Edgemoor Neighborhood Association
Monthly Board Meeting
January 3, 2008
Minutes
The Monthly
Board Meeting of Edgemoor Neighborhood Association was called to order at 7:00
on January 3rd at Fairhaven Park Pavilion.
Brad Rose facilitated the meeting, Lauri Grove recorded the minutes and
a quorum was present.
The minutes
of the December meeting were approved as recorded.
Reports of Officers
President’s
report – In lieu of a report, Brad gave the floor to Larry Horowitz
and Joe Yaver after a brief reminder about the CSN meeting scheduled for
Monday, January 7th at the Fairhaven Library. Anyone interested in contributing to the
letter CSN would compose for public comment on the scope of the Fairhaven
Highlands EIS should attend.
Joe
began by emphasizing that the Fairhaven Highlands venture was moving
forward. Surveyors and such have been
seen on the property. Responsible
Development/CSN had been working to put together a case for preservation of the
woods and Larry was instrumental in engineering that project. Larry continued by pointing out the critical
issues from the hand-outs he distributed and headed a general discussion about
protecting Chuckanut Ridge from pending development. Many excellent observations were brought
up. The GMA was not all about building
houses, but instead was adopted to protect cities from uncoordinated growth
that might pose a threat to the environment and quality of life.
Two very important meetings scheduled:
1)
Mon.,
January 7th at 6:30 at the Fairhaven Library – Draft statement for public comment on the scope of EIS
2) Weds., January 16th at 6:30
at the Bellingham Municipal Court (2014 C St) - Public Hearing on the scope of EIS
Treasurer’s
report – Lois
reported that there was no activity in the ENA account this month leaving the
$3121.72 balance unchanged. She offered
that she did bill the City for the expenses Martin and John incurred associated
with updating the Neighborhood Plan.
Lois also stated that she would like to step down as Treasurer of ENA to
spend more time with Disaster Preparedness.
The Treasurer’s position on the Board would be up for election at the
March meeting – if interested please contact a board member.
MNAC
– The Small and
Simple Grant application would be due on Feb. 15th. A few ideas mentioned for use of that grant
included benches on the ‘Briza’ beach, trail to the Edgemoor Lagoon, and
landscaping at the Willow entrance to Edgemoor.
Brad informed us that ‘option 1’ won for the format to replace the Just So You Are Aware newsletter. He also briefly touched on the subject of
branch libraries at Barkley Village and Whatcom Community College. Renovation/preservation of the Fairhaven
Library was in the planning stages. He
mentioned that the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program once again requested our
3 top traffic/safety priorities for consideration. Neighborhood Safety would be soliciting ideas
and submitting those priorities. He reported
that there would be increased police patrol on the south side. Mayor pike attended the MNAC meeting and
planned to be more involved. As a
reminder, MNAC is a vehicle to get neighborhood concerns to the Mayor - any
questions, comments, or concerns should be directed to Brad so he could make
the Mayor aware of our community issues. One last point brought up by Brad was
the fact that ENA doesn’t have a representative at the AOBN meetings. As a member of the AOBN we would be able to
receive bulk rate on mailings – any volunteers?
Committee Reports
Chuckanut
Mountain Park District (CMPD)
– Bob Gibb reported a lawsuit had been filed against
the auditors of both Whatcom and Skagit counties. Several protestors want to remove signatures
from the petitions and had been pestering the auditors to invalidate signatures.
The CMPD advisory committee would meet to decide whether to join the suit. The biggest complaint was in the wording,
especially the inclusion of ‘eminent domain’.
The Boundary Review was put on hold until those glitches could be
settled. Bob was not sure where it was going
to end up. Possibly with another
petition drive.
Communication
– Sandie passed
out a draft of the flier to be used in the Neighborhood mailing to review for
advice on the contents. If all the reports
were submitted by next week, the flier would be ready to assemble at the
February meeting. She also mentioned
that she updated the website, added a Chuckanut Ridge Blog, and asked that we
look it over to help her keep the information relevant and up-to-date.
Disaster
Preparedness – Since
the Map your Neighborhood meeting had been cancelled, Pam Bakke had no report.
Growth
and Land Use – no
report - Pam Went questioned her continued effectiveness in growth issues since
her reports often overlap with Brad’s President and MNAC reports – but
never-the-less Pam brings much appreciated knowledge to the table.
Membership – no report
Neighborhood
Plan Update – no
report
Neighborhood
Safety - no
report - Lois offered that Don had talked with neighbors about their
traffic/safety concerns for consideration as priorities for the Neighborhood
Traffic Safety Program. Joe suggested a
crosswalk across Willow to the community pool.
Representative Reports
CSN- no report – just a reminder about
the scoping meetings mentioned earlier.
Closing
Meeting was
adjourned at 9:00pm.
The next
meeting scheduled will be an Edgemoor Neighborhood
Association Monthly Board Meeting to be held from 7-9 on February 7th at
Fairhaven Park Pavilion. Meetings
are open to all residents and we encourage you to attend.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Lauri Grove