REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR DOWNTOWN ST. JOHNS BROWNFIELD PROJECT
The City of Portland is dedicated to the assessment, remediation and redevelopment of brownfield properties citywide. In doing so, it protects human and environmental health while spurring economic development and multiple other City goals and objectives. In order to achieve this, the City manages the Portland Brownfield Program that utilizes a combination of City funding and Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to provide the services necessary for brownfield redevelopment.
In 1976 the Portland Development Commission (PDC) purchased the brownfield site at 8735 N Lombard Avenue while St. Johns was an Urban Renewal Area (URA). Shortly after purchase, the URA status for St. Johns was withdrawn and PDC no longer had access to resources to facilitate site redevelopment. Between 1977 and 2004, PDC leased half of the site to the adjacent business owner as a parking lot. In 2004 the lease expired and PDC sought assistance from the Portland Brownfield Program to determine a course for site redevelopment. This included transferring title from PDC to the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services so a process could proceed.
