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WELCOME! Goose Hollow Foothills League/ Portland Development Commission: Potential Urban Renewal

February 11, 2010

Agenda

• Welcome/ Introductions

– Alan Beard and Peter Englander

• Goose Hollow History

– Chet Orloff

• Update on Central City URA Study

– Peter Englander and Bob Alexander

• Goose Hollow Presentation

– Video

• Questions and Discussion

History of Goose Hollow

Chet Orloff

Museum of the City

Museum of the City

How the Westside Central City Study Began

• 2008 Urban Renewal Advisory Group (URAG)

Recommendation to analyze formation of new district downtown

• “Expiration” of Downtown Waterfront and

South Park Blocks (2008)

• Preliminary financial analysis (April 2009)
• Evaluation Committee formed (May 2009)
• Economic Development Strategy (July 2009)
• Central Portland Plan (November 2009)

• Environmental Health
• Economic Vitality
• Neighborhoods + Housing
• Connections + Access
• Community Design
• Educational Opportunity
• Human Health
• Civic Life
• Arts + Culture

PORTLAND PLAN: Making A Thriving and Sustainable City

Prosperous / Healthy / Full of Opportunity http://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan

PORTLAND PLAN: Making A Thriving and Sustainable City

Prosperous / Healthy / Full of Opportunity First Step: Strategic Planning Second Step: Comprehensive Plan and other actions to implement strategy Third Step: Code Amendments http://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan

• 2035 Framework Plan
• Quadrant Plans –
• Comp. Plan Update
• River Plan – Central

Reach Plan

• Central City

Transportation Plan

• Zoning Code

Amendments and Other Implementation http://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan

Central City 2 0 3 5 Fram ew ork Plan

How Urban Renewal Works

• 25 member

Committee

• 900 Acres
• 5 neighborhoods
• 4 quadrants:
• Northwest
• Goose Hollow
• North of Market
• South of Market

Potential Westside Central City URA Evaluation Committee:

Goose Hollow Study Area

Opportunities

• Densely populated
• Diverse population
• Core cultural center
• Concentrated ownership
• Large potential

redevelopment site (Lincoln High School)

• Proximity to Central City

Challenges

• I-405, Burnside, and

Jefferson/ 26

• Portland Public Schools High

School System Design and Long-Term Capital Plan unknown

Northwest Study Area

Opportunities

• Large single land owner
• Proximity to health care

services

• Potential for mix of housing

types

• Parks and open space
• Diverse population

Challenges

• I-405 and NW

Everett/ Glisan couplet

• Surface parking lots
• Balancing neighborhood

needs with Con-way vision

Opportunities

• Portland Downtown Retail

Strategy

• Large transformative sites
• Public-private partnerships
• Sustainability
• Cultural District, Old

Town/ Chinatown

• Opportunity sites (Blocks 8 and

13, surface parking lots) Challenges

• Job loss
• Lack of workforce housing
• High cost of construction
• Competition from suburbs
• Historic Districts

North of Market Study Area

South of Market Study Area

Opportunities

• Educational Institutions
• Sustainability
• Mixed-income, mixed-use
• Quality places – South Park

Blocks

• Diversity of uses

Challenges

• Underutilization – surface

parking lots

• Access, I-405 barriers
• South Portland National

Historic District

www.pdc.us/four/ccstudy

How To Get Involved

• Sign up for weekly updates
• Feedback on boundaries and projects

from Neighborhood Events

• www.pdc.us/ four/ ccstudy
• Future Community Events - Proposals
• Future Evaluation Committee meetings

Next Meeting: Friday Feb 19th, 8:30-10:30, 222 NW 5th

Questions?