Edgemoor
Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meeting
November 3, 2011
Minutes
The ENA monthly meeting was called to order
at approximately 7:02 pm on Thursday, November 3rd by President Lylene Johnson. Lauri Grove recorded the minutes. There was a
quorum of the Board.
ENA welcomed several students from the Human
Services Program at Western Washington University who asked to sit in on our
neighborhood meeting while they are learning about Non-profit Organizations.
The
minutes from the September meeting were approved as submitted.
Treasurer's
Report: (Diane MacLean)
Diane received a check
from the city for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the last year. She
asked about the CSN fees for our portion of the expenses for the Candidate
Forum held in October. Lylene will turn
that in to Diane as soon as she gets an amount. The new balance is $3096.06. A
detailed report is on file.
Guest
Speaker:
Emily Kubiak represented Sustainable
Connection, a countywide non-profit membership organization that’s increasing awareness
about the personal, community and economic benefits of choosing local,
independently owned businesses first. The
organization also promotes healthy living by encouraging the community to adopt
sustainable practices and energy savings. She focused on the residential
aspects of the program as a 1-stop-shop offering energy saving tips on
weatherization, solar panels, discounts, incentives, and tech support. Sustainable Connections will come out to your
home to measure airflow, insulation, water efficiency - a reasonably priced
customized diagnostic audit of the house.
Interesting…
MNAC: (John Erickson)
John highlighted the bright spots of last month’s
meeting
·
MyDowntown@COB.org posted a survey to get input from the
community and offer opportunities to share ideas. There were 1600 responses to
the survey and the results will be posted on the website.
·
The
Bellingham airport has been expanding to accommodate 757 class planes.
·
The Padden Trail
“Kerfunkle”. MNAC was requested to take
action and make a recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding the
Padden Trails project. Some thought information should have been circulated in
advance so members could have been more prepared to vote. They also wanted a
separate vote tallied for each individual neighborhood. MNAC opposed the rezone
for multi-family development in that area of Samish Neighborhood.
·
John volunteered
and was approved for a second term as MNAC Representative.
A Motion was made to elect John Erickson for a second term as MNAC
representative for ENA.
The motion passed unanimously
President’s Report: (Lylene Johnson)
CSN hosted a successful Candidate Forum in October at the
Firehouse Performing Art Center. John did a very good job as moderator for the
event. We will be hosting a presentation
at Fairhaven Middle School on Dec 1st at 7pm with Representatives from SSA, the developers of the
coal terminal, presenting information about the project and taking questions. John
will once again act a moderator. There was a general discussion of how to best
handle the Q and A portion of the evening.
As an introduction to her new position as President of ENA,
Lylene met with Linda Stewart. She recognized that we need to amend some of our
bylaws to better suit the organization. MNAC will host a session on bylaws in
January that might prove helpful. In the mean time, Linda offered a sample of
recently amended neighborhood bylaws for review. The Bylaw Committee plans to meet in November
to begin the amendment process.
Questions were raised about adding items to the neighborhood
plan concerning train traffic, the Lagoon and the trail link. It was agreed that the increasing level of
train traffic and noise should be mentioned in the update, but Lagoon concerns
really should have been brought up earlier in the planning process. Lylene
reiterated that we should and could get started on some of the action items in
the plan. If items are important then we can work to get them done. Lidia, together
with the Fairhaven Middle School PTA, gathered signatures that resulted in the
installation of a light at the intersection outside the school. If sidewalks
(for example) are important then we should follow her lead, form a committee,
get signatures, and begin to take action.
Closing
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 to allow
time to mingle and enjoy refreshments.
The next Edgemoor Neighborhood Meeting will
be a presentation from SSA held on Thursday, December 1st from 7-9pm at
the Fairhaven Middle School. Check
the blog for the agenda and additional information. Everyone is welcome and
encouraged to attend.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Lauri
Grove
(Minutes are subject
to approval)