[BWNA] Re: December BWNA Transportation and Land Use Meeting

[jim karlock]

What's the latest on this meeting?
It appears that Debbie will not make it.

Have you done any outreach to the owners and 
neighbors of the affected/nearby properties? If so how?

How should I describe it if I do some outreach?

Thanks
JK



At 02:43 PM 12/16/06, David Whitaker wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>I am canceling the BWNA December Transportation 
>and Land Use meeting because of the busy holiday 
>season and the general lack of attendance the 
>last two meetings. However, we will have a 
>meeting on January 15th at 7:30 pm at Fremont 
>Coffee. For the January meeting we will discuss 
>potential rezoning of some areas in our 
>neighborhood.  Debbie Bischoff, our District 
>Liaison with the Planning Bureau, contacted me a 
>couple of weeks ago to let me know that she may 
>have the ability to recommend some 
>“spot”  rezoning of properties within and 
>adjacent to our neighborhood. As an example, she 
>stated that the vacant property at the SW corner 
>of NE 42nd and Prescott may be able to be 
>rezoned to allow for greater flexibility for its 
>development. It currently has a high density 
>residential zone (R2h), which perhaps could be 
>modified to a commercial/residential zone that 
>would allow for a commercial use on the 1st 
>floor and residential on the second floor.  This 
>would be a good time to comment on the EG1h 
>(Employment General) zoning of the area off of 
>50th and Fremont.  This is the area where the 
>new condominiums are being constructed.  The 
>current zoning allows for very high density 
>development and doesn’t provide the neighborhood 
>with much leverage in commenting on what could 
>be constructed in the area. Perhaps a mixed 
>commercial/residential zone (CM) would be more 
>appropriate for this area. If you have a 
>property that you would like considered for a 
>zoning modification or are concerned about how 
>zoning modifications may affect the character of 
>our neighborhood, please attend this meeting.
>
>The current zoning designations in our 
>neighborhood can be viewed on 
><http://www.portlandmaps.com/>www.portlandmaps.com 
>under the maps – zoning tabs.
>
>Definitions of what the zoning designations mean 
>can be viewed on the City of Portland website 
>under the tab for the Planning bureau
>
><http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=31612>http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=31612
>
>Perhaps we can have Debbie join us at the 
>meeting so that she can more accurately describe 
>the process that would occur when having a 
>property rezoned. I am not sure of her schedule, 
>but I will invite her.  It would be good to 
>receive input from our residential as well as 
>our business neighbors at this meeting.  If I 
>can print out a large version of the zoning map, 
>I will do it and bring it to the meeting.
>
>Happy Holidays,
>
>David Whitaker
>BWNA Transportation and Land Use Committee Chair
>
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