UPDATED Mar. 8, 2010, 6:19 p.m. – The meeting agenda for the March 9th regular Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood District Association is now available. You can download the PDF version, or read more below.

Revised agenda items will be updated on this website only. (An agenda revision was made Mar. 8th and uploaded.)

Meeting Location: Ardenwald Elementary School, Room 101, 8950 S.E. 36th Ave., Milwaukie at 6:30 p.m.

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This Saturday is the 12th annual Johnson Creek Watershed Wide Event!

At Tideman Johnson Park we’ll be planting natives (only about 1300 to go) and mulching so they’re all tucked in and ready for their spring growth spurt.  Come find us down by the boardwalk (near Springwater Trail and SE 37th Ave. trailhead).

• Saturday, March 6th, 9 a.m. – noon
• Tools and refreshments provided
• Volunteers of all ages welcome

Free volunteer recognition lunch will follow, at the Johnson Creek Watershed Council headquarters.

Please take a moment if you plan on attending the luncheon to register at the JCWC website so they’ll know how much lunch to make.

We hope you see you out there!

A Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project meeting with the City of Milwaukie and two project open house events are coming up this week.

• Monthly Milwaukie Light Rail Meeting
  Mon. Feb. 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
  Bridge City Church
  2816 SE Harrison St., Milwaukie.
  (Note: Due to third Monday being in close proximity to the holidays, the meeting will be held on the fourth Monday in February.)
• Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Open House
  Mon. Feb. 22, 2010, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  St. Phillip Neri Parish Hall, Carvlin Hall
  2408 SE 16th Ave., Portland
• Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Open House
  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Milwaukie High School
  11300 SE 23rd Ave., Milwaukie

Please visit Milwaukie Light Rail (Tacoma St. Station/JCB) for neighborhood’s information on the project.  For more information on the project, visit www.trimet.org/pm.

Draft minutes from the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association meeting on February 9, 2010, is now available. You can read or download the minutes (PDF File).

If you have any questions or comments about the minutes, please email Secretary Bryan Dorr.

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project planners announced at Thursday night Tacoma Street Station/Johnson Creek Blvd. meeting that theTacoma Street Station Park & Ride size was cut down to 800 cars spaces, and shaving off one story from the structure.

The parking space and structure reduction may not relieve Johnson Creek Boulevard (JCB) from traffic volume and some traffic mitigation such as signal light at S.E. 32nd Ave. and JCB is likely.

A revised design elevation may be available for public viewing in March.

Alan Snook, traffic engineer of DKS and Associates, explained cars queuing from SE 32nd Ave. and JCB to Tacoma St. and McLoughlin can be a safety issue if cars are lined up on McLoughlin to Tacoma Street ramps. Signal lights would be mandatory to prevent queuing on McLoughlin Blvd.

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The Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night voted 14-1 to proceed with exploration of the Johnson Creek Blvd. toll gantry pilot program that tolls traffic congestion.

Metro Councilor and Ardenwald resident Carlotta Collette proposed the idea in January, which was published on Ardenwald.org (read proposal here).

Collette discussed more on the topic at Tuesday’s Neighborhood Association meeting with discussions and feedback from NDA board members and residents.

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Milwaukie mayor, Jeremy Ferguson, responded to Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Associations letter composed on January 7, 2010, regarding the concerns about Johnson Creek Boulevard traffic issue (Download Mayor’s Response Letter (PDF, 25 kb)):

February 10, 2010

Dear Members of the Ardenwald NDA,

Thank you very much for your January 7 letter regarding the future of Johnson Creek Boulevard. The Milwaukie City Council has been following the various discussions that are underway about possible changes to the street due to the Portland-to-Milwaukie light rail project. Johnson Creek Boulevard is an important route, as it serves at least three Milwaukie neighborhoods and neighboring jurisdictions and businesses.

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Join the Friends of Tideman Johnson Park for the final work party of 2009 on Saturday, February 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at S.E. 37th Avenue and Springwater Corridor Trail. Refreshments and work tools are provided at the site.

We’ve had lots of weed-wackin’ and ivy pullin’ — including a group of 20 college students on Martin Luther King Day. Now it’s planting season.

And, come check out our new interpretive signs. The signs were designed by Marty Urman of the Johnson Creek Watershed Council and the text was thoroughly tested on Doug Bridge’s fifth-grade class at Lot Whitcomb Elementary (Photo of the sign is also in the attached EPacket).

Website: http://www.ardenwald.org/comm/fotjp

The February 9th Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association regular meeting agenda is now available online.  Items on the agenda include:

• artMOB Update: Eric, Jeff, and Nancy
• Grant Discussions: MHS Senior Grad Party, Senior Center 30^th Anniversary, Graffiti Summit
• Urban Renewal Study Grant Funding – Paul Shirey
• JCB Tolling Options – Carlotta Collette

As always, we will have the police and committee reports.

Download Feb. 9, 2010 Regular NDA Meeting Agenda

New bicycle wayfinder signs are beginning to appear throughout the neighborhood. These signs, similar to the ones used in Portland, help guide cyclists to the best route for a destination.  The sign also includes distance and estimated riding time based on average 10 mph speed.

The signage in the photograph is at S.E. Balfour Street and S.E. 29th Ave. Other wayfinder signs may soon appear on other neighborhood streets such as S.E. 42nd Ave. and S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd.