Put a Potty at Jamison Park!
Yes, we get taggled in all sorts of local political issues here at Milagros – paid family leave, product safety, habitat protection, education improvement, equity issues, economic development…and now…potties!
Seriously, when you are talking about amenities for a park, there are few things that are more needed than a functional and accessible potty (and yes “Closed for the Season” signs are as equally unacceptable to us as no potty at all – Commissioner Fish, please take note.).
And there is NO public restroom at one of the more immensely popular summertime gathering places in this city – namely Jamison Park (we love it so much it is always on our summer to-do list)
It seems like the city is very close to making this a “go” but, as is always the case with this type of thing, we are certain that some clear community support certainly wouldn’t hurt.
The key issues seem to be that the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) needs to sign off on the conversion of a parking space and the Water Bureau has to do the install.
To be clear, parking spaces = revenue for the city. There is no such thing as a free lunch but really, this is an amenity that is way overdue given the crowds at the park on any summer day and it seems worth the cost of a single parking place.
Let’s get a potty at Jamison, how? Send a brief note of support to these key city staffers and committee folks:
Portland Water Bureau: Anna DiBenedetto, adibenedetto@ci.portland.or.us
Portland Parks and Recreation: Brian Aptekar, bryan.aptekar@ ci.portland.or.us
PDNA Planning Committee: Patricia Gardner, patricia@chesshirarchitecture.com
BUT! We recommend that you also cc: Mayor Adams (samadams@ci.portland.or.us)- since he oversees PBOT and Commissioner Leonard (rleonard@ci.portland.or.us) since he oversess the Water Bureau on any email.
A hat tip to the awesome folks at Neighborhood Notes who let us know that the City is considering placing a loo a Jamison.
