PEN2 Annual Landowner Meeting

November 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST

Join the Peninsula Drainage District #2 (PEN2) for its virtual annual landowner meeting.

This meeting gives landowners in the district the opportunity to participate in the management of the flood control systems that protect their property. Learn about our operations, projects and programs, and elect the board of supervisors responsible for budgeting and policy-making in the district. More information can be found in the invitation below.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (REQUIRED)

CLICK HERE TO SIGN AN ONLINE VOTING AUTHORIZATION CARD (PROXY)

To receive a mailed copy of this invitation and a proxy card, please contact Karen Lorena Carrillo at kcarrillo@mcdd.org or call 971-804-0688.

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Details

Date: November 5 Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST Event Categories: Community Events, PEN2

Venue

https://zoom.us/j/99310409105?pwd=aGNkOHlIUnBGbkZXUTdTU282dFpDZz09

1880 NE Elrod Drive
Portland, OR 97211

P: 503-281-5675
E: info@mcdd.org

WEBSITE FEEDBACK

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Morgan Steele
Bureau of Development Services
Land Use Services

1900 SW 4^th Avenue
Suite 5000
Portland OR 97201

Case File: LU 20-116560 EN

Dear Morgan Steele
Bureau of Development Services
Land Use Services:

Due to the pandemic we received your notice after the prescribed deadline. We encourage you to take into account our insights and requests anyway.

The Bridgeton Neighborhood strongly supports the Columbia Children’s Arboretum. It is a vital resource to our community. The proposed improvements to the path through the arboretum will improve access to younger families with children and our older neighbors that require surer footing.

The application provides clear evidence that responsible organizations can manage the tree canopy without being unduly limited by the tree code. The CCA has been allowed to remove trees that no longer fit their purpose and replace them with different species and locations. We urge you to consider this for non-governmental agencies as well.

The proposed changes stop short of providing better access to the arboretum for pedestrians. Neighbors in East Columbia and Bridgeton as well as Portlanders taking the bus must walk on 6^th Avenue NE to reach the Arboretum. The speed limit on 6^th Avenue is 40 miles per hour and there is no sidewalk. We are in support of creating a sidewalk on the eastern side of 6^th Ave. NE from NE Marine Drive to the Arboretum. The improvements to the arboretum path will increase usage while simultaneously increasing the risk of pedestrian fatalities on NE 6^th Ave. We request that the City of Portland accept this as a Condition of Approval and direct PBOT to construct the sidewalk.

Sincerely,

Erik Molander
Land Use Chair
Bridgeton Neighborhood Association
epmolander@gmail.com

The Environmental Review of the planned changes in the Columbia Children’s Arboretum is now open for public comment. If you live nearby, you got a notice in the mail. You can see the notice at https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/757002 .

If you would like to comment, please get your written comments in before the deadline of 5 pm on April 8.

This plan is the result of efforts of many people, and led by Dick and Gyrid Towle who worked for over 8 yrs with Parks staff and Commissioners Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz to obtain funding for an ADA and more accessible park. An advisory group met the summer/fall of 2018 to review plans and advise the project. Parks planners have worked on the permitting for the past year having to get approvals for a number of zoning challenges to get to the filing of this Environmental Review.

The plans include a hard surface path, improved parking and an open shelter for group activities.

The city of Portland is updating its wetlands maps. If your property is deemed to have wetland characteristics, it may be subjected to increased zoning restrictions.

To find out more, come to an OPEN HOUSE on Thursday, March 26 between 5:30 and 7:30 pm at Multnomah County Drainage District Office, 1880 NE Elrod Drive, Portland 97211.

You can also learn more by calling a helpline at 503-823-4225.

There will be an Open House to discuss the Columbia Lombard safety improvements planned by Portland Bureau of Transportation. It will be March 12 at Oregon Humane Society. To see the announcement, click on the link below.

Click to access openhouse3-12-20.pdf