City to hire new staff for Southwest neighborhood groups
After cutting ties with district coalition, city bureau will expand to serve 17 neighborhood associations. Change is never easy, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty reiterated Wednesday, March 10. Hardesty s comments came right before the City Council voted 4-1 to hire two new city staffers in the Office of Community and Civic Life to provide services to Southwest Portland s 17 neighborhood associations.
The neighborhood associations were previously served by a district coalition Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. but Hardesty announced two weeks prior that the coalition would no longer receive any city grant funds and she would move to have neighborhood groups serviced directly by the city instead of the independent nonprofit group.
Oregon City asks Metro to keep waste facility in town
Clackamas County officials also have balked at using a new site for garbage and recycling.
Oregon City city commissioners don t want Metro to move a waste-transfer facility in Oregon City to a proposed 26-acre parcel on the north bank of the Clackamas River to alleviate capacity concerns.
During the previous week, Clackamas County leaders showed little enthusiasmfor the proposal to use the new site as a garbage and recycling facility.
Oregon City Commission President Rocky Smith said he understands Metro s need to expand its recycling programs, but asked that current services remain in the city.
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