Remembrance and Call for Civic Commitment

Honor Former Mayor, J.E. “Bud” Clark

The late Portland Mayor, J.E. “Bud” Clark – and the positive impact he had on the “City of Roses” that he loved so well — will be remembered in a public celebration of his life on Sunday, May 15th at 1:00 p.m. in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square.  The event will include musical tributes, personal remembrances from family members and those who worked with him, and a “Bud Clark’s City” themed volunteer downtown cleanup produced by the non-profit, SOLVE.  Clark passed away on February 1 at the age of 90.

 Bud was truly, “The Citizen Mayor” who, as Portland’s premier publican, welcomed everyone as he had at his Spatenhaus Tavern and later at the Goose Hollow Inn. During his two terms, Bud had weekly, “Lunch With The Mayor” gatherings at City Hall, where anyone could share a sandwich with the Mayor, as staff carefully recorded their ideas, concerns, and thanks for follow-up to address their views.

The Sunday event will include performances by The Portland Youth Philharmonic, Thomas Lauderdale, Kathleen Saadat, Mel Brown Quartet and the MarchFourth Marching Band among other personal remembrances.   An “Ice Cream Social” provided by the local business Salt & Straw will follow the presentations. All Portlanders are welcomed to the take part in the cleanup and remembrance event as a demonstration of community pride and rededication to help the city regain its national status as a premier place to work, live and enjoy. Information for “Bud Clark’s City” downtown cleanup can be found at www.solveoregon.org/. In Bud’s honor there will be a bike ride that morning. For more information at www.thestreettrust.org

DONATE!

An account to cover expenses to “Celebrate Bud Clark” has been established at US Bank.  All monies that are contributed over expenses will be donated in Bud Clark’s name to two of his favorite non-profit organizations; “Meals on Wheels People” and the Portland Audubon Society. To make a contribution, please send checks payable to: Charles P Duffy, “CBC”, P.O. Box 998,Beaverton, Oregon 97075

Mike Houck, The Urban Naturalist

Urban Greenspaces Institute
PO Box 6903
Portland, OR 97228-6903
503.319.7155
mikehouck@urbangreenspaces.org
www.urbangreenspaces.org

Endless Pressure, Endlessly Applied

In Livable Cities is Preservation of the Wild

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Portland Metro Levee System, Oregon, FONSI
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Portland Metro Levee System Feasibility Study, Integrated Feasibility Report and
Environmental Assessment
Portland Oregon
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (Corps) has conducted an environmental
analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The
Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) dated June 2021
for the Portland Metro Levee System (PMLS) Feasibility Study (Study) addresses flood risk
reduction opportunities and feasibility in Multnomah County, Oregon, including areas within the
cities of Portland, Fairview, Gresham, and Troutdale. The final recommendation is contained in
the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 20, 2021.
The Final IFR/EA, incorporated herein by reference, evaluated various alternatives that would
improve levee performance, incorporate resilience and reduce flood risk in the study area. The
Recommended Plan (RP) is the National Economic Development (NED) Plan.
The RP seeks to address inconsistencies within the PMLS, which is comprised of four
integrated and contiguous levee systems: Peninsula Drainage District No. 1 (PEN 1), Peninsula
Drainage District No. 2 (PEN 2), Multnomah County Drainage District No. 1 (MCDD), and Sandy
Drainage Improvement Company (SDIC), in order to provide more uniform flood risk throughout
the study area. The RP focuses on both internal and external sources of flooding. Measures in
the RP include the following structural and non-structural measures. The measures in the RP
would:
• Widen the PEN 1 Columbia Slough levee and add seepage controls (toe drains). In
MCDD West, replace portions of the landward toe of the Peninsula Canal cross levee
and Columbia Slough levee with gravel to enhance stability. In SDIC, install a stability
berm for the Columbia River levee from the pump station to Sundial Road.
• Prepare information content that can be incorporated into existing local planning
framework to boost effectiveness of flood warnings and evacuation. Includes flood risk
information resulting from this feasibility study.
• Increase levee heights for portions of PEN 1 and PEN 2 levees along Columbia
mainstem and Columbia Slough. In MCDD West, fill isolated low spots in the Peninsula
Canal cross levee and Station 511+00 of the Columbia River levee (near Broughton
Beach Park). Raise low spots near the Troutdale outlet mall and the Columbia River
segment of SDIC.
• Add capacity at PEN 2 13th Avenue and MCDD Pump Station 2. Replace pumps,
associated intakes, discharge lines, and trash racks.
• Develop 4-season gravel maintenance road on railroad parallel levee and Peninsula
Canal cross levee between MCDD and PEN 2.
• Replace SDIC Sandy Pump Station at a higher elevation and install redundant power
sources within the system of pump stations.
• Replace Trash Rakes at MCDD Pump Station 4.
• Construct a parallel levee at the PEN 1 railroad embankment and new floodwall to
connect to existing PEN 1 floodwall.
• Develop flood risk education materials for the population at risk and visitors within the
study area.Portland Metro Levee System, Oregon, FONSI
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• Design and install flood hazard and evacuation route signage throughout the study area.
• Develop designated safe zones at high points within the PMLS for those that cannot
evacuate from the floodplain. Would be implemented in conjunction with Measure 6.
In addition to a “no action” plan, a total of four action alternatives were considered, and three
were evaluated in detail. Each alternative included both structural and non-structural flood risk
reduction measures. The alternatives included Alternatives 3, 4, and 5, each including
components of levee widening, seepage controls, increasing the I-5 floodwall, and addressing
pump station deficiencies, along with non-structural measures such as creating safe zones,
improving evacuation routes, and increasing education of flood risks. Alternative formulation is
discussed in Section 3 of the Final IFR/EA, and alternative evaluation and selection is
discussed in Sections 4 and 5 of the Final IFR/EA. Alternative 5 is the RP.
For all alternatives, the potential effects were evaluated, as appropriate. A summary
assessment of the potential effects of the RP are listed in Table 1:

