,... ,.. ,... ,... City otPortland Bureau ot PlaDnine Portland, Oregon Mareh,1996 Adopted FOSTER-POWELL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OUTER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY ,... To help ensure equal access to information, the City of Portland Bureau of Planning offers the following services to disabled citizens: • Interpreter (two working days notice required); • Access·ble meeting places; • Audio Loop equipped hearing rooms in City Hall and the Portland Building; and • Planning documents printed in large type sizes for the visually-impaired (two working days notice required). If you have a disability and need accommodation, please call 823-7700 (TDD 823-6868). Persons needing a sign language interpreter must call at least 48 hours in advance. Funding for the Bureau of Planning's participation was provided as a part of the OSE Community Plan project. Financial support was provided by the Portland Bureau of Housing and Community Development (Federal Community Development Block Grant funds), the POdfand Department of Transportation (Regional Rail Program), the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services} and the City of Portland's Genera Fund. - """"-I ..... ..... ..... . - ..... ..... Adopted Foster Powell Neighborhood Plan Adopted on January 31,1996 by Ordinance No. 169763 and Resolution No. 35491 March, 1996 Bureau of Planning Portland, Oregon Portland City Council Vera Katz, Mayor Charlie Hales, Commissioner Earl Blumenauer, Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury, Commissioner Mike Lindberg, Commissioner Portland Planning Commission Richard Michaelson, President Douglas Van Dyk, Vice President Steve Abel W. Richard Cooley (Term ended January, 1996) Sarah Hitch Bruce Fong Rich Holt (Appointed February, 1996) Paul Schuback Ruth Scott Noell Webb ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Portland Bureau of Planning Charlie Hales, Commissioner in Charge David C. Knowles, Planning Director Neighborhood Steering Committee Members Nina Canfield, Chairperson Jim Barrett Katie Bretsch Monica Faricy Doris Jones Esther Newberry Harold Sims Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association Monica Faricy, President Project Staff Michael Harrison, AICP, Chief Planner, Community and Neighborhood Planning Gerald D. Brock, Ph.D., AlA, AICP, Senior Planner, Project Manager Barbara Sack, City Planner, Portland Bureau of Planning Nancy Chapin, The Support Group Thanks to the Kern Park Christian Church for allowing us to use their facilities. Outer Southeast Community Plan Technical Advisory Committee Laurie Wall, AICP, Portland Bureau of Planning - February 1992 - April 1995 Ellen Ryker, City Planner, Portland Bureau of Planning - May - December, 1995 Wendy Reif, Centennial School District Marcia Douglas, City-School Liaison Ron Skidmore, Clackamas County Barbara Rommel, David Douglas School District Bonny McKnight, ECCO Jeff Davis, Gresham Planning Ann Whitaker, Housing Authority of Portland Vince Chiotti, Human Solutions Dick Engstrom, Metro Debbie Bischoff, Milwaukie Community Development Sharon Timko, Multnomah County Cecile Pitts, Multnomah County Housing and Community Development Howard Klink, Multnomah County Social Services John Bonn, Office of Finance & Administration, Annexation Tim Grewe, Office of Finance & Administration Randy Webster, Office of Finance & Administration Kayda Clark, Oregon Department of Transportation Robin McArthur Phillips, Oregon Department of Transportation Greg Kaufman, Portland Bureau of Buildings Steve Kenworthy, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Judy Sanders, Portland Bureau of Housing and Community Development George Hudson, Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation Carol-Linda Casson, Portland Development Commission Grant Coffey, Portland Fire Bureau Andre Baugh, Portland Office of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Engineering Jeanne Harrison, Portland Office of Transportation Commander Dave Butzer, Portland Police Bureau, Southeast Precinct Commander Dick Tate, Portland Police Bureau, East Precinct Sue Parker, Portland Public Schools Nick Sauvie, ROSE Community Development Corporation Jennifer Gerlac, Tri-Met Roberta Jortner, Water Bureau Lorna Stickel, Water Bureau The Bureau of Planning appreciates the time given to this Plan by each member of the Committee. TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND Introduction Plan Organization Neighborhood Profile Early Neighborhood History Purpose Process Relationship to Outer Southeast Community Plan and to Portland's Comprehensive Plan COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS Comprehensive Plan Policies 2.26 and 3.9 Policy One: Parks and Open Spaces Policy Two: Neighborhood Livability Policy Three: Public Safety Policy Four: Housing Policy Five: Historic Preservation Policy Six: Transportation Policy Seven: Commercial Areas Implementors Neighborhood Advocacy Agenda Appendix: Ranking of Projects Eligible for Housing and Community Development Funds Neighborhood Project Survey Page 1 2 4 6 8 9 10 11 12 16 20 22 24 26 30 34 35 37 39 ~AlSEY , ~ Mont, villa BURNSIDE 1/ ""00' \ Hazelwood I ~ GLiSAN BURNSIDE "" Glenfair L, L ~. _......- ~ 0 03 z Ir' " r " 0 '- , Foster-Powell Neighborhood ~ -->• Cent nnial§• 0, " r 0 ~ 0~ ~ " ~ ~~ ,~~ ONE MILE B entwood-Darlir gton I HOLGATE STARK ~ BELMONT HAWTHORNE ~ r ~ 0 " z • • DIVISION South Tabor POWELL BLVn... ....... NORTH Legend Outer Southeast Communit Plan March. 1996 ADOPTED FOSTER-POWELL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN _2'*:.~•• ~~' .... ¥. .... .