Bay Creek Neighborhood Association

BCNA Meeting Minutes for Monday, July 9, 2001

Officers Present: Candace Pantoga (with Julian Alexander), Jennifer Zahn

Members Present: Darwin Carpenter, Betty Carpenter, Kyle Richmond, Ben Kadel, Jim Winkle, Bob Lockhart, Judy Amburn, Daina Zemliauskas, Nick Glass, Matt Sloan, Annette Czarnecki, Kris Hart, Rose Brothers, Anonymous

Guests Present: Jodi Wortsman, SMPC Volunteer Coordinator

The meeting began at 6:35 pm.

Facilitator: Candace Pantoga

Minute Taker: Jennifer Zahn

Committee Reports:

Treasurer

$938.33 total in our account

$493.81 in membership
$108.82 in newsletter
$245.25 in signs
$85.45 in web site

Contact Person

Kyle Richmond shared contact information from Amy Turner about the following organizations and services:

Summer concerts at Monona Terrace.
Madison Park News - Among other newsy bits, lifeguards will be scheduled for Olin and Bernie’s Beaches between June 9 - August 5, 12:30 - 4:30 pm.
SMPC Agenda for June 18.
Quann Park Memo - free fill donated by Overture Project will be used to develop low area in Quann Park for future community garden and soccer field; areas useable by fall 2002.
Urban Space Foundation membership drive information.

Newsletter Committee

July 13th deadline looms at weeks’ end!
Send info - stories, pictures, drawings - to newsletter editor or Chris Wagner.
Looking for a layout person with Quark knowledge and access to Quark software.

SMPC

National Night Out, a family-friendly event, is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th. Single location this year: Penn Park.
Southside neighborhood tour will be scheduled as part of the Neighborhoods Conference in September. Check the city’s web site for details.
South Side Farmer’s Market held at the will celebrate its grand opening July 28th. Open Tuesdays 2:30 - 6 pm and Saturdays 8 am - noon. They’re looking for volunteers. If you want to help, call the SMPC office: 261-5076.
SMPC is a coalition of south side neighborhoods, members from the South Madison Business Association, and folks from the surrounding towns and communities. There are only 2 staff people; the rest of the SMPC is composed of volunteers! General meetings held the third Monday of each month, with the exception of this July (rescheduled to 07/23/01). SMPC distributes resources and looks for new ways to develop collaborative relationships among the member groups.
A survey on training needs and volunteer interests was distributed to BCNA participants.

Welcome

Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 24, 6:30 pm at 118 W Lakeside Street.
Agenda ideas include prioritizing and further developing the following projects:

Creating a promotional piece for the nature conservancy to share with Sheraton Hotel (as suggested by Anonymous).
Recruiting for involvement with neighborhood meetings and open positions (traffic, area reps).
Developing a team captain program.
Creating a neighborhood welcome packet.

Alder Update

Wingra Creek Bridge will be completed any day now! (Previous minutes reflected completion by now.)
Two large Olin-Turville Park events are upcoming: Blues Fest and The Great Taste of the Midwest. Last year, neighbors suggested a larger police presence, especially on Lakeside Street west of John Nolen. Alder Sloan assured this need would be met.
Two more volunteers from the south side are needed to participate on a city committee (Community Development Block Grant) to develop our neighborhood plan. Estimated time commitment is 2 hours per night every other week for a 6 to 8 month stretch. Fun! Speak up for our neighborhood. Call Matt Sloan at 250-6664.
Alder Sloan would like to see the BCNA Traffic Committee reinstated based on an unbelievable number of traffic-related calls placed to him over the past month.

Web

No reports

Additional Discussion Items

Hands & Hearts Across South Madison will present information at the October BCNA meeting.

Banners for Bay Creek. This project, begun over two years ago, needs additional help from one or two eager neighbors. Specifically looking for one or two people to follow up on pre-production and production details (banner bids, proofing, production, locating & purchasing brackets. We have the funding to produce the banners, we just need some help tying up the business end! Interested? Contact Nick Glass at 257-0120.

Fundraising Needs for Bay Creek. Overall, three projects were mentioned that may require fund raising efforts on the behalf of Bay Creek: raising an additional $2000-$3000 for banner hanging (bracket purchase), matching funds toward a bus shelter grant (number to be determined; BCNA needs to raise 20% of the total of an amount unknown by the City or Madison Metro). Other needs may exist. Do you have a vision for developing funds for the good of our neighborhood? Call Jennifer Zahn at 255-3797 to make a difference.

Volunteer Positions Open – Get Involved!!

Area 2 (northwestern railroad tracks east to Olin-Turville Park) neighborhood representative Kyle Richmond and Area 5 (Tree Streets) neighborhood representative Kris Hart will be stepping down in August.
Area 1 (Wingra Drive west of Park Street), Area 3 (Lakeside St to Monona Bay, west to Park Street) and Area 6 (Romnes Apartments) neighborhood representative positions are also open.
BCNA would like to resurrect the Traffic Committee to address neighborhood-wide issues of traffic calming. Alder Matt Sloan has received a slew of calls on the subject and we need *your* help to make changes occur.
Also open is the Environmental and Recreational Development position.
Nominations and voting on all positions will occur at the August 13th BCNA meeting. (Positions will remain open until filled.)

Landscaping Around Neighborhood Signs

Candace Pantoga will call VFW and Labor Temple to discuss landscaping needs & wishes.
One or more volunteers are needed to “adopt” each of the signs and upkeep landscaping.
Bay Creek members are encouraged to donate perennial bushes and plants for the landscaping projects.
Contact Kyle Richmond at 251-3171 if you have a green thumb and a neighborly heart!

Other Announcements & Ideas

Nick Glass thanked the current BCNA members for their terrific energy! Kyle Richmond pointed out we had 17 attendees tonight, where as a few years ago, BCNA was lucky to get a handful of folks!
Rose Brothers urged Bay Creek members and friends to visit the South Madison Farmer’s Market every Tuesday and Saturday (Saturday especially needs more customers). The produce is fresh and varied, with different vendors from the Capitol Square market, some coming from as far as Fennimore and Boscobel.
Dane Dances are held at the Monona Terrace, Fridays in August, 5:30 - 9 pm

Upcoming Meetings & Some Topics

All meetings occur at 6:30 pm at the Madison Baha’i Center, 324 W Lakeside Street.

August 13, Building community and volunteerism in Bay Creek with Jodi Wortsman (South Metropolitan Planning Council Volunteer Coordinator)
September 10, Traffic Engineer presentation about our neighborhood (Traffic & Treats meeting!)
October 8, Hands & Hearts proposal
November 12

Next Facilitator: Jim Winkle

Next Meeting: Monday, August 13, 6:30 pm, Madison Baha’i Center, 324 W Lakeside Street

The July BCNA meeting adjourned at 7:37 pm.

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