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Meeting Materials
Note: Items appear in order of Agenda for meeting.
- Video of meeting (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Infrastructure
- Arts and Education
- Financial Discussion
- Memo on Job Creation Opportunities
- Map of Job Opportunity Areas
- Video of meeting (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Response to Questions asked by URAG on 9/25:
- Portland Business Alliance Urban Renewal Task Force Proposal
- A proposal for early debt payoff, closure of Downtown Waterfront and South Park Blocks, and creation a new central city URA
- Jobs and the Economy:
- Panel Presentation
- Background on economic development in Central Portland
- Draft Economy & Jobs chapter of the Central Portland Plan update
- Memo from Commissioner Cogen
- Video of meeting (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Meeting Notes
- Memo from Commissioner Sten – Proposal to include part of the David Douglas School District as an Island District of the River District
- Agenda
- Response to Questions asked by URAG on 7/31:
- Policy Perspectives:
- The Portland Plan – a brief description
- Comments from the League of Women Voters of Portland
- Housing:
- Panel Presentation
- Chart: Change in Unit Type – A chart showing the change in unit type from 1994 to 2006 in the River District
- Federal Section 8 Contract Expirations – A table detailing expiring Section 8 property locations, expiration dates, units, bedroom size and ownership
- Map of Preservation Properties – A map identifying the location of the properties in the table above
- Home Again - A 10-year Plan to End Homelessness – Highlights of the 10-Year Plans’ successes
- Low Income Housing and Community Facilities Opportunities in Old Town Chinatown – This document includes information from Old Town Chinatown homeless providers on how they could modify their physical facilities to increase their agency’s capacity to bring more people inside and get them off the street.
- Rental Housing - Factors in Cost Effectiveness – A presentation given by Ed McNamara on ways to use housing funding more efficiently
- Summary of Key Housing Issues and Needs – A table identifying housing issues with estimates on number of units, acreage, amount of local subsidy
- Comments by the Downtown Neighborhood Association
- Draft Housing chapter of the Central Portland Plan update
- Housing Issue Paper - an outline of the 9/25/07 Housing Presentation and issue papers on key housing concerns
- Video of meeting
- Meeting Notes
- Agenda
- Final Criteria for Evaluation of Urban Renewal Areas – Adopted by URAG on 7/31/07
- Letter from the Joint Land Use Committee listing priorities, criteria used, and recommendations
- Presentation – By the Old Town Chinatown and Pearl District Neighborhood Association Land Use Committees
- Final Panel Schedule – Adopted by URAG on 7/31/07
- Video of meeting
- Meeting Notes
- Agenda
- Draft Criteria for Evaluation of Urban Renewal Areas
- Presentation – Summarizing accomplishments, current, and unfunded projects in each of the 3 downtown URAs.
- Video of meeting
- Meeting Notes
- Agenda
- Letter from Bruce Warner, PDC Executive Director – Work Group Charge
- Presentation – A summary of what we know about the downtown URAs, how they operate and collect resources, and the legal and financial constraints of urban renewal
Other Meetings
- Policy Perspective 9/25/07
- Housing 9/25/07
- Jobs and Economy 10/23/07
- Infrastructure 11/27/07
- Arts and Education 11/27/07
- Financial Discussion 11/27/07
- Emerging Issues
- Mapping
- Westside of Central City Plan District
- Joint Land Use Committee Recs with PDC Study Area 7/31/07
- Affordable Housing 9/25/07
- Community Facilities Relocation Site Options 9/25/07
- Unfunded Section 8 Properties 9/25/07
- Workforce Housing Opportunities 9/25/07
- Downtown Social Services 9/25/07
- All Housing Properties of Interest 9/25/07
- Mapping Exercise 9/25/07
- Economic Development / Job Opportunities 10/23/07
- Mapping Exercise 10/23/07
- Map of Possible River District Expansion 1/15/08
- OTCT/PDNA/PBA Joint Committee RD Expansion Boundaries 1/15/08
- RD Expansion Boundaries 3/4/08
- Proposed RD Boundary Changes showing addition and removal 3/4/08
- Proposed RD Boundary Changes 3/4/08
- DTWF : Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area
- FOUR : Future of Urban Renewal
- LTC : Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area
- ORS : Oregon Revised Statutes
- PDC : Portland Development Commission
- RD : River District Urban Renewal Area
- SPB : South Park Blocks Urban Renewal Area
- TIF : Tax-increment financing
- URA : Urban Renewal Area
- URAC : Urban Renewal Advisory Committee
- URAG : Urban Renewal Advisory Group (Westside Study)