Hector Campbell Neighborhood Association

July Meeting Agenda

2009-07-08T16:29:00.000-07:00

Monday July 13, 2009
7:00pm at the Milwaukie Public Safety Building

1) Introductions and Welcome: Mary Weaver, Chairperson

2) Information: a) Approval of minutes from previous meeting

3) Milwaukie Police and Clackamas Fire District #1 a)Police Update; b)Fire Safety Update – refer to HCNDA email

4) Projects Updates:
a) Railroad Avenue School Zone i. Response from Gary Parkin, City Engineering; ii. Officer Glenn investigation into the compliance of the zone as a school zone
b) National Night Out at Homewood Park (August meeting) – full report and information
note that if the picnic gets cancelled for any reason, the next meeting will be September 11th
c) Report: PTA Pediatric CPR class – Tony Agoun

5) Grants: Madalaine Bohl cemetery marker

6) Parks Report: Sarah Smith

7) Public Safety Update: Mary Weaver
a) CERT training June 27 at JCB

8) Other Information and Comments:
a) Query about historical use data display on water bills
b) Project planning and reporting forms

Next Meeting will be a picnic held on TUESDAY AUGUST 4th, 2009 , at Homewood Park for National Night Out

We will post updates on the website and send out e mails as needed. Please pass this information on to your neighbors.

Main Street Milwaukie Retail Survey

2009-07-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

Here is another opportunity to get involved in our community!

The City of Milwaukie is working with downtown businesses and property owners to initiate a “Main Street” program (with help from the Clackamas County Main Street Program and the State). As part of the effort, Marketek, Inc. is preparing a market analysis for downtown... And we need your perspective to help us understand how local employees and residents view downtown as a retail location.

Visit the Main Street Milwaukie Page to take the survey...the deadline to take the survey is Friday July 17th!

Get Involved: Light Rail Planning Meetings

2009-07-06T10:13:00.000-07:00

The planning for light rail in Milwaukie is in full swing. Milwaukie citizens have been invited on many occasions to get involved and to share their ideas and concerns about how light rail will impact our neighborhoods and shape the city as a whole. If you haven't attended a meeting, it's time to do so. Right now, EVERYONE has an opportunity to contribute to this plan, there will come a point where the planning is complete, and our opportunity to help shape the project into something good for our City will have passed...Don't miss your stop on this planning process!

Park Ave Station and Park & Ride Workshop
Help shape the future Park Avenue MAX station in Oak Grove. This interactive workshop will present design concepts based on previous community input.
Wednesday, July 15, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Rose Villa 13505 SE River Rd. Oak Grove

Monthly Milwaukie Meeting
Regularly scheduled Milwaukie meetings regarding the project occur the third Monday of each month. Additional Milwaukie meetings occur periodically.
Monday, July 20, 6–9 p.m.
Bridge City Church 2816 SE Harrison, Milwaukie
This location is served by the 28-Linwood, the 31-King Rd, the 75-39th Ave/Lombard and the 152-Milwaukie.Plan your trip on TriMet.

For more information call 503-962-2150, or visit Trimet.org/pm

June 8, 2009 Meeting notes

2009-06-13T16:23:00.000-07:00

Click HERE for the minutes from the June neighborhood meeting. Our next meeting will be on July 13th.

June 8, 2009 Meeting Agenda

2009-06-08T12:38:00.000-07:00

June 8th, 7pm at the Milwaukie Public Safety Building (3200 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, OR 97222)

1) Introductions and Welcome: Mary Weaver, Chairperson

2) Guest:

3) Information:
a) Approval of minutes from previous meeting
b) Mayoral election outcome

4) Milwaukie Police and Clackamas Fire District #1
a) Police Update
b) Fire Safety Update – refer to HCNDA email

5) Projects Updates:
a) Railroad Avenue School Zone
i. Letter of confirmation to Gary Parkin
ii. Officer Glenn investigation into the compliance of the zone as a school zone
b) National Night Out at Homewood Park (August meeting)
c) Report: PTA Pediatric CPR class – Tony Agoun

6) Grants:
a) Madalaine Bohl memorial
b) Homewood Park

7) Parks Report: Sarah Smith

8) Public Safety Update: Mary Weaver
a) CERT training June 27 at JCB

9) Other Information and Comments:

Next Meeting will be July 13, 2009

2009-05-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

Local garbage companies, the City of Milwaukie, Clackamas County, and Metro are hosting a joint Milwaukie and Overland Park clean-up event on Saturday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to 1p.m.
Sites for collection will be the former Southgate Theater lot at 9600 SE Main St. and at the Crosswhite Industrial Park at 64th & Johnson Creek Blvd.
The purpose of this event is to help residents get rid of “bulky” waste items--not household garbage or hazardous materials. There is no cost to drop off one load of waste, however you will need ID AND a coupon from the May Pilot.
Volunteers are needed to help people unload their stuff. After you drop-off your load, why not stay for a couple of hours and help out! Give Beth Ragel a call at (503) 786-7568 and get on the volunteer list.
Click here for more information on the cities website.

