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Work Session Open House 2

The Independent Cover Assessment (ICA) project seeks to understand how the I-5 Rose Quarter highway covers can be used to support the community’s vision for neighborhood revitalization and provide restorative justice for the Historic Albina community. The second online open house will solicit feedback that helps the Independent Cover Assessment team better understand how the highway cover scenarios can be configured to best facilitate the realization of the community’s priorities identified in Work Session 1.

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Project Understanding

Get some context and learn about the purpose of this online event.

What We Learned

Learn about the feedback we have received so far.

Concept Scenarios

Review the five alternative cover concepts and give us feedback.

Maximizing Community Benefits

Tell us how community benefits value needs to be delivered to the Historic Albina community to provide the greatest potential for restorative justice.

Next Steps

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Black men playing basketball in an outdoor active recreation area in Detroit, Michigan.

Last year, in response to direction from the Governor and requests from local project stakeholders, the Oregon Transportation Commission directed the Oregon Department of Transportation to retain a consultant team of local and national urban design, engineering, and environmental experts to conduct an independent assessment of the highway cover designs included in the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. The requests from Metro, Multnomah County, City of Portland, Portland Public Schools and Albina Vision Trust shaped the creation of the independent cover assessment process.

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Project Understanding

The goal for this independent team is to understand the vision and goals of stakeholders in the project area, generate potential highway cover scenarios, and assess the impacts and benefits of these scenarios.

Existing Conditions
Environmental Assessment
City of Portland
Albina Vision

Existing Conditions
Area of potential impacts shown.
Environmental Assessment
Green space and development within the area of potential impact, analyzed in the Environmental Assessment (EA).
City of Portland
City of Portland preliminary concept for open space and development within the area of potential impact.
Albina Vision
Albina Vision proposal for open space and development within the area of potential impact.

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Green space and development within the area of potential impact, analyzed in the Environmental Assessment (EA). (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
City of Portland
City of Portland preliminary concept for open space and development within the area of potential impact. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Albina Vision
Albina Vision proposal for open space and development within the area of potential impact. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Project Goals

The Independent Cover Assessment team is charged with engaging the community in a visioning and evaluation process to help identify alternative designs for the covers that will more closely align with the Black Historic Albina community’s vision and goals for the area. The goal is to create 2-3 alternative highway cover development scenarios that allow development opportunities that provide restorative justice for the past harm done to the Black Historic Albina community in the 1960s when the I-5 freeway was originally built. The I-5 freeway construction cut a pathway through the middle of the existing Black community, displacing hundreds of Black homes and businesses, and fragmenting the community.

Work Session 2

In Work Session 2, the Independent Cover Assessment team presented a range of concept scenarios that showed how the cover design configurations could facilitate the delivery of the priorities identified by the Historic Albina community participants and other stakeholders in Work Session 1. There were key questions and a discussion about each of these concept scenarios to help the Independent Cover Assessment team refine its analyses in preparation for Work Session 3. This helps the Independent Cover Assessment Team understand the benefits and trade-offs in development of scenarios that are most important to the Black Historic Albina community in the restoration of this neighborhood.

The goal and theme for Work Session 2 are:

Goal: Listen/Assess

Theme: “How can the neighborhood‘s density, mix of uses, multi-modal transportation system and freeway facilities be reorganized in the area on and around the highway covers to provide the greatest restorative benefits and improvements for the Black Historic Albina community and other stakeholders?”

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Existing Conditions|Area of potential impacts shown.

Existing conditions with the area of potential impact shown.

Green space and development within the area of potential impact, analyzed in the Environmental Assessment (EA).

City of Portland preliminary concept for open space and development within the area of potential impact.

Albina Vision proposal for open space and development within the area of potential impact.

The Independent Cover Assessment team has conducted a review of all existing project records to understand the history of the Albina/Rose Quarter area, including all past planning and technical reports. The key findings of the Record Review provide a baseline understanding of previously articulated goals for the neighborhoods in and around the Rose Quarter Improvement Project. The Independent Cover Assessment team will use the input provided by community participants in Online Open Houses 1, 2 and 3 to build upon the shared understanding of the community’s vision and inform the creation of highway cover scenarios that can contribute to that vision.

