Edgemoor Neighborhood Association
Monthly Board Meeting
December 3, 2009
Minutes
The ENA
monthly meeting was called to order at 7:05pm on Thursday, December 3rd by
President Brad Rose. Lylene Johnson
recorded the minutes. A quorum of the
Board was present.
Minutes from
the November minutes were approved.
Reports of Officers
President's Report (Brad
Rose):
H1N1 clinics are coming, although they are
still for the target group only. People
are reminded to get the regular flu shot as well as the H1N1 – they are
different vaccines.
MNAC Report (John
Erickson):
Karen Funston discussed the basics of non-profit
management relative to the neighborhood associations & distributed a
handout (attached as Exhibit A). In
addition,
v
All
associations must report to the IRS, even if it’s to notify them you don’t have
to file taxes
v
Raffles
are subject to gambling laws so make sure you know those before organizing one
v
Keep
all financial records, to maintain a paper trail
v
Detailed
records of events are helpful when you forget to report something you should
have or transition to another secretary or treasurer
v
It
is not necessary for neighborhood associations to have 501(c)(3) status, since
the City requires only registration as a
Sergeant Keith Johnson spoke about the Neighborhood
Anti-Crime Team.
v Approaches used include uniform patrol, mountain bikes (downtown & parks), pain clothes & surveillance, stings (examples – prostitution & drugs).
v The most important focus is working with the neighborhoods to identify problems and get to the root of them.
v ACT works Monday – Saturday from noon to 10 pm
York Neighborhood Rep. Kirsti Charlton asked about neighborhoods getting permit information from the permit center related to whether permits have been issued for home improvement projects. Discussion of the pros, cons and process. Motion passed requesting permit center to send information to the MNAC Reps and Presidents as often as generated. Neighborhood Services Coordinator will follow up with planning staff to determine whether this is feasible and report back to MNAC.
South Hill Rep. Cathy Cameron had questions about attendance at general neighborhood meetings and the number of board members. MNAC members will send info to Tracy Lewis, who will distribute it at the 12/19 meeting.
Neighborhood Round Table. Reports by individual neighborhood reps of activities in their areas.
Staff: Neighborhood statistics document can be viewed at http://www.cob.org/documents/planning/neighborhoods/neighborhood-statistics-map.pdf
Report on Ken
Rinker’s health care debate. (John Erickson)
Included 2 state senators and Dr.
Chris Boyles. 14 years ago health care
costs comprised 11% of the
Treasurer's Report:
Income
- 0
Disbursements
- 0
Balance
- $4062.96
John Erickson will be reimbursed for $20
ABN dues (2010) at the February meeting upon presentation of a receipt.
Committees
Communication (Sandie Koplowitz)
John
will forward the draft minutes from MNAC to all board members and Sandie will
post them on the website.
There have been problems with
sending bulk email. Sandie will
investigate possible solutions.
Representatives Reports
ABN
(John Erickson)
Neighborhoods need to update their information on the ABN
website. Sandie will take care of it.
Landlord licensing was
discussed. It is a double edged
sword. One possibility is to require
licensing for problem properties. The focus
is on and safe housing and parking control.
CSN (Brad Rose)
Ted Mischaikov did a presentation on
the plan for the former DR Horton property.
He also discussed Larrabee Springs.
The city has removed that property from an urban growth designation that
would have allowed it to build out.
Infrastructure is the primary problem.
Ted sees it as a natural extension of the DR Horton development.
The
RD (John Brown)
The DEIS hearing was October 20th. 1300 pages of responses have been
posted. The DEIS cannot be justified as
a legitimate document as per experts, i.e. wetlands, slopes. Bricklin, RD attorney, will be meeting with
the city in January to try and get the city to demand a redo of the study. RD will sue if the city does not demand a new
study. Scoping points were not addressed
in the DEIS, but a bad EIS could be good for later litigation on the part of
RD. It will be difficult to justify homes
on the property if a good EIS is done that addresses the real issues.
Horizon Bank will probably be shut
down by the FDIC in the first quarter of 2010 and the Chuckanut Ridge property
may be sold. RD needs to maintain
pressure to encourage this. The biggest
question is the source of the money if it is to be purchased by the city. There has been discussion over how much of
the Greenways money is available for a project on the South side. City Council tabled that issue in the past.
The city is currently reviewing
comments. The tentative time frame for a
decision is April.
New Business
Sandie Koplowitz announced that OEPOA met
and decided to maintain the organization and keep the lagoon property. Discussion of the Association and the property
followed.
John Erickson reported on the proposed
waste water plant expansion. The city is
still working on plans. 4 different
scenarios are under consideration, but they really want to do what they are
doing now, but bigger. The technology is
proven and it is inexpensive to operate.
This comes up for reconsideration every 25 years.
Closing
The meeting was adjourned at
8:40 pm.
The next Edgemoor
Neighborhood Monthly Board Meeting will be held on January 7th from 7-9pm at
the Fairhaven Park Pavilion. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lylene Johnson
Minutes are subject to approval