May Meeting Highlights

2009-05-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

Our May meeting had a small turnout, however we still managed to have a meeting that touched on many concerns and events, and we elected our new officers.

Wendy Hemmen Told us about her job as Milwaukie's Light Rail Design Coordinator; she updated us on the project and invited us to attend the monthly light rail meetings. Officer Glenn told us that crime-wise out neighborhood was pretty quiet; some neighbors asked him about the school zone on RR Avenue; we all wondered if a school zone was necessary on RR Ave. We talked about the Counties plan to redevelop the Hillside Park/ Hillside Manor in the South Ardenwald area; we decided it would be good to have someone from the Ardenwald come to one of our meetings to update us on the project as well as share their neighborhoods concerns about the project with us.

We voted on our neighborhood's leadership for the next year:
Chair Person: Mary Weaver
Vice Chair: Jeff Louden
Secretary: Linda Hedges
Treasurer: David Aschenbrenner

We entertained the idea of taking the summer off from meetings, however with Light Rail and the Hillside Manor/South Ardenwald re-development issues, we decided we best plan to meet every month. Our August meeting will be held the week of National Night Out, in Homewood Park.

Click here for the complete meeting minutes.

Homewood Park Grand Opening!

2009-04-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

Saturday April 11th, 10:00 to Noon

Join the neighborhood volunteers, Milwaukie, Metro, and North Clackamas Parks officials, in celebrating the opening of Homewood Park!

Here is a link to a map; if you live close enough, please walk to the park, parking is on street and is limited.

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Community Forum

2009-04-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Community Forum on Train Horn Noise

Tuesday, April 7, 6-7:30 p.m. Llewellyn Elementary School Cafetorium (6301 SE 14th Ave, Portland OR 97202)

The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project includes new light rail tracks parallel to existing railroad tracks. Freight trains on the railroad tracks are required to blow their horns as they approach street crossings. The Project is exploring how these requirements may apply to light rail trains, including a number of options to minimize train horn noise through use of wayside horns, waivers, or the creation of "Quiet Zones." TriMet is engaging the services of Rail Control Limited (RCL), a firm that specializes in helping communities minimize train horn noise.
Please join TriMet, RCL and the cities of Milwaukie and Portland at this community forum to learn more about options for minimizing train horn noise.

Questions or comments? Please call 503-962-2150 or visit the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project website at trimet.org/pm

Homewood Park is OPEN!

2009-03-20T19:08:00.000-07:00

Most all of the construction at Homewood Park is complete, we opened the play area and the trail on Thursday. An opening celebration is scheduled for Saturday April 11th at 10:00am. We will be gathering around the play structure on the Home Avenue end of the park. There will be refreshments, tours, and a few speakers. We will have a display of photos showing the progress of park development over the past 10 years. EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Our neighborhood play structure is ready for PLAY TIME!

Homewood Park Planting Day

2009-02-19T13:44:00.000-08:00

Saturday February 28th, 9am to 12 noon: volunteers are needed for planting native plants and removing invasive English Ivy along the trail through Milwaukie’s Homewood Park. Our goal is to plant 500 plants including Western Sword Fern, Oregon Grape, Vancouveria, and Snowberry.

Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear work gloves. Some tools will be provided, however if you have a favorite shovel bring it along. Coffee, Cocoa, Cookies, and Lunch will be provided; please RSVP so we will know how much food to bring. (RSVP by Leaving a comment at the end of this post or send us an email)

Homewood Park is located on SE Home Avenue (between Monroe & Ada Lane) in Milwaukie’s Hector Campbell Neighborhood. The parking is on-street on Home Ave; if you live close by, please walk to the park. contact Sarah Smith 503-653-0015 / Sarah@thegardensmith.com

February Meeting Notes

2009-02-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting was a short but informative one! The full notes from the meeting can be found here.

Linda Hedges told us about Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. The Fire Department would like to have a team trained in each neighborhood. If you want to sign up for training contact our neighborhood secretary Linda Hedges, for more information check out the Clackamas County Fire Dist. 1 website.

