Minutes, January 18, 2023

MINUTES OF THE LAKE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING
http://www.lakegroveneighborhood.com/
Lake Grove Presbyterian Church, January 18, 2023, 7 pm
Board Members Present: Chair Dan Anderson, Directors; Audrey Block, Chuck
Fisher, Robert Hrdinsky, Yoko Kinoshita
Called to Order by Dan Anderson at 7:00 pm
Minutes of November 17, 2022, Board Meeting, Approved

• Chuck Fisher will serve as ad-hoc Secretary for this meeting.
• Robert Hrdinsky was elected to the position of Secretary to begin February
  2023.
  
  Board Chair Report
• City is offering Pre-Application training (self-paced, online) at
  https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/planning/self-guided-pre-app-trainingneighborhood-association-reps. Robert Hrdinsky and Yoko Kinoshita
  expressed interest in completing the training.
• Review Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan and Bylaws at
  https://lakegroveneighborhood.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/lake-groveneighborhood-bylaws-plan/
  
  Neighbor Input
• None this meeting
  
  Director Reports
• Mike Buck, (As delivered by Dan Anderson)
• Announcement of planning for the City’s Arbor Month.
  ▪ Mike Buck has met with the owners of the Jenike property to do
  a landscape planting of native and ornamental shrubs and trees.
  Funding to be provided by the Lake Grove Business Association.
  ▪ Mike Buck will be meeting with a Lake Grove Elementary School
  faculty member who does environmental/sustainability teaching
  and a parent. Anyone who would like to help with plantings or
  an event at the school would be welcome and greatly
  appreciated.
  ▪ Mike Buck has met with the ILA, (French School), Board about a
  possible project. The school is undertaking an 11,000sf
  mitigation and restoration on its site.
• Mike Buck requests the Board address West Lake Grove, (WLG), code
  that places constraints on development within the WLG district. The
  concern is that the design provisions of the WLG district are overly
  restrictive.
• Mike Buck asks anyone who has comments or thoughts with respect to
  amending the Tree or Development Cost, to please pass those along to
  him. The goal is to develop feasible, reasonable alternatives that can
  be implemented to enhance our urban forest without negative
  consequences.
• Robert Hrdinsky, presented three topics and followed up with an email. He
  requested anyone with questions and/or recommendations, please pass them
  along to him. From his email dated 01/20/2023
  o Speed Limits: “A new state law allows Oregon cities to apply for the
  authority to designate speed limits on their roads. In the past, a city
  dealing with speeding or accidents on their roads had to get permission
  from the state to change the speed limit, even if the street was owned
  and maintained by the city..”.
  https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/30/oregon-cities-can-now-controlspeed-limits-on-own-streets/ (House Bill 3055)
  o Group Email: looking options if it’d be beneficial to have a group mail-list
  like where we can simply send to alias [LGNA] and all Members/Directors
  would get the mail plus keeps an archive through-out the years, Google
  Groups is one common option
  o Neighborhood Contact: having the ability for our neighbors to contact us,
  looks like we already own lakegroveneighborhood.com so we can have an
  email alias like hello@lakegroveneighborhood.com that forwards to a
  designated email, ideally a group email like above (goal is to not advertise
  our personal email). Also was mentioned about possibly having some
  presence on Nextdoor (I’m off social media so not sure how it’d fully
  work). With the main purpose for us to be able to be a resource and guide
  neighbors to the right contact/department (e.g. questions around Speed
  Bumps), and hopefully to have more community connection / impactful
  gatherings.
  
  Proposed Developments
• House at 16112 Reese (LU 22-0065), Short discussion of the proposed
  project. Appears at first to be lot-line adjustment but does include
  teardown of an existing dwelling.
• Cancelled West Lake Grove development of a private school at 16710
  Boones Ferry Rd, (LU 22-0090). The issue leading to the withdrawal of
  the application for the school in the WLG district was due to the
  application of design standards specific to WLG. (LOC 50.03.003.5.f.ii)
  ( https://www.codepublishing.com/OR/LakeOswego/html/LakeOswego5
  0/LakeOswego5003003.html )
  
  Tree Removal Applications:
  https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/Tools/planning/trees/#/map
• Cedar at 4330 Upper, (499-23-000024-TREE). Dan Anderson went by.
  He noted the tree is leaning.
  https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/api/trees/permits/2267/application
  
  Adjourned: 7:45 p.m.
  Next Board meeting: 7 p.m., February 16, 2023,
  Lake Grove Presbyterian Church

