Bay Creek Neighborhood Association

Minutes for Monday, February 11, 2002

Officers, Members & Guests Present: Kyle Richmond, Gary Amburn, Steve Glinberg, Jane Smith, Betty Carpenter, Darwin Carpenter, Candace Pantoga, Bonnie Schmidt, Matt Sloan, Ben Kadel, Jennifer Zahn

The meeting began at 6:35 pm.

Facilitator: Kirk Elliott

Minute Taker: Jennifer Zahn

Approval of Minutes

January minutes approved pending one correction (move South Madison Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee item to its own section and out of SMPC reports). SO MOVED: Ben Kadel. SECOND: Jane Smith.

Elections

All persons whose names appear below but had not been in attendance at the February meeting appointed representatives to accept nominations on their behalf.

Officers

Contact Person: Amy Turner

Treasurer: Maureen Quinlan

Secretary: Jennifer Zahn

Committee Chairs

Traffic Committee: Steve Glinberg

Newsletter Committee: Kirk Elliott

Web Committee: Jim Winkle

Sign Committee: Candace Pantoga

Welcome Committee: Jennifer Zahn

SMPC: Candace Pantoga

Area Representatives

1: Open

2: Open

3: Daina Zemliauskus

4: Candace Pantoga

5: Bob Lockhart

6: Open

MOTION by Matt Sloan to package and approve above. SECOND: Ben Kadel. DISCUSSION: After noting a serious lack of candidate interest in the area representative structure for the last couple of years, Bay Creek Neighborhood council members indicated an interest in changing and improving the neighborhood representative structure. Watch for articles and feedback opportunities in the upcoming Bulletin. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

Committee Reports

Treasurer

$1683.32 total in our account

$623.96 in membership
A mystery amount in newsletter – sorry; books not in order
$245.25 in signage
$85.45 in web site
$600 in community grant (Lunch Buddy/Mentor program)

Contact Person <Amy Turner via Candace Pantoga>

Shared news and information about the following organizations, documents and events:

· Traffic Reduction & Enforcement Safety Team is looking for $20 contributions from area neighborhood associations to produce and hang a “Yield to Pedestrians – It’s the Law” banner at the Meriter overpass. MOTION by Bonnie Schmidt to approve the $20. SECOND: Ben Kadel. DISCUSSION: Good to work with surrounding neighborhoods. Will the banner do much? Let’s see if we can borrow it to hang near the school or elsewhere in our neighborhood. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

Newsletter <kirk_elliott@hotmail.com>

We have a new person to work on layout. Thank you to Evelyn Shimshak for your endless dedication, and welcome to Karen Zethmayr.
April/May issue - March 8th story deadline.
Looking for articles complete with photos and drawings. 500 word maximum.
Send info to Kirk Elliott or Chris Wagner (if little to no editing necessary).

SMPC <Ben@RealWorldResearch.com> <Candace Pantoga incoming>

· Two grant opportunities exist: Community Services Initiatives: Hands Across South Madison under $1,000 and over $1,000. Deadline: March 15, 2002. DISCUSSION: Youth programs, building community in the neighborhood. Let’s write a grant for day care / evening service care so more families can participate in the neighborhood meetings. What about helping neighborhood youths to set up a babysitting cooperative? Let’s produce a neighborhood directory (like Vilas directory) with residents’ names and contact info (pending their approval for inclusion), area organizations and businesses. Candace Pantoga and Jennifer Zahn will pursue two separate grant requests.

Alder <Matt Sloan>

Soil testing in the green space of the Triangle neighborhood found high levels of lead and arsenic. Plans for garden space in this area have been scrapped.
Liquor licenses on Park Street: The old Wong’s Restaurant on Park & Erin Streets, vacant for about 10 years, is being renovated in to a new Sushi/Sake restaurant. A $250 thousand façade improvement is underway. Also related, the City is trying to work with a few bars on Park Street to improve operations so our neighbors aren’t bothered by bar-time loudness, excessive parking difficulties and late-night scuffles.
City Budget: According to Governor McCallum’s plan, about $8.3 million will be cut from our City budget. The City is looking for your input: what services can be cut? What should not be cut? What about cutting garbage collection service to once every two weeks instead of every week? What are your ideas? Contact Matt or write to your Mayor!
Traffic: Lakeside Street was chosen as a recipient for traffic calming monies. Planning will begin in March 2002. The new traffic calming solutions should be in place for the Olin Avenue reconstruction slated to begin in 2003.

Welcome <baycreekwelcome@yahoo.com>

Brochure project: Once contacted, Insty-Prints cut an additional $100 from their quote. The franchise owner, Marc Wolfe, was very creative & helpful. Requested funds from SMPC. We were instructed to check with MG&E to see if they’d pay for or produce the brochure for us. Additionally, it was suggested we contact St. Mary’s outreach specialist to see if they’d be willing to contribute funds for the project. Until funding is secured, project is on hold.
The EcoTeams Introduction held on January 24^th was a great success. We have one new EcoTeam started and about two more in the works.

Next Meeting: March 11, 2002

Facilitator: Ben Kadel, 6:30 pm, Baha’i Center, 324 W Lakeside Street.

MOTION to adjourn by Jennifer Zahn. SECOND: Candace Pantoga. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

The meeting adjourned at 7:35 pm.

Famous parting words: “I love the Bay Creek Dodo.” Ben Kadel

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