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Eliot News Looking for articles for Spring Edition by April 1st

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

The next issue of the Eliot News is going to press in a few weeks, and we are looking for your stories!

Please reach out to news@eliotneighborhood.org with any articles, pictures or advertisements you would like to make it into the next issue.

We publish this newsletter quarterly, so feel free to submit articles or other content on a rolling basis.

Thanks in advance

The Eliot News Team

Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda Monday March 20 2023 at 7:00pm

Posted on by Serena Li

DRAFT Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda – Submitted by Laura Fay

Monday 3/20/2023 

7:00 – 8:30pm

Cascadia Garlington Health Center

3036 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd

Masks required, Enter from the parking lot side off of Morris St

Co-Chairs: Jimmy Wilson and Patricia Montgomery

This is an in-person meeting. To listen in, call: 206-207-1700

Meeting number (access code): 2488 322 0764

Meeting password: Community

Agenda (subject to changes):

  • Welcome and Introductions – 7:00pm
  • Agenda Additions (5 minutes)
  • Review Meeting Agreements [Link] (5 minutes)
  • Approve Minutes [Link] from February 27th meeting (5 minutes)
  • Vote to Elect Additional Board Member (1 minute)
  • Vote on Motion to Extend VOA Good Neighbor Agreement (5 minutes)
  • VOA Update on STEP (Tessa Fowler, 10 minutes)
  • Neighborhood Safety (15 minutes)
  • Kerby Offramp Project (15 minutes)
  • Neighborhood Updates
    • Eliot News (10 minutes)
    • Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
    • LUTC Update (10 minutes)
  • Public Comment (5 minutes)
  • Adjourn

Next meeting Monday, April 17, 2023

Connect to BEH Kindergarten event Thursday 5:30pm at the BEH library

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

Have a child and need to sign them up for school? Portland Public Schools has several events scheduled to see the schools in person. Most of the Eliot Neighborhood is in the Boise-Eliot/Humboldt (BEH) School area. More information on enrolling at BEH can be found here: https://www.pps.net/domain/6389

I am in year 4 of 10 with my eldest two daughters there and I could not recommend it more highly. The teachers and administration are top notch. Principal Kaveh’s goal is to have 3 classes per grade, which would require 65 kids per grade for grades 4-5 and slightly lower numbers for the lower grades. The way to achieving this is asking more neighbors to at least consider this great school and so I am asking you to take a look. Ask to take a tour or visit on one of the scheduled connect to kindergarten dates. Filling out the paperwork on the earlier side would be a great help to retain our existing teachers amid proposed cuts by the district.

There is an event this coming Thursday where you can tour the school and get a sense of what it is like this coming Thursday 3/15 at 5:30pm. You can also get a sense of the weekly highlights from the Principal’s Message page here: https://www.pps.net/boiseeliot

Principal Kaveh is happy to answer any questions can be reached at kpaksere@pps.net

March 13, 2023 LUTC Meeting Agenda

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

(February meeting cancelled)

Note the change of time to 6:30pm

Meeting will be online via google meet (full information at the bottom if this link doesn’t work)

(Old meeting minutes here)

Draft Agenda

  • 6:30pm: Welcome and Introductions
  • Discuss any additions to the agenda
  • Stanton Letter
  • Discussion of South Eliot & Lack of Development (Kris)
  • Permit discussions:
    • (none to discuss yet)
  • Parking committee update (Allan)
  • Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation Update (Allan)
  • Public Comment
    • Eliot News is looking for articles
  • Adjourn

Future Topics:

  • Emanuel Hospital Annual contact
  • April?: PBOT to discuss NE 7th Ave traffic

Eliot LUTC recurring meeting
Monday, January 9, 2023 · 6:30 – 8pm
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/sie-kbrb-fpc
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-438-2335‬ PIN: ‪285 484 290‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/sie-kbrb-fpc?pin=5302750939203

Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda Monday February 27 2023 at 7:00pm

Posted on by Serena Li

Monday 2/27/2023 

7:00 – 8:30pm

Cascadia Garlington Health Center

3036 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd

Masks required, Enter from the parking lot side off of Morris St

Co-Chairs: Jimmy Wilson and Patricia Montgomery

This is an in-person meeting. To listen in, call: 1-206-207-1700

Meeting number (access code): 2495 611 9564

Meeting password: Community

Agenda (subject to changes):

  • Welcome and Introductions – 7:00pm
  • Agenda Additions (5 minutes)
  • Review Meeting Agreements [Link] (5 minutes)
  • Approve Minutes [Link] from January 23rd meeting (5 minutes)
  • VOA Update on STEP (Tessa Fowler, 10 minutes)
  • Vote to renew/make permanent 3 month VOA GNA Amendment
  • Board Priorities and Activities (all, 30 minutes)
  • Neighborhood Updates
    • Eliot News (10 minutes)
    • Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
    • LUTC update to include Freeway Ramp update (10 minutes)
  • Public Comment (5 minutes)
  • Adjourn

Next meeting Monday, March 20, 2023

Vaccine Clinic and Hot Food in Dawson Park on Tuesday, Feb 7th 11am-1pm

Posted on by Serena Li

Join us on February 7 at Dawson park for vaccine clinic, hot food, non-perishable giveaway, and entertainment in a heated area!

