Ardmore Neighborhood Association
Meeting Minutes – August 10, 2010
In attendance: Lonnie Clark, Tiffany & Ben White, Cathy Eades, Pauline Leggatt, Tom Dalrymple, Patti Heath
Call to Order: 7:10 PM
Welcome Guests – Michael Lundquist, Eric Stone, Sparky Owen
Change in Board position
* The following changes and additions to ANA Board members were proposed:
* Tom Dalrymple stepping down from Vice President to Board Member at large
* Tiffany White moving from Board Member at large to Vice President
* Sarah Hahne joining the Board as Church and Institutional Liaison
* Ben White joining the Board as Police Liaison
* Motions and seconds were made. Tiffany abstained from voting on Ben White’s nomination, but otherwise, all nominations were unanimously approved.
Fall Newsletter
* Lonnie hopes to have all content by 8/25 to get newsletter printed and mailed in early September. Center for Community Safety provided new mailing list of over 3000 addresses. Doris and Lonnie will process part of the newsletters manually to help cut costs.
* Lonnie made a motion requesting $2300 maximum to print and mail the newsletter, Tom offered second to the motion, which was unanimously approved.
Minutes
* June and July meeting minutes were approved.
Treasury Report
* Lonnie has latest statement and will email the totals after the meeting.
Tax Status
* Ardmore resident Wes Brooks, of Wes Brooks Tax and Financial Services, is assisting to bring ANA into compliance with 501c4 tax filings and requirements.
Membership
* Tiffany has organized membership data into a spreadsheet that can be easily maintained. Database contains 278 members total over last three year with current status of 113 active members.
Post Office
* Latest indication is that the Ardmore Post Office will be closed and not relocated. Lonnie will talk to Dan about possible next steps to try and influence this decision.
Home Tour
* Patti provided update on the 2010 Centennial Home Tour, including continuing to recruit volunteers for day of the event. Most other details are finalized at this point. Committee raised $1900 cash from sponsors, in addition to various in-kind donations, to defray costs of hosting the tour.
Traffic
* Repairs on Business 40 have been postponed until 2018.
* Lonnie has final Cloverdale pedestrian plan.
Crime
Guest Michael Lundquist’s home near Lockland Park was broken into and robbed in early August. In addition to making changes at his own home to improve personal security for his home/family, he handed out 24 letters to neighbors to alert them to the situation. He is attending the ANA Board meeting to see how he can turn this bad situation into a positive effort for the neighborhood. Other Lockland Park area residents also attended to support Michael and get more involved in keeping Ardmore safe.
There was much discussion about the benefits of getting everyone signed up on the ANA listserve to quickly share these types of problems and information was distributed on how to join. There was also discussion about how the ANA and Ardmore residents can get more involved in proactive efforts like Neighborhood Watch groups. There is perception that crime is on the increase where it is more of an increased awareness due to better communication methods.
Per Ben White, the WSPD CPU, Breaking and Entering statistics are being tracked for trends to determine where more patrols may be needed, etc. WSPD has representatives participating in the listserve, and Ben also proactively forwards any critical emails he feels need to be reviewed.
Adjourned: 8:30 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Patti Heath
