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Parking and access issues bedevil neighbors in several Mid-county areas - Lee Perlman The Mid-county MEMO Parking and access issues, new and ongoing, were a major concern in the Hazelwood and Gateway areas last month. Hazelwood Neighborhood Association president Arlene Kimura said that attempts to resolve overflow parking problems associated with Immigrant and Refuge Community Organization (IRCO) at 10301 Northeast. Glisan St. are on hold at the moment. She added that at least she had received no new complaints by neighbors. Marge Booton, a neighbor of the Menlo Park shopping center, complained that the management has closed off a pedestrian access via Northeast Hoyt Street that had been used for 40 years. Kimura said the street was never a legally protected public right of way, and the Pan-Pacific Corporation, owners of the property, can close it if they wish. She added, You cant get Pan Pacific to call you back, and theyre rude when they do. Waldo Wollrabe, a neighbor of Powellhurst Park at Southeast 135th Avenue and Main Street, complained that athletic teams using the park are overloading nearby residential streets, heedless of residents who lived there. Wollrabe related that his father found a woman about to park across his driveway. When he asked her to move, she parked next to a hydrant. When he pointed out that this too was illegal, She flipped him off and walked away, he said. Portland Adventist Medical Center has agreed in principle to restore a pedestrian path between the Nursing School parking lot and CherryWood Village, closed during expansion of the parking lot, Kimura said. They have yet to offer specifics, but the hospital is seeking renewal of its master plan soon, and the path has been tagged as an item to be attended to. In other news, after a year of input by neighbors, the Portland Parks Bureau has agreed to name its newest addition at Northeast 112th Avenue and Prescott Street the Senns Dairy Park. Also, the Hazelwood Neighborhood Association voted unanimously last month to contribute $1,000 to the Jane Baker Memorial Fund for improvements to the Midland Branch Library Park. |
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