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Comprehensive Plan Proposed Zoning – Neighborhood Discussion Drop-In Hours

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Nan Stark, City Planner / NE District Liaison for the Bureau of Planning Services (BPS), will be in the McMennamins Kennedy School Community Room from 4:30 – 6:45 pm on Wednesday March 16th to talk with Concordia property owners who received Measure 56 proposed R5 to R2.5 zone change notices.

She will also be available to talk about the status of the Comprehensive Plan Update and related topics. Her contact info is:

503-823-3986
nan.stark@portlandoregon.gov
www.portlandoregon.gov/bps

These proposed changes will also be discussed during the monthly CNA Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC) meeting that follows from 7 – 9 pm.

Click here to join the LUTC notification list.

CNA Board & General Meeting – March 8th, 6pm

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The board of directors of Concordia Neighborhood Association will meet at 6pm on March 8th at McMenamin’s Kennedy School Community Room. The board meeting will be followed immediately at 7pm by a meeting of the general membership. The draft agendas for both meetings are below.

BOARD MEETING – 6pm

6:00 – 6:05pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum

6:05 – 6:10pm CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes

6:11 – 6:15pm Treasurer’s Report

6:16 – 6:28pm Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker)
6:29 – 6:40pm Old Business

  1. Mark Charlesworth end of board term
  2. Policies and Proceedures Committee Folow-up
  3. Egg Hunt Status
  4. Yard Sale Event

6:41 – 7pm New Business

  1. Recruitment of Board Member to fill vacant seats
  2. Resignation from Concordia News Mary Wiley and update by Susan Trabucco
  3. Request to modify good neighbor agreement by Lorna Fast Buffalo Horse, Principal, Alliance High School
  4. Policy regarding those seeking public office campaigning at CNA meeting

Following may have to occur during general meeting

Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)
1. Media Committee 2. Land Use Committee 3. Social Committee
4. Clean-Up Committee 5. Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee

 

GENERAL MEETING – 7pm

  1. Status of Mayors Homeless Campsites
  2. Air Quality issues (Bulls Eye Glass etc.)
  3. Building the Concordia News
  4. Radon issues
  5. City of Portland NET Update and Tools for Survival
  6. Update on Planning Social Committee Spring Social Events:
    a) Egg Hunt
    b) Community Clean-up/Recycle Event.
    c) Board member vacancy

CNA Land Use Update

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By Garlynn Woodsong, Chair, CNA Land Use & Transportation Committee

The CNA Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC) is making a number of improvements. The Board approved the first LUTC Charter providing clear guidance on its policies, responsibilities, processes, and operations. They also ratified an initial slate of Members: Ben Earle, Steve Elder, Sam Farber-Kaiser, Ken Forcier, Jeff Hilber, Ali Novak, Kirk Paulsen, and Garlynn Woodsong. Up to nine are allowed and we hope to fill the open position soon.

The LUTC is also excited to work with the new CNA web team to soon start posting meeting information and related resources on the revived site.

Portland’s Comprehensive Plan is moving into concluding phases, with a final City Council Public Hearing on April 14th, followed by voting sessions April 28th, May 25th, and June 15th. The Planning & Sustainability Commission (PSC) will hold Hearings on the Transportation System Plan May 8th and the Employment, Campus Institutional, and Mixed Use Zoning Projects and the Residential & Open Space Zoning Map May 10.

Nan Stark, NE District Liaison for the Bureau of Planning Services (BPS), will be in the Kennedy School Community Room 4:30 – 6:45pm on Wednesday March 16th to talk with Concordia property owners who received Measure 56 proposed R5 to R2.5 zoning change notices and to anyone wanting to discuss the Comp Plan Update.

The Residential Infill Project also progresses. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee (RIPSAC) I serve on representing CNA and the NE Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) recently held an extensive two-part design review discussion addressing building scale, narrow lot development, and alternative housing options. The RIP Online Survey Report is due as I write this, so look for the results in the April CNA Newsletter.

