EC Meeting Minutes – Fall 2021

December 7, 2021
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SHNA Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, December 6, 2021, 6:30 pm
Fellowship Hall, Christ Covenant Church, 2312 Harvard Rd
Meeting Minutes

Started 6:30. In attendance Gary Webber, Bill Arick, Jon Dunham, John White, Matthew Paul, Mariana Nieto

  1. Approve minutes of spring meeting, August 16, 2021: Motion to Approve by Paul, Arick 2nd – Passed
  2. Treasurer’s Report: Arick deposited $600, expenses $416.16, Balance $1,259.61 Webber will email members who have not renewed to please renew their memberships.
  3. Old Business
    1. LAN update:
      1. September, Evergy Sub Station;
      2. Oct. Presentation City Transit – transfer facilities, Oct – Pedestrian “Plan”, Sidewalk Variance discussion – North Lawrence sidewalk variance;
      3. November, KDOT preliminary plans for SLT interchanges at Clinton Parkway & Wakarusa
    2. Website update: No new updates.
    3. Report on Annual Meeting and Potluck: Brief Review by Webber, see Annual Meeting minutes online for more information.
    4. Recruiting additional EC member for 2021-2022: Discussion regarding need to find additional member. Nieto suggested adding invitation to serve with “Welcome Packet”. Inviting Applause winners discussed.
    5. Business Membership Drive update: five new business members, Paul will be visiting his list this winter.
  4. New Business
    1. Donate $50 to Christ Covenant Church for use of the Fellowship Hall for EC meetings: Motion to approve Dunham, Webber second – approved unanimously.
    2. Discuss Neighborhood Traffic Safety Management application for spring 2022: The committee includes, Joanie Stone, Lisa Goins, Gary Webber, and Sheri Ellenbecker. They will meet in January.
    3. Report on Applause Award for 2021: There will be an article in newsletter on 2021 Applause Award recipients.
    4. Review email vote on Sept. 18:
      1. Motion 1, elect the following officers
        • Gary Webber as President
        • Matthew Paul as Vice-President
        • John White as Secretary
        • Bill Arick as Treasurer
      2. Motion 2, purchase 2 grabbers, 3 buckets for Centennial crew
        Yea on both motions, Paul, Arick, Dunham, Nieto, White, and Webber. Both motion pass.
    5. Discuss venue and date for 2022 Annual Meeting: Outdoors, keep in the later part of year, combining with potluck. Next meeting, August/Sept. 2022, Centennial East shelter.
    6. American Heart Assn. request for support: Discussion regarding proposal for the city to “license” tobacco products. Create Commercial Tobacco license requirement. December 8th virtual informational available. Decision for EC to not support proposed licensure.
    7. Curb & Gutters – Inventory of deteriorating C&G provided by Gary W. He recently submitted the 6 worst curbs to SeeClickFix website.
  5. New agenda items from participants
    1. Dunham asked about plans for more street micro-coating (Area patching and “micro-surfacing”) Webber replied there was nothing planned for the neighborhood in the next year.
    2. Nieto asked about boxes of scrap concrete left on Rockledge. Contractor will pick these up.
    3. Arick reported a few thank you responses to the Neighborhood Association EC in renewal returns. Much appreciated by all!
  6. Set date and time for winter meeting in late February: March 28th tentative date for next meeting at CCC.
  7. Adjourn meeting: Adjourned at 7:45 Minutes by John White.
Executive Committee Minutes