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| Vol. 19, No. 9 • Mailed monthly to over 12, 400 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Communities Free • JANUARY 2004 | ||||||||
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Natural area restoration workdays
Friends of Trees invites everyone to join restoration workdays in urban natural areas throughout the Portland/Vancouver metro area between January and March 2004. Most of the plantings will be on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Two are scheduled for Sunday.
Volunteers are encouraged to come dressed for the weather. Friends of Trees staff and crew leaders will provide guidance, tools, and gloves. Directions to each planting site can be found on the planting schedule at www.friendsoftrees.org.
Sites to be restored that are nearest MEMO readers are: Brookside on January 17 at Southeast 111th Drive and Brookside Drive, and Powell Butte, February 14 and March 14 at Southeast Powell Boulevard and 162nd Avenue.
A Portland State University study released this fall indicated that while most urban cities have lost trees in the past three decades, Portland has increased its percentage of land covered by trees from 25.1 to 26.3 percent.
Planting trees improves our air and water quality, reduces stormwater management costs, and creates habitat for endangered fish and other wildlife. According to the Center for Urban Forest Research in Davis, California, each city tree we plant in the Northwest today will provide more than $1,000 dollars in net benefits during its lifetime.
Friends of Trees promotes community partnerships to plant, care for, and educate about urban trees in order to strengthen neighborhoods, create an ecologically healthy environment, and enhance the quality of urban life. .
To learn more about the training or to register, call Rachel Sanchez at 503-282-8846 ext. 12. To learn more about Friends of Trees and upcoming planting events, call 503-284-TREE (8733) or visit the web site.
It’s city budget time
Mayor Vera Katz and the Portland City Council invite you to get informed and involved. Once again, money is tight - your priorities about what services to preserve and ideas for where we can cut costs and services are important. Please join the Commissioners and Bureau Directors at one of the City of Portland Your City, Your Choice Community Budget Forums in January to discuss your priorities for services and the budget.
Forums will be held at the following locations, dates, and times:
Tuesday, January 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the NW Neighborhood Cultural Center, 1819 N.W. Everett St. Tri-Met Buses 17 and 20 serve this site. There is limited parking in a small lot and on the street.
Thursday, January 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rose City Park United Methodist, 5730 N.E. Alameda St. Tri-Met Buses 71 and 12 will get you there. There is street parking and a parking lot available.
Tuesday, January 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Multnomah Arts Center 7688 S.W. Capitol Hwy. Take Tri-Met Bus 44. Parking is available in a large back lot.
Saturday, January 31 from 10 a.m. to Noon at Floyd Light Middle School, 10800 S.E. Washington St. Use Tri-Met Bus 20. There is a large parking lot.
To learn more and get involved, the city recommends you consider visiting the community budget web site at www.portlandonline.com/communitybudget. Review the budget schedule online. Take a look at the current City budget online. Learn more about City financing by reading the new online “Guide to City Financing”. You are invited to send your questions by e-mail or take the online survey. Coming in January you will be able to explore the new capital improvement projects web pages. Plan to attend a budget forum in late January (listed above). Plan to attend or view on Cable Access City Net 30, the Mayor’s budget work sessions with the bureaus in March (the schedule will be posted on the web). Review the Mayor’s Proposed Budget in April and testify at a community hearing.
All public meeting locations are accessible. For special needs, please call 503-823-4519 in advance. For more information, call 503-823-5288 or TDD 503-823-6868.
MEETINGS
Representing N.E. Portland, Maywood Park and Parkrose
State Representative, Jackie Dingfelder, along with Senator Avel Gordly and Representative Steve March, will host a Town Hall meeting on Sunday, January 10 from 10 a.m. to Noon at the Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. The town hall is open to everyone and will be a great opportunity for constituents and legislators to meet and share opinions, concerns and ideas. The agenda includes brief introductory notes from the legislators, and then will turn to the audience for a question and answer period. The income tax surcharge and Ballot Measure 30 are sure to be discussed, along with any other issues that you wish to bring up. Light refreshments will be served. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided.
