TAKE A STAND FOR DECONSTRUCTION!
Wednesday, February 17th
City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave.
sign up to testify by 1:30
hearing starts at 2:30
In 2015, 337 homes in Portland came down. Of those, only about 30 were deconstructed. The cost to our community, and to our planet, in terms of waste to the landfill, increased atmospheric carbon, not to mention the loss of valuable materials (that could have helped build a sustainable Portland) are calculable.
· 4,800 tons of materials sent to the dump
· 7,200 tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere
· 720,000 gallons of water wasted
· 4,800 tons of materials with a market value of more than $5,000,000 that could have been re-used or re-purposed to build a more sustainable Portland
In addition, the opportunity to create dozens of meaningful jobs with good pay and good benefits is lost.
On February 17the Portland City Council will consider a resolution that will mandate that all homes built more than 100 years ago must be deconstructed. The hearing begins at 2:30PM.
“The resolution would direct BPS to develop code language that:
Requires projects seeking a demolition permit for a one or two-family structure (house or duplex) to fully deconstruct that structure if:
1. The structure was built in 1916 or earlier; or
2. The structure is a designated historic resource.”
Demo permits per year built.
Individuals who would like to testify should arrive no later than 1:30PM to sign up. Testimony will be limited to no more than three minutes, possibly two minutes depending upon the number of people who would like to testify. In an effort to testify within time limits, it is recommended that those who would like to testify should limit their remarks to just one topic.
I hope to see many of you there! Join us for happy hour drinks around the corner and deconstruct the Deconstruction hearing afterwards.
Stephen Reichard
Executive Director
The ReBuilding Center