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SERVING Burlingame • Capitol Hill • Garden Home • Glen Cullen • Hillsdale • Multnomah Village • Raleigh Hills • South Portland • Vermont Hills • West Portland INSIDE: Southwest SUN School program funding threatened Southwest Portland’s Independent Neighborhood Newspaper Volume No. 20, Issue No. 7 www.swportlandpost.com Portland, Oregon Complimentary – Page 4 May 2012 City Council candidates address neighborhood issues at local forum By Lee Perlman and Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post Candidates Sharon Meieran, David Gwyther and Scott Rose talk shop at the SW Candidates Fair at the Multnomah Center, April 10. (Post photo by Don Snedecor) Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. joined with the Multnomah Neighbor- hood Association and Neighbors West/ Northwest to stage a candidates fair on April 10. They questioned and heard from a total of ten candidates running for Portland City Council Position 1 and Position 4. Other politicians showed up to informally meet and greet people. About 65 people came to listen. The candidates were divided into two panels. Moderator was Richard A. Clucas, a political science professor from Portland State University. The questions were different for each panel. The first panel consisted of City Council Position 1 candidates Bruce Altizer and David Gwyther, and City Council Position 4 candidates Scott McAlpine, Brian Parrott, James Rowell and Mark White. City Council Position 1 candidates Amanda Fritz and Mary Nolan were in the second panel, as were City Council Position 4 candidates Steve Novick and Jeri Williams. Twenty minute neighborhoods? Amanda Fritz: Asked about creating “20 minute neighborhoods,” Fritz said the concept was impossible in some areas, but could be brought closer if the City would require sidewalks to be built in concert with new develop- ment. Mary Nolan said the City should use areas such as Multnomah Village, Hill- sdale and Corbett-Terwilliger, and use transit systems “to link them together” and “include everyone.” Steve Novick said he would call on employers to “devise strategies” to deal with health care costs. Some ar- eas, such as Multnomah and Hillsdale, already have 20-minute neighbor- hoods, but elsewhere you would have to work “neighborhood by neighbor- hood.” Jeri Williams said she had lived in Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill for 14 years and that it was not a 20-minute neighborhood; she added that this concept has different meanings for parents with young children and the disabled. (Continued on Page 4) Barbur Concept Plan open house set for May 3 at Cedarwood School By Lee Perlman The Southwest Portland Post The City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability will hold a public open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 3 at Cedarwood Waldorf School, 3030 SW Second Ave., to ac- quaint the public with the work of the Barbur Concept Plan so far and receive their input on it. The Plan is an examination of what sort of development and redevel- opment should occur on and near Southwest Barbur Boulevard, and the rezoning and physical improvements necessary to bring such redevelop- ment about. It is related to, although separate from, another effort – the Southwest Corridor Study, which is considering transportation improvements for the corridor that may include a new light rail line. The planning staff is looking at eight “focus points” – Gibbs Street, Hamilton Street, Terwilliger Boule- vard, Capitol Hill Road, 26 th Avenue, Barbur Crossroads (the Southwest Barbur Boulevard-Capitol Highway- Interstate 5 interchange), and Port- land Community College’s Sylvania campus. Those who come will be shown graphic representations of what various sorts of development at these locations might look like, and give their reactions. If a light rail line is built on Barbur, these are likely station locations. The South Portland Neighborhood Association has officially protested the designation of Gibbs as a focus area. The City should try to preserve the vintage single family homes in this area, part of the Lair Hill National His- toric District, rather than encourage their demolition for redevelopment, the neighborhood group said. Planner Morgan Tracy said the City would continue to study Gibbs as a focus area at this time. However, he told the Post, South Portland’s posi- tion is “just the kind of feedback we’re looking for.” Gibbs was included, he said, be- cause the presence of the Aerial Tram, and the pending Gibbs Street Pedes- trian Bridge and a trail, make this a key connection between the Oregon Health and Sciences University and the South Waterfront area. Don’t forget to renew your subscription. Form on Page 2. The Southwest Portland Post 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Portland, OR 97206 BEFORE and AFTER: Southwest 13th Avenue at Barbur Blvd. (Photo and illustration courtesy of Fregonese Associates)