The  20s  Bikeway  Project  is  slated to  begin  construction later  this  year.  Unfortunately  it  won’t  include the improvements to protect the bicycle greenway from expected cut-through traffic likely from stop sign removal along the route that affected neighborhoods were promised. The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) reversed their decision becausethe last formal traffic count from 2009 did not show a high enough level of traffic to qualify for traffic diversion per the Greenways Report adopted by City Council last August.

In addition to a couple of important new residential and mixed use development projects covered in other articles, your LUTC is also working on major arterial speed limit reductions, Concordia University related parking concerns, bicycle safety improvements on N. Portland Highway, and next steps in the Alley Improvement Project process.

Concordia residents are always welcome at CNA LUTC Meetings, 7pm every third Wednesday in the Community Room in the SE corner of McMenamins Kennedy School. Click here to join the LUTC notification list.

CNA Board Meeting – Tuesday, February 9th, 7pm – Kennedy School. Come one, come all!

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Concordia Neighborhood Ass sciation

Board Meeting

February 9, 2016

Kennedy School Community Room 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

 

DRAFT Agenda

 

7:00 – 7:05 pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum, Acknowledge Guests & Visitors

 

Chair – Isaac Quintero

East 1 – Steve Elder

East 2 – Mark Charlesworth

Southwest 1 – Garlynn Woodsong

Southwest 2 – Daniel Greenstadt

Northwest 1 – Isham “Ike” Harris

Northwest 2 – Ashley McKinney

 At Large 1 – Robert Bowles

At Large 2 – Donn Dennis

At Large 3 – Joe Culhane

At Large 4 – Ali Novak

At Large 5 – Chris Dopez

At Large 6 – Truls Neal

 
 

7:05 – 7:10 pm

 

  

CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes

 
7:11 – 7:20 pm

 

 Treasurer’s Report
7:20 – 7:35 pm Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker)
 

7:36 – 7:45 pm

  

Old Business

Demolition of 4907 NE 35th Ave.

Policies and Procedures Committee Folow-up

 
 
7:45 – 8:15 pm New Business

 

1.    Installation of New Board Members

2.    Review of Board Members obligations regarding attendance and participation

3.    Recommendations for 2016 Goals and Objectives

4.    Request to support Overlook Neighborhood association letter

5.    Funding Spring Egg Hunt

6.    Yard Sale Status (No Organizer at this time)

7.    Board Member assignment to committees and programs to take place in 2016 (i.e. who will serve on neighborhood clean up or summer concerts

8.    Review of Board Member Participation and Attendance Requirements.

9.    What will the focus or speaker for March General Meeting

10. Volunteers for General Meeting (welcome, place large General Meeting   announcing meeting)

11. Proposal for Meet the Chair at 6

 
8:00 – 8:30pm Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)

1. Media Committee   2. Land Use Committee   3.   Social Committee

4. Clean-Up Committee   5.   Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee

 
  Meeting Guidelines

1.      Stay within agreed time (Option: Decision to add time)

2.      Stay on topic (Option: Parking lot)

3.      Voice a solution if you voice a concern (Upgrade: Seek solutions to address ALL concerns)

4.      Avoid personal attacks (Upgrade: Notice and care about the effect your words have on others)

 

Spring Egg Hunt – Saturday, March 26th, 10am SHARP! – Fernhill Park

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Back by popular demand and pure awesomeness!

Please Join Us for the

SPRING EGG HUNT
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
FERNHILL PARK
(Near the Playground along NE 37th Avenue)

The Hunt begins at 10 am SHARP!
Don’t be late, it ends in a flash!

Sponsored by:

The Concordia Neighborhood Association & American Legion Post 134

Volunteers Needed To:

  • Stuff 5000 plastic eggs with candy
    Friday, March 25th at 6:00 pm at American Legion Post 134
    2104 NE Alberta St
  • Hide 5000 candy-filled eggs
    March 25th at 8:00 A.M. at Fernhill Park (NE 37th & Ainsworth)

Contact: Katie Ugolini or 503-449-9690

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Emergency Preparedness Event: Map Your Neighborhood – Feb 22nd

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Emergency Preparedness Event: Map Your Neighborhood
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave
February 22, 6:30pm

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Join the Safety and Livability Team on a FREE hands-on workshop to map and identify your neighborhood’s risks, hazards, and assets. We’ll kick off the event with a showing of the documentary “Unprepared”, and then move straight to learning about how to think about and identify hazards and assets in your area.

