BEECN Sites: Difference between revisions
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[[File:2013.05.22.PACE Setter (4).jpg|thumb|400x400px|''This BEECN is deployed in an ideal site: flat, no power lines, not a lot of trees, broad uh...[https://youtu.be/GPX-mW4l1rU tract of land]. Yes very nice.'']] | [[File:2013.05.22.PACE Setter (4).jpg|thumb|400x400px|''This BEECN is deployed in an ideal site: flat, no power lines, not a lot of trees, broad uh...[https://youtu.be/GPX-mW4l1rU tract of land]. Yes very nice.'']] | ||
# At ''minimum'', there will be a total of 48 BEECN sites located throughout the City of Portland. | # At ''minimum'', there will be a total of 48 BEECN sites located throughout the City of Portland. | ||
# 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 name="Note 1">[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) and if the new site keeps the BEECN in a "20 Minute Walkable Neighborhood". | # 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".<ref name="Note 1"/> | ||
=== BEECN Site criteria === | === BEECN Site criteria === | ||
