Board Members present:Joe Fioccola, Lynn Hall, Rebecca Lance, Lesa Peterson, Sandy Sox, and Shelly Schenker.Members not present: Danny Aull, Sherrod Barnes-Ginifer, Rich Peterson.Also present: Jessie Coleman, Gerald Harbinson, Sylvia Organ, APD Lt Chuck Sams, Pattiy Torno, APD CRO Justin Wilson.
INTROS:Lynn called the meeting to order at 6:27 pm with a round of introductions.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Shelly moved and Pattiy seconded a motion to approve the draft April 4 minutes as emailed. The motion passed.
APD CRO UPDATE: Officer Wilson moved the campers on the I240E shoulder behind Haywood Street. Home security cameras caught a suspicious and possibly confused female entering a residence on West Haywood Street as well as some Jehovah’s Witnesses peeping in windows on Jefferson Drive. On the19th three subjects were arrested from inside the Duke (former Volvo) building. An increase in reports of property crime were reported: (8 this month compared to 7 last year and 2 last month) a card taken and used from an open car window, a package taken from a porch on Jefferson, attempted break in of a vehicle on Rector, a bike taken from a porch on Jefferson and a safe taken from All Souls Pizza possibly by a former employee. Lynn found a bike with no chains in the woods and mail was stolen on Jefferson yesterday. Jessie reported that between trips when she moved from Knoxville Place two chairs and a rocker were stolen. She believes a neighbor may have took and painted them. She will try to follow up with them. Pattiy reported art at the stone yard had been tagged with graffiti. Other tags have been seen at Crossfit on W Haywood and on the greenway near New Belgium. Lynn asked Lt. Sams about how to get a response from the Traffic Department. Joe noted that NAC was planning a Forum on Neighborhood Traffic on June 22 from 10-12.
NEIGHBOR/BLOCK JESSIE UPDATES:Joe reported ivy removal from trees at Owens-Bell Park and weeding and planting some irises from Jessie’s in the sunny cultural garden. Lynn wants to trim the hedges at the sign garden.
TREASURERS REPORT:Rebecca reported that the 2018 tax filing was successfully accepted. The balance is $785.99. She received a payment from Shelley as the Easel Rider Second Saturday fiscal agent.
OLD BUSINESS
STREETS SAFETY: Sandy reported a reckless vehicle: a small black car with repainted panels almost hit her head on, on West Haywood St.
34 JEFFERSON DRIVE LOT (OLD OAK TREE):Pattiy reported that MHO has received 2 offers to purchase the property and are willing to sell for what value they have put into it. Both bidders address preserving the tree and keeping the property under control.
ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT: The consent agenda item was approved at the April 9 City Council Meeting. This has been in the works on one form since 2013, but more actively since January 2018. Joe has received a draft contract that requires insurance. When that is deleted, he is ready to sign and call a work date to start clearing the stone wall.
JESSIS’S BIRTHDAY PARTYwas set for 2 pm on June 2 at her new abode 58 High Meadows Drive, Candler.
NEIGHBORHOOD TILES:There was an extended discussion of how to decide on distributing them. Rebeccasubmitted a protocol last month. It was agreed to go ahead and distribute tiles, since there does not seem to be a large fundraising need on the horizon in which we might use them for larger donations. Rebecca asked that we first secure the legacy list. Joe suggested 25 years as the time frame since the 2010 WECAN Plan began in 1994.There are approximately ten residents who have lived in WECAN more than 25 years. The consensus was to use up to ten for a legacy award (some longer residents may already have one.) and decide later on uses for future awards and for thanking for donations between $25 and $200. An announcement needs to be written for the next WECAN Meeting.
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM:Some procedures need to be clarified such as Face Book Admin duties. Lesa will reach out to the board and invite those interested to a meeting of the subcommittee.
WECAN BYLAWS:Lynn posed a question about whether the bylaws should be reviewed and updated, perhaps add a clause to remove inactive members if reducing board effectiveness. The by-laws originally written in 1999 were last updated in November 2011. They are general and satisfactory for our purposes. They do call for two General Membership meetings each year. There was consideration of having one at the July Board meeting, but since that falls on Independence Day (July 4) the date was revised. Thursday, June 6 will be a General Membership/Pot luck and there will be no July meeting.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT:Shelly will email Helen Hyatt from S French Broad Neighborhood about submitting the application (before July 1).
NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE INVITATION: Lynn was contacted about making a presentation at the April 22 meeting. Some members are interested in hearing how WECAN got a neighborhood plan adopted by the city. They have heard from Burton Street and Shiloh which both have adopted plans. Due to a conflict it was moved to the June 24 meeting. But since then the June 24 meeting was rolled into a Retreat/meeting on Thursday June 27 from 9-1, it is not clear if the invitation holds. Lynn will follow up with Brenda.
Meeting adjourned at 8:03 pm
Minutes submitted by Joe Fioccola, Secretary
Mark your Calendars for upcoming events and meetings
May 4 9 am Adopt a Highway Cleanup
May 5 5-7 pm Kudzu Hill Workday
May 13 4-6 pm CAN Meeting
May 19 5-7 pm Kudzu Hill Workday
May 27 Memorial Day
Jun 2 2pm Jessie Coleman 81 Birthday/new home party at 58 High Meadows Dr.
Jun 6 6:30 pm WECAN General Membership Meeting/Pot luck
June 22 10-12 am Neighborhood Advisory Committee Neighborhood Traffic Forum
June 27 9-1 pm NAC Retreat/Meeting
July 4 NO WECAN Meeting
Aug 1 6:30pm WECAN Board Meeting
Aug 6 National Night Out cook out at Aston Park
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