=. " ~ Outer Southeast Community Plan Boundary Neighborhood Boundaries within Outer Southeast Community Plan Boundary Foster-Powell Neighborhood Neighborhood Overlap Areas Background Introduction Foster-Powell is one of the ten neighborhoods that make up the Outer Southeast Community Plan Area. It is one of the area's oldest neighborhoods anli its ,r:esiden,ts have been involved in past efforts designed to preserve and improve th~e neighborhood. They formed the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association 'in 1914, opposed the construction of the Mt. Hood Freeway along the northern edge of ,tlileir neighborhood and participated in planning the improvement of Powell Boutevard later in that same decade. Currently, neighborhood residents and business owners are involved with the neighborhood association, the ROSE community development corporation and the Foster Area Business Association. They are also participating in the Outer Southeast Community planning process which includes drafting the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan. As part of the Powell Boulevard widening project, a sound wall was const-rue.ted ,at various points on the south side of the street to protect resi. Another use of this plan will be to rank in oniel' of importance needed pJ10jects and programs that could be funded with tmls mcmey. This wlB ensure 'thalt neighborhood residents have a say in how these funds are spen~ in the fu ure. Marysville School on SE Raymond Street was built in 1921 and is a Rank II property on Portland's Historic Resource Inventory. Photo by Katie Bretsch 8 Process The Foster Powell Neighborhood Plan is the product of five months of work by the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Steering Committee. On January 11, 1993, the Foster Powell Neighborhood Association in conjunction with the Portland Planning Bureau held a workshop for residents to discuss neighborhood issues such as transportation, land use, housing, livability and public safety. The results of this workshop were the starting point for the policies and actions listed in the plan. The committee also consulted with relevant City Bureaus, Tri-Met and the local business associations during their planning meetings which took place between February and June of 1993. Topics such as traffic and speeding on local streets, abandoned autos and other housing and nuisance code violations, the improvement of the Foster and 82nd Avenue commercial areas and infill housing were discussed. On July 12, 1993, the draft plan was submitted to the general membership for review. It was revised and submitted to the Outer Southeast Community Plan Technical Advisory Committee in the fall. This committee is comprised of relevant City Bureaus and other governmental entities that will be responsible for carrying out many of the actions called for in the neighborhood plans. The draft was revised again after receiving comments from the Technical Advisory Committee. Steering Committee members made further revisions. As part of the public review of the Outer Southeast Community Plan Discussion Draft, a Foster-Powell workshop was held on March 15, 1994 to get comments on both the zoning and land use alternatives for the plan area and the neighborhood plan. The plan was revised after receiving these comments. On September 13, 1994, neighborhood residents were asked to set priorities for neighborhood improvement projects that could be funded by Housing and Community Development funds before fall. A survey was distributed. The results are included in the Appendix. On February 28, 1995, the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association Board unanimously voted to adopt the proposed Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan. Hearings were held by the Planning Commission on the Outer Southeast Community Plan and accompanying neighborhood plans including Foster Powell's on March 14 and 28, 1995. Two amendment requests to the Proposed Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan were approved by the Commission in the summer of 1995. The Recommended Outer Southeast Community Plan and accompanying recommended neighborhood plans including Foster-Powell's went before City Council November 8 and 15, 1995 and January 10, 1996. City Council adopted Ordinance No. 169763, which makes the Foster Powell Neighborhood Plan part of 9 the Portland Comprehensive Plan, on January 31, 1996. On the same date City Council also adopted the plan's Action Charts by Resolution No. 35491. Relationship to Outer Southeast Community Plan and to Portland's Comprehensive Plan The neighborhood plan was developed as a part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan. The Outer Southeast Community Plan, and the neighborhood plans developed with it, were adopted as part of Portland~sComprehensive Plan on January 31, 1996 by Ordinance No. 169763 and Resolution. No. 35491. The Outer Southeast Community Plan creates an overall framework for the 'entire plan area. This framework establishes programs, policies, regulatiOlls and ridentifes actions which are applicable to the entire area or are ne·eded to 'benefit the entire outer southeast community. Specific policies, projects, p'fograms, and regulatory provisions which are special to the neighborhood are c()nfa~ned in Ithe neighborhood plan. They also reinforce parts 'Of the district plan. In most cases, the neighborhood plan's content is more specific than plan elements of dH~' Outer Southeast Community Plan. Many homes in Foster-Powell are bungalows, buill before 1939. Pholo by Katie Bretsch 10 ·Policies; Objective·s and Impl~mentationActions Comprehensive Plan Policies, Objectives and Actions for Foster-Powell The policies and objectives that follow were adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance No. 169763. Future land use changes in the neighborhood will be required