The Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association will be relaying the City of Milwaukie NDA Friday Update on Ardenwald.org during the COVID-19 coranavirus pandemic.
Hello neighborhood leaders and friends,
Enjoy this week’s edition of the Friday Update and have a great weekend!
What is the NDA Friday Update? This update is meant to provide timely information one time per week to community leaders like you who can then share this information with fellow board members and neighbors. The updates are also a good place to share information with other NDA leaders, so please feel free to submit information to include on future Friday Updates. ?
- Comprehensive Plan Update – Public Hearing continued at June 16 City Council meeting – Public comments continue to be accepted
- Milwaukie Poetry Series – Poems in lieu of Claudia Savage’s reading
- Virtual Fitness Classes Offered by NCPRD – Register and participate in free workshops to sample the classes and get 10% off the full class.
- LEGO Club @ Home – Get LEGO tips & tricks from Blair Archer – Video goes live on June 15
- Grab and Go Free Lunch Sacks Provided by North Clackamas Schools Meals Program – Every Thursday from July 2 to August 20 (Ages 0-18)
Ongoing Friday Update Topics:
- Check the City’s Events Calendar Online on a Regular Basis for the Latest Information about Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Other Opportunities! – Just go to the city’s homepage to find the calendar at www.milwaukieoregon.gov.
- Community Development Update – An update will be sent next week.
- Comprehensive Plan Update – Public Hearing continued at June 16 City Council meeting – Public comments continue to be accepted
Learn more about this meeting at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/citycouncil/city-council-regular-session-278.
Note: If you would like to provide comment please be sure to read the section at the link about how to do so.
About the Comprehensive Plan Update:
Following nearly two years of work and community input, the Milwaukie Planning Commission recommended approval of the updated Comprehensive Plan policy document at their March 10 public hearing. Oral testimony was taken at both the January 14 and January 28 meetings, before the testimony portion of the hearing was closed and commissioners began their discussion and deliberation. Planning Commission continued their deliberation at their February 11 and February 25 meetings, before making their recommendation on March 10.
The public now has another opportunity to provide feedback on the plan in advance of the City Council’s public hearing. The Council has heard comment and testimony during public hearings on June 2 and June 9. They will continue to receive both written and verbal comments at their next Council hearing on June 16. Public comments will be accepted at any time prior to the June 16 meeting, as well as during the public testimony portion of the June 16 hearing. However, if you would like a staff response to your comments as part of the Council’s meeting packet, please submit comments by June 11.
Learn more by visiting www.milwaukieoregon.gov/planning/comprehensive-plan-update.
- Milwaukie Poetry Series – Poems in lieu of Claudia Savage’s reading
The Milwaukie Poetry Series Thirteenth Season!
Poems in lieu of Claudia Savage’s Reading
On Wednesday, June 10, we were due to host our June poetry reading by Claudia Savage. But as you know all gatherings and events have had to be canceled in this difficult and uncertain time of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. All our in-person Milwaukie Poetry Series events have been canceled until further notice. Claudia’s reading will be rescheduled and there will be an invitation closer to the event.
Since we cannot hold the reading in person, Claudia has sent some poems, which are attached. She would have read all of these at the reading. Click here to read her poems and the broadside intended for the reading. They will also be posted on Ledding Library of Milwaukie Facebook Page at, https://www.facebook.com/LeddingLibrary/.
