BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020  | 7:00 – 8:30 PM  

Reed College Performing Arts Bldg, Rm 131

Welcome to your REED (RNA) Neighborhood Association board meeting. Thank you for joining us today. We aim to hold a warm and encouraging space for community action and input. This is a place for neighbors to come together to address various issues and jopes for our neighborhood. The RNA is not here to act on behalf of neighbors, but rather to create a platform from which all neighbors can effectively work to improve REED neighborhood. 

7:00 – Welcome and Introductions

7:05 – Report conclusions from last month’s budget discussion (10 min)

7:15 – Report on Social Media position (10 min)

    Position Description

7:25 – Communication Funds Application (25 min)

    Anne will bring application/instructions/etc

Election, Picnic, Holiday Party, Clean Up, General Meetings/Social Media Costs

8:00 – Upcoming Speakers (10 min)

    Updates for March, discuss plan for May

Paige Kreiman

8:05 – NET Update (5min)

8:10 – Approve last meeting’s Minutes (5 min)

8:15 – Treasurer’s Report (5 min)

8:20 – Land Use Report (10 min)

8:30 – Recap of Meeting & Adjourn

Dear Neighbors,

This is a reminder that the next Reed Neighborhood meeting has two excellent speakers.

Reed Neighborhood Meeting
Wednesday, November 13th, from 7-8:30 PM (6:30 Meet & Greet)
Room 104 in the Performing Arts Building (PAB) on the Reed College Campus.

Red Cross Presentation on Emergency Preparedness
We hear that Joe Ohana from the Red Cross is an excellent speaker! Please invite your neighbors–our success in a disaster will depend on individually prepared houses.

Gary Granger will give a presentation on the Portland Crow Roost Study. Every Portlander sees families of crows in their neighborhood on a daily basis, but what you may not know is that during the winter the local birds join thousands of others in a dramatic gathering in our downtown area forming a nightly roost. This urban roost is a unique natural spectacle that makes Portland a special place, similar to the annual return of the Vaux Swifts in the Chapman School chimney.
The people doing this Crow Roost study are longterm Portland (and suburb) residents who have engaged in this community science project studying the urban crow roost in Portland for the past 3 years. They monitor the crow roost weekly, do population counts and document night roost locations. They are working closely with Audubon of Portland on this project.
Portland Crow Roost: pdxcrowroost.com
We look forward to seeing you there!

Reed Neighborhood Board

Dear Neighbors,
Please save the dates for two Reed Neighborhood Association (RNA) events coming up this fall.

Wednesday, November 13th, from 7-8:30 PM, Gary Granger will give a presentation on the Portland Crow Roost Study. The presentation will take place in room 104 in the Performing Arts Building (PAB) on the Reed College Campus.Please see more info on the talk below.

Thursday, December 12th, from 7-9 PM, Reed Neighborhood Holiday Gathering.We will gather at Gigantic Brewery at the corner of SE Steele and 26th. This event is 21+ and is “no host,” so everyone buys their own beverages. RNA will provide light snacks, please feel free to bring holiday finger foods to share.  

Portland Crow Roost Presentation Every Portlander sees families of crows in their neighborhood on a daily basis, but what you may not know is that during the winter the local birds join thousands of others in a dramatic gathering in our downtown area forming a nightly roost. This urban roost is a unique natural spectacle that makes Portland a special place, similar to the annual return of the Vaux Swifts in the Chapman School chimney.

The people doing this Crow Roost study are longterm Portland (and suburb) residents who have engaged in this community science project studying the urban crow roost in Portland for the past 3 years. They monitor the crow roost weekly, do population counts and document night roost locations. They are working closely with Audubon of Portland on this project.

Portland Crow Roost: pdxcrowroost.com

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wed, Oct 9, 2018  | 7:00 – 8:30 PM |  Reed Performing Arts Building, Rm 104

7:00 – Welcome and Introductions

7:05 – Review of Minutes/Agenda

7:10 – Discuss Code Changes / vote on writing a letter

7:35 – Plan December Party / Create committee

7:50 – Approve last meeting’s minutes (board vote)

7:55 – Compile info on SEUL grants/deadlines/etc/National Night out/etc

8:00 – Update on speakers for Nov and Feb meetings

8:05 – Update on Communication Tools, what still needs to be done?