to conform with the Portland Comprehensive Plan, the Outer Southeast Community Plan and this portion of the Foster Powell Neighborhood Plan. The actions were approved by Resolution No. 35491 and are advisory only. Their accomplishment depends on the ability of the implementors listed after them to carry them out. Circumstances may make this impossible or require that the actions be changed or replaced with others. Recommended Comprehensive Plan Policies 2.26 and 3.9 2.26 Outer Southeast Community Plan Promote the economic vitality, diverse residential character, unique environmental quality, and livability of outer southeast Portland by including the Outer Southeast Community Plan as a part of this Comprehensive Plan. 3.9 Outer Southeast Community Plan Neighborhoods and Business Plan Include as part of the Comprehensi'l'e Plan neighborhood and business plans developed as part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan. Neighborhood and business plans developed as part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan are those for Centennial, Foster-Powell, Hazelwood, Lents, Mt. Scott-Arleta, Mill Park, Montavilla, Outer Southeast Business Coalition, Pleasant Valley, Powelllzurst-Gilbert, and South Tabor. Use the Neighborhood Plans to guide decisions on land use, transportation and capital expenditures, community development programs, where applicable. Objectives:* B. Ensure that the Foster-Powell neighborhood remains a stable, diverse, affordable community whose residents include both young families and older households. Maintain its unique sense of place by preserving its historic housing and streetcar era commercial and institutional buildings. Use the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan as a guide to future decisions on land use, capital improvement projects, and community development activities. " The other objectives associated with Policy 3.9 pertain to other neighborhoods within the Outer Southeast Community Plan area. 11 Policy One: Parks and Open Space Improve and maintain Foster-Powell's parks and the 72nd Avenue park blocks so that they can better serve the needs of neighborhood residents. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objl!ctives: 1. Improve Kern Park so that it can be used by families and younger children and provide additional green space for the neighborhood. 2. Continue the high level of maintenance and landscaping in Essex Park. 3. Improve Laurelwood Park, at the intersection of Holgate and Foster, so that it can be used by neighborhood residents. 4. Make the park blocks on 72nd Avenue more usable by neighborhood residents. 5. Consider the creation of pocket parks and community orchards and gardens in the neighborhood. 6. Plant more street trees in the neighborhood. 7. Improve wildlife habitat in neighborhood parks and open spaces. 12 Action Chart: Parks and Open Space Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: Kern Park PI Take out the foundation of the old merry-go-round X BHCD*, Parks and install a modem play area and equipment for vounger kids. P2 Provide picnic facilities so that the park can be X BHCD, Parks used for family outings and neighborhood gatherings. P3 Upgrade the landscaping and improve irrigation. X BHCD, Parks Provide more trees for summer shade and noise mitigation. Use nature-seaping design principles. P4 Lower the basketball hoops so that they can be X SHCD, Parks used by younger children. Consider covering the basketball area. PS Install sidewalks and curb ramps. X SHCD, Parks P6 Provide facilities for pet owners to properly X SHCD, Parks dispose of pet waste. PROJECTS: Essex Park P7 Remove poorly located trees that interfere with X PDOT street drainage near the park. PROJECTS: Laurelwood Park P8 Provide seating areas as a way of encouraging X BHCD, Parks neighborhood use. Provide park benches. Consider installing a gazebo. P9 Prune the trees to improve light levels in the X SHCD, Parks park. PIO Install a drinking fountain and concrete trash cans. X Parks PROJECTS: nnd Avenue Park Blocks Pll Consider installing pedestrian paths, benches and X BHCD, Parks trash cans. PROJECTS: Community Gardens and Pocket Parks Pl2 Identify vacant land owned by local institutions X F-PNA, Parks that might be donated for community gardens and pocket parks. P13 Contact local businesses and institutions for X F-PNA donations of nursery stock. Pl4 Contact the Oregon Department of Transportation X F-PNA,ODOT about allowing vacant land on the south side of Powell Boulevard to be used for community gardens or orchards. ""Projects eligible for SHeD funding are subject to priority setting by the neighborhood and the Bureau. The neighborhood survey mentioned in the Process section will be used to decide which projects are most important to fund. Some items with SHeD as an implementor may not funded. 13 Action Chart: Parks and Open Space Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yr. Yr. PROGRAMS: Essex Park PIS Continue to hold neighborhood events, such as X F-PNA potluck picnics, at the park during the summer park program. PROGRAMS: Street Trees and Wildlife Habitat P16 Identify locations for additional appropriate X F-PNA, FOT, street trees and replace inappropriate ones. Seek City Forester assistance from Friends of Trees and the City Forester. P17 Contact local nurseries or the Master Gardener X F-PNA Program for donated pruning instructions. PIS Continue to replace the trees along Powell X ODOT Boulevard when needed. P19 Protect, maintain and replace street trees as X City Forester, necessary. Require property owners to replace PVT street trees that are over-pruned. P20 Consider planting all the same kind of street trees X F-PNA , City on a block. Forester. P21 Improve and add new habitat for birds, X Parks, F-PNA butterflies, bats, squirrels etc. in all park areas. Note: Action Charts were approved by the Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. Actions with an identified implementor were adopted with the understanding that some will need to be adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. Identification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 14 Policy Two: Neighborhood Livability Improve the appearance and livability of the Foster-Powell Neighborhood. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Improve the maintenance of residential properties and alleys. 2. Discourage the establishment of businesses in Foster-Powell that have an adverse effect on neighborhood livability. 3. Increase the number of community gathering places and the number and variety of recreational activities available in the neighborhood. 4. Encourage more foreign-born Foster-Powell residents and business owners to participate in the neighborhood association particularly eastern Europeans, Koreans and Southeast Asians. 5. Reach out to handicapped residents and involve them in the neighborhood association. See also Neighborhood Advocacy Agenda item on Neighborhood Businesses. 16 The Parks and Open Space Policy calls for improvements to Kern Park. Sidewalks need to be constucted on Ihe north and west sides of the park. 17 Action Chart: Neighborhood Livability Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS NLl Encourage absentee landlords to rehabilitate X f-PNA their properties and sell them to owner-occupants if they don't want to deal with on-going maintenance. NL2 Encourage those, whose properties are adjacent to X f-PNA alleys, to keep the alleys free of vehicles, overgrown weeds and debris, NL3 Work with the City to have inoperable vehicles X f-PNA, BOB stored in yards removed, NL4 Work with Parking Patrol to have inoperable X F-PNA, POOT vehicles parked on the street removed, NL5 Encourage more recycling by residents and local X F-PNA, BE5, businesses, This includes curbside recycling for Metro rental housing, PROGRAMS NL6 Participate in community-based code enforcement X F-PNA, BOB programs to encourage residents to maintain their properties, NL7 Actively encourage the owners of run-down or X F-PNA unkempt properties to upgrade and maintain them by writing letters to the owners and city inspectors. NL8 Encourage both home owners and tenants to clean X f-PNA up their front yards in order to improve the appearance of the neighborhood. NL9 Sponsor neighborhood events aimed at improving X F-PNA, BHCO the appearance of the neighborhood. NL Encourage new businesses that serve or sell X F-PNA 10 alcohol to meet with the neighborhood association and develop a "good neighbor plan." NL Work with schools in and around the X F-PNA, PPS 11 neighborhood to make their facilities available for aftemoon (after school), evening and weekend use - for children and sports activities. NL Work with churches in the area to become X f-PNA, Local 12 partners in neighborhood activities. churches NL Works with churches and lodges to establish X F-PNA, Local 13 community centers and meeting areas. institutions NL Encourage the provision of quality, affordable, X F-PNA 14 state-certified davcare in the neighborhood. 17 Action Chart: Neighborhood Livability Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs REGULATIONS NL Encourage the enforcement of the requirement X F-PNA, BOB 15 that property owners provide garbage service for rental households. NL Make use of receivership laws where absentee X F-PNA 16 landlords will not maintain their rental properties. NL Monitor local businesses with liquor licenses and X F-PNA 17 oppose the renewal of licenses for businesses that cause problems for neighborhood residents. NL Report businesses such as auto repair that operate X F-PNA, BOB 18 in residential areas in violation of the zoning and PPB code. Solicit the help of neighborhood police officers in this effort. NL Actively enforce the sign code. X BOB 19 NL Contact utilities to have signs and flyers removed X Utility 20 from utility poles. Companies Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have an identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some will need tobe adjusted and others r.eplaced with more feasible proposals. Identification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 18 TIle building that housed the Organ Grinder Restaurant on 82nd Avenue was designed by Will Martin, the architect that also designed Pioneer Square in downtown. 21 Policy Three: Public Safety Involve residents and business owners in efforts to reduce crime and vandalism in the neighborhood. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Implement community policing in Foster-Powell. 2. Improve the safety of Kern and Essex Parks. 3. Provide more activities for young people to discourage traffic in illegal drugs, gangs and graffiti. 20 Action Chart: Public Safety Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: General PSI Encourage the location of a mini-precinct in the X F-PNA Foster commercial area. PROGRAMS: General PS2 Assist residents with the organization of more X F-PNA, SEUL Block Watches. PS3 Improve and increase contacts with police and X F-PNA, PPB their community policing efforts. PS4 Develop strategies for discouraging illegal drug X F-PNA, SEUL activities. PSS Develop strategies for discouraging graffiti. X F-PNA, SEUL PS6 Locate funds to provide more recreational X F-PNA activities for youth. PS7 Establish a youth center that provides X F-PNA, local recreational activities. institutions PROGRAMS: Kern and Essex Parks Safety PS8 Consider organizing citizen foot patrols to X F-PNA, SEUL discourage drinking in the neighborhood parks at night. PS9 Find ways of involving neighborhood youth in X F-PNA, BHCD, park maintenance and planning. Parks PS Organize Park Watch programs by organizing X F-PNA, SEUL 10 residents who face each of the parks. Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have all. identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some wiH need tobe adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. fdentification of all. implementor for all. action is all. expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 21 Policy Four: Housing Ensure an adequate supply of housing at a variety of prices and rents by promoting new home ownership opportunities, improvement of the existing housing stock, responsible rental property ownership, and the development of compatible infill housing. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Improve home ownership opportunities in Foster-Powell. 2. Encourage current homeowners to maintain and improve their homes. 3. Encourage the construction of new infill housing that is compatible with the neighborhood. Require design review or conformance to compatibility guidelines for development not currently allowed in existing residential zones. 4. Encourage the establishment of housing and other facilities for the elderly and mentally and physically handicapped. Disperse these facilities throughout the neighborhood. 22 Action Chart: Housing Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROGRAMS Hl Encourage the R.O.5.E. community development X F-PNA, ROSE corporation and other nonprofit groups to provide home ownership opportunities through rehabilitation of existing housing or new construction for low to moderate income families. H2 Promote the construction of owner-occupied X F-PNA, BOP attached and multifamily housing, i.e. row houses and condominiums, in selected areas of the neighborhood. H3 Provide information about the availability of X F-PNA, POC low interest rehabilitation loans and about and Energy funding sources for energy conservation measures Office such as installing insulation and storm windows. H4 Organize efforts to help the elderly and X F-PNA handicapped with house and yard maintenance. H5 Encourage the R.O.5.E. community development X F-PNA, ROSE, corporation to acquire rental properties in Foster- POC Powell. H6 Encourage the development of residential units X BOP above commercial uses along Foster Boulevard. REGULAnONS H7 Seek to have Foster-Powell designated a X BOP, BOB "distressed area" so that homeowners would be eligible for a limited property tax assessment when makinp; home improvements. H8 Consider allowing the construction of duplexes X BOP with an owner occupant on vacant lots in single- family zones. H9 Consider allowing the creation of accessory X BOP rentals through the expansion of floor area in an existinp; dwellinp;. HlO Encourage developers of new housing units to put X PVT,BOP parking in the rear where lots are adjacent to alleys. Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have an identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some will need tobe adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. fdentification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 23 Policy Five: Historic Preservation Protect existing historic resources and identify new ones. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Protect existing historic resources in the neighborhood. 2. Update the Historic Resources Inventory for Foster-Powell. 3. Sponsor a neighborhood history project at the Holgate Branch Library. The Loomis Addition has diagonal streets like Ladd's Addition and is on the Historic Resources inventory as an undesignaled ensemble. Photo by Katie Bretsch 24 Action Chart: Historic Preservation Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: Historic Resources Update HPl Check to see if resources on the inventory have X F-PNA, BOP been altered or demolished. HP2 Identify new resources that may have been X F-PNA, BOP overlooked in past historic resources inventory surveys. PROGRAMS: General HP3 Respond when notified of applications for X F-PNA demolition permits for buildings on the Historic Resources Inventory. HP4 Encourage the owners of historic properties to X F-PNA maintain them. HP5 Preserve the historic street pattern of Loomis X BOP Park Addition between SE Holgate, Long, 75th and 77th. HP6 Improve the appearance and management of the X F-PNA, Metro Multnomah Cemetery on 82nd Avenue at Holgate. HP7 Seek funding to assist in locating, upgrading and X F-PNA, BOP maintaining historic resources. Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have an identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some will need to be adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. Identification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 25 Policy Six: Transportation Reduce the speed and volume of traffic on local streets so that they are safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. Provide safe access across the arterials that surround the neighborhood. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Keep through traffic on the arterial streets and prevent it from filtering onto local residential streets in the interior of the neighborhood. 2. Slow speeding traffic and improve traffic safety in residential areas of the neighborhood. 3. Make improvements to the safety and appearance of Powell Boulevard. 4. Ensure that the neighborhood is friendly to bicyclists and minimize conflicts between bicyclists and motorists. 5. Make neighborhood streets more friendly to pedestrians and those in wheelchairs. Improve pedestrian access across Holgate and Foster Road. 6. Maintain good bus service to the Foster Powell neighborhood including feeder lines that connect with the Banfield Light Rail route. Advocate for high capacity transit that serves the neighborhood. 