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Winter weather on the horizon
We learn to dress in layers during the unpredictable fall and rainy days of the Pacific Northwest. Now it's time to get ready for snow and ice! This issue of Rose City Connection offers some handy tips for the winter ahead, from traveling safely to protecting your pipes from freezing. Enjoy this view of Mount St. Helens from Rocky Butte while you start making your emergency plans.
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Celebrate winter by being prepared
A message from Priya Dhanapal, Public Works Deputy City Administrator
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Winter has arrived on our calendars! While visions of steaming hot chocolate and cozy socks dance through our heads, it’s also an important time to make sure you are prepared in case inclement weather strikes. Last January’s historic winter storm is still fresh in our minds. When ice and snow hit our city, it’s best to stay off the streets if you can. Planning ahead now will make it safer for you when the weather does turn bad.
This week I joined our city and regional partners at a press conference to talk about the importance of winter weather preparations (I’m fourth from the left in the photo above). In winter weather, crews at the Portland Bureau of Transportation are the first responders for the first responders. They work tirelessly to keep roads passable for TriMet buses, as well as police, firefighters, and paramedics, but they also need your help!
Make a plan today for how you and your family can wait out a winter storm. Stock up on ice melt or grab a snow shovel from your local hardware store so you can help keep sidewalks clear for people walking to their transit stop or other destinations. Give your loved ones a set of traction cleats for walking on ice as a holiday gift. If you drive a car, make sure you have traction devices like chains and an emergency kit in your trunk. Reach out to your neighbors to see what they might need. Elderly Portlanders and people with disabilities are especially at risk in winter storms. As members of a community, we are stronger when we work together and help each other.
Together, we can keep everyone safe. Check out the City of Portland’s resources below for safe traveling, preparing home plumbing, and tree emergencies.
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Resources and engagement opportunities |
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Advisory Committee Opportunity
The Development Review Advisory Committee is actively seeking individuals who have experience as, or who share the perspectives of, the following stakeholder groups:
- Neighborhood Coalition Land Use Committees
- Environmental Conservation and Green Building
- Low-income Housing Developers
- Citywide Neighborhood Interests
Apply by January 10
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Meetings and Ongoing Opportunities
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New city councilors take the oath of office. They are (standing from left to right with hands raised): Candace Avalos, Jamie Dunphy, and Loretta Smith from District 1; Sameer Kanal, Elana Pirtle-Guiney, and Dan Ryan from District 2; Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, and Steve Novick from District 3; and Olivia Clark, Mitch Green, and Eric Zimmerman from District 4. |
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Incoming Mayor Keith Wilson, Auditor Simone Rede and 12 city councilors are sworn in at an historic – and joyful – ceremony in downtown Portland. They take office Jan. 1, completing a voter-approved overhaul of city elections and governance.
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Portland City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Montgomery Park Area Plan. This plan sets the stage for a new transit-oriented district in Northwest Portland west of Highway 30 between Northwest Vaughn and Nicolai streets. The plan allows the area, now called the York Plan District, to transition to a mixed-use employment district that will support both job growth and housing development.
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An independent performance audit of the Parks Levy shows that Portlanders are receiving services they voted for, and that Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is transparently and accurately accounting for every Parks Levy dollar spent. The Parks Levy is allowing PP&R to perform basic maintenance for natural areas and neighborhood parks, provide free and low-cost programming, and for the first time, proactively care for Portland’s park trees.
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Photo courtesy of Oregon Rail Heritage Center
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Portland Parks & Recreation is encouraging community members to volunteer with the Holiday Express train ride crew! Volunteers age 15 and older are welcome. This can be a fun and rewarding way to get involved with your community, or a great school service project. You’ll get an up-close view of Portland’s three steam locomotives and be offered a ride on the Holiday Express, pulled this year by the 1912 Polson #2 steam locomotive.
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Request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for any City of Portland program, service, event, or activity. To ensure the best response, please make your request at least five business days before the program or event, if possible.
Free events
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Your Portland moment
Volunteer cheer for over 100 years
On Saturday, the Sunshine Division delivered hearty food boxes and turkey meal kits to 2,500 households across Portland for the 102nd annual Holiday Meal Delivery! They also distributed holiday meals to an additional 1,500 households through nearly 50 partnering social service agencies in the metro area. Because of generous supporters and the 1,000+ volunteers, more than 4,000 households will have enough food to share with family and friends this holiday season.
Sunshine Division started helping the community in 1922, when then-mayor George Baker gathered volunteer civilians to serve in emergency situations and eventually respond to widespread poverty in Portland by collecting food to fill Christmas baskets. The group became the Portland Police Reserve and was dubbed "George Baker's Sunshine Boys." And so was born the “Sunshine Division.”
Find more information and how you can help at the Sunshine Division website.
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