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Dec 1,2008
King Neighborhood November Meeting Minutes
by Trace
Below is a draft of the minutes from the November 12 meeting of the King Neighborhood Association. Please come to the next meeting on December 10 and be prepared to vote on adopting the minutes. If you have comments or suggestions for the minutes, please let Gabrielle Foulkes know so that she can incorporate them prior to the December 10 meeting. If your name is misspelled, please let us know that too. Revised 11/23/08 King Neighborhood Association Minutes from Board Meeting November 12, 2008 List of attendees (at end of minutes) Quorum met. Agenda (Exhibit 1) Minutes from October meeting The minutes from October 8, 2008 were approved without changes. Standing reports Update from Portland Police Officer Brian Sims summarized several areas that he's focusing on in the neighborhood. Shootings at 9 th and Alberta Increase in pedestrian robberies, especially near 9 th and Sumn
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Nov 26,2008
King Neighborhood Association November 2008 Meeting Minutes
by Trace
Revised 11/23/08 King Neighborhood Association
Minutes from Board Meeting
November 12, 2008 List of attendees (at end of minutes)
Quorum met. Agenda (Exhibit 1) Minutes from October meeting
The minutes from October 8, 2008 were approved without changes. Standing reports
Update from Portland Police
Officer Brian Sims summarized several areas that he's focusing on in the neighborhood.
• Shootings at 9th and Alberta
• Increase in pedestrian robberies, especially near 9th and Sumner and 9th and Alberta Trees blocking streetlights on 9th - it is the responsibility of the homeowner to keep them trimmed., Contact city commissioner or Jane Ames, public safety contact. If neighbors have concerns about junk left out in front of houses, these could be building code violation - call Bureau of Development Services. Please email Officer Sims directly with specific questions and incidents (for example, give addresses, dates, or other informat
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Minutes from Board Meeting
November 12, 2008 List of attendees (at end of minutes)
Quorum met. Agenda (Exhibit 1) Minutes from October meeting
The minutes from October 8, 2008 were approved without changes. Standing reports
Update from Portland Police
Officer Brian Sims summarized several areas that he's focusing on in the neighborhood.
• Shootings at 9th and Alberta
• Increase in pedestrian robberies, especially near 9th and Sumner and 9th and Alberta Trees blocking streetlights on 9th - it is the responsibility of the homeowner to keep them trimmed., Contact city commissioner or Jane Ames, public safety contact. If neighbors have concerns about junk left out in front of houses, these could be building code violation - call Bureau of Development Services. Please email Officer Sims directly with specific questions and incidents (for example, give addresses, dates, or other informat
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Oct 25,2008
King Neighborhood Association October Minutes
by Trace
Revised 10/23/08 King Neighborhood Association Minutes from Board Meeting October 8, 2008 List of attendees (at end of minutes) Quorum met. Agenda (Exhibit 1) Minutes from September meeting The minutes from September 10, 2008 were approved with minor clarifications about the concerns of the neighbors of the Miracles Club and clarifying Allyson Spencer's role on the MLK Advisory Committee. Standing reports Public safety action committee meetings Charles Boardman reported that the committee discussed the theft of catalytic converters, and will be working with vendors and muffler shops which will provide free welds to prevent theft. Planned Parenthood Regional Service Center (Exhibit 2) Planned Parenthood is closing on land with the Portland Development Commission, and will hold a ground breaking on 10/22. David Greenberg, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood, provided im
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Oct 9,2008
Technology Versus Civil Liberties in Portland
by shooter
The Portland Police Department is testing a new camera system that automatically records the license plate number, time, and location of vehicles encountered while police are on patrol.The plate number is compared against a database of stolen license plates to help identify and recover stolen vehicles. The system can even track the movements of a vehicle in the city because all the plate numbers recorded are stored in a database.
While the usefulness of this system is obvious, it does raise civil liberties concerns. The biggest question is how will the public be assured that the recorded information will only be used for its intended purpose? Can the information be subpoenaed for use in civil cases?
These systems have been in use in the US for about 5 years, while similar camera systems have been used in Europe for much longer. Police departments who use the system report success with the system, recovering numerous stolen ve
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Sep 23,2008
King Neighborhood Meeting September Minutes
by Trace
Revised 9/30/08
King Neighborhood Association
Minutes from Board Meeting
September 10, 2008
List of attendees (at end of minutes)
Quorum met.
Agenda (Exhibit 1)
Minutes from August meeting
The minutes from August 13, 2008 were approved without changes.
Standing reports
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) - Sylvia Evans (Exhibits 2-3)
Sylvia reported for Lauren McCartney on the small grants program for neighborhood and community-based organizations. The program’s goal is to provide neighborhood and community organizations an opportunity to build community, attract new and diverse members, and sustain those already involved. For example, it could be used to entice people to come to KNA meetings; for a neighborhood party to share ideas or work on clean-up issues to address crime. However, it does not include routine mailings. The goal is to form pa
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King Neighborhood Association
Minutes from Board Meeting
September 10, 2008
List of attendees (at end of minutes)
Quorum met.
