July 19, 2011 Minutes – North Tabor Neighborhood Association

North Tabor Neighborhood Meeting Agenda and Minutes

July 19th, 2011 – 6:30-8:30pm

Emilie House

Present – Voting Board Members

Moonrose Doherty – Secretary & Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee

Ajai Huja – Treasurer & Southeast Up-Lift (SEUL Rep)

Zach Michaud – Chair & Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee

Gail Morris – Board Member-at-Large

Jacob Wollner – Vice Chair & Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee

Present – Others

Larry Bednar – North Tabor Resident

Josephine Cooper – North Tabor Resident

Chris Gates – North Tabor Resident

Alison Gavine – North Tabor Resident & Land Use Committee Member

Chris Gilbert – North Tabor Resident

Sherry Heying – North Tabor Resident

Candice Jordan – Editor and Publisher of North Tabor News & Member of By-Laws Committee and Communications Committee Lori Kennedy – North Tabor Resident

Monique Mos – North Tabor Resident

Lee Perlman – Hollywood Resident & Freelance Writer

Cathy Riddell – North Tabor Resident & Land Use Committee Member

Daryl Summers – North Tabor Resident

Officer Chris Gilbert – Portland Police Department Officer

Rudy – Laurelhurst Club

Not Present – Board Members

Shaun Sierren – Board Member-at-Large & Member of By-Laws Committee

Jessica Stevens – Board Member-at-Large & Member of Land Use Committee

Not Present – Neighborhood Committees

Judy Kennedy – North Tabor Resident & Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee

Martha Westgate – Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee

Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
1. Introductions	10	The NTNA meeting began at 7:00pm but opened up for a social period from 6:30pm to 7:00pm. All NTNA board members and others present introduced themselves.	NA.	NA.	NA.

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Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
2. Neighborhood Crime and Safety	20	Officer Chris Gilbert of the Portland Police De partment gave a monthly crime and safety re port and pointed out catalytic converters being stolen are on the rise and especially from Toyo ta pickup trucks. He pointed out possible ways to recognize thefts taking place, such as a per son working underneath a vehicle when it is parked in the street or a parking lot.	Status Up-date.	NA.	NA.
3. Neighborhood Feedback Forms	15	Candice Jordan gave away the 5 prizes do nated by local businesses to five lucky people out of the many that turned in their neighbor hood feedback forms. Gail Morris had the forms printed in the July North Tabor News is sue in order to gauge community values on neighborhood issues and gain participation at the meetings and in the community on projects or just input.	NA.	NA.	NA.
4. Block Party project	15	The neighborhood block party style community involvement event that Ajai Huja is organizing and would ideally be advertised in the SE Ex aminer as well as the next North Tabor News August issue will be potentially set for a Sep tember 17th weekend date. Ajai would like to continue to head this project, but mentioned that he needs help in contacting musicians, getting food donations, setting the spot/location, and general organizing duties. A sign-up list was passed around and many people signed up to help. There will be an or ganizing meeting and Ajai will send out e-mail.	NA.	NA.	NA.

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Agenda Item

Time

Discussion

Action

Who?

When?

5. Providence Good Neighbor Agree

ment Committee

Update

Zach Michaud reported out on the NTNA Laurelhurst Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee progress. Providence will not back down on the issue of removal of the cell phone tower located on the roof of a building recently acquired. The NTNA-LNA Providence GNA Committee would like to add verbiage that Providence can agree to, which states that no new cell towers will be added. The committee would also like to make sure that no new net gain of parking spaces hap pens as Providence continues to grow and that a focus on public transportation, bicycling, and alternative modes of transportation happens. .

Status Up-date.

NA.

6. NTNA Land Use Committee

Alison Gavine of the Land Use Committee re ported out on the recent activity in regards to Jackson’s and settling on a finalized GNA. The Land Use committee and the board have re viewed the Jackson’s updates to the proposed GNA, which included many negations of cer tain liquor-selling criteria that North Tabor had asked for. NTNA must now respond to the up dated GNA which no longer includes those liq uor-selling criteria. Writing to Jacksons will be taken care of through communication with Ka therine Anderson's office, who is facilitating the GNA with Jacksons.

Jacob Wollner made a mo tion to oppose the liquor li cense proposal by Jackson’s as the current proposed GNA does not include the liquor selling criteria that NTNA had requested.

Ajai Huja seconded the mo tion. The motion passed un animously.

Alison and Cathy

agreed to write letters to all establishments in our neigh borhood

holding current liquor li

censes to ask them to meet with us to sign GNA's.

NA.

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Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
7. NTNA Farmer’s Markets Tabling.	20	Zach Michaud would like to see NTNA represented at the Farmer’s Markets and sug gested tabling at Montavilla and Hollywood. Moonrose Doherty had suggested a fun and engaging game to boost identity of North Ta bor: the “know your neighborhood” game. She will explore building a game that can be present at the tabling events. Zach will organ ize for the tabling to happen.	NA.	NA.	NA.
8. Community Build ing Ideas.	20	Zach Michaud brought up the community build ing ideas that NTNA would like to work on (such as a Walking Group through the NTNA and a community hub –a space that is despe rately needed in the neighborhood as there is none.) Alison Gavine mentioned canvassing as a way to engage neighbors and get the word out that we have many projects that we are working on and would like to have North Tabor residents join us on. Moonrose Doherty would like to incorporate the Walking Group and Community Hub concepts into the overall proposal for the grant, as well as the Booklet and Kiosk-Park concepts. The Community Building Concepts will be discussed at the Block Party Planning Meeting so that they can be presented at the Neighborhood Block Party.	NA.	NA.	NA.
9. Laurelhurst Club.	10	Rudy from the Laurelhurst Club which is a dance club proposed putting their link on the NTNA website and connecting with the fun dance activities that the club has to offer and exploring their club as a means for community building.	NA.	NA.	NA.
10. Approve NTNA June 2011 Minutes	5	Jacob Wollner made a motion that the June 2011 NTNA Minutes as drafted and circulated be approved.	Gail Morris seconded the motion. Motion passed un animously.	NA.	NA.

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