Parks & Trails
Call for Input on South Waterfront Neighborhood Park
January 3, 2008
On December 11th the Project Advisory Committee met to discuss the future of the South Waterfront Neighborhood Park. I was unable to attend, however I have obtained a copy of the committee meeting notes, here: Neighborhood Park PAC Notes. A very interesting beginning to the planning process - there will be 3 more Public Open Houses regarding the Neighborhood Park. I’m going to read up on these minutes from the first meeting and be sure to include my 2 cents in the coming meetings. Here are the dates for the upcoming Open Houses:
Tuesday January 29th, 6 - 8 p.m.
Tuesday March 11th, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday April 22nd, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
All of these meetings will be held at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing (3303 SW Bond) in the 3rd Floor, Paul Kirk Conference Room.
These are also listed on the South Waterfront Community Events Calendar as well.
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Anatoliy (Toliy) Ioffe is a long-time Pacific Northwest resident with a love for the outdoors. He is thrilled to live next to the river, whose valley has been described as Oregon's Garden of Eden.
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January 12th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hi, is there an email distribution list that I can sign up for to receive reminders for these events?
January 15th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hi Jeffrey, unfortunately, there is no email list set up today for reminders about these events. But we hope to use this blog to do just that.
Your support will be really important during the two upcoming meetings (Jan 22 and Jan 29), and I hope you will be able to make your voice heard there!
January 15th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Hmm, I just noticed that the original post had incomplete information. These are the two meetings I referred to:
January 22nd, 3:30 - 5:30 pm: Project Advisory Committee Meeting
January 29th, 5:00 – 8:00 pm: Open House with the Neighborhood Park presentation at 6:30 pm
All meetings will be held at the OHSU Center for Health & Healing, 3303 SW Bond, 3rd Floor, Rooms 1A/1B
Although the meeting on Jan 22nd is an advisory committee meeting, they would really benefit from a public input at this stage.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I would like to add the following suggestions for consideration in the park’s design. I might not be able to attend the meeting.
During the winter months, the park is inundated with water. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have retention pools with native grasses to collect water in the winter. Add boardwalks (using newer composites) to minimize human impact in these areas and to encourage wildlife return.
Border the park with trees and create three open spaces within the park: one with play area for children (a sandbox with jungle gym), one with open field for enjoying sunlight in the summertime, and an outdoor performance space. (If only two spaces is preferred, combine field and performance space.
Dense trees in the perimeter areas will muffle sound from the highway, provide the illusion of being out of the city, cool shade in the summertime, and nesting habitat for birds. Building a nesting platform in park.
Create 4 radial walkways which meet at a center clearing. These can originate in the corners of the park or in the centers of the sides of the park. Line one walkway with benches and larger shading trees. Similar to Poets Walk in New York’s Central Park.) Another might be a raised desk (as mentioned above) over the grassy, habitat area.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
If anyone hasn’t read the survey on Portland Parks website, here’s the link:
http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=177379
This is particularly interesting:
Profile of Respondents
Where they live:
Most (63%) of the survey respondents do not live in the South Waterfront District.
South Waterfront residents pay a fair share in taxes. More South Waterfront residents need to attend these meetings. To think that the direction of the South Waterfront neighborhood park is manipulated by voices that don’t live in the neighborhood is ridiculous.