Month: July 2007

@ City Hall (1221 SW 4th Avenue), Lovejoy Room

AGENDA

Announcements/BAC Discussion
Recruitment for BAC vacancies

Eastside Streetcar Design Considerations
Representatives from Portland Streetcar Inc (PSI) will discuss the current design and operational elements they are considering as part of the eastside streetcar. Among the issues to be presented in depth include street and trackway configuration in the River District, Platform location and trackway alignment in the Lloyd District (including along Broadway-Weidler and NE 7th Ave), and opportunities to combine streetcar design with bikeway designs.

Report on Findings from BMP Open Houses
Roger will present a brief report on findings from the Bicycle Master Plan Open Houses conducted during June.

Filling the Naito Gap
Roger will present a design for filling in the gap in the Naito Parkway bike lanes near the Steel Bridge.

Lake Oswego to Portland Streetcar
Metro is currently conducting an alternatives analysis to select a preferred alternative for high capacity transit between Lake Oswego and Portland. Among the alternatives being considered are streetcar in the existing rail right-of-way, streetcar along Macadam, and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along Macadam. All alternatives are also looking at potential for a shared use path. Project staff will present their findings to date on the alternatives analyzed and discuss next steps.

Meet-up location: 3633 N. Commercial Ave. (@ Beech)

Moving to: 5301 NE 16th Ave. – a scant 2 miles away

It’ll be hot, it’ll be sweet, it’ll be awesome!

Just a reminder that it’s still goin’ down on Sunday.

http://flickr.com/photos/butterbits/766610357/

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Love the sun? Love to wear next-to-nothing (or nothing at all)? And drink libations? Let’s move some stuff into my new house! Dress as scantily as you’d like and bring water toys if you have ’em. Snacks and beer before the move, and food and more beer after (non-alcoholic yummy drinks will also be available).

W00t! Thanks, you sexy cyclists!

What needs moving: full-sized mattress and boxspring, tall bookshelves, heavy 4 ft. tall dresser, 5 bikes (including a tallbike),
lotsa clothes, various boxes of books and random crap

Map – http://tinyurl.com/2taxlc

Theme: bikinis, hotpants, water guns, huzzah!

Fuel: snacks and beer before, food and beer after; wearin’ your swimsuit and biking is a reward in-and-of itself too, eh?

Contact: Shawn’s cell phone – (503)407-3537, and email .

Garden of Natural Delights Tour –
Event Website

Seeing is believing. Peek into the beautiful backyards of passionate home gardeners, and learn their secrets to chemical-free success! Natural gardening helps protect our rivers and streams and keeps our yards safe for people, pets and wildlife.

Metro’s annual tour of flourishing, attractive gardens gives guests a first-hand look at how healthy plants can thrive without the use of synthetic chemicals. Tour participants can talk with the gardeners who designed and now maintain their gardens to learn about natural gardening techniques. Metro offers this ninth annual tour in partnership with Naturescaping for Clean Rivers and the Audubon Society of Portland.

Registration information

Registration opens for the tour June 1. Call Metro Recycling Information at (503) 234-3000 to register. No faxed or emailed registrations, please. Callers may register one additional guest. The tour is open to residents of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties.

For more information, call Metro Recycling Information at (503) 234-3000. The hearing impaired can call TDD (503) 797-1804.

@ Mt. Tabor Park, Picnic Area A

The main issues are the interactions between cyclists and pedestrians.

The bike races are not the issue.

For cyclists who use Mt. Tabor, your attendance in important to talk about how to minimize conflict between park user groups and to help balance any perception that cyclists are acting in an irresponsible fashion.

Snacks are available at 5:30 and the meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m..

The meeting will be facilitated by a range of community and city stakeholders including Portland Parks and Rec, Police Bureau, and PDOT.