LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date August 14, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Jennifer Weymouth, Jim Karlock, Dave Ganslein, David Ashton, Juanita Swartwood, Kathie Hausauer, Karen McAninch, Marilyn Thomas, Mary Oxford, Nancy Chapin, Sidney Davis, Yvonne Rice
Guest Speakers: URBAN ALCHEMY Practitioners - Tracy Webb, Deputy Director for Operations in Portland, Toshio Takanobu, Project Director of SE Reedway, James Easley, Outreach Director, Kaesha Green, Wellness Director for Portland, Tony Anderson, Deputy Director of SE Reedway
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
Weekly WestRock Cleanups –Saturday August 19th & 26th from 8:00AM – 9:00 AM.- [WestRock Recycling - 6328 SE 100th Avenue, Portland, OR 97266]
VFW Breakfast - – Sunday August 20th at 9:00 AM – [American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266]
MINUTES – this meeting could not be recorded
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the August 14th meeting of the Lents Neighborhood Livability Association. To show respect for our guest speakers please silence your cell phones and reframe from conducting side conversations.
Before we start, I would like to make some announcements.
We have our weekly WestRock cleanup every Saturday from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. This allows us to pay for supplies and continue running our nonprofit without having to apply for city grants.
On the 3rd Sunday of the month, we support the VFW axillary by joining them for breakfast at 9AM.
Please save the date for the big event at the American Legion Hall being held by the VFW auxiliary on August 16th from noon to 3. There are flyers on your table announcing that event.
All information can be found on our website at LentsNeighborhoodLivabilityAssociation.org
Now let's welcome our speakers from Urban Alchemy
NOT VERBATIM…BUT THE INTENT OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Q: Why do you keep limited data?
A: We’re boots on the ground - We contribute to the statistics but that isn’t our lane. They are the hustle and bustle people the people who engage with the people
Q: Do you walk the neighborhood & pick up trash?
A: We do all of that. To walking the neighborhood to asking the practitioners to coach the guests to walk the neighborhood.
Q: Do you go out and do the outreach?
A: I’m part of that Love Team. The only difference from the outreach Love Team practitioners and the guest service practitioners is the way they are positioned. The guest service practitioners are positioned inside the shelter. If the Love practitioners are not on duty, it’s the guest service practitioners that respond to the calls.
Q: You get most of your calls after 9PM
A: Our Love partitioners shut down at 11:30PM. That’s when the Guest Practitioners respond.
Q: Why the term practitioner?
A: Because we practice. You have your ambassadors who inform and engage with the community. We’re big on engaging and we made connection with the community. That’s the only reason we can prove what we do. Condensed: They engage with the unhoused population who don’t know how to communicate and they are that bridge between the community and that unhoused population. They are the voice for that person to interpret what that person might need.
Q: How to you feel about Mayor Wilson’s plan? Or have you heard all of it?
A: You mean from a development prospection?
Condensed: Q: How to you feel about him towing all these RV’s and putting the people living in the RV’s out on the street? Does that do anything to your job?
A: When it comes to that plan it has to do with perspective and the way it’s being delivered. The reality of what we do. We do have a North Portland shelter that houses our guests in RV’s. We offer them an opportunity to come and stay. The Mayor’s talking about 120-day development process.
Q: So where are the RVs in North Portland?
A: They park on our site at 105th North Portland Road
Q: What is your outreach to people living on the street whether in RV’s or camping? Are you encouraging people to take advantage of your services? What if they are not accepting services that are being offered.
A: We do try to spread the word. We keep the information updated and give the people the information. Not everyone wants the information.
Wellness Center: Offers a lot of services along with groups and activities, i.e. PTSD groups, grief counseling groups – things that will help them with their trauma.
Q: What would you guys like to see done to help you guys? What do you need that you don’t have?
A: I’ll let my crew answer that. I don’t want to hold the meeting hostage, but I will respond.
Q: How many practitioners are there?
A: 30 at Reedway and 320 all together in Portland. That’s active and pending active right now.
Q: Divided by how many shelters?
A: We have four active shelters.
Q: Is that enough?
A: We have stable numbers
Q: Where are the other three sites?
A: Clinton Triangle, Multnomah Village and North Portland
Q: Do the majority of the clients accept your overtures or see you as part of the system and the enemy?
A: I think that that varies. There’s not one size fits all.
Q: I mean the majority?
A: We’re talking about a population of people that are damaged. Sometimes how they see me today is not how they see me tomorrow. We try to identify with the people who have a positive rapport. Make a connection and go with that.
Q; Is there a stay limit?
A: We’re working on 120 days.
