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King Neighborhood Association December Meeting Agenda
Revised 11/30/08
King Neighborhood Association Board Meeting
King Neighborhood Facility, MLK Room
4815 NE 7th Ave
December 10, 2008 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Introductions and review agenda
Approve minutes from 11/12/08
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Gateway and Heritage Markers Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Gateway and Heritage Markers Stakeholder Advisory Group
continue discussion of the elements of the concept master plan and review the draft public participation plan.
Contact: Irene Bowers, PDC Project Manager, 503 823-2419
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
5:30-7:00 P.M.
Irvington Village
420 NE Mason and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Gateway and Heritage Markers Concept Master
Plan supports the ongoing efforts of area residents
and business owners to enhance the unique identity
of Portland’s inner northeast neighborhoods.
The Concept Master Plan project aims to
fulfi ll the goals of long standing community plans
including the Albina Community Plan (1993), Eliot
Neighborhood Plan (1993), Martin Luther King,
Jr. Blvd. Transportation Project (1998), and Martin
Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Action Plan (2006).
http://pdc.us/pdf/ura/convention_center/mlk/2008/MLKConceptMasterPlanFinal093008.pdf
http://pdc.us/pdf/ura/convention_center/mlk/2008/MLKConceptMasterPlanSummary.pdf
Garfield Avenue Planting Update
- Margaret and friends get dirty
Thank you everyone who came out today or supported us in our warm-up planting project, and to Margaret for the donuts and the wonderful plants!
I think it looks beautiful, and as Julian said, “I think those plants are giving love to the big old trees that are there and they are loving them back, and the big cycle of love is going all over the world.”
There are pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/insideoutsh/GarfieldPlanting#
Kristen McKee
King Neighborhood Association November Meeting Minutes
Revised 11/23/08
King Neighborhood Association
Minutes from Board Meeting
November 12, 2008
List of attendees (at end of minutes)
Quorum met.
Agenda (Exhibit 1)
Minutes from October meeting
The minutes from October 8, 2008 were approved without changes.
Standing reports
Update from Portland Police
Officer Brian Sims summarized several areas that he’s focusing on in the neighborhood.
• Shootings at 9th and Alberta
• Increase in pedestrian robberies, especially near 9th and Sumner and 9th and Alberta
Trees blocking streetlights on 9th – it is the responsibility of the homeowner to keep them trimmed., Contact city commissioner or Jane Ames, public safety contact.
If neighbors have concerns about junk left out in front of houses, these could be building code violation – call Bureau of Development Services.
Please email Officer Sims directly with specific questions and incidents (for example, give addresses, dates, or other information that he can research): bsims@portlandpolice.org or call the police non-emergency number at 503-823-5833.
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