PO
Box 173
Manchester,
WA 98353-0173
“it’s a great place to live…”
Those in attendance: B. Ballard, C. Kowalski, B. Lamb, P. Paquette, R. Rada, M. Rebelowski, R. Robinson, D. Trudeau, J. Winslow, A. Rebelowski
Excused Absences: JB Bartel
Action
Items:
1)
Carol to complete letterhead with addition of Executive Board member
names for welcome letter to new members.
2)
Mark to finish Roberts’ Rules one page summary.
3)
Carol to continue to pursue Bylaws issue with D-W-T.
4)
Debby to continue to follow-up with the County on the addition of the
remaining five “Entering Manchester” signs.
5)
Carol to continue to pursue 501c3 situation with D-W-T.
6)
Bob Ballard to reconvene the Building Height sub-committee.
7)
John Winslow to continue to pursue Manchester Clean-up day with feedback
from Board.
8)
Bob Ballard to contact Bill Palmer to discuss downtown development at
8/23 meeting.
9)
Mark to determine whether the local businesses are willing to be included
on a “local businesses” section of the web-site for a modest fee.
Minutes:
The meeting was called to order
by Chair, Bob Ballard at 6:58PM. Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as written.
Old
Business:
Follow-up
items from previous meeting:
In a review of action items from the past meeting, the following was reported:
1)
Carol to add Executive Board member names to the left hand side of the
letterhead for the letters of welcome to new members.
Carol will complete prior to 7/26 meeting.
10)
Mark to prepare a one-page summary of “Roberts Rules as applied by the
MCC.” Not
yet completed.
11)
John to modify the draft press release as discussed and issue on 6/15.
Completed and sent.
12)
Carol to create a poster for
use at 6/28 meeting defining the five new groups. Completed
and used at 6/28 meeting.
13)
Mark/Carol to create 200 copies of a MCC information sheet for
distribution at the Safety booth at the
Salmon
Bake. Completed
and distributed on 6/19.
14)
Debby to discuss specifics on Conflict of Interest application of our
Bylaws with D-W-T. Carol
will continue to pursue this with D-W-T and invite Todd to our next Board
meeting on 8/11.
15)
Debby to further pursue “Entering Manchester” sign issues with the
County. Debby
will continue to pursue this with her contacts at the County.
16)
JB to pursue Kitsap Realtors Association speaker for July meeting.
This will be postponed
indefinitely.
TREASURER”S
REPORT: Carol reported
No new mail had arrived since
our last meeting. Also our Treasury
balance remains at $617.91. Our
attorney from D-W-T has returned and Carol will continue to pursue the 501c3
issue with him.
SEWERS
SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT: No
issues.
CRIME
PREVENTION SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT:
The group met with the Kitsap Prosecuting Attorney, Russ Hauge to discuss a
number of issues on 7/14. During
the meeting it was asked what action was recommended on the recent discussion of
weapons being carried at MCC meetings.
Russ stated that Washington State has very specific language on weapons
free zones, and liberal policies on carrying of concealed weapons.
His recommendation was to pass by this issue.
PUBLIC
FACILITES SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT:
Letters to the County suggesting postponing action of Haida property were
submitted.
BUILDING
HEIGHT SUB-COMMITTEE: Still
looking for a chairperson. There
was considerable discussion on the County’s agreement with the
Chalbot-Bloomquists to remove the stop-work order provided they vacate the lower
35’ of their property. Bob Ballard will schedule another meeting of this group.
ACTION
GROUPS:
Revitalize Village Center:
Second meeting held 7/9 individually with business owners who seem interested in
meeting as a group to discuss common issues.
Ron Robinson offered to facilitate this meeting.
Mark will make the arrangements for this meeting.
Regain
Historic Village Character: No
second meeting yet.
Partnership
with agencies: Second meeting
held on 7/11. This group is
planning a meeting with Commissioner Angel.
Bob Ballard will attend along with the Action Group. They have fine-tuned their focus to work with agencies that
may impact Manchester now, or in the future.
Recreational
Venues: This group has held
its second meeting and has three large areas of potential general focus, the
Sub-Area Plan goals, Walking paths, and the Mosquito Fleet Trail.
Village Commons:
Second meeting held 7/13. The news
of developments surrounding the vacant lot at Colchester and Main will create
new challenges.
Old
Business: John
Winslow reported on the planning for a Manchester Clean-up Day.
Tentative plans were distributed for review and feedback to John.
It was suggested that we could include a listing of Manchester Garage
Sale locations on our publicity for the event.
John will present the plans at our next meeting and seek volunteers from
each of the five Action Teams to help with specific areas.
Other groups such as the MCA should be solicited to help as well.
New
Business: The
discussion on a weapons free zone will be tabled per input from Russ Hauge.
Ron Robinson reminded us all that we need to be prepared to provide
administrative support for the five Action Teams to achieve their goals.
Bob Lamb had some thoughts on problems with the Action Groups being
overextended. It was agreed by all
that the Action Groups need to focus on their overall objectives, and not feel
dictated to focus on each idea that was suggested by the public at earlier
meetings. This is necessary to
avoid going in conflicting directions.
Mark Rebelowski mentioned that he has filed to run for the Port
Commissioner seat in November’s election, and as a result he felt it
appropriate that he plan to resign from the MCC Board to avoid any perceived
conflict of interest.
In planning for our 7/26 meeting, it was agreed that we would once again
focus on the five Action Groups’ meeting and presenting progress.
Outside speakers will be postponed for now.
In light of the proposed development of the downtown corridor, it was
suggested that Bill Palmer be invited to our August 23 meeting to address the
issue. Bob Ballard to pursue this.
Arlene Rebelowski reported that the web-site has apparently had 51,756
hits since the first of the year and 4100 in the last week.
It was suggested that we might solicit the local businesses to be
included in a “local businesses” section of the web-site for a modest fee to
offset the cost of running the site. This
was perceived to be a service to the community rather than blatant advertising.
This will be pursued by the Action Group on Revitalizing the Village
Center.
There being no further business, Chairman Ballard adjourned the meeting at 8:51 PM.
Our next regular meeting will be Tuesday July 26th at
6:30-8:30PM in the Manchester Library and the next Executive Board meeting will
be Thursday August 11th at 7:00PM at a yet to be determined location.
Respectfully
submitted,
John
Winslow, Secretary-Manchester Community Council