August 12th Meeting Agenda (proposed)

Sunnyside General Meeting Agenda

August 12, 2010, 7:00-8:00pm at the SEUL headquarters (SE 35th & Main)

  1. Introductions (3 min)
  2. Approve agenda, circulate minutes (2 min)
  3. Clearwire – wireless transmitter tower (Steven Topp, 20 min)
  4. Safeway remodel on Hawthorne (Diane Phillips, 10 min )
  5. Introducing ‘Hawthorne Open’ event (Kevin Levy, 3 min)
  6. Formation of working group to focus on the long term health and livability of the SES Park and its surroundings (10 min)
  7. Committee Reports, abbreviated (8 min)

Sustainability
Land Use and Transportation

Crime Prevention

Southeast Uplift

  1. Approve minutes (2 min)
  2. Next meeting on September 9
  3. Adjourn

Belmont Street Fair coming September 12

Planning for the 2010 Belmont Street Fair is underway and we would love to hear from you. We are always looking for fresh ideas, and we need volunteers for the event and to help with event planning. This year the fair takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday September 12. This has been a great community building event for the neighborhood, and Belmont Street will again be car-free between SE 33rd and SE 37th Avenues. Planning meetings are scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of each month, beginning at 7 p.m., at Hoda’s Middle Eastern Restaurant. The next two meetings are July 28 & August 25th. This year we’ll extend vending east on Belmont and keep it out of the parking lots. This would increase capacity and reduce congestion, and it would allow the kids’ area to expand to SE 34th Avenue. SNA plans to continue coordinating music, the alternative transportation expo, and setting up the neighborhood green at the intersection of SE 34th and Belmont (see photo). We are also hoping to expand the farmer’s market booth, which last year was teamed up with Sunnyside Environmental School students to raise money for the school’s gardens.

2009 Belmont Street Fair

Meeting Time

The Sustainability Committee meets the 2nd Monday of each month from 6-7:30 at SEUL. We are committed to reducing the carbon footprint of the entire Sunnyside Neighborhood by helping residents reduce their fossil fuel consumption.

Why are we doing this? Because our planet’s air, water and land are being degraded by the pollution generated from burning fossil fuels. Because carbon dioxide, which is generated from the burning of fossil fuels is a major component linked to the rapid overheating of our Planet. Because present rates of fossil fuel consumption are not sustainable. Because the future of Sunnyside Neighborhood, Oregon and Earth depends on it.



Meet your 2010 Leadership

Enjoying our Annual Retreat

Reuben Deumling, President

Paul Loney, Vice President

Jane Pullman, Treasurer

Michele Gila, Secretary

Gina Binole, Member at Large

Tim Brooks, Member at Large

Chuck Lawrence, Member at Large

Bill Stites, Member at Large

Heather Wilson, Member at Large