26 Action Chart: Transportation Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: Traffic Management Tl Request a study from POOT of a specific area of X F-PNA the neighborhood to examine the problem of speeding on local residential streets. The completed study should propose solutions. T2 Consider removal of the truck street designation X F-PNA, POOT from Holgate between Foster Road and 82nd Avenue during the next update of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. T3 Slow traffic on north-south local residential X F-PNA streets. Request that the Bureau of Traffic Management take traffic calming measures on identified streets. T4 Support an Arterial Calming Project for 72nd X F-PNA Avenue. PROJECTS: Powell Boulevard Improyements T5 Notify POOT where there is poor visibility of X F-PNA street signs. T6 Request changes to the landscaping and possibly X F-PNA, OOOT the median so that Powell looks less monotonous and adjacent land uses are easier to access. Landscaping needs different textures and heights. 17 Request more pedestrian crossings on Powell. The X PDOT,OOOT neighborhood priorities are painted crosswalks and curb ramps and a crossing at SE 80th so that there is pedestrian access to Powell Street Station from Foster-Powell. T8 Examine the need for additional street trees and X F-PNA, OOOT, landscaping along Powell Boulevard. Citv Forester T9 Find a solution to the traffic congestion on Powell X ODOT, F-PNA just west of 82nd Avenue where drivers are turning into Powell Street Station. Consider extending the median towards 82nd Avenue. TlO Continue to vigorously enforce the Powell X F-PNA, BOP Boulevard Plan District regulations. Tll Consider allowing the redevelopment of some of X F-PNA, BOP, the parking areas on the south side of Powell OOOT Boulevard from SE 63rd to SE 66th to commercial uses. Tl2 Consider constructing a pedestrian overpass at X ODOT, Kellogg Kellogg School. School 27 Action Chart: Transportation Time # Actions Adopted On· Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: Bicycles T13 Participate in the Bicycle Master Plan to review X F-PNA bike designations and improvements TI4 Inventory and request bike signs where needed X F-PNA along designated routes from the District Traffic Engineer. TIS Support adding bikeways if either Powell X F-PNA Boulevard, 82nd Avenue or Foster Road is rebuilt. PROJECTS: Pedestrians TI6 Identify places where crossings need to be X F-PNA improved and notify the District Traffic Engineer. T17 [dentify locations that need curb ramps installed X F-PNA and request their installation through PDOT's Pedestrian Program. T18 [dentify locations where street lighting needs to X F-PNA be improved for traffic safety and request that PDOT evaluate. TI9 [dentify locations where storm drains back up and X F·PNA improve drainage. Contact the Bureau of Maintenance's street sweeping program about them. T20 Improve the pedestrian environment by X F-PNA encouraging the Bureau of Traffic Management to notify car owners when street sweeping will take place so that they can move their cars. PROJECTS: Mass Transit T21 Encourage more residents to use mass transit. X F-PNA, TM T22 Increase safety at the Kern Park Church Park and X TM,PPB Ride. T23 Request that Tri-Met locate more bus shelters on X TM the north side of Holgate. T24 Consider creating bus bays on 82nd Avenue near its X OOOT, TM intersections with Holgate and Foster. 28 Action Chart: Transportation Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to ImpIementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROGRAMS T25 Devise strategies to keep through traffic from X F-PNA using neighborhood alleys. T26 Identify other local streets where speeding is a X F-PNA problem, 74th, Center etc., and make traffic improvements. T27 Work with PDOT to identify locations where X F-PNA, PDOT traffic safety could be improved by removing I parking near comers. T28 Target Foster-Powell Schools for bicycle X F-PNA, PPS education programs. T29 Encourage businesses to install more bicycle X F-PNA, PVT parking facilities. REGULATIONS no Encourage police to enforce speed limits on X F-PNA, PPB targeted local streets. Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have an identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some will need tobe adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. Identification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 29 Policy Seven: Commercial Areas Improve the Foster Road and 82nd Avenue commercial areas. Encourage businesses that serve Foster-Powell and surrounding neighborhoods to locate in these areas. Create a better pedestrian environment. (Adopted as part of Portland's Comprehensive Plan) Objectives: 1. Improve the Foster Road business district by creating a "Main Street" with a strong pedestrian orientation. Balance the needs of pedestrians for safe access to businesses with the provision of parking for those that arrive by auto. 2. Improve the portion of the 82nd Avenue commercial strip in Foster-Powell. 