Q: Is there a path? If someone is doing well do you have someone you can talk to about this person doing well? If he’s working the program perhaps he should stay longer?
A: If they are doing well, it aligns them with things outside our program. If they have a medical issue and they have no one to take care of them we will keep them close and stretch that time.
Q; Do you see many people going back to their homes, their families?
A: We witness that. That is a reality.
Q: What kind of food and nutrition? Are they getting decent meals?
A: They get served as many times a day as they want. Anything like chicken alfredo to lasagna. They get all different variety of things. We also get donations and we cook for them as well; we have potlucks and BBQ’s and all types of things.
Q: Are there other organizations that are similar to Urban Alchemy that are operating in Portland or around the country?
A: I don’t know if they have similar interests or job description. We took over from Sunstone at the Multnomah Village location.
From Audience. There is another group over on 82nd Avenue & Ash Street (Oak Street Village) that is managing that site. Some other shelter providers - WeShine, Central City Concern, Cultivate Imitative
Q: How often do people go back to their families?
A: Reunited with their families? It happens.
Q: How often do you see it?
A: Sometime but they don’t always follow through
Q: What would you call a success and what is the success rate?
A: Success means different things. Building trust is a success.
Q: What number of guests do you have that are on the path to trusting?
A: There is no way that I can give you an accurate account. That would go back to the data. We’re here to be genuine man. We strive to make a connection with the people. We empower the people for getting here and doing whatever it is they want to do, choose to do. We’ve got these options for you but what’s best for me might not be best for you. Some of our success is in the Wellness Center. Try to stay sober for 10 days and if I can stay sober for 10 days, I can stay sober for 11. If they falter on the 11th day success is supporting them and watching them, do it all over again.
Q: That’s what I’m saying. How much of that are you guys seeing?
A: Every day.
Q; You have 120 people, maybe at Reedway?
A: The numbers vary. Sometimes it might only be two.
Q: You can’t refer people to the village, right?
A: We have no control over that. There is a third party. We take an interest in the people and we try to align them with the third party that can get them into housing. It’s the 311 line.
Q: How are they coming into the Village
A: Through the referrals. If they come into our shelters they must commit to a policy, developmental phase, process. You can do it at your own pace but the important thing is to keep motivated.
Q: How far do you guys go out into the area? Do you go all the way over to Harold?
A: You might see our partitioners down by 92nd but that’s out of the zone here. Sometimes we will go into an area if we are called on a particular issue. We have certain community members that we do meet with.
Q: How many empty pods do you have?
A: We have five
Q: If we call 311 and say, can you help? They are on yadda yadda place. They’ll send somebody out?
A: Yes
Q: What does the Love team do?
A: They do outreach, engagement and provide services and assistance for the process. We don’t have the authority to bring anybody into the site.
Q: If they have no list, how do they know who to refer next?
A: Yeah, we don’t have no control over that.
Q: Do they have to accept coming to you guys?
A: Yes
Q: Do you have a place to put cars?
A: Yes, our guests are allowed to have cars and we have parking available.
Comment from Urban Alchemy: We’re going to start pet training!
Q: How many people that come into your place have drug addiction or alcohol addiction problems?
A: There’s a large percentage that engage in drug activity or alcohol activity. There’s some that made some choices and ended up with negative consequences.
Q: What’s the main reason?
A: There’s a variety of reasons.
Q: What are the top three?
A: Substance abuse and just choices in general. That can be everything from investing in a relationship that’s no more, and it goes on.
Q: How successful are you at getting people off the addictions? Is it like everybody that leaves?
A: Addiction is a tricky thing. If I’m not careful I can become addicted to my work just like I was addicted to drugs.
Q: The people that are coming to the SRV are coming willingly? They’re ready for a change?
A: They have to be. They are there to embrace some sort of change, because they are changing their position. They have to agree to come here and then they have to agree to our services. If I don’t catch the gang green when you come here and then I notice it you have to agree to medical treatment. That becomes a real situation too, because I can’t force you to go get medical treatment.
Q: Do you take advantage of the drugs that help people kick their addiction?
A: If the guests choose that service, we have New Season that comes out to the village to administer outpatient services to our guests.
Q: If your stay is limited to 120 days and they don’t go back to their family what are some of the other results?
A: Some of them do go back to their families. Some of them do embrace going into independent housing, some of them do go back into the street. Some of them do go into independent housing and we do see them back here.
Q: So, if they chose to go back to the street do they have an option to come back to the SRV? Or is that a one-time deal?
A: Some of them have come in. Some of them have gotten kicked out and after a timeframe they come back in. If they are exited, they are mainly exited for acts of violence or ongoing threatening behavior.