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Minutes, November 17, 2022

November 17, 2022

Lake Grove Neighborhood Association

Board Meeting

Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:05

Attendees: Dan Anderson, Chuck Fisher, Yoko Kinoshita, Trudy Corrigan, Bob Hrdinsky, Mike Buck and Audrey Block

Guests: None

Dan’s Chair report: Tony Sparling, LOPD liaison is willing to attend at a meeting of our choosing. May be a good choice for next General Meeting. Dan reported Waluga NA (Neighborhood Association) General Meeting had several speakers at their annual General Meeting: Megan Phelan spoke on emergency preparedness and Joe Buck did a Q & A on the future of LO.

Dan reported Allison Brine from Upper Drive investigated the speed bump system. To qualify a street needs 30 points. Upper Drive West of Bryant is presently measured at 20. Each speed bump costs $3,000 with a minimum of 3 required. Usually the Neighborhood is required to pay 50% of the cost – sometimes the city will pay 100%. Average speed on last traffic study was 28 mph. The school/daycare on the corner of Bryant and Upper should be considered the next time the street is evaluated.

It was noted Trudy Corrigan was recently elected as a City Councilor and therefore will be resigning from the LGNA Board as of December 31, 2022.

Bob Hrdinsky stepped up to join the LGNA board and was elected. All board members introduced themselves.

There was no neighbor input this meeting.

Mike gave a report about fuels reductions programs and Iron Mountain Park. There are 10 acres of parkland abutting 10 acres of private property that would be at risk in the event of a wildfire. He would like to investigate funding programs to do fuels reduction in the park via removal of invasive species. It may be the Fire Dept. and Parks should be involved. Metro has funding for such projects but in the past it has been difficult for LO to receive grants because of our socio economic profile. However, IMP is home to Oregon Oaks of which only 4-5% remain – thereby making it an important ecosystem in and of itself.

Mike noted the Habitat Management Plan will come before City Council on December 20^th

Mike said pre-app for the 7-11 and dry cleaners on BFR near the new Elephant’s Deli was with regard to cosmetic features only – not structural. No concerns.

Trudy passed long information about the Emergency Preparedness equipment caches the city makes available to NA’s through the NEG program. Several NA’s have experience with the program. Dan will reference materials from other NA’s and perhaps bring forward for this Spring’s NEG cycle.

Bob asked what kind of a neighborhood we want to be? Dan suggested Bob look at our neighborhood plan and noted our cooperative role with the city. Mike said we focus on livability, safety, security and health of the neighborhood including the health of our tree canopy. Chuck noted there is a useful citizen’s involvement guide for NA’s on the website.

Dan adjourned the meeting.

Next meeting will be Thursday, January 19, 2023

Minutes: Nov. Monthly Meeting 2022

November 17, 2022
Lake Grove Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting
Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:05
Attendees: Dan Anderson, Chuck Fisher, Yoko Kinoshita, Trudy Corrigan, Bob Hrdinsky, Mike Buck and
Audrey Block
Guests: None
Dan’s Chair report: Tony Sparling, LOPD liaison is willing to attend at a meeting of our choosing. May be
a good choice for next General Meeting. Dan reported Waluga NA (Neighborhood Association) General
Meeting had several speakers at their annual General Meeting: Megan Phelan spoke on emergency
preparedness and Joe Buck did a Q & A on the future of LO.
Dan reported Allison Brine from Upper Drive investigated the speed bump system. To qualify a street
needs 30 points. Upper Drive West of Bryant is presently measured at 20. Each speed bump costs
$3,000 with a minimum of 3 required. Usually the Neighborhood is required to pay 50% of the cost –
sometimes the city will pay 100%. Average speed on last traffic study was 28 mph. The school/daycare
on the corner of Bryant and Upper should be considered the next time the street is evaluated.
It was noted Trudy Corrigan was recently elected as a City Councilor and therefore will be resigning from
the LGNA Board as of December 31, 2022.
Bob Hrdinsky stepped up to join the LGNA board and was elected. All board members introduced
themselves.
There was no neighbor input this meeting.
Mike gave a report about fuels reductions programs and Iron Mountain Park. There are 10 acres of
parkland abutting 10 acres of private property that would be at risk in the event of a wildfire. He would
like to investigate funding programs to do fuels reduction in the park via removal of invasive species. It
may be the Fire Dept. and Parks should be involved. Metro has funding for such projects but in the past
it has been difficult for LO to receive grants because of our socio economic profile. However, IMP is
home to Oregon Oaks of which only 4-5% remain – thereby making it an important ecosystem in and of
itself.
Mike noted the Habitat Management Plan will come before City Council on December 20 th
Mike said pre-app for the 7-11 and dry cleaners on BFR near the new Elephant’s Deli was with regard to
cosmetic features only – not structural. No concerns.
Trudy passed long information about the Emergency Preparedness equipment caches the city makes
available to NA’s through the NEG program. Several NA’s have experience with the program. Dan will
reference materials from other NA’s and perhaps bring forward for this Spring’s NEG cycle.
Bob asked what kind of a neighborhood we want to be? Dan suggested Bob look at our neighborhood
plan and noted our cooperative role with the city. Mike said we focus on livability, safety, security and

