6 • The Southwest Portland Post
City budget hearing to
include Southwest projects
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Permanent housing was budget-
ed $1 million along with another
$3.5 million for the prevention of
youth homelessness and housing
investment.
According to Andrew Scott,
the mayor’s budget director, the
economy is growing, not as fast,
but business and property taxes
are up.
“We had a one-time surplus of $8
million to pay off city debt,” Scott
announced to a crowd of about 70
citizens.
“We’re happy to say that we
didn’t have to ask any bureaus to
cut their budgets this year.”
All four city commissioners and
the mayor were in attendance but
none of them spoke or asked ques-
tions. The evening was allocated
for community members to ask
for additional discretionary funds.
Approximately 20 people were
selected by random drawing to
speak for a strict two-minute spot.
Funds were requested for retain-
ing Outdoor School; scholarships
for Student Connect (engaging
youth to community college pro-
grams); and the mounted police
patrol.
Beth Madison, principal of Rob-
ert Gray Middle School, asked for
a one-time allocation for a “safe
route to school” to be developed
near Beaverton-Hillsdale High-
way. Madison said she had broken
her elbow while walking down the
steep ravine.
“The [current] route poses a
difficult, dangerous way for my
NEWS
students to get to the school,” she
said.
Don Baack, of SW Trails, re-
quested funds for stairs, sidewalks,
and a bridge to allow the new Ste-
phens Creek Crossing (the new
low-income housing development
that replaced Hillsdale Terrace)
residents to walk to school safely.
Approximately 40-60 new stu-
dents will be attending schools in
the area.
Additional requests were made
for retaining small community
grants programs, watershed proj-
ects, and turning the Willamette
Shore railroad right-of-way between
Portland and Lake Oswego into a
“trolley trail.”
Mayor Hales has proposed a pack-
age of changes to urban renewal ar-
eas that are projected to produce an
additional $158 million of revenue
to the taxing jurisdictions over the
next 30 years.
If the package is approved, the city
can expect to have an additional $1.8
million in the general fund in fiscal
year 2014-2015.
Community members will have
future opportunities to weigh in
on several more key hearings. On
May 14, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., the
utility rate hearing will be held at
City Hall chambers. An additional
budget hearing will be held on May
15 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at City Hall.
The final budget approval will be
held on May 28 from 9:30 -10:15 a.m.
at City Hall.
Adoption of the city budget is
scheduled to take place on June 19
at 2:00 p.m. at City Hall.
For more information, contact the city
budget office at 503-823-6925 or visit
www.portlandoregon.gov/budget.
May 2014
People occasionally dump trash
in them, remove rocks that serve as
check dams to slow the flow of run-
off, and let their kids play in them.
Obviously, they aren’t designed
for any of that. In the meantime, I
think there will be more repair work
at this facility. I’ll keep you posted.
Free medical and
dental clinic
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This bioswale located on Southwest
Capitol Highway at 36th Avenue isn't
draining properly.
(Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
Bioswale not draining well
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oils and grease and that stuff can
actually form a layer on top of the
soil that makes it difficult for water
to infiltrate.
A member of our Pollution Pre-
vention Services staff visited some
businesses last week to talk about
this. Sometimes people don’t real-
ize the problems this can cause and
often when we explain it to them
we’ll see an improvement in facility
operations.
We have hundreds of green streets
and every now and then we’ll put
one in an area that has these kinds
of issues. Sometimes people are not
aware that green streets are part of
the city’s stormwater management
infrastructure.
Multnomah Village.
Barker is coordinating the food
with the help of local restaurants
such as the Olive Garden, Food
Front, Starbucks, and Le Cordon
Bleu.
The organizers of Compassion
Connect are mobilizing several
hundred volunteers and are hoping
for an equivalent number of guests.
Interpreters will be available.
Due to the high demand of dental
services, guests specifically seeking
dental care are advised to arrive
early to sign up and ensure an ap-
pointment at the clinic. Limited
time slots are available and it is first
come, first served.
If you are part of a social service,
would like to volunteer, or sponsor
a guest, please email compassion-
swpdx@gmail.com or visit www.
compassionsw.org.
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