Q: Do you guys get the police involved or who do you get involved when you exit somebody?
A: Sometimes we are able to escort them out.
Q: Do you let them go back out on the street?
A: Without further incident yeah. We let them go. We can’t control them once we walk them out. If there is an incident and a charge involved, we do get 911 involved.
Q: If it escalates to that point?
A: Yes, if we can’t deescalate it. There are situations.
Q: Do you have a guest list that you keep that you know who these people are? Or do you keep a running tally of how many people are running in and out?
A: Yes, we keep an organized head count. We are familiar with the people who live in our shelters.
Q: Are visitors allowed inside?
A: No, they are not allowed visitors. Because of the confidentially you can’t even find out who resides in the shelter.
Q: Are there any background checks?
A: Many times, when it comes to our guests, we are familiar with certain information and sometimes that includes background checks.
Q: Do they have to stay there or can they come and go.
A: They can come and go as they chose. We don’t have a curfew as long as they come back within 72 hours.
Q: Do you serve people that don’t have an addiction but just don’t have enough money to survive?
A: Sometimes they just need help with figuring out where to go for help. We also serve the formerly incarcerated. When we remove the judgment, we still do a background check with them but are able to offer them something better than 7-Eleven or low paying job.
Q: What do you think was the driving forces that helped you see that there’s another way? Was it God, education, mentoring, what was it? Combination of all of those?
A: I think it was a combination. Its human nature to gravitate towards what’s convenient. Gravitate towards what I know.
Q: Was going to prison a savior for you?
A: Yes, becoming aware that with the law changing I had a chance to change.
Q: Where most of the people you knew in prison have the same kind of feeling that you had when the law changed?
A: That’s kind of hard to say. I was in a different situation. Prison system saved my life. A lot of those people are no longer around.
Q: Do you have a relationship with your dad now?
A: Fortunately. All my family have passed away but I still do have a relationship with my dad.
Q: Do you see gang related people coming into your facility? I see no consequences for the criminal activity on the streets. They need to face consequences.
A: I agree with that but it’s not the reality in which we live in.
Q: Do any of you have any others suggestions on how to get out of this downward spiral?
A: We just have to meet them where they’re at. Without the motivation, without the safe spaces, consistency & support are needed. I don’t know another answer to curb the houseless situation
Q: Do you have any sort of communication with other sites like Vancouver that are doing the same thing? Do you have any sort of national training or groups that collaborate on best practices?
A: We’re in constant training. We have facilities in Texas, Alabama, New Mexico, San Francisco, Los Angeles. We haven’t made it to Vancouver yet.
Q: Do you guys see a lot of sex trafficked girls?
A: We see a lot of different tragic situation and try to align them with different councilors and people that can help them.
Q: Are there two types of people that live in the RVs? Like those that have no other option or are they addicts?
Audience: Most are addicts
Audience: The ones not surrounded by trash or needles are left alone.
Q: Is it true that if you don’t have a substance abuse problem there are plenty of services?
A: Not everyone in the shelter system has substance abuse issues.
Q: How do you feel about Mayor Wilson’s night shelter plan of 9PM – 6AM?
A: I think any operation, if properly regulated, for any amount of time can be conducive to the problem.
Q: Do you foresee problems of getting people out at 6AM?
A: I foresee an operation that if we chose to run that style of operation knowing the team that we have and the practices & the strategies that we use to communicate with our guest based on familiarity I believe we would be able to communicate to regulate that population.
Q: Do you think it’s practical not to open these shelters until 8:30PM?
A: I think it’s just a different style of shelter but I think any style of a shelter with the proper management I think it can work.
Q: So, it comes down to management?
A: Yes
Q: Where are they supposed to go?
Audience comments: What are they supposed to do all day? Also, in the winter it will be freezing cold. Where are they supposed to go. You don’t have your tent anymore. You don’t have your community anymore. What are you supposed to do all day?
A: That’s a very good question.
URBAN ALCHEMY
We want you to know that somebody is out here with you. Imagine we won’t be able to deescalate every single situation but in the event, we can deescalate and we do need 911 we will be there with you until they get there. And sometimes that’s just what it is. I know the difference between not having somebody and having somebody. So that’s our position, we’re here to support the community. Sometime it might be somebody you feel uncomfortable talking to and maybe we can make a connection with them?
Q: Can we call Urban Alchemy?
A: Yes, we have lines
Q: Do you have specific times that you leave the village to interact with the people outside?
