11/16/2011 - Minutes City of Tigard
Neighborhood Involvement Committee-
Minutes
MEETING DATE/TIME: Wednesday, November 16, 2011; 7:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Tigard Public Library- 2nd Floor Conference Room
13500 SW Hall Blvd,Tigard OR 97223
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Christopher called the meeting to order at 6:57 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Chairman Basil Christopher, Sue Carver, Bev Froude, Connie Ramaekers
Excused: Cathy Olson
Absent: Patty Anda. (Basil would like me to contact Patty regarding her availability.)
Staff: Joanne Bengtson
3. APPROVE SEPTEMBER 21,2011 MINUTES
With minimal changes requested by Basil, Connie motioned to approve the SEPTEMBER 21,2011
minutes, seconded by Bev, none opposed.
4. REVIEW DRAFT LETTER TO RIVER TERRACE RESIDENTS RE:A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA
The committee reviewed a first draft letter to residents asking how/when they want to get
involved in the Neighborhood Network program. Members requested time to review the draft
letter and bring changes back to the committee for discussion at the next meeting. Joanne
would mail the letter out seven to ten days before the February Open House.
5. COMMITTEE INPUT/SUGGESTIONS FOR 2012 CITY COUNCIL GOALS (12/6/11 @ NOON
The Committee discussed possible suggestions to forward from the committee and in the end,
they decided not to forward any suggestions this year, but will likely have something for next
year.
The discussion included a preference to review the Neighborhood Network Program before
suggesting goals to Council. Basil would like to hear whether or not the program is working as
Council intended. Would Council support efforts to review the blog capabilities? Basil asked
the committee if they would consider forming a subcommittee to look at the blog sites and
gauge program administration—are we doing the best we can, i.e. promoting the sites, engaging
residents, efficiency of having 13 sites. Is there a better way that requires less staff support? The
group discussed the merits/drawbacks of reducing the number of blogs to four—
north/south/east/west - and then one site to focus staff and program resources and engage the
community.
Redirecting Blogger To Another URL (Possible?Yes.)
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Is it possible to redirecting current blog pages to a reduced number or single blog or website or url?
How would to redirect from old URL to new URL?Backup the template PLUS the Page Elements.
Then, sign into your Blogger Dashboard, click LAYOUT, then click the EDIT HTML sub-tab. This will
open the template editor window. Add this block of codes into your template just above the </head>
tab which should be very near the top of the template: <meta http equiv="refresh"
content="0;url=http://newurl.com"/> It should look like this
<head> ■ ■
<meta http equiv="refresh" content="O;url=http://newurl.com"/>
</head>
Replace http://newurl.com with the domain you want to redirect to and all your old blog traffic will be
redirected to your new address
6. REVIEW DRAFT MATERIALS FOR PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD
BEAUTIFICATION EVENTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS
The committee reviewed the first draft of a brochure that would be used to promote the
program's grants and steering committees. They made suggestions for Joanne to take back to
the design group.
7. PLAN FEBRUARY OPEN HOUSE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK PROGRAM
The Open House will be held in the library community room on Saturday, February 4, from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The committee agreed that all components of the Neighborhood Network
program should be invited to attend the open house. They would like to focus on the
neighborhood web pages and show& tell of the program's components to raise awareness of
the program. The committee asked Joanne to promote it as an opportunity to share ideas for
improvements and solicit public input on communication preferences.
Connie suggested issuing personal invitations to open house visitors with the intention of
getting them to look at the program and form a steering committee in their own neighborhood.
Basil would like to explore the possibility of the city drafting a Civic Leadership Series. During
the open house he suggested asking the public whether or not they would be interested in
participating if something like this were offered.
8. DISCUSS ADOPTING A FORMAL WORKPLAN FOR NIC
The committee would like to construct a formal workplan (including provisions for River
Terrace residents) before making Councilgoal suggestions. Sue and Bev noted the importance
of communication and the value to be gained by promoting the neighborhood web pages.
The workplan would focus on key issues in the community and next year the outcome could be
Council Goal suggestions. A workplan would help members focus on the committee's mission
to move neighborhoods and the city in the same direction. It could also be used as a recruiting
tool for the committee because prospective members would know exactly what's expected.
9. DISCUSS POSSIBLE CIVIC LEADERSHIP SERIES-SOLICIT GROUP INPUT ON PROGRAMMING
If a leadership series were held,what is the level of interest?A leadership series could help the
city develop Board & Committee resources and better educate residents about local government
and public process. Topics might cover annexation, planning and development process, how to
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respond to proposed land use actions, school issues, city services (water, sewer, CIP, CERT) —
who pays, how CIP projects are ranked, committee and commission job descriptions, regional
partnerships, field trip for city facilities & fire station.
10. OTHER?
The next meeting is Wednesday,January 18, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the library 2nd floor conference
room.
11. ADJOURN
Basil adjourned the meeting at 8:43 p.m.
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