Bay Creek Neighborhood Association

BCNA Meeting Minutes for Monday, November 12, 2001

Officers, Members & Guests Present: Kris Hart, Jennifer Zahn, Maureen Quinlan, Bob Lockhart, Kirk Elliot, Jane Smith, Jim Winkle, Amy Turner, Judy Amburn, Matt Sloan, Ben Kadel, Rose Brothers, Betty & Darwin Carpenter, Kyle Richmond, Jeff Brauer, Daina Zemliauskas, Police Officer Mike Brennan, Police Officer Eric Dahlman, Stephanie Joy Smith (Hearts & Hands Across South Madison).

The meeting began at 6:30 pm.

Facilitator: Jim Winkle

Minute Taker: Jennifer Zahn

MOTION (Ben Kadel): Approve the September and October 2001 BCNA meeting minutes.

SECOND (Darwin Carpenter).

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

Committee Reports

Treasurer – Candace Pantoga

$1799.87 total in our account

$623.96 membership
$330.96 newsletter
$245.25 signs
$85.45 web
$600 community service grant (Lunch Buddy program)

Contact Person – Amy Turner

Newsletters and information from the following organizations were passed: MSCR, Transportation 20/20, WYOU Channel 4, SMPC meeting minutes from October 15.
Transit Enhancement Program 2002: Tuesday, January 15^th deadline for grants.
Madison Community Enhancement Program: Monday, February 11^th deadline for grants on small-scale physical improvement projects that are high visibility. Also applies to public art. BCNA must match grant 1:1 in funds or volunteer hours (valued at $20/hour). Info meeting: Wednesday, December 5^th, 7-8 pm, 215 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Room LL13.

Newsletter Committee – Kirk Elliott

Next Bulletin will be distributed the first week of December
Notices may still (as of November meeting) be added to front page.
Always looking for drawings and things of interest. Share your creativity!
Looking for a new layout designer. We’ve used Quark in the past, but are open to new software possibilities. This could mean a new design for the newsletter. Contact Kirk if you’re interested.

SMPC – Ben Kadel

City recommended approval of the grant for Park Street’s new urban design.

Alder Update – Matt Sloan

City Council will vote on the budget Tuesday, November 13^th. Funding has been secured to begin the Wingra Creek Plan (begun a decade ago!) to make aesthetic, environmental and recreational improvements.

Traffic Committee – Jeff Brauer

Brief discussion of a new railroad crossing and median on Lakeside Street (near Franklin School). Median is 60 feet long and 4 feet wide. Gates will be placed at tracks. Implementation next year, no bidding has occurred yet. Time for your input is NOW! Public meeting at Romnes Apartments held on or around Monday, December 10^th.

Additional Discussion Items & Updates

Neighborhood Police Officers

Officers Mike Brennan and Eric Dahlman joined us tonight, addressing questions and concerns about our neighborhood. For now, they’re our very own friendly neighborhood police officers. Contact them through the Madison Police dispatch center or at the South Madison Police Station.

Bus Shelter Grant / Transit Enhancement Program – Candace Pantoga

Though we applied for and received a bus shelter grant, folks later realized this won’t work for Bay Creek since a business exists where we wanted to build the shelter. Whoops! Instead, the city worker we spoke with recommended a five-seat rack.
Our cost-share of this grant is 20% less than what the bus shelter would have been. We have no hard numbers on costs, so at this time, we don’t know how much we have to raise. Stay tuned.
Maintenance of the seat rack (and bus shelters, if we ever identify a viable location for one) is a question.

South Madison Meeting – Rose Brothers

On Thursday, January 10^th, 6:30-8:30 pm at Lincoln Elementary School, there will be a meeting for the City of Madison Planning Process. Burr Oaks, Bram’s Addition, Capitol Heights and Bay Creek members, among others, are invited.

Quann Park Gardens

Meeting scheduled December 6^th, 7 pm at St. Mark’s to discuss planning and use of the Quann Park gardens. Ready in summer 2002. Meetings will be held (tentatively) the first Thursday of each month.

Next facilitator: Daina Zemliauskas.

Next meeting: Monday, December 10^th, 6:30 pm, Madison Baha’i Center, 324 W. Lakeside Street.

MOTION to adjourn: Kyle Richmond: 7:15 pm.

SECOND: Candace Pantoga.

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

The business meeting adjourned but was immediately followed by a presentation from Stephanie Smith from Hearts & Hands Across South Madison.

Hearts & Hands Across South Madison

Hearts & Hands provides creative arts and community building opportunities for kids of all ages (read: you can still be a kid if you’re 60). We learned a lot through a brief show and tell of photos, clay tiles and painted chairs. H&H has attended the South Madison Farmer’s Market, Juneteenth Day Celebration, the Bay Creek Fourth of July picnic and various schools. Hearts & Hands would like to work with Bay Creek Neighborhood Association to further implement visual arts programs at our events, neighborhood meetings and more.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Hearts & Hands provides the artistic materials and staff – it’s a great deal!
Stephanie will attend our March meeting, helping us brainstorm: What do you want the Bay Creek Neighborhood to be?
Contact Stephanie at stephanie@hep.wisc.edu or phone (608) 251-9669 for more info on Hearts & Hands.

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