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Jay Harris

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Sep 23, 2025, 11:09:52 AM9/23/25
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Hi all,
Let me know asap if you would how you feel about KNA signing this group letter.
Thanks!
Jay for KNA 

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From: Joana Kirchhoff <joanaki...@gmail.com>
Subject: CEI Hub Policy Project
Date: September 22, 2025 at 7:05:51 PM PDT

soils deemed vulnerable to lateral spread due to liquefaction from earthquake shaking.


4.           The Comprehensive Plan must prohibit development that would lead Portland to become a national or international export hub for combustible, flammable, or toxic materials.

Jay Harris

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Sep 23, 2025, 11:18:10 AM9/23/25
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Oops..here’s the whole text.
Mea Culpa!
J.

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From: Joana Kirchhoff <joanaki...@gmail.com>
Subject: CEI Hub Policy Project
Date: September 22, 2025 at 7:05:51 PM PDT

Dear Jay Harris,

           

The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub Task Force invites the Kerns Neighborhood Association to join with other organizations and neighborhood associations in signing a critically important letter to the City Council about the CEI Hub Policy Project. The mission of the CEI Hub Policy Project is to reduce risks at the Hub through amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan and zoning amendments. 
Through the CEI Hub Policy Project, we have a rare opportunity in the next two months to weigh in on decisions that could significantly reduce risks due to operations at the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub. It is a well-known fact that Portland and the region are in serious danger because hundreds of millions of gallons of flammable, combustible and toxic fuels and chemicals are stored at the Hub on unstable soils on the Cascadia Earthquake fault. Background: Impacts of Fuel Releases from the CEI Hub. 

 

We are up against a time crunch. The grant that launched the CEI Hub Policy Project is on a timetable that will put the final decision on policy changes in the hands of the City Council early in 2026. We would like to show the City Council that they have community support to push for Comprehensive Plan and zoning changes that are the most protective of public health and safety as possible well before decision time. Hopefully Bridlemile Neighborhood Association will support the call for public safety contained within the attached letter 

 

If the Kerns Neighborhood Association decides to sign the attached letter, please reply to this email.  We are hoping that you can respond by the end of September. 

 

If you would like more background about these issues, please let me know if your organization would like more information and a slideshow presentation.

 

Community advocacy has already pushed progress forward on the CEI Hub at the state and local levels.

 

Thank you,
Bonnie with the CEI Hub Task Force, Kathleen Boylan, Mark Darienzo, Laurie King, Joana Kirchhoff, Nikki Mandell, Lyn Neeley, Diana Richardson, Alice Shapiro, Taylor Villucci, Jan Zuckerman. 
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CEI Hub Sign-On Letter 2025

 

Dear Portland City Council President Pirtle-Guiney, Members of City Council,  Mayor Wilson and City Manager Jordan. 

 

The CEI Hub poses grave dangers to our city, state and region. 

 

Based on the findings of the DOGAMI Earthquake Risk Study, OSSPAC Hub Mitigation Strategies Report, EcoNW CEI Hub Seismic Risk Analysis, ISS Hazmat Risk Report, and others, it is clear that the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub poses serious health, safety, cultural, social justice, economic and environmental risks to every Portland neighborhood and the entire Pacific Northwest region. 

 

We applaud the City's commitment to transitioning away from fossil fuels, but fossil fuels are not the only dangerous fuels stored at the CEI Hub. It has been established that renewable fuels, whether derived from plant or animal products, are as combustible, flammable, or toxic as fossil fuels. (See Testimonies from Dr. Richard Pleven-10:17 and Mia Reback-56:00 before City Council February 27, 2025.) Therefore, transitioning to renewable fuels at the CEI Hub will not eliminate the huge risks posed by fuel storage and transport at the Hub.

 

Public input on decisions regarding our safety and health is vital in mitigating and preventing further damage to the well being of our communities and natural environment. 

 

We, the undersigned Portland Neighborhood Associations and community and faith based organizations therefore support the following: 


1.   The City adopt a policy that any economic development must not increase the dangers at the CEI Hub.


2.           The City of Portland’s CEI Hub Policy Project (to amend the Comprehensive Plan and zoning code) should include all types of fuels or materials that are combustible, flammable or toxic to reduce risks at the Hub.


3.           The Comprehensive Plan must prohibit new or expanded storage or transport of any type of fuels or materials that are combustible, flammable, or toxic on soils deemed vulnerable to lateral spread due to liquefaction from earthquake shaking.


4.           The Comprehensive Plan must prohibit development that would lead Portland to become a national or international export hub for combustible, flammable, or toxic materials.


5.           The City work with local and state officials and agencies to develop and fully resource and fund the capacity to respond to emergencies at the CEI Hub. 
 
We are looking to our city government to lead the transition to a safer environment for all of us. 

 

Sincerely,
The CEI Hub Task Force- Kathleen Boylan, Mark Darienzo, Laurie King, Joana Kirchhoff, Nikki Mandell, Bonnie McKinlay, Lyn Neeley, Diana Richardson, Alice Shapiro, Taylor Villucci, Jan Zuckerman

 

Regarding “renewables” we note that: 
  • More renewables are needed to provide the same amount of energy as fossil fuels so carbon emission reductions are questionable.
  • Tremendous amounts of land are required to grow the feedstock to produce the fuels, taking away land from food production.
  • Fossil fuels are used in the production and transport of these “renewable” fuels. 
  • The transition to so-called renewable fuels impedes the urgent need for safer solutions of solar, wind and energy efficiency. 

 

(cc: Governor Tina Kotek, Oregon DEQ Director Leah Feldon, Members of the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Federal Delegation, the Board of Multnomah County Commissioners and the Metro Council.)
 


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Jay Harris

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Sep 23, 2025, 12:53:07 PM9/23/25
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Hi KNA folks,
Please let me know your thoughts on whether or not we should join onto this letter. …asap.
Many thanks!
Jay for KNA 

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Sep 23, 2025, 4:29:16 PM9/23/25
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As I recall we have supported this previously and signed on to a previous letter to the City Council. I do not recall any objections.
Cheers 
Jim 
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