April 28, 2026 Agenda

North Tabor Neighborhood Association Meeting Minutes

April 28, 2026

Location: Hybrid – Community of Christ Church (4837 NE Couch St) & Zoom https://zoom.us/j/99699816373

6:30pm – Welcome & Introductions

Board Members:

Name

Role

Present

Ross Hiner

Chair

y

Adam Sparks

Vice Chair

y

Gail Morris

Treasurer

y

Amanda Sparks

Secretary

y

Sarah Mongue

Board member

n

Lisa Maddocks

Board member

n

Austin Davis

Board member

y

Neighbors:

Name

Kevin & Amber

Kyle

Martha McMurry

Guests:

6:35pm – Administrative

6:45pm – Open Floor Topics

Topic Name:

  • Yard Sale & Neighborhood Cleanup hotwash
  • 56 sales. 10,896 views on the map, add photos to the website
  • Good feedback from participants!
  • Neighborhood Cleanup
  • New Yard Signs!
  • 20 ordered and delivered.  6 remain of initial order. Budget to order more if requested
  • Projector Procurement
  • No update yet
  • Community Bulletin Board
  • Reach out to Robert about placing the bulletin board in their yard – Adam to email Candice
  • Summer block parties
  • Kevin and Amber’s block party: Saturday June 13th, 3 bands and a dj, coffee and food vendor, flyer being finalized, Flanders 56th and 57th
  • Motion raised to sponsor portapotty for $150 – approved 7:09
  • Encourage hosting additional block parties along the greenway this summer – add to the website and include a link in the newsletter
  • Adopt a block-party flyer?
  • Ross to create a webpage for promoting block party guide
  • Mt Tabor Art Walk – will wait on Montavilla to partner with them in the future
  • District 3 Candidate Forum – call for volunteers, filling window ends August 25th  

7:35pm – Committee Reports

💰Treasurer’s Report

  • $2400 deposit (cash & checks) from Clean-up event
  • Ross to request GiveLively online donation info from SE Uplift

📫 Communications

  • 40+ people signed-up!
  • Please reach out if there is anything you would like to be added to the upcoming newsletters

🚎 Land Use & Transportation

🤝 Southeast Uplift:

7:15pm – Current Initiatives

  • The Creating an Edible Landscape workshop Thursday, April 30th 6-8:30 PM at Leikam Brewing
  • Website Refresh – Adam updated the styling on the wordpress site, continue to change the design to match the yard signs, automatically add the meeting mins to the website                    

7:25pm – Community Announcements

  • 7th Annual Rainbow Garden Plant Sale: Hello Gardners! Our 7th Annual Rainbow Garden Plant Sale returns on May 9th, 2026, 10:00am – 2:00pm in the North Tabor neighborhood. 106 NE 50th AVE Portland, OR 97214

Please follow our page Rainbow Garden at TomAli Ranch https://www.facebook.com/share/1LmCML2MUZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr for plant list announcements and to get the most current updates regarding the sale.

We’ll have a diverse selection of Heirloom veggies • Rare Tomatoes • Peppers • Herbs • Tomatillos.• PNW Native plants • Annual & Perennial flowers •  Medicinals • Pollinator favorites • Squash • Cucumbers • Hostas • Coleus • Succulents and more!

Full lists of plants coming very soon, including 40+ varieties of Tomatoes and 20+ varieties of Peppers!

All of our plants are started from seed in our greenhouse, with some varieties going through cold moist stratification (CMS) in early winter.

The seedlings are growing strong and healthy, and it’s always exciting to watch them take off! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be transplanting them into 4-inch pots while continuing to follow the same organic growing practices we’ve used in years past.

Our Plant Sale has become an extremely fun, family-friendly community event that we’ve become really attached to over the years. It’s such a great way to meet new gardening friends and neighbors in the community and it’s the perfect way to kick off your summer garden.

We love helping our community grow food, and we’re always happy to support and donate to our local nonprofit, Growing Gardens in SE Portland.

We are very excited to share another season of healthy, beautiful plants with you all. Hope to see you there!

  • May 5, 6pm – Virtual Budget Town Hall with District 3 Councilors:  Join SE Uplift and District 3 Councilors for an interactive 90-minute community conversation on Portland’s Fiscal Year 2026–27 budget. As city leaders work through tough budget choices, they want to hear what is most important to you that gets funded, and what you’d be okay with reducing to help balance the budget.
  • Mt. Tabor Art Walk – May 16-17

Follow-up items

Task

Next Steps

Assignees

Research projector options for in-person meetings, compare features and costs

Provide proposal by next meeting

Adam

Continue corresponding with District 3 counselors (Novik and Rommelaine's office) to confirm their participation in a spring/summer meeting or event and update the board/ Discord chat as responses are received.

Austin

Contact Robert about potentially relocating or reusing the existing community bulletin board in his yard and coordinate with others to help if approved.

Adam

Explore and potentially set up a Kanban board (e.g., Trello) for the group to track assignments and action items, and report back to the group.

Adam

Review the Metro grant fine print and confirm whether suggested donation amounts can be included on the cleanup event webpage; report back to Amanda.

Gail

Post information about the East Multnomah Edible Landscape Workshop on the website and conduct outreach about the event.

Amanda

Meeting ended at: 7:57pm

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