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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS A crew from Cable Station City 10 was present for the purpose of highlighting the SDCC neighborhood and would be taping some aspects of tonight’s meeting, only visual, no sound. MINUTES A motion was made and seconded to approve minutes with corrections from April 10, 2006; motion passed. Correction: Under Housing Corporation, first bullet point should read: Gary Boehnke reported on the activities of the Housing Corp, remainder of statement is deleted. FINANCIAL REPORT – BOB MAHON Presented the March 2006 financial report, which is included in Board package. * The March 2006 financial reflects a Non-Recurring section where there are now 2 new categories – Donations office renovation and Friends Campaign.
To date, $1,750 has been donated to the Office Renovations, $5,429.61 to the Friends Campaign. * To date, $1,440 had been donated through 03/31/06 to Laure’s fund.
This amount does not include donations designated for office renovation. The Laurel Apartment proceeds have been split into 2 funds of $15,000 each under the Restricted Funds section of the financial report. A motion was made and seconded to accept the Financial Report; motion passed. * Memorial Fountain – Katrina Stierholz reporting o Memorial fountain for Four Corners in honor of Laure Porterfield. o She has talked to Dan Skillman of the City’s Parks Department. o Per that conversation, it was determined that we will be able to maintain the water hose in the same location. o The fountain will cost approximately $1,700 – $2,500.
It will be a concrete fountain (there is an option for a steel fountain), ADA compliant. o It was recommended that we host an open house to include the dedication of the fountain. o Dan Skillman’s crews will install SDCC pays for fountain, installation & plaque. o A motion was made and seconded to authorize Katrina to move forward; motion passed. o Katrina will provide update on progress at next meeting and will draft wording for the plaque. SECURITY – DAN SCHESCH REPORTING The report of the Security Committee is included in the Board packet. Block Captain Training was conducted at the April meeting. ALDERMANIC & NSO REPORTS Alderwoman Krewson * Received an email from Norb Hart regarding the reopening of the Forest Park Parkway.
In her conversations with Metro and the City, she anticipates that various portions of the Parkway will be reopening between mid-May to mid-June. The pedestrian bridge is not yet finished. Improvements to DeBaliviere are being discussed that will enhance DeBaliviere in conjunction with the Great Rivers Greenway and will include street improvements on Pershing. The traffic light at Lindell & Skinker will stay until a permanent decision can be made. Linda Mollen, a traffic engineer, has been contracted to assess & make a recommendation. NSO Chris Howard provided an update on various activities Has offered his assistance with the Block Captain training. Developed a form to track problem properties Looking for 2 contact people per neighborhood Alley between Pershing & parkway, suspicious activities include group shooting craps and possibly doing drugs Property at 61XX Pershing is now vacant Brief discussion on blighting properties by using eminent domain as a tool of last resort Squatters have moved into a house in the 6100 block of Washington, owner is working on but does not live in property EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – DAN SCHESCH REPORTING Executive Director Recruitment o SDCC received 56 resumes for review in filling the Executive Director position o Selection Committee reviewed all the resumes and narrowed the number down to 6 possible candidates and will be conducting oral interviews of the selected candidates A copy of SDCC’s letter of support for the African-American Cultural Center and the Historic District Review Committee referral to the City of St. Louis Historic Preservation Office are attached. Reminded and encouraged members to attend SLACO’s leader’s roundtable on 4/26/06; flyer attached. COMMITTEE/NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS SDCC OFFICE RENOVATION – MAGGIE HART-MAHON REPORTING Renovation work is nearing completion A window will be installed in the restroom Andy Cross will add artistic borders Provided an interim financial report for the renovation (copy included in Board packet); to date, there is a cash balance of $7,821.25. Outstanding work includes some electrical work, window repair and kitchen sink faucet. President Schesch thanked Maggie Hart-Mahon and her crew of volunteers for their commitment and hard work; Maggie thanked the housing corp. for their assistance; they provided the mechanical, plumbing, electrical, framing, and drywall GREENWAYS COMMITTEE – JOE GUDISWITZ REPORTING A public meeting to discuss the Centennial and St. Vincent Greenways will be April 27th at New Cote Brilliante Church at 7 p.m. Kudos to Dan Skillman for aerating the field at Lucier Park Ruth Porter Mall Clean-up April 15; encourage as many as possible to attend (see attached flyer) Lucier Park grant of $100,000 for astro turf soccer field and lights; need joint committee to help design and raise required matching funds; Crossroads is the main driver of grant and fundraising Great Rivers needs assurance of an easement to Delmar before they will totally commit to Lucier Park BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE – ANDY CROSS REPORTING The trees will be received and planted Tuesday There was a good turnout for Blitz Day; alleys are pretty clean Waiting list for McPherson Garden, referring to 1035 garden Planter for Kingsbury is complete; will be set out this weekend Referred to yellow flyer in Board packet – Planting day is May 6th, neighborhood plant exchange and flowers and wood chips will be available for public areas Breakfast Garden Tour is June 3rd and will include gardens in the 5700 block of DeGiverville. HOUSING CORPORATION – GARY BOEHNKE REPORTING Gary reported on the activities of the Housing Corp. MSD has advised that a new sewer must be installed in Lucier Park for the Alanson building. A written report for the Housing Corp is included in the Board packet. OTHER BUSINESS * President Dan Schesch following up on Shirley Polk’s inquiry about the planning status for National Night Out in August suggested that we establish an adhoc committee for National Night Out.
It was mentioned that we usually don’t plan for Night Out until after the Breakfast Tour. * It was also suggested that we wait until Night Out to dedicate the fountain for Laure. -ADJOURNMENT
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2006.
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Archival transcription note: April 10 minutes say approving minutes from April 10; original self-reference retained.
Original source: SD_Times2006_06.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 7.
