Weekend Diversion: Wyoming Time Lapse Video

Video is HERE and embedded below: 

Wyoming Wildscapes II from Nicolaus Wegner on Vimeo.
 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

OHCS Presentation on Reorg and Human Services and Housing Connections.

PDF of presentation before Joint Ways and Means Committee is HERE.  Web page for hearing is HERE (also includes background material for bill to fund veterans housing via additional document recording fee; that portion of hearing is not in the video).

Video of presentation and questioning is HERE and embedded below.


Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog. 

Weekend Diversion: New Zealand Time Lapse Video.

Embed below , direct URL is HERE. Best viewed in HD, full screen.
New Zealand Landscapes Timelapse Volume Two from Bevan Percival on Vimeo.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Update: Video+Audio: LO Foothills Framework Plan Inches Forward, No Changes to Affordable Housing Action Plan Items.

Update: I have added a smaller MP3 Audio File (88 MB's) in a new Internet Archive web page HERE. You can listen online or download this file from this web page.
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Local Oregonian reporter story is HERE.

MS Word notes of my oral testimony provided to Council at meeting are HERE.

Council did not adopt any of my recommendations for changes/ additions to affordable housing Framework plan action items. My point about significant projected increases in land costs providing a potential source of private funding for affordable housing seemed to be lost on the Council, but I will continue to follow up on that issue, along with my other recommendations.

Extended 30 minute affordable housing discussion focused on costs of affordable housing, what "is" affordable housing, and consultant view that building TIF funding would take 10 years and require local political will/decision on what role LO wanted to play in providing affordable housing. (No discussion about Metro/state/federal legal obligations for doing so). Was some acknowledgement that "incremental" affordable housing actions could be taken before year 10. By far this was longest affordable housing discussion at City Council since 2005 Housing Task Force.

Video
I created a Iphone/Apple compatible video of entire 2 hour Foothills City Council discussion and posted it on the Internet Archive HERE. My short testimony occurs at 30:30 into video and a 30 minute plus affordable housing discussion starts at 1:03:30 into video. 

Video file can be viewed online or downloaded, but if you download, note that file is VERY large at 700 MB's. (On line viewing of video takes a moment or two to start. File loaded readily using Internet Explorer or Chrome browsers but I had some difficulty in getting it to load for online viewing using Firefox or Safari).

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Weekend Diversion: Crowded House, Don’t Dream It’s Over.

Direct URL is HERE; embedded below: 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Lake Oswego Foothills Streaming Video now Posted; My Timeline for Key Affordable Housing Discussion Items.

Streaming video of April 24, 2012 Lake Oswego City Council meeting that included Foothills redevelopment (and affordable housing) is available on line HERE: 
mms://208.71.205.11/TRMSVOD/8185-1LOCC042412.wmv


[If link about does not work when you click, copy and paste URL link into your browser to open the video file]

Foothills portion runs for 1 hours 59 minutes; entire video is 3 hours and 43 minutes.

Affordable Housing Key Bits and Video Start Times
My quick bullet descriptions below have start times when key affordable housing discussion items began (times are from start of video in hours:minutes:seconds). Use slider at bottom of your media player to advance to start time shown. 


Combined together, the affordable housing discussions are probably in 10-15 minute range. 

I encourage you to watch/listen for yourself instead of relying just on my quick bullet descriptions below.

00:21:40+ Mayor Hoffman asks about feasibility of regional funding included as funding source.

00:29:55+ Councilwoman Mocreif asks whether federal funding for transportation has affordable housing requirements. LO Economic Development Director Williams says generally no....

00:31:30+ ...Councilwoman Jordan adds that social equity is now a key element for federal funding and including affordable housing may be a step toward getting funding in a competitive process.  She also indicates she was surprised to learn that policy requiring affordable housing in urban renewal areas has not been implemented and says that city needs to determine how they are going to incorporate affordable housing if proposal moves forward. 

00:58:20+ Councilwoman Olsen returns to affordable housing discussion and asks for WDW response about inclusion of affordable housing; LO Economic Development Director Williams indicates that up to now LO has provided no policy guidance to developer and there is no affordable housing requirement in existing predevelopment agreement, developer has indicated they would look at affordable housing if city adopts as policy; CouncilmanTierney indicates there are two things that need to be included in refinement of direction if proposal moves forward: affordable housing and small office space with increased parking; WDW offers view of cost of Block 49 housing financing in Portland.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

YouTube Time Lapse Video of 30 Story Chinese Hotel Built in 360 Hours.

Not sure about indoor look and feel or long term quality, but equivalent of 15 days to construct IS impressive. 

Direct URL is HERE.

Off Topic: Ho Chi Minh City Traffic, Time Lapse Video.

Very cool, Vimeo link HERE and embedded below (As always, full screen HD recommended): 

Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Housing Matters Videos Now Up.

From recent MacArthur Foundation/HUD sponsored conference, seven YouTube videos are posted HERE.

Example: Housing as a Platform for Health video is HERE and embedded below



Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Off Topic Video:Jack O' Lantern 2.0

NPR Science Friday link is HERE, embed is below:

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

New Federal "Performance" Website Up: Video of Donovan on Using Goals to Foster Peformance Improvements.

In conjunction with new "Performance" website from the Administration HERE, a video page with HUD Secretary Donovan talking about goals is HERE; his video is also embedded below and can be downloaded from video page.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Weekend Diversion: Music Video, I Saw the Light.

Direct YouTube URL is HERE, embed is below:

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Off Topic: Get Your Monday Morning Mellow On--San Francisco Time Lapse.

Direct link to Vimeo hosted video is HERE and embedded below, recommend you play in HD, full screen. 

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Diversion: Milky Way+Time Lapse Video WOW.

Photography from Terje Sorgjerd is astounding; music serviceable, but not outstanding. Highly, Highly recommended.

Link to 3 minute video on Vimeo is HERE; video also embedded below. As always choose HD and full screen for best effect.   (Watch in room with lights out; beverage of your choice will only add to enjoyment). 

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Senator Jeff Merkley on "Paving the Way to a Healthy Housing Market"

From Conference yesterday, Courtesy of New American Foundation and the National Conference of La Raza; includes outline and video of Merkley remarks. 

YouTube video is HERE and embedded below: 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Video of Signing of 1968 Civil Rights Act.

Fair Housing Provisions are in Title VII of this Act. Wikipedia summary of Act is HERE.

Posted to Internet Archive HERE, and embedded below.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Diversion: Stunning Northern Lights Video

Best time lapse I have ever seen of Northern Lights; music, so so.

Link HERE and video embedded below, as always go HD, full screen for best quality:

In The Land Of The Northern Lights from Ole Christian Salomonsen on Vimeo.



Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Diversion: Aurora Borealis via Airplane, San Francisco to Paris.

Been a while since I added one of these, nice 2 minute time lapse video on Vimeo HERE, and embedded below. (As always hit the expand icon to see full screen).

SF to Paris in Two Minutes from Beep Show on Vimeo.



Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Video and Audio Posting of Metro Adoption of Capacity Ordinance, December 16, 2010.

I have posted to the Internet Archive both video and audio of the portion of the Portland Metro Council meeting of December 16, 2010 that relates to adoption of the Capacity Ordinance. File includes discussion of the adopted amendment to defer action on the Title II affordable housing provisions that would apply to urban growth areas. 

Video is HERE, Audio is HERE, both can be watched on line OR downloaded to your PC. [Caution, video download is  400+MB's and audio is 100+ MB's].

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Weekend Diversion: Little Drummer Boy.

Link is HERE, embed is below:

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly from Will Ferrell

Originally posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.