Alert! The City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is proposing to rezone all Single Dwelling residential properties inside the Rose City Park Neighborhood Association boundary to allow up to 4-units per lot in their proposed Residential Infill Project(RIP). BPS has allowed public comment on their RIP Discussion Draft until Mon. Nov. 20th at 5:00 pm. See: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/index.cfm?&c=67728

RCPNA is requesting your participation in a neighborhood questionnaire regarding the City proposed Residential Infill Project by Wed. Nov. 15th.

See: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2P9DKNT

The Land Use and Transportation Committee(LU & TC) will be meeting on Thurs. Nov. 16th to review the questionnaire results at their meeting from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Head Start School located at 909 NE 52nd Ave.

Please note: All questionnaire participants need to either reside within or own a business located within the RCPNA boundary. See the location of the RCPNA boundaries at: http://www.rcpna.org/history-of-rose-city-park/

Thank you for your time and consideration. If questions, please contact us at info@rcpna.org

Best,

Tamara DeRidder, AICP
Chairwoman, RCPNA

BPS Chief Planner Joe Zehnder presents Residential Infill Project at 10/10/2017 Planning Bureau Open House https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/658612.

The RCPNA Chair Tamara DeRidder presented the following at our latest General Meeting, outlining some definitions and impacts of the latest zoning changes planned by the City of Portland for Rose City Park.

Click RCPNA Residential Infill Project10242017-2 to download this full presentation.

Alert: Residential Infill Project proposes to rezone all of East Portland, including the RCPNA area. Comments due on Discussion Draft by Nov. 20th
See: City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability(BDS) Residential Infill Project: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/67728
>Proposed ‘a’ Overlay Impact Area Map: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/657701. Allows duplexes and triplexes in R5 & R2.5 zones.
>Proposed Rezone of R5 (5,000 sq.ft.) properties to R2.5(2,500 sq. ft) located east of NE 57th, south of NE Sandy Blvd., north of Halsey St, see:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/657714. Allowed uses include skinny houses, Town homes (common wall), and row houses (common walls)

Comments are due by Nov. 20, 2017. You may submit comments on the Discussion Draft in several ways(Always include your name and address on testimony documents or they will not be included in the record/for review by appointed and elected officials):

• With the online comment form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/residentialinfill
• By email: residential.infill@portlandoregon.gov
• By mail: The printable online comment form and letters can be mailed to:

City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Attn: Residential Infill Project
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 7100
Portland, OR 97201

Your comments/testimony will be used as feedback as they(BDS) develop a proposal for the Planning and Sustainability Commission (PSC).

Note: Shortly, RCPNA will be conducting an e-mail survey to obtain your feedback of our Land Use & Transportation Committee(LU&TC) recommendations on this proposal. The results of this neighborhood survey will be discussed at the next LU & TC meeting on Thurs. Nov. 16th from 7-9 pm at Head Start in the Owen Blank School, located at 909 NE 52nd Ave. (next to Frazer Park). RCPNA final recommendation to the PSC will be rendered at this meeting.