We're meeting at Splash on Sandy Thursday (tomorrow) at 4pm to look at the space. Join us!

[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Hi Kerns NA board and neighbors,

Tom Solitt and I have arranged to meet tomorrow (3/26) at the Splash Apartments at 4pm in order to see if it's a good place for our monthly meetings.

We're meeting Shelby the property manager at the leasing office at

875 NE 27th Ave Portland, OR 97232

You are welcome to join us.  If you are running late please text me at 503.522.7409

After the visit I'll follow up here with an update.

-Dave Weaver

Kerns NA Interim Board Chair

503.522.7409

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM Splash Manager <Splas...@secpropres.com> wrote:

Thursday at 4pm works great. I can meet you all in the leasing office!

Shelby MacNeil
Senior Property Manager
Splash
875 NE 27th Ave Portland, OR 97232
P: 503-298-5951  
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[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Hi Again Kerns NA Board and Neighbors,

On Thursday Tom and Elizabeth and I met at the Splash Apartments and a staff member named Thomas gave us a tour of their facilities.

They showed us two live-work studios right next to the Pepsi Pavillion building - to the west.

And they showed us their "clubhouse" which is up in the penthouse of the east building - with a deck, and indoor area with a TV, a pool table and a nice lounge area.

We were impressed by both types of spaces. The live/work studios were large on the first floor - and the 2nd floor featured a full living area with kitchen and bathroom.

The clubhouse was a fantastic space with lots of amenities and clean and comfortable and amazing views from the patio - including Mt St Helens and Mt Hood to the East and  a great view of downtown, Sandy and SE Portland to the West and South.

After looking it over and consulting with each other - our Locations Team all voted to recommend to the board that we hold our April monthly Kerns meeting here - at the Splash apartments - in a live/work studio to the West of the Pepsi Pavilion.  We would meet on the first floor. It is fully accessible - right on the ground floor - and very easy to find - right next to the Pepsi Pavillion. It has a bathroom right there - and even a full kitchen if we wanted it for some reason - although we don't plan to use it. Being on Sandy it is easy to reach by public transportation. Parking is ample - although may need to walk 2 blocks.

The reason for the move are the following:

1) The fluorescent lights and noise from Pacific Crest School were disturbing to some people

2) The location of the meetings at Pacific Crest School are a bit hard to find and "off the beaten track"

3) Splash is centrally located right in the middle of Kerns and right on Sandy - easily accessible  Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WSjYb8aKGCXej8GP7    875 NE 27th Ave, Portland, OR 97232

4) The Splash facilities are very nice and new with good amenities. Spash would provide tables and folding chairs and help set them up and take them down. Splash is being very generous and community minded to offer this to us.

5) Splash has many renters who would be potential participants in our meetings. This would benefit Kerns NA by adding more people - it would also benefit the renters who would be connected to our association and civic engagement

caveats

There are a few caveats

1) These live-.work studios will only be available as long as they are vacant. Once they have renters we will need to find another space. Splash did offer the Clubhouse indefinitely - but that is only available during business hours  - and is a bit harder to find.  Splash may have some other spaces available

2) There is no wifi in the live-work studios  Potential solutions are a) use our cell phones as hot-spots b) use a wifi booster to get wifi from other parts of the building 3) sign up for some kind of mobile or satellite wifi. We will research these options

3) The room is echoey. We would want to find some carpets and tapestries or acoustic materials to dampen the echo

4) We will probably need to bring some side lamps because there's not much lighting. 

So - given all of these factors - please give your feedback here if you're okay with having our April 15 meeting at the Splash Apartments?

If you have any strong objections please share them now.

Soon I will be sending out the next Newsletter and once we have a decision I will share in the newsletter the location of our next meeting. So I want to get this figured out pretty soon.

Team (Committee) Meetings

One other thing - I plan to start holding twice-a-month blocks of meetings for our teams (committees). I like to call them Teams instead of Committees because Committees sound stuffy and dry whereas Team captures the Teamwork and Energy of what we are trying to accomplish with these meetings. And instead of Chair let's call the leader the Captain - like the Team Captain!  We can vote on this - but this is my suggestion.

We have the following Teams plus new teams that we kind of already have but not yet officially. I will move to make these official at our next meeting. We will try to find captains but if not we will captain them together!

Kerns Proposed Teams

Outreach includes: Social Media, Website,  Newsletter, Postcards, Google Groups.  Captains: Elizabeth and Dave Weaver

Picnic is all about planning for the annual Picnic. Captain: David Champion

Finance and Fundraising is about managing our money and holding fundraisers to raise more money - and working on plans on what to do with our money. Interim Captain: Dave Weaver

Cleanup is about cleaning up the neighborhood through litter cleanups and also annual events like we used to have with Buckman where people bring their large garbage to dumpsters and recycling.  Captain: Open

Land Use and Transportation is about traffic calming and improvements and monitoring developments in our neighborhood.  Captain : Harper

Locations is about finding locations for our monthly meetings and team meetings and casual meetings throughout the month.  Captains: Tom, Elizabeth, Dave

