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Community Info Session Wednesday, July 26th!
Hi Community Members, The Police Accountability Commission is hosting a community info session Wednesday, July 26th from 6:00 – 8:00pm at the Multnomah Arts Center.  This event will be hybrid, meaning you can join by Zoom or in person. Please click on the RSVP link. Please RSVP if you plan to attend in person or on Zoom.  Come listen and ask questions about the new police oversight policy that the Police Accountability Commission has been working hard on for a year and a half. This policy will be presented to City Council in September. DETAILSWhat: PAC Community Info SessionWhen: Wednesday, July 26th from 6:00 – 8:00pmWhere: Multnomah Arts CenterRSVP: Here This is a chance for community members to come listen to a presentation on what the new complaint process will look like, share policy ideas, ask questions regarding police accountability, and ensure your voice is heard in the PAC’s process of creating a new oversight system for police in Portland. Reminder – the PAC is not affiliated with the PPB.  The PAC is a group of volunteer community members working to implement the Real Police Accountability ballot measure, approved by Portland voters in 2020. 82% of Portlanders voted in favor of creating a new community police oversight board, and the City Council set up this commission to work with the community to develop the details of the new system.  Please share this with your communities, neighbors, and friends so they can join us. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions to policeaccountability@portlandoregon.gov. We look forward to sharing space with you on Wednesday evening. Please copy and paste the link below into your browser to join the webinar:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85197950665?pwd=WCtqTVRtaksvNHExMzduRUJIT0lQdz09 Webinar ID: 851 9795 0665Passcode: 328645 If you are not able to make it to this event, don’t worry there are more! Our next community info session is on August 12th from 10:00am – 12:00pm.  Thanks,PAC Staff Accessibility Information To help ensure that community members can observe these meetings, the City of Portland will provide ASL interpretation, closed captioning and Spanish interpretation.  If there are other ways we can help you more fully participate in this process, please contact the Police Accountability Commission support staff at PoliceAccountability@portlandoregon.gov. Use City TTY 503-823-6868, or use Oregon Relay Service: 711  Para ayudar a garantizar que los miembros de la comunidad puedan observar estas reuniones, la ciudad de Portland proporcionará interpretación en ASL, subtítulos en ingles e interpretación en español.  Si hay otras maneras en que podemos ayudarle a participar más plenamente en este proceso, por favor comuníquese con el personal de la Comisión de Responsabilidad Policial en PoliceAccountability@portlandoregon.gov. Utilice el TTY de la ciudad 503-823-6868 o utilice el Servicio de retransmisión de Oregón: 711   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive Police Accountability Commission updates at https://tinyurl.com/portlandpacupdates
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You are Invited toAn Evening with Commissioner Ryan and GuestsHosted by Central Northeast Neighbors and the Office of Community and Civic Life Tuesday, July 25, 6-7:30pm2728 NE 34th Avenue Portland, 97212(Grant Park Neighborhood Church)Hybrid (In-Person + Zoom) doors and zoom open at 5:45pm Please spread the word: Commissioner Dan Ryan and special guests from the City of Portland are coming to Central Northeast Portland to engage with the Central Northeast Neighbors community.  Serving as the Commissioner of Culture & Livability, Commissioner Ryan oversees the Office of Community and Civic Life, the Office of Equity and Human Rights, Bureau of Portland Parks & Recreation and the Portland Children’s Levy.  He is the City of Portland’s Arts Liaison.Please register with your name and email to alisons@cnncoalition.org so we may plan for refreshments, seating and accommodations. You can also submit a topic or question in advance to this email. For those attending in person there is parking directly across the street. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88394177242?pwd=b3N4RFdZVGI1UzlkaWgzd3VvclAwZz09      Meeting ID: 883 9417 7242           Passcode: 35182  
Central Northeast Neighbors | 4415 NE 87th Avenue, Portland, OR 97220
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Air toxics pilot listening sessions

My name is Morgan Schafer, and I am with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), in the Cleaner Air Oregon (CAO) program. I am reaching out to you with an opportunity to help guide air quality protection efforts in your community. 

The Community Health Risk Pilot project is an opportunity to look at how air pollution from many industrial sources, all together, may affect the health.  In 2018 the Oregon legislature, in Senate Bill (SB) 1541, codified as ORS 468A.339, granted DEQ the authority to conduct an area risk pilot study for assessing, and regulating, the cumulative health risks from the emissions of industrial air toxics. DEQ is in the first phase of this CAO Cumulative Health Risk Pilot and is seeking input from you for determining where the study should take place.  

The legislature placed restrictions on the study area based on factors such as population density, overall cancer risk attributable to air pollution, and the size of area. However, these criteria alone are not enough to limit the choice to a single area of study. Therefore, DEQ will be hosting a community listening session to get input and feedback on what additional information to consider when selecting the pilot study area.  