Northwest Children’s Theater is expanding our summer camp offerings to North Portland: August 8 – 19 at the Peninsula Odd Fellows Lodge, 4834 N Lombard St.

We are dedicated to reaching as many kids as possible by partnering with the communities where they live. We already partner with programs like Self Enhancement to offer drama in after-school programs in elementary schools across North Portland, and we’re so excited to keep things going year-round with summer camps! 

These classes are tuition-based, however scholarships are available (in our 30-year history, we’ve never turned away a child due to inability to pay.) You can view the full schedule at https://nwcts.org/summer-2022-north/.

For more information about NWCT’s award-winning mainstage and educational arts programs, visit www.nwcts.org.

EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on April 21, 2022 to provide the public an opportunity to present comments and information on the Agency’s proposed Good Neighbor Plan. The Good Neighbor proposal would deliver improvements in air quality in cities and counties across the country to protect people from preventable premature deaths, asthma attacks, and respiratory illness. The Good Neighbor proposal targets the ozone and ozone-forming NO_X emissions that are being transported by wind across state lines, often over long distances. Downwind areas – urban, suburban, and rural – that are impacted by pollution from upwind states, would benefit from the proposal.

Date and Time: April 21, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)

Register Here: https://2015ozonefip-publichearing.eventbrite.com

Language/Reasonable Accommodation Request: If you need assistance in a language other than English, or if you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Holly DeJong no later than April 14, 2022 by email at dejong.holly@epa.gov or by telephone at 919-541-4353. Note: We may not be able to arrange accommodations beyond this date.

EPA considers all comments equally, whether submitted in writing to the docket or given orally at a public hearing.  If time allows, EPA will provide an opportunity for hearing attendees, who did not preregister, to provide oral testimony.

Background

This public hearing provides the public an opportunity to present comments and information on the Agency’s proposed Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). EPA is proposing a FIP to assure that the 26 states identified in the proposal do not significantly contribute to problems attaining and maintaining the 2015 Ozone NAAQS in downwind states. This action, known as a “Transport Rule” would help states fully resolve their Clean Air Act “good neighbor” obligations for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS.

On February 28, 2022,  EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed a proposed Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to assure that the 26 states identified in the proposal do not significantly contribute to problems attaining and maintaining the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in downwind states.  This action, known as a “Transport Rule” would help states fully resolve their Clean Air Act “good neighbor” obligations for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS.

The rule would establish an allowance-based ozone season trading program with nitrogen oxides (NO_X) emissions budgets for fossil fuel-fired power plants in 25 states. The rule would also establish NO_X emissions limitations for certain other industrial stationary sources in 23 states. The public comment period for the proposal is open for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Additional information about the rule proposal including a fact sheet and summary maps can be found at: Good Neighbor Plan for 2015 Ozone NAAQS | US EPA

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Easter Sunday Celebration

Sunday, April 17^th

10:30 a.m. – Meet & Greet

11:00 a.m. – Easter Celebration

Easter Skit

Refreshments to Follow

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Columbia Community Bible Church

420 N.E. Marine Dr.

(503) 240-0923