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City Club Study On Ballot Measure 21, Ballot Measure 22, Ballot Measure 26-34, And Ballot Measure 26-36, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Neil Goldschmidt To Vera Katz, Neil Goldschmidt

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Mandating Density: The Blunt Instrument Of Smart Growth, Kenneth Dueker

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This essay expresses concern that urban growth management places too heavy a reliance on densification, particularly upzoning with minimum density requirements in suburban infill situations. Increasing densities may be appropriate when other aspects of urban development can be controlled through urban design. However, evidence provided here indicates that mandating density reduces land consumption, but does not achieve other objectives of growth management, particularly street connectivity, greater use of alternative modes of transportation, and more housing choices. This analysis finds that upzoning and requiring minimum-densities, when used to regulate suburban residential infill developments, is not effective in producing quality compact development. …

Charter Schools In Portland; Resolution In Favor Of Ballot Measure 17, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Tri-Met's Experience With Automatic Passenger Counter And Automatic Vehicle Location Systems, James G. Strathman

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) is one of about 30 metropolitan transit agencies that have deployed both automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic passenger counter (APC) systems (Casey, 1999). These technologies are important components of the agency’s new automated bus dispatching system (BDS). The AVL and APC systems at Tri-Met recover comprehensive operations and passenger activity data at the bus stop level that is archived for later analysis. The agency has gained a reputation as an industry leader in the areas of data archiving and the application of archived data to performance monitoring and analysis.

Prior to …

City Club Approves Ballot Measure 14, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Resolution In Support Of Fluoridation Of Portland's Water Supply, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

St. Johns/Lombard Plan Neighborhood Walks Summary And Participants' Comments, Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

From Vision To Development, Ernest Bonner

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Marquam Hill Plan Action Charts: Adopted By Resolution Number 36083, Portland (Or.). Office Of The City Auditor

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Ten Principles For Achieving Region 2040 Centers , Metro (Or.)

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: Natural Hazards: Are You At Risk, Tom Sanchez, Scott Burns, Jon Dorwart, Meg Merrick

Metroscape

This edition of the Periodic Atlas of the Metroscape focuses on hazard analysis, and looks at the relative danger of earthquake, flood, landslide, debris flow, lava flow, and radon throughout the Portland area. The maps are printed in 3D format, and the print edition of the Metroscape included special glasses that, when worn, give the maps a 3D appearance.

The Final Frontier: Using Space Under 2040, John Provo

Metroscape

Later this year the Metro Council will face a decision about expansion of the urban growth boundary (UGB). Reaching a verdict on that question will require negotiating the conflicts between the long term regional vision described in Metro's 2040 Plan, short-term economic fluctuations, and specific local concerns. Looking at possible tradeoffs and choices facing the region, panelists at a recent Metroscape™ forum on these topics were asked to discuss the connections among implementation, design, and market challenges involved in planning for the integration of open space with denser development in regional centers.

What follows are excerpts from a panel discussion …

The Landscape: 40 Mile Loop & Regional Trails: Park It Here, Shannon Axtell

Metroscape

A brief history and overview of the 40 mile loop and other regional trails in and around the Portland, Oregon area, as well as Metro's 1992 Metropolitan Greenspaces Master Plan and proposed future extensions.

Indicators Of The Metroscape: Right Jobs? Right Skills?, Shelley Holly, Arianne Sperry

Metroscape

A look at Oregon Employment Department projections for the Portland Metropolitan Area, with special focus on top ten occupations and the quality of labor required to fill forecasted need.

Ballot Ballet: The Metroscape’S Delicate Dance With Direct Democracy, David Santen

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Referred to as the “fourth branch” of the Oregon political system, the ballot initiative process has defined Oregon politics as much if not more than any of the traditional legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. After a century on the books, it continues to grow in stature and presence, evidenced from the increased bulk of both the Voters' Pamphlet and the Oregon Constitution itself. It tackles the entire spectrum of issues, affecting residents of Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill Counties, and often spilling over into Clark County, Washington, and beyond. Land use and property rights, structure of the …

Sustainability: Think Globally, Act Locally, Shannon Axtell

Metroscape

A brief look at developing concepts of sustainability and sustainable development, both from an international as well as an Oregon perspective. Addresses the difficulties faced by cities in their efforts to formulate specific goals and policies for sustainability, and cites several Oregon projects and initiatives that have sustainability as their focus.

