CITY OF BEAVERTON

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

NAC: HIGHLAND                                                    DATE: 12/14/2006

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:               QUORUM PRESENT: YES

x CHAIR: Bill Young                       x TREASURER: Dean Wilson

x VICE CHAIR: Mike Powell          x RECORDER: Revolving

x BCCI REP: Karen Beattie

Craig Bass, Tim Lohman, Barbara Wilson, Jeff Menzel

GUESTS: Mary Overgaard & David Cook of S.M.A.R.T. (Start Making A Reader Today)

MEETING START TIME: 7 pm                   MEETING ADJOURN TIME: 8:45 pm

MEETING RECORDER: /s/ Jeff Menzel

APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER MINUTES: Minutes of 11/09/2006 approved unanimously

TREASURERS REPORT: Reported by Dan Wilson, Treasurer

            Bank Balance: $2,183.76

Community booth sales revenue $634.77, booth management revenue $445.00. Donation to Oregon Food Bank $413.15.

TUALATIN VALLEY FIRE & RESCUE: No Report

BEAVERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT: No Report

PRESENTATION: SMART - Start Making A Reader Today - Presenter; Mary Overgaard.  A non-profit program developed to encourage children to develop strong reading skills by 3rd grade. Works directly with public schools, with program availability to schools based on 40% or more children in low cost lunch program. Program began at Fir Grove Elementary this year and needs more community volunteers. Volunteers commit to two half hour sessions reading to a child and assigning home reading of SMART materials. All those interested in volunteering can contact SMART at 503-937-4800 for a great way to volunteer and really make a difference in a child's life.

BCCI REPORT: Craig Bass reported BCCI held their annual elections and reported on other issues from the BCCI meeting.

MATCHING FUNDS: Jeff Menzel reported that the cutoff for the current term for applying for City of Beaverton Matching Funds Grant ends 12/29/06. Board members discussed various ways to utilize the grant.

Karen Beattie and Barbara Wilson expressed interest in purchasing school supplies for low income children and using matching funds in this way.

Motion: Jeff Menzel proposed matching our NAC’s previous donation grants to Fir Grove School and Highland Middle School in the amounts of $300 each with the city’s grant.

Seconded: Mke Powell

Vote: Unanimous

Action: Jeff will contact Jason Wachs, Program Coordinator City of Beaverton to see if this is a viable request for city matching funds grant. If yes, then proper information and details will be gathered to complete the grant application with the city prior to the deadline.

OLD/NEW BUSINESS:

New Business:  As an information item, Barbara Wilson announced that she had attended the Beaverton City Council meeting in mid-August 2006 and asked the Council and the Mayor to sign on to Mayor Greg Nickels' US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.  The City Attorney reviewed the document and approved it for the city.

In mid-November Mayor Rob Drake signed the Agreement.  Beaverton is now the 7th city in Oregon and the 346th city in the nation to have signed onto the Agreement.  The pledge is to attempt to reduce carbon emissions in the City by 7 percent by 2012.    Barbara indicated she isn't sure how to proceed from this point and asked for suggestions from the group. She said she was tentatively thinking of approaching other NACs and explaining what each citizen can do to reduce carbon emissions.   Bill Young indicated the HNAC could be used as a "dry run" venue for a neighborhood association presentation if Barbara wished to put something together. .

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.