By Brian Hoop
The Annual Meeting of the Linnton Neighborhood Association, Wednesday, July 5th, 7 pm, is a time to reflect on our many neighborhoods, set goals, and bring together a new board. The meeting will take place at the Linnton Community Center, 10614 NW St. Helens Rd.
We’ll begin our annual meeting with an ice cream social at 5:30 pm, where you can vote for new board members and give your opinion on the direction of the association in the coming year. Voting will close at 8 pm.
Our committees help drive the goals we set as a neighborhood association. An annual meeting is a time to find out what committees there are and how you might help with their work.
Candidates for Board of Director officers include Edward Jones, chairperson; Liz Kelly-Campanale, vice-chair; Amy Jauron Bynum, treasurer; and Ryan Kennelly, Secretary.
The at-large board candidate for the one position opening is Doug Adams. Individuals are invited to nominate themselves at the meeting or contact the Nominating Committee chair, Shawn Looney, at looneysters@gmail.com, to be added to the ballot.
We’ll discuss the state of the neighborhood, reviewing progress made on goals we set this past year. Those goals included working on pedestrian safety by installing crosswalks with flashing lights across St. Helens Rd. and Bridge Ave. as well as advocating for more frequent police and camera patrols for speeding drivers.
Toward that goal, two ODOT representatives joined us at our March meeting to share how pedestrian safety improvements are prioritized and funded. Linnton’s biggest challenge is that main streets are controlled not by the City, but by the state, which has historically been less responsive to local community concerns.
We also prioritized working on the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub by advocating for owners of petroleum tank farms to complete seismic studies and create additional safety standards as addressed in Senate Bill 1567.
To support that goal, LNA created a Tank Farm Safety Committee and Linnton leaders have worked closely with Oregon DEQ’s Fuel Tanks and Seismic Stability Program. Linnton Speaks Out, an advocacy project, received a $5,000 grant to fund several educational billboards to raise awareness about tank farm safety.
Last, we continue to work on extending the Willamette Greenway pedestrian trail at NW 107th Ave. along the riverbank. To meet that goal we are working closely with Portland Parks and Recreation, which has recently completed an initial site survey.
Link to LNA’s vision and goals for 2022-2023 –
https://tinyurl.com/mr38umm9