3. Reach out to minority business owners and encourage them to participate in neighborhood and business association activities. Cafes provide popular neighborhood gathering places while increasing safety by providing more "eyes on the streetll• 30 Action Chart: Commercial Areas Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to ImpIementors with going 5 20 Plan Yrs Yrs PROJECTS: Foster Road CAl Work with the Foster Area Business Association, X FABA, ROSE, R.O.5.E., Mt. Scott-Arleta and Lents MS-ANA, LNA neighborhood associations to make improvements and F-PNA to the commercial area. CA2 Seek funds and assistance to help local X FABA, F-PNA, established businesses upgrade their premises. POC and local banks CA3 Find funds to widen sidewalks, install curb X F-PNA, FABA extensions at important crossings, plant street trees and encourage sidewalk cafes. CA4 Implement the formal design boulevard treatment X POOT for Foster Road called for in the Beautification Policy of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. CAS Encourage businesses to provide off-street parking X PVT on currently vacant commercially zoned land near their businesses. PROJECTS: 82nd Avenue CA6 Work to retain existing viable businesses and X F-PNA, 82ABA attract new ones that are compatible with the neighborhood. CA7 Improve the pedestrian orientation of 82nd X PDOT,TM Avenue and ask businesses located there to participate. Improve sidewalks south of Schiller by continuing the 82nd Avenue Improvement Project to Foster Road. CA8 Improve the appearance of the businesses on the X PVT. F-PNA, west side of the intersection of 82nd Avenue and FABA,82ABA Foster Road. This is a gateway to the and MS-ANA neighborhood. CA9 Recruit a new business or combination of businesses X F-PNA, to locate in vacant buildings. Consider one or more 82ABA, FABA of the following: a grocery like Nature's or Sheridan's, a coffee shop, a plant shop and a clothing store. 31 Action Chart: Commercial Areas Time # Actions Adopted On- Next 6 to Implementors with going 5 20 Plan Vrs Vrs PROGRAMS: Foster Road CA Work to retain viable businesses that serve the X FABA, ROSE, 10 needs of neighborhood residents and to attract MS-ANA, LNA others that are compatible. and F-PNA CA Promote the development of residential uses X BOP 11 above ground floor retail and other configurations of mixed commercial and residential uses. CA Preserve existing structures that contain X PVT 12 residential units over retail uses. CA Seek funds to help those interested in X FABA 13 establishinl'; new businesses. CA Encourage more restaurants and coffee shops to X F-PNA 14 locate on Foster Road. CA Encourage business owners to hold sidewalk sales X FABA,F-PNA 15 periodically to attract shoppers and increase foot traffic. CA Promote the sharing of parking areas between X PVT 16 businesses and between businesses and institutions. REGULATIONS: Foster Road CA Extend zoning that promotes pedestrian-oriented X BOP 17 mixed-use development where existing development warrants. CA Encourage the siting of a farmer's market in X F-PNA, FABA 18 Foster-Powell. and 82ABA REGULATIONS: 82nd Avenue CA Apply design review in conjunction with the X F-PNA, 82ABA 19 Central Employment zone at 82nd and Foster to and BOP improve the appearance of this entrance to the Foster-Powell neighborhood. CA Require strict enforcement of the buffer overlay X BOP 20 zone to protect the residential portion of the blocks between 80th and 82nd. Note: Action Charts were approved by Portland City Council by resolution. They are a starting place. All actions have an identified implementor. They were adopted with the understanding that some will need tobe adjusted and others replaced with more feasible proposals. fdentification of an implementor for an action is an expression of interest and support with the understanding that circumstances will affect the implementation leader's ability to take action. 32 A small shopping center near 52nd and Powell Boulevard. 33 BHCD BES BOB BOP 82ABA FABA FOT F-PNA LNA Metro MS-ANA ODOT Parks POC PDOT PPB PPS PVT ROSE SEUL TM Implementors of Plan Action Items Bureau of Housing and Community Development Bureau of Environmental Services Bureau of Buildings Bureau of Planning Eighty-second Avenue Business Association Foster Area Business Association Friends of Trees Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association Lents Neighborhood Association Metropolitan Service District Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association Oregon Department of Transportation Bureau of Parks and Recreation Portland Development Commission Portland Office of Transportation Portland Police Bureau Portland Public Schools Private property owners - business and home owners Revitalize Outer Southeast Community Development Corporation Southeast Uplift Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon 34 Neighborhood Advocacy Agenda Neighborhood advocacy agenda action items are ones that the neighborhood wishes to pursue but are not included as part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan or Portland's Comprehensive Plan. They are only for the guidance of the neighborhood association about projects and programs they wish to pursue in the future. Some items deal with improvements in City services or specific projects that the neighborhood desires from the City. This agenda is divided into two sections. Section I includes an item that lacks an implementor. Implementors are organizations or agencies which agree to take the lead responsibility for carrying out an action item. Items that conflict with City policy are identified in Section II. These actions are ones about which the neighborhood association may want to lobby the state legislature or City Council. These statements are included in this document out of respect for the hard work the Foster-Powell neighbors have brought to their plan process. They are not adopted nor endorsed by the City in any way and are not a part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, the Outer Southeast Community Plan, or the City adopted Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan. Section I Public Safety 1. Fund a person to act as a liaison between the police and the neighborhood. Comment: This action has no implementor. It is an action that could possibly be funded by an entity other than the City. Section II Neighborhood Businesses Discourage the establishment of "adult" businesses in and around the neighborhood. Encourage residents to support state legislation that prohibits the establishment of adult businesses near schools or residential areas. Comment: The zoning code does not distinguish between adult businesses and other retail businesses. The Oregon Constitution's guarantee of free speech makes banning "adult" businesses difficult. This is a matter that has to taken up by the state legislature. 