TLNA Council
Minutes
July 28, 2005
Present: Richard Linster, David Waugh, Sandy Ward, Ruth Rohlich, Carol Weidel, Bob Shaw, Bob Sommerfeldt, Patrick McDonnell, and Susan Baumann-Duren (Chair).
Call to order at 7:00
I. Minutes approved
a. June 23rd minutes amended to correct the misunderstanding about what constitutes a quorum. According to our bylaws we need 7 members for a quorum. After that change, the minutes were approved unanimously.
b. May 26th minutes approved unanimously
II. Update of Neighborhood Plan
a. Sandy reported on progress on sections 2 to 5 of the plan with special kudos to Bob Shaw and Mary Jo Schiavoni who worked on the parks section.
b. Ruth will take the Business section to the next meeting of the newly reactivated Johnson Street Business Association and then forward the input to Sandy for entry into the draft.
c. Pat and Sandy will contact Cheryl regarding progress on section 1 and will clarify whether the proposed timeline is realistic.
d. The desired timeline is
i. Bring a draft of all sections to the August meeting.
ii. Have a town hall meeting on Sept 13 from 7 to 9 at Lapham (Richard noted that he had reserved this space).
iii. Ratify at the October annual meeting on Oct 20th
III. Transportation
a. Pat shared copies of the East Isthmus and Downtown Traffic Proposal and a one-page summary of the major points in the proposal.
b. Pat & David formulated a motion that the TLNA Council endorse the proposal, encourage a meeting of the alders with neighborhood representatives, forward the proposal as the TLNA official input into the Comprehensive Plan, and forward it to the BUILD Committee. Pat will see that it gets to the Comprehensive Plan and David will see that it gets to BUILD. All in favor.
IV. Bylaws
a. The changes are as follows:
i. There will be 4 area representatives
ii. Safety will be added as a committee
iii. Change language from ÒSeptemberÓ annual meeting to ÒfallÓ annual meeting.
iv. Add language indicating that the agenda for the annual meeting should be published when the meeting is posted.
b. Article XI (budget) was discussed. Carol and Richard will work on language changes for this section.
V. Ad fees
a. Bob circulated a handout describing the costs for producing the Newsletter and the income currently received from ads.
b. We have increased our circulation by 20% since adding the new segment to our neighborhood (the former Old Marketplace neighborhood from Livingston to Blair).
c. There is a problem with Area Reps not being able to deliver all of the newsletters because of encountering locked front doors on apartment buildings.
d. Pat moved and Susan seconded that we raise the ad fee by 20%, rounding to the nearest five dollars starting with the October issue. Unanimous approval.
VI. RR petition
a. Bob circulated a letter from M. Rummel (Marquette Neighborhood) to Rodney Kruenen (Railroad Commissioner) protesting suggestions to close cross streets on the Isthmus.
b. Sandy moved and Susan seconded that TLNA endorse the letter. All in favor.
VII. City request for TLNA support
a. Cheryl forwarded to Patrick requests from the city that we sign letters of support for city requests for Federal funding in the areas of transportation and Health & Human Services.
b. The council had mixed views on signing these letters and decided to do nothing.
VIII. Membership committee report (Richard)-- dues from 25 people for $125.00
The meeting ended by consensus at 9:00
Minutes submitted by Sandra Ward