Sullivan's Gulch Trail Letter of Support to City Council

July 25, 2012

City of Portland
Mayor Sam Adams and City Council
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 340
Portland, Oregon, 97204
Attention: Mr. Chris Caruso, City Planner

Re: Sullivan's Gulch Hiking, Biking, and Walking Trail

Dear Mayor Adams and City Council,

The Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Association (SGNA) supports the Sullivan's Gulch Trail Project (the Trail). Preliminary planning by the City of Portland has been completed for the Trail project; and SGNA has participated in the N/NE Quadrant Planning process and various other planning efforts related to new investment around our neighborhood. We would like to follow this planning with implementation efforts that will keep the Trail project moving forward.

To this end we recommend that the portion of the Trail within the N/NE Quadrant Plan boundaries be included along with any infrastructure projects proposed including improvements at I-5 and Broadway/Weidler, secondary and tertiary corridor improvements within the Lloyd District area, and any other infrastructure improvement planning and funding available for the implementation of the N/NE Quadrant Plan.

Further, we encourage the City of Portland to allocate funding for staff to pursue public and public/private partnerships. Adjacent to the Lloyd District and Sullivan's Gulch, areas of significant private and public investment, the Sullivan's Gulch Trail provides an opportunity to complete an ideal multi-modal network of transit options necessary to support and sustain regional economic growth. Therefore we believe this project is a priority for inner North and Northeast Portland and encourage funding be identified and secured as soon as possible.

We welcome the opportunity to work with the City of Portland and others to plan and finance this project.

Sincerely,
Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Association
Land Use and Transportation Committee

Carol Gossett, Chairperson

Sullivan's Gulch Trail Open House

Portland Parks and Rec., and Portland Bureau of Transportation

 are hosting an Open House 

on the

 Sullivan's Gulch Corridor Trail.

Nov. 2nd

6:00 to 8:00 pm  

Hollywood Senior Center

1820 NE 40th St.

This is very exciting to see the progress we have made, and it will be important to show our support for the trail. 

Please invite as many people as you can that are interested in seeing this project move forward, can see the benefits for the community in healthy, active transportation alternatives, opportunity to better manage the greenway along I-84, and business development opportunites along the trail.