The Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) is proud to announce the launch its new website: Sumnerpdx.org!

The new site contains everything you see on this site dating back to its birth in May. It will be the permanent home for news about the Sumner neighborhood in NE Portland, Oregon.

Thanks to everyone who visited this temporary site. Please:

1. Bookmark the new site
2. Join our email list by contacting sumner@sumnerpdx.org
3. Tell your neighbors!

• Planning for the National Night Out barbecue at Helensview High School on Tuesday, Aug 4.
• Brainstorming for a Sumner neighborhood survey to be conducted this summer. The survey will help inform the priorities set in the 2009-2010 neighborhood action plan.

The special meeting location is the CNN office, 4415 NE 87th Ave (back door of the fire station on NE 87th between NE Prescott and NE Sandy).

Treasurer’s report — SAN has $2,020 including $595 raised by the neighborhood cleanup on May 16. We’ll have an additional $2,000, our annual budget allocated via Central NE Neighbors (CNN), added to our account on July 1.

Guest speakers — Mark Wells, crime prevention coordinator, and Portland police officer Amanda McMillan, spoke about budget cuts, the new ‘North’ police precinct, and how community policing works.

In short, budget cuts largely spared neighborhood policing, graffiti abatement, and similar programs this year due to public outcry. But Wells and McMillan warned that next year’s budget could be much worse.

The sprawling North precinct will pose some challenges for police, but Sumner benefits from having a fire station (on NE 87th off Sandy) where police can stop.

McMillan says community policing works best when neighbors share their concerns about chronic issues and are specific about where, when activities are occuring. When contacting the Neighborhood Response Team, include information about the times of day, days of the week, addresses, and vehicle numbers of the suspect activity.

Sumner neighborhood action plan — Attendees reviewed the 2009-2010 neighborhood action plan, reputed to be its first plan ever. The plan covers the areas of membership, community outreach and involvement, land use, transportation, clean-up and crime prevention. The action plan will be presented for a final OK at the Oct. 8 general meeting. (A future blog post will detail the action plan in greater detail.)

Special meeting set for July 9 — A special SAN general meeting — open to the public — was scheduled for Thursday, July 9, at 7 PM for two specific issues:

• Planning for the National Night Out barbecue at Helensview High School on Tuesday, Aug 4.
• Brainstorming for a Sumner neighborhood survey to be conducted this summer. The survey would help inform the priorities set in the 2009-2010 action plan.

The special meeting location is the CNN office, 4415 NE 87th Ave (back door of the fire station on NE 87th between NE Prescott and NE Sandy).

Newsletter items include:

• Calendar of upcoming events
• Halloween party details
• SAN board member list
• And much more!

If you’d like to join our mailing list, please send us your e-mail address.

The guest speaker will be Mark Wells, our new Crime Prevention Coordinator. We might have a police officer there also.

Other topics will announce this new web site, an update on the MAX Eastside open house, and a request for volunteers who want to help brainstorm for a survey about neighborhood priorities.

This is our last scheduled general meeting until October 8. See you there!

To join our mailing list, please send us your e-mail address.

Staff from the City of Portland Planning Department will present draft recommendations for each station area — including the Parkrose/Sumner MAX station — and answer your questions.

Links about planning for the Parkrose/Sumner MAX llight rail station:

• Station vision area and proposed actions based on public comments in February and March
• PowerPoint presentation on Parkrose/Sumner MAX proposal
• Draft zoning map (very large 2.5MB JPG file)
• Draft transportation map (large 900K JPG file)
• Public comments about the plan

Hollywood Farmers’ market:
Meets Saturdays from 8 AM to 1 PM until Thanksgiving on NE Hancock between NE 44th and 45th Aves.

Parkrose Farmers’ Market:
Meets on Saturdays through Oct from 8 AM to 2 PM at 12003 NE Shaver St.

Montavilla Farmer’s Market:
Meets on Sundays June 21 – Oct 25 (plus Nov 8 & Nov 22) from 10 AM to 2 PM at 7600 SE Stark St.

Items to bring: Yard debris, furniture, windows, carpet, scrap metal, washers/dryers, toilets, mattresses, mowers (gas or oil removed), woodstoves, bikes, tubs, toys, sterios, VCRs, old cell phones, and used ink cartridges.

Do NOT bring: Hazardous waste including gasoline, chemicals, oil, paint, tar, batteries, animal waste or liquids of any kind. Do not bring the following building and landscape materials: concrete, asphalt, dirt, sod, brick, cement, sand, gravel, roofing, asbestos, or under-the-sink garbage.

Residential vehicles only. No commercial vehicles will be accepted.

Clean up fees/donations: $5 for cars; $10 for vans or SUVs; $20 for pickup trucks; vehilcles with oversized loads will be charged an additional fee. Tires are an extra $2 off rim, $3 on rim.

The Sumner Neighborhood Association is sponsoring this event with generous help from METRO, Portland Office of Sustainable Development, SOLV, Subway, AGG Hauling, Central NE Neighbors, and Helensview High School.

To volunteer, or find out more, contact Ronda at the Central NE Neighbors at 503-935-4874.