35 Transportation 1. Ban truck traffic on Holgate Boulevard from Foster Road to 82nd Avenue. 2. Complete curb cuts on Holgate Boulevard. 3. Locate more traffic management projects in outer southeast neighborhoods. Allow residents to designate locations of speed bumps, stop signs and traffic circles. 4. Place stop signs every other block in selected residential areas to slow traffic. Comment: Portland's Office of Transportation would like information on what traffic or other transportation problems the neighborhood is experiencing but does not want the neighborhood dictating specific solutions to their problems. Code Enforcement 1. Provide more City resources to address serious zoning code enforcement problems in the neighborhood. 2. Make garbage collection mandatory in the neighborhood. Comment: These are both actions that would require City Council action. Providing more resources for code enforcement is a budget matter. Making garbage collection mandatory for home owners would require a change in the city code. Owners of rental properties are required to provide garbage service. 36 Appendix: Ranking of Projects Eligible for Housing and Community Development Funds As part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan, the Bureau of Housing and Community Development asked eligible neighborhoods to rank, in order of importance, projects that could be funded with HCD funds. These projects must primarily benefit low to moderate income households. Foster-Powell is eligible for HCD funds based on 1990 Census information on household income. This could change when the 2000 Census is taken. If household incomes improve in the next 10 years, the neighborhood might not be eligible for HCD funds in the year 2000. The ranking of neighborhood projects follows. The ranking is based on the results of a survey taken on September 13, 1994. A copy of the survey is included on the next page. The projects listed on the survey were taken from the Draft Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan. Survey results are detailed on page 37. There were 14 surveys returned. The following projects had the highest scores. They are listed in order of importance: • Kern Park improvements, • Neighborhood events aimed at improving neighborhood appearance, • Involvement of youth in park planning and maintenance. • Outreach to new residents and business owners, and In the category marked "Other", speed bumps and controlling illegal dumping were written in most often. 37 Neighborhood Projeet Survey The Foster-Powell Neighborhood is eligible for Housing and Community Development (HCD) funds for projects that primarily benefit low and moderate income households. As part of the Outer Southeast Community Plan, we are asking residents to tell us what projects or programs are most important to them. This information will be given to the Bureau of Housing and Community Development to help them make funding decisions. Here is a list of activities from the recommended Foster-Powell Neighborhood Plan that should be eligible for HCD funds. HCD funds are used to provide housing rehabilitation loans through the Portland Development Commission so housing rehabilitation is not listed as a project or program. Rank the 10 Most Important Projects in Order of Importance (1 is most important; 10 is least important.) ___Kern Park improvements - new play equipment, landscaping, picnic facilities. ___Improvements to Laurelwood Park - benches, a gazebo, drinking fountain and rash cans ___Improvements to 72nd Avenue park blocks - pedestrian paths, benches and trash cans. ___Street tree planting. ___ in residential areas -;-::-__ along Foster Road (Street trees will be planted along the entire length of 82nd Avenue in Foster-Powell as part of the 82nd Avenue Improvement Project. Street trees on Powell are provided by Oregon Department of Transportation.) ___Establishment of community gardens and orchards (capital not operating costs). ___Outreach to new residents and business owners, who have recently immigrated to this country, with the purpose of involving them in the neighborhood association and local business associations. ___Involving youth in park maintenance and planning ___Helping elderly and handicapped with house and yard maintenance. ___Neighborhood events aimed at improving the appearance of the neighborhood. (Clean- ups for example.) 39 ReD Survey Average # of Results of Rank-ingS Survey# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank- Receiv- ings ed Survey Items in Order Kern Park improvements 1 2 2 4 2 7 6 3 2 1 1 2.82 11 Improvements to Laurelwood 7 8 1 7 10 8 7 4 5 6 5 6.18 11 Park Improvements to 72nd x 6 4 3 6 7 4 5 3 5 9 9 4 5.42 13 Avenue park blocks Street tree planting. 8 9 4 2 8 3 4 2 6 4 6 5.09 11 Community gardens and 9 10 6 9 5 6 8 4 5 9 7.10 10 orchards Outreach to new residents 4 6 7 3 6 2 2 1 8 8 3 4.55 11 and business owners Involving youth in park 2 5 5 1 4 9 1 5 9 1 7 2 4.25 12 maintenance and planning Elderly / handicapped 10 8 8 3 5 3 1 6 7 3 7 5.55 11 house and yard maintenance. Neighborhood events 3 3 9 5 1 1 4 2 7 3 2 8 4.00 12 (Clean-ups) Other 1 0.09 1 Speed bumps x 5 5.00 2 Traffic Control x 1 Property protection x 1 Code enforcem.: auto-drop x x 2 offs and illegal dumping 40