05/15/2014

See you tonight! Summer fun, short term rentals and more.

We hope to see you at tonight's Arbor Lodge neighborhood meeting. We're getting ready for summer and are looking for people to join us in being social in the good weather - at the park, summer block parties, national night out and more. These are great opportunities to meet neighbors and get to know your neighborhood board members and we hope you'll join us in planning for summer fun!Thursday, May 15th, 6:30, Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon

Also, we've been asked to support a request to consider how the City regulates Short Term Rentals (think AirBnB, VRBO, etc.). If you have experience with these and want to weigh in, bring your personal expertise to tonight's meeting. The specific request is below.  _______

Dear Neighbors,

We need your support and time is short.

At the April 22, 2014 Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission (PSC) meeting, the Commission voted to approve the proposed draft of the Regulatory Improvement Code Amendment Package 6 (RICAP 6) which includes the Accessory Short Term Rental amendments. The package is now moved forward to City Council for approval of the Recommended Draft.

On June 4th at 2:00 pm, City Council is scheduled to review all of the RICAP 6 code amendments, including the Accessory Short Term Rental (STR) amendments.

The STR amendments allow 'by right' short term vacation rentals in single family residential neighborhoods but many neighborhoods have not had the opportunity to review the issues which have recently been raised or comment on the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s staff proposal. We are not asking you to take a stand on the provisions of the STR {any of these issues} but simply to support the need for a more comprehensive public review of the STR proposal than has occurred to date.

Southeast Uplift (SEUL) and Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN) Coalitions, as well as the Neighborhood Association Boards of Sellwood Moreland (SMILE), Hosford Abernethy (HAND), and Rose City Park (RCPNA), have submitted official letters to the City of Portland requesting that Accessory Short Term Rentals be removed from the RICAP 6 process because of the need for a broader public discussion. These letters state that the Short Term Rental amendments are a Major Policy Issue and do not qualify to be considered in the RICAP process, which by PSC’s own definition covers Minor Policy Matters and Technical Corrections. The above referenced letters are attached.

Please reply to this email with a vote of support by a simple cut and paste of the message below, deadline Friday, May 30th:

I support SE Uplift and CNN Coalitions’ request for City Council to remove the Accessory Short Term Rentals amendments from RICAP 6 to allow time for a broader community discussion.

Please share this e-mail with your friends and neighbors.

Thank you for your consideration.

Respectfully,Ellen Burr - SMILE Board & LU Committee Chair, SEUL LU&TCTamara DeRidder, AICP – Rose City Park Neighborhood Association (RCPNA), Board & Co-Chair LU&TCAnne Dufay, Executive Director, SEUL (representing 20 SE neighborhoods)Bonny McKnight, Coordinator Citywide Land Use CommitteeLinda Nettekoven – Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood Development (HAND) and SEUL LU&TC

Michael Roth - Chairman Rose City Park Neighborhood Association (RCPNA)Mary Ann Schwab - Southeast Uplift resident Alison Stoll, Executive Director, Central NE Neighbors - CNN (representing 7 NE neighborhoods)

05/13/2014

Commercial Zone Walk along Lombard

Leslie Lum - our new North Portland District Liaison from the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability - has organized a walk along Lombard to talk about the proposed zoning changes between N Chase and N Denver that were discussed at our last neighborhood meeting.

Arbor Lodge and Kenton Commercial Zone Walk along Lombard: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 6:30-8:30

Meet at Kenton Firehouse: 8105 N Brandon Avenue

Rough Agenda6:30-7:00 Describe different commercial zones with examples7:00-8:00 Walk on Lombard (between N Chase-N Denver) to discuss what does and doesn’t work8-8:30 Debrief and talk through what might be appropriate zoning on this strip of Lombard

05/13/2014

Demolitions, Residential Infill, and Housing Affordability

North Portland Neighborhood Services is co-sponsoring a panel to discuss: Demolitions, Residential Infill, and Housing Affordability

Join us for an Informative Evening with a Panel of Experts

Wednesday, June 11th  6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Concordia University

Luther Hall Auditorium, 2811 NE Holman St.

Guest speakers from  the City's Bureau of Development Services, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, home builders, housing and community organizations will address:

•What are the City's regulations around residential tear-downs and new construction?•How do these trends affect neighborhood affordability, stability and equity?•What are the environmental issues around the demolition of buildings?•What is attracting home builders?

Moderated by Amalia Alarcón de Morris, Director of the Office of Neighborhood InvolvementSponsors:Central Northeast NeighborsNorth Portland Neighborhood ServicesNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSoutheast Uplift

For more information about the event please contact Sandra Lefrancois at (503) 823-2780 or sandral@cnncoalition.org

We will make reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities, people needing assistance with language interpretation. Please notify us no less than ten business days prior to the event (503) 823-4099 mary@npnscommunity.org TTY: (503) 823-6868,

05/12/2014

May 2014 Neighborhood Meeting Agenda

AgendaArbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Meeting, Thursday, May 15th, 6:30, Kenton Firehouse6:30   Welcome, introductions6:40   review/additions to Agenda6:45  Mack McFarland, Piedmont neighbor with invitation6:50  Barbara Quinn, Cathedral Park neighbor with information about Toxic Waste Dump proposed for the Willamette River close to us7:10  Annoucements/planning for coming events:             * May 27th info walk on Lombard, review of Commercial zoning changes with city                          planners            *  Young Tree work shops July 12th, 15th, 22nd            * Sunday Parkways, June 22nd            * Movie in the Park, August 17th               *  booth for Movie               *  helping PTA with clothing drive for schools               *  leading garden walks in neighborhood between 3-6 that day           *  Block Parties           *  Neighborhood Night Out at the Park7:30  Review of minutes/budget issues           *  $200 voted for Block parties are actually in the next budget cycle           *  maybe buying "ooze tubes" for newly planted trees in the neighborhood, branded with ALNA Logo, then loaned to those with new trees to improve survival of those trees through the summer.7:45  any additional Agenda items brought forth, or Adjourn

05/05/2014

Help us keep Arbor Lodge Park Pesticide Free

2 of the 5 original Pesticide Free Parks are no longer in this category.  Why?  Lack of volunteers to keep them spray free.

If this is important to you, please consider volunteering this Saturday, May 10th, between 9-12.  It's easy.  Duane Eldred will be leading the work party. Look for him by the west baseball diamond tool shed on Dekum.   Come join the fun and keep us spray free!  Thanks.