BEECN Sites: Difference between revisions
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# BEECNs will be evenly distributed throughout the city and are generally sited with the goal of placing approximately two BEECNs within each of the Portland Plan’s neighborhood hub boundaries.<ref>[https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/about-bps/portland-plan The Portland Plan] (published in 2012) rested on a concept of "complete neighborhoods", and Portland was divided into 24 different hub areas. You can download and read that part of the Plan [[Media:20 Minute Neighborhoods.Portland Plan.2012.pdf|HERE]].</ref> | # BEECNs will be evenly distributed throughout the city and are generally sited with the goal of placing approximately two BEECNs within each of the Portland Plan’s neighborhood hub boundaries.<ref>[https://www.portland.gov/bps/planning/about-bps/portland-plan The Portland Plan] (published in 2012) rested on a concept of "complete neighborhoods", and Portland was divided into 24 different hub areas. You can download and read that part of the Plan [[Media:20 Minute Neighborhoods.Portland Plan.2012.pdf|HERE]].</ref> | ||
# PBEM has complete discretion over the location of each BEECN site. However, PBEM will consider the input of property owners, community partners, city employees, and volunteers when deciding BEECN site locations. | # PBEM has complete discretion over the location of each BEECN site. However, PBEM will consider the input of property owners, community partners, city employees, and volunteers when deciding BEECN site locations. | ||
# Though moving a BEECN site should be avoided, PBEM will consider moving a site if a more appropriate one is found in the immediate neighborhood of the BEECN. However, planning to move a BEECN site must consider whether doing so will change a BEECN's Primary and Backup relays (i.e. which fire station the BEECN calls in to). | # Though moving a BEECN site should be avoided, PBEM will consider moving a site if a more appropriate one is found in the immediate neighborhood of the BEECN. However, planning to move a BEECN site must consider whether doing so will change a BEECN's Primary and Backup relays (i.e. which fire station the BEECN calls in to) and if the new site keeps the BEECN in a "20 Minute Walkable Neighborhood". | ||
=== BEECN Site criteria === | === BEECN Site criteria === | ||
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* Is not in the vicinity of tall trees, overhead power lines, or other utility hazards; | * Is not in the vicinity of tall trees, overhead power lines, or other utility hazards; | ||
* Is familiar to the community and following a disaster might be intuited by neighbors as a community gathering point, and is geographically central to the immediate community. | * Is familiar to the community and following a disaster might be intuited by neighbors as a community gathering point, and is geographically central to the immediate community. | ||
=== What a BEECN Site is not === | === What a BEECN Site is not === | ||
A BEECN Site is... | A BEECN Site is... | ||
