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Ladd Hill CPO Meetings

Ladd Hill CPO Meetings

Agenda

Version as of 10/14
Meeting:  Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Terra Vina Vineyard – Tasting Room
Note: 6:00 to 7:00 join us for set-up and social hour.

  1. Welcome, Introductions – Cole Presthus & Carole Dinger
    1. Change in Officers:  Carole Dinger Co-President, Clackamas County
  2. Focus topic
    1. Magness Memorial Tree Farm -  Carole Dinger
      1. Role of LHNA to the Community regarding sale of the land
      2. FB page for MMFT
      3. New PO Box for Donations and Zelle deposit set set up
      4. Social Media for LHNA/FB & Instagram
    2. Results of Involvement Survey -   Rosi Marshall
  3. Committee Reports: Activities since February 25, 2025
    1. Social Committee - Eve & Carole
  • Picnic - Eve & Carole
  • Farmer’s Market Plant Exchange - Carole
  • Wreath Making - Date for training  by Sharon Halle & Date for workshop at Eve’s Barn
  • Expanding  Social Events/ LHNA or Not , Objective is getting younger people involved with LHNA!!
    1. Artist Open House - Pre Holiday for sales or Commissions
    2. Winter Pre School Crafts Program (I have an interested former pre school teacher to do this)    They would take place in our tasting room where meetings are held.
    3. Create & help facilitate special interest social groups
      1. Gardening, History, Fishing/Hunting
        1. Raising Animals - Chickens, sheep, goats etc...
          1. Artists & Craftspeople
            1. Walkers & Hikers
            2. Foraging / Mushroom hunting
    4. Welcome committee
    5. Road Cleaning events –  Paul Welty
      1. Oct 18 event
      2. Game Camera at WLV Rd & LHR to catch dumping
    6. LHNA-EP Team – Stan Halle
      1. EP - Continuing efforts to recruit younger people
      2. Monthly seasonally relevant newsletter
    7. Land Use & ByPass - Cole
  1. Secretary Report –Rosi Marshall
    1. Review/Approve Minutes of June 10, 2025 meeting (as sent)
  2. Treasurer’s Report – Barb Whitaker
    1. Updates of financial activity and balance
  3. New Business:
    1. Clackamas County Sheriff  Department is offering to come talk.
  4. Old Business:
    1. New Fiber lines – anyone updated?
  5. Dates for Next Meetings:

Considering a special meeting to talk with them about security with unknown people trespassing, speeding cars and motorcycles,  illegal dumping along the roadside.

  1. Next general meeting: TBD 2026
  2. Adjourn

Attachments to the Invitational email to all members

  • Minutes of June 10, 2025 meeting

Minutes

Tuesday  June 10, 2025 – 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM

WELCOME – Cole Presthus, Co-President Yamhill Co.

Introductions went around the room. 

Attendees: Ben and Sandy Bole, Tamra Busch-Johnson, Dennis and Norma Daly, Carole and Karl Dinger, Stan and Sharon Halle, Dave Leckey, Russ and Lori Murfitt, Roxanne Stark, Edd and Sharon Olson, Paul Welty, 

Ron Hapke, Cheryl McCaffrey, Phil Morton, Cole Presthus, Eve Stevenson, Barb Whitaker.

Minutes – Cheryl McCaffrey 

Minutes from the February 25, 2025, General Meeting were distributed earlier via email. Phil Morton moved to approve the minutes, Edd Olson seconded, and the attendees voted to approve the minutes as written.

FOCUS TOPIC– Cheryl McCaffrey

The minutes of a May 21, 2025 Board Meeting were included in the invitation to this General Meeting. The Board meeting was focused on means and strategies for getting more involvement in LHNA. Soliciting information from attendees at tonight’s General Meeting was one of the means identified. This will be tonight’s focus. 

Attendees broke into four discussion groups addressing five questions regarding how LHNA can better meet the needs of our community and have more member involvement. The following is a very brief summary of what the participants reported. 