Key Findings

The cumulative impacts of public projects and policies over the last 70 years have increased disparities within the historic Black community, and this trend has increased since the Rose Quarter Improvement Project was adopted in 2012.
The study area for the Independent Cover Assessment is broader than the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project area, and the extent of the study area varies depending on the topic being evaluated as it relates to the highway covers.
To create enduring community benefits, the Historic Albina Community needs to establish a governance system to allow long-term equitable sharing of costs and benefits of any future development concurrent with the planning and implementation of any new infrastructure.
The Historic Albina Community, as the anticipated beneficiaries of any restorative measures associated with highway covers, were not adequately represented in the early stages of the community engagement process for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. There have been major social, climate, economic, policy, and technological changes in society and the context analyzed in the Environmental Assessment needs to be more universally understood as it relates to anticipated project benefits and impacts.
Over a period of several decades, the Black community in the historic Albina neighborhoods has experienced segregation and disinvestment, and mass displacement resulting from the development of major public projects and transportation infrastructure. In more recent times there has been continued displacement of a majority of the Black population due to rising property values and gentrification. This data is drawn from census information and research extending over Multnomah County and specifically the area between North Portland and Gresham.

The building of I-5 and major urban renewal projects like the Memorial Coliseum and Emanuel Hospital displaced Black Albina residents and businesses, which damaged social networks, severed a sense of ownership of place, and eroded community connectivity. There are several projects around the country, as well as here in Portland, that are focused on rebuilding community connectivity and capacity within Black neighborhoods devastated by decades of urban renewal and freeway expansions in the urban core.

The Black community has indicated it wants to see solutions that provide restorative justice for those displaced from the historic neighborhood. The Independent Assessment Team is analyzing how desired restorative justice goals can be achieved in the design of this neighborhood and the highway covers. This analysis and public discussion convened by the Executive Steering Committee at the direction of the Oregon Transportation Commissions is intended to assess what should happen on and around the highway covers that contributes to a new vibrant neighborhood for the Historic Albina community.

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What We Learned

In Work Session 1 the Independent Cover Assessment team sought to understand the Black Historic Albina community’s vision about how highway covers could be used to support neighborhood revitalization and provide restorative justice for this area of the city. The Work Session 1 activities helped the Independent Cover Assessment team identify the uses, spaces, and neighborhood characteristics that were most important to Black Historic Albina community and the broader community.

Community Wealth
Community Health
Community Cohesion

Community Wealth
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Community Cohesion

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Overview

Early in the process, it was recognized that a revitalized neighborhood, would be one of the most effective ways to achieve restorative justice as described in the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Values and Outcomes.

Based on the Record Review, Executive Steering Committee’s adopted Values and Outcomes, and Work Session 1 community priorities, there is alignment in achieving a compact, service-rich, mixed-use neighborhood, with a strong community identity that showcases economic diversity and mobility, and serves as a model of how to address climate change in the built environment.

All Work Session 1 participants were asked to provide feedback on questions about which type of neighborhood programs and facilities they thought were most important to support Community Wealth, Community Health and Community Cohesion for the Black Historic Albina community and restorative justice. This feedback provides information to help the Executive Steering Committee consider which alternative cover scenario best meets community needs.

Top Programming Priorities Identified in Work Session 1

The following types of spaces, places, and outcomes were identified by Work Session 1 stakeholders as the top programming priorities and/or governance actions would be most desirable to implement for a restored neighborhood in the Lower Albina/Rose Quarter area:

Workshop 1
Summary Report(PDF)

Community Wealth

Community-owned small business with widened sidewalks, Avenue of Fashion, Detroit, MI. (Image courtesy of ZGF Architects.)

Establish a Black community development corporation, along with a Black-controlled land trust that holds developable land in trust and can work with other partners to develop it for community benefit and maintain affordability.
Create affordable rental and ownership business spaces of all types and sizes for Black businesses with small business support services and access to capital.
Develop a Black food sovereignty center/market that provides job training, fresh produce for local businesses and residents, and business development support for supplying large nearby institutions, such as Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Oregon Convention Center, are hotels.
Create permanently affordable rental and ownership housing that is mixed-use, multi-generational, built to high sustainability standards, has childcare nearby, and includes different types of living spaces such as live/work for artists and makers.
Establish a job training and development center for vocational, technical, STEAM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and clean energy jobs.
Create quality, culturally appropriate, affordable childcare and childhood development center for working parents.

(Includes Governance action priorities)

Community Health

Access to green and natural environments provide physical and mental health benefits. Mount Tabor Park, Portland, OR.(Image courtesy of Intisar Abioto.)

