THIS SAFETY TOOL REQUIRES PRESSING THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON to activate.    Otherwise there will be no leading pedestrian interval prior to traffic light changing.

Please continue to use maximum caution, especially for children.  As always do not cross until it is safe to do so.

Please let us know whether you would like the leading pedestrian interval to be longer.  PBOT is investigating it and we are pushing for a slightly longer interval.

Please come to SMILE General Meetings the first Wednesday of the month to stay in touch will neighborhood efforts to improve safety and livability.

7:30 Welcome, introductions, quick announcements, pass minutes

7:40 Moreland Farmers Market — Adam Seidman

7:50 Crystal Spring Culvert Replacement — Ronda Fast

8:10 Westmoreland Park Nature Play Area Advisory Committee — Elizabeth Kennedy-Wong

8:30 Sellwood Bridge Update — Mike Pullen

8:40 Sellwood Bridge Art — Heather Koch

9:00 Adjourn

Next Board Meeting — February 15, 2012
Next General meeting — March 7, 2012

7:30 Welcome, introductions, approval of agenda, pass minutes

7:40 Investment strategy
Discussion leaders — Pat Hainley, Steve Johnson
Decision to be made — None

7:55 Tacoma/Johnson Creek Light Rail Station stream enhancement planning
Discussion leader — Matt Clark
Decision to be made — Partnership with Johnson Creek Watershed Council

8:10 Fruit Tree Project
Discussion leader — Michael Hayes
Decision to be made — Whether to establish a partnership with Portland Fruit Tree Project to establish a community orchard

8:25 Communication Committee Report
Discussion leader — Jim Friscia
Decision to be made — None

8:40 Union Pacific Suit
Discussion leader — Kevin Downing
Decision to be made — next steps

9:00 Adjourn

Next General Meeting — February 1, 2012
Next Board Meeting — February 15, 2012

7:30 Welcome, introductions, approval of agenda, pass minutes

7:40 Speed bumps on Tenino
Discussion leaders — Tom Ramsey, Heather Koch
Decision to be made — whether to advocate for speed bumps

7:55 Sellwood Bridge Art
Discussion leader — Heather Koch
Decision to be made — None

8:10 Preparedness
Discussion leader — Stan Hoffman
Decision to be made — ?

9:00 Adjourn

Next General Meeting — January 4, 2012
Next Board Meeting — January 18, 2012

Friday, December 16 at 10 – 10:30 a.m.
Sellwood Riverfront Park,
SE Spokane St. and SE Oaks Park Way

Parking is available at the park and at a nearby overflow lot. Questions? Call 503-988-6804, emailinfo@sellwoodbridge.org.

7:30 Welcome, introductions, quick announcements, pass minutes

7:40 7-11 Store at SE Tacoma and 17th — Tom Noble

8:10 Tree Plan update — Tina Osterink, Anna Stultz

9:00 Adjourn

Next Board Meeting — December 21, 2011
Next General meeting — January 4, 2012

7:30 Welcome, introductions, approval of agenda, pass minutes

7:40 Board member vacancy update (Eric Miller’s position)
Discussion leaders — Mat Millenbach
Decision to be made — None

7:50 Portland Plan
Discussion leader — Matt Wickstrom
Decision to be made — None

8:20 Movies in the Park
Discussion leader — Mat Millenbach
Decision to be made — ?

8:40 Cell phone tower placement in residential neighborhoods
Discussion leader — Mat Millenbach
Decision to be made — Response to request from 3 other neighborhood associations to oppose cell phone towers in residential neighborhoods

9:00 Adjourn

Next General Meeting — December 7, 2011
Next Board Meeting — December 21, 2011

This will be the first of three sessions for mayoral candidates. We have invited Eileen Brady in December, and Jefferson Smith in February. Many southeast Portland residents feel forgotten by city hall. Cuts in city services, and indifference to increasing levels of pollution in residential neighborhoods appear to reflect city hall’s focus on special interests and agendas.

This session will concentrate on local issues such as:
What will the new mayor do to address the increasing noise and pollution at the Union Pacific Rail Yard in Brooklyn?
How will historic southeast neighborhoods be protected against development that imperils their character and livability?
Where is the long promised community center at the Washington/Monroe high school?
What is being done on the Sellwood Bridge, the poorly designed Bybee Light Rain station, and the postponed Harold Street Light Rail Station?
How will you partner with the neighborhoods in the face of tight budgets?
Will the city protected homeowners from cell tower placement in their front yards?

If we expect to live in a city where city hall recognizes our interests and not those of special interests we need to speak out. This is your chance to test the candidates commitment to inner southeast Portland.

7:30 Welcome, introductions, quick announcements, pass minutes

7:40 SE Tacoma and 13th safety measures — Jody Yates

7:50 St. Agatha School lunch room — Peter Finley Fry

8:00 Skateboard Park discussion — Gabe Needham

8:15 Sellwood Bridge update — Mike Pullen

8:30 Union Pacific Lawsuit update — Kevin Downing

9:00 Adjourn

Next Board Meeting — November 16, 2011
Next General meeting — December 7, 2011