East Portland Neighborhood Organization Wednesday, April 6, 2011; 7:00 - 9:00 PM
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East Portland Neighborhood Organization Wednesday, April 6, 2011; 7:00 - 9:00 PM East Portland Neighborhood Office 1017 NE 117th Avenue Chaired By: Mill Park Neighborhood Association 7:00 Welcome and Introductions – RoseMarie Opp, Mill Park Neighborhood Association Chair 1017 NE 117th Avenue Portland, OR 97220 503-823-4550 7:05 Neighborhood Updates – 2 minutes/ neighborhood [email protected] www.epno.org (Current activities or issues being worked on by the neighborhood association.) Business Meeting Time Item Presenter Action Reference 7:25 Notes, Budget, and Agenda Review Richard Bixby Decision Pgs 3-7 7:30 Sunday Parkways – May 22 Linda Ginenthal Discussion Page 8 Approval of Neighborhood Small 7:40 David Ashton Decision Grants Selection Committee EPNO Budget, Work Plan, & 7:50 Richard Bixby Discussion Pgs 9-13 Staffing for 2011-12 8:30 New/Unfinished Business 8:20 EPNO Reports – Written and submitted in advance, if possible East Portland Neighbors – Ray Hites – Page 14 East Parks Coalition – Alesia Reese – Web Attachment Land Use Committee – Linda Bauer – Pages 15-16 Crime Prevention - Web Attachment Other Reports – Written and submitted in advance, if possible Coalition Chairs & Directors – Richard Bixby – Page 2 ONI Bureau Advisory Committee – Tom Lewis – Citywide Land Use – Bonny McKnight East Portland Action Plan – Arlene Kimura – Web Attachment Announcements 9:00 Adjournment East Portland Neighborhood Office Director’s Report March 29, 2011 EPNO Budget Due to the vacant position, I am expecting a budget surplus this year. I have been working on hiring, the Web Assistant will be hired as soon as possible, and the recruitment process is starting for Community Involvement Assistant. I am planning on purchasing a PA system that can be checked out for community events and large meetings. I am also thinking of purchasing three laptops that could be used for web trainings or checked out for use at neighborhood meetings. These would not be City-spec laptops, but would be intended for community members to use. EPNO Work Plan, Budget, & Staffing Plan for FY 2011-12 Included in the packet is an initial budget for next year. The Mayor’s budget isn’t out yet, so we don’t have even soft numbers for next year yet. We are not expecting any cuts, so I have just carried over this year’s amounts to next year. The changes reflect the changes in staffing. The Work Plan strategies and activities are included. I have updated them for next year but haven’t made many changes. Your suggestions are welcome. This may shift some as new staff is hired. Included is a brief plan for staffing for next fiscal year. I think the change in staffing provides an opportunity to make the program more flexible and effective. The idea behind the plan is to allow more flexibility in how staff can respond to neighborhood association needs. The new staff will be able to be at your meetings, and help with what is needed, rather than provide a specific service. The recruitment process is just starting, so I would appreciate your ideas about skills and interests that would be desirable for the new staff. Coalition Chairs & Directors ONI is considering organizing a more informal neighborhood association gathering in May, with a more formal neighborhood summit in the fall. A discussion of better connecting schools with neighborhoods was held with Kali from the Mayor’s office. It was pointed out that schools and neighborhoods do connect when there are partnerships that make sense. Kali will follow-up for more information. ONI Bureau Advisory Committee The main focus of the discussion this month was on the Crime Prevention proposal for the central office. I have included the information coming out of the meeting in the Crime Prevention packet. EPNO-ONI 2010-2015 Memo of Agreement I am looking for a few more signatures on the MOA. EPNO Meeting Process To signal that you would like to speak, turn your nametag on end, wait to be recognized by the Chair, and return nametag to normal position when finished speaking. To signal a ground rule or meeting process error has occurred, raise the red card; discussion should immediately stop, explain the problem, then discussion can resume. If there is a dispute about the problem, there may need to be a short discussion about the process. Richard Bixby Page 2 of 20 East Portland Neighborhood Organization Meeting Wednesday, March 2, 2011; 7:03 – 9:00 PM East Portland Neighborhood Office, 1017 NE 117th Ave Meeting Chair: Tom Lewis Attendees: Tom Lewis John Prochovnic Brenda McSweeney Arlene Kimura Judy Welch Nick Christensen Linda Bauer Mark White Bonny McKnight Alice Blatt Alesia Reese Richard Bixby David Hampsten Eliza Lindsay Amanda Fritz No representatives