Location: Thelma Skelton Loaves and Fishes Center, 3925 SE Milwaukie Boulevard.

Who We Are: The Brooklyn Action Corps is a neighborhood organization whose purpose is to better the community by working together toward the solution of its social, physical, and economic problems. The Board is active in all that affects the greater good of the Neighborhood. All members of the community are invited to join the BAC and serve as a volunteer board member. Board membership requires a commitment of 2 to 3 hours per month. Please come to the board meeting if you’re interested in the neighborhood association or want to join the board.

AGENDA:
MEETING UPDATE: Please meet at 6PM at the Rhine Station location at SE 17th & Rhine Street for a tour, then we’ll head back to the Sacred Heart Villa for our meeting.
Announcements and updates, including a brief update on the status of the station area planning grant
* Urban Design Workshop students presentation of their ideas and recommendations for the Clinton station area
* Further discussion of the Rhine Station area – existing conditions and aspirations for future development and identity (we briefly covered this topic once before so I’ll give a summary of what was said at that earlier meeting)

Please feel free to invite any friends/neighbors/other business owners in the area who may be interested in discussing the Clinton, Rhine and Holgate station areas.

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When:

The Moreland Farmers Market celebrates its fifth season with Opening Day Festivities that include the Sellwood Middle Schoolʼs Jazz and Marimba Bands, Sellwood Community Center sponsored art projects for kids,$5- bicycle helmets and helmet fitting by Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Free tamales from Canby Asparagus with a $5- market purchase, and a drawing fora Market Bag giveaway. In addition to the local produce and products Moreland Farmers Market offers:

• EBT and Debit card service, with $5- a week matching funds for SNAP (formerly known as Oregon Trail) purchases; WIC and Senior FDNP coupons accepted as well.
• Free transportation for seniors and people with disabilities through Project Linkage.
• Block Styrofoam recycling on the last Wednesday of the month throughout the market season, sponsored by Wallace Books.
• Free parking in lot across the street at SE Glenwood and 14th Avenue.

For more information regarding special events or a list of 2010 market vendors, visit www.morelandfarmersmarket.org or contact Market Manager Ted Lee at503-341-9350 or Ted@morelandfarmersmarket.org.

See you there!

The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15th from 6 until 8 PM.  The meeting will be held at St. Philip Neri Parrish, Carvlin Hall at 2408 SE 16th Avenue.  This is at the corner of SE 16th Avenue and Division Street.

More information can be found at www.trimet.org/pm.

Please join us for what should be a fun change of pace at this month’s Board Meeting.

Students and Faculty from Portland State’s Urban Design Workshop group will be in attendance to discuss various planning, zoning, and transportation issues in the Brooklyn Neighborhood.  They are looking to learn more about our neighborhood, and they have already presented some amazingly creative and inspiring ways that we can tackle some of our largest urban design issues.  The odds are pretty good that at least some of their ideas will be incorporated into both the Portland Plan and plans for MAX Light Rail.

1. Urban Design Workshop class project. In 2009 a class of PSU students in the Urban Studies and Planning program worked with representatives of the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood on an analysis and visioning project for the area around the Clinton Station area. Phase 2 of this class has recently begun and will build upon work done by the 2009 class. An instructor from the class will present the project, process and findings from last year’s workshop as well as what phase 2 will entail. Student representatives from the class will also attend and may have some questions for the group. If you’re interested in a preview of the report produced by last year’s workshop class, a pdf is attached. Please remember that this is the work of a PSU class and not the City of Portland, also keep in mind that the Station Area Discussion Group is not obligated to work with the students, however, our discussion could benefit from their analysis, ideas and collaboration.

2. Pedestrian/bicycle overpass location. We will continue our discussion about the two potential locations for the pedestrian/bicycle overpass location (SE 14th Avenue where it is proposed or SE 16th Avenue where it is currently located). I’ll give an update on this issue and then we should discuss potential evaluation factors and what you think would constitute a thorough evaluation.

3. Other topics people would like to discuss at the meetings. I’ve had a couple suggestions of other topics people would like to discuss at the meetings so we should take some time to see if there are other ideas.

Date: Wednesday, April 7
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 7:30 PM