August 2017
NEWS
MULTNOMAH NOTEBOOK
(Continued from Page 1)
The presentation documented
historic complaints about seasonal
flow onto private property in Basin 3.
“A key point in a Capitol Highway
corridor stormwater concepts
document was that the city knew
about the excessive flooding issues,”
Clark said. “No other basins reported
similar issues in the referenced
document.”
According to Clark’s presentation,
there used to be a large wetlands,
north of Dolph Court, which helped
reduce the flow of large volumes
of water. According to Tim Kurtz,
a stormwater technical assistance
manager, the city does not currently
have regulatory authority over
wetlands.
“That authority rests with the
Department of State Lands and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” he
said.
Even though the issue of stormwater
was clearly a known issue in this basin,
the city has allowed a substantial
amount of new development that
removed the natural buffers, and
caused immeasurable growth in the
volumes of water that flows directly
upon the downstream neighbors on
private property.
The project team is looking at a
number of facility alternatives within
Basin 3, including maximizing the
capacity of the proposed regional
facility on Dolph Court, expanding
the capacity of other existing storm
systems, and diverting some of the
flows from Basin 3 into one of the
other drainage basins.
“As part of the Capitol Highway
project, the bureau is currently in
the process of trying to purchase the
property at 3972 SW Dolph Court
to locate a neighborhood detention
facility,” Kurtz said.
Clark noted that west of Capitol
Highway, 11 new homes were
constructed in the last 10 years
causing water to flow east and
downhill onto these properties in
Basin 3.
“Ten properties were flooded,”
Clark said. “There was not a great
response from Kurtz after we
presented.”
“They offered two small
concessions, but they did not assure
us of any reduction of water to
return to normal historic rates of
stormwater running through our
private properties.
“Environmental services restated
that it is charged only with not
making it worse,” she said.
Clark told The Post that although
they appreciated the time and effort
the bureau took to draft the letter,
the Basin 3 group says it feels very
much like they side-stepped the
central issue.
Kurtz replied three months after
their presentation.
“We recognize the importance
and value of working with the
community,” Kurtz wrote the Basin
3 group. “(This helps) identify ways
to improve drainage conditions both
along the Capitol Highway corridor
and in the surrounding drainage
basins.”
Kurtz included input from a variety
of staff at the bureau including senior
management and the director ’s
office. According to their watershed
manual, new stormwater conveyance
infrastructure must carry up to the
10-year storm without surcharge. It
must provide means to pass a 25-year
storm without damage to property,
endangering human life or public
health, or significant environmental
impact.
Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen, who
lives in Basin 4, just north of Basin
3, said that flooding is not just
restricted to Basin 3. She spoke up at
the neighborhood meeting.
“The city wants to adhere to the
stormwater manual and standards,”
she said, “but every household has
the same story. Basin 3 has a creek;
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we have a river!”
“We will continue to be in touch
as the design for Capitol Highway
progresses,” Kurtz wrote. “We will
include updates on the alternative
analyses for the Basin 3 stormwater
drainage system.”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
(Continued from Page 2)
City of Portland shouldn’t
be spraying Glyphosate in
Gabriel Park
When I originally heard about plans
for the pollinator meadow at Gabriel
Park, I was excited.
As a neighbor, a frequent user of
the park, and an active member of the
nearby community garden, I loved
the idea of creating a better environ-
ment for bees and hummingbirds and
other pollinators.
So I was understandably upset
when I learned that Portland Parks
and Recreation had sprayed the her-
bicide Ranger Pro 2 Percent (Glypho-
sate) on the meadow.
I found it hard to believe they had
taken this action, especially since
the meadow drains into the riparian
area of Vermont Creek and is directly
across from the organic community
orchard, the organic community gar-
den, and the winter dog park.
What I find even harder to believe
is that, despite opposition from
many people in the community and
At the end of the neighborhood
meeting, a motion was passed by the
association to help support the Basin
3 group and draft another letter to the
Bureau of Environmental Services
including Director Michael Jordan
and Commissioner Nick Fish.
a planned meeting with stakeholders
(date to be announced), according to
Kendra Petersen-Morgan, the park
bureau is “committed to completing
the spray work that is scheduled in
the fall.”
The World Health Organiza-
tion’s International Agency for Re-
search on Cancer classified Glypho-
sate as “probably carcinogenic in
humans” in 2015.
Although other organizations like
the European Chemical Agency have
denied the risk, the Glyphosate con-
troversy rages.
I can’t understand why the city
of Portland (which requires organic
gardening methods in its commu-
nity gardens) would want to use a
substance that is widely considered
to be harmful to aquatic life, animals,
and humans in their pursuit of a more
environmentally friendly meadow.
I hope this letter alerts concerned
neighbors regarding the issue, and
that they take action by contacting
Kendra Petersen-Morgan (kendra.
petersen-morgan@portlandoregon.
gov) to ask that our city stop spray-
ing Glyphosate on the Gabriel Park
pollinator meadow.
Cindy Brown
Multnomah
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