Discover and Create Your Neighborhood
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Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC)
Monday May 18th @ 7pm
Virtual Meeting Agenda
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**Important Zoom Meeting information for participants**
Register in advance for this meeting, after registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining by phone or online.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsf-ivpjwqE9PCmIUEZ-BLT0y6oIieOAn6
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Early sign on to zoom meeting for new users.
Leah
will be available to support new users get logged in and acquainted with the technology before the meeting starts. If you have questions about using zoom, also feel free to reach out in advance of the meeting.
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Welcomes, Announcements, Updates
Leah Fisher,
SE Uplift
Neighborhood Planning Program Manager
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PBEM COVID-19 Response & Preparing your Community for future Emergencies/Disasters
Leads:
Glenn C. Devitt, Program and Information Specialist
Portland Bureau of Emergency Management; Duane Hanson, Past South Tabor Neighborhood Association; Jan Molinaro Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.
Background:
During this unprecedented time where government, community, and non-profits are coming together to respond to a international pandemic, it can get some neighbors thinking on how they might better prepare for future emergency situations and situation where access to infrastructure and grocery stores might not be available. Now is a great time to encourage preparedness in your neighborhood. To learn more about hazards in the Pacific Northwest go
here.
Overview:
Glenn, also a past Sunnyside Neighborhood Association emergency response volunteer, will start the conversation about emergency/disaster preparedness by sharing Portland Bureau of Emergency Management's (PBEM) response to the current COVID-19 crisis and take questions. He will then share resources and information available through PBEM for community members and groups, like neighborhood associations, to prepare for future emergency situations.
Next, Jan and Duane will share their experience as neighborhood association volunteers working to prepare their community + neighbors for an emergency. They will share recommendations, lessons learned, along with their experience with the
Neighborhood Emergency Teams
(NET), and answer your questions.
Purpose:
Understand what PBEM is responding to COVID-19, learn some tips and resources to better preparing your community for future emergency response while it's in the forefront of our lives.
*Please feel free to invite others interested in emergency preparedness to this meeting. We also invite others to share their experiences too.
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Healthier Hawthorne - Advocacy Request
Lead:
Zach Katz, Community Advocate, Lead of Healthier Hawthorne Initiative
Background:
A new initiative called Healthier Hawthorne led by Zach Katz seeks to include protected bike lanes and remove a proposed middle turn lane. Zach is asking ISEA and other orgs to sign on to a letter of support. As with any project there are always time, technical and political constraints and so ISEA has invited Zach to participate on a zoom call with several organizations to hear about his project vision. I've also invited Karla from PBOT to join. Zach is a community member with an idea. He will share is vision for Hawthorne with the group,
Purpose:
Zach with share information about his project and ask the LU/T committee for a recommendation to the SE Uplift Board to support the effort.
Additional resources:
Healthier Hawthorne: https://www.healthierhawthorne.com/ Hawthorne Paint and Pave: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/ 751359 Bicycle 1996 Master Plan (includes plans to build protected bike lanes on Hawthorne): portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=40414 Bicycle Plan For 2030 (includes plans to build protected bike lanes on Hawthorne): https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/44597 https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/334689 (page 14 for design guidelines of protected bike lanes on arterial/retail streets)
*Have an idea?
SE Uplifts supports community members with their advocacy efforts and ideas. To better understand our advocacy process, go
here
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Meeting Concludes
Virtual meetings are a little more challenging to stay engaged for a long period of time. We will strive to keep the meetings closer to 90 minutes. Given this is our new normal for anywhere from 3-12 months, I'd appreciate your thoughts/feedback on our monthly LUTC meetings. Should they happen every month? Topics appropriate for this time? Duration of meetings? Please email thoughts to me, or participate in a poll at the end of this meeting. Cheers, and be well!
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Did you miss SE Uplift's monthly Newsletter?
SE Uplift's latest E-news contains a number of voter updates, resources, virtual events and more.
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What's Going on in SE Portland?
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Stay Safe, Stay Home Conversation Series
Co-hosted by SE Uplift and Community Safety's East Team.
In May we will focus on community safety - including emergency preparedness. All are invited to join one or all of these hour long trainings & conversations
free
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- Wednesday May 13th @ 2pm - Neighbor to Neighbor with focus on Navigating Public Safety Systems & Personal Safety (Name it, Frame it, Change it).
- Monday May 18th @ 7pm - The Land Use & Transportation Committee will focus on Emergency Preparedness.
- Thursday May 21st @ 2pm - Combating Social Isolation
- Thursday May 28th @ 2pm - Neighbor to Neighbor and with focus on Navigating Public Safety Systems and Safety for residents living in multi-dwelling homes.
Learn more, and register for trainings on our webpage
here
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Using Portland's Neighborhood Greenways during COVID-19
It takes all of our cooperation to make this program successful.
Before you head out, please:
- Stay home if you’re sick.
- Stay local and close to home.
- Only visit Neighborhood Greenways on your own or with members of your household, no gathering with others.
- Bring all supplies—food, water, hand cleanser, face coverings—needed for a short trip.
- Plan for where you will use the restroom if you need it. Public restroom access is limited across the city.
- If a Neighborhood Greenway appears crowded, leave and come back another time.
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NEW - Slow Streets Project
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has started a new initiative called Slow Streets | Safe Streets to respond to the Covid-19 public health crisis.
PBOT will make temporary changes to city streets to give people more space to walk, bike, do business, and get around in their neighborhood.
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Brooklyn Rail Yard Feasibility Study - Update
The SE Uplift Board voted last year to fund a feasibility study to explore potential alternative locations of both the Albina and Brooklyn rail yards. The feasibility study has been in process for the last 6 months and is nearly ready for sharing. Stay Tuned!
This project will continue to need community support and funding to move forward, reach out to Leah Fisher if you or your group is interested in learning more.
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Sunday Parkways Goes Virtual
One of SE Uplift’s favorite traditions - Sunday Parkways - goes VIRTUAL in 2020. Not only will it be a month-long celebration but everything will be available online.
Instead of holding the May and June Sunday Parkways in the traditional way, PBOT wants to partner with you to bring Portlanders together in a new way that is safe and
fun. For May’s all-digital Sunday Parkways, PBOT and Kaiser Permanente have organized a series of digital events for Portlanders, including exercise classes, bike repair tutorials, and art and wellness projects.
To support our local vendors and organizations, we will be showcasing Portland’s businesses on their
virtual platform
. See SE Uplift's May Newsletter for full article.
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Bureau of Development Services - Building Safety Month
Join in on BDS's Building Safety month.
The goal of the month is to promote awareness of building safety which is the protection of people from danger, risk, or injury when interacting with buildings.
Building codes reduce life safety risks and property damage. By applying building codes during planning and construction, BDS can make our community more resilient. Join in to learn about what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures where we live, work and play.
How to Participate:
Go
here
to learn more and follow BDS on their social media channels. Including a Disaster Preparedness week that aligns with SE Uplift's Emergency Preparedness themed Land Use and Transportation meeting May 18th.
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Village Building Convergence -
A Time to Reflect & ReConnect, Placemake At A Distance
Like all of us, City Repair is adapting to a new normal under COVID-19. Therefore, they are transitioning their flagship gathering -
the
Village Building Convergence (VBC)
to a digital gathering. For details, visit their
website.
Additionally, there are two calls for action to be creative-at-a-distance and to work as a collective-at-a-distance:
For full update, see SE Uplift's May newsletter.
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Get in Touch Today!
Leah Fisher
(503) 232 0010
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