Parks Replacement Bond Annual Report 2020-21 - Executive Summary - English

2020–21

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PA R K S B O N D E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y YEAR 6

Dear Portlanders, We are grateful for your continued investment in Portland Parks & Recreation. In Year 6 of the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond, three more Bond projects were finished, and now, only three of the 52 total Bond projects remain!

Some highlights of Year 6 of the Bond: • The opening of a more engaging and accessible playground at Creston Park.

• New ADA parking spaces and access improvements at East Portland Community Center.

• Construction began on an inclusive playground at Gabriel Park and a safer workplace for PP&R’s Urban Forestry team at Delta Park.

• 39% of the $53.6 million Bond funds spent to date has gone to businesses owned by women, people of color, and emerging small businesses – exceeding the City’s goal of 20%.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been clear that our parks and open spaces are essential City infrastructure that provide safe spaces to play, gather, and support the community’s health. Across the City, people in Portland are benefiting from the Bond’s investments in our playgrounds, pools, restrooms, community centers, and trails.

With the passage of the 2020 Parks Local Option Levy, voters approved five years of funding to improve daily care for our parks and natural areas, plant more trees in areas most lacking like East Portland, and provide resources to make recreation programming more accessible. However, our community still faces serious funding challenges to care for aging infrastructure and to ensure park access for all. We will work with you to build a sustainable funding plan for a more equitable parks and recreation system in Portland.

Please stay healthy and remain hopeful.

Sincerely,

Commissioner Carmen Rubio Portland Parks & Recreation Director Adena Long

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PA R K S B O N D E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y YEAR 6

49 Projects completed

Creston Park Playground and ADA project

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Projects underway

Delta Park Urban Forestry Yard

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Current project ahead of or on schedule Gabriel Park Playground

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N ORT H Acquisitions at Cathedral, Open Meadow. Improvements at Columbia Children’s Arboretum, Columbia Slough, Delta Park, North Park Greenway, Pier/Chimney Parks, Waud Bluff.

Project Map Pools

Pier Park

Prevent emergency closures, stop water leaks, improve water conservation and energy efficiency

St. Johns Community Center

Playgrounds Replace or build 10 to 20 play structures that are closed, at risk of closure, or deficient

Play Pieces Replace equipment that needs repair and/or has tested positive for lead-based paint; address drainage and replace wood fiber play surfacing

Accessibility

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IL L N O R TH W E S T A M Acquisitions at Terwilliger, E Forest Park, Hoyt Arboretum.

T T New park The Fields.

E Improvements at Wildwood Trail Barbara Walker Bridge, Halprin Sequence, Japanese Garden, Lan Su Chinese Garden.

Washington Park master plan.

Forest Park Lower Macleay Trail

Preserve access to natural areas and open spaces by repairing trails and bridges

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Restrooms, Other Urgent Repairs Prevent closures, replace and repair restrooms, roofs, and other failing structures throughout the system

Protecting Workers Improve safety, make critical upgrades, fix leaking roofs, update equipment at maintenance facilities

Pioneer Courthouse Square Replace failing structures, fix leaks and cracks, make improvements at our most-visited park

Additional Investments since 2013: PP&R invests funds from System Development Charges, grants, and partners for growth projects and other improvements. Some Bond projects also received these funds. The additional investments shown follow neighborhood coalition boundaries.

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Trails and Bridges

Portsmouth Park Forest Park Maple Trail

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Remove access barriers in parks throughout city; a 2014 report found thousands of barriers across park system

University Park

Washington Park Rose Garden Washington Park 26

S O U TH WEST Eagle Point acquisition. New parks Spring Garden, South Waterfront Greenway. Improvements at April Hill, Duniway, Marquam, Marshall, Red Electric Trail, Stephen’s Creek, Willamette Park.

Pendleton Park

Albert Kelly Park

Gabriel Park Multnomah Arts Center (MAC) Foley-Balmer Natural Area See page 5

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Delta Park Urban Forestry Yard

The 2014 Parks Replacement Bond targets PP&R’s most critical needs in parks, C O Lcommunity U M B I A centers, and RI facilities throughout the city.

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Kenton Park 5

Woodlawn Park

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I N N ER N OR T HEA ST Improvements at Fernhill splash pad, Dawson Park.

Patton Square Park

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C E N TR A L N O R TH E A S T New parks at Cully, Khunamokwst.

Improvements at Colwood Golf, Grant Field, Whitaker Ponds.

Fernhill Park

Peninsula Park

=B ond projects completed =B ond projects under construction in 2021–22 = Additional Investments

E AST Acquisitions at Knott, SE 150th/ Division. New parks Gateway Discovery, Luuwit View, Parklane, Gateway Green.

Improvements at Clatsop Butte, East Holladay, East Portland CC, Lents, Leach Botanical Garden, Marine Drive, Raymond. Master plans for Mill/Midland and SE 150th/Division.

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Wilshire Park

Irving Park

Argay Park Wilkes Park

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Matt Dishman Pool and Spa Grant Pool Matt Dishman Community Center

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Glenhaven Park Knott Park

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Hancock Park 84

Couch Park

North Park Blocks Pioneer Courthouse Square South Park Blocks

Mary Rieke Field Fulton Park Burlingame Park

Marshall Park

Montavilla Community Center Laurelhurst Park Mt. Tabor Colonel Park Sunnyside Summers Mt. Tabor School Park Park Summit Sewallcrest Mt. Tabor Park See page 6 Yard Piccolo Clinton Park Park

SOU T HEA ST New park at Errol Heights.

