December 18, 2007

Hearings Officer
City of Portland Bureau of Development Services
1900 SW 4^th Ave. Suite 3000
Portland, Oregon 97201

Regarding Application LU 07-166-193 as ad PC #07-122610

At the regularly scheduled Board Meeting held on December 11, 2007 the Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood Association approved the following resolution with a vote of 11 yes, 1 abstain

“The Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhoods recommends denial of the application of LU 07-166-193 with the following evidence:

1. Does not conform to the Neighborhood Plan as adopted by City Council
2. Not in substantial conformity with the 1996 and 1998 subdivisions adjustments as relates to height.”

The SGNA Neighborhood Plan was adopted by Portland City Council on 7/16/87 and is still in effect. The section concerning development on the West End of the neighborhood states (emphasis added):

PROVIDE AN IMPROVED TRANSITION BETWEEN LLOYD CENTER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WHICH PROVIDES A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE LOWER DENSITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORE.

OBJECTIVE 2A Support new residential or mixed residential and commercial developments between NE 15th and 16th that are oriented toward the neighborhood and sensitive to the neighborhood character in terms of scale and style.

OBJECTIVE 2B Encourage and support high-density residential development that is compatible with surrounding land uses on the blocks between NE 16th and 17th. from http://sullivansgulch.org/sgna/SGPlan-pg4.htm

Signed,

Guy Kyle,
SGNA Co-Chair