Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Public Meeting: Thursday, April 20, 7pm-8:30pm

Please join us for our monthly meeting Thursday, April 20, 2023, from 7-8:30pm | (informal time from 6:45-7pm) The meeting will be offered both in person at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N Brandon Ave Portland, OR 97217 and over Zoom. 

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6:45pm Zoom meeting opens – INFORMAL (15 minutes)

—-Official Meeting—–

  • 7:00pm Welcome, introductions (3 minutes)
  • 7:03pm Ground rules (1 minute)

Ground Rules:

  • Stay engaged
  • Speak your truth
  •  Be with your discomfort
  • Expect and accept non closure
  • Keep mics on mute
  • I may have to cut people off in the interest of time, keeping with the schedule, and allowing fullest participation
  • Please only one person speaking at once for closed captioning and accessibility 
  • Share any extra questions in chat
  • Does everyone agree?

7:05pm Arbor Lodge Shelter Update (10 minutes) – Daniel Hovanas 

7:15pm Park Needs 

  • Need ALNA park lead – our ability to remain a pesticide free park is dependent on our involvement
  • Interest with Adidas to plan event on Thursday, June 15th  – can we make this work

7:20pm ALNA Survey Results – Kevin Micalizzi

7:50 pm Brainstorming – How can we welcome new residents at the new supportive housing building: Hattie Redmond Apartments in North Portland. 

8:00pm Community Garden – April 20th 

8:05 pm Red Barn Issues 

8:10pm Committee / Board / Last Minute Updates (25 minutes)

  • NPNS
  • Treasurer
  • Parks – vacant position 
  • Transportation – vacant position
  • General Announcements
    • Community Allocations Funds were approved for $647.90
    • TJ McHugh and Comm. Ryan are working to set up a meeting for NA’s and nonprofits in North Portland to talk about how things are going. Looking for a date in June that would work to meet. 
  • Land Use
  • Clean Air – vacant position 
  • Tree Team
  • Neighborhood Emergency Team – vacant position
  • Outreach / communication
    • Change in lead for communications – Thanks to Caitlin for her time supporting the board with communications, and thank you to Kevin for stepping into this role

8:30pm End of meeting

Land Use Notices: 

3/16/23 – Design Commission Hearing Agenda. Large Project on 6316-6346 N Maryland Ave