Board Members Present:

• Allan Rudwick
• Jimmy Wilson
• Jonathan Konkol
• Shireen Hasan
• Sue Stringer
• Pat Montgomery
• Jennifer Wilcox

Others Present:

• Elliot Parr and Vlasta
• Ruth Eddy
• Ali Hardy of Immaculate Heart Catholic Church
• Emma Holland and Jess Morgan
• Katheryn LePore
• Hillary Mackenzie
• Rachel
• Jessica Needham
• Angela Kremer
• Harrison Osbourn
• John Engleheart
• Alice and Andrew
• Cornelius Swart

Welcome & Introductions (6:32pm)

• Allan encouraged those in attendance to join committees including Land Use, Livability, or the Board.

Gladys McCoy Memorial – Hilary Mackenzie

• Hillary Mackenzie spoke briefly about the Gladys McCoy Memorial on MLK.
• If people are interested in helping with the upkeep of the memorial contact Hilary Mackenzie.  hilary@sundeleafmackenzie.com    

Dawson Park update

• Neighbors reported on updates to the situation in the park including shots being fired last night and bullets being found in two cars.
• Jimmy Wilson, Co-Chair of ENA attended a city council meeting with members of the neighborhood to express concern and ask for help with the Dawson Park situation and help for the neighbors who live on Stanton Street
• Cornelius Swart spoke about how this same problem was addressed many years ago.
• Suggestions of next steps included:
  • Building a coalition of partners including
    • Emanuel Hospital
    • Home Forward
    • Immaculate Heart Church
    • The corner grocery store
    • Cascadia
    • City of Portland Parks and Recreation department
  • Some neighbors are putting up fencing to keep people from sitting on their steps
  • Adding speed bumps to the street or a speed camera and sign
  • Putting in concrete planters to make it a dead end street
  • Immaculate Heart church is working on having the trees and parking removed
  • Creating a phone tree including all partners
  • Put up cameras in the park
  • Talk to the people in the park and find the root of the problem, understand their story
  • Contact the media
  • Ask for help from the office of neighborhood involvement
  • Be a squeaky wheel: every time something happens, contact city hall
  • Welcome people and connect them to services
  • Connect with each other one on one to build stronger community
  • Create a shared google doc to track what is happening
• Action steps:
• Have weekly meeting to talk about this issue. Allan will send an email to arrange the meeting.
• Work on letter to Emanuel and other partners to join the committee
• Cornelius will reach out to the media
• Elliot will write a letter to the City council about the shooting last night

Dialogue about racism – Angela Kremer

• Angela spoke about the need to learn to work together and address privilege and racism. 
• Angela, Sue, and Pat will talk offline to help make a plan. Angela will put together a proposal.

Old Business/Updates: 

– Livability – down to 1 member

• Sue willing to be the Board rep to that committee and get some of the adopt a block people on the committee. 
• Angela and Jimmy will meet about the Blazers money. 

Amended minutes from June meeting were approved.

Meeting ended 9:04