LHNA means meeting neighbors, sharing information and interests, help in emergencies and with pressing local issues. “Livability” includes quiet, “elbow room,” neighbors knowing and looking out for each other, feeling safe, low traffic, sharing, and privacy. 

LHNA can improve its relationship with members by increasing social activities and increasing use of social media. Meeting agenda topics include raising livestock, pest control, wildlife, foraging for food, local history, and emergency preparedness topics. 

Meeting times, locations, or formats to improve member involvement include Friday night or weekend meetings with speakers for adults and activities for kids; find other meeting locations e.g., barns, arenas; start meetings earlier with potluck dinners. Have other formats such as field trips, workshops (e.g., wreath making, building pre-cut bird houses). There was a discussion about possibly having LHNA events at Bob and Crystal Rilee Park, Newberg. (I moved this from the Treasurer’s report, even if it happened at that time in the meeting

Other suggestions include: 1. increasing social activities (hobby groups, games, movies, weekend kid activities) and to start them soon in the good weather. 2. Having a survey committee send two surveys to find out what people want to do, and a second more in depth. Surveys would include learning the demographics of the area,  what members want to see/hear, and preferred communication platforms. 

We need to investigate more current means of communication besides e-mail to reach “younger” residents. (Those at the meeting were all gray haired.)

Appendix A is a list of the questions and a more complete summary of the results of the discussions. 

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Whitaker

LHNA paid $70 for required annual reports to the state. LHNA received a $1448.65 donation to the General Fund from Friends of Parrett Mountain, a 501(c)3 corporation that has disbanded. Barb read a letter that accompanied the donation from Leann Bennett, President. Attendees applauded the generous gift. 

Appendix B is the Financial Report as of June 10, 2025 and the donation letter.

Committee Reports – Chairs             

Social Committee – Eve Stevenson

  • There will be a Farmer’s Market this summer.
  • The LHNA picnic will be on September 7, 2025. It will be a potluck with LHNA providing “meat” items; guests would bring sides and desserts. There was a suggestion of a singer and a discussion.
  • There will be a wreath-making workshop (by Sharon Halle) plus a wreath-making event in the fall

Emergency Preparedness (EP) Committee – Stan Halle

  • Stan has had discussions with the EP group in Charbonneau. They have dues and do things very differently
  • The EP website is being overhauled.
  • Need volunteers to staff positions: Captains, Road Runners, etc.

Roadside Cleanup – Paul Welty 

  •  The May 3, 2025, road cleanup covered more roads than have been done in the past.
  • Paul announced that October 18, 2025, will be the Fall road cleaning day. 

OLD BUSINESS:

  • Cole announced that the Bypass 2A Phase is in progress. There will be two additional traffic signals on Hwy 219 south of the present bypass signal. One at the new “fishhook” for eastbound traffic and one at Wilsonville Rd.
  • Sherwood Broadband got a grant to extend their fiber optic cable. They are starting construction and will come our way in a month. They expect completion in one year. Those close to Sherwood will get service first.
  • Ziply is also extending fiber optic improvements in our area. 

New Business: 

  • Carole Dinger offered to be Co-President for Clackamas County and confirmed that she would serve if voted in. She wants to stay on the Social Committee as well. Phil Morton nominated Carole for the position.

There will need to be a Special Election to vote on this position with two weeks’ notice for the meeting. Reference was made to the Bylaws at Vacancies, Unfilled Positions, and Nominating Committee. Cole will coordinate with the Co-Secretaries for notification of the voting to be done by in-person meeting, zoom, and email, according to the Bylaws.

Next Meetings for 2025 

Picnic: September 7, 2025

General Meeting: October 21, 2025

Adjourn - Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM

Appendix A: Summary of tonight’s focus topic

Appendix B: Financial Report

Appendix C: Letter of Donation

Submitted by Cheryl McCaffrey, Co-Secretary June 12, 2025

APPENDIX A: 

Summary of discussions regarding how LHNA can better meet the needs of our community and have more member involvement.