health of the neighborhood including the health of our tree canopy. Chuck noted there is a useful
citizen’s involvement guide for NA’s on the website.
Dan adjourned the meeting.
Next meeting will be Thursday, January 19, 2023

Minutes: Monthly Meeting Oct. 2022

October 20, 2022
Lake Grove Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting
Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order
Attendees: Dan Anderson, Chuck Fisher, Mike Buck and Trudy Corrigan
Guests: Erik Olson, Senior City Planner in attendance to present information on HB 2001, Bob Hrdinsky,
Colm and Linsley Scott, Jill and Eric, and Amy.
Erik said the Middle Housing Code Advisory Committee developed standards and design regulations
based on HB 2001 for duplex, triplex, fourplex townhomes and cottage clusters. Code amendments have
been adopted and except for cottage clusters they are the same as for Single Family Residences. A
cottage cluster is 5 -8 detached units facing a common courtyard. Must provide one parking space per
unit. One driveway per 70 feet of lot. Must manage stormwater onsite.
The next bill the city must respond to will be HB2003. That will be delivered in 2023 and 2024. The next
step is to analyze housing needs in 2023 based on number of people at various income levels. Housing
production strategies will follow in 2024 requiring comp plan policy changes.
Lake Grove overlay will continue to apply except for cottage clusters. The law can’t preclude existing
CCRs.
Dan attended Mayor’s Roundtable –same information as Hello LO; new Police Chief Burke, Ebikes,
pickleball site selection, wastewater site, pathways increasing street fees. Garbage rates being studied.
Boones Ferry Road will be home to two affordable housing projects. Neighborhood meeting happened
on October 10 th with Scot Siegel about the site on the former Boones Ferry Improvements staging area.
Dan noted we got a successful denial of a type II tree cutting permit. The targeted tree was actually
healthy. Very few permits are actually denied; problem is the tree code not being specific enough.
Lake Grove Farmer’s Market will be every other Sunday ending on November 27 th .
LOPD will attend one of our meetings in the upcoming year.
Chris Brandt and Bob Hrdinsky will be new LGNA Board members.
Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project on Boones Ferry will have a new entrance directly from
Boones Ferry Road. There will be no access from Upper Drive. All new homes will face Upper or Boones
Ferry. The old pavement from the prior version of Upper Drive is unmaintained and should be cordoned
off. The number of units were reduced in order to save trees and meet open space requirements. The
subdivision has been approved. Specific structures are still subject to approval. Upper Drive neighbors
asked if all marked trees were actually permitted. It is possible that new tree permits will be coming.
Habitat for Humanity has not filed for the development yet. It is behind schedule. Tree mitigation will
happen onsite, plus tree fund payments. PA220048 is the project number. LGNA wants the abandoned
part of Upper Drive closed off, the asphalt removed and then planted with trees. Contact
edavis@lakeoswego.city.

Neighbors noted that the section of Upper Drive west of Bryant has a speeding problem in addition to
cut through traffic as reported by multiple neighbors.
Tri-Met bus service is changing.
Arbor month will be happening next April – will highlight new trees on Boones Ferry. We have 5-6 kinds
of oak trees. Will have a planting at Kumon of smaller trees. May be a planting at Lake Grove
Elementary.
The Tree Summit is Saturday October 22 nd from 9-12. We need to take care of our oaks and leave the
leaves. Can see on zoom, but will take place at LO Methodist Church.
Mike planted 52 madrones at Iron Mountain Park last weekend. On November 12 th work crew will pull
invasives on the top trail.
On Wed. November 2 at 4pm there will be a meeting at the maintenance building about the Natural
Areas Habitat Plan draft.
Meeting adjourned at 9pm.
Next meeting will be November 17 th .

