Minutes from the Annual
Meeting
held on February 6, 2000
Meeting
was held at the First Park Memorial Baptist Church. The meeting was called to order at 3:10pm.
The
first half of the meeting consisted of Association business. A review of the year’s events included:
·
The
Belmont Avenue Law Suit-the appeal is currently in the court
·
The
2nd Annual House tour grossed $5,692.00
·
This
was the 2nd year for the Farmers Market
·
The
Shell Station Drive Thru appeal was not successful despite many efforts
·
Publication
of the newsletter continues to excel
·
There
was continual work on relations with the Spirit of Springfield with regards to
Bright Nights
·
Bob
Triggs was successful in the development of Red Hill as a sledding site within
Forest Park, especially during the Bright Nights period of time
·
The
purchasing of 500 daffodil bulbs to commence the use of the Dashevsky
fund. The fund is for the purpose of
beautification projects only. Jan Hines
will be coordinating this fund in the future.
·
The
X Main Street Corporation’s addition of Scott Hanson
·
The
Bing revival coordinated by Kevin Sears
·
Concerned
Citizens building and selling homes within the neighborhood
·
Sumner
Avenue Elementary School, renovation and improvement making it a positive
learning atmosphere
The
treasure’s report was submitted, motion made to accept, seconded, voted and
approved.
The
new board members selected by the nominating committee were presented and voted
into office for the 2000/2001 year.
There were no additional nominations from the floor.
The
business aspect of the meeting adjourned at 3:35pm.
The
second half of the meeting consisted of a panel discussion on Forest Park
Heights Historic District. Guest
speakers were: Jim Boone, Hank Thorburn
and William Devlin.
Regarding
future meetings, each committee will be requested to submit a monthly activity report
to update board members at monthly meetings.
A spokesperson for each committee will be allotted 10-15 minutes to
speak. For the first meeting in March,
each committee is requested to provide a definition of their committee and
tasks responsible to that committee.
NOTICE OF
FOR NEXT MEETING
Suspension
of Rules: March 5, 2000
1.
Tim
Oppenheimer-Re: Forest Park Library
2.
Richard
and Diane Wright-129 Trafton Road Life’s Choices Program
3.
Leo
Valentine-Re: Zone Change to Commercial
B for 71 Allen Street
4.
John
Osborne-Mayor’s Aide from Mayor Michael Albano’s Office
·
Approval
of minutes
·
Treasurer’s
Report
·
Committee
reports
i.
Community
Improvement
ii.
Education
iii.
Historic
iv.
Parks
v.
Program/Publicity
vi.
Public
Safety
vii.
X
Task Force
viii.
Zoning
·
Old
Business
·
New
Business
·
Bing
Theater
·
Illumination
Night