Developed by:
Guidelines Review, Empowerment and Assessment Team (GREAT), a citizen-led
committee of Neighborhood Association, Business Association and at-large community
leaders.
Final adoption by citizen-led GREAT committee on Tuesday, April 12, 2005.
Adopted by Resolution 36329 by Portland City Council on July 13, 2005.
Related update of City Code Title 3.96, Office of Neighborhood Involvement approved
by Portland City Council Ordinance 179418 on July 13, 2005.
May 19, 2005
Executive Summary
The citizen-led committee, Guidelines Review Empowerment and Assessment
Taskforce (GREAT) has completed its final draft of proposed update of rules governing
Portland’s Neighborhood and Business Association system. City Council will consider
adoption of two documents: City Code Title 3.96, Office of Neighborhood Involvement,
as well as the Guidelines –to be called Standards – for the neighborhood system.
Portland’s Neighborhood Associations were first recognized by the City in 1974 with this
directive from City Code 3.96: “Council finds that there is a need to broaden channels of
communication between the people of Portland and City officials on matters affecting
neighborhood livability.”
