CWNA introduces our Good SAM initiative. (November 22, 2019)Winter is coming.... like .... next week!
One of the great things about living in Bend is the small-town feel with neighbors keeping an eye out for each other. With Winter in our sights, we at CWNA would like to help connect volunteers with neighbors needing a little help with snow removal, or errands (i.e. picking up a few groceries) for our neighbors unable to navigate driving through winter conditions. We are calling this our Good SAM project, for Snow Assistance Match-up. If you would like to be involved, please fill out this short form, and we will do our best to match up neighbors. Click here to request assistance or to volunteer.
Fire Ready Bend - CWNA Annual Meeting Tentatively planned for April 18, 2020 Come join CWNA at the OSU-Cascades campus on Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM for community information sessions on fire preparedness and safety as we approach summer 2019. Topics include presentations from FireFree on establishing FireWise communities and OSU Extension Services on Fire-wise landscaping. Plans are in the works for this event, and we extend the invitation to participate to all City of Bend residents. If you would like to help out with planning we welcome new volunteers! Come to our next meeting in January! Transportation Bond coming this SpringTransportation is a HUGE topic for us here in Bend, and there never seems to be enough money to do all the things we want to do. You may have heard the City of Bend will be looking at a Bond measure to assist with transportation funding. This is going to be a topic of discussion at two upcoming meetings for the Transportation Bond Subgroup next week,
December 2, 1:00 p.m. at City Hall in the Board Room December 3, 11:30 a.m. at City Hall in the Council Chambers This discussion is about to intensify as the TSP is adopted with the expected policies from Growth Management and CTAC. Reach out to us at centurywestneighborhood@gmail.com if you want to find a way to get involved with this conversation. Updates to Sewer Code and Development ReviewThe City of Bend will go before the Planning Commission on November 25th for proposed changes to the sewer code and development review changes, as well as the Les Schwab Amphitheater remodel . The public is welcome at the meeting at 5:30pm in City Council chambers.
Contact Senior Planner Pauline Hardie for more information or to comment on the plans at phardie@bendoregon.gov or 541-693-2153. View the public notices below or visit ePlans for more documentation.
CWNA Recommends Street Safety Projects
Century West Neighborhood Association submitted a total of 12 applications for the Neighborhood Street Safety Program (NSSP), which has allocated $800,000 to complete improvements suggested by citizens. We are now entering the third phase of the program where the Neighborhood Leadership Alliance (NLA) – a committee formed from all the City’s neighborhood associations – ranks all the recommended projects. The NLA will begin tackling the ranking at their December 10th meeting. The next step in the NSSP is for a City staff review to be completed by December 5th. Then, the NLA will complete its recommendations by January 31st, 2020. If you have suggestions that were not included in the NSSP recommendations, no matter how big or small, “eligible” or not, consider submitting a Service Request with the City of Bend. In many cases, your ideas can lead to projects being completed! But, even when the idea doesn’t immediately translate to a project, it’s still important to get it on the record via this process. Let us know if you submit a request and we can help! Read on if you want more details on the process: First, citizens submitted their suggestions for street safety projects over several weeks. Then, the 13 neighborhood associations reviewed applications and each picked their top two. The City received 362 applications citywide. If a project was “not eligible” it may still be eligible for other funding sources, like the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The Century West Neighborhood Association board built a modified application for its top recommendation: Safety on Century Drive. This has been the number #1 topic of street safety in CWNA for close to 15 years, and with our growth and the popularity of recreational opportunities, traffic speeds continue to be an issue through the area considered part of CWNA. While CWNA has had some success with efforts to calm traffic, we have been hampered by city and state regulations. The City allowed NAs to repackage citizen suggestions – to clarify scope or combine multiple suggestions. In this case, the board combined several suggestions received via the NSSP and public comment. Additionally, CWNA board and interested parties attended a site visit with City of Bend Engineering Department to look closer at the scope of our request on October 30th. CWNA continues to watch for ways to increase connectivity and make walking a safer, more comfortable, and more attractive option for getting around the neighborhood. |
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Want Your Voice To Be Heard?
While your involvement with CWNA is important, we are just one avenue by which to communicate our neighborhood concerns. The City of Bend LOVES hearing from you directly as well. Here's a link to the City's Council Members, Citizen Committees and Staff. www.bendoregon.gov/government/city-council
While your involvement with CWNA is important, we are just one avenue by which to communicate our neighborhood concerns. The City of Bend LOVES hearing from you directly as well. Here's a link to the City's Council Members, Citizen Committees and Staff. www.bendoregon.gov/government/city-council
