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Sellwood Bridge/Tacoma Congestion Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

Meet with PBOT staff to discuss options for relieving congestion and cut-through traffic.

Special SMILE Board Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

Discuss strategies to manage and market SMILE properties (SMILE Station and Oaks Pioneer Church).  Everyone is welcome.

SMILE Board Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

7:30 p.m. - Welcome - Introductions. 7:35 p.m. - Review and pass minutes - for November 15 meeting. 7:45 p.m. - Discussion: New Homeless Shelter coming to SE Portland, Brian Balla, Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association Chair, and Shaynna Hobson, Manager, Willamette Center. The Joint Office of Homeless Services intends to put an emergency shelter for homeless adults at SE 61st and SE Foster Rd. The Willamette Center in Westmoreland has been cited to them as a successful example. The Foster-Powell Neighborhood Board has reached out to SMILE to learn how they can work to ensure such a shelter would adequately meet […]

SMILE Land Use Committee Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 6:50 PM: Neighborhood Contact meeting for 1144&1204 SE Tenino Street. We will discuss a proposal for four attached three-story townhomes across from New Seasons with the developer. They will follow the community design standards. 6:50 - 6:55 PM: 2017 year in review. 6:55 - 7:00 PM: Planning our February 7 meeting. There are several likely agenda items so a second meeting may be necessary. 7:00 - 7:15 PM: Land Use Notice for 6705 SE 14th Avenue, Wilhelms Funeral Home. The notice is to remove two areas (the southern parking lot used for the Farmers […]

SMILE General Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

7:30 p.m.    Welcome - Introductions. 7:35 p.m.     Review and pass minutes - for December 6 meeting. 7:40 p.m.     Presentation of the Planned Oaks Bottom Habitat Enhancement.  Ronda Fast, Environmental Program Coordinator,City of Portland - Environmental Services. 8:20 p.m.     Update: Crime Prevention Committee.  R. Corless, Chair, Crime Prevention Committee. 8:30 p.m.     Discussion: SE Uplift Communications Fund - SE Uplift can offer SMILE $1658 this year from their communications fund. To gain access to the fund we must vote on and then submit a proposal form stating the planned use of the money. 9:00 p.m.  […]

SMILE Transportation Committee Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

IMPORTANT NOTE:  The SMILE Board will discuss and provide direction to PBOT regarding Tacoma Street area traffic calming and congestion reduction measures at 7:30 immediately following this meeting. 6:00 p.m. Introductions and Announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee.  Regional Transportation Funds – Metro Transportation Bond 2020 update. 6:10 p.m. Pedestrian crossing on south side of Tacoma at McLoughlin – Scott Kelly. Update on communication with ODOT. 6:30 p.m. Oaks Bottom Habitat Enhancement Project – Springwater Closure – Scott Kelly.  Discuss proposed Springwater Corridor temporary closure in summer 2018 and proposed detour routes. 6:50 p.m. Parking Survey – Scott Kelly. Discuss […]

SMILE Board Meeting

SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Street, Portland, OR, United States

7:30 Welcome - Introductions. 7:35  Review and pass minutes for December 20 meeting. 7:40  Discussion: Tacoma Street area traffic - Rich Newlands, Project Manager, PBOT.  The latest options to reduce or address traffic congestion on Tacoma Street and cut through traffic in the surrounding area in Sellwood. 8:20  Review of SMILE fiscal budget for first quarter - Patrick Hainley, SMILE Board Member & Treasurer. 8:45  Discussion: Creating a part-time marketing position.  The SMILE Board needs to vote on the creation of a new part-time marketing job (at first on a trial basis only), to promote the Oaks Pioneer Church and the SMILE […]

New Seasons Market – Recycling 101

New Seasons Market (Sellwood store) is hosting a ‘Talk to A Recycling Expert’ on Friday, January 26th from Noon – 2:00pm. With the various changes to all the recycling programs they hope this event will clarify what can/cannot be recycled and offer ideas on how to reduce the amount of packaging we bring into our households.

Oaks Bottom Overlook Stewardship Party

Oaks Bottom Overlook SE 13th and Bybee, Portland, OR, United States

Have you seen the beautiful flowers blooming at Oaks Bottom Overlook during summer? Would you like to learn more about the pollinators that visit these native plants? Then join your friends and neighbors Sunday, February 4th, from 10am-Noon and become a neighborhood steward! We'll have a short talk from a local pollinator expert and then spend some time removing invasive weeds to make way for our native plants to emerge this spring. No experience is necessary -- just bring your gloves and trowels if you have them, to the corner of SE 13th Ave. and SE Bybee Blvd. What better […]