Develop a cultural health and wellness center with programming that addresses mental, physical and, spiritual health and provides recreation and health classes, access to healthy food, and pop-up wellness clinics.
Provide a large, accessible outdoor community gathering space for multi-generational celebrations, festivals and events, and space that includes active recreation areas.

Community Cohesion

Columbia Heights Plaza in Washington DC Civic is planned and programed to celebrate and serve the historic neighborhood’s Black Community. (Image courtesy of ZGF Architects.)

Develop a Black cultural center that showcases the history of Black Portland and creates experiences and education around Black food, Black art, and Black music.
Develop public realm aesthetics and art installations that reflect Black culture, art, and experience.

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Concept Scenarios

The Independent Cover Assessment team analyzed the project’s Environmental Assessment (EA) base case highway cover design and five alternate highway cover concepts. Each creates additional land and viable development opportunities in this neighborhood that supports restorative justice by facilitating wealth creation opportunities, improving community health, and creating a revived sense of community place and belonging through the restoration of a neighborhood on and around the highway covers in this area with the community’s control and/or ownership.

The Independent Cover Assessment team’s evaluation of the Environmental Assessment highway cover design and alternative highway cover concepts focus on where there are opportunities to reduce the freeway interchange impacts on the neighborhood, restore the street grid, and move highway ramps to create larger, more flexible, and more valuable development parcels. The concept scenarios also consider where these new development parcels can be located to create a more cohesive neighborhood and best support the community uses identified as priorities in Work Session 1 by participants.

Review the information for each concept scenario and give us feedback that will help us understand and balance which design elements you value the most.

Environmental Assessment (EA) Base Case

The Base Case is the concept ODOT had designed before the Independent Cover Assessment began. It creates a park and planted areas on the highway covers, improving the experience of crossing of I-5 and reducing exposure of nearby properties to noise and air pollution. The Base Case is provided for comparison and as a starting point for evaluating the alternate scenarios.

Cover Simulation
Plan View

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in the Environmental Assessment (EA).
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, green space with circulation in the Environmental Assessment (EA).

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in the Environmental Assessment (EA). (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, green space with circulation in the Environmental Assessment (EA). (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in the Environmental Assessment (EA).

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, green space with circulation in the Environmental Assessment (EA).

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

Benefits	Challenges	Feasibility	Community Wealth	Community Health	Community Cohesion	Mobility
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Benefits

Provides two locations for development on high-visibility streets.
Improves pedestrian and bike connectivity on the north (via connecting Hancock) and south (via the Clackamas ped/bike bridge) edges of the project area.

Challenges

Creates a relatively low amount of land available for community control/use.
Park expected to be affected by air pollution, which limits its usefulness.
Focuses traffic on a few streets, making them larger, with more traffic, less opportunity for street parking, and larger and more complicated intersections for bikes, pedestrians, and vehicles.

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for the Dixon Hancock Connection, development planning, coordination with AVT & their development partner, Edlen & Co., and civic open space design) which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Scenario 1. Flint / Broadway Boulevards

Maximize the potential of the existing highway cover design to serve the community. Create larger sites for development and reinforce east/west I-5 crossings.

Cover Simulation
Plan View

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards.
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards.

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards.

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 1, Flint/Broadway Boulevards.

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

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Benefits

Creates a moderate amount of land available for community control/use.
Prioritizes creating active streets along Broadway and Flint.

Challenges

Several building sites are adjacent to I-5 or a highway ramp and are expected to be affected by traffic noise and air pollution.
Counterflow section between Williams-Vancouver and Broadway-Weidler is not intuitive for pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorists, especially for first-time users.

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for permitting bike and pedestrian access to Dixon via Flint and Hancock, development planning, coordination with AVT & their development partner, Edlen & Co., and civic open space design) which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Questions

How well does the Flint/Broadway Boulevards concept meet each of the following restorative justice goals?

Community Wealth (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Health (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Cohesion (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Mobility (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Should we continue to study this cover concept scenario? (Check one.)

Yes

Not sure

Scenario 2. Vancouver as Main Street

Relocate southbound off-ramp to improve opportunities for new development. Prioritize Vancouver as a signature street, connecting crowds convening at the Moda Center, Transit Center, and Veterans Memorial Coliseum to new community development on and around the highway cover.

