Regular meetings are the second Wednesday of each month, September - June, at Bridlemile Elementary School.  

Bridlemile Neighborhood Association Meeting

Agenda:
- Introductions and welcomes

- Southwest Corridor Plan discussion, Metro Commissioner Bob Stacey, guest.

Metro Commissioner Bob Stacey will attend our April meeting for a brief discussion of the Southwest Corridor Project. Our March meeting determined the project preferences of residents attending. The top three were sent to the SWNI Transportation Committee, along with other submitted comments.

Please get involved in your neighborhood association! We are looking for volunteers to help with issues and projects. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard on issues that concern your family and the neighborhood. All committee chairmanships and Board positions are now due for election, for a one-year term of office. The April meeting will accept nominations, with elections at the May meeting. Email Steve Mullinax, [email protected] with your interest or questions.

Saving the Southwest Watershed Resource Center. The City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) draft budget for FY 2014-15 recommends eliminating funding for SWNI's SW Watershed Resource Center. If you appreciate the work that Jen Seamans and others do to help us all protect our watersheds, we need your help to restore this funding. There are several opportunities to make your thoughts known to decision makers. For more background and ways to submit comments, see Save the SW Watershed Resource Center!  A Community Budget Forum will take place, Wed., April 9, PCC Sylvania Performing Arts Center, 12000 SW 49th Ave; 6:30pm-8:30pm. Unfortunately, this conflicts with the Bridlemile Neighborhood Association meeting. Interested residents are still encouraged to attend this forum and testify or submit comments.

March meeting recap. SWNI Executive Director Sylvia Bogert gave us a primer on Neighborhood Associations and Boards in March. We will need to update our bylaws to conform to ONI guidelines, when those guidelines are complete, later this year.

We elected Jon Cohen as Bridlemile Schools Chair. We welcome him to the Bridlemile Board. Nominations for all Chairs and Board positions are now open. We will announce nominations at the April meeting, and elect all positions in our May meeting. If you want to nominate a candidate, possibly including yourself, please contact Steve Mullinax, [email protected].

The current chairs and Board members are:

Pat Peters                     At-large director

Audrey Metcalfe           At-large director

Open                            At-large director

Land Use                     Claire Coleman-Evans

Parks/Watershed          Steve Mullinax

Public Safety                John Zimmerman

SWNI Board               Mary Ann Santana

Transportation              David Martin

Schools                        Jon Cohen

Chair                            Steve Mullinax

Action Plan, 2014-2015. Beginning with our February meeting, we continue discussing our action plan for 2014-15. We will continue our progress in areas addressed in our 2013 plan. These include outreach, pedestrian safety, watershed/habitat enhancement, land use, parks, and emergency preparedness. We would love to have your input for our planning process. Send any comments to Steve Mullinax, [email protected]. You can review our 2013 plan here (pdf). 

Planning continues for our summer events. National Night Out on August 5 will again feature "The Beat goes on Marching Band". For Movie Night in Hamilton Park, Saturday, September 6, we will see Ferris Bueller's Day Off. (Planning meeting for these events, Wed. April 16, 7pm. RSVP to Steve Mullinax, [email protected] for details.)

May Meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 14, 6:30pm in the Faculty Lounge, Bridlemile School. Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services will be our guests, to update us on the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway stormwater project.

Candidate and Ballot Measure Forum for May Election. There is an important election coming up in May. League of Women Voters is holding candidate and ballot measure forums to discuss Water District Ballot Measure, City Council, County Commission, Metro President. Forums are scheduled Monday, 2-5pm, Monday April 21, Central Library, US Bank Room; Friday, 3-6pm, April 25, Multnomah County Building Board Room, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland

Protected Sick Time is here! As of January 1, 2014, the City of Portland's new Protected Sick Time ordinance went into effect, providing workers in Portland with a protected right to earn sick time to use when they or a family member are sick, injured, or in need of preventive health care.

The ordinance applies to all employees who work within the geographic boundaries of the city of Portland for 240 hours or more in a calendar year.

For employers and employees interested in learning more about this new law, visit www.portlandoregon.gov/sicktime, email [email protected] or call 503.823.3994.

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