Community Care is about helping the hungry and the homeless and the depressed. Things like community fridges, charity drives, mental health outreach, etc.  Captain : Open

Banners and Placemaking is about monitoring and maintaining our banners and looking into more ways to do placemaking in Kerns.  Captain: Open

SE Uplift is about connecting with SE Uplift and all the other 18 neighborhoods in our District 3.  Captain: Elizabeth

Business is about connecting with the robust business community in Kerns such as Kernside Business District and Central Eastside Industrial Council.  Captain: Mallory

Charter is about modernizing our bylaws, and setting up a Mission statement, a Vision statement and Community Agreements about how we conduct our meetings and events.  Captain:  Open (I nominate Daniel Vogel. I can also help because I had a lot of experience with this when I was on the board and board chair at SE Uplift)

I plan to run one block of team meetings on the afternoons of our monthly meetings: from 2:30-5:30

Since Splash offered us use of their Clubhouse I plan to run these meetings in the Splash clubhouse - on the third Wed of each month from 2:30 - 5:30

All are welcome to join - and I'll also set up a Zoom connection for those who can't be there in person.

I also want to run a second block of team meetings. I was thinking the 1st Wednesday - but it can be any day of the week really. If it's at the Splash Clubhouse it should be M-F business hours. BUt it could be at another place - such as perhaps Migration Brewing or somewhere else. Even in a park if the weather permits.

I know this is a lot. I just wanted to get this out there and I want to hear peoples' thoughts and I look forward to discussing this at our April 15 meeting.

-Dave Weaver

Kerns NA Interim Chair

503.522.7409

[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Hi again Kerns NA board.

I'm following up on this thread. I need to get feedback on whether you're okay to meet on Splash on Sandy for our April meeting on April 15th.

Our Locations Team recommends to the board that we meet at Splash - by the Pepsi Pavillion - for our April 15th Kerns Meeting.   875 NE 27th Ave, Portland, OR 97232

Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/k7vccbx3hUsjPCYp7

Need to get board approval.

Please chime in. 

Thanks!!!

-Dave Weaver

[David Champion]

I am okay with it.

David

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[ndem nkem]

I'm okay with doing the April meeting at Splash.

In Community,

Ndem

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[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Thank you David and Ndem!!

Anyone else have feedback about the April meeting location?

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[Daniel G Lyman]

Hi everybody,

My schedule is limiting my ability to be involved in the KNA right now. Unfortunately I need to step back for a while. I will try and join meetings again in the future when my schedule allows!

Daniel

Daniel G Lyman (he/they), LCSW, MPA

www.mindbodytherapycenter.org

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[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Thank you Daniel. Understood. You've been a great Kerns neighbor and board member over the years. Understood that your schedule has gotten busy. Thanks for the heads up. No worries.

We look forward to seeing you again when your schedule permits. A lot of great things are in store for Kerns for the rest of 2026! Hope to see you at some meetings and events when your time allows

-Dave Weaver

[Mallory Kaus]

Hi there,

Thanks for taking the time to scout the SPLASH apartments, I am happy to give it a try for the April meeting.

Thanks,

Mallory

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[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Great - thanks Mallory!

We're nearing a quorum on this location!

I will reach out to a few more people we haven't heard from to confirm there are no strong objections.

Later today I want to connect with Splash and confirm the new location for April!. I will also reach out to Pacific Crest and let them know we won't meet there in April.

Let's see how the April meeting at Splash goes. 

Also - does anyone want to join me in the Splash clubhouse one afternoon to work on Teams (committees) Details? Splash has offered that space for our Kerns use. It's a great space.

Of course we can also meet at lots of other spaces for committee work. The Zipper for example could be a good space - or the Ocean perhaps. But I thought we could try the Splash Clubhouse to see how it goes.

I'm thinking a weekday from 2:30 - 5 or so. Anyone want to join me?

At our April meeting I will also propose that we vote on a small snack budget for our general meetings and committee meetings so we can provide some light snacks to encourage people to work on these committee projects.

-Dave

[Kerns Neighborhood Association]

Hi again Kerns NA Board.  I'm happy to report that everyone who gave feedback is on board with having the April 15 Kerns meeting at the Splash Apartments.

So I will proceed with setting that up with Splash - and I'll also let Pacific Crest School know that we won't be meeting there in April - and thank them for being a great partner with us all these years.  I won't permanently change things yet. Let's see how the April meeting goes.

I will follow up with more details later. I will also share this information on our website and in our upcoming April newsletter.

Thanks for participating in this process and for being flexible!

Enjoy this ridiculously wonderful weather! Have a great weekend.

-Dave Weaver

[Mallory Kaus]

Sounds great Dave! Thank you!

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[Elizabeth]

Hi Dave,

This is super news! Does this mean I can go ahead and create the social media posts, like I do every month, letting our friends and neighbors know where the meeting is? We need to know what the unit number at Splash is. It’s a large building, with multiple entrances. I’m looking forward to hearing back from you!

Thanks so much,

Elizabeth Armstrong

Certified Pet Care Specialist

www.pdxwoofmeow.com

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