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Woodlawn Neighborhood Association

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First Tuesday of each month, both in-person and online.

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
In person at
Classic Foods
817 NE Madrona Street

Email: info@gowoodlawn.com

Online: https://gowoodlawn.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5feb75d7c00933e67e5e13172&id=3fad826f16&e=0c96c36d65

 

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association April 2, 2024 Agenda

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association General Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Please make every effort to join us In Person at Classic Foods: 817 NE Madrona 

 Or join the meeting online via Zoom (now with improved audio): https://zoom.us/j/3014662210?pwd=d3VKbXkzVldqYzNWU2RwVm9OUkZyZz09

Meeting ID: 301 466 2210 , Passcode: WNA

Streamed/recorded on our Youtube channel: youtube.com/@woodlawnneighborhoodassoci5818

 

Welcome and Vision: “In the future, Woodlawn will be a place where people live harmoniously, respectfully, and in support of one another.  The neighborhood will be a clean and thriving community… All Woodlawn residents will share and pursue the common values of health, efficiency, beauty, equity, and justice.”

 

7:00 – 7:15 Introductions

  • Please share name, pronouns, & what brought you to tonight’s meeting
  • Quick share:  “What is your superpower?”

7:15 – 8:00 General Business

  • Approve March  meeting notes
  • Open Discussion – Neighborhood safety concerns – traffic, gang violence, other concerns
  • Easter Egg Hunt – Event wrap up
  • WNA Champion – Linde – is at her first champion’s meeting representing WNA at NECN
  • Free yard tree giveaway program – request to be a contractor submitted – Shelby
  • Donor Fundraising – Update
  • T Shirts Fundraiser – T Shirts are here!
  • Updates on current projects – as available – Neighborhood cleanup, Movie in the Park(ing Lot), Youth Board Member, Neighborhood Socials, any others.
  • We still need a lead volunteer (or a committee) for Neighborhood Night Out in August!
  • Woodlawn Elementary PTA – Jazz Night update and anything new.
  • Meeting Owl ordered and request for funds submitted to NECN
  • Ideas for May meeting guest speaker.
  • Time for Neighbor open comments

8:00 – 8:20 Board Business

  • Treasurer’s Report & spending discussion – Dennis
  • NECN Report – Anjala
  • Secretary Report – Nancy
  • Outreach and community engagement Report – Linde is at Champion’s meeting
  • Land Use and Transportation Report – Anjala
  • Farmer’s Market Update  – Keith
  • Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) – Erin

8:20 – 8:30 Additional agenda items and announcements

 

Minutes from March 2023 WNA Meeting

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association General Meeting Agenda & Potluck

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Please make every effort to join us In Person at Classic Foods: 817 NE Madrona 

Or online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3014662210?pwd=d3VKbXkzVldqYzNWU2RwVm9OUkZyZz09

Meeting ID: 301 466 2210

Passcode: WNA

Also online at Facebook Live

Welcome and Vision: “In the future, Woodlawn will be a place where people live harmoniously, respectfully, and in support of one another.  The neighborhood will be a clean and thriving community… All Woodlawn residents will share and pursue the common values of health, efficiency, beauty, equity, and justice.”

7:00 – 7:15 Introductions

  • Please share name, pronouns, & what brought you to tonight’s meeting
  • Quick share:  “Tell us one thing about you that no one here knows.”

7:15 – 8:00 General Business

  • Approve February meeting notes

Minutes to be corrected to reflect that Dennis voted “no” on the donation for the Woodlawn PTA Jazz Night. Melissa made a motion to approve amended minutes. Melody seconded. All were in favor, minutes approved.

  • Presentation by Matt Roberts from U of O at Concordia Campus

Associate VP for Community Relations at U of O. Works statewide. Based in Eugene. Up here every week. Two campuses. Downtown in White Stag building. 2021 felt the need for a campus. Remodeling entire campus so can bring all programs from downtown to this campus by Fall of 2024. Ballmer for Children Behavioral Health—new profession Bachelors level degree holders to work in MD, hospital, schools and be specialized in this area as a preventative approach. Pioneering this program from scratch. U of O PDX will host the last two years of this program. 200 students in this/50 a year. Lots of updates on what will be happening over the next 18 months. Public library outpost currently there now while the North Library under construction. Zoning change issues are what is affecting the community use of the field—should be in place by October 2024. U of O is a public agency so has issues around with “free” meeting spaces for community groups.

  • Easter Egg Hunt – volunteer signups – David S

Volunteers needed for filling of the rest of the eggs. Stuffing the eggs party will be held on March 16th at Barbara’s house at 10 AM. Need volunteers to work before/after the day of the event. A sign-up sheet was passed around.

  • Donor Fundraising – Letters & Forms to volunteers – Barbara

We need your help to hit up local businesses for operating funds. There are 55 of them! More volunteers needed to go around and drop off letters and donation forms. Funding will go toward neighborhood events like our annual Night Out, to keep the association “floating along.”

  • Updates on current projects as available – Neighborhood cleanup, DIY Movie night, Neighborhood Socials, any others. See below.

