March 20, 2012 Minutes – North Tabor Neighborhood Association

North Tabor Neighborhood Meeting Agenda and Minutes

March 20, 2012 – 6:30pm-8:00pm

Emilie House: 5520 NE Glisan St., Portland, Oregon

Present – Voting Board Members

Heidi Beierle – Board Member-at-Large & Land Use, Clean-Up and Communications Committees

Moonrose Doherty – Secretary and Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee

Zach Michaud – Chair and Interim Southeast Uplift (SEUL) Representative and Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee Gail Morris – Treasurer and Member of the Land Use and Sustainability Committees

Jacob Wollner – Vice Chair and Member of the Sustainability Committee

Present – Others

Dula Baker, North Tabor resident

Kim Cottrell, Laurelhurst resident

Guy Fielding, North Tabor resident

Gabe Frayne, North Tabor resident

Bill Hamilton, Laurelhurst resident

Bob Hartman, (Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer’s office)

Andrew Hunt, North Tabor resident

Candice Jordan – Business Manager of North Tabor News and Member of By-Laws, Communications, and Sustainability Committees Judy Kennedy – North Tabor Resident & Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee

Avis McHugh – North Tabor Resident, North Tabor Identity Project Committee

John Morris – North Tabor Resident, Communications Committee

Ken Naffziger & Kristen Siefkin, North Tabor business owners (Tabor Tavern)

Lee Perlman – Freelance Writer/NE Portland Resident

Cathy Riddell – North Tabor News Editor & Member of Communications and Land Use Committees

Ryan Sexton, Laurelhurst resident

Tina Thomas, North Tabor resident and business owner

Not Present – Board Members

Kristin Huja

Not Present – Neighborhood Committees

Alison Gavine – North Tabor Resident and Member of Land Use Committee

Martha Westgate – Member of Providence Good Neighbor Agreement Committee

Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
1. Introductions	5	The NTNA meeting began at 6:50pm but opened up for a social period from 6:30pm to 6:50pm. All NTNA board members and others present introduced themselves.	NA.	NA.	NA.

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Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
2. Approve NTNA Febru ary 2012 Minutes	3	Zach Michaud suggested that we forego approval of last month’s minutes as there was not a quorum present yet. Zach also talked about the need for someone to step forward to take over the posi tion of Secretary as Moonrose Doherty tendered her resignation for that position. He said he could take the minutes after his term as Chairman expires.		Zach Michaud	?
3. Neighborhood Proce dures and Open Meet ings	10	Zach reported on the meeting he attended put on by the Office of Neighborhood Involvement concerning roles and procedures of members of Neighborhood Associations. He got some great in formation that he will share at a later time.	.
4. Laurelhurst Good Neighbor Agreement	10	Zach Michaud reported on the Providence Good Neighbor Agreement meeting between representatives of Laurelhurst’s and North Tabor’s committees. There was discussion from neighbors regarding the meeting that some members attended in February between Providence and the neighbors about their Master Plan. Kim Cottrell reported that there will be a walk-through of the neighborhood starting at NE 47th & Glisan on April 25 at 5:00 pm.	NA.	NA.	NA.
5. Treasurer Report	5	Gail Morris presented the Treasurer Report which showed a be ginning balance of $2172.89 and ending balance of $1451.79 in the Checking Account. Moonrose Doherty mentioned that we can expect a large amount to be deposited in the account after the neighborhood cleanup, our only fundraiser for the year. Gail also reported on the Financial Procedures document that she prepared from the copy Zach picked up at the ONI meeting he attended in February.	NA.	Gail Morris	NA.
6. North Tabor Identity Project – Mural Project	5	Gail Morris reported on the Mural Project. The Mural Project committee met with a prospective muralist at the Laurelhurst Café (across from the proposed wall for the mural). In attendance at that meeting were: Candice Jordan, Kristin Huja, Gail Morris, Ra chel Oleson (muralist) and Gillian Brimberry (neighbor). The mu ralist listened to ideas and made some suggestions. It was de cided not to rush the grant application for this project but wait and get more feedback from the community and apply for the grant later. In the meantime we would solicit more neighborhood “part ners” for the project and perhaps have a booth at the June 16 Health and Safety Fair.	NA.	Gail Morris, Kristin Huja Candice Jordan

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Agenda Item	Time	Discussion	Action	Who?	When?
7. North Tabor Identity Project – Pole Banner Project and Health and Safety Fair	5	Gail Morris reported that so far we have received only one actual design. Three other people have expressed interest but have not submitted their designs yet. There was discussion about the pro ject. Moonrose Doherty talked about the need for lots of volunteers to make the Fair a success. She made a sign-up sheet for volun teers	NA.	Moonrose Doherty and Gail Morris head the North Tabor Identity Pro ject commit tee.	Banners order by late April, Event/Fair on June 16, 2012.
8. SE Precinct Crime up date	3	Chris Gilbert of the SE Precinct gave an update and passed around a sheet showing crime statistics in North Tabor Neighbor hood.	NA.	NA.	NA.
9. Approval of the Febru ary minutes	3	As we now had all members of the Board present, Zach made a motion to go approve the February minutes.	Move was seconded by Heidi Bierle
10. General Discussion	5	Discussion about creating a flier to promote the clean-up and banner contest that would be hand-delivered by neighborhood volunteers around April 10th. Kristin Siefkin from the Tabor Tavern said they could sponsor $100 worth of printing costs for the flier. Heidi moved we support design of a half-page flier to promote both events. Gail agreed to design the flier.	Move seconded by Jacob Wollner
11.		Discussion about SEUL’s recognition event on May 1 and took nominations for the Sprout award from the group. Zach, Moon rose, Ken Bereilles and Adam Kohl of Outgrowing Hunger were discussed as possible nominees. After more discussion, Zach nominated Ken of the Laurelhurst Café and the group voted to recognize Ken with the Award. Heidi agreed to write the haiku and deliver the nomination to Ashe Urban at SouthEast Uplift by Monday, March 26.
12.		Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM by Zach.

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