This is an opportunity to let DEQ know about your priorities concerning air toxics for this pilot and future work.

Two public listening sessions will be held on Aug. 15, 2023, from 2-3:30 p.m. and Sept. 12, 2023, from 7-8:30 p.m. Additional information about the listening session can be found on the pilot project web page.   

  

If you have the capacity, I would appreciate your presence and feedback at this listening session. If there are other individuals or groups that you feel we should be reaching out to, please let us know. Let me know if you have any questions, I look forward to sharing more as the listening session approaches. 

  

Cheers, 

Morgan Schafer 

Morgan Schafer, MA, MPH | she, her, hers | Air Toxics Coordinator | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality | 700 NE Multnomah St. Suite 600, Portland, OR 97232 | Morgan.Schafer@deq.oregon.gov | 971-808-6079

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Lunch and Learn



Please join the Bureau of Development Services and the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability for a Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, July 13, from noon to 1 p.m., to discuss the City’s efforts to update its floodplain development regulations.

These updates seek to maintain compliance with the minimum requirements of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program and bring Portland’s floodplain development regulations into greater compliance with the Endangered Species Act.

The full text of the proposed amendments will be released on Monday, July 10, and available at the link above. Public comments will be received through Tuesday, Aug. 1.

A question-and-answer period will be included at this Lunch and Learn session. Participation in this Lunch and Learn session is not necessary for submitting public comments, but we encourage you to join us if you are able.

Ken Ray, Public Information Officer
City of Portland Bureau of Development Services
503-865-6236 | Ken.Ray@portlandoregon.gov

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Please Join Our
Portland Harbor CAG at Portland Water Pollution Control Laboratory “BES Lab” at 6543 N. Burlington Avenue Portland, OR 97203.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 At
6:30- p.m. Pacific- (In Person) 
Click Here For The Zoom Link  Meeting ID: 860 2314 6208 Hello Everyone, Please join us for our Portland Harbor CAG meeting in collaboration with Willamette River Advocacy Group (WRAG). This month we will meet at “BES Water Pollution Lab” at 6543 N Burlington Avenue Portland, OR 97203.Our discussion will be about River mile 11 East (RM11E).DOF (Dalton, Olmsted, and Fuglevand) has been working with public and private stakeholders to evaluate and clean up this stretch of the Willamette River on east side. DOF has been supporting the  RM11E Group and will continue to provide technical and facilitation throughout the design. Also EPA will be doing sample testing at Green Anchor, come down between 1-3 on July 12 before our CAG meeting. 
*Below at the very bottom of the page are updates and links about RM11E.  ———————————————————————————————— *News on the River*  June 8 – July 27  Portland Harbor CAG
River Workshops The Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group’s River workshops kicked off on Thursday, June 8!
If you are interested in any or all of the different facets of this magnificent river that runs through our city, this event is for you! Geared towards adult learners, this educational series will cover the history, ecology, plants, and wildlife around the Portland Harbor Superfund cleanup, and so much more. This Thursday’s session will focus on Activism, Treaty Rights and Environmental Justice, with speakers from Mosquito Fleet, Human Access Project, and Yakama Nations Fisheries Superfund Section Govt. Liaison  Learn more about River Workshop topics and schedule. 
 
All sessions are FREE will take place each Thursday from June 8 – July 27 from 5:30-7:30pm at Green Anchors. Green Anchors is located at 8940 N. Bradford Street in the Cathedral Park lot near the boat launch.  Optional potluck happy hour at 5:00pm. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Childcare is available with one week notice.

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at Cathedral Park July 12 2023, 1-3 p.m. EPA’s Laura Hanna, Laura Knudsen and Kristin Ching (New Community Involvement Coordinator) will be doing sample testing at Green Anchor, come down between 1-3 on July 12 before our CAG meeting. Anyone is welcome to stop by and see science and reciprocity in action!  Our river deserves it!   

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  Thursday, August 17 from 4:00-5:30pm for the next Cathedral Park Project Area Working Group virtual meeting!

Virtual Cathedral Park Project Area Working Group Meeting
Zoom Meeting Information
Zoom Link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84286239870
If clicking the link above does not work or you have any audio issues, please feel free to join the meeting on the phone by using the following information:
Call Number: 719-359-4580 | Code:  84286239870# Or use One tap mobile:  +17193594580, 84286239870# What are the August meeting topics? High-level recap from the June Working Group meeting Hear from Josie Clark (EPA) about sampling updates from the Cathedral Park Project Area. Report out from and Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in-person educational activities Planning for upcoming in-person educational activities in August/September aligned with Human Access Project’s concrete removal event Recap of Action Items and Next Steps for this Working Group Schedule next meeting if there is sufficient interest among Working Group members If you would like to join the working group or have other questions, please contact Laura Knudsen (knudsen.laura@epa.gov, call/text 206-643-4299).  ————————————————————————————————
Making Our Voices Heard with Your Comment. Public Comment Period Opened June 15th.
It Will Close July 12th   
In March of 2022, a bill was passed by the Oregon legislature, SB 1567, giving the first agency oversight ever over the oil facilities in the Hub (and the PDX airport, Eugene, and Port Westward) to Oregon DEQ.
 