          Discuss description of needed web/social media volunteer

8:10 – Land Use Report

8:20 – Treasurer’s Report

8:25 – Review 2019/2020 Plan/Meeting Schedule

8:25 – Recap of Meeting & Adjourn

Reed Neighbors,
Many thanks to everyone who came to our picnic! It was super fun to see old neighbors, and to meet new ones. Thank you also, to the Reed Neighborhood Emergency Team for their excellent information table.

Our next board meeting is coming up, and will be in room 104 instead of 131.

BOARD MEETING: Wednesday, September 11, in room 104 in the Reed Performing Arts Building.

AGENDA:

7:00 – Welcome and Introductions

7:05 – Review of Minutes/Agenda/Approve last meeting’s minutes & current meeting’s agenda

7:10 – Discuss Mail Chimp/Canvas Webhosting/FB login/password 

7:30 – Choose speakers for Oct and Feb meetings

7:45 – SEUL Update / Discuss Code Changes 

8:05 – NET Update

8:15 – Treasurer’s Report/Land Use Report

8:20 – Recap of Meeting & Adjourn

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday,  June, 12 2019 |  Meet and Greet at 6:30, Meeting from 7:00 to 8:30 PM  

Reed College Performing Arts Building, Rm 131

We aim to hold a warm and encouraging space for community action and input. This is a place for neighbors to come together to address various issues and hopes for our neighborhood. The RNA is not here to act on behalf of neighbors, but rather to create a platform from which all neighbors can effectively work to improve REED neighborhood.

6:30 Meet and Greet

7:00: Welcome and Introductions (5 min)

7:05: Welcome new board members (10 min)

7:15: Communications/planning for August 4 picnic (30 min) 

     Set up picnic committee

7:45: Review, amend and vote on the meeting plan 

     Plan how/where to post

7:25: Reed Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET)  (20 min)

7:50: Land Use Report (5 min)

     (If no Land Use Rep, Chair would be the Land Use contact for public notices/direct people to monthly SEUL Land Use meeting)

7:55: Review and Approve last meeting’s Minutes (5 min)

8:00: Treasurer’s Report (5 min)

8:30: Adjourn

Update from Reed Board Member, Nadyne Rosin:

Rail Yard Study and Possible Support: There will be a study of the potential relocation of the Albina Rail Yard. The Albina Rail Yard Relocation Project is a long term plan to move the switching needs of the railroad to another location outside of the city center. This could include the Brooklyn Rail Yard as well if the railroad modernizes the entire metropolitan area at once, which has historically been the process in other major cities. This modernization of this 19th century technology would include elevating or trenching the railroad throughout the city, thereby eliminating all crossing conflicts, noise and lowering pollution. To determine the viability of this idea, a $30,000 engineering study would lay the foundation for a preliminary meeting of primary stakeholders.

Mo Badreddine from the Albina Relocation Project and Terry Dublinski-Milton, former SE Uplift Chair, will present this idea and officially ask for SE Uplift funding to help this study. Rail relocation projects in general offer many benefits that extend  beyond crossing safety and operations. Possible additional benefits may include:

• Improved environmental air quality resulting from decreased noise and air pollution.
• Improved land use & appearance
• Enhancing public safety- eliminating possible obstructions to emergency vehicles
• Safer routes for hazardous material movements
• Improvements in the railroad’s operational efficiency
• Large parcels of land could open up for redevelopment and park space. The highest concentration of diesel exhaust stems from Brooklyn Yard. Tonnage by truck is expected to double from now-2040 and triple in value. Feel free to reach out to Terry before the meeting if you want more info. The attached document describes the scope of the study.

The SE Uplift board then proceeded to vote for adding Brooklyn Switch yard to the study and would match a Dollar for every two dollars raised.

On April 10, the Reed Neighborhood Board approved donating a sum of $300. SE Uplift will add $150. $7,000 has already been raised.

To view the Albina Rail Yard Relocation study, click the link below:

Albina TO1 Railroad Evaluation SCOPE_FINAL (1) (1)

Reed Neighborhood Meeting, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in the Reed Performing Arts Bldg. Room 104

Meet and Greet: 6:30 pm

Meeting  7:00 – 8:30 pm

First on the agenda will be our annual Reed Neighborhood Board Elections. If you would like to meet neighbors and be involved, please join your neighborhood board!

Also, The Reed Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) will introduce newly trained members, discuss the NET’s mission, fill us in on Reed’s current state of preparedness, and how you can become involved.

Greg Bourget, from Portland Clean Air, will talk about current efforts to measure diesel air pollution, and give updates on other clean air efforts across the city.