Edgemoor
Neighborhood Association
Monthly Business Meeting
Minutes
The
Monthly Business Meeting of Edgemoor Neighborhood Association was called to
order by Brien Thane at
The
minutes from the June meeting were approved with corrections made to the CSN
report.
Report of
Officers
President:: Brien Thane
recapped the ‘1988-89 Agreements’ introduced at a previous ENA meeting (a copy
of these Agreements can be found on the Fairhaven Neighbors website). About 2 weeks ago he attended a meeting,
regarding these Agreements, that also included Sue Kahn, Steve Wilson and Joan
Beardsley. Through her research, Sue
found old zoning maps that indicated zoning areas were different back in
1988/89. So what was considered to only
pertain to the area adjacent to the Ferry Terminal - in fact also included the
present
·
To date, hearings were held in regard to the
Treasurer: Lois Miles
announced that the IRS was finally satisfied with the paperwork she submitted
and we are about to officially become a 501c3 organization. In addition she mentioned that Veronica
ordered more ‘Drive 25’ signs that will be available for purchase.
Disbursements – $88
Income -
Closing Balance - $2313.42
MNAC Representative: Brad Rose was
not able to attend the meeting, but did send a reminder to read the current
Just So You Are Aware newsletter.
Committee
Reports
Communication: Kathy Kaiser
noted that the summer newsletters have been rather brief due to lack of time
and news. The communication committee
would like the neighborhood to become more involved by sending articles of
interest, pictures, and community news.
Dr Gibb offered a couple articles about the potential Park District for
the newsletter.
Hospitality: – No
report. After a general discussion, it
was decided to have a summer social in place of the general meeting this August
3rd. Same time, same place as
our ENA meetings. An announcement would
be sent out to the membership.
Growth and Land Use: Brad was not
able to attend, but did send the following e-mail –
“This year's Tour-De-Fairhaven will be held on Thursday July
20 at
Membership: - No report
Neighborhood Safety: - No report –
just a reminder that more ‘Drive 25’ signs were ordered.
Neighborhood Plan Update – No report
Representative
Reports
Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods – Pam reported
that CSN had decided to cancel the July and August meetings due to lack of
summer attendance and travel schedules. The presentations this year–to-date had
been very good. The Coalition was
determining how to proceed with speakers this Fall and were considering a move
to quarterly meetings. A suggestion was
made to have CSN take over and combine quarterly meetings for all the
neighborhoods. Individual neighborhoods
could rotate responsibility for arranging speakers. This could increase attendance, stop
duplication of speakers for individual neighborhoods, and allow neighbors to
meet.
Association of Bellingham Neighborhoods – We are still soliciting a volunteer to represent ENA at the ABN meetings. Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Please contact any officer if interested. Thank you.
Business
The on-going discussion about how to
handle Internet voting was continued.
Brien did some research in an attempt to find out what other
organizations have instituted for voting.
He e-mailed his findings to the Board for discussion prior to the
meeting. A couple questions were brought
up concerning how to define ‘business’ and how to proceed to change ENA
Bylaws. It was decided that Brien would
draft up an amendment to the Bylaws to allow for Internet voting. The Board would review the draft at the
September meeting to be voted on at the following meeting In accordance with
Bylaw #9.
Earlier in the meeting, the Edgemoor
neighborhood updated plan was questioned.
Following a brief general discussion, it was determined to be in our
best interest to get that done soon.
Hosting another ‘Vision of Edgemoor’ meeting to aid in the updating
process was considered as a possibility.
Brien offered to contact Brad to find out if and when he could
facilitate such a meeting.
Issues and
Concerns
Edgemoor neighbors, Rob and Barbara
Howard, brought to our attention a rental problem existing on Bayside
Road. Surrounding residents were
concerned that college students living in the area were doing so in violation
of the single-family zoning ordinances for Edgemoor neighborhood. They had been working since February to get
the city to take action. They brought us
up to date on their proceedings with the city (petitions, pictures, and
documentation) and asked for help. It
was agreed to send an informative letter to the membership and offer a means
for all concerned to comment. That sparked a discussion about a potential
meeting presentation to address rental issues and how to deal with the
problems.
Dr. Gibb asked ENA to consider forming
an ad hoc committee to deal with the Chuckanut Mountains Park District. A member of that ENA steering committee would
then become part of the advisory committee once the park district was
formed. Dr. Gibb offered to head the
committee to get it off the ground.
Anyone interested in more information about the committee or the park district
should contact Dr. Gibb for details.
Closing
Meeting
was adjourned at 8:50pm.
The
next meeting scheduled would be an Edgemoor Summer
Social to be held on August 3rd from 7-9pm at Fairhaven Park Pavilion - same place, same time as monthly ENA meetings! All Edgemoor residents are invited and
welcome to attend. ENA will provide
refreshments and plan a book exchange.
Hope to see you there.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Lauri
Grove