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NEWS
Capitol Highway
Improvements
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roughly $58 million dollars over four
years before it sunsets.
“The city council has to refer the
tax to the voters,” Lear said. “So we’re
on schedule to take the resolution to
council on the 27th of January, asking
the elections office to refer the gas tax to
voters in May of this year.”
A list of potential projects would
allocate $2.3 million dollars for paving
Capitol Highway from Multnomah
Boulevard to Taylors Ferry Road. An
additional $3 million could be leveraged
from system development charges and
the Bureau of Environmental Services
for the sidewalks.
An expensive portion of the design is
dealing with storm water; the initial idea
of putting a giant pipe under Capitol
Highway would balloon the one-mile
project cost to $19 million.
The city is now working on a different,
less costly design. “The neighborhood,
through our ad hoc committee, came
up with some recommendations with
how we’d like to see the design change,”
Lyons said.
“And that was to make it so there’s
a sidewalk on just one side of the road,
instead of both. We feel that’s all we
really need and that might reduce the
costs some.”
The city will come back to the
Multnomah Neighborhood Association
with its new design, and that is why
members of the ad hoc committee were
canvassing to spread the word about it.
They want to make sure everyone in
the neighborhood is able to give feedback
for the final design.
Residents who were at home Saturday
morning were handed a flyer with
contact information for the ad hoc
committee and encouraged to stay in
touch so they could provide their input
when the time comes.
For Beth Fernandez and Sarah Lyons,
it is all about safety.
“My son walks along Capitol
February 2016
[Highway] to school and to
the bus,” said Fernandez.
“And I walk to town all the
time. It’s just an accident
waiting to happen.”
Sarah Lyons, pregnant
with her second child,
added, “Kids are the
reason for this.”
Is anyone opposed to
the adding sidewalks
and bike lanes on Capitol
Highway?
Lyons said not really,
however there have been
a few people worried
that better roads will just
encourage more people to
drive on an already busy Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen looks on as Jason Ford signs
arterial.
an email list to stay abreast of the design plans for Capitol
“They worry that if you Highway. (Post photo by KC Cowan)
build it, they will come,”
To stay informed about the Southwest
he said. “And our position is: They’re
Capitol
Highway Plan, contact Chris
coming already. We’re seeing more
Lyons,
transportation
chair at chrislyons7@
density and infill, and we need the
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infrastructure to accommodate it.”
Cody Clark, 21, dead after shooting at Multnomah Village apartment complex
POLICE BLOTTER
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
On Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 9:03 p.m.,
Portland Central Precinct officers
responded to multiple reports of
gunfire in the 3300 block of Southwest
Multnomah Boulevard.
As officers were responding to the
scene, they received an update that a
man was suffering from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
Officers arrived at the scene, located the
man, and called for medical personnel to
attend to his injuries. Medical personnel
arrived and determined that the man
was deceased from an apparent self-
inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers learned that the man fired
multiple rounds from a gun, damaging
some neighboring residences before
taking his own life. No other gunshot
wounds were located by police.
The Oregon State Medical Examiner
responded to the scene to conduct a
death investigation.
In the meantime, friends revealed
via the Multnomah Village group
page on Facebook that the deceased
was 21-year-old Cody Clark who was
attending a party at a friend’s apartment
in Multnomah Village at the time of the
shooting.
At the time of this writing more than
$5000 had been raised for Clark’s funeral
and wake expenses. Those wishing to
remember Clark or make a donation
can visit https://www.gofundme.com/
c8kaeh9w.
Help is available for community
members struggling with a mental
health crisis and/or suicidal thoughts.
Suicide is preventable.
The Multnomah County Mental
Health Call Center is available 24 hours
a day at 503-988-4888.
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare has
an urgent walk-in clinic, open from
7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., 7 days a week.
Payment is not necessary.
If you or someone you know needs
help with suicidal thoughts or is
otherwise in an immediate mental
health crisis, please visit Cascadia or
call 503-963-2575.
Lines for Life is also available 24
hours a day at 800- 273-TALK (8255).
Information about the Portland Police
Bureau’s Behavioral Health Unit and
additional resources can be found by
visiting http://portlandoregon.gov/
police/bhu.
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