On February 12, 2020, the Portland City Auditor published the audit report of the Lents Urban Renewal Area. The audit contains data about Lents, including urban renewal spending, Census and housing data, and jobs/business data. You can view and download the full report here:
This week the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will be updating the speed limit on two segments of SE Flavel Street. The new speed limit will be 25 mph from 52nd to 92nd avenues and from 112th Avenue to Deardorff Road.
According to PBOT, speed is a factor in nearly half of deadly crashes that occur in Portland and lower speeds result in fewer crashes. When crashes occur, lower speeds make it more likely that people will survive.
Census day is April 1, 2020. The U.S. Census Bureau is currently hiring hundreds of thousands of people across the nation — and they are recruiting in our area!
If you are interested in working in our community, you are encouraged to apply at your earliest convenience. They are hiring now. You can apply online from a computer, smartphone, or any other electronic device. Visit www.2020census.gov/jobs and select the Apply Now button. If you know anyone who could benefit from a part-time temporary job, please feel free to share this information and link with them.
Pay rate for Multnomah and Clackamas Counties is $18 per hour.
Benefits:
-Flexible hours
-Paid Training
-Weekly Paychecks
-Work in your Community
-Reimbursement for Work-Related Mileage and Expenses
Please note: we will be meeting at a new location this month:
5800 SE 91st Avenue, Portland, OR 97266 (around the block from our previous location) 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM If you plan to attend, please come around to the side door inside the courtyard and knock so that one of us can let you in; the front door is locked.
As always, the meeting is open to the public, but public comment on agenda items is by Board invitation only.
Board meetings are meetings in which Board members meet to discuss the agenda for the upcoming General Meeting, conduct informal communications with each other, and ask questions they may have for Board members/Chair before taking action on agenda items at upcoming meetings. The Board typically asks community members observing the Board meetings to hold agenda comments and questions for the general meeting.
In an effort to continue the conversation beyond that night, the Lents Neighborhood Association is also collecting questions for the Commissioner or any of the other presenters via this form: https://forms.gle/2ZyaKZ14NEajTnxu9 Please submit your questions/feedback. We will publish the answers when they respond — stay tuned!
Got a question about Street Response for Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Street Roots Executive Director Kaia Sand, and/or Portland Firefighter Tremaine Clayton?
Come out to our general membership meeting on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 for a chance to ask them in person!
You might hear the answer to your question at the meeting that night or on the LNA website after the meeting, at lentsneighborhoodassociation.com. . . . . Please note: We can’t guarantee a response from any of them, but we will do our best to get your question(s)/comment(s) to them. Submitting a question via this form doesn’t guarantee that the question will be asked during tonight’s meeting.
The Lents Neighborhood Association is proud to announce that Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty will be joining us at our general membership meeting on Tuesday, January 28, starting at 7:00 o’clock in the evening to discuss Street Response, a pilot program launching exclusively in Lents this Spring, that is about responding to low-risk 911 calls involving people who are homeless, such as calls about people who are intoxicated or need someone to check on their health or welfare. Instead of using a police officer, the team will consist of an emergency medical services specialist and a crisis worker.
According to a report, officials considered starting the street response program downtown, but felt it was too big of a geographical area. They said focusing on Lents allows the team to work in a smaller area and address the needs of people who are further away from services.
Join us to hear directly from the Commissioner, Street Roots, and hopefully Portland Fire about what Street Response is all about and bring your questions for them!
Our other topic of discussion is Prosper Portland’s budget for Lents for fiscal year 2020/2021. We will be joined by Thea Munchel from Prosper Portland who will give a presentation and be prepared to answer your questions.
We will also be discussing an upcoming training for neighborhood association board members and general members that our neighborhood association is sponsoring.
And we will vote on a candidate for the Land Use Chair on the Lents Neighborhood Association board.
Visit our Facebook page to RSVP. Got a question for the Commissioner, Kaia Sand, or Tremaine Clayton? You may submit it in writing by clicking here.
7:05 PM Action items Nomination & vote: new Land Use Chair, Jennifer Breedlove Nomination & vote: new Secretary, Sara Wines
7:15 Update and Q&A Lents Budget for Fiscal Year 2020/2021, presented by Thea Munchel with Prosper Portland
7:35 PM: Announcements Community announcements
7:40 Presentation and Q&A Street Response — Presented by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, with guests Kaia Sand (Executive Director, Street Roots) and Tremaine Clayton (Manager, Portland Fire & Rescue’s Community Health Assessment Team, or CHAT)
