Collected by Ed Jones, new LNA Chairperson
This is an incomplete list of issues that have been attended to by the Linnton community over the years. Each item has a long story behind it, most of which I am not the best qualified person to tell. All of them were, and many still are, important to quality of life in Linnton. In part, this list is a celebration of the many volunteer hours that our neighborhood has invested in these issues, but I hope it also serves as inspiration for further efforts. It is a work in progress, new issues will appear, and old ones will reappear.
Access to the River: From an industrial river to a human river
• The creation of Mt. Linnton and the first section of the River Trail
• River Trail Phase 2: Covid Funding, The Greenway, and Harmer Steel
• Corning Owens site (Potential park land between Kingsley Park and river)
• Kinder Morgan tank farm (largely unused, should be closed)
Habitat Improvement
• Ma Olsen Park
• Kingsley Park
• Invasive plant removal
Built Environment
• Downtown planters/benches
• Hwy 30 sidewalk clearance – especially along Waldemere, Linnton Hill, and Glen Harbor
• Trash cans and trash pick-up, and highway litter, cooperation from Metro
• Median dividers and trees – maintenance – LNA’s responsibility; trimming and replacing trees, collecting from driver insurance for tree damage
• Graffiti – particularly the South St. Johns bridgehead.
• Land Use Committee: Building Permit Reviews
• Neighborhood Connection Trail in Forest Park
Environmental Health
• NET/BEECN caches/Firewise Community
• Superfund; water and upland
• Air; local sources of pollution – air pollution monitoring
• Regulation of businesses: current issue: McCall Oil
• Noise and light pollution; industry, highway, and railroad
• Industrial accident preparations/Tank farms/Rail cars/Pipelines
• Disaster preparations/Earthquakes/Forest fires
• CEI Hub/Tank the Tanks/consolidation and removal
• Forest Park trails and mountain bikes
Traffic Safety
• Ryan Calvert and the creation of the median
• Dealing with ODOT and PBOT
• Crosswalks and stop signs
• Lanes and speed limits
• Speed bumps on Germantown and Glen Harbor area
• Enforcement of NO TRUCKS signs
• Bike lane safety – moving the “Greenway” bike lanes off Hwy 30
• Hwy 30 corridor safety report in late 90’s
City, County, Metro and State relations
• City: Commissioners, Council Reorganization, Neighbors North Northwest, PBOT, Development Services, Parks, Planning and Sustainability (Linnton Waterfront Plan, Linnton Hillside Plan, North Reach Plan)
• County: we have limited interaction with county government
• Metro: bus service; transfer station, grants
• State: CEI Hub, earthquake plans; DEQ, DOGAMI (Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), ODOT
Community Building
• The Linnton Community Center
• The Linnton Neighborhood Association; bylaws, communications, outreach and recruitment, newsletter, website, Facebook, projects, and picnics
• Linnton History
Education
• Portland Public Schools: feeder schools and bus routes.
• Daycare and summer school at the LCC
Homelessness
• Homeless camps and trash removal – most obvious at NW 105th