Please join Commissioner Sam Adams, Sue Keil, Director of Portland Department of Transportation (PDOT), Dean Marriott, Director of Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) and staff from the Regional Arts Council (RACC) for a Town Hall discussion on the bureaus 2007-2008 budgets. Sam is interested in your ideas in developing his bureaus' budgets, consequently he is holding a town halls located in each of the seven neighborhood coalition districts.
Each Town Hall will include neighborhood specific improvements and projects. Commissioner Adams will highlight how projects are selected and the criteria used to prioritize expenditures. The Commissioner and Directors welcome your ideas on how to spend our City's dollars. Both BES and PDOT involve Budget Advisory Committees (BAC) in the development of the bureau budgets. The BACs scrutinize the budgets through a process, started in November 2006, ensuring the city provides services the people of Portland require.
Commissioner Adams and Directors Keil and Marriott, will present a comprehensive view of the City of Portland budget, as well as an opportunity to learn local perspectives on needed improvements. RACC will highlight their successes and share their plans for the future. Below are a list of the times and locations of the town halls. Please assist the Commissioner as he works in developing the PDOT, BES and RACC budgets.
Find you neighborhood town hall below:
January 4 7:00 PM -9:00 PM East Portland Neighborhoods at Parkrose High School 12003 NE Shaver Street - served by bus lines 22, 77 & 71
January 8 7:00 PM -9:00 PM Central North East Neighbors 4415 NE 87th Street - served by bus lines 12, 71, & 72
January 11 7:00 PM -9:00 PM North Portland Neighborhood Services 8105 N. Brandon Street - served by bus lines 4 & 6
January 18 7:00 PM -9:00 PM Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods 4815 NE 7th at Wygant Street - served by bus lines 72 & 6
January 22 7:00 PM -9:00 PM Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. 7688 SW Capitol Highway - served by bus lines 44 & 45
January 24 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM South East Uplift/Mennonite Church
1312 SE 35th Street - served by bus lines 14, 66, 74, 75,& 15
February 1 7:00 PM -9:00 PM Neighborhood West/NorthWest/Old Town/China Town at the Council Chambers in City Hall 1221 SW 4th Avenue located one block off the bus mall and served by numerous bus lines
If you are not able to attend the town halls, all meetings will be televised on Portland Community Media [1], please see listings.
Commissioner Adams looks forward to your participation and ideas.