The Lewelling Neighborhood is working on starting a Community Garden! For more information see the February issue of the Milwaukie Pilot (page 5) or contact Chet Knaup 503-545-6880

Milwaukie Light Rail: Soon TriMet and Metro will begin work on Preliminary Engineering (PE) and the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail. An Open House explaining these processes will be held Wednesday, March 4th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at Rose Villa, located at 13505 SE River Road. More information is available on Tri Mets Website.

Waste Water Master Plan Open House: Wednesday February 25th 6 to 7:30pm at the public safety building. http://www.cityofmilwaukie.org/news/2009/wastewaterflyer.pdf

Jeff Louden from the Hector Campbell PTA told us about plans for the 2009 Campbell Carnival. He asked us to contribute $500 towards the event; we will be voting on this at our March meeting.
Homewood Park is nearing completion. Last month several neighborhood volunteers helped spread wood chips on the trail. The next work party is scheduled for February 28th.

Our next meeting is Monday March 9th

City Council Meeting about Kellogg Treatment Plant

2009-01-24T09:46:00.000-08:00

Friends of our riverfront,
If there was ever a time when our riverfront needed your voice...it is now. On Tuesday, February 3rd, the City Council will be discussing our position on the need to set a clear date on the removal of the Kellogg Treatment Plant. We need to hear from our citizens who believe it is time to send a message that Milwaukie has shared the burden in the region regarding wastewater treatment for a long time and that we need to get more than an increase in our utility bills when we sit at the regional table. There are those who think Milwaukie’s past investment in the plant and how much our residents have paid in the treatment costs should not be included in a new IGA with the County. There are those that believe the treatment plant should stay...if not be expanded. There are those who believe we should just accept that someday there will be another taskforce established to talk about the removal of Kellogg. It’s not enough anymore and I urge, no, I implore each of you to help us spread the word so that the voices of Milwaukie residents are heard. We are good community partners and have been for decades on this issue. We need to continue to explore new options so that the burden is not primarily on the backs of Milwaukie residents. We want to work in tandem with our regional partners but we ask that our concerns are addressed as well.You can make a difference Tuesday, February 3rd at the City Council meeting.

Thanks.
Deborah Barnes
Milwaukie City Council President
http://milwaukieissues.blogspot.com

Volunteers Needed This Saturday

2009-01-15T17:03:00.000-08:00

3 units (2 giant piles) of wood chips for the path were delivered to Homewood Park today. We need volunteers to help spread the chips along the trail this Saturday (January 17th). If you can help, the neighborhood would appreciate it! Call Sarah (503-313-0638) with any questions.

Saturday January 17th

9am to 12 noon

Bring a wheel barrow (if you have one) and a shovel, wear work gloves.

Sarah will bring Hot Chocolate with homemade marshmallows!

The weather is supposed to be nice!

January Meeting Notes

2009-01-15T16:01:00.000-08:00

Our January meeting was a small and short one, but still as interesting an informative as usual.

Our new interim Mayor, Jeremy Ferguson, stopped in to introduce himself and to find out what our concerns are. Jeremy used to live in the Hector Campbell Neighborhood, but now lives in the Lewelling Neighborhood.

There was a lively discussion about the school zone on Rail Road Avenue and the neighborhoods desire to replace the day long speed restriction with yellow-flashing lights.
The proposed Secure Residential Treatment Facility (for people from the Oregon State Hospital found guilty except for insanity of violent crimes) on Balfour Street in the Ardenwald Neighborhood was also mentioned as a neighborhood concern; we do not think that type of facility should be allowed in ANY Milwaukie neighborhood.

Sarah Smith updated us on the progress at Homewood Park: the contractor is moving along quickly now that the weather as improved. Two work parties were announced, one this Saturday to move wood chips onto the trail and another on February 28th for planting and ivy pulling.

Linda Hedges reported on the Neighborhood Food Fight: The Neighborhood Food Fight was able to collect 948 items of food, and $2300.45 was donated, which was matched by Providence Milwaukie Hospital.

Hector Campbell NDA January Meeting Notes

Homewood Park Update

2009-01-12T14:38:00.000-08:00

Now that the weather has improved the construction of the improvements to Homewood Park are moving along quickly. The irrigation pipes are installed for the lawn areas. The posts have been set for the new fence; the contractor has taken extra care to insure a long life for our fence including applying a sealant to the cut surfaces of the pressure treated wood posts. The split rail fence the volunteers built in 2000 served us well for 8 years, this new fence should last quite a bit longer.

