Attendees

Board

Mike Warwick
Allan Rudwick
Andrew Champion

Guests

Anders Hart – Portland: Neighbors Welcome

Portland: Neighbors Welcome Presentation

P:NW describes itself as “a campaign for abundant housing and climate-friendly communities in the heart of Portland.” 

Campaign is in response to city’s housing crisis, attributed to downzoning of the city, with the goal to upzone the city’s inner eastside to resemble older parts of the city, with for street scale apartments, corner stores, et al to reduce the need for automobiles.

The current subject area does not include but is immediately east of Eliot, in part to limit displacement.

P:NW asks for LUTC support at upcoming NECN.

Warwick asserted that land, labor, and materials remain expensive, and that  P:NW’s proposal differs little from local RIP2 and statewide zoning changes. Rudwick suggested that expanding beyond city corridors would reduce competition for multifamily zoned lots. Mike countered that it is a rounding error in the overall development cost.

Warwick moved to support P:NW at NECN, Champion seconded, 3-0 in favor

Updates

Event Parking Pilot

No news

Kerby Project

City may apply for Reconnecting Communities grant to study

News

Next release of Eliot News targeted to precede October general meeting.

Letters

None

NE 7th Greenway

Nothing is happening.

Leaf District

Eliot is being added.

Public Comment

None

Adjournment

Adjourned at 7:13

Attendees

Board

Allan Rudwick
Andrew Champion

Guests

Casey McGuirl – McGuirl Designs & Architecture
Alicia Jameson – McGuirl Designs & Architecture
Heidi Bertman – Portland Public Schools 

Developer Presentation: 2416 N Flint Ave (at N Page)

Number of proposed lots for land division or planned development review: 

Proposal Description: 19 unit (8x 2bd2ba, 8x 2bd1ba, 3x studio), 5 Story building with vehicular parking below (6 spaces: all w/ charging, 1 ADA) and rooftop deck. 

Zoning of site: CM3d

Amount of square feet of new building area: 14,995 SF

Attendees weighed different possibilities for improved ground level programming within limits of code and site geometry constraints with a garage.

Common spaces are FAR exempt

PPS – Heidi Bertman

PPS is assessing the value of its Prophet Education Center property for redevelopment. Relocating district ops may prove more difficult than initially anticipated.

Status of Tubman is remains up in the air.

Event Parking Pilot

Allan testified before Portland City Council onJune 5th. Pilot advanced to the next phase of approval.

Kerby

Allan is pitching the Fremont Bridgehead to District 2 candidates, but still needs a grant and leading agency.

Eliot News

New issue is coming out

Letters

None

Public comment

none

Adjournment

Adjourned at 8:04

May 13 2024 6:30pm Online

Attendees

Board

Allan Rudwick
Andrew Champion
Jason Cohen

Guests

Anders Hart

Event Parking Pilot

Allan shared draft of proposed permit parking area. Residents on block faces adjacent to permit area are eligible for permits.

The Portland Trail Blazers are a primary reason for the permit area but appear uninterested in directly funding permits. Indirect contribution through ENA may be possible.

Kerby Ramp/Fremont Bridgehead

Allan plans to reach out to city council candidates about the project and hold another site walkthrough.

Letters

Williams & Fargo

City is working with the new contractor for the construction site at Williams & Fargo to bring the sidewalk into compliance.

OHSU

OHSU replied affirmatively about working together post-Legacy merger but there hasn’t been much action.

NE 7th

General conversation: studying traffic diversion, progress on the greenway appears stalled.

Adjournment

Adjourned at 7:00pm

February 12 2024 6:30pm Online

Attendees

Board

Allan Rudwick
Jason Cohen
Andrew Champion
Mike Warwick

Williams & Fargo

Jason: “we can’t compel” the city to return the sidewalk, but we do want it back. Drafting a letter.

OHSU

Allan working on letter to OHSU proposing resolutions to drug dealing issues, redevelopment of unused land, and collaboration on freeway ramp modification near Emanuel campus.

