June 20, 2023 Minutes

June 20, 2023 | 6:30 PM

4837 NE Couch Street – Community Church of Christ

  • 6:30 Welcome & Introductions.
  • 6:35 Call to Order – Board Meeting
  • BOARD MEMBER ATTENDANCE:

Kim Bandy

N

Kimbra Kasch

N

Lars Kasch

N

Lisa Maddocks

Y

Patty Lackaff

Y

Robert Jordan

Y

Ross Hiner

Y

Sarah Mongue

N

Suzanne Gardner

N
  • 4 of 10 board members present – No Quorum
  • Neighbors in Attendance:
  • Amber Staley
  • Kevin Staley
  • Cathy Monnin
  • Clarene Bottler
  • Tim Bottler
  • Gail Morris
  • 6:40 Review Agenda – Call for new business
  • 6:45 Community Brainstorming Recap from May
  • Block Parties
  • Aug 19 – Father’s Place Neighborhood Party
  • Event 10a-2p
  • Food will be served 11a-1p
  • In May, NTNA voted to be in partnership with Father’s House August Block Party in its effort to pursue donations and support for the event
  • Robert Jordan will be the NTNA Board liaison for this event.
  • NTNA will promote event in next e-newsletters
  • July 22 – 57th & Flanders Block Party
  • Event 1p-8p
  • Music 2p-7p (county, DJ, Grateful Dead tribute)
  • Organized by Amber and Kevin Staley
  • PBOT permit (free) issued to block Flanders street from 57th to 56th
  • 1 Food vender allowed in permit – TBD.
  • Noise variance permit ($116) from Portland BDS required for amplified music
  • NTNA board will discuss potential financial support in June Meeting
  • Neighbors encouraged to attend and bring games
  • Kevin will provide links and overview of the block party permit process to share with neighbors via website.
  • NTNA Banners
  • Existing banners installed 10+ years ago and in rough shape.
  • Uncertainty of the neighborhood associations with the city government transition and new council boundaries
  • Banner costs will be ~$30/each. Installation costs unknown.
  • Gail Morris will champion this effort.
  • Pursue more information for potential action in winter/spring 2024.
  • Other event ideas:
  • Run/Walk
  • Health Fair (combine with above?)
  • Pedalpalooza Neighborhood Ride
  • Ross to explore / champion
  • Plant Sale / Yard Sale
  • Potentially in the spring prior to the next clean up event.
  • Presentation ideas:  
  • PBOT / SEUL Transportation issues – Traffic/e-bike issues
  • Neighborhood Safety – Portland Police?
  • Disaster / Emergency Preparedness
  • September is national preparedness month.
  • Potential partners / presenters
  • Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET)
  • Bureau of Emergency Management
  • Robert & Ross to set up a brainstorming session to explore and plan a September general meeting
  • Need to create advertising flyers and promote NTNA at in-person summer events.
  • 7:00 Approval of May Minutes (Deferred to next meeting)
  • 7:00 Committee Reports
  • Treasurer’s Update (Patty)
  • Current NTNA account balance is $5,000+
  • Working to finalize accounting from the clean-up event
  • $5000 grant covered most of the event expenses
  • $3000+ in donation proceeds will be split with MTNA (~$1500 each)
  • In May, NTNA board voted to approve a $200 donation to Unity Spiritual Center for hosting. MTNA expected to do the same.
  • Patty plans to step down as treasurer at some point this summer.  
  • Land Use & Transportation (Lisa)
  • No update
  • Communications Update (Kimba)
  • No update.
  • Ross needs to meet with Kimbra to set up access and provide tutorials of the Mailchimp and WordPress tools.
  • SE Uplift Update (Kim)
  • June 5 SEUL Board meeting agenda largely focused on internal administrative elections and budgeting
  • The SEUL Civic Engagement Committee presented a Board Learning Topic on “The Portland Transition to Four City Council Districts.” The Board largely agreed that SEUL would support further discussion with community members to support awareness and facilitate opportunity to organize messaging back to the Independent District Commission
  • See Events List below for upcoming learning opportunities sponsored by SEUL that may be relevant to NTNA Board members
  • 7:25 New Business
  • None.
  • 7:25 Community Announcements
  • Fundraising Events Tue, June 27 | 4-5pm | Zoom | Register 
  • Foundation Outreach & Grant Writing, Corporate Giving  Tue, July 11 | 4-5pm | Zoom | Register 
  • Nonprofit Budgeting 101 Wed, June 28 | 6-7:30pm | Zoom | Register 

  • Finances 101 for Fiscally-Sponsored Organizations Thu, June 29 | 6-7:30pm | Zoom | Register 

  • See above.

  • 7:25 Other Discussion
  • Air quality issue near 63rd and Davis discussed.
  • New neighbor is using excessively using smoker (8 of 20 recent days).
  • Neighbor reached out to city DEQ, but no help/resolution.
  • Suggestion made to reachout to Multnomah County Health Department to report potential commercial food preparation activity in an unpermitted location.
  • 7:30 Meeting Adjourns
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