Agenda items for this month include: Stammtisch Outdoor Seating Plans, Drinking/Smoking and Public Spaces presentation, Bureau of Planning & Sustainability Neighborhood Liaison, and Spring Cleanup Planning.

Other concerns or items you'd like to see on the agenda? Please email kernsna@gmail.com.

If you've been thinking of getting involved in the neighborhood, now is the perfect time with our upcoming board elections scheduled for our May meeting. We will be electing chair, vice chair, communications, land use, sustainability, SE Uplift Representative and more!

I learned this from Andrew Maxwell, founder of LumiCarta Laboratories. Maxwell's interest in history and chats with neighbors and business owners was the inspiration for a documentary that is being made about Sandy Blvd. The film will feature the road from the portion at 84 freeway to the end in the SE industrial area.

"We are gathering stories about its history, and talking to people who have visions for it's future." They are also looking through historic and old images of Sandy Blvd.

Do you have stories for the documentarians? Please contact Andrew at andrew@lumicarta.com or 503-739-5720.

On Friday, April 18th da Vinci hosts its annual auction at the Melody Ballroom. This event raises money for supplies and staffing to ensure a rich arts-filled learning environment for all its students. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online. Donations can be made here as well.

I'm sure our nearby neighbors have heard the da Vinci Marching Band out rehearsing on clear days. We appreciate your patience putting up with the exuberant noise of our young musicians. Stay tuned for our parade participation dates.

Da Vinci 8th graders Amelia Muldrew and Alisa Folen each won a National level Scholastic Art Award. KGW ran a story on Monday's 4:00 pm news acknowledging their achievements. Alisa's silver medal winner was Captured,a B&W photograph, and Amelia's gold medal winner was Mad Bunny, a ceramic mask. Amelia will be traveling to New York to accept her award at Carnegie Hall!

Enjoy a glass or try a 5 wine tasting flight ($15) from 1 winery or producer. New tasting every week. This week it's Domaine Leon Boesch from Alsace. Some Olympic Provisions sausages as a fun pairing element will also be available.

Snacks available for an additional fee. You're also welcome to bring some food with you!

Thanks to Jeff to offering the KNA this opportunity!

The ordinance applies to all employees who work within the geographic boundaries of the city of Portland for 240 hours or more in a calendar year. Employers with six or more employees must allow workers to earn paid sick leave. Employers with five or fewer employees are required to provide unpaid sick leave. Full, part-time, and temporary employees should accrue one hour of job-protected sick time for every 30 hours worked and, if earned, can accumulate up to 40 hours paid or unpaid sick time per calendar year. Earned sick leave may be used in increments of one hour or greater, and may be used to cover all or part of a shift.

For employers and employees interested in learning more about this new law, visit the web, email sicktimeinfo@portlandoregon.gov or call 503.823.3994.

Jim Pepper was an Oregon born (Salem) Native American from the Kaw/Creek tribes. His family moved to Portland when he was a teenager and when he was old enough moved to New York with Jazz pianist Tom Grant. Jim is known to be the first artist to fuse Jazz with Native American chants (which he learned from his grandfather).

The show explores how Jim decided that Jazz could be fused with the ancestral chants by exploring the roots of how Native American and African Americas are similar in their lives during the 1619 to present day (slavery, Trail of Tears etc.) The show features Jim's songs, one reaching the top 100 pop chart in 1969 - Witchi Tai To.

All of the cast is of Native American descent which is exciting for us because we've never featured this type of casting here at triangle. Once the show closes on May 30th it will be readied to tour Oregon in 2015. Ed Edmo (who is a Native American story teller and travels with Tears of Joy Theatre); Karen Kitchen who was last seen in Ghost of Celilo, Cochise Anderson (AEA member) who is flying in on April 6th from the Gutheri where he just finished a musical and Salim Sanchez (mixed race) who was last seen here at triangle in Avenue Q.

The show has received generous support from NAYA and PSU's Indigenous People's Program and grants from Spirit Mountain Community Fund, The Jackson Foundation, The Autzen Foundation and RACC. Also featured with be local stomp dancers who will perform in the show. It's a thrilling time for us as this is the 'normal' triangle show but it has an educational and social element that allows the company to reach out to our community in a new way.

Come, be part of this unique theatrical experience!

*Saturday, June 14 from 8:30 am - noon (Location TBD) *Saturday, June 14 from 1:00 - 4:30 pm (Location TBD) *Wednesday, June 18 from 8:30 am - noon (Hinson Baptist Church, 1137 SE 20th Ave.) *Wednesday, June 18 from 1:00 - 4:30 pm (Hinson Baptist Church, 1137 SE 20th Ave.)

If you just want to show up and help, you don't need any special training to help out counting trees on the following days. You can register as a volunteer at this website.

8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Saturday June 28 8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Saturday July 12 8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Saturday August 2 8:30 am - 12:30 pm: Saturday September 13

Any questions, you can contact Kara Eads at karaeads@gmail.com or Melissa Haggerty at mmwillia@gmail.com.

