WEST CENTRAL NEIGBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

Minutes of March 16, 2009, Meeting

 

 

 

GUEST SPEAKERS

·                     Julia Goldstein

o       Canterbury student – group of about 75 students need project to help on and decided they would like to do something in West Central

o       Hours of service would be 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 15th

o       Discussion of areas to work on

§         Clean Thieme Drive

§         Alley Clean-Up

§         Clean yards in 800 block of W. Washington Blvd.

§         Park Clean-Up – Moody, Swiney, etc.

§         Equipment will be responsibility of Canterbury

§         Strategy Committee

·         Larry, Tom, Jack – meet at Starbucks for planning

 

REPORTS

·                     Minutes 

o       Minutes from February  meeting were read and approved

·                     Treasurer’s Report

·         Approved

·                     Membership Report – no report

o       20 seniors -  46 individuals., 6 org., and 12 businesses

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

·                  Planning Committee

o       Scott Greider gave update on Emmanuel Area 3 Plan

§         Heather Presley has the plan and should have answer by March 31st

§         If money is available will be able to move forward

o       Street signs - banners won’t work because lights are too low and banners would not be high enough off the ground

·                  CCW

o       Work on mission statement

o       Trevin Brown – area liaison officer can provide crime reports for West central

o       L. Codding mentions issue of sex offenders on the sex offender program – will line up speaker to explain program

§         Trevin Brown has been speaker for Kiwanis in the past

·                  House Tour

o       Large turnout on February 24, 2009, at Mike and Casi’s home

o       Suggestion was made to move meeting to a larger facility – Firehouse would be better – will check into using Firehouse for future meetings

o       Next meeting is March 24, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.

·                  LHD – Meeting has been set for April 21, 2009, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

 

OLD BUSINESS

§                  Dog Signs

·          Have more to sell - $10.00 a piece

§                  Charis House

·         Plans have been withdrawn and will be modified to address issues raised by Wells Street merchants

·         Building will be scaled down, if possible

·         A lawyer has been hired to fight the zoning designation

§                  Police/Firefighters’ Memorial

·         Granite is in – Opening ceremony is set for May 9, 2009

 

NEW BUSINESS

·                  T-Shirts

§         If we want t-shirts, we will need to bring in the t-shirts to have them done – will cost $10.00 each

§         D. Groenert will do – needs at least to do a batch

§         Bring shirts to next meeting

·                  Finances

§         Chris presented a composite of several years of WCNA finances

§         WCNA lost money in 3 of 5 years – received grants the last two years which put us in the black

§         Working on increasing sponsorship for the House Tour

§         Look at trimming costs

§         Re-establish food connection – have vendors start selling food

·                  Thieme Drive

§         Cost to city of flood fighting was approximately $100,000

§         Back to square one on plans

§         Two issues – Section 14 involving erosion along 900 block of Thieme Drive – Section 205 Study suggesting an 1100-foot wall along Thieme Drive at intersection of Thieme, Nelson, and West Berry

§         Motion by J. Simerman to thank city for its efforts – second by L. Codding – motion passes

·         Issue was raised by owner of McCullough House that they were not too happy with what the city had done, so letter should exclude Superior Street area

·                  Washington Elementary Playground Equipment

§         Al Hofer raised issue of replacing equipment at the Washington Elementary school yard

§         Could receive $10,000 in matching funds which would make a total of $20,000

§         Tabled until April’s meeting

·                  North side of Superior

§          No plans as of yet re: flooding behind Superior Street buildings

§         Could contact Kim re: any flood control plans

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·                     CCW – March 17, 2009 – 6:30 p.m. Creighton Street station

·                     SWAP – March 18, 2009 – 7:00 p.m. (Taylor Univ.)

·                     House Tour – March 24, 2009 – 7:00 p.m. (location TBD)

·                     FOP Lodge – breakfast – 6:30 – 11:00 a.m., March 21, 2009

·                     Homeward Bound Walk – 12 agencies – April 26, 2009

 

ADJOURNMENT

·                     Motion to adjourn was made,  seconded, and passed 

 

 

Respectfully submitted

 

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Charlotte A. Weybright, Secretary

West Central Neighborhood Association