SULLIVAN'S
GULCH
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN
Findings
Goal
and Policy Considerations: Neighborhood
action plans must be in conformance with the Portland Comprehensive Plan
and can be adopted as Portland Neighborhood Plans under Portland Comprehensive
Plan Policy 3.6 (Neighborhood Plans). The goal, policies and objectives
of this neighborhood plan are proposed for adoption.
Implementing
Actions: The
plan also includes implementing actions which are not for Planning Commission
or City Council adoption. They are proposed by the neighborhood as a plan
for neighborhood-initiated programs and provide a guide for self-help,
private or city-assisted projects. These actions also enable the neighborhood
to prioritize requests for public assistance through such programs as
the annual neighborhood needs request process. Implementing actions put
the plan's goal and policies into effect and create stimuli for future
projects and activities. Adoption of the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood
Action Plan does not commit the city to funding projects or implementing
the actions at this time. These actions do provide the neighborhood a
basis with which to measure their own achievements towards implementing
their goal.
Purpose
of the Plan: Neighborhood
plans are intended to promote patterns of land use, urban design, circulation,
and services which encourage and contribute to the economic, social and
physical health, safety, and welfare of both the neighborhood and the
city. The neighborhood plan addresses issues and opportunities at a scale
which is more refined and responsive to neighborhood needs than can be
attained under the broad outlines of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
As mentioned,
neighborhood plans provide action strategies to implement the objectives.
These strategies are directed primarily at the citizens through the identification
of neighborhood self-help projects.
Background
Documents: The
database for this report is provided in two documents: Sullivan's Gulch:
Problems. Issues. Strategies and Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood
Action Plan (1986) (Appendix A). The documents include information
on the community character, history, land uses, and transportation system,
as well as an assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities
in the neighborhood. This information, along with the additional citizen
input collected in recent months, is the basis for the recommended goal,
policies and objectives of the current Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood
Action Plan.
An
overview of the pertinent neighborhood facts follows:
·
Sullivan's Gulch
is a well-defined, inner-city neighborhood that provides its residents
with a variety of housing opportunities and a convenient location.
·
In 1980, there
were 2,554 people living in the neighborhood.
·
73 percent of the
housing is nonowner occupied.
·
In 1982, 83 percent
of the single-family residences and 89 percent of the multifamily residences
were rated in good or excellent condition.
·
Holladay Park at
the extreme west end of the neighborhood is the only public park in the
neighborhood.
·
In 1980, almost
one-third of the neighborhood population was over 64 years of age.
Development
of the Plan: The
actual development of the proposed goal, policies and objectives involved
the following steps:
- Analysis
of the structure and content of the original neighborhood plan of June
28,1986.
- Analysis
of the relationship of the 1986 plan to the Portland Comprehensive Plan
and other city-wide policies and current planning efforts.
- Formulation
of a overall neighborhood goal, refined policies, and objectives are
based on the 1986 document, neighborhood-wide workshop, citizen input,
steering committee meetings, and in-house review.
Conformance
with the City's Comprehensive Plan: The
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Portland provides a coordinated set
of guidelines for decision making. The goal, policies and objectives of
the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan being proposed are in conformance
with the goals, policies and map designations of the Portland Comprehensive
Plan. The only exceptions to the map designations are: 1) a proposed zone
change at the northwest corner of NE 21st and Weidler, from R2 to C2 and
C2B, to correct a mapping error and reflect the use of the property at
the time the Comprehensive Plan was adopted; 2) an objective to support
a possible future zone change for the Albina Fuel property at N-E 33rd
and Broadway to reflect the city's policy and the present uses along NE
Broadway which allow for nonindustrial uses; and 3) an objective to consider
and support future rezoning in areas along the gulch at a time when access
problems to these properties can be resolved and uses compatible with
adjacent housing are proposed.
A summary of
the relevant Comprehensive Plan goals and policies as they relate to the
Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan are proposed as follows:
Goal 2: Urban
Development
Policies
2.1 Population Growth, 2.2 Urban Diversity, 2.6 Open Space, 2.9 Residential
Neighborhoods, 2.11 Commercial Centers, 2.12, Transit Corridors, 2.13
Auto-Oriented Commercial, 2.15 Living Closer to Work, 2.17 Transit Stations,
2.18 Utilization of Vacant Land, 2.19 Existing Housing Stock, 2.20 Mixed
Use, 2.21 Buffering.