Note: These questions formed the framework for gathering ideas. 

This list combines ideas from the Board meeting and the input from attendees of the June 11 general meeting 

  1. What does LHNA mean to your life here?
    • Sense of community; meeting new people seeing familiar faces
    • Sharing interests and information
    • Know what is happening in our local area and in our counties
    • Help in emergencies
    • Band together on big issues affecting our livability
  2. What does “livability” in our neighborhood mean to you?
    • QUIET
    • Space between neighbors; a sense of privacy
    • Positive relationships with neighbors
    • Sharing with neighbors
    • Trustable, safe area
    • Clean roads and air
  3. How do YOU think LHNA can improve its relationship with the members?
    • Change meeting times, format, and content to be more convenient for working families with kids (weekends).
    • Increase social activities
    • Present topics of interest to a broad group
    • Our email communications are out of date (we are too old fashioned); increase use of social media.
    • Reminders of meeting/activity times
  4. Meeting agenda topics (speakers) (General Meetings are 3 times per year)
    • Beekeeping?
    • Gardening?
    • Attracting bluebirds?
    • What do YOU want to hear?
    • Raising goats or chickens
    • Foraging for food
    • Explanation of Agricultural tax deferrals by the counties
    • History of Ladd Hill area (Sharon Olson knows some sources; Wilsonville Library staff.)
    • Wildlife here: Natural balance between predators and other wildlife
    • Wildfire preparation/safety
    • Seismic retrofitting
    • Generators for emergencies
    • Talk on crime prevention
    • Wildfires
  5. Suggestions for meeting times, locations, or formats to improve member involvement.
    • Weekend morning coffee meetings?
    • Tour of local businesses with meeting following?
    • Workshops?
    • What ideas do YOU suggest?
    • Have Friday night or weekend meetings with a speaker and kid activities involve kids and working parents
    • Find locations in addition to Terra Vina; Barns? Arenas?
    • Start meetings earlier as potlucks and/or have quarterly “fun” meetings with seasonal food to involve families

Other types of information formats/activities:

  • Field trip: Bird watching at wildlife sanctuary next to Pro-Gro on Graham’s Ferry Rd.
  • Workshops on building bird/bat/owl houses with pre-cut materials that can involve young and old neighbors. Prescot Bluebird Recovery Project could be a source and they could learn of properties interested in attracting bluebirds to boxes.
  • Quarterly workshops on wreath building for wreaths throughout the year
  • Visit local historical homes

Other Suggestions

SOCIAL

  • Increase social activities
  • Form interest/hobby groups e.g.: Horses, Fishing, Garden
  • Farmer’s Market
  • Weekend gatherings with activities for kids (pony rides, swimming)
  • Quarterly “fun” meetings with seasonal food to involve families
  • Plan activities for summer 2025 and execute them soon while the weather is good. 

SURVEYS

  • Have 2 surveys: One to get basic demographics and topics to focus family summer activities; a second more in depth and
  • Conduct a survey on how to involve young people, what members want to see/hear, and what communication platforms to use to reach them.

COMMUNICATIONS

  • Our email communications are out of date (we are too old fashioned); increase use of social media (e.g.: LHNA page on Facebook)
  • Have a “policeman” to manage comments relative to impression of LHNA sanctioning comments.
  • Have sandwich boards on some roads announcing events, meetings

SUGGESTED ACTION ITEMS

  • Create an official Survey Committee
  • What can we do about speeding cars and motorcycles?
  • Form a Committee to investigate if World Forestry Center can re-open Magness. Cole offered to do this.

APPENDIX B

Financial Report 
June 30, 2025

Screen shot of Appendix B
APPENDIX C

Letter of Donation

Screen shot of Appendix C

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