Make YOUR voice heard! The Portland Plan will be our City's strategic plan for the next 25 years. It will help to define our priorities, guide how we'll invest our public dollars and set the course for our City, ensuring that it continues to thrive and be sustainable, with health, education and opportunity for all. The Portland Plan will include long-term objectives and short-term strategies, including an update of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The latter is required of all cities in the State of Oregon, and must be updated regularly via a periodic review process. The Comprehensive Plan guides local decisions about development, livable neighborhoods, and preservation of natural resources. Updates of this plan must focus on the city's goals, policies and actions for the next 25 years. Click here to view all Four Phases of the Portland Plan at the Project website.
SAVE THE DATE:
In January, February and March of this year the City of Portland Planning Commission will hold the first public hearings on 13 Portland Plan background reports*, which include the results of extensive research into the state of our city. All hearings welcome public testimony and willl be held at 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 2500A, 2nd Floor. (Metered and alternate pay parking is available in the area, visit TriMet.org for transit options.)
January 26, 6-9 pmTopic: What are the Background Reports, and what do they say?
February 9, 1:15- 3 pmTopic: What is Periodic Review and what information will inform it?
March 9, 1:15-3 pmTopic: Identification of lands available to meet housing and employment needs, including inventory of environmentally sensitive and constrained lands
Please note: the "topics" listed above describe information that the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staff will present to the Commission on that day. Public Testimony about Background Reports and the Portland Plan facts will be accepted at all of the hearings, and are not limited to the topics.
If you are unable to attend the hearings, you can still make your voice heard:
+ Submit your written testimony to the Portland Planning Commission, 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 7100, Portland OR 97201.
The deadline for written testimony has been extended to March 31, 2010
*These background reports target the following areas:
* Arts and Culture
* Economic Development
* Energy
* Food Systems
* Human Health and Safety
* Historic Resources
* Housing
* Infrastructure
* Natural Resources
* Public Schools
* Urban Forestry
* Urban Form
* Watershed Health
The Planning Commission will recommend to City Council (likely late 2010) whether there is sufficient factual information to support goals and strategies to be developed in the Portland Plan.
Get involved; great things don't happen by accident! This is YOUR chance to to help define Portland's priorities, guide our investments, and set the course for the future.YOU can be part of the discussion:
* Fill out a Portland Plan survey online at pdxplan.com by January 31st
* Find background reports (and comment forms) online at www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan/backgroundreports OR view hard copies at your local library (Gregory Heights in our area), Neighborhood Coalition office (CNN in Madison South, 87th and Sandy), or at the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (1900 SW 4th Ave, 7th floor.) To obtain personal copies of the reports for a fee, please contact Marty Stockton at 503-823-2041, or via email at marty.stockton@ci.portland.or.us
* Become a fan on Facebook
* Follow the progress on Twitter- Portland Plan
* Help organize a community meeting by calling 503-823-2041
Now is the time to partner with your neighbors and other members of our Community to help Plan Portland's Future!