Minutes, September 15, 2022 General Meeting

September 15, 2022

Lake Grove Neighborhood Association

Board Meeting

Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:02

Attendees: 

Board members:  Dan Anderson,  Mike Buck, Audrey Block, Yoko Kinoshita, Jerry Nierengarten, Trudy Corrigan

Guests:  Candidates for City Council, Katherine Lupton, Jeff Gudman, Trudy Corrigan (also our Board Member), Ali Afghan.  They were in attendance for our City Council Candidate Forum

Minutes approved for the July meeting.

The Board unanimously voted amend our by-laws to eliminate the Treasurer position as a follow-up to changes agreed upon in prior meetings and followthrough of the elimination of our status as a non-profit charity and the donation of the balance in our Treasury to the Lake Oswego Watershed Council.

The new Board was voted on and unanimously approved with Dan Anderson as our Chair, Trudy Corrigan as vice chair, Audrey Block, and Yoko Kinoshita as board members.

City Council Candidates Forum

Dan explained how the forum would work to the candidates and began the forum with each candidate giving a three minute presentation on why they felt they should receive our votes.  

Jeff Gudman was up first and cited his prior experience on Council and and his reputation as a budget hawk.  He added to this with his ideas for a bike walking path along the old railroad track from Lake Oswego to Portland along the river.   He also described his concept for preservation and redevelopment within the Stafford area.

Ali Afghan was up next and indicated he wanted to bring to our City government a better sense of “by the people and for the people.”  He noted that he firmly sustainability and feels our actions should not have a negative effect on the future.

Katherine Lupton noted that establishing more pathways was very important as she and her young family are walkers and need to be able to do so safely.  

Trudy Corrigan cited her years of volunteer contribution to our City as a Lake Grove Board member, Boones Ferry Committee member and elsewhere.  She also cited the importance of safe pathways for our citizens.

—————————————

For the next portion Dan asked the candidates to briefly address some questions.

1] First question for the candidates was “are tree removal applications ever denied?”

Trudy was first up and noted how the City’s desire to maintain our urban forest was a natural conflict with the the City’s desire for increased density and expressed to relook at our tree code. 

Katherine big mature trees are a big deal here and need to be around to keep Lake Oswego Lake Oswego.

Ali cited the conflict between saving trees, increasing density and keeping jobs.  And believes we need to bring all parties to the table to work out a plan together for our future.

Jeff noted that the City has twice formed tree code task forces but the remains incomplete.  He see LIDAR technology for tracking our tree canopy.

2] The second question addressed a parking shortage in the Lake Grove business sector.  Ali and Katherine were not familiar with the parking discussions within the the Boones Ferry project and stated they needed to learn more. Jeff indicated that he wanted to see parking issues discussed in the plan to be addressed further.  Trudy expressed how the lack of adequate parking is a big constraint the hurts business and needs to be addressed.

3] The third question was on the sorry state of the Lake Grove Swim Park and what might be done about it.  Trudy said the issue requires negotiations between the City and LO School District.  Katherine talked on the importance of the park that it was falling apart and needed more funding.  She would like to see it opened year around.  Ali agreed with the others comments and saw the need to gather the collective wisdom of all parties.  He feels the property needs to be more fully used.  Jeff felt it would be helpful if the School District was no longer involved with the park and turned their interest over to the City.

4] Dan asked candidates to address traffic concerns, in particular speeding and cut through traffic.  Katherine thought the speed could be reduced below 25 mph in residential areas, more speed bumps added and more enforcement.  Ali also favored more speed bumps but also though speed indicator monitors were also useful. Jeff noted the danger to our City traffic from the implementation of tolling on I-205 and I-5 and felt the Council need to more strongly address the potential increase from tolling on our traffic.  Trudy agreed with the others comments and added that better timing of lights on our main streets could be helpful.  

5] Dan’s final question for the candidates was how to protect our recreational properties with property values soaring.  Ali wanted to see more support for Parks and Rec and perhaps up their budget a bit.  Katherine emphasized the Importance of parks and not selling off any of our park land.  Trudy agreed with the other comments but added that Parks and Rec needs also to adjust to changing recreation over times and cited the surge in pickle ball popularity.  Jeff cited that the City needs to more plan communities better and cited Mountain Park as an example of how the Stafford are might be developed.

This concluded our Candidate forum. Dan thanked the participants and adjourned the meeting at 8:15.