Former Nike Store

Mike is meeting later about the former Nike Community Store

Adjournment

Adjourned at 7:28pm

December 11 2023 6:30 Online

Board Attendees

Andrew Champion
Jason Cohen
Allan Rudwick

Guests

Wes Ayers

Leaf pickup zone 

Allan presented a draft letter asking to include Eliot in the city’s Leaf Pickup Program. 

Area Parking Permit

Allan presented three draft letters:

To the city: asking for firm commitment to enforcement of the permit area and appropriately assigning the responsibility to Rose Quarter.

To Eliot residents: explaining the genesis of the Area Parking Permit and process of adoption.

OHSU

With the upcoming Legacy merger with OHSU, Emanuel Hospital changes hands. Allan presented a draft letter introducing the LUTC to the hospital owners seeking collaboration and proposing  community investment initiatives

Fremont Bridgehead

Allan is connecting with representatives from Hill Block (bounded by Knott, Williams, Russell, and Vancouver) and Soul District reps. PBOT contact Mike Serritella suggested a TGM (Transportation and Growth Management) grant. Allan is considering a nonprofit to push the project forward.

Meeting Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 7:16pm

Attendees

Mike Serritella – PBOT
Steve Streimer – Streimer Sheet Metal
Allan Rudwick
Andrew Champion
Jason V. Cohen
Mike Warwick

Additions to agenda

(none)

Streimer Sheet Metal – Steven Streimer

Since the 1950s, Streimer Sheet Metal (SSM) has operated off Knott in lower Albina. The company has run out of space, will be relocating in the near future. SSM is exploring redevelopment options for the site through new zoning. 

Issues with the site are soil contamination, and that some lots are IG1 with no-housing overlay. 

The lots on Russell have already been rezoned to EX, consistent with their indication in the Comprehensive Plan boundary. 

SSM hopes to rezone the no-housing lots to EX and sell the site to a developer, potentially as a single project, and/or with Albina Vision Trust (AVT).

Broadway/Weidler – Mike Serritella

Discussed PBOT proposal for federal Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant (RCNG) Program. Project goal is bridging active transportation gaps on Broadway, Weidler, and Larrabee and a Main Street redesign from the Willamette to NE 7th.

The application is in partnership with AVT and Historic Albina Advisory Board. Signal and stormware upgrades are planned, as well as new protected bike lanes, shorter pedestrian crossings, movement separations, and increased green space, as well as signal and stormwater upgrades.

Current state is a “2%” design, both independent and aware of  I5 RQ project. 1 year of public comment follows any grant.

LUTC agreed to write a letter of support for PBOT’s grant proposal.

NE Fremont near Williams

There was no objection to proposed 23 unit housing development immediately west of 40 NE Fremont.

Parking Committee Update – Allan Rudwick

Allan Rudwick and Jimmy Wilson of ENA along with Kathryn Doherty-Chapman (PBOT) had an initial meeting with Blazers management. Ballots are going out ???. The district will be contiguous, and is unlikely to extend to Russell.

Legacy/OHSU

Legacy is in the process of merging with OHSU Health. LUTC agreed to send an introductory letter to OHSU asking for a dialogue with the future owners of undeveloped property on the Williams/Vancouver couplet.

Public Comment

(none)

Adjournment

7:46

Welcome and Introductions

Attendees

• Allan Rudwick, chair
• Andrew Champion, recorder
• Wray
• Jason Cohen, member

Additions

none

Graham

Developer uses community design standards and isn’t obligated to listen, used [Title 11 fee waiver?]  to not preserve/replace existing trees.

Wray expressed concern about the loss of green space in this lot and in Eliot at large but did not have a specific request for the committee. Allan offered a post on the neighborhood website.

Permits

(none)

Parking Committee

Sent letter to Portland Trail Blazers asking for the team to subsidize the cost of Area Parking Permits for Eliot residents near Rose Quarter. Implementation details of the overall plan remain fuzzy.

Fremont Bridgehead

Allan intends to seek grants. Ideal writers would represent people displaced from Albina.