This event is brought to you by: J.W. Matt Hennessee Social Justice Center Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church Saturday Samaritans and Professional Business Development Group, in partnership with Outreach Oregon and Cascadia.

Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda Monday January 23 2023 at 7:00pm

Posted on by Serena Li

7:00 – 8:30pm

Cascadia Garlington Health Center
3036 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd

Masks required, Enter from the parking lot side off of Morris St

Co-Chairs: Jimmy Wilson and Patricia Montgomery

This is an in-person meeting. To listen in, call: 1-206-207-1700
Meeting number (access code): 2495 611 9564
Meeting password: Community

Agenda (subject to changes):

  • Welcome and Introductions – 7:00pm
  • Agenda Additions
  • Review Meeting Agreements [Link]
  • Approve Minutes [Link] from November 21st meeting
  • VOA Update on STEP
  • Discuss VOA Review Board
  • Cascadia Action on air quality in Eliot
  • Emanuel Displaced Persons lawsuit
  • Report on Mayor’s Office December 9 meeting + safety updates from Stephanie Howard
  • Dawson Park lighting
  • ENA Communication with PPB
  • Expungement Clinic proposal
  • Stephanie White from Black Men And Women In Training (BMWIT) to discuss new innovative culturally specific mental health group practice services
  • Introduce PSU MURP students studying the development proposal around the Kerby Ramps
  • Website organizing
  • Consider future meetings in person with call-in option
  • Neighborhood Updates
    • Eliot News: Call for additional volunteers
    • Treasurer’s Report
    • LUTC update
  • Public Comment
  • Adjourn

Have a story to share? The Eliot News is looking for content

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

The next issue of the Eliot News is going to press soon, but we are short on content for this issue. Please reach out to news@eliotneighborhood.org with any articles, pictures or advertising you would like to make it into the next issue. We publish this newsletter quarterly, so feel free to submit articles or other content on a rolling basis.

Thanks in advance

The Eliot News Team

ENA co-hosting public comment session for I5 expansion: Tuesday Jan 3rd, at 6pm

Posted on by Allan Rudwick
https://nomorefreewayspdx.com/peoplespublichearing/


<Content from No More Freeways>
This fall, No More Freeways sent ODOT a letter asking if ODOT planned to host an in-person public hearing for the proposed Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion.
Now that we’ve learned ODOT has refused, No More Freeways and our partners instead decided to host our own.
NMF will be partnering with local advocacy groups including the Eliot Neighborhood Association and Sunrise Movement PDX to host the “People’s Public Hearing on the Proposed Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion” at Harriet Tubman Middle School on the evening of Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.
This event will include invited testimony from advocates concerned about the impact this proposed expansion will have on air quality, street safety, traffic congestion and carbon emissions in the Albina neighborhood, followed by open testimony from the public. Elected officials representing local, regional, and state governments have been invited to attend and listen to community concerns about this freeway widening proposal.

This event will be videotaped (and technology willing, live-streamed, on this page below) and tape of the People’s Public Hearing will be submitted to ODOT as part of the public comment for the Supplemental EA. No More Freeways has issued our statement about ODOT’s November 2022 EA on our Lids Not Lanes page.
This venue is transit accessible, ADA accessible, and we will be requiring (and providing) masks for all attendees.
PEOPLE’S PUBLIC HEARING
PROGRAMMING STARTS AT 6PM
JANUARY 3RD, 2023
HARRIET TUBMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
2231 N FLINT AVENUE; PORTLAND OR 97227
TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE AVAILABLE VIA 4, 17, 24, 44 BUS LINES, EASTSIDE PORTLAND STREETCAR. BIKE PARKING AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS. ON-STREET CAR PARKING.
Want to help? We need a handful of volunteers for this People’s Public Hearing event to be a success. Email us!

Can’t make the event? We’ll miss you, but you can still submit written public comment! Every bit of submitted testimony counts. Check out our Action Alert for more information and a link where you can tell ODOT that you want to see restorative justice for Albina along with a full Environmental Impact Statement. Comments are due to ODOT by January 4th.
Support us! This event ain’t cheap – if you appreciate what our all-volunteer, grassroots organization has done to demand the truth from ODOT, we’d appreciate your support. Whether you’ve got $1500, $150, $50 or $15, we’ll take whatever you are able to give, and we’ll mail you a hand written thank you card with some of our trademark NMF swag. Thanks for your support!

June 2022 ENA LUTC Meeting Minutes

Posted on by Jason V. Cohen

ENA LUTC Meeting Minutes: June 2022

LUTC in attendance:

  • Allan, Andrew

Public:

  • Luke Stein

Presenters:

  • Winta Yohannes, Chandra, Carly Harrison, Ashley Koger, Stanley Ong,Kathryn Doherty-Chapman, Kristan Alldrin, Jackie Zusi-Russell

Albina One

  • similar to before
  • they don’t have a copy of our letter of support
  • going to Design Request this week, Approval by august perhaps

PBOT – North Portland Parking

Jackie-Earth Advantage

  • can help reach out with developers about decontrsuction & getting certified. They have a metro grant.
  • looking at incentive program
  • some adopted practices into the standard practice
  • RIP might increase deconstructions
  • only set up for full deconstruction 
  • goal: help connect people doing demolitions with this program