County Accepting Nominations for Sy Award

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From Multnomah County:

Do you know someone who has shown a lifelong commitment to justice, equality, and obtaining access to the halls of power for all citizens? The Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC) is seeking nominees for the 4th Annual “Sy Award.” The award is given in honor of Sy Kornbrodt whose passion and voice on behalf of underserved and underrepresented citizens in Multnomah County inspired the CIC to create it. Nominees can be from the county at large, county staff, and members of county committees and boards.

The Sy Award will be presented to the recipient at the CIC Annual Dinner on June 9th. Past winners include citizen involvement activist Moshe Lenske, Office of Citizen Involvement Director Kathleen Todd, and former IRCO Board President Thach Nguyen.
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Oregon’s Racial History Workshop

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From the American Civil Liberties Union:

Oregon’s Racial History
Sat, May 21, 1pm – 4pm
PCC Cascade Campus Student Center Cafeteria

Join the ACLU of Oregon and discover the history of race in Oregon through this interactive workshop at the ACLU of Oregon Annual Meeting. PCC Cascade Campus Student Center Cafeteria is at 705 N. Killingsworth, Portland. Over the years, Oregon’s laws and policies have influenced how families and communities of color are engaged in Oregon’s civic life. Come take an interactive walk with us through the timeline of Oregon’s racial history and learn more about how this history impacts the decisions each of us makes today. Learn things about Oregon that you never knew, be reminded of others that you may have forgotten, and connect the many dots during this exploration of our state’s racial history. Facilitated by Kim Feicke of the Center for Equitable and Effective Leadership, Lewis & Clark College

Special KNA Meeting, Canvassing Kick-off 5/21

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King Neighborhood Association Special Board Meeting
Reflections Coffeeshop, 446 NE Killingsworth Street
May 21, 2011 – 10:00-11:00 am

Due to a lack of time, some KNA business went unresolved at our last meeting. In order to both clean house and to take care of our neighborhood canvass, we will meet at Reflections. If you are interested in the topics on the agenda or would like to volunteer to canvass part of our neighborhood that day, stop on by! We will go out with information about our association and our upcoming events–primarily the King Neighborhood Clean-Up and the King Garage Sale Day.

If you would like to canvass, you can cover just your block or as many as you wish. It’s a great way to meet your neighbors and to broaden KNA’s participation base so that we can best serve everyone in our little patch of Portland.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and introductions. Approval of agenda.
10:05 Consideration of Jim Hansen/Henry V & NNEBA’s request for endorsement of the MLK Dream Run, 2011.
10:10 Consideration of Woody Broadnax’s request for endorsement of the Juneteenth Forward event at MLK & Alberta.
10:25 Preparing for neighborhood canvassing for the KNA clean-up & garage sale day.
10:45 Adjournment.

May Meeting Agenda

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King Neighborhood Association General Meeting
King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 NE 7th Avenue
May 11, 2011 – 6:30 to 8:45pm

Agenda

6:30 Welcome and introductions. Approval of minutes and agenda. Announcements, including open positions on committees.

6:40 Youth and Sustainability: Cheryl Lohrmann, Create Plenty.

6:50 Elections for four KNA board positions: Co-chair, Treasurer, At-large #2, At-large #4.

7:00 Officer Dennis Mako, Portland Police Bureau update.

7:10 Shoshana Cohen, NECN announcements, including an update on Last Thursday.

7:15 Safety & Livability issues:
–invitiation from Friends of Last Thursday to join their steering committee
–Clean-up and Garage Sale: dates, proceeds, expenditures, volunteers, & publicity
–Two reps from King NA to the NECN SALT
–[REDACTED], mural projects in King Neighborhood
–Honoring Commander Ferraris: Fred Stewart
–NNEBA’s MLK Dream Run: Jim Hansen, Henry V Events

7:55 Community Connections
–Communications committee: logo design, brochure

8:05 Land Use and Transportation
–VisionZero presentation, Michele
–MLK/Failing intersection, Kevin Brake
–Southeast corner of MLK & Shaver: Eli Haworth, Sakura Group
–OCCURA rep for King NA

8:30 Voter-owned elections: request for campaign endorsement.

8:33 Blue Door.

8:35 Closing thoughts.

PDC Seeks to Fund Coliseum Upgrades with Urban Renewal Funds

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At the upcoming PDC Board meeting on May 11th, 3:00pm, the Portland Development Commission is expected to vote to use $375,000 of tax-increment funding to support updates to the Memorial Coliseum. This comes after the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods had voted to oppose Interstate Corridor urban renewal funds for the Rose Quarter. In this case the funds will come from the soon to expire Oregon Convention Center URA which will be folded into the Interstate Corridor project.

This action will benefit the public as it will create both construction and permanent jobs by allowing public funds to be used to make improvements to VMC (Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum). Improvements to VMC will revitalize and update the facility which will encourage more use as well as make the building more energy efficient. VMC improvements will also preserve this historic structure as a key component of the broader Rose Quarter redevelopment.

Read the Board Report on the proposed amendment here.

The meeting agenda is here.