Edgemoor
Neighborhood Association
Monthly Board Meeting
February 3, 2011
Minutes
The
ENA monthly meeting was called to order at approximately 7:12pm on Thursday, February
3rd by President Brad Rose. Lauri
Grove recorded the minutes.
The minutes
from the January meeting were approved as submitted.
(Lauri will not be available for the March or
the June Meetings.)
President's Report:
(Brad Rose)
The Center for Local
Self Reliance continues
work to complete the deer fence. Please
consider volunteering to help. Check
their website for work party details.
An
open house would be held at Fairhaven Middle about the Wastewater Treatment Facility improvements. This would be an
informal meeting to talk with the staff about the proposed improvements. Additional opportunities to keep
communication open to the community would be offered throughout the process.
The Block Watcher report included information about the
noise ordinance that defined newly established Entertainment District boundaries in Fairhaven and downtown, the
Federal Communications Commission requirement that all cell phone service
providers accept 911 calls from any phone whether it has a service contract or
not, and continued information about emergency preparedness.
Brad
received a request from Chris Grannis for ENA endorsement of a letter that was
written to City Council asking them not to docket the 113 acre Padden Trails development. Brad read the letter that mentioned several
issues (traffic, density, emergency services…). In the general discussion that
followed, John offered that the city should be doing the traffic study and
making decisions about density on the site. A decision was made not to endorse the letter
at this time but wait to allow the city officials to do their job.
MNAC Report: (John
Erickson)
The
role of the MNAC was addressed in the changing process of docketing
neighborhood plans. The course was
streamlined to start and end with the City Council. MNAC would now review plans
submitted to them for recommendation prior to the Planning Commission. John also reported that landlord licensing
and the impacts on rent were discussed at the meeting.
Treasurer's Report:
(Diane MacLean)
Diane reported that there was no change
to the balance.
At this time in the meeting there was a general discussion
about Fairhaven Highlands. The bank tried
to remain amicable but in the end called in the loan which ultimately led to
dissolving the partnership with Greenbrier. A question was posed to RD Now as to whether they could raise a million dollars (over a
period of three years) toward purchasing the property. We talked about how and
what could be done as well as the city’s proposal to acquire the property.
Neighborhood Plan Update: (Martin Nickerson)
Timeline - Lylene would contact Sandie
to find out the status of the plan. The plan needs to be refined to prepare it
for presentation to the board by the March meeting. Any concerns would be addressed in March so a
final ‘board approved’ draft could be presented to the neighborhood for review
prior to the annual meeting. A postcard announcing the annual meeting and the
updated plan would be sent out. The plan should be ready for final approval at
the annual meeting which would be in May or June.
Communication and
Membership: (Sandie Koplowitz)
Questions
were raised about pricing and design information for the new signs.
Closing
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.
The next Edgemoor Neighborhood Meeting will
be held on Thursday, March 3rd from
7-9pm at the Fairhaven Park Pavilion. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Lauri
Grove
Minutes
are subject to approval