Last week started with uncertainty for long-term residents of
Reeder Beach RV Park on Sauvie Island. After applying for a
permit to expand the park, the county informed park owner Jan Reeder
that her residents were violating the county’s 30-day stay limit.
Rumors of eviction spread quickly through the small but
tight-knit community, but Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury
pledged to work with neighbors, local government, and Reeder residents
to make sure no one gets kicked out of their homes. No word yet on
precisely what Kafoury’s compromise will look like. SEAN BRESLIN
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Portland’s urban growth boundary should stay put, says a
massive new report from Metro. The agency reviews Portland’s boundary
every few years and in the past three decades has added 28,000 new
acres to the city’s development limits, a decision critics say
promotes sprawl. In its recommendation to not expand growth
boundaries this time around, Metro noted that 83 percent of our area’s
residents support land-use regulations and that there is 33 percent
less driving in compact communities than sprawling ones. The region’s
infrastructure will need $10 billion in repairs over the next
decade. SARAH MIRK.