The Argay Neighborhood Association annual clean up is tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shaver Elementary, 3701 N.E. 131st Place.

Appliances, scrap metal, microwaves and yard debris are welcome at the annual event.

Argay clean up is tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shaver Elementary.

Because Metro sponsors the clean up, the ANA charges nominal fees: $10 for a car or trunk full and $20 for a truck or trailer. Questions? Call 503-256-5579.

They will not accept: hazardous materials, herbicides, paint, motor oil, tires or electronics for disposal.

The May 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents:

Last month, the top three mayoral candidates debated at David Douglas High School’s Howard Horner Performing Arts Center; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas are approved; Parkrose School District averts a teacher’s strike; David Douglas special education teacher Annie Harrell is named Outstanding Teacher of the Year; Lee Perlman interviews City Commissioner Amanda Fritz and opponent, state Rep. Mary Nolan; the Planning and Sustainability Commission endorsed the Outer Powell Conceptual Design Plan; since 2006, east Portland neighborhood associations have been operating illegally; the Portland Housing Bureau is changing tax abatement area boundaries in east Portland … again; and, longtime Gateway hairstylist June Bauer’s obituary.

In March, Mid-county homeowners and other Friends of Trees volunteers planted 245 trees in the Argay, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Russell, Sumner and Wilkes neighborhoods of east Portland.

Following the planting, Friends of Trees‘ nonprofit partner, Verde, planted an additional 310 trees from Friends of Trees in the same neighborhoods.

Cal Calloway behind one of six new Golden Raindrops Crabapple® trees recently planted for him by Friends of Trees.

The 555 tree orders were the result of an overwhelming response to a special offer of free trees to residents in some of Portland’s neighborhoods most in need of trees.

Откъде да купя иконаAmanda Hart, the AmeriCorps BEST community involvement specialist at Parkrose School District’s Shaver Elementary is holding an Edible Sidewalk Garden work party and installation today in the Shaver Sharing Garden from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school, 3701 N.E. 131st Pl. in Argay.

The ribbon-cutting for the Shaver Sharing Garden in August 2011.

Hart’s partners from Portland Nursery and Growing Gardens along with Shaver students and their parents are volunteering to  plant berry and herb starts and seeds in the garden beds; make newspaper pots for students to take their own seeds home and sundry painting and gardening work.

The April 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents follows:

Bre’Shay Barnes was named Rose Festival Princess from Parkrose; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas struggle to meet financial goals; Parkrose School District declares impasse with teachers; PSD Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray is one of four finalists for Reynolds job; the first meeting between Metro and Glendoveer golf course lovers since a contentious open house in August; the Argay Neighborhood Association hires a lawyer to help fight infill development across the street from Argay Park and an east Portland high school winter sports roundup.

Despite the Argay Neighborhood Association’s efforts, the city will go ahead and approve the partition of property across the street from Argay Park, Bureau of Development Services associate planner Sean Williams said  in a phone interview today. Williams, who is writing the official decision due out next week, indicated the city will approve the proposal, the first step before property owner Lynnia Woods could offer them for sale.

The property across the street from Argay Park will be divided for three single-family homes.

Not one of the more than fifty people attending the special meeting of the Argay Neighborhood Association on March 5 was in favor of the partition plat for three home sites on land across the street from Argay Park on Northeast 141st Avenue between Failing Street and Beech Ct.

Valerie Curry leads fight against Argay infill.

The special meeting was called to meet the March 12 deadline to respond in writing to Bureau of Development Services.

A few days after the meeting, run by former ANA chair Valerie Curry, the board met and voted to hire ($500) land use attorney and Argay resident Roger Dierking to write a letter to BDS opposing the proposed development on behalf of the association.

At the Argay Neighborhood Association meeting last month, planning consultant John Gessner presented a plan on behalf of an Argay property owner to divide the undeveloped property between Beech and Failing Streets, on Northeast 141st Avenue across form Argay Park. “It’s important to be a good neighbor; that’s why we’re here,” Gessner said.

This 25,000 square foot piece of property across the street from Argay Park on Northeast 141st Avenue is being platted for two, possibly three new homes. Tim Curran/Mid-county Memo

Neighbors at the meeting expressed concerns the houses will be rentals, and because of smaller lot sizes, house designs would have to be two-story, narrow houses without garages.

Graffiti vandals struck Argay Park overnight making it the third tagging this month. This tag from last night has also been seen  in the Wilkes East neighborhood.

Argay Park, Northeast 141st Avenue at Failing Street, had an eruption of graffiti recently.

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement Program is  run through the Office of Neighborhood Involvement. When you report graffiti, get the defaced property’s address, enabling graffiti abatement officers to contact the property owner to offer assistance.

This fence was tagged last night. This vandal is prolific. He is tags the Wilkes and Wilkes East neighborhoods also.

Portland Police Chief Michael Reese released a statement about his evaluation of two high profile east Portland incidents.

The first—still waiting Reese’s final decision on discipline—was Officer Ronald Frashour’s shooting of Aaron Campbell, who was unarmed and appeared to be cooperating when killed at the Sandy Terrace apartments, 12800 N.E. Sandy Blvd., in January.

The second, an exoneration of Officer Chris Humphreys’ use of a beanbag shotgun against a 12-year old girl on an east Portland Max light rail platform in November. Humphreys was involved in the 2006 arrest of James Chasse Jr., a schizophrenic man who died in custody after allegedly urinating in public.