April abloom with colorful tulips, daffodils and hyacinth now presenting starts of geraniums and fushias! Everything is still green! The grass is growing fast! Earth Day is coming up! Celebrate mother earth...plant a garden, flowers and weed!

The following items lined up for the April KNA Meeting.

1. Public Safety - Crime Stats - Officer Fox.

2. PBOT - N.E. 21st Ave. Overcrossing - Improved bike access across I-84 - Sheila P.

3. Ankrom Moisan Architects - Multifamily Residential Project - 28th & Sandy - Frank T.

4. ADU variance letter of support - Erica D.

5. Land Use Updates - Steve

6. Kerns / Buckman Clean Up - Mike P.

Topics for next month may be added before May 13th. Please contact kernsna@gmail.com if you'd like to request time on the agenda.

A great way to gain leadership skills, connect with neighbors and have some input about the future of the Kerns neighborhood.

The Kerns board needs your help to keep our annual events going strong.

We currently only have 11 active board members for our entire neighborhood -- we need more people to share the love and sustain our organization!

Thanks to Mike Petticord, the Kerns/Buckman annual spring cleanup (now known as the Collection Event) is on track for April 16th this month.

We need a picnic chair for the annual National Night Out planned for Tuesday, August 2nd.

Each year, over 500 neighbors join us for an evening of fun with live music, free food and raffle prizes from local businesses.  If there are two of you out there that would be willing to coordinate activities, that would help reduce the amount of work for each person.

Main responsibilities include: getting park permits, contacting businesses for donations for the raffle (the same businesses give year after year), renting bbq equipment to cook the hotdogs, arrange table delivery, and reaching out to businesses that may want a table or other presence during the event.

Open board positions are a SE Uplift Board member and Crime Prevention Chair. We also need people to help out with the monthly responsibilities of updating the website and/or Facebook page.

Please consider becoming an active member of our board so we can continue to be a thriving neighborhood organization. We can't do it without your help!

If you are interested in helping, please reach out to me Email: orkernsna@gmail.com

Thank You, KNA Board Members

WHEN: Saturday, April 16, 2016  (9 am to Noon) WHERE: Hinson Baptist Church - 1137 SE 20th (Enter on Salmon from 20th Avenue)

WHAT TO BRING: Waste Materials: Bulk household waste of a non-biodegradable nature (paper, plastic, glass, cloth, metal), furniture, small appliances, tires and yard debris. Paint cans without lids and dried paint are acceptable. Recycling Materials: Computers, televisions, cell phones, LCD/CRT monitors, printers, and other electronics. No disassembled items.

WHAT NOT TO BRING Construction debris including wood scrap, concrete, dirt, paint or items potentially containing asbestos* (tiles, insulation, old siding, etc). Food waste, household garbage, alkaline & lithium batteries, fluorescent bulbs. large appliances, styrofoam, hazardous waste, or flammables. Contact Metro for disposal of these items

*NOTE*: This year we must prohibit disposal of all materials from construction, remodelling, and demolition, due to risk of asbestos. Such materials include vinyl flooring tiles, sheet, mastic, ceiling acoustical tiles, popcorn & spray-on texture, plaster walls & decorative plaster, cement siding shingles (transite), insulation (spray-on, blown-in, vermiculite, pipe, HVAC, lagging), electrical wire insulation & panel partitions, AND fire doors, fire brick, or other fireproofing. We also cannot accept wood scrap, concrete, dirt, or paint.

*For disposal options of unaccepted materials, please check the Metro website.

COST: $15 - $40 sliding scale Suggested donations cover clean-up cost and help fund neighborhood events.

Elderly and disabled neighbors can arrange for pick-up by calling 503-482-8252 email: www.knacomm@gmail.com

Volunteers needed to assist Kerns, Buckman, and Central Catholic. If interested, please sign up at: https://www.solveoregon.org for the Kerns-Buckman event or call 503-758-4173.

Interested volunteers meet at 9 at the Ankeny St. entrance. Tools, gloves and water are provided along with work that is fun and helps keep the park one of Portlands jewels.

Meet at the blue-green Parks building on Ankeny St. on the north side of the park. Please bring work gloves and if it is your first meeting, sign the Parks' forms available there.

Email List: peggy.glascock53@gmail.com

kast@peak.org

Upcoming Dates APRIL - WED., APRIL 13 MAY - WED., MAY 11 JUNE - WED., JUNE 8 JULY - WED., JULY 13 AUGUST - WED., AUGUST 10TH SEPTEMBER - WED., SEPTEMBER 14TH OCTOBER - PARK DIEM, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

Example 1: 1 - person household leasing a studio - income of $24,222 to $30,900.

Example 2: 1 - person household leasing a one bedroom - income of $25,806 to $30,900.

Example 3: 2 - person household leasing a one bedroom - income of $25,806 to $32,280.

Example 4: 3 - person household leasing a two bedroom - income of $30,822 to $39,720.

Example 5: 4 - person household leasing a studio - income of $30,822 to $44,100.

*Examples do not include all eligible household sizes and scenarios.

APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE! WALK-INS WELCOME! Visit our temporary pre-leasing office at: 710 NW 14th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209 April 1- April 22 during the following hours; Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 7 pm

We will hear more about this in our Wednesday, April 20th meeting.

Portland Fire & Rescue has been awarded a $95,239 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for an outreach campaign to increase home safety for Portland's deaf and hard of hearing community. PF&R will contribute an additional $4,761, making the total project amount $100,000. Applications are being accepted.

Interested people who are deaf and hard of hearing can find out more and apply here right now: www.FlashShakeWake.org. Those with questions can contact grant administrators at smokealarms4safety@portlandoregon.gov or call 503-823-3752 with questions.

As part of the bureau's Community Risk Reduction program, deaf and hard of hearing residents will also be able to request free fire & life safety home inspections when firefighters install their alarms.

Review the IC3 Alert for details and recommended security measures.

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Safe Hotline

In order to use it, you'll need to set up an account with a password.

Mixed Use Zones Proposed Commercial Mixed Use 1 (CM1) 35' Building Height Existing CN1, CN2, CO1

Proposed Commercial Mixed Use 2 (CM2) 45' Building Height Existing CO2, CM, CS, CG

Proposed Commercial Employment (CE) 45' Building Height Existing CO2, CM, CS, CG

Proposed Commercial Mixed Use 3 (CM3) 65' Building Height Existing EX, CX

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Testify About Proposed Changes Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12;30 p.m. www.portlandoregon.gov.bps/35452 Email: psc@portlandoregon.gov U.S. Mail: Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission, Mixed Use Zones Testimony 1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 7100 Portland, Oregon 97201 Map App:

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Nextdoor NE Kerns, a private neighborhood social network that requires your address to join. Kerns is broken down into 2 sections, inner and outer. This page is not moderated by the KNA. Examples of how people are using Nextdoor: sharing events, asking for recommendations, organizing a community-wide yard sale, setting up playdates, getting the word out about a break-in, finding a lost pet, or planning for an emergency.