We’ll leave from the Sellwood Park parking lot (7th and Malden) and walk down the bluff to do a circuit of the wildlife refuge’s trails, including the Springwater Corridor. Our focus will be on the birds and plants (native and non-native) in the refuge. Note that there are no restrooms along the route, and there is a descent and ascent of about 60 feet on the bluff. Check the weather ahead of time, and please come appropriately dressed. If you have binoculars, please bring them! Please RSVP  if you plan on coming. Make sure you give your full name and the […]

This is an online meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82078318875?pwd=SQsDzmM8J3YkfZwx2NZTHnHAgLj3a6.1 Meeting ID: 820 7831 8875 Passcode: 808909 Agenda: Review and approve minutes. 22nd Ave Stop Sign PBOT ticket update. 14th & Bybee intersection updates. Plaza Project Update:  Street murals in Summer 2025 at Milwaukie/Claybourne and 13th/Tenino.

Remote Participation: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89561154376?pwd=TdpMYYhPgRlKQexGXzoV578Ebw9tqV.1 AGENDA 7:30 pm Call to order, protocols, and introductions – David Dugan. 7:35 pm Review and approval of minutes of October 16, 2024 Board meeting. 7:40 pm Decemberville planning. 8:00 pm Willamette Center discussion. 8:15 pm Oaks Bottom Overlook restoration. 8:25 pm Bylaws – update discussion. 8:58 pm January 1st meeting? 9:00 pm Adjournment.

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Link to access the Zoom meeting remotely: https://bit.ly/SMILE-General 7:30 pm - Call to order, protocols, and introductions – David Dugan. 7:35 pm - Review and approval of minutes of September 4, 2024, and November 6, 2024 General meetings (General meeting was not held in October due to Election Forum on 10/6). 7:40 pm - Sellwood Sewer Extension Project Update – Tracie Heidt, Community Outreach Lead, Tuyen Ta, Community Outreach Coordinator, and Tim Venzke, Superintendent at J.W. Fowler. 8:00 pm Overview and discussion of upcoming Decemberville event. 9:00 pm Meeting adjournment.

Next Saturday, December 14, from 10am-1pm, we would love you to join Friends of Oaks Bottom for a work party during which we will pull invasive English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry to improve local habitat for wildlife. You can sign up for the work party here. Whether or not you can make the work party, you can still support our winter clothing drive by bringing new or lightly used warm and waterproof jackets, sweaters, hats and socks, as well as handwarmers for the Willamette Transitions Project Shelter. We'll be collecting clothes from 9:45-11am at the outset of the work party […]

7:30 pm Call to order, protocols, and introductions – David Dugan. 7:35 pm Review and approval of minutes of November 20, 2024 Board meeting. 7:40 pm Everything Under the Sun Parade 2025 – Kate Duffly. 8:00 pm Decemberville review – Organizing Team. 8:15 pm Bylaws – update discussion – Elaine O’Keefe. 8:25 pm 2024-2025 budget discussion – David Dugan. 9:00 pm Adjournment. Remote Participation: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89561154376?pwd=TdpMYYhPgRlKQexGXzoV578Ebw9tqV.1