2 • The Southwest Portland Post
EDITORIAL
June 2018
Homeless camps observed near Barbur and Terwilliger boulevards
The Southwest Portland Post
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After all the postings about a re-
ported homeless camp near Barbur
and Terwilliger and a neighbor-
hood meeting on Sunday, three
of us took a walk in search of the
infamous camp today (Monday,
April 8).
We just found two tents between
Barbur Boulevard and Interstate 5
just down the hill from Baja Fresh
on the wooded slope above the
freeway off ramp.
One campsite was very trashy and
the other one was well kept with all
Pedestrian safety improvements being
considered for Stephenson Street
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
The Portland Bureau of Transpor-
tation is holding a meeting to explain
a number of proposed solutions for
improving pedestrian safety along
Southwest Stephenson Street.
The meeting is scheduled for Mon-
day, June 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Stephenson Elementary School (cafe-
torium), 2627 SW Stephenson St.
Traffic calming, including installa-
tion of speed bumps, and lowering
the speed limit are being considered.
A pilot program called the Safer
Shoulders Project is an interim ap-
proach to providing a safer walking
environment on Southwest Portland
streets.
Until the significant funding nec-
essary to build full city standard
sidewalks can be found, PBOT
has been developing this program
with the Bureau of Environmental
Services to provide interim safety
improvements.
The program provides more
shoulder space for pedestrians on
important routes to destinations
such as schools, where sidewalks
are missing or discontinuous. This
program is also being considered for
Stephenson Street.
Rich Newlands of PBOT (rich.
newlands@portlandoregon.gov) will
provide outreach, education and
answer questions at the meeting.
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their trash carefully bagged.
The occupants of this campsite
were a man in his mid-late 20’s and
a young woman in his tent. Nobody
was seen at the other camp at about
4:00pm.
Judging by the huge piles of
garbage at other sites, we believe
there may have been three to five
campsites at one time.
We looked for evidence of crime.
No syringes were observed. We
could not find any packing mate-
rial from Amazon or other online
providers that would evidence
package theft as some people at
Nextdoor had suggested.
I did not see any bicycles, bike
trailers, bike parts or any evidence
of bicycle theft that is so apparent
at other homeless camps. There was
a shopping cart and Fred Meyer
shopping bags which lead me to
believe the occupants probably
hang out at the Burlingame Fred
Meyer’s.
The only odd things I observed
were a pair of child’s crutches and
some torn and discarded Christ-
mas wrapping. The couple that we
spoke to were busily cleaning up.
We introduced ourselves and
asked if they needed anything.
They did not want to engage us in
conversation but were not hostile
in any way.
Bottom-line: Compared to what
I have observed in other parts of
Portland, this did not appear to be
a significant problem.
It does not seem to pose a safety
risk and it is not in an environmen-
tally sensitive area. No assistance
was requested and we could not
discern any way we could help
these homeless neighbors.
Denny Barnes
Collins View
(via Nextdoor)
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Portland at the @MultCoLib branch in Hillsdale about the urgent need to restore
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