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Let's join together to save our community center, which is on the City's budget chopping block.  Now is the time to speak up and speak out!

6:00 p.m.  Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:05 p.m.  Tacoma Street Neighborhood Traffic Management Project Phase 1 – Scott Kelly. Review comments from Open House and discuss final proposed project. 6:30 p.m.  Open discussion of other methods to address cut-through traffic causes or impacts. 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 February 20, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. SMILE Board Election 2019 / Election Committee - Joel Leib, SMILE Board President. 7:50 p.m. Update: A review of the Tacoma St. Neighborhood Traffic Management Project Phase 1 - Scott Kelly, Transportation Committee Chair. 8:05 p.m. Presentation: Public Art Commission - Michelle Traver, Public Art Administrator with TriMet and Kenji Hamai Stoll, artist.  TriMet is commissioning a mural on the substation at 2397 SE Glenwood Street and wants some feedback from SMILE on the project. 8:20 p.m. Discussion: Community Connection - Kim Borcherding, SMILE Board Member. 8: 30 p.m. Discussion: […]

7:00 - 7:20 p.m. Organize for the April 2nd budget meeting. 7:20 - 7:35 p.m. Distribute flyers and organize people to deliver them to stores/other locations in the Sellwood Moreland neighborhood. 7:35 - 7:50 p.m.  Discuss rally on April 9th organized by DSA.  Do we want to participate? What would our plan be? 7:50 - 8:00 pm.  Discuss Board's decision and letter to Mayor Wheeler. 8:00 - 8:30 p.m.  Are there any alternative suggestions for saving the center?

Topic:  Public Testimony by Lottery (tickets available starting at 5:30pm). Date/Time:  Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Location:  IRCO Main Office – Gym, 10301 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220 Transit:  MAX Red Line, MAX Blue Line, Bus Line 15, Bus Line 19, Bus Line 25  

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.