Our next meeting will be Thursday October 20.

Minutes, July 2022

July 21, 2022
Lake Grove Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting

Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:03

Attendees: 

Board members:  Dan Anderson,  Mike Buck, Audrey Block, Yoko Kinoshita, Jerry Nierengarten, Trudy Corrigan

Guests:  Walt Buckley

***** Chair report ****

Dan told the Board our annual meeting will be held on October 22.  Eric from City Planning will gives a presentation on the affect of State Measure H2001 Low Income Housing on Lake Oswego.  The measure will allow duplex, triplex and quadplex on  lots zoned for only single family homes.

EcoHome has also been invited to make a presentation.  The volunteer ecology group has been invited to talk to us before but has had difficulty lining up a speaker for our group.

The Habitat for Humanity affordable home project at Upper and Boones Ferry has been moving forward meetings with the City.  A neighborhood meeting will be held on Monday August 7.  Ken Sandblast and representatives from Humanity for Humanity will be there for presentation and questions.  There is going to be a left turn-lane added on south-bound Boones Ferry to allow additional access to the property in addition to the right-turn access on Boones Ferry. Trees in the median will have to be removes for the new left-turn lane.

***** Neighbor input  – Walt *****

 

Walt commented that traffic seems a bit lighter after the completion of the Boone Ferry Project.  He noted some neighborhood signs are missing that directed folks to Lake Grove Presbyterian and to KinderCare.

***** Director Reports *****

Mike reported on meetings of Lake Grove Businessmen and the City.  Jim Bateman from the City indicated that Holiday lighting was already expensive and took three weeks to install.  Lake Grove Businesses will continue to solicit the city for more help and funding for decorations.  LG businesses voted to approve the purchase of about $80 worth of red and gold ribbons to hang from 48 lampposts along Boones Ferry.

Mike and Trudy are trying to get holiday tree banners for Lake Grove

Yoko report on her preparations for the Ice Cream Social for Lake Grove which our Board has arranged for our neighbors on August  9 at Iron Mountain Park with music from 7:30 – 8:30 pm.  

[note:  the Ice Cream Social was very successful with about 50 guests, music for two hours, police, fireman and a firetruck.

Our next meeting will be September 15.

Minutes, June 2022

June 16, 2022
Lake Grove Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting

Chairman Dan Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:00

Attendees: 

Board members:  Dan Anderson, Mike Buck,  Audrey Block, Yoko Kinoshita, Jerry Nierengarten

Guests:  None, no neighbors in attendance

***** Chair report ****

Dan attended the Pre-Ap PA 22-0048  the Habit for Humanity Project on Upper and Bones Ferry.  Permit is the same as was approved before the site was sold. A neighborhood meeting will occur in the next 45 days [July 25, LG Presbyterian Church 6:00 pm]

Dan noted that the West Lake Grove [WLG] design restriction changes have not yet been approved but we hope that this will occur before the end of summer. Siding for this project could be an issue if not approved as the wish to use a composite which the old design restrictions would not allow.  Habitat for Humanity wanted an online neighborhood meeting but this requires approval from the LGNA Chair and Dan denied this.

At the Pre-Ap, Dan indicated approval for an affordable housing project of this typeset wanted the end hob left over between Boones Ferry and Upper Drive made into something.  Habitat could retain right-of-way but perhaps they could install a connecting sidewalk to the various units.  [ a good question for their neighborhood presentation ]

$2.5 million may be available for a joint parking site for Boones Ferry merchants and restaurants  with leftover Boones Ferry Project funds.  This means that the Oakridge property is still under consideration for this [next to Wells Fargo, across for the Post Office].

***** Director Reports*****

Mike Buck talked to Jim Bateman about the possibility that our light poles may get Christmas decorations like they do in the old Oswego side of town.  Lake Oswego City Manage may review this to give little more equity for our business district here.

Mike indicated that Iron Mountain Park is going to need volunteer and City help to remove evasive plants.  He hopes that fire prevention funds might contribute to this.

Yoko Kinoshita discussed plans for the August 2 Ice Cream Social.  She chatted with the Fire Department and they will be coming out for the event.  August 2 7:00 – 9:00 pm.  Dan indicated we can use one of our two annual mailing to get this information out to our neighbors and this can be sent out shortly.

