North Tabor Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda
September 16, 2025
Location: Hybrid – Community of Christ Church (4837 NE Couch St) & Zoom https://zoom.us/j/99699816373
6:30pm – Welcome & Introductions
Board Members:
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Name |
Role |
Present |
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Kimbra Kasch |
Board member |
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Lars Kasch |
Board member |
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Lisa Maddocks |
Board member |
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Gail Morris |
Treasurer |
|
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Ross Hiner |
Chair |
Y |
|
Sarah Mongue |
Board member |
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Andrea Lehman |
Board member |
Y |
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Adam Sparks |
Vice Chair |
Y |
|
Amanda Sparks |
Secretary |
Y |
|
Pamala Rico |
Board member |
Y |
Neighbors:
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Name |
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Ginger Clarke |
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Guests:
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Name |
Role |
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6:35pm – Administrative
- 2025-05-20 NTNA Meeting Minutes
- 2025-07-20 NTNA Meeting Minutes
- 2025-08-19 NTNA Meeting Minutes NTNA Meeting Minutes
6:45pm – Open Floor Topics
Topic Name:
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Fernside Flea Market
- Event Overview
- Live Music, Vendors, Raffle
- Needs
- Tables and Chairs (looking at rentals)
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October Board Elections
- Board Nomination Form for 2025-26: https://forms.gle/uSoYGogcD3UHE7Lu9
7:30pm – Committee Reports
💰Treasurer’s Report
📫Communications
- Put Tréla Greek Kitchen quarterly music in newsletter
- Mailchimp Subscription Bill
- New Neighbor welcome packet
🚎Land Use & Transportation
🤝Southeast Uplift:
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www.portland.gov/budget/
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PBOT 3 wishes from communities
- Community Small Grants program available, open till Nov 2nd
- Up to 3k that build community and build civic engagement
- Help session on October 5th at 7 and 22nd at 6
- Hosting welcoming week event 12-4 on 20th
- Resource fair, immigrant stories
- Farmers markets on saturdays 12-4 ongoing
- Vision 0 going to city counsel with action plan on sept 17th
- Go walk with counsel members at laurelhurst park
- City of portland 2045 vision plus transportation plan survey out till october 1st
- Tell them what you’d like to see the transportation system look like
- https://www.portland.gov/transportation/2045tsp-committee/2045tsp/2045-tsp-vison-and-goals-survey
7:45pm – Current Initiatives
- Write grant to create park layout on Park on 49th / glisan
- Get some kind of plan for the park layout
- Terraced community garden beds
- Large steps that could double as an amphitheatre at bottom
- Get buy in of pbot, providence, surrounding neighbors for a block or 2
7:45pm – Community Announcements
- https://www.kgw.com/article/life/animals/swift-watch-birds-take-new-roosts-chapman-elementary-greek-orthodox-cathedral/283-63e32b4f-9990-49eb-a2df-f7de3a39c464
- https://www.portlandgreekfestival.com/ – October 3-5, 2025
- UN International Day of peace Sept 21st 2-5pm on Hawthorne between 50th – 51st
Follow-up items
|
Task |
Next Steps |
Assignees |
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Add October Board Elections to newsletter |
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Amanda |
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Trela Greek Kitchen Quarterly Music in newsletter |
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Amanda |
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Put fernside flea on calendar |
|
Ross |
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Create sharable google doc for 2045 plan to collect ideas from neighborhood with 1 week deadline Share in Discord & newsletter |
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Adam & Amanda |
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Work on new Neighbor welcome packet |
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Pam & Amanda |
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Community Small Grant for flea market 2026 / Holiday Bazaar |
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Pam |
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Ask leikam how much they would typically charge for flea market style event |
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Amanda |
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Reach out to Portland Parks Foundation Connection for advice on getting park initiative started |
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Ross |
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Meeting ended at 8:06