West
Central Neighborhood Association
Minutes of the Board
April 14, 2009
Board members
present:
Mike Anderson
Charlotte A. Weybright
Mike Walsh
David Long
Casi Bromelmeir
Chris Ruckman
Jack Stark
Past President: John Simerman
Absent: Al Hofer, Cherie Stark
REPORTS
· Minutes from meeting of March 2009 accepted and approved
· Treasurer’s Report: accepted and approved
· Membership: No report (last month’s report - 19 Seniors, 45 individuals, 6 organizations, 9 businesses)
o Discussion on changing household structure – decision was to keep structure the same and perhaps raise business memberships next year
· House Tour – next meeting will be at Henry’s on April 15, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.
· LHD – meeting cancelled – will need to set new date
OLD BUSINESS
· Emmanuel – Neighborhood Plan – Section 8 acceptable – City has proposed bigger plans which have caused Emmanuel to rethink position on Area 3
· T-Shirts – Diane Groenert will do – need minimum run of 6 – sign up ahead of time – print will be cream – can drop off at 125 W. Wayne – 12:00-2:00 on Fridays (Art Up) – individuals to supply shirts and will cost $10 per shirt.
· Canterbury Project – Meet at Moody Park – 9:00 a.m. April 16th – will tie into Great American Clean Up
NEW BUSINESS
·
Section 42 Housing
o
City plan for Section 42 was rejected by
Renaissance Pointe area. Developers
would now like to move plan to West Central
o
Chris Flick and Henry Hall are developers and
have $9 million to rehab homes and build on vacant lots
o
Rent-to-Own (after 15 years, homes would be purchased
by current renter) – must have decision by end of May to meet deadline for this
round’s funding
o
Will use April 21st meeting to host
Rent-to-Own discussion
o
J. Simerman raises
issues about historic nature of neighborhood and ability of housing to fit in
·
CHDO
o
CHDO is getting to the point where a decision
needs to be made about making it an entirely separate board or, if it stays
under control of the current board, would need to be separate members.
Meeting adjourned
Respectfully submitted:
___________________________________
Charlotte A. Weybright, Secretary
West Central Neighborhood Association