December 2, 2004
Minutes
The monthly board meeting of
Interim President, Sue Tercek
and Interim Co Secretary,
The Minutes of the November 4th
Board Meeting were approved as recorded.
Sarah Slevin, a case manager for the
Thank you Paul for setting up our speaker this evening.
Interim Treasurer,
Opening Balance $1086.36
Disbursements $0
Ending Balance $1221.36
A detailed report was presented to the President and Secretary to file.
We have 5 new members this
month bringing our membership up to approximately 100.
Motion by
Motion was approved by majority vote with one nay on record.
Interim President, Sue Tercek briefed us on several important
issues. City budget cuts threaten to
close the Aquatic Center and the Fairhaven Library. The “100 Acre Woods” (Chuckanut
Sue also solicited an
accountant to help fill out the I
Brian Thane volunteered.
View Committee report was presented by Chair, Paul
Stephenson. The committee continues to
become informed and work toward changes in the municipal code to protect
views. They proposed that ENA budget for
the peer mediation training and we also consider booking an overview on
neighborhood convenants offered by Lylene Johnson.
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Membership
agreed that a presentation on covenants would be of interest to the group and
would like Lylene to speak at a future meeting.
Motion by Paul Stevenson requesting a $125.00 budget allowance for 4
members to attend peer mediation training with $25.00 of that amount to be used
toward brochures.
Motion amended to endorse concept of mediation training at a level to be determined at later date.
Motion not approved as stated.
Motion by Brad
Motion by Paul Stephensen to empower Paul to get volunteers for
mediation training.
Motion passed.
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Paul
agreed to attend mediation training.
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Any
interested volunteers should contact Paul Stephensen diplomat@weirdpeople.org.
Volunteers will be expected to become mediators for
the Edgemoor neighborhood.
Growth and Land use Committee report was presented by Chair, Brad
Motion by Brad
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Sue
Tercek will facilitate this coalition as far as contacting committee Chairs as
issues pertaining to them come up.
Motion by Brad
Motion by Brad
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This
request and all future committee budget requests are to be turned in to the
Treasurer, Lois Miles. Lois will compile
a total picture of committee needs for presentation to ENA at the next meeting.
Motion by Brad
Motion passed unanimously.
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Meetings
scheduled: Neighborhood Plan Update – December 8th at 7:00pm
Growth/Land Use – December 14th
at 7:00pm
Motion by Brad
Safety Committee report was presented by Interim President, Sue
Tercek. The committee continues to work
on the proposed sidewalks and stop signs in the Edgemoor neighborhood. They have not had a good response to either
request at this time. Good news, there
is a crosswalk planned along with the sidewalks to be constructed on Chuckanut
Drive.
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A
presentation of the Neighborhood Watch Program is set for January 10th.
Bylaws Committee report was also presented by Sue Tercek. A draft of the bylaws has been sent to the
committee members for approval. Once the
approval process is completed the committee will present a draft to the
membership for review.
Communication Committee report was presented by Membership Committee
Chair, Sandie Koplowitz. Sandie has
begun to archive information on the website, which will become a valuable
resource for ENA. A “temporary” sign, to
be posted as a reminder for meetings, was purchased for $15.00. The committee discussed website advertising
as a membership incentive and source of revenue for the association. Sandie offered the Happy Valley Neighborhood
website as an example of one that contains advertising.
Motion by Sandie Koplowitz requesting ENA approval to allow advertising
on the website with the following guidelines: business card size ad to cost
$25.00 per year, must be a current member of ENA, a disclaimer will be noted
stating that ENA is not liable and does not endorse the products or services
advertised, ads must be approved by the Communication Committee.
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Brian
Thane suggested we table any advertising decisions until we have researched all
aspects and liability issues.
Membership Committee report was presented by Chair, Sandie
Koplowitz. This committee continues to
encourage new membership. Sandie noted
that an annual mailing is important to this committee. They believe the mailing will generate enough
income to pay for itself.
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Please continue to check the website for detailed committee news
and meeting dates.
Brian Thane exercised his
facilitator’s prerogative and asked that all budget requests be submitted to
the treasurer by the end of this month.
Motion by Paul Stephensen that all Committee Chairs meet with the
Treasurer twice a year (every 6 months) to submit budget requests. These requests will then be compiled by the
Treasurer for biannual presentation to the membership.
Motion passed.
Paul suggested that we might look into grants for the
association.
Paul also indicated a need
for a formal strategy to address city officials, police department and
such. This might be something to
consider for discussion at the next meeting in January.
Sandie questioned who is
responsible for the various signs posted around Fairhaven?! David Carlson responded with what he refers
to as “Mal contents” – a group of people frustrated with the rash of new
development in Fairhaven. David thinks
we are on the cusp of overtaxing the area traffic flow. “Mal contents” contact David at the Eclipse bookstore eclipsebook@earthlink.net or contact the city with your concerns.
ENA meetings will
be held at the Fairhaven Pavilion in Fairhaven
Park on the 1st Thursday of each
month. All residents are welcome to
attend.
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Next meeting is on January 6th at 7:00pm
Meeting adjourned by general
consent at 9:30.
Thank you for attending.
These minutes are subject to corrections and
additions at the next ENA meeting.