The City Council finalized its decision on the proposed rezoning of the Colwood Golf Course at its October 22 meeting. The Council voted unanimously to deny the request to rezone Colwood Golf Course from open space to industrial. In its exhaustive findings on the matter, the Council underscored the conclusion that any potential economic benefits
The Portland City Council reaffirmed its earlier tentative vote and formally rejected the comprehensive plan amendment that would’ve rezoned most of Colwood National Golf Course from open space to industrial on October 22. What’s next? Although this is the City’s final decision on this matter, the applicant may still appeal the decision to the Oregon
Although retaining open space zoning for Colwood was unanimously supported by the Council in a tentative vote on 9/17, keeping Colwood Green is not a sure thing. Some fuel for the rezoning fire was recently provided by the Oregonian and Portland Tribune editorial boards. Both penned editorials that call the Council’s 9/17 decision to keep
UPDATE: The location below has been corrected. The meeting will be held from 7 PM to 9 PM at Grace Presbyterian Church, 6025 NE Prescott. The proposal to rezone Colwood Golf Course from open space to industrial will be considered by the Portland City Council on September 17th. To prepare for the hearing, the Keep
The next Colwood strategy meeting is Tuesday, August 12th from 7pm to 8:30pm at Central Northeast Neighbors, 4415 NE 87th Avenue. Please join us! Colwood is scheduled to go before City Council on Wednesday, September 17th. To ensure success at the Council we need to make new connections, maintain connections, and reconnect where needed with
We recently reported on an upcoming hearing related to the re-zoning of Colwood Golf Course. The hearing date has been changed to September 17.
As we’ve reported previously, the current property owners of the Colwood National Golf Course want to rezone 116 acres of the site from Open Space (OS) to General Industrial 2 (IG2). On May 15, 2008, Greg Frank, BDS Hearings Officer, made a recommendation to deny the applicants’ requested zone change. However the proposal must go
City of Portland Hearings Officer Gregory Frank has considered the evidence related to the request to change the zoning of Colwood Golf Course from Open Space to Industrial. To summarize the Hearings Officer recommendation: “… the Colwood site open space is unique, is a practically irreplaceable asset, and therefore this application should not be approved.”
A recommendation related to the proposed rezoning of Colwood is expected from the hearing officer on May 15. The recommendation will then go to the city council for review. There will be a community action meeting to discuss the hearing officer’s findings and plan the community response. Here are the meeting details: Colwood Rezoning Community
As previously reported, there is a proposal to rezone Colwood Golf Course for industrial uses. The loss of this environmentally sensitive green space in favor of industrial uses will have quite an effect on Concordia and the local air and water sheds as well as noise abatement concerns. The CNA passed a formal resolution in
