North Tabor Neighborhood Association
Monthly Board Meeting
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, 6:30-8:30pm, 5600 NE Glisan
Board present:
Keith Mosman, chair
Terry Dublinski-Milton
Max Goldenkranz
Sam Fuqua
Joshua Carey
Cathy Riddell
Beth Sanders
Chuck Tubens
David Mosley
Michael Andersen
Board not present:
Devlyn Keith
Others present:
Matt Nicely
Mark Davis
Sarah Mongue
Roger Hughes
B Mos
Lars Kasch
(several others)
Minutes: Terry moved to approve revised July minutes, Max seconded. Unanimous.
Treasurer:
Max said our balance is $5160. Tonight we will write checks leaving us with $4103 (with some accounts receivable for a communications reimbursement from Southeast Uplift).
Of all neighborhood cleanups, there was one problem: Brooklyn had some lead-covered wood. Roseway Heights, Sellwood and others had a very successful cleanup.
Measure 97 – corporate tax ballot issue
Dale came to talk about Measure 97, the proposal to increase the corporate minimum tax on C-coporations doing business in Oregon and making $25 million a year or more in Oregon
sales. Oregon currently has the lowest corporate tax rate in the nation. 82% of funding is from corporations based out of state but generating some of their profits in-state.
We discussed the pros and cons of the proposal and Dale fielded questions. We took a straw poll; a bit more than half of the 23 people in the room said they'd vote for it personally based on what they know today, with several opposed and several undecided.
Michael moves to vote on NTNA endorsement; Cathy seconds. Vote: 7-3 in favor of endorsing. Transportation
Terry summarized a wide variety of transportation efforts related to our neighborhood by going through this memo:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3xdlXL8sAh3ZVpwOXRoS0tOaG4td2t0blNMNnRtdm9kSz Bn
Terry also summarized the executive committee agreement at the August land use/transportation committee meeting to endorse a letter also backed by the Laurelhurst and Rose City Park NAs that supported hard requirements on Providence to hit certain targets for reducing single-occupancy auto commuting. (Providence has previously agreed to these targets in theory but prefers them not to be binding; the city wants to make them binding as part of its comprehensive plan update.) Terry moved to approve, Max seconded: unanimous agreement.
Land use
Terry and Sam will go to a meeting with city representatives to discuss Terry's concept for preserving more housing structures and trees by allowing up to two units to be retrofitted onto existing 5,000-square-foot lots inside the 205 loop, as long as large trees are preserved, the main structure is preserved and quake-retrofitted, and as long as one of the new units is rented for less than market price.
Block party
Task force – Max, Sarah and Roger will plan the event itself. Theme: "Sweet and savory." Michael has a seven-foot piece of wood. Lars has sawhorses.
Beth moved to allocate a budget of up to $200 for block party food and supplies; Max seconded. Unanimous.
Communications
Beth said there are 200 yard signs in Devlyn's garage. Beth has set up a Google survey to let people request a yard sign. Part of the plan for promoting the block party is to make flyers and hang them on yard signs.
Sam and Chuck will make and distribute flyers for lawn signs for the block party. Joshua will do layout.
Currently aiming for Oct. 1 publication of new neighborhood newsletter.
The committee is excited about the paper.
It was agreed that ScribD is not currently a great way to distribute PDFs. For the forseeable future, they'll be uploaded directly to our website and linked from the blog.
The board agreed that the North Tabor Neighborhood "page" on Facebook should be renamed "North Tabor Neighborhood Association." The board unanimously agreed. There was some discussion about whether the North Tabor Neighborhood "group" on Facebook should also rename, for example to "North Tabor Neighborhood discussion" or something like that. The comms meeting on Tuesday will further discuss newsletter and Facebook issues.