Join your neighbors at this fun annual event.  Bundle up!

Portland planners are developing new design standards and guidelines to ensure that new development along SW Macadam Avenue and around the southeast Sellwood bridgehead better relates to the (Willamette) riverfront area.  The first draft is available HERE.  Share your thoughts on how new riverfront development can be more inviting for residents and visitors alike at this meeting.

6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 6:15 PM: BPS, Main Street, Better Housing by Design, and DOZA updates. 6:15 - 7:15 PM: Residential Infill Project: Review and discuss Recommended Draft Report and outline SMILE testimony.  The Project reduces the size of buildings in single-dwelling zones, makes design changes, and fulfills most of the requirements of HB2001 by allowing up to 4 units per lot.   More information on the Project is at https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/67728 .  The deadline for testimony is tentatively when City Council holds hearings on January 15 and probably January 16.

Please join us for an important discussion about Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. Neighborhood resident and former US Fish and Wildlife biologist John Marshall will present information about contamination in Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge from the old land fill. Most of us love and cherish this natural area, and this is a great change to be informed about the health of the refuge and what we can do about it. Please Note: We will meet in the basement, so please enter through the side entrance if possible. Please see the links below for more information. https://www.mitigationcreditdebit.com/myOaks.pptx https://www.mitigationcreditdebit.com/303DOBWR_WM45.jpg

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for November 6, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Board vacancy notice- elections to be held February 5. 7:45 p.m. Friends of Multnomah Library- overcrowding discussion. 8:00 p.m. John Marshall, former US Fish and Wildlife biologist - contaminants in Oaks Bottom discussion. 8:15 p.m. Friends of Moreland Woods update. 8:30 p.m. Transition Projects local shelter Director - discussion. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.

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6:00 p.m. Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee.  How to get onto Transportation Committee email list. Who to contact about transportation requests. 6:10 p.m.  Bus 99 Rose Lane Pilot Project on Tacoma – Scott Kelly. Consider recommending support for a pilot project on Tacoma to reduce delays to Bus 99. Background: The City of Portland and Trimet are looking for ways to reduce delays to transit. A section of Tacoma Street from about SE 10th to SE 16th is one of 20 segments being considered for a pilot project. More information and a survey is available at https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/index.cfm?&c=80076. […]

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for November 20, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Addy Quit, Rose City Rollers outreach committee - SMILE partnership discussion. 8:00 p.m. Scott Kelly, Transportation Committee (action item) - PBOT Rose Lane pilot project support letter and Oak Grove / Lake Oswego pedestrian bridge support letter. 8:20 p.m. Inclusivity discussion - Justin Dick. 8:40 p.m. Executive session re: SMILE personnel. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.