Cover Simulation
Plan View

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet.
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet.

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet.

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 2, Vancouver as Mainstreet.

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

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Benefits

Creates a moderate amount of land available for community control/use.
Prioritizes creating active streets along Broadway and Vancouver with a strong pedestrian connection to the Moda Center, Transit Center, and Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Small, thin buildings on Broadway and Weidler are expected to be inexpensive to build and could provide small, affordable business space.

Challenges

Several building sites are adjacent to I-5 or a highway ramp and are expected to be affected by traffic noise and air pollution.
The northbound on-ramp location prevents sidewalk construction on the west side of Williams between Broadway and Hancock.

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for permitting bike and pedestrian access to Dixon via Flint and Hancock, proposed buildings, coordination with AVT & their development partner, Edlen & Co., and permitting for moving the southbound off-ramp onto Flint, for example), which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Questions

How well does the Vancouver as Main Street concept meet each of the following restorative justice goals?

Community Wealth (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Health (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Cohesion (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Mobility (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Should we continue to study this cover concept scenario? (Check one.)

Yes

Not sure

Scenario 3. Flint as Main Street

Build a cover to improve connections and minimize the effect of highway ramps on new development sites. Support active streets along Flint and Broadway. Create a civic space at the north end of the cover.

Cover Simulation
Plan View

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet.
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet.

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet.

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 3, Flint as Mainstreet.

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

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Benefits

Creates a moderate amount of land available for community control/use and a civic space.
Prioritizes creating active streets along Broadway and Flint.

Challenges

Several building sites as well as the civic space are adjacent to I-5 or a highway ramp and are expected to be affected by traffic noise and air pollution.
Hancock is disconnected across the cover for this scenario and does not allow pedestrians and bicyclists to bypass the high-stress Broadway - Weidler - Vancouver - Williams “box.”

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for permitting bike and pedestrian access to Dixon via Flint and Hancock, permitting Vancouver to Flint realignment, development plans, permitting for access to properties west of Williams on Hancock, coordination with AVT & their development partner, Edlen & Co., and require coordination with Leftbank and TriMet at Wheeler and Flint for example), which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Questions

How well does the Flint as Main Street concept meet each of the following restorative justice goals?

Community Wealth (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Health (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Cohesion (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Mobility (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Should we continue to study this cover concept scenario? (Check one.)

Yes

Not sure

Scenario 4. Cultural Center on Cover

Move highway ramps south to make a continuous cover with reduced exposure to traffic noise and pollution. Create a central civic space surrounded by development parcels to be controlled/programmed by the community.

Cover Simulation
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Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover.
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover.

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover.

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 4, Cultural Center on the Cover.

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

Benefits	Challenges	Feasibility	Community Wealth	Community Health	Community Cohesion	Mobility
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Benefits

Creates a relatively high amount of land available for community control/use and a large civic space to support community events and recreation.
Prioritizes creating active streets throughout the cover area, improving the pedestrian environment, and supporting potential future businesses.
Relocating highway ramps to the south expected to reduce exposure of cover to noise and pollution.

Challenges

Less buildable area than shown in concept scenario 5.
Ramp relocation impacts

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for permitting bike and pedestrian access to Dixon and Hancock, permitting for traffic from Vancouver to Flint, development plans, alterations to Crowne Plaza Hotel property, access and egress to events at the Moda Center, coordination with AVT & their development partner, Edlen & Co., and require coordination with Leftbank and TriMet at Wheeler and Flint for example), which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Questions

How well does the Cultural Center on Cover concept meet each of the following restorative justice goals?

Community Wealth (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Health (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Cohesion (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Mobility (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Should we continue to study this cover concept scenario? (Check one.)

Yes

Not sure

Scenario 5. Restore the Grid

Move highway ramps south to make a continuous cover, maximize development potential, reduce exposure to traffic noise and pollution, and improve pedestrian and bike travel.

Cover Simulation
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Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 5, Restore the Grid.
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 5, Restore the Grid.

Cover Simulation
A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 5, Restore the Grid. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)
Plan View
A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 5, Restore the Grid. (Click "Close X" in the upper right to exit this view.)

Cover Simulation|A 3d aerial image of the project area including building massing with programs in concept 5, Restore the Grid.

Plan View|A plan image of the project area including development area, public open space with circulation in concept 5, Restore the Grid.