Claudia F. Saleeby Savage’s work appears in print, onstage, and in museums and explores multidisciplinary collaboration and diaspora. She is a Black Earth Institute fellow for 2018-2021 and part of the music-poetry performance duo Thick in the Throat, Honey. Raised in Queens, NY and the south, she received her M.A. in literature and women’s studies in Colorado and teaches throughout the country. Her poems, essays, and interviews have been published, most recently, in Water-Stone Review, Denver Quarterly, Columbia, and BOMB. Her interview series, “Witness the Hour: Conversations with Arab-American Poets Across the Diaspora” was a 2017-2019 feature in Anomaly. This past year she performed as part of a panel on immigration and refugees at The University of Oregon. She is a Pushcart and Best New Poets nominee and the author of Bruising Continents, The Last One Eaten: A Maligned Vegetable’s History, and the collaboration The Hour of Anjali. Her collaboration, reductions, about motherhood and ephemerality, with visual artist Jacklyn Brickman, is forthcoming in Chicago and Detroit in 2020. She’s garnered awards from Jentel, Ucross, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Portland’s Regional Arts and Culture Council. Her poetics are influenced by rabid reading, Alice Coltrane, and long hikes in drippy forests. She teaches and lives with her husband and daughter in Portland, OR. www.claudiafsavage.com
Please be safe and well and take care of yourselves. We hope you enjoy these poems. For information about the readings, please contact the Series Coordinator Tom Hogan at 503-819-8367 or tomhogan2@comcast.net or Ledding Library of Milwaukie reference Librarian, Sarah Roller at rollers@milwaukieoregon.gov.
- Fitness Classes Offered by NCPRD – Register and participate in free workshops to sample the classes and get 10% off the full class.
- The North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District (NCPRD) is now offering select fitness classes through Zoom! The goal is to provide residents with opportunities to exercise with an instructor and experience the camaraderie of a fitness class virtually, while allowing for social distancing and keeping people safe during COVID-19.
- Free workshops are being held so residents can sample all of the classes before signing up. Those who take a free workshop get 10% off the class and seniors get an additional 25% off.
- To learn more and pre-register visit www.ncprd.com.
- LEGO Club @ Home – Get LEGO tips & tricks from Blair Archer – Video goes live on June 15
Join the virtual LEGO Club by watching Blair Archer’s video on the Ledding Library’s YouTube Channel or Facebook page.
The link will go live on Monday, June 15and will be available through June 30. This is a great opportunity to for anyone ages 5 and up to get some great LEGO tips and tricks.
Learn more at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/library/lego-club-home
- Grab and Go Free Lunch Sacks Provided by North Clackamas Schools Meals Program – Every Thursday from July 2 to August 20 (Ages 0-18)
Grab and Go free lunch sacks with activity bags for kids will be provided by North Clackamas Schools Meals Program every Thursday from July 2nd to August 20th for ages 0 to 18 outside the Ledding Library.
If the library is not a convenient location for anyone to participate in this program, you can find other summer meal sites by visiting the North Clackamas Schools website at www.nclack.k12.or.us.
Ongoing Friday Update Topics:
- Check the City’s Events Calendar Online on a Regular Basis for the Latest Information about Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Other Opportunities! – Just go to the city’s homepage to find the calendar at www.milwaukieoregon.gov.
- Community Development Update – An update will be sent next week.
Keep up with projects around town, the Comprehensive Plan Update, and more at the links below.
Projects:
- You can keep up with projects happening around town on the Projects Page on the city website located at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/projects.
Community Development:
- Visit the Community Development homepage at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/communitydevelopment to find links to Housing Affordability, Building, Economic Development, Planning, South Downtown, and Central Milwaukie.
Planning:
- Visit the Planning homepage at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/planning to find links to the Community Vision, Comprehensive Plan Update, Preapplication Conference Reports, Submitted Applications and Public Notices, Planning Department FAQs, Resources for Development Review, and What’s My Zoning?
Engineering:
- Visit the Engineering homepage at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/engineering to find links to Safe Access For Everyone (SAFE), Street Surface Maintenance Program (SSMP), Asphalt Pavement Overlay, South Downtown Improvements, and more.
Note for reader: This is an informational email that is sent to Milwaukie’s Neighborhood District Association (NDA) leaders and other interested parties each Friday. The content of this email is prepared by the Community Programs Coordinator at the City of Milwaukie and is meant to inform NDA leaders who can then share this information with their neighborhood. Some information contained within may not be sponsored or supported by the City of Milwaukie, but may impact the city’s neighborhoods and residents, which is the reason it is included in this update.
JASON WACHS
Community Engagement Coordinator
o: 503.786.7568
City of Milwaukie
10722 SE Main St • Milwaukie, OR 97222