• April 1st Budget Listening Session

    DISTRICT FOUR!  PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND, IMPORTANT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DISTRICT 4.  THE MEETING GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED, SEE BELOW.   District 4: Budget Listening Session Share your thoughts on balancing the City’s budget at a listening session on Tuesday, April 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Budget listening sessions will…

  • Urban Forest Plan Draft: Public Comments Deadline is April 13

    Urban Forest Plan Draft: Public Comments Deadline is April 13 This is the last opportunity to provide input into the draft Urban Forest Plan, the important document that will guide and inform the tree code (Title 11) revision scheduled to start at the end of this year. This draft will be presented to the City…

  • Budget Listening Sessions

    Community members are invited to join the Portland Mayor and City Council members at one of several listening sessions, in-person or virtually, and share thoughts on how to balance the city’s budget, closing an historic gap between revenues and expenses. Budget listening sessions will be held in all four districts and virtually in March and…

  • Power lines through Forest Park!

    Power lines through Forest Park!

    Portland General Electric is requesting approval to conduct utility improvements within their existing utility easement in Forest Park. These improvements include shifting the location of one power pole and rewiring a segment of existing transmission line to that new pole and installing two new poles to support a new, 1,400-foot-long segment of transmission lines. The…

  • Tips & Tricks for City Council Testimony

    Tips & Tricks for City Council Testimony

    Testimony Tips Presenting to City Council can be daunting. It may appear like a lot of work for unforeseeable results. But short of running for Council yourself, it can be the best way to shape the decision making that affects you. We’ve compiled some tested advice, whether you’re making your Council debut or hunting for…

  • Portland Streetcar Montgomery Park Extension

    February 2025 Update Portland Streetcar Montgomery Park Extension February 2025 Update What’s happening now? On December 11, 2024, Portland City Council unanimously adopted the Montgomery Park Area plan (MPAP), the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the streetcar extension to Montgomery Park, and a Public Benefits Agreement (PBA) related to the plan and project. On January…

  • Updates to City Council Meeting Schedule

    Notice of Upcoming City Council Executive Session: Contact: Natasha Eberth, Bureau of Human Resources, 503-823-4159 Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Subject: Executive Session   Council will hold an executive session to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to carry on labor negotiations, as provided under ORS 192.660(2)(d). Executive sessions are…

  • Forest Park Neighborhood Association (FPNA) 2025 Annual Election

    An election of members of the Board of Directors will be held online from Tuesday, February 11 until 8PM on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 to fill four positions with expiring terms and one partial term.  The four candidates receiving the most votes for the expiring terms will be elected to 3-year terms.  The candidate receiving…

  • NW Subdistrict PEMO – RE; Public Can Expansion, Input Needed

    City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is moving forward with the expansion of the program, adding 65 new garbage cans in NW Portland, starting April 1st, 2025. A key part of how we select locations for new cans is input from local residents and those familiar with the area. I encourage everyone in…

  • District 4 Community Meeting Invitation for amending the City’s Noise Code

    ——————————————————————————— Staff from the city’s Noise Program and the Noise Review Board have launched a project to amend Portland’s Title 18 Noise Code.  To achieve improvements with the Noise Code we need input and guidance from stakeholders, experts, the Noise Review Board and most importantly the community.  To better engage with the residents of Portland,…