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Development Assessment Framework Overview

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Benefits

Creates a relatively high amount of land available for community control/use and a civic space.
Prioritizes creating active streets throughout the cover area, improving the pedestrian environment, and supporting potential future businesses.
Relocating highway ramps to the south makes a continuous cover expected to reduce exposure to noise and pollution.

Challenges

Smaller civic space relative to other scenarios limits its capacity to support all types and sizes of community events and recreation.

Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

Unknown: The project is required to comply with a number of City of Portland plans and policies through the City’s Design Review process, (for permitting bike and pedestrian access to Dixon and Hancock, permitting for traffic from Vancouver to Flint, development plans, alterations to Crowne Plaza Hotel property, access and egress to events at the Moda Center, coordination with AVT and their development partner, Edlen & Co., and require coordination with Leftbank and TriMet at Wheeler and Flint for example), which are unlikely to be approved without additional coordination and consensus-building.

Questions

How well does the Restore the Grid concept meet each of the following restorative justice goals?

Community Wealth (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Health (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Community Cohesion (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Mobility (Check one.)

Very well Somewhat well Not well Not at all Not sure

Should we continue to study this cover concept scenario? (Check one.)

Yes

Not sure

Compare Scenarios

Consider what you learned on the previous pages as you provide feedback below.

Development Assessment Framework Overview (Summary)

Scenario	Benefits	Challenges	Feasibility	Community Wealth	Community Health	Community Cohesion	Mobility
Environmental Assessment Base Case (for comparison)	○	○	?	○	○	◑	◑
Concept 1 Flint/Broadway Boulevards	◑	○	?	◑	○	◑	◑
Concept 2 Vancouver as Mainstreet	◑	○	?	◑	◑	◑	◑
Concept 3 Flint as Mainstreet	◑	◑	?	◑	◑	◑	◑
Concept 4 Cultural Center on the Cover	●	◑	?	●	●	●	●
Concept 5 Restore the Grid	●	◑	?	●	●	●	●

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Questions

Rank the five concept scenarios according to how well you think they meet community needs and serve the community priorities identified in Work Session 1.

Click and drag the options listed below into this box, then arrange by priority.

Concept 1 – Flint / Broadway Boulevards Not ranked.
Concept 2 – Vancouver as Mainstreet Not ranked.
Concept 3 – Flint as Mainstreet Not ranked.
Concept 4 – Center on the Cover Not ranked.
Concept 5 – Restore the Grid Not ranked.

When reviewing the differences between the cover concept scenarios, which elements do you think are most important to help provide restorative justice to the Black Historic Albina community? Which of the following features were most important in ranking your top choice(s) in the previous section?

Drag the handles to allocate points between scenario features. Give more points to the features that you think are more important. For the purposes of this exercise, you are limited to 66 points with a maximum of 15 points per feature.

Maximizes developable land on and around the covers available for community use	0
Maximizes the intensity of development on the covers	0
Creates opportunities for active street level activity on and around covers	0
Reduces air and noise impacts for neighborhood on and around covers	0
Simplifies circulation and safety for multimodal travel in the area	0
Provides mixed use and community-oriented services in the area	0
Improves traffic flow through the area	0
Restores neighborhood street character north of Broadway	0
Creates viable, useable open space on and/or near the covers	0
Restores neighborhood street grid north of Broadway	0
Minimizes project delays and costs by implementing similar cover design	0

Total Spent: 0/66

Are there any features missing that you would like us to include in a final scenario?

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Work Session Open House 2

Stations

Project Understanding

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Existing Conditions

Environmental Assessment

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Albina Vision

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Work Session 2

Goal: Listen/Assess

Record Review Findings

Key Findings

What We Learned

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Community Wealth

Community Health

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Overview

Top Programming Priorities Identified in Work Session 1

Community Wealth

Community Health

Community Cohesion

Concept Scenarios

Review the information for each concept scenario and give us feedback that will help us understand and balance which design elements you value the most.

EA Base Case

Environmental Assessment (EA) Base Case

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Benefits

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Regulatory/Political Feasibility ?

1. Flint / Broadway Boulevards

Scenario 1. Flint / Broadway Boulevards

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2. Vancouver as Main Street

Scenario 2. Vancouver as Main Street

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3. Flint as Main Street

Scenario 3. Flint as Main Street

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4. Cultural Center on Cover

Scenario 4. Cultural Center on Cover

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5. Restore the Grid

Scenario 5. Restore the Grid

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