The BDNA will meet from 6:30 – 8:30 on Thursday, December 1, 2022.

The meeting will be held via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84474843955

Please join us for presentations by Black Futures Farm and Master Gardeners, followed by lots of motions, announcements, and reports starting at 7:05pm:

• Action required:  Approval of proposal to conduct an electronics recycling effort at the end of March 2023.  Approval to apply for funding from Metro’s Refresh Fund, which is available to Equity Focus Areas.
• Action required:  Approval of BDNA effort to collect more information (including resident sentiment) on routing of Line 10 through our neighborhood; development of advocacy.
• Announcement:  Derek Covey – TriMet needs drivers!
• Report:  City of Portland trash-reduction effort – walking Duke St on Nov 30, 2022.
• Report:  How Brentwood-Darlington voted on charter reform
• Report:  Gas stoves are hazardous to your health 

7:30    Update on TGM (Pam Hodge, PAC representative).  Review of zoning changes proposed by the TGM planners from Planning & Sustainability. What do the proposed zoning changes mean for our neighborhood’s commercial and housing development?  Report on draft anti-displacement plan.  

7:45   Update on BDCC (Stephenie Frederick). Report on Nov 18, 2022 meeting with Impact NW director Andy Nelson to develop a plan to recast BDCC as a resilience hub and thriving community center; resolve legal issues surrounding the title and ground lease.

Find agenda here (revised 6:30pm, Nov 23, 2022): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yo9RtdKnx-QSKSYy1f4RgicU51BAPfDP/view?usp=share_link

Fall color near the beaver pond in Errol Heights Park.

Wood Smoke.  Fires in backyard fire pits and indoor fireplaces poison the air with millions of tiny particles linked to asthma, Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, preterm births, and premature death.

We residents of Brentwood-Darlington harm ourselves with our own wood burning.  And the winds bring us wood smoke from people north and west of us.

Burning wood on poor air quality days is now forbidden year around (but read here about exemptions).  For more information, view article and video at:  “How harmful is a simple backyard fire?”

Zoning for More Businesses, Apartments.  When surveyed, residents of B-D spoke up strongly for a more-businesses, more-apartments scenario.  The area at SE 72^nd Ave and Flavel Street should be named a commercial center; SE 52^nd Avenue from Duke to Flavel should become a commercial corridor. 

Altered zoning would permit mixed-use and apartment buildings in those areas to be as high as 4 stories (now the zoning restricts such buildings to 2-3 stories).  

You are invited to join a land-use meeting on November 10^th at 7:00pm to pose questions to city planners.  For example:  What does “mixed use” mean? How do developers respond to zoning changes?  Would our areas change quickly?  What would those parts of our neighborhood look like?  Can we have a say in what types of businesses elect to settle here?

BDNA Land Use Zoom link:  
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87546110684?pwd=alF0YmNzRGhjcEkyRUVlZXdOeDU0Zz09

The BDNA will meet from 6:30 – 8:30 on Thursday, November 3, 2022.

The meeting will be held via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84474843955 Password: bdna22

Please join us for speakers on the health hazards of wood burning, and for a look at recommendations for our future commercial zones.  

6:50   Presentation: “Multnomah County Wood-Smoke Curtailment Program” by Jonathan Cruz, Program Specialist, Multnomah County Health Department

7:10   Presentation: “Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan, by Bill Cunningham, Project Manager, Bureau of Planning & Sustainability

Find full agenda here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16-01j0azTsLuoi5kHW33ZMhEEsSihKDa/view?usp=sharing

All are welcome . . .

Learning Gardens Lab has cancelled its harvest festival (to have been held on Saturday, October 29th, after a reschedule from Oct 19th).

The cold and rain are proving to be too much for the resources on site.

New try next year!

All BDNA meetings for September 2022 are cancelled due to volunteer capacity.

We apologize for any inconvenience. Please join us for our next virtual public board meeting on October 6th, 2022 with special guest from BES to talk about the Franz Bakery site and Oxbow Restoration Project.

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