North Tabor Neighborhood Association
General Meeting
Date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
Time: 6:30 – 8:30PM
Location: NorthStar Clubhouse 5600 NE Glisan St
Meeting called to order at 6:40PM
Quorum verified
Board Members present: Sarah Mongue, Cathy Riddell, Harmony Prinsen, Will Roberts, Gabe Freyne, Lars Kasch and Chuck Tubens
Neighbors and Guest: Matt Niley, Amanda Fisher, Jeanne Favini, Beverly Eubanks and Stuart Watson
Absent members: Josh Carey and Lisa Hersh
Quorum verified
- Intro to Board members and attendees
- Everyone introduced each other
- Review and Approval of Agenda
- Motioned to move Agenda item III. NorthStar presentation to January by Chuck Tubens. Sarah Mongue second the motion. All in favor.
- Motioned to move Agenda item IV. Liaison to Providence and JJC to January or February by Chuck Tubens. Sarah Mongue second motion. All in favor.
Chuck Tubens motioned to approve Agenda with above items removed. Cathy Riddell seconded motion. All approved.
III. Chestnut Court Tenants Union (51st and Stark St)
Amanda Fisher and Jeane Favini came to the meeting seeking support for the Chestnut Court Tenants Union at 51st and Stark St. With help from the Portland Tenants United, Chestnut Court renters created a Tenants Union to combat rent increase, along with a long list of needed repairs. The Court is family owed, but original owner has turned over management to his children, who have put in place a management company to collect payments and deal with repairs and complaints. So far this transition has only caused more issues with over charges and threats of eviction.
Chestnut Court Tenants Union is looking for support from NTNA. Amanda and Jeanne will draft letter of support for the board to vote on in the coming months.
IV. Grace Covenant Church
Pastor Beverly Eubanks came by to tell us about her church and the issues she has been dealing with a neighbor. The neighbor has been calling in minor repairs to the City and lodging complaints against Grace Covenant Church for over the last 6-9 months. Per the city inspector recommendations, Beverly contacted NTNA seeking support. Beverly has also contacted Resolutions Northwest to get a meeting between the church and the neighbor.
V. Resolutions Northwest – Stuart Watson
NW Resolutions is contracted thru ONI to provide the following services:
- Neighborhood Mediation Program
- Workshops on Restorative Justice
- Racial Awareness
- Group resolutions
All mediations are confidential including all conversations leading up to the mediation. Any contract that comes out of the mediation/resolution is public. Eighty percent of resolutions come to a voluntary agreement with a 95% satisfaction level.
Action item: Cathy Riddell will put a link to Resolutions Northwest on our web site for a resource.
VI. Select Bylaws Committee
- Matt Nicely and Sarah Mongue volunteered for the committee. Will ask for more committee members are next month's meeting.
Action item: Board needs to set up goals for the committee
VII. Update on SE Uplift General Meeting – Sam
- The last meeting was an orientation and new board members training. Similar to what we did as a board last month.
- A question about the old Cafe Au Play property (SEUL owns) – SEUL wants to get a tenant.
- Next Land Use and Transportation Meeting is 12/27/16 at New Heights Physical Therapy 6:30PM. Topic of discussion will be the development at 53rd and Couch St with the developer.
VIII. Communications Report
- Kim Kasch requested a letter of support for her grant application from NTNA.
- Lars Kasch moved to motion and Harmony Prinsen second the motion. Motion moved to vote – all yes.
Action item: Sarah will write up the letter and get this to Kim before the January 3rd grant deadline. Emailed to Kim Kasch on 12/27/2016.
- Newspaper update:
- Candace has looked into creating an LLC for the newspaper. That way the newspaper can sell advertisements and become self sufficient without hindering the NTNA Non-Profit status (if obtained). Need to discuss more about LLC in next month's meeting if possible.
- Candice Jordans also updated us on how much postage would be for the newspaper. If one section of the neighborhood can be delivered by volunteers, postage would be $811.23. We could use this opportunity for outreach to folks in the neighborhood. Great idea.
IX. Treasure Report
- Harmony finally got all the checks and paperwork from Max. Bank accounts got officially turned over to us on 12/21/2016. Josh Carey, Sarah Mongue and Harmony Prinsen are now on the accounts.
- Full report next month.
X. Approval of November Minutes
Will Roberts motioned to approve November minutes. Harmony Prinsen seconded motion. All approved.
Action item: Sarah Mongue will send minutes, sign in sheets and agenda to SEUL. Sarah will send PDF to Cathy for posting on web site.