The Path Ahead: Future Enrollments In Portland Public Schools, 2001-2010, Based On October 2001 Enrollments, Portland State University. Population Research Center

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

This report provides a school Enrollment Forecast, including demographic information, for Portland Public Schools. The report considers several factors that are likely to affect the school district's enrollments between the present and 2010, including the future number of births, net migrants, and the proportion of school-age children and youth enrolled in the public schools. This is the third annual report that forecasts future enrollments for the Portland Public Schools. Previous annual reports were based on October 1999 and October 2000 enrollments; this report relies on October 2001 enrollments. To take into account a variety of demographic and enrollment possibilities, this …

St. Johns/Lombard Plan: Neighborhood Walks, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (Zgf) Partnership

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Planning At The Ballot Box : Better Decisions Or The End Of Planning?, Ethan Seltzer, Shayna Rehberg

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Land use planning in a variety of forms has been coming to the ballot box in Oregon more frequently in recent years, and this raises a host of issues for citizens, planners, advocates of all stripes, and elected officials alike. Will we make planning decisions through deliberative, inclusive public processes, or will planning amount to ?yes-no? questions put before voters in the form of ballot measures? Will representative elected bodies be the decisionmakers, or will we bypass them completely with new applications of direct democracy? To help identify and describe this trend, this paper reviews the current literature on ballot …

Pioneer Square Chronology, Ernest Bonner

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Planning For Regional Economic Development In Oregon: Finding A Place For Equity Issues In Regional Governance, John Provo

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

While the state of Oregon is cited in the new regionalism literature for exemplary land use and environmental planning, this paper focuses on the treatment of equity issues. Implementation of a revised statewide regional economic development program is discussed, contrasting efforts in the metropolitan Portland area with rural southeast Oregon. Despite following very different planning and grant-making processes, both introduced equity issues concerned with ensuring access to the economy. In Portland this meant aspiring to connect economically distressed communities with a successful regional economy while in southeast Oregon a distressed region hoped to connect with the state's growing economy.

History Of Urban Pioneer Awards Dinner, Portland State University. College Of Urban And Public Affairs

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Quality Of Life Community Collaborative Demographic Profiles, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Demographic profiles have been created for at the regional and community levels for San Diego County. There is an individual demographic profile for each of 10 Community Collaboratives in San Diego County as a whole. The demographic profiles all have the same structure and consist of the same variables to provide consistency so that comparisons can be made between communities. The profiles were created to provide background information for a larger project, the development of Quality of Life Indices for the San Diego County Alcohol and Drug Services Agency.

San Diego Quality Of Life Indices: Calculating The Social Indicators Of Risk And Protective Factors, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca

Publications, Reports and Presentations

A system of measurements, the San Diego Quality of Life Indices (SDCQOLI), is being developed and reported in response to the need of successful prevention of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs (ATOD) and ATOD service delivery. The purpose of the SDCQOLI is to serve as a utility for public policy applications (ATOD prevention and others), both community-sponsored and initiated by the San Diego County and local governments, in order to achieve the mission of the County of San Diego "...to improve the region's Quality of Life" (County of San Diego...).

Trolley Trail: An Assessment Of Opportunities And Constraints, Jennifer Bell, Michele Healy, Stacy Burnett, Beth Park, Jennifer Shively

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

In January 2002, Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces (Metro) and North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District (NCPRD) contacted Portland State University's Planning Workshop class for assistance with a regional trail planning project. Metro is the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area. Within Metro, the Regional Parks and Greenspaces staff administers the parks, open space, natural area, trails and greenways acquisition program for the citizens of the region. NCPRD is a special service district of Clackamas County that provides park and recreation services to communities in the northern portion of the county.

When the project was presented to the workshop …

Environmental Middle School Making The Connection: Locally Grown Food And The Portland Public Schools' Meal Program, Paul Bender, Daniela Brod, Lauren Maloney, April Siebenaler, David Stocker

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

A recent "farms to school" movement designed to expand the range and quantity of local foods, especially produce, has taken root across the U.S, with support from the United States Department of Agriculture. After finding a suitable client school willing to introduce this idea in Portland, this project, identifies incremental and feasible steps that can be taken toward including more locally gown food into the Environmental Middle School's meal service. The main objectives of this project are:

• To increase the availability of locally grown foods at EMS, and ultimately in the Portland Public Schools meal service program
• To encourage food …

Ballot Measure Research Study: Oregon State Ballot Measure 13 (School Stability Fund), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

City Club Of Portland Ballot Measure Study: Oregon State Ballot Measure 26-30, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Tax Reform In Oregon, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.