Public Comment

(none)

Adjournment

Adjourned at 7:03

Attendees

• Allan Rudwick (LUTC)
• Ryan Smolar (Placemaking US)
• Madeline Spencer (Placemaking US)
• Serena Li (ENA)
• Cassie Muilenberg (ENA)
• Jennifer Wilcox (ENA)
• Jason Cohen (LUTC)
• Andrew Champion (LUTC)
• Alice Newman (ENA)
• Aaron Brown (No More Freeways)
• Joe Cotright (City Observatory)
• Chris Smith (No More Freeways)
• Michelle DePass (School Board)
• Ananda Gordon-Peabody (MURP)
• Grace Dudley (MURP)
• Paul Ahrns (MURP)
• Ian Meisner (MURP)
• Meg Grzybowski (MURP)

Items

Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation 

MURP/Team Magpie presented the history of the Fremont Bridgehead, analyzed the site, and provided recommendations for its future.

https://arcg.is/1D5XmG2

This was recorded. See the recording and the final report here:

PSU students deliver final report on Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation Project

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 7:47

Attendees:

• Kris
• Jason Cohen (member)
• Allan Rudwick (co-chair)
• Andrew Champion (recorder)

Stanton Letter

Discussed updates from 2021 letter, incorporating modern updates

Send letter: motion (andrew) second: allan vote: 3-0

Art Pierce 

South Eliot

• Kris discussed the Rose Quarter expansion and its possible effect on development along the Broadway corridor

Parking Committee

• Establishing district boundary, they seem to be targeting residential blocks more than commercial
• Residents within boundary will be surveyed on permitting

Fremont Bridgehead

Group is working on report of existing conditions, beginning public engagement process, and making contacts with the city

Eliot News

• Seeking content

Attendees

LUTC Committee

• Allan Rudwick – Chair
• Mike Warwick – vice-chair
• Andrew Champion – Recorder
• Jason V. Cohen – Standing member

PBOT

• Steve Szigethy – PBOT
• Nicole Peirce – PBOT
• Nick Falbo- PBOT

Community Members

• Alex Lee & Sarah
• Peggy Winchester – eliot resident
• Jerry Thompson
• Laura Kading – Eliot resident
• Randy Haj – Eliot Resident
• Sally – Eliot resident
• Rose Francis
• Shayna Rehberg
• Dorothy P
• Mollie Hart

PBOT: NE 7th & Tillamook

The bureau is making lighting improvements at crossings, striping bike lanes south of Tillamook to Weidler, and monitoring traffic to the north and south of Tillamook (north at ?, south at San Rafael)

The 85th percentile speed in October 2018 was 26MPH, and in December 2022 this measure was 21-23 MPH.The highest speed recorded was 35MPH. PBOT noted that it is “content with 25MPH and under.” 

Traffic volume in October 2018 was 5339/day, and in December 2022 this measure was 2737 (Peirce). PBOT added that there may be confounding variables, but that reducing this volume is not a goal of the project, and according to Falbo, there is no target volume for a designated local street.

Peirce noted that there had been no business complaints. Resident consensus was that there has not been improvement in speed or volume.

The bureau committed to returning for a survey in “April or May.”

Eliot Parking Committee

Data show two areas of parking capacity stress: the north edge of Eliot south of Fremont, and the south edge of Eliot from Broadway to Russell during Rose Quarter events

Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation

We/Allan submitted the application. Awaiting response.

I5-Rose Quarter Update

The public comment period was 11/15/22 through 1/4/23. ENA co-hosted a public comment session on January 3rd. 

Vancouver & Russell (Sloan’s)

Members discussed the site design as well as community preferences for this and future developments. Warwick suggested zone review at the block level (instead of per site) to create wealth for incumbent land owners. 

LUTC sent city planners a letter expressing strong opposition to adjustments requested for the current design concept. The committee concerned itself with “the absence of a vital street presence… the limited access for building residents to the grocery store and other retail outlets on the Williams block face and further west on Russell,” but did not object to setback changes.

Emanuel Hospital Contact

Emanuel Hospital is no longer required to make its annual contact, but expressed an interest in doing so anyway. Date TBD.

 FREE Vaccine Clinic at Garlington on Wednesday 11/20 from 3pm-5pm (for Covid and flu vaccines). Cascadia Garlington would like to invite any community members to participate. We are also providing a $25 Fred Meyer gift card for those who attend!

Signups are strongly encouraged through this link, but walk ins will also be served. 

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