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 (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.

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 […]

6:00 - 6:04 PM: Introductions. 6:05 PM: Update on 1144 and 1204 Tenino.  Since our meeting in January, the developer has hit a snag with the City which will not allow driveways in front of the buildings because they are attached duplexes, not attached single-family homes. 6:05 - 6:30 PM: Comprehensive Plan Map Refinement Project. The Planning and Sustainability Commission and the Project have proposed to change the future zoning for properties along 18th and 19th and north of Insley from R2.5 to R1d due to ongoing development there.  The present zoning is RHd.  Southeast District Liaison Marty Stockton will discuss […]

7:30 p.m.    Welcome - Introductions. 7:35 p.m.    Review and pass minutes - for January 3 General Meeting. 7:40 p.m.    Presentation: “The Nest” Program for Foster Children - Kathryn Carnell, Outreach Coordinator for Boys and Girls Aid. 7:50 p.m.     Update: Crime Prevention - R. Corless, SMILE Crime Prevention Committee Chair. 8:00 p.m.    Discussion - Friends of Moreland Woods - Friends of Moreland Woods is a group of neighbors working to preserve as a community space the wooded lot between Wilhelm's Funeral Home and Llewellyn Elementary.  The Friends are seeking input from the community about what is most valuable about the Woods, […]

The Moreland Woods Committee is seeking advice and opinions from neighbors about possible uses of the two acre property located between Llewelyn School and Wilhelm Mortuary.

6:00 p.m.   Introductions and Announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:10 p.m.    Pedestrian crossing on south side of Tacoma at McLoughlin – Scott Kelly.  Update on communication with ODOT. 6:20 p.m.    Oaks Bottom Habitat Enhancement Project – Springwater Closure – Scott Kelly.   Discuss proposed Springwater Corridor temporary closure in summer 2018 and proposed detour routes. Discuss recommending the SMILE Board send a letter to BES and PBOT requesting parking be removed on both sides of Milwaukie Ave from Reedway to Mitchell and temporary bike lanes be installed on this section during the Springwater closure and detour. […]

7:30 p.m.    Welcome - Introductions. 7:35 p.m.    Review and pass minutes - for January 17 meeting. 7:40 p.m.   Discussion:  Better Housing by Design Project & Comprehensive Plan Map Refinement Project - David Schoellhamer, SMILE Land Use Committee Chair.  Better Housing by Design Project - This city project has proposed revising the rules for multifamily zones which cover about 21% of Sellwood-Moreland.  Details are athttps://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/71903.  Comprehensive Plan Map Refinement Project - This city project is revising the Comprehensive Plan Map for ongoing development, primarily in North Westmoreland.  Details are at https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/73388.  The Board will consider revising and submitting comments recommended by […]

Bring your friends and family and join us for the second planting party at Springwater Meadows* as we place another round of native, pollinator-friendly plants in the ground! Please bring gloves, wheelbarrows, shovels and box cutters (if you have them), along with your water bottle and weather-ready attire as we join friends and neighbors in getting this beautiful neighborhood gem ready for even more native plants.  This is an all-ages event.  Everyone is welcome! RSVP SE 9th Ave Between Marion + Linn Streets  

6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 6:45 PM: Neighborhood Contact meeting for 5236 SE 18th:  Architects Gunnar Langhus and Richard Grimes will present and discuss a proposal for an 18 unit apartment building. 6:45 - 6:55 PM: Updates on SMILE comments on the Better Housing by Design Project and SMILE testimony on the Map Refinement Project that were the subject of our February meeting (David Schoellhamer). 6:55 - 7:05 PM: General discussion of other issues: Possibly including our website, projects list, Residential Infill Project, and other topics.