Excavation for the play structure began on Friday (1/9/08). The contractor is installing drain pipe to keep the play area from turning into a swamp in the rain, a concrete curb to retain the wood chips, and finally the play structure (not yet delivered from the manufacturer).

A few park neighbors told us they would like to have the Big Leaf Maple near the Home avenue park entrance removed. Removing the tree would nicely open up the view to the park entrances from the street, so we submitted an application for a tree removal permit. Milwaukie's code requires a permit to remove trees in the right of way (generally, the space between the street and an individual property), The cities planning department reviewed our application and reviewed the Homewood Park Master Plan. They considered comments from people during the two weeks the notice was posted on the tree, and visited the site. On January 2, 2009 they decided to deny our request to remove the tree.

Save the date: February 28th Planting Party. We will plant sword ferns and Oregon grape along the trail and continue working on removing ivy. Check back for more info.

Homewood Park Construction

2008-12-29T18:02:00.000-08:00

Volunteers have been working on building Homewood Park for over 10 years. Now with bond measure money from Metro and our Neighborhood Grant funds the neighborhood and City can really move forward with completing Homewood Park.

In October the City of Milwaukie contracted with Structures in Landscape to develop Homewood Park. Construction has been delayed due to the snow and ice, however it is scheduled to start on Tuesday December 30th. Construction is expected to take about 3 weeks, but the time line is really dependant on the weather. The project includes some new lawn & irrigation, a play structure, picnic tables, garbage cans, bike racks, and new fencing.

A few of the existing native plants will need to be moved to make way for the play area; we have identified which ones need to move and located new places for them elsewhere in the park. Structures in Landscape is committed to re-using as many of these plants on site as possible.

During construction the park will be closed; this is for both safety and security. We ask all of the neighbors to help by keeping a look out for suspicious activity at night and on weekends.

Homewood Park is located between SE Home Avenue and Garrett Drive just south of Monroe Street. Below is a slide show of Homewood Park pictures.

A BUSY Weekend!

2008-12-12T15:41:00.000-08:00

12th for the Annual Winter Solstice at 6:00pm: Tonight is the Milwaukie Solstice Party. Gather down on the riverfront park for a bonfire and to watch the Christmas Ships.

Operation Santa Claus: On Sunday December 14th the Fire station will be in our neighborhood collecting canned food and toys. For recorded parade information call 503-742-2941.

Neighborhood Food Fight: Saturday and Sunday (12/13 & 12/14) Milwaukie neighborhoods will be competing to see which one can collect the most canned food. The neighborhoods will give the food collected to Milwaukie High school for donation to the Oregon Food Bank. Last year students collected 130,000 cans of food--making Milwaukie High School the sixth largest donor to the Oregon Food Bank in the entire state! Collection barrels will be set up at the King Road Safeway and The Milwaukie Marketplace Albertsons both days. Show support for OUR neighborhood by filling the Hector Campbell NDA can with delicious & nutritious food. If you want to volunteer to help at the collection sites or need more information contact Linda Hedges at (503) 343-0022 or Ron Moseley at (503) 353-5830.

Summary of December Meeting

2008-12-12T15:32:00.000-08:00

December 8, 2008 Meeting Notes Summary

1. NDA/MHS Food Fight December 13 and 14 Safeway and Albertsons
Milwaukie HS and Milwaukie neighborhoods collect food for Oregon Food Bank. Which neighborhood can collect the most items?
2. http://www.sellwoodbridge.org/

3. Operation Santa Dec 14th 6-9pm in neighborhoods. See CCFD1 website.

4. Grant request approved for $500 to the MHS 2009 Graduation party

5. Park upgrades and play structure should be completed by the end of January. A request for approval to remove the maple tree sited in front of the Home Avenue entrance to the park will be submitted to the city.

6. Light Rail Project Citizens Advisory Committee reviewing reports and financing.

7. Mayor Jim Bernard ‘s position to be filled by vote of Council.

8. Public Safety Advisory Committee Report
Traffic Management project funding 5 projects. New positions appointed in department. Local stores experiencing rise in shoplifting. Shoppers – be aware!

9. New oval HCNDA Logo adopted.

10. Winter Solstice gathering Friday December 12th at Riverfront Park

11. Farewell for Jim Bernard 5-7 Friday December 19th at the Masonic Lodge.

December 8th Neighborhood Meeting

2008-12-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

Hi All,
I am working on the agenda for the meeting.
Any topics I should put on the agenda?
The meeting is at 7 PM at the Milwaukie Public Safety Building on December 8th.

