We'll be removing trash -- and removing invasive species -- on April 17, 2010, as part of the annual SOLV IT day. Watch for details as we get closer to the date.
Detailed meeting notes for the first two Gateway Green Project Team meetings are now available on the Oregon Solutions website. You'll also find, at that website, draft copies of a Vision Statement and an Indicators of Successful Outcome -- documents that the Project Team has been working on.
The Gateway Green Project Team held its second meeting on Friday, November 20, 2009.
GIS maps are being prepared that include as much relevant information as possible, including maps by ODOT showing the boundaries of its functioning right-of-way at the site. Suggestions were made for additional data to be added to the GIS maps, and for some data to be displayed in different ways.
Subcommittees are being formed, tentatively identified as:
- Sustainability, design and programming;
- Community engagement, partnerships and branding;
- Goverance, finance and resource identification.
Member of the Gateway Green Project Team are:
- Tom Archer, Northwest Trail Alliance
- Bill Barber, Central NE Neighbors
- Steve Bryant, Oregon Solutions
- Rex Burkholder, Metro (co-convener)
- Jenn Cairo, Oregon State Parks & Recreation
- Jeff Cogen, Multnomah County Commission
- Jim Desmond, Metro Sustainability Center
- Jillian Detweiler, Tri-Met
- Chris DiStefano, Chris King Components
- Mark Ellsworth, Governor's Economic Revitalization Team
- Jean Fike, East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation Districtc
- Warren Fish (alternate for Jeff Cogen)
- Kim Freeman, Mt Hood Community College Maywood Park Campus
- Meyer Freeman (alternate for Drew Mahalic)
- Ted Gilbert, Friends of Gateway Green & Gateway Urban Renewal PAC
- Jay Graves, Oregon Parks Commission & Bike Gallery (co-convener)
- Mayor Mark Hardie, City of Maywood Park
- Brian Heron, East Portland Action Plan Advisory Committee
- Emily Hicks, Office of Commissioner Nick Fish
- Alison Hill-Graves, Community Cycling Center
- Brett Horner, Portland Parks & Recreation
- Denver Igarta, Portland Bureau of Transportation
- Glen Lewis, A-loft Hotel at Cascade Station
- Drew Mahalic, Oregon Sports Authority
- Marci Marshall (alternate for Mayor Mark Hardie)
- Gail McEwen, Oregon Solutions
- Ted Miller, Oregon Department of Transportation
- Mary Rose Navarro (alternate for Jim Desmond)
- Linda Robinson, Friends of Gateway Green & Gateway Urban Renewal PAC
- Shelli Romero, Oregon Department of Transportation
- Zari Santner, Portland Parks & Recreation
- Chris Scarzello, Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability
- Tim Smith, SERA Architects
- John Sygielski, Mt Hood Community College
- Jason Tell, Oregon Department of Transportation
- Kim Travis, Oregon Solutions
- Jill Van Winkle, International Mountain Biking Association
- Scott West, Travel Oregon
On Tuesday, October 7, 2009, the Gateway Green Project Team met for the first time.
The Eastminster Prebyterian Church, on NE Halsey at 126th Ave, hosted the meeting. Friends of Gateway Green provided pizza lunch for the 24 individuals attending the meeting.
Ted Gilbert and Linda Robinson led a tour at the proposed Gateway Green site prior to the meeting, which was attended by about half of the Project Team members.
On August 10, 2009, Gateway Green was designated -- by Governor Ted Kulongoski -- as an Oregon Solutions Project.
This is a BIG step forward for Gateway Green!
Oregon Solutions will facilitate a series of meetings to work out an understanding between the many agencies/organizations involved regarding the development, management and maintenance of the site. Oregon Solutions will assist the group in the search for funding as well. In order to designated as an Oregon Solutions project, one agency had to step up and agree to be the lead agency. Portland Parks & Recreation has agreed to be the lead agency if certain conditions are met in this negotiation process (e.g., that funding sources for maintenance can be identified). For a more detailed discussion of all this, plus links to learn more about the Oregon Solutions program, see Jonathan Maus' article at: http://bikeportland.org/2009/08/12/with-governors-hand-gateway-green-project-gets-major-boost/
The Gateway Green Leadership Team met for the first time, to discuss formation of the Oregon Solutions Team, on Monday, August 23, 2009.