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SNA seeks feedback on recent Sunnyside School Park changes

SNA requests input from all Sunnyside School Park users and neighbors on operational and design changes that were instituted at the park last spring by Portland Public Schools and Portland Parks and Recreation. These changes included:

* granting exclusive use of the park by the school from 9am to 3pm on school days.

* demarcating the northeast corner of the park with a row of boulders as being for public use at all hours. (A new play structure for pre-school children was planned in this location but has not been implemented to date.)

Please provide any comments related to the operational and design changes, your perspective on whether these changes are positive or not, and if not, how they might be improved to better serve your needs as a park user or neighbor. Please describe the nature and frequency or your use of the park, school or surrounding neighborhood, and if and how it has changed since the new rules were instituted.

Please post your comments to this site, or email [email protected] or call the SNA Hotline at 503 295-1655.

Soap Box Derby Anyone?

SE Uplift is hosting a short meeting on Monday, January 31st at 7pm to gain a concrete idea of who is interested in making the SE Uplift Soapbox Derby Team a reality. If you cannot attend the 1/31 meeting and you are interested, please send an email to [email protected] by Friday, 1/28/11. Once the group is formally established (2/1), the group will decide how to move forward: meetings, who does what, themes, what pubs to hold meeting at, application/registration, etc. While this idea is sparked by SE Uplift – the mission is to create a chance for community fun across neighborhood boundary lines. This is a great opportunity to have a ball and meet people from all over SE Portland!

Not a problem if you can’t make the meeting, just let us know you are excited and ready to participate by 1/28!

We will let those interested know if the project is viable on Tuesday, Feb 2nd.

Thanks!

Staff
SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition
3534 SE Main Street
Portland, OR 97214
www.southeastuplift.org

P.S. Read about the registration process here.
P.P.S. Check out past year’s photos/movies here.

Bikeway Project Open House

NE/SE Bikeway Project Open House- January 26
Come learn about the NE/SE 50s Bikeway Project at an open house event on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at the Lady of Sorrows, 5329 SE Woodstock Blvd in Southeast Portland, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

The NE/SE 50s Bikeway is a proposed 4.5 mile north-south bike route from NE Thompson Street and 57th Avenue south to SE Woodstock Boulevard and 52nd Avenue.  The open house is an opportunity for residents to learn about the project and provide ideas and comments to staff and the Citizens Advisory Committee. A final design is expected to be complete by early spring 2011.  Construction on the project is slated to start in early 2012.

For more information or to be added to the email notification list, contact:

Rich Newlands at 503-823-7780 [email protected]

Sarah Figliozzi at 503-823-0805  [email protected]

www.portlandonline.com/transportation/50sbikeway.

Root 4 Kids!

Help Sunnyside Environmental school win a garden or Farm to School program!

Annie’s Natural Foods is giving away a garden, Farm to School program or gardening supplies to the school that generates the most Root 4 Kids sign ups!  The Root4Kids program encourages kids to learn more about eating real food and rewards them for “digging more veggies”…!  Very worthwhile cause.
The school or community with the most sign ups by January 31, 2011* will win their choice of a garden, a new Farm to School program or gardening supplies for one year. For every 1,000 Root 4 Kids sign ups Annie’s receives, it also will contribute funds toward a garden or Farm to School program in an underprivileged school. Any school to receive at least 100 sign ups in the month of November will receive a free Root 4 Kids merchandise pack, complete with window decals, t-shirts, bookmarks, seed markers and more!
As we’re nearing the home stretch in the contest, Sunnyside Environmental school is now in 8th place – please click on the website below, join Annie’s movement and Root 4 Kids!
Here’s the current standing:
1. Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning – Chattanooga, TN
2. Camas Ridge Community School – Eugene, OR
3. Saints Peter & Paul School – West Chester, PA
4. Richmond Elementary School – Portland, OR
5. Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush – Philadelphia, PA
6. Ridgetop Elementary School – Austin, TX
7. Central Middle School – Norwood, MN
8. Sunnyside Environmental School – Portland, OR
9. Dover High School – Dover, NH
10. Damascus Middle School – Damascus, OR
Encourage your friends and family to join the movement at www.Root4Kids.com/join and help push Sunnyside Environmental School to the top!

~Dana Hush, SES Dedicated Parent

Speed Zones Through Sunnyside

 

Speed Zone on SE Cesar Chavez Blvd [39th Avenue] between SE Division and SE Woodstock reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph
As for speed limits on SE Hawthorne, it was reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph months ago.  Current speed limits on SE Belmont and SE Stark, no changes — remains posted at 30 mph.  Finally, on SE Willow between SE 60th and the I-84 freeway entrance, the 25 speed limit is strictly radar enforced.  Know that high volumes of commuter hour traffic speeding to enter the freeway was troublesome for residents living on SE Willow.
Report by Matthew Machado.  This request was to reduce the speed limit on SE Cesar Chavez Blvd (39th Ave) between SE Division St and SE Woodstock Blvd from 35 mph to 30 mph to be consistent with the segments north and south of the requested location.

SE Cesar Chavez Blvd (39th Ave) was classified as a Major City Traffic Street north of SE Holgate Blvd.  South of Holgate, Cesar Chavez was classified as a neighborhood collector.  Per Speed Zone Order 1399D dated June 1, 1998, the posted speed limit on SE 39th Ave was 30 mph from NE Sandy Blvd to SE Division St, 35 mph from SE Division St to SE Woodstock Blvd, and 30 mph from SE Woodstock Blvd to SE Crystal Springs Blvd.  Between Division and Holgate, the roadway was 42 feet wide with two travel lanes in each direction except at the Division, Powell, and Holgate intersections, where the roadway widened to accommodate left-turn lanes.  No parking was allowed on either side of the street.  South of Holgate, the roadway narrowed to 36 feet with a travel lane and parking lane in each direction.  The land use was a mix of residential, small commercial, and large commercial, with most of the larger commercial sites concentrated near SE Powell Blvd.  A number of residential and commercial driveways existed along Cesar Chavez, and it could be difficult to exit those driveways due to the volume and speeds of traffic present on the roadway.

Speed and volume data were collected on 39th in 2002.  Recorded volumes at SE Harold St were approximately 6200 vehicles northbound and 6500 vehicles southbound.  At SE Raymond St, recorded volumes were approximately 6500 vehicles northbound and 6700 vehicles southbound.  At SE Harold St, the recorded 85th percentile speeds were 38 mph northbound and 37 mph southbound.  At SE Raymond St, the recorded 85th percentile speeds were 36 mph northbound and 35 mph southbound.

There were no significant differences in the physical roadway, traffic conditions or adjacent land uses between the 35 mph and the 30 mph segments. Based on the above, the recommendation for SE Cesar Chavez Blvd (39th Ave) was to send a Speed Zone Request to ODOT with a recommendation to reduce the speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph between SE Division St and SE Woodstock Blvd. That would result in a consistent 30 mph posted limit from NE Sandy Blvd to SE Crystal Springs Blvd along NE/SE Cesar Chavez Blvd (39th Ave).



Eileen Dent
Traffic Investigations
1120 SW 5th Avenue # 800
Portland OR  97204
(503) 823-7687
[email protected]