North
Rose Hill Neighborhood Association
Fire
station #26
Board Meeting
August 20, 2007
Meeting called to order by
Margaret passed around a letter she had proposed sending to the newly appointed
Chief of Police. She congratulated him and reminded him of recent
concerns of North Rose Hill residents who felt police could have been more
responsive to their concerns and suggestions for follow-up. The Board
agreed the letter should be sent.
SURVEY
The question of whether or not to do a survey as those done in 1998 and 2004 was
discussed. It was proposed and accepted to do a survey in January 2008
using two approaches: mail and on-line responses. The previous
questionnaires seemed outdated and the Board decided that more current topics
could be explored with the idea of ability to respond to identified needs and
preferences. Suggested topics for meetings were homeowners'
responsibilities, housing density in the neighborhood despite zoning, police
communications and response, traffic and speed control. Milt Olson is
setting up a web page for North Rose Hill. Margaret will contact the
resident Bob Forgrave who gave input on a
PICNIC
Dave reported that the attendance at the picnic was about the same as last year
and the weather cooperated. The dj's contribution of music was welcome
and appropriate and appreciated. Ten pies were entered in competition in
the pie contest and the suggestion was made to have a junior pie contest for
young people. Some are thinking about a chili contest. Dave
suggested having people who have a specific interest, (such as building birdhouses)
display their work. Betty Lou suggested games for older people to
encourage communication (something like bingo).
The Board segued into other plans for parties such as an indoor Halloween
party, an ice-cream social with games on the meadow, an all neighborhood garage
sale at individual houses.
Mike showed us his bookkeeping pages and how we should be keeping track of time
when working on NRHNA projects.