October 18, 2011 Minutes

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1. Introductions

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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.

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2. Willamette Pedestrian  Coalition

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Chloe of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition presented  and gathered input from North Tabor residents and  board in terms of pedestrian issues within the neighbor hood. There were points made about the need for  crosswalks along Glisan between 60th and 67th due to  frequent near miss situations and a fatality. Also need  for a crosswalk on Burnside for Mt. Tabor Middle School  students who are crossing below 60th.

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3. Removal of Board  

Member

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Ajai Huja made a motion to remove Shaun Sierren from  the NTNA Board as Shaun had not attended any Board  Meetings in 2011.

Jacob Wollner seconded the mo tion. The motion to remove Shaun  Sierren from the NTNA Board  passed unanimously.

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4. Board Meeting Fre quency and style

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Discussion was had over the idea of moving board  meetings to every other month or a different day of the  week, as well as the timing. Another idea to lighten the  meeting load was to exclude August and December  from the months of meeting. Additionally the idea of  having/inviting a speaker to each meeting was men tioned and the idea of committees meeting outside of  the board meetings as well as the idea of a neighbor hood social type of meeting that is not required and fea tures speakers.

Discuss at November NTNA Meet ing.

NTNA  

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November  2011 Meet ing.

5. WordPress Training for  North Tabor News

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John Morris’ offer to attend a PCC course on WordPress  in order to keep the North Tabor News up and running  was addressed and in terms of the question of reim bursement, Jacob Wollner made the motion to allow  NTNA to give John Morris $95 for the attendance fee.

Zach Michaud seconded the mo tion. The motion to give John Mor ris $95 for his attendance to the  PCC WordPress class passed un animously.

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6. Approve NTNA July, August, and September

2011 Minutes

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The July Draft Minutes as circulated by Moonrose Do herty were unable to be approved at the August 2011  NTNA meeting due to a lack of quorum therefore they  were due to be approved along with the August NTNA  

Draft Minutes as circulated by Zach Michaud at the Sep tember NTNA Meeting. However, a quorum was not  present at the September meeting either. Therefore  July, August, and September Minutes were approved at  this meeting with a motion from Zach Michaud and a  second from Jacob Wollner.

The July, August, and September  2011 NTNA Minutes were unanim ously approved.

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7. Treasury Business

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Ajai Huja made a motion to retroactively approve $750  spent on the North Tabor Equinox Fest and the $10  spent on coffee for the city and government representa tives that had a bike ride through the North Tabor  Neighborhood.

Jacob Wollner seconded the mo tion. The motion to the monies  spent passed unanimously.

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8. Providence Good Neigh bor Agreement Commit

tee Update

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Zach Michaud reported out on the NTNA-Laurelhurst  Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee  progress. The GNA with North Tabor and Laurelhurst  Neighborhoods’ input was returned with Providence’s  responses. All items added to the GNA by North Tabor  were rejected. Items of note: Providence will not back  down on the issue of removal of the cell phone tower  located on the roof of a building recently acquired nor  will Providence agree to no new cell towers being added  on their premises. Additionally Providence will not  agree to no new net gain of parking spaces as Provi dence continues to grow. Also the retail space occupied  by Elderplace will not be opened up as Providence is  opposed to supplying Elderplace with a space on the  Providence campus or working a space into the Master  Plan for Elderplace to occupy. The issue of failing to  have entrances facing Glisan or windows on buildings  facing Glisan so that a “blank wall” and “non-community  feel” are avoided was also rejected by Providence. In  light of the complete rejection of North Tabor Neighbor hood’s Good Neighbor Agreement components Jacob  Wollner made a motion for NTNA not to sign the NTNA LNA-Providence GNA as it stands with Providence’s  rejections. Moonrose Doherty seconded the motion.

The motion for NTNA not to sign  the NTNA-LNA-Providence GNA  as it stands with Providence’s re jections passed unanimously.

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9. Land-use Committee

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Alison Gavine will continue to represent land-use issues  on the Land-use committee and Zach Michaud and Gail  Morris will join the Land-use Committee and meet as a  committee on dates to be determined and as issues  warrant.

Status Update.

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10. SEUL Neighborhood  Small Grants

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Moonrose Doherty and Gail Morris have been working  on putting together a plan and proposal for the SEUL  Neighborhood small grants that are now available, with  a deadline to apply by November 1st, 2011. Moonrose  and Gail are working on a sustainability focused pro posal and suggested an application for telephone pole  neighborhood banners identifying North Tabor and would be placed along Glisan in conjunction with a  neighborhood recognition, health and safety fair. The  partner for the event would be Fred Meyer and a variety  of organizations would be invited in order to provide  resources to North Tabor residents about what is avail able to them in terms of resources, how to be healthy,  safe, and how to get engaged in the North Tabor com munity. Zach Michaud made the motion for NTNA to be  the applicant on the SEUL Small Grants Application be ing put together by Moonrose Doherty and Gail Morris.

Jacob Wollner seconded the mo tion. The motion for NTNA to be the  applicant on the SEUL Small  Grants Application being put to gether by Moonrose Doherty and  Gail Morris passed unanimously.

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11. NTNA General Elections and Committee Updates

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Ajai Huja resigned from the NTNA board as Treasurer  and SEUL representative. Cathy Riddell joined the  Communications Committee and will edit the North Ta bor News beginning with the Nov/Dec 2011 issue. Can dice Jordan will not be the editor of the North Tabor  News but is taking on the position of business manager.  Kristin Huja expressed desire to join the NTNA Board  and was nominated. Zach Michaud made the motion to  approve Kristin Huja as a NTNA Board Member.

Moonrose Doherty seconded the  motion. The motion to approve  Kristin Huja as a NTNA Board  

Member passed unanimously. All  present voted unanimously by  General Election to have Kristin  Huja as a NTNA Board Member.

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12. Future NTNA Sustaina bility Projects

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Possible projects to be undertaken by NTNA and/or the  Sustainability Committee were introduced by Moonrose  Doherty who listed a community mural, information  kiosk, community park space, walking group with map,  gardenshare program, neighborhood asset map, and  neighborhood history partnership with schools as plaus ible projects.

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13. NTNA Meeting Lawn  Signs

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The motion to use $230 for lawn signs that would an nounce the NTNA Monthly Meeting’s day of the week,  time, and location was made by Jacob Wollner.

Gail Morris seconded the motion.  The motion to use $230 for lawn  signs that would announce the  NTNA Monthly Meeting’s day of the  week, time, and location passed  unanimously.

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