NOTE: We will be meeting in the basement while the SMILE Board meets on the main floor to discuss the Sellwood Community Center. 6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 7:15 PM: Design Overlay Zone Amendments Discussion Draft Report:  This is the first draft of how the city will revise the design overlay which applies to much of our neighborhood.  Design Standards and Citywide Design Guidelines are being revised.  This will shape the requirements for new development and is a significant and important opportunity to influence building form, function and character and well as quality and compatibility requirements. The report […]

The SMILE Board will discuss the proposed closure of Sellwood Community Center.

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for March 6, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. SMILE Board Election 2019 / Election Committee - Joel Leib, SMILE Board President. 7:45 p.m. Update and Q & A: SMILE’s Financial Portfolio - Phil Richman, Certified Financial Planner, TenBridge Partners. 8:10 p.m. Presentation and Q & A: The Future of Moreland Woods - Read Stapleton, Foundation Partners Group, Corporate Owners of Wilhelm’s Funeral Home and Moreland Woods; Elizabeth Milner, SMILE Board Member and Co-Chair SNAC Committee; and David Schoellhamer, Land Use Committee Chair.  This is a required neighborhood contact meeting to discuss the plans of Foundation Partners to change […]

Topics:  Invited Testimony and Discussion on Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Date/Time:  Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Location:  David Douglas High School – North Cafeteria, 1001 SE 135th Avenue, Portland, OR 97233 Transit:  Bus Line 20, Bus Line 2 Note regarding April 9 Community Work Session:  Community members are welcome to watch/listen in-person or online at YouTube channel eGov PDX. Please also provide opinions and insight to the City online. There will be no public testimony at this event.

6:00 p.m. - Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:05 p.m. - Review the recently release draft Ped PDX report, and discuss potential comments. The report can be found at: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/72504 6:40 p.m. - Identify proposed TriMet improvements in SMILE.  The group will discuss transit deficiencies in the neighborhood, and possibly develop a list to send to TriMet, after approval by the SMILE Board. 7:05 p.m. - Future agenda items. 7:15 p.m. - Adjourn.

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for March 20, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. SMILE Board Election 2019 / Election Committee - Joel Leib, SMILE Board President. 7:50 p.m. Discussion: Letter in support of Proposed Zoning Code amendment - Bob Burkholder, SMILE Board Member, Land Use Committee Member. 8:00 p.m. Presentation and Q & A: Diesel pollutants in our neighborhood - Joe Hovey, Portland Clean Air (PCA). 8:30 p.m. Update and discussion: Sellwood Community Center - Gail Hoffnagle, SMILE Vice President & Chair of Friends of Sellwood Community Center. 8:50 p.m. Update: Neighborhood Crime Prevention - R. Corless, Chair of Crime Prevention Committee. 9:00 […]

Rain or shine, the annual Sellwood-Westmoreland Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 10:00 a.m. sharp this morning – and since it is usually over a few minutes later, be sure to be early! It takes place at the south end of Westmoreland Park, opposite the parking lot area. The Egg Hunt is free, but please bring a canned food donation for those in need. Also, there will be a collection box for used eyeglasses and hearing aids. This annual children’s and family event is sponsored by SMILE, the Sellwood-Westmoreland neighborhood association, with the assistance of the Portland Oaks Bottom Lions […]

6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 6:10 PM: Update on Neighborhood Contact Code changes.  On April 24 City Council passed an amendment supported by SMILE. 6:10 - 6:15 PM: Update on Design Overlay Zone changes.  SMILE submitted significant comments in April. 6:15 - 6:20 PM: Update on Main Street Design Initiative. 6:20 - 6:40 PM: Update on Better Housing by Design project and discussion of major issues to consider for testimony to City Council later this year.  This is the start of our conversation; no decisions will be made at this time. 6:40 - 7:00 PM: Update on Residential […]

SMILE Board elections!  Be there! 7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for April 3, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Update: Sellwood Community Center - Gail Hoffnagle, SMILE Vice President & Chair of Friends of Sellwood Community Center. 7:50 p.m. SMILE Board election 2019 - Kevin Palmer, SMILE Board member & Nominating Committee Chair. Candidates for the SMILE Board introduce themselves in brief (2-3 minute) speeches and then all SMILE members present in the room will vote. The votes will be collected, tallied, and announced at the end of the meeting. 8:25 p.m. Presentation: PR for Oaks Pioneer Church - Chris Timberlake, SMILE […]