Now open...Welcome to the neighborhood! Opal 28 has opened at 510 NE 28th Ave (formerly the Trident Room, Mother Maybelles, and Clementines, among other things). Opal 28 is a private event space with a capacity for 100 people. There's an outdoor patio. Opal 28 also has 4 one bedroom apartments upstairs that can be rented for a night, week, or month (rates $125/night). The units have been returned to their vintage glory and are good for family visitors or vacationeres. Owner Margot also has a commercial kitchen for lease. Neighbors are invited to an open house at Opal 28 on Thurs., April 10 from 5-8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Land Use/Development: Block 75 is the green space that is located at Couch/Davis/MLK/3rd near the Burnside Bridge. It's being developed through a partnership between Bean and Urban Development Partners into a 9-10 (9 stories on the MLK side/10 stories on the 3rd) story building with retail, offices and residential. Plans are not finalized; there could be up to 65 units (one floor could become commercial and thus would decrease that number). Architects are planning 41 parking spots in a 3 level tandem garage (this is a mechanized parking; the example they gave is a dry cleaning belt). They also said commercial residents will be able to park at the Beam lots across the street. Short term and secure bike parking will be available. Tentative design review is expected in April and construction is expected to start between Oct. and Dec.

Update: Stammtisch, 401 NE 28th, has received permits from the city and has started construction. Tentative opening date is mid-April. Owner Dan Hart is hoping to participate in the Street Seats program and brought rough designs to the March KNA meeting and asked for input. The seating - on the Flanders side - would include portable tables and chairs, one larger table and emphasizes the trees and greenery. The street seating would take 2-3 parking spots away but would keep the sidewalk clear and would include bicycle parking. I believe Hart has cancelled his street seats plans after speaking with some neighbors who were unable to attend the March meeting. Please note this is on the agenda again at the next meeting.

Liquor License Application: Big Town Hero at 1545 NE Sandy Blvd. applied to the OLCC for Limited On-Premises Sales license in your community. A Limited On-Premises license allows a licensee to sell and serve wine, cider and malt beverages by the drink for consumption on the premises. The license allows any form of legal entertainment. The applicant's proposed hours of operation are 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday. There is indoor seating for approximately 35. The proposed menu includes a variety of cold and hot sandwiches, paninis, salads, soup and a few sides. The applicant is proposing video lottery machines in the near future.

The restaurant space that was formerly Esparza's at 2725 SE Ankeny is papered up and there is a public liquor license notice on the door. The Blue Goose (just like the name on the door step) has applied for "full on-premises liquor license". Comments are due by April 21, 2014. Submit comments to Liquor Lic. Specialist, ONI at 1221 SW 4th Ave., Ste 110, Portland, OR 97204. You can also fax comments to 503-823-3050. For questions about the application, contact the Office of Neighborhood Involvement at 503-823-3092 or OCLC at 503-872-5000.

Changes: Zim Zim, is moving from 2805 SE Ankeny down the street to the spot formerly occupied by Butterscotch (144 NE 28th Ave.) They will start moving soon but will keep both locations open until the Ankeny space has been sub-leased. Interested in subleasing? Contact 503-757-1151.

In other changes around the neighborhood. Mirakutei restaurant at 536 E Burnside, has expanded. Over on Glisan St., Kerns Kitchen (2935 NE Glisan, formerly the Bakery Bar) in addition to a new name has expanded their hours (open weekends now too) and has Happy Hour from 3-6 Monday-Saturday.

Events around the neighborhood: This Thurs., April 10 at Whole Foods Market Laurelhurst...5% Day for Sauvie Island Center on Thurs, April 10th. Shop and help this local organization educate kids about food, farming and the land.

Easter's coming up and Whole Foods Market Laurelhurst is also hosting some fun events. Sat., April 12 from 12-2pm: free Deviled Eggs and Easter Tasting. Fri., April 18 from 4-4.30pm: Kids Easter Egg Hunt. Please RSVP for Easter Egg Hunt by emailing helen.lee@wholefoods.com

For Earth Month, Whole Foods Market Laurelhurst will be holding our annual Styrofoam Roundup (collecting peanut and chunk Styrofoam only). Fri, April 18th thru Tues, April 22nd (9-5pm). Drop off at the front of our store.

Fri., April 18-Tues., April 22 (9-5 pm): For Earth Month, Whole Foods Market Laurelhurst will be holding our annual Styrofoam Roundup (collecting peanut and chunk Styrofoam only). Drop off at the front of our store.

And of course, don't forget the Kerns Buckman Annual clean up is Sat., April 19. More details at the bottom of this email.

I received a notice from Byron at Burnside Brewing Co. (701 E Burnside) that they are planning their 3rd Annual Fruit Beer Festival for June. They have applied for a street closure for NE 7th Ave (between Burnside & Couch) to host the 2-day event on June 7 and 8. They plan to have a DJ, food venders, beer sampling and a percentage of the profits go to the Dougy Center.

If you live between NE 15th-32nd and E Burnside - NE Sandy and NE Glisan, join Nextdoor NE Kerns, a private social network for the NE Kerns neighborhood in Portland, OR. Please note, this does not include all of Kerns and is moderated by a neighbor (not the KNA). It requires your address to join. Examples of how people are using Nextdoor: organize a community-wide yard sale, setting up playdates, get the word out about a break-in, ask for help finding a lost pet, or plan for an emergency.