Building community and maintaining a great neighborhood to live in.
Board Meeting of the North Rose
Hill Neighborhood Association Minutes
Place: North Rose Hill Fire Station
Date:
Call to Order:
Notes in order of meeting
discussion:
The
meeting was called to order at
Present at meeting:
Margaret
mentioned she heard at the last
The
written grants are due to the city each year in November, which is right around
the corner for those that are working on them. Mike offered to help Karen
Tennyson in writing the Grant to get someone else educated in writing grants.
2007 Neighborhood Picnic: Ideas to
get a larger attendance
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The
question came up as to whether the bouncer should be replaced with some other
activity for the kids, and the decision was the bouncer is a big draw for small
children and the suggestion was to maybe only have one bouncer instead of two.
There was a suggestion of a science person who does demonstrations give their
show.
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There
was a suggestion to have more field games, like the water balloon toss, Three
Leg race, etc.
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Laser
Tag and music, possibly a live band, was a suggestion to attract the Jr. High
age kids.
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There
also was a suggestion to contact the
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Volley
Ball, Frisbee Golf
Suggestions for the upcoming
$25,000 City Grant:
- Betty Lou would like a bench
installed along 128th between 95th and 85th.
- Betty Lou suggested a covered
bus stop on 85th at the Arco station where the high school
students wait for the bus after school.
- A suggestion for more benches
along 124th at the bus stops, some of the bus stops are right
on the road with hardly any place to stand.
- There was discussion regarding
the trash receptacles at the bus stops, there is a large amount of over
flow of trash on 85th near Safeway.
- Look into the Capital
Improvement Plan at the city to see what is in store for our Neighborhood
before we decide on any projects.
- Suggestion to ask Metro to
come and give a presentation on Bus Routes and Bus Stop Improvements.
Margaret gave a reminder for
officers to write up the job description for their office to be available for
the January 2007 meeting when new officers are voted on.
There was
a long discussion regarding the role of the Neighborhood Association on how or
what information should be emailed out in mass so as not to infringe on the
neighbors email to not be considered SPAM.
- Example: Margaret as
Neighborhood President read the notices in the Paper regarding Development
impact on Wetlands. Should she send
out an email on every thing found in the paper to the entire neighborhood?
Kaylee spoke in opposition to sending out notices of every application to
build in NRH just because there is a wetland on the property. She
felt it can be perceived negatively by the parties involved and
it puts the Neighborhood Association in an awkward position. Betty Lou
said that NRHNA was founded many years ago to be an organized group that
was informed of what the city is doing in the Neighborhoods and to pass
that information to the rest of the neighborhood. There was discussion to work on a monthly
e-news letter for the neighborhood, but who would want to take on the job?
There was no final decision on this idea.
Carol
Nielson, a NRH Nieghbor, attended the last general meeting and publicly raised
the idea of impervious surfaces and she wrote a letter to City
council and Margaret shared a copy of the letter regarding impervious sidewalks
and parking lots Carol Nielson sent to the city.
Margaret
shared that Ray Hanson would like a return form included in the welcome
packets. He had created a mock up with
information such as, name address phone number and email address, informing
them of the Association meetings and letting them know that all the meetings
are open to the general public, and when they take place.
If there
was no objection to the idea and with one minor edit the board approved the
return form.
November Meeting Agenda:
- Neighborhood Annexation
- Shoreline Management Group
- I-405 Report
- Emergency Sewer Report
Meeting
adjourned