The Global Warming Commission is seeking public comment on recommendations it adopted last fall as an Interim Roadmap to 2020. Help shape the state’s response to climate change!
Join us Thursday at a Portland-Multnomah County hosted event that will be led by Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen and Portland’s Mayor Sam Adams. Join other participants to discuss and critique parts of the Roadmap of particular interest to you in a collaborative process.
June 9, 6 – 7:30 pm, Multnomah County Building, County Boardroom, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Blvd, Portland, Oregon, 97214.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission is a 25-member commission created in 2007 by the Oregon legislature. It is charged with helping coordinate state and local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and making sure the state meets its climate goals. In 2007, Oregon adopted greenhouse gas reduction goals which include cutting greenhouse gases 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020; and achieving a 75 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2050.
“We hope Oregonians will seize this opportunity to help shape the State’s strategies for reducing greenhouse gases,” said Angus Duncan, Chair of the Commission. “The interim recommendations touch nearly every aspect of our lives in this state, from the cars we drive and homes we live in to how we manage our farms and forests. Oregonians can speak to these ideas in the evening workshops or by responding to the online survey.”
The Commission is asking Oregonians to take an online survey to provide feedback on the Roadmap to 2020 and on the state’s work to shrink the state’s greenhouse gas footprint. The survey can be taken at:
Feedback from the survey will be used to inform the Commission’s future work, and will be provided to elected officials and policymakers working on a response to climate change.
For more information on the Oregon Global Warming Commission and the Roadmap to 2020, please visit www.keeporegoncool.org.
Posted in Events by Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
April 29, 2011
Bob Wise and Cogan Owens Cogan helped host a high level delegation from Langfang China led by the Langfang regional Party Secretary Shihong Zhou in a day-long visit to Portland to explore planning and development relationships between the two cities. Bob is part of an international team that completed the award-winning Eco Smart Master Plan for Langfang (see previous post: http://bit.ly/kzylXk). Langfang is a city of 700,000 that is expected to grow to over 2.3 million in the next few years.
During the April 20 visit, identified opportunities areas included:
Further planning for the central core where the high speed rail station is to be located.
Mass transit planning for light rail and streetcar and possible car(s) purchase.
Redevelopment of an existing sports complex as a green sports/entertainment project.
A sustainability center may be possible in the future.
Cogan Owens Cogan also will be discussing with the Mayor’s office and Party Secretary whether more formal relationship between the two cities is possible. Mayor Adams endorsed COC’s work and said: “It is in large part thanks to Bob Wise and Cogan Owens Cogan that the City is where it is with regard to sustainability today”.
Langfang leaders were struck by Portland’s mass transit system, integration of open space, tree canopy, small blocks, the variety of street-level building textures and urban design. They said parts of the city almost feel like a college campus. They are inspired to make their city more functional, textured, and sustainable.
Posted in Events by Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
April 12, 2011
Nineteen Statewide Planning Goals serve as the foundation of Oregon’s planning program and Goal #1 is Citizen Involvement. What does this mean for transportation planning in Oregon? What are the most successful ways to engage the public in transportation planning projects? Principal Jim Owens and Senior Planner Ellie Fiore of Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC will provide an overview of citizen participation and discuss tools and techniques to help you better engage citizens in your next transportation planning project.
Location: Measseh Engineering Building at PSU, Dean’s Conference Room, 5th Floor.
Posted in Planning by Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
October 6, 2009
Dave Mayfield’s commitment to sustainable mobility includes giving a series of presentations on least cost planning and backcasting for the following organizations:
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC)
