Save Madison South

Think Outside The "Big Box"

Related Documents

• 11/27/07 letter to SmartCentres from neighborhood representatives.
• 11/12/07 transcript and MP3 audio file of the meeting between neighborhood representatives and the developer, SmartCentres.
• 8/24/07 New site plan (2 pages, 330KB) notice document from the City of Portland Land Use Services Division.
• 8/16/07 Request for Response (10 pages, 3MB) notice document from the City of Portland Land Use Services Division.
• Form letter to Sylvia Cate. (1 page, 67KB) Signing this letter and mailing it in is a way to express your opinions to the City of Portland.
• A compilation of news stories about nuisance issues related to living near a Big Box store. (12 pages, 871KB)
• A couple of reports about the impact of Big Box stores on traffic and nearby jobs. (1 page, 296 KB).
• 1973 DEQ Complaint notice (7 pages, 615KB) to the operators of the LaVelle landfill.
• The Vanguard 1973 newspaper article. (1 page, 1.29MB) This article in The Vanguard, a defunct Portland newspaper, is about the LaVelle landfill when it was in operation, and the problems it created for the neighborhood.
• 1984 document (29 pages, 1.82MB) on a request to change the zoning on the property. The request was denied by the City of Portland.
• 1988 document (2 pages, 152KB) showing appeal of the denial of the zone request change, and approval to operate a golf driving range on the property.
• 1996 document (46 pages, 3.3MB) on a request to partition the property. The request was denied by the City of Portland.
• 1997 document (7 pages, 469KB) on the Russell Detention Pond project on NE 89th and Russell. The Russell Detention Pond site is where the landfill drains.
• 1998 document (6 pages, 479KB) giving approval to build 35 homes on the the south side of the property, parallel to NE Russell Street.
• 2005 document (51 pages, 3.71MB) giving approval to build the Asian American Shopping Center on NE 82^nd and Siskiyou.
• LU 06-154964 CU ZC AD Documents (opens a new web page) These documents pertain to the application from SmartCentres to build a 240,000 sq ft, 900 parking space shopping center.
• August Scans (open a new web page) These are a series of documents pertaining to the proposed development.
• 3/21/07 ODOT letter to the city recommending the need for further traffic information.
• Save Madison South Flyer. Front (1 page, 83KB) Back (1 page, 51.9KB) This is the flyer we are handing out as we go door-to-door. Feel free to print it out and pass along to those you feel might benefit from this knowledge.
• Small "Think Outside The Big Box " (1 page, 27.1KB) sign that you can print out yourself.
• The Plain Dealer newspaper article. (4 pages, 455KB) The Plain Dealer is Ohio's largest newspaper. This article, published on 12/7/06, is about a Wal-Mart that was built atop a closed landfill that was shut down due to the presence of methane gas.

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Mail:  Save Madison South           P.O. Box 30266           Portland, OR 97294