Date: 2011-10-03 Board Members Present: * Adam: President * Will: Vice President/Legislation Liaison -- absent * Mickie: Treasurer -- * Jason: Beautification committee * JoAnn: Housing committee -- absent * Mark Courtney: Playground/parks//Secretary * Malenda Shahane: Beautification/clean-ups * Mike Stringer: Membership building committee * Amanda Stinger: Halloween, Playground The meeting opened with introductions from everyone attending. Agenda: cleanups Halloween other updates Leslie Caplan and Richard Plackemeier Northeast Area-Wide Cleanup Saturday, 10/29, 8am to noon This time there will be less focus on raking, more on pickup around the neighborhood. Leslie and Richard will be distributing the blue trashbags - these are picked up regardless of location at no extra charge. We are looking for neighborhood residents to volunteer to take ownership of a crew and a street. Leslie and Richard will be at the Concourse that morning and will serve as the point of contact that morning. Start telling neighbors now and contact Leslie with location of any large pickups or neighbors needing help with cleanup. There was discussion approaching neighbors needing help with their yards and asking if they wanted to be added to a list of homes for the volunteers to visit the morning of the cleanup. Richard (with Mike and Jeff) will lead a team of volunteers cleaning up the Benton Circle and continuing to the Colonnade overlook. Richard will also serve as the point of contact for dispatching trucks and trailers for hauling brush or trash from homes to the dumpsters. There was discussion of a new program the city will be starting which offers a reward for tires turned in. More details to follow as they are shared. Leslie distributed a flyer reading roughly as follows: Take advantage of this cleanup: • Bulky Item Curbside Pickup: Residents may place bulky items curbside for pick-up at no charge. You must contact Leslie by 10/17 and place your items curbside no sooner than 10/27. Contact Leslie at ldcis...@gmail.com or 816-326-8669. • Brush and Trash: Dumpsters will be available at Concourse Park and Budd Park. • Tires: A trailer for used tires will be available at Budd Park. • Be a Street Leader: Residents may volunteer to lead a team of volunteers and focus on targeted area. Street Leaders will be provided with "blue bags" which may be left on any curb for the city to pick up at no charge on their next scheduled day. Contact Leslie to volunteer. Volunteer: • Come to Concourse Park to join a team. • Pickups and trailers are needed to assist neighbors with hauling to the dumpsters. • Bring your yard tools. • We are expecting help from outside the neighborhood, co-ordinated by Katie (email: Preside...@gmail.com). Contact Katie if your employer is looking for a community-based team-building exercise. Amanda Halloween Update We have run into trouble getting the train back. We can have it again, but only under new rules. We need to provide a neighborhood volunteer to as the conductor of the train. The conductor may be asked to assist in the loading and unloading of kids and making sure everyone gets a turn. There will be inflatables on the street. Firedancing at Askew and Gladstone. Again, thanks to Parisole Arts. We have a need for day-of event volunteers to keep watch over the entry points to the car-free zone. Need to have at least eight locations monitored for as much as possible of the 4: to 9 duration. To volunteer, contact Amanda at stinger...@yahoo.com. Other Updates: Andrea - KC Museum. There is a beer tour this Saturday. Cliffhanger - Nov. 6th Register online with KC Track Club (http://kctrack.org/uncategorized/ cliff-hanger-is-nov-6-2011/) Malenda has more information she will share. Oct 12th, Adam will be meeting with Peter DeSilva of the Mayor's Council on entrepreneurship regarding barriers to starting a new business in Kansas City. Residents with experiences to share are encouraged to contact Adam (adamsc...@tannelectric.com) ** A motion was made to send a letter to the police and city council in supportof the foot patrol (ending 10/31) by Richard Plackemeier Seconded by : Michael Stringer Passed with full voice. None opposed. Playground update: Mark Courtney Mark updated the group on efforts underway and ideas being shared by residents. It was agreed after brief discussion to table this update as an agenda item for the November community meeting. The property and Gladstone and Indiana is applying for rezoning (Long garage) Wanting zoning changed R1 to zoned for multi. Jeff to research this further and keep the Board advised. If we resist the change, the house may sit vacant. A new resident, Andres March, introduced himself and volunteered to help work towards a playground, dog park, and help with adding a web site and a Google Calendar. |
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10/03 Community Meeting Minutesposted Oct 4, 2011 9:21 AM by Andres March [ updated Oct 5, 2011 7:56 PM by Mark Courtney ] |