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To serve the community fully, the Mid-county Memo offers this section to showcase celebrations of milestones in our readers' lives, those seemingly small accomplishments that often do not receive the recognition they deserve, and everyday events that should be shared with friends and neighbors along with opportunities to participate in the community. When you send submissions, please include all details that apply: full names of any individuals mentioned, details of the milestone and everyone impacted by the event, and a contact name and phone number or email address. Send a photo if you have one. Please identify each individual from left to right (large group shots can simply be identified by the group name) and provide the name of the photographer so we can give proper credit. Memo Pad submissions for the May issue are due Wednesday, April 15. For best results, email Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Or mail submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97230. To leave a phone message, call 503-287-8904. The Mid-county Memo fax number is 503-249-7672.
Students making a difference
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| The Mr. Bronco program at Parkrose High School raised thousands of dollars for Doernbecher Children's Hospital. MIKE VERLHURST |
Fundraising efforts included a community-dining event at the Original Taco House, 3255 N.E. 82nd Ave., as well as the annual “Doernbecher Dash.” A no-knock canned food drive netted 729 pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
Congratulations to these boys and to the Parkrose student government officers for this successful community outreach and fundraising program.
Metro wants to hear from you
The choices we make today about how we live, work and get around will determine the future of the region for generations to come.
According to Metro, there's a reason our region has remained such a great place to live. Decades of careful planning have preserved neighborhoods, supported our economy and protected the farms, forestland and natural areas that help create the unique sense of place and quality of life, for which the region is known. Because good planning is an ongoing process, Metro is seeking your input on how you live, work and get around the region today and what changes you would like to see in the future.
Visit www.makeagreatplace.org through Monday, May 5 to take a short survey to inform the plans below. You also can give more detailed feedback on the plans and programs that will shape our region for the next 25 years.
Information that you provide will inform the following:
• 2014 Regional Transportation Plan
• Regional Active Transportation Plan
• 2015-18 Metropolitan Improvement Program
• Climate Smart Communities Scenarios Project
A community forum is set for Thursday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the library at Madison High, 2735 N.E. 82nd Ave.
Police implement new community engagement strategy
As part of the Portland Police Bureau's continuing focus on community engagement, it has implemented a new strategy to increase positive police and community interactions at selected locations in the city of Portland. These areas, called Neighborhood Involvement Locations, will have officers dispatched to them several times a day for short periods of time, usually 10 to 15 minutes. This will provide officers the opportunity to build relationships and interact with the community while providing a visible police presence.
“The goal of this new initiative is to carve out dedicated time for officers to positively engage with community members in areas that are experiencing high volumes of crime and/or livability concerns,” said Chief Michael Reese. “Programs similar to this have been successful in other cities, and we are looking at this program to allow for additional contact between police and the community as well as being a deterrent to crime.”
The Police Bureau intends to create non-emergency calls in areas which may benefit from additional positive police presence and emphasize improving the community-police relationship by providing officers dedicated time to work in those areas. By initially focusing on areas with larger volumes of crime, the Police Bureau hopes to leverage research findings, which indicated that increased police presence in these areas reduced crime and calls for service. Just as importantly, the results of previous community surveys indicate that increased positive contact between the police and community may increase trust in the police. Studies show it may be possible to reduce crime through police presence and create more positive community-police interactions.
The initial effort created one location in each of the city's three precincts (Central, North and East) as a pilot test to familiarize police and the dispatch systems with the new program. The program has now expanded to 20 other locations that have experienced high levels of crime and/or calls for service by community members over the last three years. This portion of the program will run for approximately five months.
At the end of this period, the Bureau, in cooperation with Portland State University researchers and other nationally recognized experts in evidence-based policing, will examine the results of the program and use that analysis to create an ongoing program aimed at reducing crime and continuing to give officers time to interact with the community while not answering calls for service.
Mid-county neighborhoods included in the program are:
Montavilla - Southeast 82nd Avenue and Washington Street
Hazelwood/Glenfair - East Burnside Street and 148th Avenue
Russell/Parkrose Heights - Northeast 122nd Avenue and San Rafael Street
Hazelwood - 13700 block of Southeast Stark Street
Powellhurst-Gilbert/Mill Park - Southeast 112th Avenue and Division Street
PDX parking garage rates increase
Short- and long-term parking garage rates will increase $3 per day beginning April 1 at Portland International Airport (PDX). Existing hourly parking garage rates of $3 will remain the same, as will all other airport parking rates.
Short-term garage daily maximum rates will increase to $27; long-term garage daily maximum rates will increase to $21. The increase applies to vehicles that enter the garage on or after April 1. Vehicles parked in the garage before April 1 will pay the current rate when exiting.
Revenues raised by PDX parking fees support future airport parking and transportation improvements, such as parking and roadway expansion and maintenance. Short-term garage rates last increased in 2006; long-term garage rates last increased in 2012. In part, the rate increases will encourage more use of the airport's economy parking lot, easing demand on the parking garages, which are often full mid-week.
PDX parking options remaining at current prices include the economy parking lot at $10 per day with the seventh day free, and Gold Key Valet at $30 per day. Rates for parking spaces for people with disabilities remain $10 per day, and parking for motorcycles and bicycles remain free.
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