SULLIVAN'S
GULCH
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN
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PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
- Sullivan's
Gulch is a neighborhood without a neighborhood park. Holladay Park
serves Lloyd Center and the transit station. It does not meet the
neighborhood need for a recreation and gathering place.
- There
are no school playgrounds within the neighborhood or within walking
distance of the neighborhood.
- According
to the 1980 Census, over 50 percent of the people in the neighborhood
are in low or moderate level income households.
- According
to the Census, 31 percent of the neighborhood residents are elderly.
- There
appears to be an increase in the number of households with children
living in the neighborhood.
- The
only publicly owned land in the neighborhood is a .29-acre
parcel on NE 21st adjacent to the railroad right-of-way.
- Most
of the vacant land in the neighborhood is zoned for commercial,
industrial or high-density residential use (i.e. expensive
land).
- The
City's Parks Bureau recognizes the neighborhood's need for parks but
has limited funds for park acquisition.
- Perceived
problems with development, maintenance and liability of public use of
private property deter vacant parcels from being used to meet the
neighborhood's park needs although there are precedents for
public/private partnerships to meet park needs.
- A
public park will be developed within the Hyster/Fred Meyer site if
that development is built. This site is on the easternmost edge of the
neighborhood.
- The
Central City Plan is considering links for pedestrians from the Lloyd
Center area to the proposed convention center and the waterfront.
These links could extend through the Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood and
through the gulch itself.
- The
Banfield/Light-Rail Corridor is an important entrance to the
city center which could be improved visually in this area by screening
and trees.
POLICY 8:
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
IMPROVE THE
LIVABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE
OBJECTIVE 8A
Offer recreational opportunities for all ages within
the boundaries of the neighborhood.
OBJECTIVE
8B
Establish
a recreational trail through the gulch which can be constructed as
properties in the gulch are redeveloped that connects the neighborhood
open spaces and Lloyd Center.
OBJECTIVE
8C
Support
public private efforts to utilize privately owned vacant properties for
neighborhood park uses on an interim basis until these properties are
developed.
OBJECTIVE
8D
Support
improvements to Holladay Park while recognizing that it functions as a
regional facility.
OBJECTIVE
8E
Street
closures, extended curbs or other improvements constructed for traffic
mitigation should be landscaped.
OBJECTIVE
8F
Require
new developments in the gulch to landscape and plant trees in order to
enhance the entrance to the City and implement the Beautification Policies
in the Arterial Streets Classification Policy (ASCP).
NEIGHBORHOOD
IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS
(These
are not intended to be adopted by Planning Commission or City Council.)
1 .Identify funding
sources for park acquisition, development and equipment.
2. Contact local resources like Portland State University and
the Oregon School of Design for help in developing a parks plan and
environmental design guidelines for the neighborhood.
3. Apply for housing and community development
designation.
4. Continue the neighborhood association's parks steering
committee to coordinate with the neighborhood, Lloyd Center, Lloyd
Properties and the Parks Bureau.
5. Identify vacant buildings, properties and their owners
particularly properties along NF, Multnomah and Halsey which could be used
for parks interior to the neighborhood.
6. Request consulting money from the Parks Bureau in order to
develop and implement a parks plan for the neighborhood.
7. Contact Tri-Met, Union Pacific Railroad and the State
Highway Department to organize a Gulch Action Committee.
8. Explore
the possibility of a local improvement district (LID) for funding neighborhood parks.
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