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Bridgeton Neighborhood Spring Clean Up
Saturday, May 14 9:00 am to 3:00 pm It's that time again. Spring is the air and so is the Annual Neighborhood Clean Up. Pitch in and help clean up to keep our beautiful neighborhood. Please use this opportunity to help clean up our neighborhood. Work parties will clean the triangle & the Bridgeton Slough at Gantenbein Ave and Marine Drive and along Bridgeton Road and Marine Drive. There will be three drop boxes. One at either end of the neighborhood and one for the cleanup of the corner of Bridgeton and Gantenbein. For the drop boxes:
PROHIBITED MATERIALS Prohibited materials, not covered by Metro’s disposal voucher program, include all hazardous waste materials; all construction, remodeling or demolition materials; all kitchen garbage; residential yard debris and trimmings; and waste and recyclables collected curbside.
We will have a special location for recyclable metals, electronics & appliances. Five secure shred boxes will be at Channel’s Edge for your convenience. ( A $ donation for the document shredder is encouraged) CORRECTION from the earlier email announcement. The Rebuilidng Center WILL NOT collect usable tools and building materials that are free from lead paint, nails and rot. Habitat for Humanity WILL NOT collect household items - WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Email Matt Whitney or give him a call: 503.285.3296 Sponsored by Bridgeton Neighborhood Association & North Portland Neighborhood Services May 3, 2016 Portland Yacht Club
1241 NE Marine Dr., Portland, OR 97211 6:30-8:00 PM Levee Ready Columbia is a partnership of more than 20 organizations committed to a collaborative approach to flood plain management in Multnomah County along the Columbia River. Part of Levee Ready Columbia’s work is to ensure that the levees in Peninsula Drainage District #2 meet standards of risk set by the U.S. Corps of Engineer and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This includes conducting a study to determine how buildings (“encroachments”) on or near the levee effect levee function during a flood event. Come to the event to learn:
For more information visit: www.leveereadycolumbia.org or call (503) 281-5675 and ask for Joel Schoening, Community Affairs Manager. 3 Phase Plan for Triangle at Gantenbien and Marine Drive Phase I – Clean Up The first phase is underway. The BNA Board approved hiring Integrity Tree Care for $1450 to clear debris, trim and start repairing the big red oak, remove some plants and grind stumps in the Bridgeton triangle. Phase II - Triangle design Kent Gentry of Greenswale Garden Design has submitted a proposal illustrating potential improvements. The BNA board will review the proposal and make a recommendation. An element of the redesign includes developing Bridgeton Neighborhood signs. The concept for the sign placement will include all of the Bridgeton neighborhood from Anchor Way to the east entrance at Bridgeton Rd and Marine Dr. Designs will be reviewed and selected designs will be shared for comment. Phase III – Maintenance Low maintenance is a requirement for the landscape design. A plan for maintenance service will be included with overall design proposal. Plan on attending the next Bridgeton Neighborhood Association meeting at the Yacht Club.
Agenda
The Bridgeton neighborhood is again seeing a rash of vehicle break-ins. Last spring at a general neighborhood meeting, we were visited by an officer from the City of Portland Crime Prevention Program who gave us tips about how to prevent vehicle and other theft from our property. Links to the flyers are below, but want to remind everyone of a few basics as well. First - remember that car break-ins are a theft of opportunity. That means if someone sees something or perceives something of value in your vehicle, he or she may take the quick opportunity to smash a window and take it. So don't leave anything in sight. Anything! They flyer details what items are most taken, but we were told that even the simplest items, such as device chargers, coffee mugs and a few dollars in change are targets. We've also had complaints about transients going through garbage and recycling. This is an easy one - do not leave it outside! If you have a garage, then leave your containers inside until the day of (or night prior to) pickup. For moorages with communal pickup, avoid leaving items outside of the locked containers. Not only do garbage containers and extra trash contribute to making our neighborhood look unsightly, they are also targets of opportunity for others to comb through. Finally - and this cannot be repeated enough - REPORT ALL BREAK-INS - no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Our crime prevention officers take all occurrences seriously, and allocate more resources to areas in need. If we don't report, we don't appear to be in need. Following are links to flyers from the Office of Crime Prevention. Please take a moment to read them, and heed the advice of the experts. Remember, you are making the neighborhood safe for all your neighbors when you follow these guidelines.
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/artic... - FOR VEHICLE SAFETY https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/artic... - RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY PREVENTION https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/artic... - FOR APARTMENT SAFETY https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/artic... - BICYCLE THEFT PREVENTION OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION PAGE - https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/53530... Thank you, Karen Kane Bridgeton Neighborhood Association Co-Chair Bridgeton Neighborhood Association
Plan on attending the next Bridgeton Neighborhood Association meeting at the Yacht Club - 1241 NE Marine Drive Agenda
We are still working on finalizing the rest of the agenda and will send out more information prior to the meeting. Keep Bridgeton Thriving & Unique - Vote for the Bridgeton Neighborhood Association Board Help elect the board and keep Bridgeton a thriving and unique neighborhood. The BNA is a community organization working on the issues and needs of our neighborhood: the environment, land use, safety and community. Board Members Up for Election (So far...) Bill Coffman Karen Kane - Co-Chair Ann Neuenschwander Scott Niesen - Secretary Andrew Painter Jon Peterson Leslie Sawyer - Co-Chair Brian Stipek Kim Swensen Walter Valenta Matt Whitney - Treasurer If you would like to join the board let us know. Just reply to this email. Write-ins and floor nominations will be welcomed at the meeting. Add Your Voice – Get Involved Being a board member doesn't have to be a huge time commitment. Contribute your energies on projects that match your skills and interests and help make the decisions that make Portland's smallest neighborhood the city's best kept secretThe board is finalizing the agenda and we'll send more detail soon. See you there. Saturday, Aug 1st | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Let's Get It On Get on up and get out to meet your neighbors. It's the annual Bridgeton & Roth Estates Neighborhood Block Party. On the Commons on the corner of Suttle and 4th Avenue. Wouldn't be a block party without free burgers and hot dogs, so we'll have 'em. There will be games, a DJ and outdoor door prizes. Bring your own beverage, a side to share and a smile. It's summer.  Bridgeton Neighbors, For the last year and a half, I have been serving on an Oregon Solutions team of regional leaders which has been working to address the accreditation and certification of the Peninsula Drainage Districts 1 and 2 levees along the Columbia River. Since that time, the team has completed visual and geotechnical surveys of the levees, (Bridgeton Road, by the way, is in pretty good shape!) and has formed a Declaration of Cooperation outlining how the team will work together in the future. Much work has been completed, a significant amount of information has been gleaned, and the future has been laid out. On Friday, July 17, I signed the Declaration on behalf of the Bridgeton Neighborhood Association board of directors. The Declaration and a one-page flyer about the levee improvement program are below. For further information, please read this article in the Portland Tribune, and view this piece from KOIN-TV. In the coming months, contractors with the Multnomah County Drainage District, working under the direction of the Oregon Solutions technical committee, will be contacting some residents of the Bridgeton neighborhood to inventory properties which may lie in encroachment areas of the levee. The purpose of the inventory is to develop plans on how to address the areas during high water events. Please take the time to survey these documents, and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. All the best, Karen Kane Co-chair Bridgeton Neighborhood Association P.S. - Enjoy our neighborhood street sale this Sunday, and mark your calendars for our National Night Out Summer Picnic, scheduled for Saturday, August 1, from 4-7 p.m. Details to follow! Here are the documents if you want a copy. 
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