from Mill Park, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights Neighborhood Association Updates Discussion: Mark White – Flexible funds have been allocated for sidewalk improvements between Holgate & Ramona; Working on improvements to Powell Boulevard; Sunday Parkways will not be with East Portland Exposition this year. Bonny McKnight – March meeting will have Commissioner Leonard talk about the Water House; April will have Parkrose Superintendent Gray talk about the schools; May will have a discussion of a neighborhood survey. Nick Christensen – Lents Park Master Plan is going to council; Ramona Street Fair will be July 31; Lents Founders Day on August 21; A streetscape project will probably happen next year. Alice Blatt – City acquired the Wilkes Creek headwaters for a park, initial plans are for 4 acres of active park, 16 acres of natural area. Alesia Reese – Working on the Movie at Gateway Park; will be testifying at the City Council hearing on March 16 on Airport Futures. Brenda McSweeney – February meeting was cancelled; Planning Cleanup on 5-14-11, have signup sheets for neighborhood volunteers. Linda Bauer – While the Land Use Appeal on the emergency plan for the Powell Butte new reservoir was denied, they were successful in getting neighborhood concerns addressed, and an adequate emergency plan will be developed; The LUTC will finalize the transportation project list. Arlene Kimura – The Master Plan for the Gateway Park has been approved. Judy Welch – Lents Neighborhood Cleanup will be May 25, Fun on Foster on Sept 24. John Prochovnic – Encouraging more community involvement in neighborhood projects. Tom Lewis – Are focusing on the border area with Gresham; AmeriCorps working in one area, Su Casa businesses and adjacent apartments. Notes – Notes from last meeting were corrected: in Neighborhood Updates, the spelling of Clint Lenard’s name was corrected. Notes accepted as corrected. Page 3 of 20 Commissioner Amanda Fritz Discussion: Amanda Fritz Council recently removed Conditional Use from school properties – she voted against it The Mayor has recently reassigned bureaus: Commissioner Fritz still has ONI, and Office of Healthy Rivers. Office of Healthy Rivers: how to support environmental and economic uses; working on Willamette superfund – important to East Portland because Willamette is economic driver for region Concern about amount spent per job in downtown and NW much higher than in East. Gateway is a designated regional center – neither Metro nor City is focusing on that fact With new PDC director, now good time to advocate for additional urban renewal in gateway In last 15 years, DDSD went from 33% to 80% free and reduced lunch, need to have attention now, cannot be patient; East Portland has assets, families & natural resources East Portland was brought into the City recently – need to figure out what is best for East Portland Portland Plan Fairs – are beginning – need to participate Bikeways and greenways are not going to work – no jobs or places to go Crime Prevention consolidation – having staff local is important Office of Equity – look a equity from all viewpoints, racial geographic, gender, age; within City of Portland – be more conscious about what we don’t know, with spending - local government spends $9 billion, where is important Need to do equity from bottom up – not just reshuffle bureaus – will need many discussion, some uncomfortable; respect uniqueness, and everyone’s part in the community If interested in the equity discussion, email Commissioner Fritz Lake Oswego streetcar vote is coming soon and would like to change question of whether to fund, not when; community testimony would help Decision: Action Items Person Responsible Deadline Reports East Portland Neighborhood Association News – Deadline March 11; have received over $2000 in individual donations; this issue will highlight Parkrose Business Association; trying to bring in information from schools and senior services. For Summer issue, will be out last week in June, plan to mail to at least ½ the households. Spring Neighborhood Cleanup – Requesting volunteers for event Announcements East Portland Parks Coalition – March meeting, Audubon & Bureau of Environmental Services, Green Streets program; May 5, Commissioner Nick Fish. ONI Bureau Advisory Committee – starting discussion of doing a longer term plan – need to dream big, look for ways to make system better. Wilkes – Approved a cell phone tower in right-of-way, there is requirement to list neighborhood association, but not the contact information; Metro Councilor Shirley Craddick may be at April meeting. City-wide Land Use – next month will have Bureau Environmental Services, following month, building lands inventory; May, Director of Portland Bureau of Transportation Next meeting – April 6, 2011, 7:00 PM, RoseMarie