DEQ formed a program called Fuel Tanks and Seismic Stability.  The scope of the bill is not as inclusive as we want but it is a first step to make progress–requiring the oil companies to conduct seismic stability assessments and to submit mitigation plans to lessen the risks of casualties, structural damage, and environmental impacts. 
 
A draft of DEQ’s proposed rules is available now and the public comment period opened June 15th. It will close July 12th.  Written testimony is due by 4 pm on July 12th.  The rules are available for review.  Warning: your eyes may glaze over.  Paste this in your browser:
 https://www.oregon.gov/deq/rulemaking/pages/seismicstability2023.aspx
 
Please consider adding your voice for the safety of all of our communities. Email:   Send comments to 2023@DEQ.oregon.gov   Postal mail:  Oregon DEQ, Attn: Fuel Tank Seismic Stability Team, 700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 600, Portland, Oregon 97232-4100      Below are talking points drafted by RAC members and other advocates.    Consider beginning your comments by sharing your
location and why this matters to you. Require oil facilities to integrate earthquake early warning systems into their operationsto increase safety for those at greatest risk but to also reduce the impacts for the entire state.  ShakeAlert®is an earthquake early warning (EEW) system that detects significant earthquakes quickly so that alerts can reach many people seconds to tens of seconds before shaking arrives.  We cannot prevent an earthquake but we can reduce the risk.  This action is not costly to adopt and can be installed quickly, making us safer soon–before any of the other mitigation steps can be taken. The facilities could better protect their employees, warn the nearby communities, and cease operations before the earthquake hits by triggering a shutdown of operations. This could avoid or reduce cascading issues such as fuel releases, fires, explosions, and spills. This has been described as a “no brainer” by many. Remove fuel from the CEI Hub. We can’t leave old unsafe tanks sitting around with fuel in them.  They can still serve as sources of fire and ignition of nearby tanks, still collapse into the river, and spread toxic pollutants into the environment. Require decommissioned tanks be removed. They may have toxic sludge or be empty but they are still hazards.  What do you think of a 10-year timeline for getting the CEI Hub to a place where it is considered “safe-enough” when an earthquake could come at any time? Equity issues were not adequately addressed. If you want to comment on them, please email sterling@phccoalition.org for talking points. Thank you for your support.  We’d welcome a copy of your testimony: nancyhiser@comcast.net
 
 
Nancy Hiser
Linnton Neighborhood Association
503-713-3468
This event is put on in support and collaboration with Breach Collective, Mosquito Fleet and York River Ed. Center. Please use the QR code with smart phone above or use the link here to register. 
——————————————————————————————————— Remember, we have a “New” Portland Harbor CAG YouTube page. “Subscribe here” and at the bottom of the email. Now you have access to our monthly virtual meetings, forums, and presentations.  
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***    ***    ***    ***  Tonights Guest Speaker Tonights speaker in Paul Fuglevand, PE Senior Principal Engineer for DOF (Dalton, Olmsted, and Fuglevand). Paul has over 40 years of nationwide consulting experience at several of the country’s largest Superfund site. For the past 20 years, Paul has served as technical director, project manager, and project coordinator for work set forth in EPA Agreed Orders at various Superfund sites. He is a nationally recognized expert in the characterization of sediments and the design of remedial actions for cleanup of contaminated sediments. Contact information link can be found here… And if you wish to know more about WRAG, https://wragpdx.wordpress.com/contact * River Mile 11 East information:  Summary: Remedial design work is ongoing. The Phase I PDI Evaluation Report has been completed and they are working on a Preferred Alternatives Report (PAR).  Working Parties: City of Portland, PacifiCorp, Cargill, Inc., CBS Corporation, DIL Trust, Glacier Northwest, Inc.  Informal Public Feedback Opportunity: Review conceptual design in 2023 for River Mile 11 East area (estimated date).  EPA Point of Contact: Hunter Young, EPA Project Manager (young.hunter@epa.gov, 503-326-5020)  https://semspub.epa.gov/work/10/100003524.pdf https://semspub.epa.gov/work/10/100098511.pdf   Date:   Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Time: Start at 6:30 pm Pacific
Zoom Time: Start at 6:00 pm Pacific
Location: “BES Water Pollution Lab” at 6543 N Burlington Avenue Portland, OR 97203.
Weblink: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86023146208
Meeting ID: 860 2314 6208
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