Lower Speed Limits on Alberta & Killingsworth?

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Neighbors have requested that the Concordia Neighborhood Association take a look at lowering the speed limits on Alberta and Killingsworth within the neighborhood.

There have been complaints that, for Alberta Street, 25 mph is a bit too fast in a situation where cars are parked right up to every corner, every intersection has two crosswalks, there are mid-block alley crossings, bicyclists are sharing the lane with cars, buses, and larger vehicles, and parallel parking maneuvers are a routine fact of life.

Similarly, Killingsworth at 30 mph represents a dangerous barrier, preventing easy crossings from the south to the north side of the Concordia neighborhood. One neighbors’ family had their car totaled when pulling out on to Killingsworth, where vehicles parked right up to the intersection along the curb block the view
of fast-moving oncoming traffic. Bicyclists have been hit while trying to cross from one side to the other of Killingsworth, and it represents a scary crossing for pedestrians as well, especially with signed and marked crosswalks few and far between.

In December, the LUTC recommended, and in January, the CNA Board unanimously adopted, a proposal to ask the City to lower the speed limit through the neighborhood on Alberta from 25 to 20 mph; and on Killingsworth from 30 to 25 mph. The 20 mph on Alberta would thus match the 20 mph on Fremont through Beaumont Village, in keeping with state law that requires 20 mph through commercial districts. The 25 mph on Killingsworth would more closely reflect its status as a mixed use pedestrian and bicycle corridor.

Concordia residents interested in discussing this or any other issue related to land use and transportation are invited to attend the Concordia Neighborhood Association Land Use and Transportation Committee (CNA LUTC) meetings at 7pm on the third Wednesday of the month, in the Community Room in the SE corner of McMenamins Kennedy School. To join the LUTC mailing list, send an email to: pdx_ cna_lu_and_t_committee@googlegroups.com

CNA Board Meeting Draft Agenda Jan 12th, 2016

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Concordia Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting
January 12, 2016
Kennedy School Community Room 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
 
Agenda

7:00 – 7:05 pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum
 
7:05 – 7:10 pm
  
     7:11 – 7:20 pm
 		 CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes
 
Treasurer’s Report
7:20 – 7:35 pm Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker)
7:36 – 7:45 pm Old Business
1.      Policies and Proceedures Committee Folow-up
  2.      LUTC Committee follow-up
3.
7:45 – 8:15 pm New Business
1.      Installation of New Board Members
2.      Determination date for next General Meeting
3.      Recommendations for 2016 Goals and Objectives
4.      Recommendations to Portland Public Schools to rename Faubian Elementary School?
5.      Board Member assignment to committees and programs to take place in 2016 (i.e. who will serve on neighborhood clean up or summer concerts
6.      Review of Board Member Participation and Attendance Requirements.
 
8:00 – 8:30pm Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)
1. Media Committee   2. Land Use Committee   3.   Social Committee
4. Clean-Up Committee   5.   Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee
 
  Meeting Guidelines
1.      Stay within agreed time (Option: Decision to add time)
2.      Stay on topic (Option: Parking lot)
3.      Voice a solution if you voice a concern (Upgrade: Seek solutions to address ALL concerns)
4.      Avoid personal attacks (Upgrade: Notice and care about the effect your words have on others)
 
 
 

CNA’s 2015 HOLIDAY PARTY – Tuesday, December 8th, 7pm-9pm, Cerimon House

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CNA’s 2015 HOLIDAY PARTY
Tuesday, December 8th
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cerimon House
NE 23rd & NE Sumner

Concordia Neighborhood Association will have its biggest & brightest Holiday Party on December 8th. There will be no shortage of food, fun, amazement and holiday wonder!
Hosted by our newest community partner; Cerimon House in their beautiful, newly renovated digs, the former Masonic Hall at NE 23rd and NE Sumner. The dust has settled, the paint has dried. The stage is set and our new friends at CH are eager to invite the neighborhood in to have a look.