T-Shirt Fundraiser—T shirts ready for next meeting for picking up. $25 per shirt. Venmo, cash to Shelby. We will have extra shirts for folks who didn’t get around to ordering them.

Youth Board Member—Shelby reached to educators, guidance counselors, etc. and no response. Targeting age 14 to 17. Poster available.

Movie in Parking Lot—need to nail a date soon at For Good and Company. Will happen by the April meeting. Melissa will soft-block three dates and we will vote on movie stuff.

Another Dumpster Day at For Good and Company—Melissa reported that it will be June 29th Woodlawn, King, and Sabin and will be a drop-off for bulk items. Linde will be trying to plan a neighborhood cleanup/pickup around that date as well. The city will promote this. SOLVE to be a partner. Adopt-a-Block has resources too. We also have some resources here in our WNA storage room at Classic Foods.

Neighborhood Social—we plan to do another one in April 2024 at a different venue. The recent first one at Tough Luck was a resounding success.

  • We still need a lead volunteer for Neighborhood Night Out in August!

Who wants to be the lead on this? The annual NNO event is First Tuesday in August, this year the 6th.  Melissa will manage the food service. We still have our grillmaster. Melissa has been reaching out about musical options for NNO entertaintment.  Seeking a PTA liaison to Woodlawn Elementary School.

  • Ask for a vote on using NECN funds to purchase the Meeting Owl.

Seeking a refurbished Meeting Owl for our meetings. And to use the NECN funds for this. The Owl is a way to streamline our meetings. Shelby makes a motion. Melissa seconds. Motion passes with board members only voting. $1000 = new. $650 to $800 = refurbished. Only available to non-profits and people who aren’t super-rich get this deal.

  • Ideas for  next meeting guest speaker – Hopefully, City transition presentation in April or May. Barbara is working on getting someone who can give up more information about ranked-choice voting.
  • Time for Neighbor open comments

How is everyone feeling about the District Coalition Offices and their joining up with N Portland offices? Chaos. (See below for more updates in the NECN report.)

One new attendee said it was his first meeting and heard about WNA because he had been doing Adopt-a-Block trash pickup. Noticing areas that could use beautification and the city isn’t going to do this. Stumbled across Go Woodlawn website and decided to come check us out.

8:00 – 8:20 Board Business

  • Treasurer’s Report & spending discussion – Dennis—Dennis was not at the meeting. Barbara gave the report. $5000 will be the new total. Need $3500 to do Night Out.
  • NECN Report – Anjala

Anjala is one of the people designated by Woodlawn to go to NECN and is also on the board. The City has assigned the four non-profit district coalitions to take the lead in combining their different NAs and community groups. NECN is expected to fold in 17 other entities along with Dignity Village and other non-profits. NECN the responsibility of leading and working with many neighborhood associations and other non-profits to design the new District 2 in accord with the voters’ wishes to change city government to be more representative. Seems like the city is already creating new bureaucracies to come between residents and the city. Linde is our second “champion” from the Woodlawn neighborhood.

  • Secretary Report – Nancy

Transition to updated “backbone” for our Go Woodlawn website. Will be working with Shelly Caldwell to make this happen. Hopefully no one will notice it when they are using the site – it is all backroom stuff.

  • Outreach and community engagement Report – Linde

555 signups total! Woodlawn Parents FB page. Post flyer for volunteer opportunities there. District 2 champion updates on the newsletter as meetings progress.

Mutantis (the brewery/cidery) will open their doors to offer free space for meetings.

  • Land Use and Transportation Report – Anjala

Anjala heard after the meeting  from Mr. Matt Roberts that TriMet line 8 will not serve greater Woodlawn. It is being diverted to serve the new U of O Portland campus and rebuilt affordable housing at NE 27th despite the U of O asking them not to. WNA and Anjala wrote lettters to TriMet against this change. Not sure when this change will be effective.

  • Farmer’s Market Update  – Keith/Erin—Hiring a market manager yet again. Part-time, start now and then in April to 15 hours, then during season up to 20 hours. Runs through October. Job must be done on Saturday the rest of the hours are “flexible” and spread out over the week. Market opens first Saturday in June.
  • Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) – Erin

Under reorganization. Erin will have updates when things get sorted. Erin will come at some point and be our guest speaker.

8:20 – 8:30 Additional agenda items and announcements

Angela T. will reach out to get the Kenton guy to be a speaker about houseless cleanup stuff.

 

 

OUR BOARD

Chair
Barbara England

Vice-Chair
Melody Randolph

Treasurer
Dennis Kennedy

Secretary
Nancy Flynn

Social Media & Communications
Linde Parcels

Land Use & Transportation Chair/Neighborhood Historian
Anjala Ehelebe

Woodlawn Farmers’ Market Rep
Keith Baich

NET Contact
Erin Cooper

Members-at-Large
Thelma Diggs

Julian Drury

Melissa Jura

Shirley Minor

Shelby Phelan

Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods delegates:

NECN Representative
Anjala Ehelebe

NECN Member-at-Large
Shirley Minor