July 17, 2007 Minutes

Topic

Discussion

Recommendation/Action

Follow up

I.  Announcements

Next C.N.A. meeting at new location!

S.E. Precinct 4735 E Burnside St.

Community Room

7:00-8:30 P.M.  Tuesday August 21

Someone needs to alert newspapers, post sign on Shogren House door on August 21, and post on websites/list serves and call regulars who don’t have email.  

DyLynn will work on this and enlist help of Communications committee.

II.  Actions  

(Summarized below)

Approved Minutes

Approved New Meeting Location

Approved funds to print C.N.A. Board Cards

III.  Old Business:

A.  June Minutes

B.  Fred Meyer Update

-Stair Working Group?

-Contact with Director?

-Bike Parking

Old Business continued

C.  New Meeting Locale

D.  Shogren House

      -Preservation?

E.  Rosemont Bluff

      -Working Group

F.  Eastside Transit Plan

     -Richard Glenn Rep?

     – Update on start

G.  National Night Out?

     -Board visits events?

     -Center Commons

     -Center Pocket Area

     -S.E. Corner Area

     -Other Locations?

 Approved (all in favor).

No clear word on when the remodel project will be finished.  Estimates are mid to late September.

April and Lisa pointed out great examples of bike parking happening around the city and suggest Fred’s might do similar.

DyLynn reports AFSCME is not available; Juvenile Justice Center appears to be challenging due to security and Providence has not responded to inquire.  Approved motion to move meetings to S.E. Precinct (all in favor).

Shared update with Lee Perlman who has interest in writing about Shogren House predicament.

April again spoke of her commitment to seeing RB renovation without use of herbicides and several others support this idea, although group discussion reveals opinions vary on this topic.

Tabled until further info is available.  No updates have been put out recently.

Leslie D. spoke about and invited folks to attend NNO event in the “Center Pocket” and left flyers about August 11 event.

Post to web/list-serve and send to SEUL.

Robert will reconnect with Niko about “Stair working group” as well as the rep from Fred’s, Charles Mosley, whom, April reports, seems to respond better via email than phone.

Need to confirm dates/times available at Precinct and make announcements (see I above).

Robert gave Shogren contact info to Lee.

Next step is meeting of folks interested in doing the work on the Bluff and Parks/Rec people.

DyLynn proposed C.N.A. Board members attend NNO events and/or get brochures about NA to these events.  

DyLynn will post.

Robert reconnects with Niko, Fred’s.  

DyLynn will share bike-parking info with Fred’s.

DyLynn will follow-up with S.E. Precinct scheduling.

April will coordinate meeting with Louise Shorr (PDX Parks & Rec).

Robert will check with prior contacts to see if update available.

April & DyLynn will attend Center Pocket event.  DyLynn will contact other events with brochure offer.

IV. New Business

A. Monthly Mtgs. Topics

B.  Rosemont Bluff Picnic

C. Downspout Program

D.  C.N.A. Board Cards

Ideas for meeting topics include:  hosting the Judges; K-9 unit; Metro Recycling; Sullivan’s Gulch; Friends of Trees

Focus on “ice-cream social” and restoration efforts; further discussion tabled until August meeting.

Anne Peterson from Bureau of Environmental Services explained City’s Downspout Disconnect program, currently working through Center as well as the fundraising opportunity through this project.

Motion to reprint Board contact/business cards that had been used in past as approved.

Tentative Date:  Sunday 9-16-07

More info @ (503) 823-3086 or

Anne.Peterson@bes.ci.portland.or.us

www.portlandonline.com/downspoutdisconnect

Article for Fall newsletter.

Board members will send/call other ideas to Marsha.

Talk with Jessica who volunteered her shop’s services (figure out cost of ice cream, etc).

Marsha will follow-up if we decide to do fundraiser.

Someone write article.

DyLynn will work with neighbor, Tom, who volunteered to work on C.N.A. logo

V.  Ongoing Reports

A.  Treasurer

B.  Crime/S.E. Precinct

Checking:  $2385.51;

Money Market $3,799.23

Officer unavailable.

VI.  Standing Committees

A.  South East Uplift

     -Updates

B. Outreach/Connections

     -Commons Survey

C.  Providence/Trans.

     -Working Group

Committee Reports continued

D.  Land Use

     -Updates

E.  Communications

Shirley reports new board members joining SUEL with same officers in position as last year.  Linda Nettakoven will work with SEUL in a “…. memory” role…keeping the wheels turning rather than re-inventing them.

SEUL was given anonymous unrestricted $4000 grant and is seeking matching funds from neighborhoods within the coalition.

Commissioner Adams announced need for neighborhood reps on a transportation committee.

Many upcoming neighborhood events/fairs in S.E. Coalition of neighborhoods.

Shirley talked about the challenges being faced in organizing a tenant council at Center Commons and asked for a continued commitment from C.N.A. Board to continue efforts there, especially as CC’s holds a large population of under-represented citizens.

No one to report.

No one to report.  Robert mentioned nothing new showing up recently on SEUL’s weekly update.

Upcoming effort to get the email lists up and running and discussion of phone tree; website via SEUL; next newsletter; postcard announcements to neighborhood; and local newspaper submissions.

Robert suggests that SEUL write letter to all Coalition NA’s including suggested donation based on size of NA.

Shirley has contact info.

More info @ www.southeastuplift.org

Shirley continues to work on the survey and the Outreach Committee continues to support tenants in reconvening their rep council.

Check-in with Judy or Martha.

Shirley will request letter from SEUL.

Lisa G. expressed interest in working on that committee.

Outreach Committee meets 1st Tuesday of month, Center Commons Senior Bldg. 6:30-8:30P

Need to call these gals to follow-up.

Committee Meeting Friday, 7-20-07 7:00P

6325 N.E. Oregon St.