An additional, extra-special holiday bonus: Cerimon House’s wildly successful inaugural exhibit; Charles Addams Family & Friends will be available for us to view that night. This is the West Coast premiere of a world class exhibition of 52 original panels by the famed New Yorker cartoonist.

This year’s party will feature a mostly dessert buffet, with some savory treats. Purely non-alcoholic beverages will be provided, including a hot holiday cider. So be sure to feed your little monsters (and your big ones too!) something nutritious beforehand.

We will have a cookie decorating station(icing, sprinkles & jimmies galore). Raffles, giveaways, and as always; a donation bin to benefit a local non-profit. This year we partner with the HIV Day Center in Concordia (NE 30th & NE Ainsworth). Now in its 25th year, our HIV Day Center is the oldest multi-service drop-in center for low-income individuals in the US! We need your help to provide their clients with winter coats (new or used), new underwear (in all sizes) and bath towels (new or used). Please consider rummaging through your closets for any items you could spare.

That’s it folks! Sounds good right? Hope to see you there!

If you have any question about our extravaganza, or would like to help out please contact Katie Ugolini at ktugolini@gmail.com.

CNA Annual Meeting and Elections – November 10th, 2015

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CNA’s Annual Meeting & Board Elections
Tuesday, November 10 at 7 p.m.
Kennedy School Community Room
 
Join with other members of our Concordia neighborhood community at our Annual Meeting to fill openings on the Concordia Neighborhood Association (CNA) Board of Directors, and find out how to become involved in the exciting and worthwhile projects and events that the CNA has planned for the coming year.
 
The Concordia Neighborhood Association elects approximately half of its Board members annually, for two-year terms, at our Annual Meeting in November. Board candidates must be members of the Concordia Neighborhood Association (that probably includes you if you live or own property in the neighborhood). The CNA nominating committee has already received several applications for Board candidates. However, there is still time and opportunity to throw your hat into the ring! if you have a passion for volunteering and know that you want to make a positive change right here where you live, please contact Steve Elder, our Nominating Committee Chair at East1@concordiapdx.org. Additionally, if you are unsure, want to know more, or moved by the electric nature of CNA Election Night to become involved, you can always be nominated or even nominate yourself at the meeting!
 
Concordia Neighborhood Association members must be a resident, own property, or a business within our boundaries. You will be asked to sign in at the meeting and confirm your membership in the neighborhood association. At this time, there is a minimum age limit for election; 14 years of age and nominees under 18 must have written permission from a parent.
 
Terms begin in January 2016 and run 1-2 years depending on the position being filled. Board members commit to attending board meetings each month, attending regular and special membership meetings, attending CNA-sponsored events, and becoming a contributing member of a CNA committee. A CNA board member represents our community on issues such as land use, livability, and safety. We partner with local government through our association with the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI), Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN), and other local community groups.
 
 
Here are the open positions eligible for election November 10th:
 
CNA Chair (1 year term)
NW District position 1 (2 year term)
SW District position 1 (2 year term)
SW District position 2 (1 year term)
CNA at-large position 1 (2 year term)
CNA at-large position 2 (1 year term)
CNA at-large position 3 (2 year term)
CNA at-large position 6 (2 year term)
 
Thanks to all past, serving and future CNA Board Members. Hope to see YOU on CNA Election Night!

If you care to come early (6pm), there will also be a public meeting of the CNA Board of Directors. All are welcome. Full agenda for the evening is:

6:00 – 7:00 pm CNA Board Meeting
7:00 – 7:05 pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum
7:05 – 7:10 pm CONSENT AGENDA and Treasurer’s Report
7:11 – 7:15 pm Introduction of Board Members and Board Members to provide brief profile
7:16 – 7:45 pm Presentation by Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NETs). The NETs are Portland residents trained by PBEM and Portland Fire & Rescue
7:46 – 8:30 pm Nomination and Election of New Board Members