Public safety

Improving citizen safety though understanding and participation Learn about Neighborhood Watch

When: Wednesday Feb 16, 2011 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
Council Chambers
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham OR
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You're Invited

The winter's quarterly neighborhood safety forum topics will be: Updates from Gresham Police Dept Disaster Preparedness—Getting your house in order Update on City Code Changes Neighborhood Q & A and follow-up Download flyer here!

Improving citizen safety though understanding and participation Learn about Neighborhood Watch

When: Saturday Nov 20, 2010 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
Council Chambers
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham OR
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You're Invited

The fall's quarterly neighborhood safety forum topics will be: Update from the Gresham Police Dept Preview of Crime Statistics Now Available the the Public Gresham Police Dept's new on-line reporting system Neighborhood Watch Q & A Download flyer here!

GRDC Advisory Committee agenda: Meeting Minutes: May, June & Sept, Rosewood Initiative, Public Safety Facility, 2010 GRDC Work Plan Year-End Report, 2011 GRDC Work Plan

When: Wednesday Oct 13, 2010 7PM-9PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
Oregon Trail Conference Center
1333 NW Eastman Pky
Gresham OR
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On the agenda

Click here for Wednesday night's Gresham Redevelopment Commission (GRDC) Advisory Committee meeting agenda. This link takes you to the City of Gresham webpage that has the attachments and further meeting information.

East County Courts, Rockwood Click for MultCo website

County Commissioners to vote on construction funding for East County Courts Construction could begin in December, completion by March 2012

When: Thursday Oct 28, 2010 10:30AM
Where: Multnomah Building
Room 100
501 SE Hawthorne
Portland OR
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Public Encouraged to Attend Vote

The final vote for the East County Courthouse is scheduled Thursday, October 28th. It will be in the boardroom at the Multnomah Building (501 SE Hawthorne) and is on the Board of Commissioners meeting agenda for 10:30am. There will be a brief presentation before public comment, then the final board vote. We are confident about this passing but encourage everyone to show their support, whether that includes attending in person or making public comment at the meeting or through a letter to the Commissioners (contact info below the break).

Ground Preparation Underway

Deconstruction of the existing building (Rockwood Lanes Bowling, Get Map!) has already begun (see photos below) and we anticipate the groundbreaking will be in December (the original plan was January but the project is a little ahead of schedule). According to the timeline, the courthouse will be completed in March of 2012. The design is for two floors and three courtrooms and there will be a final design and timeline available during the presentation on Thursday next week. It will be included in the presentation to the board and accessible through the Weekly Agenda Packet Materials link on the Board Meeting Agenda website beginning next week, October 25th. Once the board votes details will also put it on the Multnomah County East County Courts website.

Take Advantage of this Fall Rx Drug Collection Sat Sep 25th 1-5PM, Gresham City Hall

When: Saturday, Sep 25, 1PM-5PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham, OR
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Safely Dispose of Prescription Drugs

Take Advantage of Fall Prescription Drug Collections and Empty Your Medicine Cabinets. If you have unused or expired prescription medicines in your home, you can dispose of them safely on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Gresham City Hall. Participants will empty their pill bottles into containers at the drop-off site. Liquid medication must stay in the prescription bottle. No intra-venous solutions, injectables, syringes or medical waste will be accept.

Keep Drugs Out of the Water Supply

Sometimes we forget the toilet is not a trash can. The City's Wastewater Services asks residents to help keep water sources clean by not flushing unused medications and personal care products down the toilet or sink. In one national study of 139 streams in 30 states, drugs were found in 80% of the samples. In the Potomac River, male fish were discovered producing eggs. While there is no evidence of risk to human health, these products contain compounds detected in trace amounts in aquatic systems even past the wastewater treatment plant. Read more...

GRDC Advisory Committee agenda: Meeting Minutes: May & June, New Industries Grant Program Refinements, Public Safety Facility, Plaza del Sol Work Group Update

When: Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 7PM-9PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
Oregon Trail Conference Center
1333 NW Eastman Pky
Gresham OR
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On the agenda

Click here for Wednesday night's Gresham Redevelopment Commission (GRDC) Advisory Committee meeting agenda. This link takes you to the City of Gresham webpage that has the attachments and further meeting information.

It includes: Meeting Minutes: May & June, New Industries Grant Program Refinements, Public Safety Facility, Plaza del Sol Work Group Update, and more. You will find all of this under "Agenda" for the meeting on 9/8.

How many people bike, walk, and skateboard on Gresham streets & trails? Help conduct counts or surveys on trail & sidewalk use in Gresham as part of a nationwide effort

Be counted!
Even if you don't volunteer, please show-up and be counted at one of the locations below if you bike, walk, skateboard, or rollerblade on the trails or streets in the Gresham area. Ed.

Volunteers needed

Gresham is participating in a nationwide effort to document the number of people biking, walking, skateboarding, and rollerblading on trails and local streets. As part of that effort, City staff is asking for volunteers to help conduct counts and surveys.

The counts will be conducted September 14th, 15th, and 16th from 7 to 9 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., and September 18th and 19th from 9 to 11 a.m. The City has identified 18 locations where counts will be taken:

Click here for a map of these locations.

Count or Survey?

Volunteers can choose to conduct counts or conduct a short survey. The surveys well help provide information on trip distance, why people use trails, and what types of trials they prefer.

Your participation in this effort will help the City gain valuable information on walking and bicycling:

• Baseline data: How many people are biking? Walking? Where? What are the volume trends from year to year?
• What is the return on investment in bike lanes, trails and sidewalks: How many people use bike/pedestrian facilities after they are built?
• How can safety be improved: Certain locations have high numbers of bike/pedestrian crashes, but what is the risk exposure rate? Is it high or low relative to bike/pedestrian volumes? How should safety improvements be prioritized?

Click here to volunteer!

National Night Out website

Send criminals a message! America's Night Out Against Crime! National Night Out August 3, 2010 7-10PM

When: Tuesday, Aug 3th, 2010 7-10PM
Where: Your Neighborhood!

Celebrate the 27th anniversary of National Night Out by hosting an event in your neighborhood on August 3rd.

Last year over 36 million people, from every state, across 15,000 communities participated in events to help make communities safe and raise awareness about anticrime programs.

National Night Out is a time when individuals and groups are encourgaged to gather together after dark in parks and other public places for wholesome activities. The idea is to symbolically reclaim our public spaces by using them, encouraging other people to use them and making the space feel safe, and discouraging illegal and anti-social activity.

So, go ahead -- invite your neighbors -- gather on someone's lawn or porch and turn-on the lights! Celebrate National Night Out 2010. Take a stand. Dont't let crime control your neighborhood.

National Night Out is designed to:
• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness,
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs,
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils National Night Out is also celebrated with:
• block, lawn and porch parties,
• cookouts,
• visits from local police and sheriff departments
• parades, exhibits,
• flashlight walks,
• contests, and
• youth programs.

Organize a National Night Out Event in Your Neighborhood!

Call 503-618-2567 or contact Kelle Landavazo at Kelle.Landavazo@GreshamOregon.gov. to register your event and receive National Night Out materials.

Visit the National Night Out website

Improving citizen safety though understanding and participation

When: Wednesday Feb 17, 2010 6:30PM-9:00PM
Where: Gresham City Hall
Council Chambers
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham OR
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You're Invited!

The winter quarterly neighborhood safety forum topics will be:

• Gresham Police Department Update
  Presenter; Sergeant Marv Madtson,
  Police Special Enforcement Division
• 911 -A look behind the scenes
  Presenter; Melanie Payne,
  Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC)
• Building Codes -Why they keep us safe
  Presenter; Eric Schmidt,
  Director, Community Development Department
• Neighborhood Organizing
  Presenter; Kelle Landavazo,
  Community Services Division

Master plan for Nadaka park NE Halsey St changes (162nd-181st) Park Safety Q&A

Join Your Neighbors... Get involved. Make a difference!

When: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 7:00PM
Where: St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
17405 NE Glisan St
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Save the date!

Be sure to save Thursday, Nov 19th at 7:00 PM for this meeting at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan St, Portland, Oregon. Get map!

Who should attend?

This meeting is open to all residents and businesses in the Wilkes East Neighborhood!