06/08/2023

Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Public Meeting: Thursday, June 15, 7pm-8:30pm

Join us for our monthly Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association (ALNA) meeting

• When: Thursday, June 15, 2023, 7:00-8:30pm

• Where:

  • Historic Kenton Firehouse (8105 N Brandon)

  • Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83834587971?pwd=OUZUTFpzNy8rLytwVXd4R0RVZmRjZz09

Topics Include

• Concerns about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub (CEI Hub)

• North Portland Neighborhood Services debrief on recent neighborhood association and non-profit meeting

• Discussion on whether to invite someone from PPB North Precinct to future meetings

• Survey brainstorm: Building Community

• Jazz in the Park plans

• Committee Updates

Agenda

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 Guest Laurie King - Climate Jobs PDX and Jobs with Justice

7:35 pm North Portland Neighborhood Services debrief on recent neighborhood association and non-profit meeting

7:45 ALNA Survey brainstorm: Building Community - Kevin Micalizzi

7:55 pm Jazz in the Park Event! - Jonathan Flannery 

Save the date and Planning! For this event we will need volunteers to help make this event a success! 

8:05 pm Discussion on whether to invite someone from PPB North Precinct to a future meeting

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

• 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

North Portland Chairs Meeting update & Additional Notes: 

• There was not a North Portland chairs meeting this month, instead we had a meeting with NPNS partners on June 5th. Nonprofits and neighborhood associations got together to talk about priorities for the year, and barriers we are facing. We will debrief this meeting at our June meeting. 

• There is a permit for the Red Barn (located at 7421-7427 N DENVER AVE)  to come down - 2023-017132-000-00-CO

• The City has released Draft district plans- The Independent District Commission has released its Draft District Plan with three draft map options for community input. News Articles linked below: 

  • https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/three-map-options-portland-electoral-districts/283-1fce38db-3ae5-42ff-a862-efcb5bf2d3d5 

  • https://www.opb.org/article/2023/05/26/portland-political-makeover-new-districts-maps/

• The North Portland Tool Library is open and they are hosting events and looking for volunteers - https://nptl.myturn.com/library/

• Arbor Lodge is partnering with Overlook and Kenton NA’s to host a neighborhood community waste collection event at Arbor Lodge Park on Sept 30th, 2023. 

• Arbor Lodge Tree Team will be hosting a Sparrow Hawk Native Plant sale on October 19th, 20th, 21st. 

• ALNA will not be meeting in the month of July! Enjoy your summer and we will see you all back in August!