City Auditor - City Recorder - Council Resolutions - 36405 The River Plan

MEMORANDUM

TO: Mayor Tom Potter

FROM: Sallie Edmunds, River Plan Project Manager

SUBJECT: Amendment to River Concept included as Exhibit C

On March 21, 2006 the Bureau of Planning released the recommended draft of the River Plan’s River Concept. Since that time it has come to our attention that the Waterfront Organization of Oregon (WOOO) feels strongly that the language on page 26 of the River Concept should more closely follow the language contained in the River Renaissance Strategy. WOOO is a coalition of owners of floating homes, moorages and other water-based businesses. Following you will find the existing River Renaissance Strategy language, the existing River Concept language and finally some proposed text which is also included as Exhibit C to the Resolution.

Existing River Renaissance Strategy Text: Through the collaborative efforts of City Government and Partners...Acknowledge and support the important role that existing floating home moorages, marinas, water-related business, and recreation play in the vitality of Portland’s waterscape. (page 6-4)

Existing River Concept Text: Docks, marinas, floating homes, and water-based recreation will continue to play important roles in the vitality of Portland’s waterscape.

Proposed River Concept Text (Exhibit C) : Existing floating home moorages, marinas, water related business, and recreation will play an important role in the vitality of Portland's waterscape through the acknowledgement and support of the City and its partners.

I believe that the proposed text more closely follows the text in the River Renaissance Strategy while adhering to the sentence structure in the River Concept. I recommend that City Council endorse the River Concept with this amendment as guidance for the development of the River Plan/North Reach.

Thank you very much.

Exhibit B: Public Outreach Summary

Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

Date	Organization / Event	City Staff	Attendance
8-2-05	United States Coast Guard	Sallie Edmunds et al.	12
8-23-05	Friends of the North Portland Greenway Trail	Diane Sullivan	5
9-18-05	St. Johns Bridge Celebration / Rededication	Peter Ovington	Handed out 125+ flyer-postcards
10-12-05	Swan Island Business Assn.	Edmunds, Marguerite Feuersanger	11
10-18-05	Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. (SWNI)	Edmunds , Joanne Daunt	8
10-20-05	River and Industrial Economic Advisory Group	Edmunds, Kountz, Sullivan	8
10-24-05	University Park Neighborhood Assn.	Sullivan, Feuersanger	12
10-24-05	Citywide Land Use Group	Edmunds, Ovington	12
10-25-05	Watershed Plan Open House (Bureau of Environmental Services)	Edmunds, Ovington	10
11-01-05	Central Eastside Industrial Council	Joe Zehnder, Edmunds	12
11-03-05	Portland Freight Committee	Kountz, Edmunds	25
11-03-05	City Club Growth Management & Environment Committee	Edmunds, Barbara Hart, Deborah Stein, Michael Montgomery	9
11-08-05	NW Industrial Neighborhood Assn. (NINA)	Edmunds, Kountz	18
11-08-05	Waterfront Organizations of Oregon (WOOO)	Sullivan, Ovington	20
11-08-05	Friends of Cathedral Park	Edmunds, Julia Gisler	25
11-09-05	Portland Marine Dealers Assn.	Edmunds, Ovington	6
11-14-05	Eliot Neighborhood Assn.	Sullivan, Ovington	15
11-14-05	St. Johns Neighborhood Assn.	Edmunds	25
11-15-05	River Renaissance Brownbag Event	Edmunds, Ovington	15
11-21-05	Southeast Uplift Land Use & Transportation Committee	Sullivan	15
1/06-4/06	Interviews with harbor industries	Kountz, Arianne Sperry	60
1-19-06	Port of Portland	Edmunds, Kountz, Stein	5
1-31-06	Friends of the North Portland Greenway Trail	Feuersanger	25
2-15-06	Central Eastside Industrial Council	Edmunds, Sperry	3
2-7-06	Waterfront Organizations of Oregon	Edmunds, Ovington	3
2-14-06	River Renaissance Brownbag Event	Kountz, Edmunds	12
2-14-06	River & Industrial Econ. Advisory Group	Edmunds	20
2-14-06	Oregon State Marine Board	Edmunds, Kip Wadden (Parks)	4
2-16-06	Citywide Parks Team	Feuersanger	30
2-17-06	Willamette Riverkeeper	Edmunds, Stein, Ovington	2
2-23-06	Audubon Society of Portland	Edmunds, Stein	2
2-23-06	Open House on River Plan: River Concept	Edmunds, Ovington, Stein, Kountz, Sperry, Feuersanger	20
3-7-06	Central Eastside Industrial Council	Edmunds	12
3-16-06	Sauvie Island Boosters	Edmunds, Sperry	12
4-12-06	Bureau of Planning staff	Edmunds, Sperry	50
4-20-06	Port of Portland Forum	Edmunds, Sperry	15
			TOTAL= 632

Other Groups Contacted Via Email and/or Telephone

News Articles Published

• The Oregonian (Feb 26, 2006)

• The Voice – Central Eastside Industrial Council (Dec 2005)

• Overlook Neighborhood Assn. (Nov/Dec 2005)

• St. Johns Sentinel (Nov 2005)

• Citywide Land Use Group Update (Oct 2005)

• SW News, Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. (Oct 2005)

River Plan Meetings

River Plan Committee Meetings

Sep 7, 2005 · Oct 13 · Nov 15 · Dec 12 · Jan 17, 2006 · Feb 21 · March 21

Greenway Trail Task Group Meetings

Nov 7, 2005 · Nov 14 · Nov 19 (field) · Nov 21 · Dec 3 (field) · Dec 5

Other Outreach

• River Plan web site via www.portlandonline.com/planning

• River Plan News email updates (over. 175 subscribers)

• North Portland Online via www.portlandonline.com/northportland

• Notices to River Renaissance email list (approx. 800 subscribers)

• Office of Neighborhood Involvement list

• News release about the River Plan and the Planning Commission hearing sent to over 50 news outlets.

Exhibit C: Proposed Amendment to the River Concept

Existing Text	Proposed Text
Page 26: Docks, marinas, floating homes, and water-based recreation will continue to play important roles in the vitality of Portland’s waterscape	Page 26: Existing floating home moorages, marinas, water related business, and recreation will play an important role in the vitality of Portland's waterscape through the acknowledgement and support of the City and its partners.