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| Mid-County State Representative Jackie Dingfelder (left) offers her support to State Senator Avel Gordly, who kicked off her re-election campaign with a gathering of friends, supporters and fellow legislators December 16. Dingfelder’s 45th District goes from Northeast 21st Avenue to Northeast 141st Avenue and I-84 north to Killingsworth Street. Gordly’s senate district 23 includes Dingfelder’s district and Rep. Steve March’s district, which extends between I-84 on the north, I-205 on the east, Southeast 60th Avenue on the west and Foster Road, South to Ramona Street. Gordly has been in the Oregon Senate since 1996. Photo by Neil Heilpern/ Impact! News and Photos |
During the interim, the Representative’s legislative office moves from Salem to District 45’s Hollywood Area. For faster response times, please contact her at the district office until the next legislative session begins in January 2005. Contact State Rep. Jackie Dingfelder via e-mail at rep.jackiedingfelder@state.or.us. Visit her website at www.leg.state.or.us/dingfelder/home.html. Her Interim District Office is located at 2104 N.E. 45th Ave., 2nd floor, at the corner of Tillamook and 45th. The mailing address is P O Box 13432, Portland, OR 97213. Her phone number is 504-493-2804.
In Salem, Dingfelder’s office is located in the Capitol, 900 Court St., N.E., H-383 Salem, OR 97302. The phone number is 503-986-1445 and the fax is 503-986-1901.
After the holidays Take Off Pounds Sensibly
TOPS #OR 128 of Portland, extends an invitation to join them on Monday evenings from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room located on the North side of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1700 N.E. 132nd Ave.
Founded in 1948, TOPS is a nonprofit weight loss support group with almost 240,000 members in 11,000 chapters worldwide. It is affiliated with ‘Shape Up America’. If you would like to learn more, call toll free 1-800-932-8677 or visit the website at www.tops.org.
Light rail update with lunch
The Gateway Area Business Association or GABA will meet Thursday, January 8 at 11:45 at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 N.E. Halsey St.
The featured speaker will be Kristin Hull, public involvement planner, Metro. She will update members and guests on the I-205 light rail project to include the project timeline, alignment, station and park-and-ride locations and upcoming decision-making processes.
Getting back to business
The Parkrose Business Association or PBA will kick off the New Year with a general membership meeting on Thursday, January 15 at Steamers Restaurant, 8303 N.E. Sandy. The $10 buffet luncheon will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. No reservation is necessary. If you would like more information, contact President Gordon Boorse at 503-252-0016.
Get to know your neighbors in the New Year
Make one of your New Year’s resolutions a commitment to your neighborhood association. These dedicated groups are your link to city government and will work as advocates for your concerns.
The East Portland Neighborhood Office or EPNO, located at 735 S.E. 106th Ave., will put you in touch with your neighborhood association. EPNO office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact the office by phone at 503-823-4550, by fax at 503-823-4525 or by e-mail at epno@epno.org.
The Centennial Community Association will hold a general meeting on Monday, January 12 at 7 p.m. at Harold Oliver Intermediate School, 15840 S.E. Taylor St, in Room 65.
The first meeting of the New Year for the Argay Neighborhood Association will be on Tuesday, January 13 at 7 p.m. This is a board meeting to be held at Scarborough Flair at Northeast 131st Place and Sandy Boulevard.
Tuesday, January 13 is the date for the next Wilkes Community Group general membership meeting in Joe Edgar Hall in the Teamster’s Complex, 1850 N.E. 162nd Ave. The time is 7 p.m.
The Russell Neighborhood Association will meet Thursday, January 15 at 7 p.m. at Western States Chiropractic College, Hampton Hall, 2900 N.E. 132nd Ave. For more information, please contact Bonny McKnight at 503-253-6848.
The Hazelwood Neighborhood Association General Meeting is scheduled for January 19 at 6:30 p.m., at East Portland Community Policing Facility, 737 S.E. 106th Ave. For more information, contact Chair Arlene Kimura at 503-252-9429.
A general membership meeting of the Parkrose Neighborhood Association will be on Tuesday January 20, at 7 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 11100 N.E. Skidmore. Contact PNA chairman Mark Gardner at 503-254-1752 with your questions.
Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors will hold a Board meeting at 7 p.m. on January 20 in Miller Hall at Parkrose United Methodist Church, 11111 N. E. Knott St. This is an open meeting but is a working session of the Board. The general membership meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on January 27 in the same location. The guest speaker will be Will Stephens from Portland’s Department of Transportation with information and answers to questions about traffic problems and solutions in the neighborhood. Please plan to attend. For further information call Carol Williams, 503-255-9596.
A general membership meeting of the Glenfair Neighborhood Association is scheduled for Thursday, January 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Glenfair Elementary School, 15300 N.E. Glisan St.
Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m. the Woodland Park Neighborhood Association will hold a general membership meeting in the Woodland Park Hospital Auditorium, 10300 N.E. Hancock.
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