01/07/2019
Update: January 7th 2019
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association meetingTuesday, January 15th, 6:30Kenton Fire House, 8105 N. Brandon
Agenda:
* Welcome - 6-7
* Presentation from developer on 6710 N. Montana - 10
* Tom Griffin Valade - 501C3 discussion - 20
* Minute approval for December - 3-5
* reminder of box at New Season's - getting use - what to put there? 3
* Budget update/discussion for year - 20?
* Land Use issues? - 10?
* Clean Air update? - 10?
* Mark your calendar's for March 2nd Brian Duncan Memorial Fruit Tree Giveaway - 2
* Lombard pedestrian/bike safety upgrades - who can present this? - 10?
* Tree Team update - 5
All are welcome, home owners, renters, business folks too. Anyone who lives and works in Arbor Lodge.
12/17/2018
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association December 18th Board Meeting Agenda
Greetings! The ALNA Board will be meeting on Tuesday December 18th, from 6:30-8pm at the Kenton Firehouse 8105 N Brandon Ave. Board meetings are open to the public.
Introductions (5 min)
Approval of minutes (5 min)
Transportation Update, guest speaker Scott Cohen PBOT (15 minutes)
Land Use Committee Update (15 minutes)
Clean Air Committee Updates
Discussion on neighborhood sponsored/volunteer run air quality monitoring
Coordination with Overlook Neighborhood Association on shared issues (10 minutes)
EPA's Portland Harbor Clean Up Plan (10 minutes)
Tree Team funding request (10 minutes)
Setting Up January Agenda (10 minutes)
501c3 incorporation
Updates to FY 18-19 budget
Open time for attendees (10 minutes)
11/12/2018
Agenda Tuesday November 20th Board Meeting
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association
Tuesday November 20th, 2018
Kenton Firehouse 6:30pm
Welcome, introductions (5 minutes
Approval of October minutes (5 minutes)
Special Election --open at large positions (10 minutes)
Brian Duncan Fruit Tree Giveaway (5 minutes)
ALNA board member needed for planning committee
Decision on whether or not to expand past Arbor Lodge to other neighborhood
Bylaws Update (5 minutes)
Update membership meeting quorum rules to match board meeting quorum rules. 50% plus one (1) of the filled elected Board positions. If a quorum is not present, no votes can be taken.
North Portland Trust Fund (10 minutes)
Community grants ranging from $500-$3500
Opportunity exists for North Portland Neighborhood Associations to form selection committees to award grants within their neighborhood boundaries
Board needs to inform NPNS if Arbor Lodge are interested in reviewing grant applications and awarding a local pool of projects.
Alternative is for NPNS to continue to act as the selection committee North Portland Vanport Legacy Enhancement Grant (5 minutes)
Any proposals that meet the grant criteria?
Happy Hour/December social event? (5 minutes)
Update on Communications (5 minutes)
Mailing list consolidation
Planning for new website
Other committee Updates (20 minutes)
Transportation
Land Use
Clean Air
Tree Team
Parks
Open floor, members (15 minutes)
11/02/2018
Update: November 2nd 2018
Next Arbor Lodge NA meeting, Tuesday, November 20th, 6:30 pm
Do you love where you live? Want to contribute by supporting what works, and helping to advocate for the best for Arbor Lodge?
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association is looking for 2 people interested in just that.
We have 2 open positions on the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Board for At Large Positions.
* We hope one of these people will be interested in Land Use issues. Learning how to read Portland Maps, getting to know some developers, advocating for best practice design for our neighborhood.
* At Large Board positions can lead a committee, or just come to meetings and volunteer for things of interest, share their opinions, etc.
We meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 – 8’ish at the Kenton Fire House, 8105 N. Brandon. We will hold a Special Election at our next meeting, Tuesday, November 20th.
Questions? Just ask, we'd love to meet you.
10/21/2018
Update: October 21st 2018
It is with confidence I write this post.
Last Thursday the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association held Elections and passed a Budget for this coming year.
We also formed a new Air Quality/Environmental Committee.
Here are a some highlights:* We still have 2 open positions on the Board for At Large members. These positions ask you to attend the meetings, maybe lead a committee or activity, lend your opinion and voice to all discussions* We changed our meeting day to the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 20th at 6:30pm, Kenton Firehouse* We created a Communications Team to clean up our mailing list, make sure our blog posts work well, and any other communications is working well too* Here are the Election results and some areas of interest for each person elected if stated by that person:Chair - Ginger EdwardsVice Chair - Mark Wyman, Communications and outreachSecretary - Lex BurlingTreasurer - Tim PapeAt Large Board members:Bob GreeneBeth StausSharon Parker - will do outreach to folks who sign up for our mailing list to explore interestsBrianda Pape - Communications, and will now lead Arbor Lodge Park pesticide/herbicide free work partiesRowan Wade - Transportation, which focuses on safety for bicycles, pedestrians, and cars, Rowan will be reaching out to Overlook NA and Adidas, come help him outNon Board member Susan Harris volunteered to lead the Clean Air/Environmental Committee, join up!* Budget highlights include:** money to pay for an ADA Port a Potty at Arbor Lodge Park when the restrooms are closed for winter** Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association received a $1,500 gift from the Portland Parks Foundation. This money must be spent in/on the Park. Come help us decide whether to use it to maintain the pesticide/herbicide free work parties, or for some other purpose (we would find other funding to maintain the work parties if we decide to use this money for something else at the Park).
Come check us out, we want to hear your ideas. In December we plan some Holiday fun, and after our biz meeting in January we always have a potluck pie social. Look for our Duncan Memorial Fruit Tree Giveaway in late February/early March. Join the Tree Team and help us plant trees and deal with the invasive Tree of Heaven starts popping up all over Arbor Lodge.
Hope to meet you on Tuesday, November 20th at 6:30 pm at the Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon.