This meeting will be online – we’ll be using google meet:

Agenda

1 – Public Comment & Agenda Additions
2 – [Kevin Bond and Nicholas Starin from BPS] – the Central City Code Amendments project
3 – General discussion with BPS staff about any topics of interest. (see the bottom for a list of projects they have been working on)
4 – Discussion of next steps for getting the city’s attention about diverter on NE 7th. Draft letter here
5 – What day of the week should we meet? Arguments: The newly opened Albina Library has nice rooms that are open later Tuesday and Wednesday. Boise NA has its board meetings on the 2nd Monday of the month so we can’t attend it if we don’t cancel this meeting. We have been meeting on Mondays for years
6 – other updates
– Fremont Bridgehead update – Allan is dragging his feet
– Parking update – Zone V enforcement season coming again in October, new signs with paid parking are coming but haven’t arrived yet. Link to more details

Eliot LUTC Meeting
Monday, October 13 · 6:30 – 8:00pm
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zss-vqyk-jca
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 563-293-5954‬ PIN: ‪887 956 769‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/zss-vqyk-jca?pin=4246301771784

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General update from City planning staff:
In case you or other interested folks in Eliot aren’t already subscribers, you can sign up for email notifications for when we publish the monthly long-range planning project updates. The September newsletter is available here.

This monthly newsletter is a handy way to get the current status of BPS’s active land use planning work, including upcoming events and hearings, opportunities to engage with the projects, find out when new materials are published, and how to comment or testify.

Out of all the current BPS planning projects besides CCCAP and RAPP happening in your part of town, I would point out:

• The Affordable Housing Opportunities Project, which is a continuation of a targeted series of zoning map amendments intended to help encourage affordable housing production. This latest project is focused on non-profit affordable housing providers. You can view where zoning map changes are proposed on the Map App. There are two sites near your part of town. This project was just recommended for approval by the Planning Commission and heads to City Council for a public hearing next.

• The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub Policy Project, while not directly impacting Eliot may be of interest to folks in your part of town. The project is intended to update City policies that regulate bulk fuel facilities in northwest Portland along the Willamette River. There are several virtual and in person outreach events happening while the project is inviting public comments through Oct. 17 on a proposed set of preliminary alternatives.

• There are also a number of active planning projects with citywide applicability, such as:

• The Code Alignment Project was just approved by City Council and is intended to streamline permitting and help with housing production and economic recovery.
• The Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) is a project to forecast growth in Portland’s industrial and other business districts, then designate an adequate 20-year supply of developable land for businesses and jobs. A related project is the Columbia Corridor and Industrial Lands Environmental Overlay Zone Project. These two projects just published Discussion Drafts, have outreach events scheduled, and are taking public comments until Nov. 10.
• The Legacy Business Preservation Study is exploring policy options to better support the long-term viability of local independently owned businesses. The study has a questionnaire open until Oct. 31.
• The Public Infrastructure Environmental Code Project will facilitate needed improvements to public infrastructure and allow for management of trees, vegetation, and other natural resources in publicly owned and maintained natural areas. This project had a Planning Commission hearing and recommendation in the summer and goes to City Council for a public hearing next.
• Regulatory Improvement Code Amendment Package 11 (RICAP 11) is part of an ongoing series of projects that make minor updates to Portland’s zoning regulations to remove barriers to development. This project had a Planning Commission hearing next month and is scheduled for a work session and recommendation this month.

If you ever want to hear from a BPS planner at your committee meetings or any time, feel free to reach out to the individual project staff contacts or contact the district liaison for the area.