April 2017
NEWS
Hayhurst Subdivision
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Screech owls were heard in Pendleton
Woods last summer. The area is home
to ducks, rabbits and coyotes plus a
myriad of birds and a native, enormous
wetlands iris.
The area has not grown or changed
dramatically over the years. A few
homes have gone up with large lots
in keeping with the R7 zoning (one
home per 7,000 square feet) and the
neighborhood.
There are several of Vic Remmers’
faux Tudor houses, but no large
developments such as the one proposed
on Pendleton Creek Woods.
The proposed development is at
odds with Southwest watershed
issues, including numerous open creek
channels, clay and silt.
Instead of keeping the natural slope
and building homes with daylight
basements, the proposed plan will re-
grade the entire slope so that it is flat
and build upon this. “This is a landslide
waiting to happen,” said Hurwitz.
“The proposal does not include
improving all of Southwest 48th,
therefore, the increased traffic will
be on a Safe Route to School with no
sidewalks. Additionally, if the street
is through there will be cut through
traffic to avoid the sharp turn at the
top of Southwest Cameron. We are
concerned about the safety of children,”
said Hurwitz.
The proposal calls for a high density
development. Many large trees will
be cut down. The developer will pay
into a mitigation fund. The proposal’s
homes are large, their yards miniscule.
A tiny portion will be preserved as an
Environmental Overlay Zone.
“We believe that development is
inevitable but this one is wrong. Eleven
homes shoved into this area with nearly
every tree cut down is not in keeping
with the neighborhood,” said Hurwitz.
“It necessitates impervious surfaces,
requires a through road that will
increase danger and does not respect
the nature of our ‘green’ Portland.”
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senior communications specialist,
previewed the committee’s schedule.
“In the coming months,” Kehe
said, “the overall plans will be
discussed including land use and the
Barbur Concept Plan.”
From April to June, Kehe said that
impacts would be discussed and
much more information would come
out during the summer months.
Three members were selected as
liaisons to the steering committee:
R o g e r Av e r b e c k , S o u t h w e s t
Transportation Committee; Stephan
Belding, Tigard Pedestrian and
Bicycle Advisory Committee; and
Michael Kisor, Southwest Bicycle and
Pedestrian Neighborhoods.
The next Community Advisory
Committee meeting is scheduled for
Monday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Multnomah Arts Center. A project tour
is planned for the committee on April 15.
Committee members sift through a
plethora of materials and information
on the light rail project.
(Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
Gax tax-funded projects include bike lanes, sidewalks, and street repairs
FIXING OUR STREETS
By Jack Rubinger
The Southwest Portland Post
On May 17, 2016, Portland voters
passed Measure 26-173, Portland’s
first local funding source dedicated to
fixing streets. One source of funding
is a heavy vehicle use tax with total
estimated revenue over four years of
$74 million.
Measure 26-173 projects include
contract paving, base repair, safe routes
to schools, sidewalks/shoulders, bike
infrastructure.
So Fixing Our Streets is a gas-
tax funded four-year program to
implement street repair and traffic
safety improvements on Portland’s
streets. Details were discussed at an
open house meeting at the Multnomah
Arts Center in March.
Speakers/presenters at the open
house included Jennifer Rollins from
fixingourstreets.com, Portland City
Commissioner Dan Saltzman, and
Leah Treat, director of the Portland
Bureau of Transportation, which
manages $11 billion in assets and
about 5,000 lane miles of streets.
The program will allow the
transportation bureau to expand
preventive street maintenance that
saves money, prevents potholes and
makes it easier to move around the
city.
The program will also incorporate
critical safety improvements like
sidewalks, traffic signals, and bike
lanes to increase safer traffic for
children and commuters.
Southwest Portland projects
include “safe routes to school” safety
improvements for Lincoln and Wilson
high school clusters.
Paving, bike lanes and sidewalks
on Southwest Capitol Highway
(2018-2020), paving on Southwest
Vermont Street from Oleson Road to
Capitol Highway (2017) and crossing
improvements on Beaverton Hillsdale
Highway (2017) are also on the docket.
Basic street repairs began back
in September. Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway improvements will begin
this month.
Southwest Portland pedestrian and
bicycle improvements are planned for
Capitol Highway from Garden Home
Road to Taylors Ferry Road.
The proposed improvements
include continuous sidewalks on the
east side of the road, protected bike
lanes on the east side of the road, multi-
use paths on the west side of the road,
pedestrian crossings at consolidated
bus stop locations, and stormwater
management improvements.
The Fix Our Streets program will
also include an oversight committee
— 16 community members who
will monitor revenues, expenditures
and program implementation and
approve any necessary changes to the
project list.
The committee will monitor
construction impacts and focus on
minority-owned, women-owned, and
emerging small business utilization.
Another goal was to elevate
conversations and raise awareness
about block parties, walking safely in
Portland and encouraging people to
get creative and reimagine their streets,
parking spaces, plazas and alleys to
enjoy and engage the surrounding
community.
More than 100 community members
attended the friendly open house
which included pizza, salads and
refreshments. Glenn Bridges, who
lives in Hillsdale, was excited, but
a bit skeptical. “The need exceeds
the resources available, but let’s get
started,” he said.
At breakout sessions, community
members asked transportation
officials to reach out to individual
households, PTA presidents of Jackson
and Stevenson schools, nextdoor.
com, the Jewish community, and
neighborhood associations.
For more information about
p r o p o s e d p l a n s , v i s i t w w w.
fixingourstreets.com.
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