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When: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8AM-8:45AM Where: Mt Hood Community College Aquatic Center 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Help Set A World Record!
Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) will join aquatics centers from around the globe June 14 to set a record for the world’s largest swimming lesson.

Two hundred adults and kids (age three and older) from throughout the Portland metro area will take a free swimming lesson that day, 8AM–8:45AM at the College’s aquatic center, located on the Gresham Campus at 26000 SE Stark St.

If interested in signing up for the lesson, please call the aquatic center at 503-491-7243.

Last year’s event – the first ever – established the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson. Almost 4,000 people from 34 states, five countries and three continents participated

Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations When: Tuesday Jun 14, 2011 7:00PM Where: Gresham City Hall, Springwater Trail Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Public welcome
The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations was formed to provide structure and support for the leadership of Gresham's neighborhood associations, enabling more effective cooperation among neighborhood associations in order to achieve desired outcomes. Goals of the Coalition include providing a public forum for the review and evaluation of issues and problems, providing education and information on specific areas such as land use, and providing a unified voice for the neighborhood associations.

The Coalition meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:00PM

When: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:30-9PM Where: Gresham City Hall Oregon Trail Conference Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham, OR Get Map!

Public Invited
Join us to discuss how the City can add a process to its Development Code by which long-term, phased Institutional Master Plans can be reviewed and approved.

Master plans are a tool many jurisdictions use for larger developments. The Development Code defines a master plan as a "development plan for multiple projects to be built in two or more phases. A master plan may involve multiple blocks provided that the blocks are contiguous.

Methadone Clinic Public Comment When: Wed May 25, 2011 6PM-8PM Where: 16141 E Burnside Portland, OR Gresham, OR Get Map!

You are cordially invited to attend a meeting on May 25th, 2011, at Allied Health Services East.

This meeting is being held to discuss a proposed project located at 16141 E. Burnside (corner of E. Burnside Street & 162nd). The proposal is to continue the existing outpatient drug treatment program which has been at this site for the past nine years.

Neighbors and concerned citizen are urged to attend this meeting.

City of Gresham Renewal Energy website

Public Invited When: Mon May 2, 2011 6:30PM-9PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Room 2A (Second Floor) 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham, OR Get Map!

Defining How Renewable Energy Should be Allowed

The City of Gresham would like your help in determining where and how renewable energy technology should be allowed in Gresham. Renewable energy includes solar power, wind turbines, biomass energy and geothermal energy.

You are invited to this community forum to review draft goals and policies that will provide direction for the project and for Gresham’s renewable energy future

Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations When: Tuesday May 10, 2011 7:00PM Where: Gresham City Hall Springwater Trail Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Public welcome
The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations was formed to provide structure and support for the leadership of Gresham's neighborhood associations, enabling more effective cooperation among neighborhood associations in order to achieve desired outcomes. Goals of the Coalition include providing a public forum for the review and evaluation of issues and problems, providing education and information on specific areas such as land use, and providing a unified voice for the neighborhood associations.

The Coalition meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:00PM

When: Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:30AM Where: Gresham City Hall Council Chambers 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Get map!

Proposed Code Changes Hearing

The Planning Commission will conduct a hearing April 11 regarding proposed changes to the Development Code related to residential compatibility.

The proposed Development Code amendments, a staff report and a Planning Commission memo are available on the Planning Commission page of the City’s website.

Additional information also is available on the project page.

The Code changes address the following issues:

• Height and bulk of new homes
• Height transitions (between single-family homes and more intense uses such as commercial uses, apartments or condominiums)
• Flag lots (homes built behind other homes)
• Buffering and screening between developments
• How small-lot subdivisions are reviewed
• Quality/appearance of fences along streets

Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations Board Meeting Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 7:00PM

When: Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 7:00PM
Where: Gresham City Hall, Springwater Trail Room
1333 NW Eastman Pky
Get Map!

Public welcome

The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations was formed to provide structure and support for the leadership of Gresham's neighborhood associations, enabling more effective cooperation among neighborhood associations in order to achieve desired outcomes. Goals of the Coalition include providing a public forum for the review and evaluation of issues and problems, providing education and information on specific areas such as land use, and providing a unified voice for the neighborhood associations.

The Coalition meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:00PM

When: wed, Apr 19, 2011 5PM-7PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Room 2A 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham OR Get map!

City Needs Your Feedback

We need your feedback on the Draft Urban Forestry Management Plan (UFMP) and the strategies proposed to enhance Gresham's urban forest over the next 20+ years. Join us on Tuesday, April 19 at 5 p.m. to review the Draft Urban Forestry Management Plan.

There will be a short presentation at the beginning of each hour that highlights the draft Plan and key action items identified in the Plan. We will provide copies of the full draft Plan for your review.

When: wed, Apr 20, 2011 6PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Center 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham OR Get map!

The Gresham Redevelopment Commission Budget Committee (GRDCBC) meets once yearly in April to review and recommend a budget to the Gresham Redevelopment Commission.

The GRDCBC will meet on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the Gresham Redevelopment Commission’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2011/12 Budget for the Rockwood-West Gresham Urban Renewal Area. The meeting will be held in the Gresham City Hall Conference Center, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR. This is a public meeting. Citizens will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed budget during the citizen comment period.

The complete agenda packet is available on the web, accessible from the following link: GRDCBC Agendas and Minutes.

Agenda

• Approval of April 2010 minutes
• Election of Officers
• Proposed 2011/12 Fiscal Budget
• Citizen Comments
• Motion to Approve 2011/12 Fiscal Budget

Hard copies of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2011/12 Budget document are available in the lobby at Gresham City Hall.

More information on the yearly budget process is available on the web.