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Report On The South Park Blocks Urban Renewal Plan, Portland (Or.). Development Commission

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Report On Feasibility Of A Geographic Information System For The Central City Citizen Planning Committees, Kenneth Dueker, George Mason

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

In September 1984 PSU was contracted to demonstrate the utility of an interactive graphic database system. A project was done using LANDTRAK* to determine which records from the tax roll were inside the Central City Planning Area. This information provides a starting point for o parcel based information system for the Central City Planning Project. This report consists of a design for a geographic information system for the Central City Planning Area that may serve as a prototype for a broader geographic information system for the City.

Information Report On Regulation Of Handgun Sales In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Information Report On "Three Year Tax Levy To Continue Street Lighting" (Municipal Measure No. 51), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Information Report On The Basalt Waste Isolation Project For High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal At Hanford, Washington, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

South Park Blocks Area Renewal Eligibility Analysis, Portland (Or.). Development Commission

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

A Process For Developing Transit Agency Comprehensive Training Plans, Daniel O'Toole, James Marshall

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This report addresses a project whose goals were to create, use, and disseminate information on a process for developing transit agency comprehensive training plans (i.e., plans that contain the training needs for all positions in an organization). The report considers the following:

• The importance of agency training plans and the need for an appropriate process to produce one.

• Information on the project that was undertaken to design and use an appropriate transit agency training plan process.

• The design, components of, and rationale for the training plan process selected for this project.

• Application of the selected training …

Information Report On "Provides School Directors Be Nominated By Zones" (Portland School District No. 1 Measure 26-2), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Information Report On Energy-Efficient Model Conservation Building Standards In Time Of Surplus, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Child Care Benefits Provided By Portland Metro Area Employers -- Summary, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Milwaukie Downtown Revitalization Project: The Milwaukie Storefront (Economic Report), Jerry Thelander, Sheila Frugoli, Larry Conrad, Sheldon Edner, Tom Harry

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The Milwaukie Economic Profile and Retail Market Analysis prepared by the staff of the Milwaukie Storefront is intended to assist the City of Milwaukie in assessing the potential for expanding the retail base of its downtown and throughout its jurisdiction. It offers:

1) an inventory of commercial and retail activity within a two-mile radius of downtown Milwaukie;

2) an analysis of supportable square feet of retail and commercial space within this radius;

3) a demographic description of area residents;

4) a review of the 1982 survey of downtown patrons;

5) an analysis of the retail growth potential of the Milwaukie …

Milwaukie Downtown Revitalization Project: The Milwaukie Storefront (Final Report), Mark Clemons, Tom Harry, Sheldon Edner

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The Milwaukie Storefront was a one year program intended as a catalyst for the downtown and to focus attention on the potential for improved business activity. The Storefront, initiated in September of 1983, served as a technical resource, and as a coordinator and facilitator of promotional events in downtown Milwaukie.

This report describes the Storefront as an organization, looking at its structure and original purpose. A review of the individual projects is presented to demonstrate the range of Storefront activities. In drawing conclusions, the report looks at whether the Storefront was able to meet its expectations and cites the accomplishments …

Urban Decision Making For Transportation Investments: Portland's Light Rail Transit System, Sheldon Edner, G. B. Arrington Jr.

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

Investment decisions for large transportation projects are complex, multifaceted phenomena. Generally requiring many years to bring to fruition, such decisions are often reduced at crucial junctures to raw political deals or technical data analysis on limited items. Throughout the range of alternatives considered, analyses completed and policy-making sessions which contribute to such investments, the imagery of a rational, sequential and wholistic decision making process and substance dominates. Recent debate concerning both the desirability of certain transit investments and the extent to which inappropriate intrusion into the decision making province of state and local government have occurred have highlighted at least …

City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 65 (Special Edition) (1985-2-15), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Greater Portland: Experiments With Professional Planning, 1905-1925, Carl Abbott

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Portland, Oregon grew so rapidly in population and wealth between 1905 and 1912 that the city's business leadership called for a systematic plan for future urban growth. The City Improvement League accepted the architectural recommendations of Edward H. Bennett to develop outward from the city's center through a series of government buildings, neighborhood parks, and parkways. Unfortunately, the local economic boom collapsed in 1912 and ended any chances of implementing Bennett's plan. Six years later, prosperity returned and a new architectural proposal by Charles Cheney gained acceptance, only to be subverted by the post-World War I economic slump.

Information Report On City Of Portland Charter Amendment Requiring One Year City Residence For Elective Office (City Of Portland Measure 51), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Report On Economic Growth Through Cooperation Among Lower Columbia River Ports, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Information Report On Role Of Portland State University In The Community, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Central City Plan Panel, Margaret Strachan

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Pre-Planning Committee Meeting, Margaret Strachan

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 65, No. 24 (1984-11-2), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Report On Changes Minimum Requirements For Recall Of Public Officers (State Measure No. 1), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Report On Creates Citizens' Utility Board To Represent Interests Of Utility Consumers, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Report On Exempts Death Sentences From Constitutional Guarantees Against Cruel, Vindictive Punishment (State Measure 6); Requires By Statute Death Or Mandatory Imprisonment For Aggravated Murder (State Measure No. 7), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Expenditures For Urban Services In Tigard: An Update, Larry Conrad, Sheldon Edner

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This Study analyzes Tigard's expenditures for FY 82-83, FY 83-84, and FY 84-85 in a manner comparable with that produced as part of the Washington County Urban Service Study (Phase I).

Total City expenditures for urban services increased by $98.42 per capita (Cur rent Year $) during the study period. A large portion, $75. 84 per capita (Current Year $), of this increase is attributable to Capital and Debt Service expenditures associated with LID 1 s and the Civic Center project. The increase in operational expenditures accounted for only $22.58 per capita (Current Year $). This increase is the result …

Proceedings Of A Workshop On Interactive Graphics For Transportation Planners, Kenneth Dueker, Ross Roberts

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The workshop attracted transportation planners from transit and regional planning agencies, consulting firms, and local governments. It explored the use of interactive graphics coupled with multi-modal transportation planning.

Several key aspects of the use of interactive graphics were explored in panel discussions and demonstration workshop sessions. These aspects included the evolution of interactive graphics technology, the structured application of this technology in implementation, the operational environment, impacts on planning agencies and future applications of this technology.

The demonstration of applications was made possible by use of Metro's EMME/2 system. Metro is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Portland area. …

Report On Adult Prostitution In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Cost Effectiveness Of Articulated Buses When Passenger Time Is Treated As A Cost, Anthony M. Rufolo

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

As the difference between fares and costs has increased over time, transit agencies have searched for ways to cut the cost of service. One method that is now being tried by some transit properties these buses there is a is the use of articulated buses. The larger size of allows one driver to serve more passengers. Thus, trade-off between higher capital costs for the bus and lower labor costs per passenger mile in operation. Hence, the use of the articulated bus appears to be a move toward greater labor productivity by increasing the capital-intensiveness of transit.

The conclusion that articulated …

Teamwork For Transition, Ernest Bonner

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

1981-82 Revenues And Expenditures In Washington County: An Examination Of Geographic Incidence, Sheldon Edner, Larry Conrad

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This report is the second phase of what is known as the Washington County Urban Services Study. First phase research commenced in March, 1983 and was completed in December, 1983. The focus of this first phase was the comparative cost of urban service provision by jurisdiction by service for the cities, special districts (excluding schools) and County that provide services inside the Washington County Urban Growth Boundary. The results of this research were reported in "Expenditures for Urban Services in Washington County: A Benchmark Comparison" which was issued in January, 1984. The second phase research examined the revenue and expenditure …