SHOW!

Follow it up on FRI, July 15th with THE QUICK & EASY BOYS.

This year’s tent pole show on FRI, July 22nd will feature the ever fabulous LaRHONDA STEELE!

Join us South of the border on FRI, July 29th with the world renowned MARIACHI VIVA MEXICO!

And as always, finish out the season with us on TUES, August 2nd when Your Concordia Neighborhood Association presents WANDERLUST ORKESTRA for National Night Out 2016!

This is a really wonderful concert season that we are extremely excited about. However, we need the support of ALL CONCORDIANS (and any other F.O.F.P.) to make it happen!

If you are a family or individual and would like to contribute to this Spectacular Summer Series at Fernhill Park please visit:  parklandia.org/give-concerts to donate!

    • Choose SFFA Summer Concerts in the Park from the Pull Down Menu under “I would like to give to:”
    • Type in Fernhill Park when asked “Is there a specific park you’d prefer to support”
    • Donate Now & Get an Immediate Tax Receipt

If paying by check, please make checks payable to Portland Parks & Recreation/Fernhill Concerts and mail to;
Lynn Shisler / Neighborhood Concerts in Portland Parks
6437 SE Division St.
Portland, OR 97206.

And remember up to $500 in individual donations will be MATCHED by the Kristan Knapp Foundation!

Any contribution (e.g. $5 or $10) is greatly appreciated!!

WE STILL NEED BUSINESS SPONSORS!

If you are a business or institution and want to be a Fernhill Concert Series Sponsor by contributing $300 or more, you will receive these awesome benefits of sponsorship:

•Opportunity to have promotional table at all 5 concerts to display, give or sell items.
•A chance to give to your neighborhood
•A tax deductible contribution staying “close to home”

•Your Business Name Recognized

If you are a business, please let us know how you would like to participate as a sponsor by contacting Lynn Shisler; Coordinator, Neighborhood Concerts in Portland Parks at 503-317-2062 or via email at lynn.shisler@portlandoregon.gov. 

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND THANK YOU!