North Tabor Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Time: 6:30 – 8:00PM
Location: Zoom Meeting
Meeting called to order at 6:36PM
Board Members present: Robert Jordan, Patty Lackaff, Keith Dechant, CJ Alicandro, Sarah Mongue, Stephanie Kaza, Ross Hiner, Jules Unger, Suzanne Gardner, Kim Kasch and Lisa Maddocks
Board Members absence: Lars Kasch
Guests: Robert Hertert
Quorum @ 6:36PM
I. Call to Order:
- 6:30PM
II. Introduction’s:
- Talked with new folks attending the meeting.
III. Approval of March Meeting Minutes:
- Robert motions and Kim Kasch seconds
- Ross Hiner abstained
- Approved with one abstaintion
IV. Approve Agenda:
- Sarah motions and Robert seconds
- All approved
V. Treasure Report (Patty):
- $3, 089.98 with Communications funds (need to spend these funds by 12.31.2021)
VI. Communications Report (Keith):
- Get items for the SE Examiner to Kim tonight and tomorrow morning
- Robert would like the AirB&B Trade Association group he belongs to, present on short term rentals.
- Robert also will look into getting the Cascadia Air folks back to present in the future.
- We can change the
- 60% open rate on this months newsletter
- Need to promote sign-up
- CJ got the YouTube channel going – meeting will be posted two days
VII. SEUL (Stephanie):
- New staff have joined the office
- Will start the process of recruitment of a new Director soon
- Trying really hard to recruit diverse folks for the board
- Joanne Hardesty is trying hard to figure out how the Neighborhood Associations are structured and operated.
VII. Land Use/Transportation (Lisa and Lars):
Notes from Lars Kasch:
Eric Engstrom of BPS ( Bureau of Planning and Sustainability) shared what BPS is doing with the issue of helping people transition from homelessness to temporary housing to hopefully, eventually permanent housing. Some of the things are:
· Establishing locations and codes for Open Shelters, tiny homes, and other forms of alternate housing
· City purchasing parking lots and converting to multiple dwelling communities
· Amending codes to provide for sanitation & water in these locations
I asked about two things:
1. What is the City doing about the messes such as NE 33rd, just south of Marine Drive. Cars, trailers, RVs parked along both sides, with garbage & refuge in large quantities. It looks like a garbage dump, literally.
REPLY: Two hurdles.
A) With COVID, they’ve been advised to not interact with these people
B) They will not force people to move unless they (City) have a place for them to legally move to.
2. Eric showed a map which all the reported homeless camps in Portland. Unbelievable number of dots on the map. So I asked if PBS has a sense of the problem in the Tri-county area. He said they’ve (Clackamas & Washington) reported the same problems, but the concentrations on homeless are higher in MultCo as MultCo provide services; I believe MultCo has the majority. I don’t recall having seen any homeless tents, let alone camps, along Hwy 26 and/or I-5, outside of MultCo.
One person, Doug, asked ” If people are taking advantage of all the City services, how far along the way are we to “Solving the crisis” (homelessness) ?. Eric said this will help, but the City is underfunded.
All the housing in the world is not the solution. The reality is that the homeless problem will never improve unless two things change.
1. Fund programs to help the vast majority of the homeless with overcoming substance abuse
2. Help them with all the mental help issues they’re suffering from
VIII. Presentation – Emergency Preparedness by Linda Bellerby
- Cascadia Subduction Zone – Ross Hiner
- North American Plate is moving West and Juan de Fuca Plate is moving East
- When these plates move against each other earthquakes happen – can be devastating
- Ghost Forest tell us that this has happened before
- Orphan Tsunami
- Underwater subterranean turbidites – mudslides
- North Tabor will feel a hard shaking of the ground – moderate damage
- Be 2 Weeks Ready
- Shake Alert system – https://www.shakealert.org/
Links for presentation:
“Getting Started with a Preparedness Plan”
https://www.fema.gov/media-collection/emergency-financial-first-aid-kit
Financial Prep: https://vimeo.com/394004143/82d6923058
Utility Shutoff: https://vimeo.com/387514489/779b94fbbd
Take 5 to Survive
https://www.take5tosurvive.com/
2 Weeks Ready
https://www.oregon.gov/oem/hazardsprep/Pages/2-Weeks-Ready.aspx
“Other Useful Resources”
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/
http://www.phlush.org/emergency-toilets/
http://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/preparedness
DGAMI Cascadia Earthquake Study:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/676691
http://www.redcross.org/prepareguide
- Organize what you have
- Put in a well protected area
- Don’t poach supplies – if you do, replace
- Review every 6 months
- Radio with batteries
- Organize your legal documents – FEMA has a Emergency Financial First Aid Kit
- ID – Passport, Driver License, Birth Certificates
- Wills, Trust
- Medical Information
- Household contacts
- Learn the utility basics
- Gas shut off – location
- Water shut off – location
- Adopt incremental approach acquiring supplies
- Take 5 to survive – helps you get organized and to develop a plan
- Two Weeks Ready
- Active Blocks
- Organize blocks/neighbors to assist each other when an emergency event occurs
- Identify who has special skills
- Identify neighbors who need special assistance
X. Community Conversation regarding local demonstrations
- More warning if things are going to result in protesting
- If protesting is going to happen, you can let the board know
- How to keep yourself safe in a protest or around a protest – CJ
- Sarah talked about the street racing that has been happening all around Portland. Starting at about 9-10PM most nights, there has been street racing on I84 and later around 11PM on Glisan. Please be safe when traveling late at night.
XI. Adjourn
- Stephanie adjourn, Lisa seconded
- All adjourned at 8:04PM
Tasks: see above bolded names