Comment:
By
adopting the goal, policies, and objectives of the neighborhood plan,
the housing opportunities, population growth, existing commercial strip,
residential neighborhood, and transit corridor in this part of the city
are protected. The plan encourages mixed-use areas, full utilization of
existing housing stock, revitalization of commercial areas, and utilization
of vacant land.
Goal 3: Neighborhood
Goal and Policies
Policies
3.1, Physical Conditions, 3.2 Social Conditions, 3.3 Neighborhood Diversity,
3.5 Neighborhood Involvement, 3.6 Neighborhood Plan and 3.7 Visual Communication.
Comment:
Preservation
of the stability and diversity of Sullivan's Gulch is a key element of
this Neighborhood Plan. Neighborhood involvement is essential to implementing
the plan.
Goal 4: Housing
Goal and Policies
Policies
4.3 New Housing Production, 4.4 Housing Choice and Neighborhood Stability,
4.6 Existing Housing: Maintenance.
Comment:
This
plan reinforces the maintenance of existing housing, the retention of
a variety of housing types and prices and encourages new housing production
on currently vacant land.
• Goal 5: Economic
Development Goal and Policies
Policies 5.3 Business and Industry, 5.4 District Economic Development, 5.8 Environment, Energy and Transportation, 5.9 Area Character and Identity, 5.10 Land Use, 5.11 Transportation, 5.12 Business Environment, 5.14 Diversity and Identity in Industrial Areas and 5.15 Protection of Non-Industrial Lands.
Comment
The
opportunity for jobs, the enhancement of commercial areas and provisions
which support new business while protecting residential areas included
in this plan further the city's economic development goal.
• Goal 6: Transportation
Goal and Policies
Policies
6.2 Regional and City Traffic Patterns, 6.3 Land Use/Streets Relationship,
6.4 Public Transportation, 6.5 Transit-Related Density, 6.8 Rail Rights-of-way,
6.9 Alternative Urban Travel and 6.10 Transit Station Area Planning.
Comment
Transportation
problems have been identified by the neighborhood in order to look at
lessening traffic impacts on residential areas, improving pedestrian movement
and improving access to industrial areas. The current high-density zoning
in the vicinity of the light-rail station is preserved in this plan and
development there is encouraged.
• Goal 8: Environment
Goal and Policies
Policies 8.14 Noise Abatement Construction Requirements and 8.15 Noise Abatement Strategies.
Comment
Noise
from traffic has been identified as a problem near the Banfield Freeway.
Policies in this plan support a coordinated effort to reduce noise and
vibration in this area.
• Goal 9: Citizen
Involvement Goal and Policies
•
Policies 9.1 Citizen Involvement Coordination and 9.2 Comprehensive Plan
review.
Comments
The
Sullivan's Gulch planning effort utilized extensive citizen involvement.
It is intended that the adoption of this neighborhood plan will aid in
the Comprehensive Plan Review for this area.
• Goal 11: Public
Facilities Goals and Policies:
•
Policies 11.1 Service Responsibility, 11.47 New Parkland and 11.52 Public/Private
Opportunities.
Comment:
The neighborhood objectives to provide recreation opportunities through
public/private partnerships in this area which does not now have a neighborhood
park is supportive of the city's goal to provide them.
Conformance With the Arterial Streets Classification Policy (ASCP): The ASCP designates both NE, Broadway as a boulevard and the Banfield Freeway as a parkway. Both these classifications have beautification policies that accompany them. The objectives in the neighborhood plan which call for landscaping and tree planting along these routes are consistent with the ASCP policies. The densities and land uses along the neighborhood streets are also consistent with the ASCP. The neighborhood plan policies and objectives which are aimed at eventually undoing the Broadway/Weidler couplet are supportive of land-use policies. When this can be accomplished, it is assumed that a change of street classifications, if necessary, along N-E Weidler will follow.
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