6 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
August 2014
Neal named to head up history project; home demolition discussed
MAPLEWOOD NOTEBOOK
By Lee Braymen-Cleary
The Southwest Portland Post
On July 9, members of the Maple-
wood Neighborhood Association
convened at April Hill Park for their
monthly meeting.
Board Members: Anna Bell Neal
has been appointed secretary effective
September 1, and Jen Seamens will soon
join the board as member at large. Still,
no chairperson exists, and any resi-
dents wanting to apply for the position
should contact Clair Carder via email at
Maplewood@swni.org. One primary
chairperson’s task involves organizing
monthly meetings and presiding over
them.
Garden Tour: The 2014 garden tour,
held on July 21, was a success. Approxi-
mately 70 Maplewood residents gath-
ered at Maplewood Coffee & Tea, paid
$10 for walking maps and toured nearly
a dozen local gardens. The treasurer
announced that revenue gleaned has
raised the Association’s bank account
to $2,621.07.
Local Tennis Courts: Jill Gaddis re-
ported that while Nike has generously
donated new surfaces for local tennis
courts, there is now a serious problem.
Residents have used those courts when
setting off fire works, and the surfaces
are now ruined.
Parks Bond Measure: Local parks
are in need of $68 million for urgent
repairs, safety concerns, restrooms and
ADA accommodations. Possibly a bond
measure addressing these needs will
appear on the November ballot.
If approved, these monies would re-
place the expiring 1994 funds. Portland
Parks and Recreation is seeking citizen
comments on the bond issue.
For more information check out
www.ParksReplacementBond.org.
If you would like to comment on the
proposed bond, please email City Com-
missioner Amanda Fritz at Amanda@
portlandoregon.gov.
April Hill Park/City Agreement: Jill
Gaddis has received and signed all pa-
perwork related to City funds granted
for the development of April Hill Park’s
wetlands area.
Two bridges and walkways that will
protect the delicate ecosystem there
are planned. Ground breaking will not
take place until next summer, but that
distant date will allow for gathering of
all necessary permits and for engineers
to draw up plans.
Home Demolition: Jill Gaddis re-
cently attended one of the home demo-
lition meetings being held around the
city. DEQ has serious concerns about
how demolition is approached, espe-
cially because the number of houses
being destroyed each year is mounting.
Environmental concerns include
asbestos pollution. Another concern is
that 75 percent of torn down buildings
now go to into landfills. But if demoli-
tion is done carefully, and windows are
removed, that can drop to as low as 20
percent.
Editor’s Note: This is an important issue
for our community, from an urban plan-
ning perspective, as developers in search of
buildable land tear down existing structures
to build new homes. Even historic homes
are vulnerable. Often what replace them
(on standard lots) are large homes that far
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