AGENDA
7:00 - Welcome & Introductions
7:10 - New Business
Kathryn Doherty-Chapman - PBOT is accepting applications to join the Boise Neighborhood Parking Plan Stakeholder Advisory Committee ready to launch. Applications are due Feb. 28th and they plan to start meeting in April.
Morgan Towle - Neighbors for Clean Air (NCA) to talk about what they do and listen to air quality concerns our neighbors may have.
They are pursuing policies that will reduce diesel, protect communities that are already overburdened by bad air and support companies as they transition to cleaner engines.
Greg Bouget - Cascadia Action. Needs volunteers to sample the neighborhood for diesel pollution. Discuss the I-5 expansion and the worst diesel fleets.
Discuss the Community Service Rewards Program to incentivize volunteer work in the neighborhood and other ways to say thank you to our community.
Neighbor discussion about creating a park on the triangular piece of land at Fremont and Missouri.
Ted - Update on Fremont/Kerby ramp reclaiming the land project.
Works Progress Architecture (WPA) presented plans Jan 25, for a new residential building at 1017 N Revere St. called Shortstack. Click here for a summary of the presentation. The project includes construction of a new 30,000 sf, 4-story residential development, consisting of 36 units. With a goal to increase missing middle housing, a combination of 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bed dwellings will be provided, as well as a targeted mix of MFI affordability.
8:00 - Neighborhood Notices
No new notices
8:00 - Announcements
Portland Winter Light Festival is happening now, Feb 3-11. Check out the installations on Mississippi Ave at Gifty Kitty and Sunlan Lighting.
Portland Parks & Recreation would like community members to fill out the North Portland Aquatic Center Community Workshop #2 Survey to help pick the location between 5 different North Portland parks. Click on link for info about the program, presentation and survey. Survey responses are needed by Sunday, Feb. 12 at midnight.
Public voting on the North Portland Library interior concept has begun. Vote for your favorite interior design (one question!) by Feb 13. The voting will be available both in-person at North Portland and Albina as well as online on the website.
Feb 20, 10am-2pm - Come to Boise Eliot Native Grove and help tidy up our tiny plot of land. We'll be pruning, refreshing paths with wood chips, planting and transplanting. Wear weather-appropriate clothing, masks, gloves, boots, and bring any hand tools that you prefer to use. We'll provide larger tools like shovels, rakes and wheel barrows.
Advanced registration through SOLVE required. Sign up here.
The Misti Krewe of Nimbus (MKON) invites you and all Boise neighbors to come to the Portland Mardi Gras Parade on February 21, 2023, 7pm starting near Victoria Bar on Albina/Humboldt..
Marching Groups Wanted: Sign up here.
Volunteer Interest: We also welcome volunteers to help with staging during line up. To volunteer, email Kathy Kennedy.
Word is Bond is excited to be hosting our second annual In My Shoes walking tours in celebration of Black History Month. Each tour is an opportunity to listen to the voices of local young Black men about their personal narratives, and visions for the city, and learn about local Black history.
Feb 25 1:30 & 3pm tour starts at Unthank Park. The cost is on a sliding scale and you must sign up in advance.
Community members can sign up for any one of our sixteen tour offerings here.