A: Our outreach is out in the neighbor. Our villages run 24/7. Our outreach is dispatched from 7AM (with the exception of a lunch and two breaks) they’re out in the community until 3:30PM. The next outreach is dispatched at 3:00 PM and get back at 8:00 PM and go home at 11:30 PM. In between the hours of 11:30 PM – 7:00 AM the community has to rely on the practitioners inside the village.
Q: Do you cover any more than the 1,000-foot perimeter?
A: We are only responsible for the 1,000-foot perimeter. When you start seeing the practitioners outside that distances sometimes, they are interacting with someone or they have been dispatched to that area.
Q: Do you have an agreement with the neighborhood? Are you interacting with the neighbors?
Audience Response: Yes, there is a GNA. That’s what the CAC meetings are about.
A: Yes, we stay active with the neighbors. Like building a relationship with you all right now. We meet with the neighbors monthly. We discuss tough issues. A lot of the time its start is not the way it ends. I believe we have a pretty positive relationship with the neighbors.
Q: Being low barrier do you have any problems with the guests getting stoned and wandering the neighborhood and causing issues?
A: Yes, that’s a common problem. We find our guests getting stoned out in the neighborhood all the time.
Q: How do you keep the neighborhood happy?
A: We stay connected with our guests. In the event that they are stoned and becoming disruptive in the neighborhood we try to convince them to come back inside the village. We can’t control them.
Q: Have you noticed an uptick in heroin?
A: Yes
Q: What is the incentive to change? If you can come and continue a lifestyle in the SRV, what is your incentive to change when you are given everything to survive and they give you Narcan and you can continue with your lifestyle?
A: I think that’s a personal perception. What’s not an incentive for some may be an incentive for another. The incentive we try to use is love. Because love is forgiving. Love is a lot of things and love is still there even when the person is not. We try to impact them to bring the people closer to us.
Q: Do you guys have any consequences?
A: Most definitely. There’s the physical consequence sometimes when somebody might spit in your face or slap the shit out of you. There’s the emotional consequence when you want something for the person more than the person wants for themselves. There’s the mental consequence of self-control and discipline when it comes to listening. There’s a lot of things when it comes to consequences. Both positive and negative in the line of work that we do.
Q: I mean consequences for the guests?
A: They can be exited for actual violence. They can get exited for not turning their weapon in. They can get exited for ongoing disruptive behavior.
Q: Does that behavior & consequence keep them from getting into the other facilities?
A: Yes, if they get exited for violence that will affect their ability to get into another one of our facilities.
Q: Are the police notified?
A: Sometimes if the victim presses charges or the person refuses to leave. If can involve 911.
Q: Why do you not allow recording?
A: Contractually that’s up to Urban Alchemy. We have a PR department that takes care of all the interviews, media, and all that. We’re allowed to come and meet with the communities and have a conversation but the instant you want to start taking pictures or record we can’t participate in that.
Q: So, he could have listened but not taken pictures? Or because he’s a reporter he couldn’t stay?
A: He wouldn’t be able to communicate with you guys or participate in this open conversation if he was behind his recorder or newspaper.
URBAN ALCHEMY
We would like another opportunity to come back.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie on August 16, 2025
LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date July 10, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Malynda Valentine, Adam Murphy, Karen McAninch, Marilyn Thomas, Tracy Braun, Sunny Teav, Carol Clifton, Nancy Chapin, Jim Karlock, Gary Sargent, Aaron Manning, Sammy Manning, Sid Davis, Mary Oxford, Kathie Hausauer, David Ashton, Curtis Chaffee, Charles Chaffee, Ronald Fredrickson, Dawn Lawrence, Juanita Swartwood, Rosemary Southwood
Guest Speakers: Nathan Vasquez, Multnomah County District Attorney & Kelly Burris, Eastside Deputy District Attorney
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
Neighbor 2 Neighbor – Saturday July 12th from 8:15 AM to Noon– (New Hope Church - 10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
Weekly WestRock Cleanups –Saturday July 19th & 26th from 7:00AM – 8:00 AM.- BUT please check Facebook or Website for date & time – subject to change depending on weather [WestRock Recycling – 6328 SE 100th Ave Portland 97266]
VFW Breakfast - – Sunday July 20th at 9:00 AM – [American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266]
SEE VIDEO FOR REMAINDER OF MEETING NOTES
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie on July 11, 2025
LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date June 12, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Jacob Loeb, Aaron Manning, David Ashton, Kathie Hausauer, Karen McAninch, Marilyn Thomas, Mary Oxford, Sammy Manning, Sidney Davis, Troy Gabriel, Yvonne Rice
Guest Speakers: Andrew Wilson, TriMet Executive Director of Safety & Security, Kittie Kong, TriMet Community Affairs / 82nd Transit Project | TriMet Community Engagement, Miles Pengilly, Director, Government Affairs
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
Neighbor 2 Neighbor – Saturday June 14th from 8:15 AM to Noon– (New Hope Church - 10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
Weekly WestRock Cleanups –Saturday June 14th, 21st & 28th from 8:00AM – 9:00 AM [WestRock Recycling – 6328 SE 100th Ave Portland 97266]
VFW Breakfast - – Sunday June 15th at 9:00 AM – [American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266]
SEE VIDEO FOR REMAINDER OF MEETING NOTES
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie June 13, 2025
LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date May 8, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Dave Ganslein, David Ashton, Juanita Swartwood, Kathie Hausauer, Karen McAninch, Marilyn Thomas, Mary Oxford, Moe Murphy, Neola Larsen, Nick Brodnicki, Tom Swartwood,
Yvonne Rice, Kelly Burris, DDA, Ronald Fredrickson, Dawn Lawrence, Sidney Davis, Malynda Valentine
Guest Speakers: Jim Gersbach, Senior Planting Crew Leader with Trees for Life Oregon
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
Neighbor 2 Neighbor – Saturday May 10th from 8:15 AM to Noon
New Hope Church - 10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266Weekly WestRock Cleanups –Saturday May 10, 17, 24 & 31 from 7:00AM – 8:00 AM
WestRock Recycling – 6328 SE 100th Ave Portland 97266VFW Breakfast – Sunday May 18th at 9:00 AM
American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266Coffee with a Cop – Wednesday May 28 from 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Jenni’s Sacred Grounds - 10903 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97266
SEE VIDEO FOR REMAINDER OF MEETING NOTES
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie May 9, 2025
LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date April 10, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Aaron Manning, Bob Field, Cynthia Lang, Dave Ganslein, David Ashton, Juanita Swartwood, Kathie Hausauer, Marilyn Thomas, Mark Dahl, Mary Oxford, Moe Murphy, Sammy Manning, Tom Swartwood, Yvonne Rice, Karen McAninch, Ruben Hernandez, Deian Salazar, Virginia Petersen, Larry Andersen, Evelia, Paola, Pablo, Aron-Siele, Nick Brodnicki, Ross Campbell, Glen Hambury, Sheldon Clark, Olesya Baykal, Alan Charlesworth
Guest Speakers: – City Councilor District 1 Loretta Smith & City Councilor District 1 Jamie Dunphy
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
Neighbor 2 Neighbor – Saturday April 12th from 8:15 AM to Noon– (New Hope Church - 10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
Weekly WestRock Cleanups –Saturday April 19th & 26th from 7:30AM – 8:30 AM.- BUT please check Facebook or Website for date & time – subject to change depending on weather [WestRock Recycling – 6328 SE 100th Ave Portland 97266]
VFW Breakfast - – Easter Sunday April 20th at 9:00 AM – [American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266]
82nd Avenue of Roses – April 26th from 9:30 – 11:30 (see website calendar if you wish to participate)
SEE VIDEO FOR REMAINDER OF MEETING NOTES
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie April 11, 2025
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LENTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASSOCIATION (LNLA)
MINUTES FOR MEETING HELD ON
Date March 13, 2025
New Hope Church
10603 SE Henderson Street, Portland, OR 97266
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
FOOD SERVED FROM 6:30 – 7:00 PM
Board Members: David Potts (Chair); Todd Littlefield (Vice Chair) Char Pennie (Treasurer | Secretary)
Attendees: Aaron Manning, Bob Field, Juanita Swartwood, Julie McConnell, Marilyn Thomas, Mark Dahl, Moe Murphy, Neola Larsen, Sammy Manning, Sharon Dahl, Sunny Teav, Malynda Valentine, Yvonne Rice, Karen McAninch, Josh Alfsen, Sean Fleming, Lacey Fluharty, Wes Wolfe, Amani Kelekele, Alison Stoll, Kim Martin
Guest Speakers:
Assistant Chief Craig Dobson
PPB Union President Aaron Schmautz
East Precinct Commander Jake Jensen
The meeting was convened at 7:05 PM. by President David Potts
Announcements:
WestRock Cleanups – Every Saturday (EXCEPT the second Saturday of the month) from 7:00 – 8:00 AM – 6328 SE 100th Avenue, Portland, OR 97266 - Please check Facebook or Website for date & time – subject to change depending on weather
VFW Breakfast - – Sunday March 16th at 9:00 AM – [American Legion Hall – 8329 SE 88th Avenue, Portland 97266]
LISTEN TO AUDIO FOR REMAINDER OF MEETING NOTES
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Char Pennie March 14, 2025