Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors Monthly Meeting

Tuesday November 10th, 2026— 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

1. Treasurer’s Report
   • Klint (Treasurer) presented an updated financial report, including the recent payment for the Litter Patrol dumpster
   • We have $312 left in our Metro grant fund. Barbara (Secretary) will be applying for another Metro Refresh grant
2. District 1 East Report
   • There are still issues to be resolved concerning the Bottle Drop just south of us in the Hazelwood neighborhood.
   • The ongoing issues regarding the Office of Civic Life and Community are currently stalled with a changeover in staffing and website/email modifications pending. The RFP for non-profit “sponsorship” of the district neighborhood associations has been halted as are the discussions concerning the ONI standards that neighborhood associations operate under.
   • The District 1 East Coalition meets the first Wednesday of each month in the Police precinct on 106th Av. PHAN aspires to send two representatives to each meeting and update our neighborhood about the greater community events.
   • We are currently looking for a second representative to attend these very important community meetings.
3. Guest Speaker:
   • Mary Jaron Kelley, with the district coalition office community engagement, spoke out about the coalition's Land Use and Transportation meetings.
   • The LUT meetings are educational meetings held virtually on the 4th Monday of the month.
   • Each month features a guest speaker and promotes healthy discussions concerning District 1 projects.
   • Mary Jaron Kelley does research on attendees’ questions and concerns and then invites appropriate experts to attend and present on land use, transportation and environmentally related topics.
   • The next meeting will be held on November 23rd from 6:30-8:00pm and will include folks from PPamp;R Urban Forestry Dept. to discuss the city’s updates to the Tree Code and a guest speaker from Thrive StoryMap Project.​
   • If you're interested in attending, get in touch with Mary: maryjaronkelley@gmail.com
4. Sacramento Project:
   • The Sacramento beautification project is temporarily on hold while we research the original plans for the Outdoor Learning Space.
   • There is a Meal Train and a GoFundMe arranged for the Humphrey family who lost their home in a fire.
   • We will be working on obtaining signage to assist with directing traffic during drop-off and pick-up at Sacramento Elementary School. It has become quite dangerous with folks still trying to use Sacramento going both ways during the two 15-minute periods (am and pm). There is a real shortage of manpower needed to safely operate the crosswalks and direct the traffic. If people could possibly use Sacramento West to East during school day drop-off and pick-up, it would go much more quickly and be so much safer for our neighborhood children.
5. Community Input
   • Newsletter/Communication: We are aware of our limited communication reach and are working to increase visibility and participation in our neighborhood activities. D1C will be updating the PH mailing list before our next mailer. We currently have a website: www.parkroseheights.org and Facebook and Instagram accounts. We are open to any other ideas to spread the word- like the awesome Parkrose Heights pins that Jessica created.
   • Our December meeting will include creating the 2027 events calendar. We hope to include holding more events in Merrifield Park.
   • Playgrounds: Speaking of parks, we are picking up our initial efforts to get our parks’ playground equipment updated now that we have fresh newly chipped paths for walking and running. The equipment is terribly outdated and not very inviting.
   • Meeting place: It has been noted that our meeting in a church facility may be off-putting or uninviting to some of our neighbors. The fact is, Portland United Methodist Church generously allows us to meet in one of their meeting rooms free of charge. We want to be thoughtful and inclusive. Beginning with the December meeting we will live stream or Zoom call our monthly meetings whenever possible so that all may feel welcome to participate in person, and will continue to consider alternate meeting locations. We will also endeavor to make it clearer which events are PHAN events and which are PUMC events in all communications moving forward. We welcome any ideas on how, as a neighborhood association, we can be more inclusive and able to serve our entire community.
6. Upcoming events
   • The PHAN fiscal year begins in March. This is the unofficial “anniversary” of this particular PHAN board. With that, it is also time to open positions and give opportunities to other neighbors to become more involved. Per our PHAN bylaws we must rotate which positions are filled each year so that there is not a need for a complete turnover every year. This year we will be opening the Secretary and the Treasurer positions. More info to come.
   • Calendar work for new year. Bring your ideas to the table!

Next PHAN meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8th

Meeting adjourned slightly after 8:00pm (there was so much to talk about)