TLNA Council Minutes –
August 21, 2003
TLNA Council Members
Present: Jim Zychowicz, Gay Davidson-Zielske, Diane Brusoe, Bob Shaw, Margaret
Bergamini, Richard Linster, Sandy Ward, Pat McDonnell, Teena Browder, Kathleen
Rideout, Alfred Meyer, Carol Weidel. Guests Present: Jeff Hanson, Jason Standish
July Minutes - Richard moved
and Gay seconded to approve the July minutes with a few corrections to the
safety report. The motion was approved.
Dianne will email the corrected minutes.
Traffic Islands - Larry
Nelson from City Staff could not make the meeting to discuss traffic calming
islands but will be present next month.
Bob Shaw asked for reimbursement for $62.09 for plants he and Carol
planted on the traffic islands at E. Mifflin/N.Baldwin. Margaret moved and Sandy seconded and
the motion was approved. JZ proposed for discussion with LN a formal process
(outlined in the August agenda) for notifying TLNA about maintenance to prevent
last-minute threats to pave over any traffic-calming islands.
Group Home - Jason Standish from Brighter Life
Living would like to site an adult family home at 924 E. Mifflin Street.
The home would accept four
adults. These four adults will
possibly have the following conditions: dementia, emotionally disturbed and
possibly other conditions, but will always be evaluated before Brighter Life
Living accepts them as clients. Jason Standish (owner and operator) will do the
evaluation to ensure client fits into Brighter Life Living’s program
statement and Brighter Life Living can provide clients’ needs; if not
placement will not accrue. The
home is a two story flat with large common areas, two kitchens, three
bathrooms, six bedrooms, three on the first floor and three on the second. Jason has worked with Tellurian in the
past and currently works as a caretaker at 1155 Williamson Street. His paperwork is in with the
state. All residents would be
male. Margaret expressed concern
about the level of staffing. Jason
said it would be his full-time job and he would live on the premises. Jason has contacted Brenda Konkel about
his proposal. He doesn’t
need TLNA approval for the home but indicated he wants to work with TLNA. Jason gave a reference: Kelly Finigan
at Tellurian – 258-3446.
Margaret made the following
motion and Sandy seconded: Move consideration for Brighter Life’s project
until the September meeting (September 18) so council members can do further
investigation. Motion carried.
Policy for Sympathy Cards:
Should TLNA send out a sympathy card for every death in the neighborhood or for
the occasional person? Gay said we
should not do it spottily. Gay
suggested putting a notice in the newsletter and Richard said he would take responsibility
for keeping track of the individual.
It was decided to make it more inclusive and include notices for
marriages and births. Gay made the
motion and Alfred seconded: for all marriages, deaths, and births in the
neighborhood, names will be posted in the newsletter and Richard will take responsibility
to get the names to the editor. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report -
Alfred reported that the treasury is in good shape with $14,218.50 in its
account as of 8/21/03. Much of
this good fortune is due to Richard’s dedicated membership fundraising and
he was thanked.
Neighborhood Planning Grant
Proposal – JZ and Sal are working with Susan Duren and Diane Brusoe on a
grant to obtain funding a consultant to work with us on updating and revising
the TLN Neighborhood Plan. The
letter of intent is due next month, and we will get back to TLNA on this. Eventually we will need a steering
committee for the Plan.
Historic Marker –
Margaret has a friend who is a landscape architect who might work on the site,
but it may be months before he can work on a design. In the meantime, it was decided to use Gary’s memorial
money to replace a decrepit bench by the old bathhouse in Tenney Park with a
new one with a plaque. Carol moved
and Richard seconded to use the $1000 for the new bench. Motion carried. Bob and Margaret will do the planning.
No alder’s or police
report.
Committee Reports:
Social – Gay said
“nothing happened”.
Council meeting October 16 with the mayor. Spaghetti supper will be the following week on Thursday,
October 23.
Business –
Construction on E. Johnson Street is a mess – work is proceeding very
slowly. Yoga business will open in
September above art supply store. JZ asked TB if she would ask the E. Johnson
St. Business Association to ask the city to plan construction/deadlines with
local businesses in mind, since the current approach hurts business in areas
like ours.
Community Service –
Diane is working on the welcome packets.
500 will be distributed.
New renters will be targeted.
Safety – Sandy only
had two responses for neighborhood priorities. Please send her ideas before the next meeting and she will
collate the responses. As to
welcoming new people, it would be a good idea would be to invite new neighbors
over to our homes, if possible.
Traffic – Kathleen
thanked Carol and Bob for their work on the traffic islands at
Mifflin/Baldwin. She also thanked
Jim and Sal for their hard work.
Publicity – Bob will
set up a neighborhood blog for neighbors to express opinions about neighborhood
issues. Deadline for Fall
newsletter is September 15 for delivery the first two weeks in October. This will be his last issue and the
nomination committee is looking for a new editor.
Parks – Margaret
reminded members to water newly planted street and park trees. On September 25 two groups of
volunteers from Edgewood will be at Tenney Park. On September 28 Friends of the Yahara River Parkway will
have its annual meeting/potluck at Tenney Park. The pier at Giddings is getting closer to becoming a
reality. David Strandberg and city
parks are reaching agreement on the kind of pier. Margaret made the following motion and Kathleen seconded it:
TLNA will contribute up to 10% or $400 to the cost of the pier. Motion carried.
Margaret
asked about a TLNA list-serv, and JZ mentioned that Brenda offered to do
so. MB to contact Brenda, since MB
is willing to set up the list-serv.
Membership – Linster
reported 30 members paid $192.
Announcements: Jim went to
Marquette Neighborhood Association Council meeting and said they were
appreciative of his interest. JZ
and SC have been expressly invited to attend a meeting Wednesday with the mayor
regarding grocery store sitings in Madison. (The meeting is invitation only.) JZ, SC, and Brenda have a
formal meeting with Luis Yudice and the Central District Police next week about
nuisance houses and approaches to take in dealing with them. Also, East Washington meetings are
continuing.
Linster moved and Sandy
seconded to end the meeting.
Motion carried.
Meeting ended at 8:55
p.m. - Bob
Shaw (secretary du jour)