Meeting adjourned  7:50 pm

Next meeting will be July 21

Minutes, May 2022

5/19/2022

Lake Grove Neighborhood Association

Chairman Dan Anderson opened the meeting at 7:00 pm

Attending: Dan Anderson, Trudy Corrigan, Audrey Block, Yoko Kinoshita, Chuck Fisher, Jerry Nierengarten

No guests or neighbors in attendance

Minutes Approved, Treasury Balance  “0”

Chair report

Dan advised us of the progress on the Lanewood Pathwood.  No dates for implementation as yet.  There were twelve neighbors at the meeting with the City on the pathway and two consultants. The consultants laid out maps for Lanewood and the south side of Douglas Circle to show where the pathway would be located.  Neighbors general liked the idea however one was concerned that he would lose a bit of his front for the path.  However, that piece may already be deeded as City right away.

Director Reports

Chuck reported that he has successfully brought our Treasury balance to zero with the balance being donated to Lake Oswego Watershed.  Our association is now inactive with the State of Oregon.  Prior to zeroing it out Yoko was given $200 for the Neighborhood summer gathering as voted on and approved in the April meeting for an August acre cream social for the neighborhood.

Yoko told us she received an extension on the grant from Portland State so that she can continue to receive payments for helping our neighborhood with various projects and events for another year.

There were no neighbors in attendance at the meeting and no other input.

The meeting adjourned at 7:50

April 21, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes 4/21/2022

Lake Grove Neighborhood Association

Chairman Dan Anderson opened the meeting at 7:04 pm

Attending: Dan Anderson, Trudy Corrigan, Audrey Block,Yoko Kinoshita, Chuck Fisher, Jerry Nierengarten

No guests or neighbors in attendance

Minutes Approved

Chairman’s Report

Dan announced that Robert Dove resigned from the Board

Dan led a discussion on City sponsored art along Boones Ferry Road.  Lake Grove has just three street art installations compared to 47 in downtown Lake Oswego.  Trudy explained that LGNA is working with Waluga and Lake Forest to use our potential Neighborhood Enhancement Grants for street art along Boones Ferry.  Mike Buck wrote a letter to Eric Olson [City Planner]  indicating that Lake Grove needs a better deal.  In the Boones Ferry project three pads for art work were built plus additional pads at each intersection and these are wired for lighting.

We discussed having the City build a new sign saying “Welcome to Lake Grove Village” and paying for the sign with a Neighborhood Enhancement grant.  A motion was made for this and seconded.  Board members attending voted unanimously to approve the measure.

Dan talked on the recent Mayor/Board Chair meeting.  A new park has been approved for the Palisades, Lake Oswego’s largest neighborhood.  It will have extensive activity areas including a skate board park and pickle ball court.

Police Chief Dale Ferguson has hired four more police officers, mostly for the graveyard shift.  All new officers will undergo a psychological interview.  All LO police officers body cams.

Mayor Joe Buck announced Earth Day events.  Flower baskets along major streets will be back this year.  The demolition code will be made more strict.  Joe noted a Council concern that I-205 tolling could effect Lake Oswego traffic if it goes into effect.

Dan is considering inviting Eric Olson to our annual meeting to explain state law HB2001 to our neighbors with its major changes in neighborhood zoning allowing for duplex, triplex and quadplex housing where currently there are only single homes.

Director Reports    

Chuck Fisher, Treasurer

Chuck advised that Articles of Dissolution have been filed with the state ending our non-profit agency status and the $50 paid to the State Department of Justice.

Jerry Nierengarten, Urban Forest

Jerry reported on an April 23 tree ivy removal Arbor Day Project that Board members Jerry, Dan, Trudy and Mike would participate in as part of the the Oswego Lake Watershed Council.

Jerry reviewed tree cutting permits for 4456 Sunset, 3876 Lake Grove Avenue, 3850 Lake Grove Avenue and 15655  Twin Fir Road.  The first three are for builders to build new spec homes.  The Twin Fir site will be for a new home but it will be for the current owner, who is a landscape designer and maintained a beautiful yard over the years and loves trees.  On all these, we do not have leverage to block the tree removals.

Yoko Kinoshita

Yoko arranged with Starbucks [by LG Elementary] to provide us with free coffee and cookies for the April 24 Arbor Weekend Cleanup at Iron Mountain Park.  Mike Buck has arranged for a guest speaker for the event.

Yoko discussed another event at Iron Mountain Park for our neighbors on National Night Out. The City may help with the budget for this.  It was proposed and seconded that the Board provide $200 from our treasury account balance for the event.  Attending Board member unanimously approved the expenditure. 

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm

Minutes: March 2022

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