PORTLAND — Portland City Supervisor Wealthy Lewis mentioned that the City is ready on the engineering report from Clark Patterson Lee (CPL) relating to the Portland City Museum, and whereas they wait on that report, the subject of the museum turned a dialogue level for the City Board as a complete. Largely, they mentioned making a social media web page for the museum curator, Rob Pawlak, to have the ability to promote when the museum is open.
“He’s been open (in current)weekends, however there actually is not any wonderful means of flagging, notifying, or saying they’re open,” mentioned Portland Board Member Tammy Thompson.
Thompson mentioned that she had by no means been to the museum previous to final weekend, and famous that she loved herself, and mentioned that extra commercials would do nicely for the Portland Museum.
“I had by no means been there,” mentioned Thompson. “There’s a number of actually cool, attention-grabbing issues up there and I’ve had a pair youngsters who’ve mentioned they’d be all in favour of volunteering. But when individuals don’t know that it’s open, they usually don’t know what’s there, then it does no good.”
Lewis mentioned he had no difficulty with a Fb account being created for the museum.
The engineering report from CPL is in regard to basic repairs that needs to be made to the museum, specializing in the constructing’s roof.
See MUSEUM, Web page A3
Lewis famous in February that ARPA cash might be used on the roof, although will nonetheless be ready on the engineering report earlier than making a closing choice on tips on how to proceed.
In different city enterprise, the Photo voltaic Challenge situated at 7850 Felton Street in Portland has additionally been permitted. Lewis mentioned the Planning Board despatched it again to them, okaying the challenge for the subsequent step. The City then declared themselves lead agent on the challenge. A public listening to was then set for the Felton Street Photo voltaic Challenge at their subsequent board assembly on Wednesday, July 13, with the general public listening to beginning at 6:15 p.m. Their common assembly will observe the general public listening to.
