North Tabor Neighborhood General Meeting Agenda and Minutes
July 17, 2012 – 6:30pm-8:00pm
Emilie House: 5520 NE Glisan St., Portland, Oregon
Present – Voting Board Members
Moonrose Doherty – 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 neighbor
Dave Brunker North Tabor neighbor
Leanna Brunker North Tabor neighbor
Nancy Chan North Tabor neighbor
Sam Gollah North Tabor neighbor
Candice Jordan North Tabor neighbor, Communications Comm. chairman
Judy Kennedy North Tabor neighbor, member of Providence GNA committee, Providence standing committee ?? Mark Lysgaard North Tabor neighbor
Frank McCardle North Tabor neighbor
Lee Perlman Freelance writer, NE Portland resident
Jim Porter North Tabor neighbor
Cathy Riddell North Tabor neighbor, editor of North Tabor News
Shannan Stickler Manager of Emilie House
Not Present – Board Members
Christin Huja, Heidi Bierle
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1. Introductions and general discussion |
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6:30 pm Introductions were made and discussion was opened up about general news in the neighborhood. Shannan Stickler, the manager of Emilie House, talked about National Night Out on August 7. They invited North Tabor to join in with their celebration. |
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Gail Morris |
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6:50 pm Moonrose Doherty talked about East Multnomah Soil and Conservation District. Katie from that agency offered to have rainwater workshops about conservation projects in our neighborhood. Katie will come to the September 2012 meeting to discuss the workshops. Shannan Stickler said we were welcome to host the workshop at Emilie House. |
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Moonrose Doherty |
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7:00 pm Moonrose recapped the June 16 Neighborhood Fair for those who were not able to attend. Some attendees did not even know about the neighborhood fair. It was discussed that there is a great need for volunteer for this type of project in the future and we also need to have more signage and promotion. |
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Moonrose Doherty |
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4. Meeting brought to order |
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7:08 pm Jacob Wollner arrived at meeting and opened the meeting. The person originally to be first on the agenda was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts (Friends of Mt. Tabor Park) so discussion was continued about National Night Out. Also discussed was the Saturday, September 22 Equinox Party at NE 50th & Couch. |
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Jacob Wollner |
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5. Communications Committee Report |
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7:30 pm Candice Jordan spoke of the sustainability of the newsletter. She needs help getting advertisers for the newsletter and help delivering the newsletter to cut down on the postage costs; otherwise the newsletter is not going to sustain itself financially. It costs about $1300 total for mailing and printing each issue (every other month). The newsletter gets a subsidy of $275 from the NTNA General checking account if necessary and it has been necessary for the last few issues. Cathy Riddell spoke up about her need for help with articles and proofreaders and the need for content to come in a timely manner. The next deadine (for the September-October issue) is August 15. Sam Gollah volunteered to work with Candice in getting ads and he and Mark Lysgaard volunteered to help deliver papers next issue. Zach reported that Christin Huja would like to join the Communications Committee. |
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Candice Jordan Cathy Riddell Zach Michaud |
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6. Providence Good Neighborhood Agreement and Providence Standing Committee Report |
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7:50 pm Zach Michaud gave the Providence update. The date for the hearing for Providence’s Conditional Use Master Plan (CUMP) is now passed. The hearings office wrote out his findings for Providence’s 10-year Master Plan. He will request the set back on the new 47th & Glisan building be 27.5 feet instead of 10 feet. He denied the Sky Bridge. He is not changing any traffic or parking issues. The Good Neighbor Agreement of the last 10-year plan is now void. Two points brought up regarding the new plan : We will try to step up the Traffic Committee to address the neighborhood’s concerns regarding traffic & parking Providence needs to notify us more in advance for meetings |
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Zach Michaud |
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7. Voting on Minutes |
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8:00 pm Moonrose made a motion to approve the May and June minutes as emailed to all members. Zach seconded. Approval was unanimous |
May and June 2012 minutes Approved |
Moonrose Zach |
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8. Treasurers Report |
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8:03 pm Gail Morris reported that we still have not received our Communications Funds from SEUL. The balance after paying all expenses for the Community Fair in the checking account is $1,868.18. |
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Gail Morris |
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9. Donation to Mt. Tabor Middle School |
8:06pm |
Discussion about $50 donation to Mt. Tabor Middle School as a “thank you” for letting us use their parking lot for the neighborhood Cleanup. It was agreed to table discussion about it until the September meeting. |
Decision was tabled for the September meeting |
Moonrose Doherty |
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10. Membership |
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8:07 pm Discussion aboaut the need for new board members. At the October meeting will be voting on new Board members and officers |
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Zach Michaud |
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11. Equinox Party |
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8:08 pm Christin Huja has volunteered to chair the committee planning the Equinox Party set for Saturday, September 22. |
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Zach Michaud |
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10. Meeting adjourned |
8:10 pm |
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Jake Wollner |
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