Hope to see you at the meeting!

David Aschenbrenner
Chair, Hector Campbell NDA

Rain! Is it time for a new umbrella?

2008-11-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

There are several classes of art students who want to decorate umbrellas and join the Milwaukie Umbrella Parade on December 6th--but they need umbrellas!

Drop off your unwanted umbrellas at City Hall by Monday November 24th.

November Neighborhood Meeting Notes

2008-11-12T10:22:00.000-08:00

Summary of November 10, 2008 Meeting Notes
Click HERE for the complete notes

Police and Fire Reports: Officer Ron Glenn advised on use of Homewood Park, concealed and non-concealed weapons

Principal Mark Pinder, Milwaukie HS, spoke about goals, programs, levy

Grant Requests: Hector Campbell School reader board proposal deferred

Homewood Park: project bid to go to City Council for approval. Work set to begin later this winter. $5k grant proposal to city approved.

Public Safety Advisory Committee Report: Neighborhood Traffic Management Program considering projects to increase crossing safety on Washington Street by the High School, on Oak and 224, on 43rd and King Road and at 35th and Sellwood. Sex offender registration high at Milwaukie due to longer registration hours. Most registrants do not live within city. New captain’s position at MPD open for internal applications

Other Issues and Information
1. New HCNDA Logo-- see website for proposed logo designs
2. Flashing Lights on Railroad Avenue – city engineer reviewing
3. Meeting on proposed Balfour Street Residential Treatment Facility November 11th at 6:30 at Ardenwald Elementary School
4. City Council to decide next Tuesday on filling mayoral position

We need a new Logo

2008-11-10T10:08:00.000-08:00

Our NDA needs a new logo. We will use the logo here on our website, in neighborhood publications and on neighborhood signs (like on the new signs for Homewood Park!). I had hoped that a Graphic Designer from our neighborhood would volunteer for this project...however no one stepped forward, so I took a stab at making us a new logo. The best of my attempts are in the side bar on the right of this page, please vote on the one you like best and leave additional comments in the "comments" below this post (you don't have to sign up to leave a comment, we would like you to please ad your first name and or the street you live on to your comment) Thanks for participating!

Ardenwald NDA to meet about Balfour House

2008-11-10T09:59:00.000-08:00

NOTICE: Public Meeting to Discuss the Balfour Street Secure Residential Treatment Facility

Tuesday, November 11th at 6:30 pm in the Ardenwald Elementary School cafeteria (8950 SE 36th Ave).

· ColumbiaCare intends to build an 8,500 ft², 15 bed lock down facility at 2808 SE Balfour Street to house people from the Oregon State Hospital found guilty except for insanity of crimes such as assault, arson, child molestation, rape, and even murder.

· Jennifer Jones, Executive Asst. of ColumbiaCare will be in attendance to answer questions. This will be our best chance to make certain they understand the neighborhood’s objections to this complex. Your attendance is vitally important. Together we can protect our community!

· Clackamas Co Commissioner Peterson, Cindy Becker- DHS, Rep Carolyn Tomei, Mary Claire Buckley- PSRB, and several state officials will also be in attendance.

· This Q&A session will take place during the Ardenwald/Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association meeting Tuesday, November 11th at 6:30 pm in the Ardenwald Elementary School cafeteria (8950 SE 36th Ave).

· Visit www.Ardenwald.org/balfour.html for more information. Also, please visit www.ipetitions.com/petition/treatmentfacilities and sign the online petition.

While this proposed facility is not in the Hector Campbell Neighborhood, Milwaukie neighborhoods need to stand together on this important issue; the Ardenwald Neighborhood needs our help. Only by standing together will this fight be won!

Sunrise Project, I 205 to Rock Creek Junction

2008-11-07T12:24:00.000-08:00

Public Hearing on the Sunrise Project, a proposed new limited-access highway between Interstate 205 and Rock Creek Junction. Click here for background information on the project.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 4:00p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Milwaukie Center, 5440 SE Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie, OR 97222

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 6:00p.m. – 9:00p.m.
Clackamas High School, 14486 SE 122nd Avenue, Clackamas, OR 97015

Please attend one of the public hearings to learn more about the project and share your comments. Oral and written comments will be received at any time during both events.

If you are not able to give your comments in-person at one of the hearings, there are several options you have to comment:
Online: www.sunrise-project.org Email: comments@sunrise-project.org Fax: 503-230-4877

COMMENTS ON THE EIS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008