Week of 6/22/09 - 6/28/09 

* Meeting with Howard Shapiro, Planning Commissioner, and Deborah Stein, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, regarding citizen involvement in the Portland Plan

* Meeting with Paul Schlesinger, with whom I served on the Planning Commission

*  Interview with Lew Church, PSU newspaper

*  Meeting with Friends Of Urban Renewal representatives to learn more about the River District expansion issues

*  Meeting with League of Women Voters representatives, ditto

*  Meeting with City Attorney, ditto

*  Council worksession on Bull Run Water Treatment options, and hearings Tuesday evening, and Wednesday morning and afternoon.  Wednesday all ran into one, except for a 15 minute break at lunchtime.

*  Meeting with Maria Rojo de Steffey and Dora Garcia regarding Nielson ratings company outreach to communities of color in Portland

*  Retirement ceremony for Tom Feeley, Facilities director

*  Meeting with Benjamin Duncan and Jonathan Ostar, Governor's appointees to the Environmental Justice Task Force, regarding lack of Environmental Justice in the Columbia River Crossing plans

*  Metro Policy Advisory Committee meeting - small group discussion with Mayor Doyle of Beaverton and other regional leaders regarding infill and redevelopment

*  Regular monthly meetings with Commissioner Fish and with Commissioner Saltzman

*  Meeting with City Attorneys regarding Sidewalk Obstructions law decision in Circuit Court

*  Attended Labor Management Benefits Committee meeting

*  NAYA family center tour with Nichole Mayer and Christine Dupree

*  Center for Intercultural Organizing dinner.  Talked with former Mayor Tom Potter and many others

*  Good in the Hood parade

*  YWCA Karaoke Contest judge

Dinners at home: Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday (yay!)