Monday, August 2, 2010
6:30 PM - 9 PM
City Hall, Council Chambers
1221 SW 4th Ave. at Jefferson

You are invited to participate in a Community Town Hall regarding the upcoming 2011 State of Oregon Legislative Session. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 2, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 9 PM at City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Second Floor. This event will inform community representatives about the City’s process for developing the legislative agenda and provide us with an opportunity to hear from you about issues facing your neighborhood and communities.
 
AGENDA:
    •    An overview of the City’s legislative process and agenda development calendar
    •    Status report on the development of City’s 2011 State Legislative Agenda
    •    A facilitated discussion to provide the opportunity for you to identify legislative issues
We are looking forward to seeing you at this event and thank you for the hard work you do for building a better Portland together!
 
Best regards,
 
Mayor Sam Adams                                                                
and
Commissioner Amanda Fritz
 
RSVP:
Please RSVP to the Office of Neighborhood Involvement by clicking here.  You need to have a Portlandonline account to RSVP online.
Full URL: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=49202&
 
You can also register by emailing Brian Hoop at brian.hoop@portlandoregon.gov.  For more information call 503-823-3075.
 
Special Needs Requests:
To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. Call 503-823-3075 or TTY 503-823-6868 seven days in advance to request assistance for any accessibility accomodations and/or language interpretation.
 
Providing input online:
In addition, you can submit your ideas online by clicking here. 
Full URL: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=53131&
 
Deadline for submitting comments is Friday, August 16.  Forms will be provided for written comments at the August 2nd event as well.
 
Follow-up events this fall:
We will also provide information at the community town hall about two additional community events to be held this fall before the 2011 State Legislative Session.
 
2nd Town Hall: Preview of draft legislative agenda (OCTOBER DATE TBD)
Your chance to preview the City’s draft State Legislative Agenda before the October City Council legislative agenda work session.  The town hall is an opportunity to learn more about and discuss expectations for the 2011 State Legislative Session which begins in January 2011.   
 
Lobbying 101 Workshop (NOVEMBER DATE TBD)
Learn how to be a more effective advocate for neighborhood and community issues you care about during the legislative session in Salem.
 
More information on past legislative sessions:
If you are interested in reviewing a summary of the 2009 City of Portland Legislative Report summarizing the 2009 Legislative Session, you can click here.
Full URL: http://www.portlandonline.com/govtrelations/index.cfm?c=35411
 
Brian Hoop 
Neighborhood Resource Center Manager
City of Portland, Office of Neighborhood Involvement 
City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave., #110, Portland, OR  97204 
W: 503.823.3075, Fax: 503.823.3050, TTY: 503.823.6868
brian.hoop@portlandoregon.gov
www.portlandonline.com/oni
City of Portland Information & Referral: (503) 823-4000
To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. Call 503-823-4519, TTY 503-823-6868 with such requests.