Meet your neighbors and help your Association connect with the community. In advance of our next general meeting on November 12th, we will be canvassing the neighborhood door to door to inform everyone of the coming vote on admendment of the bylaws. Get some excercise while helping to do some much needed outreach. Contact us at: info@kingneighborhood.org or call 503-460-2756.
November Meeting Agenda
Revised 10/23/08
King Neighborhood Association General Membership Meeting
King Neighborhood Facility, MLK Room
4815 NE 7th AveNovember 12, 2008 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Introductions and review agenda
Approve minutes from 10/8/08
Standing reports
Update from Portland Police Officer Brian Sims
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods Sylvia Evans
Public Safety Action Committee Charles Boardman
New Music School Fara Heath
NE Going as a Bike Boulevard Emily Gardner
NECN’s communication initiatives Tammy Paladeni
Friends of Trees – Neighborhood canvassing project Irek Wielgosz
PDC and Killingsworth Street Improvement Charles Boardman
Grant from Metro Regional Council to spruce up Killingsworth
Farmers market pilot committee Charles Boardman
Form a King spring clean-up working committee Charles Boardman
Proposal to amend the bylaws Board
to make the majority of KNA meetings general meetings
(see proposed changes on page 2 of agenda)
Short Updates
PDC Gateway Heritage Marker Program – update on process John Tyler
Store at 9th and Alberta: Good Neighbor Agreement, etc. Charles
Bioswale stormwater project at King School Trace Salmon
MLK Liquor Store – Good Neighbor Agreement __________
Oregon Convention Center Urban Renewal Advisory Comm. John Tyler
Standing committee reports
Treasurer’s report – discussion of budget Trace Salmon
Land use committee – board discussion of charter Board
Communications/outreach/website – charter? Update? Board
Other topics?
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Wrap up
Any upcoming events to publicize/share?
Review old action items
Summarize decisions and review new action items
Confirm next meeting date: 12/10/08
Suggest agenda topics for next meeting
Future topics:
Groundwork Portland: brownfields in King, Andrea Hamburg
Grant writing workshop, Allyson Spencer
Proposed Amendments to the King Neighborhood Association Bylaws
(Changes number of General Membership meetings from four to eight each year, and reduces number of Board Meetings from eight to four to encourage more neighborhood participation.)
ARTICLE VI
B. General Membership Meetings: There shall be at least eight (8) general membership meetings yearly. General Membership Meetings shall take place in January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November.
ARTICLE VII
I. Board Meetings
1. Board Meetings: Board Meetings will be held in March, June, September, and December. All board meetings are open to the public, except when the Board is in Executive Session. The Board may go into Executive Session to discuss confidential personnel or legal matters, consistent with law. Any binding action of the Board must be taken in open session following the Executive Session.
Amendment of the King Neighborhood Bylaws
At next month’s meeting, November 12th, we will be discussing a change to the Association’s bylaws. Currently we have a meeting each month that is open to everyone. Only four of the year’s meetings are general meetings so only the board members can vote in 75% of the meetings. In order to encourage participation and empower citizens, we are proposing to make most meetings into general meetings and reserve about four for board meetings. In order to notify the residents, we will be canvassing the neighborhood with postcards. If you can help spread the word, send us your info to info@kingneighborhood.org. If you have any matters that you want discussed at the meeting, let us know that as well. The sooner you send in your topics, the easier to get them on the agenda.