Improvements at Colonel Summers, Laurelhurst, Laurelwood, Montavilla Field, Mt. Scott CC, Mt. Tabor, Portland Tennis Center, Springwater Corridor, Westmoreland.

Sellwood Park

Ventura Park East Portland Parklane Community Center Park Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park

formerly Lynchview Park

Ed Benedict Park

Creston Park Lents Park

Bloomington Park

Woodstock Park

Raymond Park

Berkeley Park Glenwood Park

Sellwood Pool Springwater Corridor Bridge #48

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Flavel Park

Gilbert Primary Park Springwater Corridor Bridge #140

Harney Park 4

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Accessible Recreation for Everyone: One Site at a Time As Portland Parks & Recreation project managers started each Bond-funded project, they investigated how the projects could address ADA accessibility barriers and make parks, natural areas, and community centers more inclusive and welcoming for everyone.

In the past six years, Bond projects have removed over 400 barriers to accessibility at parks, playgrounds, pools, and trails!

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear how essential parks are for all Portlanders, playing a critical role for our physical and mental wellbeing as well as fostering health and resilience in our communities. Making our shared public spaces more accessible allows everyone to benefit from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond’s investments.

400+ Barriers removed

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At the Multnomah Arts Center (MAC), Bond funds ensured accessibility improvements were made to the cottages west of the main center. New ramps and walkways will better serve community members attending classes and other programs at MAC. “I send my sincere thanks to Portland voters for their collective support to greatly improve accessibility to the Multnomah Arts Center and so many other public facilities, creating more equitable, accessible, and safer PP&R facilities for everyone!” says Michael Walsh, Arts Program Supervisor at MAC.

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Taking Care of People Who Take Care of Parks The Mt. Tabor Maintenance Yard serves as Portland Parks & Recreation’s central dispatch for over 140 employees responsible for maintaining park infrastructure across the city. Thanks to Bond funding, professional trades that currently operate in structures originally designed as horse stables will soon have modern, safe facilities to support their work.

Karen Trappen, the locksmith for the Bureau, says that these days the Yard looks pretty much the same as it did when she started as a carpenter over 20 years ago. She recalls that the conversations about the Yard needing improvements were started by the neighbors of the Yard.

Many of the existing structures were originally designed as horse stables.

Representatives of the Mt. Tabor and South Tabor neighborhood associations toured the Yard in 2007 and were appalled by what they saw, saying City employees deserve better working conditions.

A committee of neighbors and City employees, including Karen, was formed to update the 2000 Mt. Tabor Park Master Plan to include a plan for the Yard. As a result of their work, the Mt. Tabor Yard Master Plan was completed in 2008, but no funding was available until the Bond’s passage in 2014.

Karen says that the neighbors who were a driving force behind the Yard improvement planning still have a warm place in her heart.

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Playgrounds

Couch Park• Creston Park• Kenton Park• Lents Park• (formerly Lynchview Park) Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park• North Park Blocks• Ventura Park• Gabriel Park• Gilbert Primary Park• Glenhaven Park• Playground Pieces & Drainage•

Expected Completion Done Done Done Done Done Done Done 2021 Done Done Done

Trails and Bridges

Forest Park: Maple Trail• Forest Park: Lower Macleay Trail• Springwater Corridor Bridge #48• Foley-Balmer Natural Area• Marshall Park• Springwater Corridor Bridge #140•

Done Done Done Done Done Done

Pools

Grant Pool• Matt Dishman Pool and Spa• Peninsula Park Pool Feasibility Study• Peninsula Park Pool•

Done Done Done Done

Protecting Workers PCS

• Project completed 7

Construction

Design

Performance

Permits and Contracting

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Mt. Tabor Yard• Delta Park Urban Forestry Yard•

2023 2021

Pioneer Courthouse Square•

Done

• Project behind schedule

• Project ahead of or on schedule

1 ahead of or on schedule

Accessibility

Washington Park Rose Garden• East Portland Community Center• Mt. Tabor Park Handrails• Multnomah Arts Center Cottages•

Restrooms, Other Urgent Repairs

Argay Park Tennis Courts• Bloomington Park Restroom• Colonel Summers Park Loo• Couch Park Loo• Ed Benedict Park Restroom• Glenwood Park Restroom• (formerly Lynchview Park) Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park Irrigation• Mary Rieke Soccer Field• Mt. Tabor Summit Restroom• Multnomah Arts Center Cottages Study• Multnomah Arts Center Seismic Study• Parklane Park Loo• Raymond Park Loo• Sellwood Pool Bathhouse Roof• St. Johns Community Center Roof• Ventura Park Loo• Wilkes Park Loo• Fernhill Park Water Supply• Matt Dishman Community Center Electrical• Matt Dishman Community Center Roof• Montavilla Community Center Roof• Multnomah Arts Center Seismic Repairs• Pier Park Loo• Sellwood Park Kitchen Roof•

• Project completed

• Project behind schedule

Expected Completion

Design

2 behind schedule

Construction

49 completed

Permits and Contracting

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Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Done

• Project ahead of or on schedule 8

LOOKING FORWARD The COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a significant impact on the community over the last year. However, Bond-funded improvements to playgrounds, trails, restrooms, and other park amenities remain available to support the community’s needs during these challenging times.

As the final Bond projects are completed, the Bond Team will continue to focus on delivering the promises made to voters in 2014 with continued transparency, accountability, and fiscal responsibility.

Gabriel GabrielPark Park playground

To read the full Annual Report, visit ParksReplacementBond.org Note: Information in this report is accurate as of June 30, 2021