North Tabor Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 15th
Time: 6:30 – 8:00PM
Location: 4837 NE Couch St (Community of Christ Church)
Minutes taken by Stephanie Kaza
Meeting called to order at 6:36PM
Board Members present: Robert Jordan, Lisa Maddocks, Patty Lackaff, Chuck Tubens, Suzanne Gardner, Stephanie Kaza, Zach Michaud, and Keith Dechant
Board Members absent: Sarah Mongue, Sam Fuqua
Guest: Leah Fisher, SEUL staff
Quorum @ 6:30PM
I. Call to Order 6:33pm (Robert):
— Called to order 6:33pm, five community members attending
II. Approval of Agenda
— Lars motioned, Suzanne seconded; all approved
III. Introductions of board, SEUL staff
— benefits of NAs and roles of different board members
— intro to SEUL by Leah Fisher, NTNA staff rep and her role as Transpo/Land Use coordinator
IV. Request for concerns, questions from attendees
— sense that Portland is losing its soul through too many people, congestion
— comments on sessions with developers
V. Approval of September meeting minutes (Robert):
— Stephanie motioned to approve, Patty seconded; approved
VI. Treasurer Report/Clean-up Report (Patty):
— Patty reported that we added a deposit of $3067.46 from clean-up
— We spent $747 on flyer to advertise Oct meeting
— Currently we have $4786.05 in the bank
VII. SEUL report (Stephanie):
— new interim director for 4-6 months from non-profit resource organization
— search committee formed and coordinator hired to help with search
— presentation by PBOT on Division St project
— update from interim director on staff, budget, programming
VII. Land Use/Transportation Report (Lisa/Lars):
— no meeting last month
— meetings are generally very informative, important to attend
VIII. Communications Report (Keith):
— have submitted request to SEUL Rep to get our communication funds ($750)
— Leah mentioned this may be shifting to a grants-based approach for distributing funds
X. Request for Nominations
— Of current board members, all but Zach are willing to run for the board again (9 out of 10 re-upping)
— Josh Carey wants to run again
— Kim Casch willing and interested in communication, grant writing
— Jamie Nashe interested in Land Use/Transpo but lives in Montavilla
— Suzanne moved, Chuck seconded to approve new board (returning nine members plus Kim and Josh)
Adjourn
Zach motioned, Patty seconded to adjourn, all approved, 7:50pm.