SMILE – Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League

Request for Extension of Premises

Re: Yukon Tavern Inc.
Yukon Tavern
5819 SE Milwaukie
Portland, OR 97202

The Yukon Tavern holds a Full On-Premises Commercial license at the above address. The licensee has requested an extension of premises to add 8 dining seats on the sidewalk outside of the premises. The licensee=s proposed outdoor hours are 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, and 10:00 a.m. to Midnight Monday through Friday.

If your organization wishes to provide the Commission with factual information concerning whether there is a basis to grant or deny this license under the OLCC’s licensing standards, please write me at the following address:

OLCC
Patty Rhodes, License Investigator
P.O. Box 22297
Milwaukie, OR 97269-2297

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This from the city via Chuck Martin of SWBA:

The City is repaving Milwaukie from Bybee south to where it runs into 17th (two blocks before Tacoma). They sent out a letter dated August 16th to “businesses and residents” that arrived yesterday. The supervisor on the project says that he did not know about the SWBA, or he would have sent us a copy.

Here is what is happening:

The crews will start today around noon (as soon as they finish SE 28th).
The intersection at Bybee and Milwaukie will be partially closed, but southbound traffic on Milwaukie will be allowed to turn both east and west onto Bybee.
They are routing northbound traffic off of  Milwaukie onto 17th. They are routing southbound traffic onto Bybee west to 13th, and then left onto Tacoma to get back to 17th . They acknowledge that this is going to create a huge problem at the intersection of 13th and Tacoma (an intersection that is already under stress).
They have decided to do the section from Bybee to Rex first, and hope to be finished by this Friday (but maybe next Tuesday). They will then do the section south of Rex.
They will try to be finished before the 25th
The saw horses went up yesterday because the City ordinance says they have to be up 24 hours before the work starts.

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Agenda items include:

1. Sellwood Bridge Type

2. Fundraising

3. Community Garden

4. Kiosk

5. Other TBD

From Don Baldwin, Location Manager, “Leverage” Season 3:

I’m writing to let you know that the TNT Network series, “Leverage,” will be filming around the Springwater Trail and the Oregon Pacific Railway tracks adjacent on Thursday August 5th and Friday August 6th. As part of that filming we are working with Multnomah County and the City of Portland to do some related work on the Sellwood Bridge on Thursday August 5th, 2010.

With the permission and cooperation of the county and city the westbound lane of the Sellwood Bridge will be closed on Thursday August 5th, 2010, from 9:30am to 1:30pm to facilitate filming. Drivers will be advised to use alternate routes. The westbound lane will reopen to traffic at 1:30pm.

I’m writing to you in hopes that you can help us disseminate this information as quickly as possible. We will be distributing flyers to the area tonight and tomorrow, and we will be placing variable message signs in the area tomorrow to give drivers a heads up. If you have any questions please contact me.   (503) 780-7989

General Membership Meeting Agenda:  August 4, 2010

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7:30  Welcome and Introductions

7:35  Quick discussion Points

• Sundae in Park
• Summer Concerts
• Kiosk – $1000 check vote
• Crime committee
• SMILE Fund Raising Ideas
• Bank Letters for use of donated funds
• Railvolution Conference October 18-21

8:00  SMILE Sustainability Committee Update:  Danny Thomas

8:30  SE Uplift: Blythe Pavlik

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For the next four Monday nights beginning tonight, July 12th, there will be our annual neighborhood park concerts that we all so look forward to each summer.

These shows are part of Portland Parks & Recreation’s Summer Concerts in the Park series that happen in parks all over Portland.  Come down to Sellwood Riverfront Park for some great music with friends and neighbors in a beautiful setting on the river.

There will be food vendors, a secure bike corral, and overflow parking again this year at Oaks Amusement Park. This year there will also be a community information night on July 26th.

See you there!

Neighbors and Committee Members

Please join us for the SMILE Transportation Committtee Meeting, 6:30 on July 21st at the SMILE Station.  Specific topics include:

1. Trimet Lightrail Project

2. Bike Path Closure and alternate route – SE 19th Ave Bike Blvd

3. Bike Master Plan

4. 13th and Tacoma Signalization Update

5. Sellwood Bridge

There is a vacancy on the SMILE Board which came up shortly after the election in May when Tamara Rubin resigned from the Board.  We plan to hold a special election at the General Meeting to be held on July 7, 2010 to fill that seat.  The term of the seat will run through May, 2011.

If you would like to be nominated for the SMILE Board, please give me a call or send me an email and I will be glad to put your name on the ballot.

One potential problem might be getting a quorum for the July meeting (20 SMILE members).  If everybody could bring a friend or two, we should be able to get the election done.

If you have any questions, give me a call any time.

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