September 2020 LUTC Agenda & SEUL Announcements!

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Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC)

September 21st @ 7pm

Virtual Meeting Agenda

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6:45

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7:00

Welcomes, Announcements, Updates

Leah Fisher, SE Uplift Neighborhood Planning Program Manager

7:10

Historic Resources Code Project

Lead: Brandon Spencer-Hartle, Project Manager, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS)

Background: The Historic Resources Code Project has researched regional and national best practices for historic preservation, analyze deficiencies in Portland’s existing programs and propose zoning code changes related to the procedures, thresholds and incentives that apply to inventoried and designated historic resources. The Proposed Draft was released in September 2020 following incorporation of public feedback received in response to an earlier Discussion Draft (shared with SE Uplift previously) and in the initial development of project concepts. The Proposed Draft recommends changes to the City of Portland’s zoning code provisions that relate to identifying, designating, protecting, and reusing historic resources—both those resources that have an existing historic resource status and those that may be identified and/or designated as a historic resource in the future.

SE Uplift recommends interested Representatives and Community Members review the Proposed Draft in advance of this meeting to be ready to ask Brandon questions on September 21st, as the draft will be shared with the Planning and Sustainability Commission the next day! (September 22nd, unless delayed). The project is divided into three primary focus areas that we will learn more about Monday night. For more information on the project and project materials, go here: https://www.portland.gov/bps/hrcp/historic-resources-code-project-proposed-draft

Purpose: Learn more about this project, prepare for opportunities to engage (ideally with the Planning and Sustainability Commission on Sept. 22nd).

8:00

Hawthorne Paint and Pave

Lead: Maggie Derk, Area and Project Planning, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)

Background: SE Hawthorne Boulevard is due for maintenance paving. PBOT is scheduled to repave the street from 24th Ave to 50th Ave during summer of 2021. PBOT is looking at ways to leverage this opportunity to improve safety and make other changes to better serve people and businesses on SE Hawthorne Boulevard. PBOT’s Vison Zero team has identified SE Hawthorne Boulevard as one of 30 high crash corridors within the city.

It's important to remember that the scope of this project is limited to repaving and restriping SE Hawthorne Boulevard from SE 24th Ave to 50th Ave. The project will also reconstruct curb ramps that don’t meet Americans with Disability Act standards. As part of this project, PBOT will evaluate different striping options, including street crossings and lane markings. We will also identify further changes that PBOT may be able to make in a potential separate future project; these may include changes between SE 12th and 24th avenues.

Overview: PBOT just wrapped up a technical evaluation of three different design alternatives developed based on community feedback, analysis of existing conditions and feasibility explored last Spring. To learn more about the evaluation alternatives go here. For background information about the project, read Part 1 of the report. The findings from our evaluation will be shared at the LUTC this month.

Purpose: Learn about the findings, the process, and for PBOT to get feedback on the work conducted to date for SE Hawthorne. This will assist PBOT in making a final determination on the design to be implemented as part of the upcoming repaving project. *Due to time constraints, PBOT will focus most of their time sharing information on the evaluation of alternatives and not as much time on the background of why this project came to be and the process thus far. For that information visit the project website.

8:30

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.

What's Going on at SE Uplift this Month?

SE Uplift's 2020 Leadership Academy Launches September 24th

Join us for a month of skill building and leadership development. Training topics range from communications to advocacy, facilitation to board diversity. Staff has specifically tailored these trainings to support board members of any organization, but anyone interested in the topics are welcome to join!

Visit SE Uplift's website to learn more and/or read our September E-News. We hope to see you all there!

Get in Touch Today!

Leah Fisher

(503) 232 0010

Leahf@seuplift.org