Agenda (Exhibit 1)
Minutes from August meeting
The minutes from August 13, 2008 were approved without changes.
Standing reports
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) - Sylvia Evans (Exhibits 2-3)
Sylvia reported for Lauren McCartney on the small grants program for neighborhood and community-based organizations. The program’s goal is to provide neighborhood and community organizations an opportunity to build community, attract new and diverse members, and sustain those already involved. For example, it could be used to entice people to come to KNA meetings; for a neighborhood party to share ideas or work on clean-up issues to address crime. However, it does not include routine mailings. The goal is to form pa
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Sep 17,2008
Debunking Urban Legends—Take Email Warnings with a Grain of Salt
by pearlgirl
by Stephanie Reynolds Have you ever received an email warning you about ankle-slashing gangs hiding under cars? How about killers lurking in backseats? Kidney thieves? A deadly game, popular with teens, called Spunkball? Knockout, or even deadly, perfume samples? These are just a few, of the many, false stories about crime and violence circulating around the internet. The stories often contain instructions, such as, "Please forward this to everyone you know! It could save a life!" Recipients of the messages, with the best of intentions, forward the messages without checking for validity, and the misinformation spreads like wildfire. The stories rarely contain anything useful or accurate, yet people may change their behaviors based on the information they receive from these cautionary tales. Did you ever hear the urban legend that, as an initiation rite, gang members drive around without their headlights on, and the first person who flashes their lights at them i
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Sep 12,2008
The Mayor’s New Prostitution Plan
by shooter
Mayor Potter has unveiled his new strategy for dealing with prostitution on the eastside. Residents say that in the year since the drug and prostitution-free zones were eliminated, the problem has soared. Potter's plan is to get tough on prostitutes and johns. The city will dedicate four unmarked cars to anti-prostitution stings seven days a week. It will also ask judges to put repeat prostitutes and johns on probation and exclude them from specific areas. This would allow police to arrest them for being in a designated area, without having to involve the parole officer.
Skeptical residents say the plan doesn't target johns and relies on the prostitutes actually showing up in court. Residents want the prostitution-free zone (PFZ) reinstated. They said that the racial-profiling noted in the report that shut down both zones was based on arrest data for the drug-free zone only. The report does not contain the word "prostitut
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Sep 9,2008
Police Work with Montavilla Neighbors
by shooter
East PDX News reports that Portland Police Bureau (PPB) took a novel approach to dealing with the problems of prostitution and drugs in the neighborhood. PPB setup a Mobile Command Center, served refreshments, met with neighbors, and provided community service information. The goal was to encourage people to participate with neighborhood associations to address the problem. The gathering took place on August 29th, the start of the holiday weekend. When drug buyer's and pimps started coming into the area for the holiday they found a heavy police presence, including numerous street patrols, and what appeared to be a block party with the police.Drug dealing and prostitution occur regularly in this neighborhood, spilling over from 82nd Avenue. The problem has significantly increased after Portland removed its "Prostitution-Free Zones". Neighbors are circulating a petition to reinstate these zones in East Portland.
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Aug 31,2008
82nd AVENUE Neighborhoods Unite to Curb Prostitution
by pearlgirl
“TAKE BACK 82nd” Two-Part Community Town Hall Series Slated for Sept 15th and Oct 7th Citing common frustration with rampant prostitution up and down 82nd Avenue, neighborhood leaders from the north end of the thoroughfare at NE Killingsworth to the south end at the Clackamas County line have joined forces together, and have collaboratively developed a two-part town-hall meeting series to educate residents and business on how to combat this growing problem. This citizen-driven town hall series will strive to create understanding of the root causes of prostitution and what community members can do to fight it at an individual, street, neighborhood and city level.The first meeting is slated to take place at Vestal Elementary located at 121 NE 82nd Avenue on Monday, September 15th from 6-8:30pm, and will feature as panelists Commissioner Randy Leonard , Lila Lee (Council for Prostitution Alternatives), Bill Smith ( Defenders USA ), Ken Turner (President,
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Aug 29,2008
King Neighborhood Association August Meeting
by Trace
King Neighborhood Association Minutes from General Meeting August 13, 2008 List of attendees (at end of minutes) Quorum met. Agenda (Exhibit 1) Minutes from July meeting The minutes from July 9, 2008 were approved without changes. Standing reports Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) - Sylvia Evans (Exhibits 2-4) 8/20 - every third Wednesday the Coalition holds an organizers gathering and social. 8/23 - Community party at Dishman. (Exhibit 2) NECN is looking for volunteers to help with the event. 8/23 - King school clean up The Coalition is working with Jefferson High School to put on a multi-cultural talent show. Auditions begin 8/23. (Exhibit 3) City of Portland announces nominations for Spirit of Portland awards. Nominations are due by 10/24. (Exhibit 4) Contact Nell Wagenaar at 503-823-3997. There is a proposal to create a fact sheet similar to the one prepared by Humboldt - if you are interested in working on it, contact Sylvia w
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