Interested in helping improve neighborhood livability while supporting special events? Apply to serve on the Noise Review Board
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Purposes and roles of the Noise Review Board
The Noise Review Board is unique in the United States in offering residents and the business community opportunities to help set the City of Portland's policies related to the environmental issue of noise pollution.
The Noise Review Board works to improve neighborhood livability by striking a balance between sound-generating activities related to construction and special events, and the desire for livable communities. The board reviews applications for noise variances for events and construction that may impact a lot of people or take place over a significant period of time. It also addresses emerging noise problems in the community.
As part of the board, you will also be responsible for working with the Noise Program to advise and make recommendations to the Portland City Council on sound-related code and policy decisions.
Please share this information with anyone in your network who might be interested in serving as a volunteer board member and supporting our work.
Eligibility
To be eligible to serve on the Noise Review Board, members must live, play, worship, work, or do business in the City of Portland.
The Noise Review Board is comprised of five members: three community member-at-large positions, a representative from the construction industry, and a professional in the field of acoustics. Volunteers serve on the Noise Review Board for three-year terms and may serve a maximum of two terms.
The City of Portland seeks one community member-at-large to serve on the Noise Review Board.
Applications received from individuals who are not chosen through this recruitment will be retained for consideration for future openings.
Desired attributes
The Bureau of Development Services is at a point of significant transformation as it expands how it interacts with and provides services to the public, with a shift to more online and remote services becoming available. It is critically important to have people of color at the table, providing their advice, perspectives and feedback on the new ways the bureau and its partner bureaus provide information to the public about existing regulations and provide development review, permitting, and enforcement services to the community.
We need systems, processes and services that work for people of color. If you want to help noise review and enforcement better serve communities of color, we want to see your application.
- You believe government is better when community is involved.
- You have an interest in effective, equitable noise review policies, processes, and outcomes.
- You are an advocate for racial equity: you want positive and long-lasting outcomes for racial and ethnic communities who have been left out before. You can bring discussion about racial and ethnic communities who need it the most.
- You believe in the value of public participation in government processes.
- You can work collaboratively and effectively with people representing diverse interests.
- You are available to attend all meetings and participate in the discussions.