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
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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