PO
Box 173
Manchester,
WA 98353-0173
“it’s a great place to live…”
Those in attendance: B. Ballard, R.Ballard, C. Kowalski, C. Leininger, P. Paquette, R. Rada, D. Trudeau, J. Winslow, A. Rebelowski
Excused Absences: JB Bartel,
R. Robinson
Action
Items:
1)
P. Paquette to forward copy of
abbreviated Robert’s Rules to John for forwarding to Ex Bd for their input and
agreement prior to 11/22.
2)
J. Winslow to draft a 2006 budget
for review at 12/1 meeting.
3)
C. Kowalski to conduct review of
Bylaws-vs.-Articles of Inc. meeting 11/15 and J. Winslow to remind membership of
that meeting and add to 11/22 agenda.
4)
J. Winslow to send reminder to
membership of the 11/29 LID #9 meeting on about 11/22.
5)
Potential of merger of MCA with MCC
to be discussed at 11/22 meeting.
6)
C. Leininger and C. Thompson to
discuss contact with downtown businesses with M. Rebelowski.
7)
D. Trudeau and “Agencies” group
to assemble a list of questions for Commissioner Angel to address at 1/24
meeting.
8)
J. Winslow to add question to 11/22
agenda on regular monthly meeting space for sub-committees.
Minutes:
The meeting was called to order by Chair, Bob Ballard at 7:02PM. 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:
A)
Phil presented a draft of a simplified one page version of Robert’s
Rules for use at our meetings. Phil will forward the digital version of the file to John for
distribution and comment by all. We
would like to get agreement on this prior to the 11/22 meeting so we can have a
vote by the membership to accept the proposed approach.
B)
Bob Ballard worked with Chip Augello on the activities of the developers
and arranged for Bill Palmer to make a short presentation on progress at the
11/22 meeting.
C)
John Winslow will prepare a draft 2006 budget with review by C. Kowalski
for presentation at the 12/1 Ex. Bd. meeting.
D)
Carol Kowalski agreed to schedule a financial records review meeting with
Bob Lamb and Carole Leininger via email prior to 12/31, and be available to
discuss in person any discrepancies found.
E)
The motion to form an Architectural Review Committee was approved at the
10/25 meeting.
F) Carol Kowalski has scheduled a special review of our Bylaws versus the proposed Articles of Incorporation prepared by Todd Smith. The meeting will be 11/15 at Manchester Realty at 6:30. John W. will send a reminder of the meeting to all MCC members. This will lead to filing for Washington State non-profit status. It is still unclear what direction we want to pursue the Federal 501c3 non-profit status, so John will add this as a discussion topic to the 11/22 meeting agenda.
G)
John Winslow reported that Joe Guariz has
volunteered to be a member of the nominating committee (Ballard, Gilligan,
Guariz), but no other members have volunteered for office.
Bob Ballard has called a meeting of the committee on 11/5.
TREASURER”S
REPORT: Carol’s reported no
change to the treasury, with the balance remaining at $878.54.
Carol also commented that she was holding $120 in checks written to the
MCC which could not be cashed due to lack of a bank account in that name (still
pending Wash. Non-profit status). It
was agreed that several board members would approach these individuals directly
to resolve this discrepancy.
No significant new mail had
arrived since our last meeting.
SEWERS
SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT: Ron
reported that the 11/29 County meeting with all those in the potential LID #9 is
firmed-up at the Long Lake Community Center.
The County agreed to waive the requirement of liability insurance for use
of the building. Ron ascertained
that a special liability policy could be written for $149/day.
J. Winslow will send reminders to the membership of this important
meeting.
CRIME
PREVENTION SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT:
No report.
Old Business:
Arlene Rebelowski reported
that the MCA (Manchester Community Association) is floundering with a crisis in
active membership. She asked
whether there was interest in merging the MCA with the MCC.
Per the current MCA Bylaws, if the group is terminated, the remaining
funds would be dispensed to the Friends of the Library.
As a key point to the finances, it was reported that the MCA treasury is
sufficient to pay-off the remaining debt and leave a $28 balance.
Chairman Ballard commented that the MCC needs to encompass more than just
a land-use issues and he suggested that we bring the situation to the membership
for review and input.
New
Business: The status of the five
action teams was reviewed individually. C.
Leininger reported that she and C. Thompson will act as co-chairs of the Village
Center Revitalization group. It was
suggested that they contact Mark Rebelowski for his feedback on contact with the
downtown businesses and proposed actions.
Bob Ballard said the Village Character group leadership has stirred
interest by M. Valentino and B. Turk. Their
interest lies in the areas of lot aggregation and building height.
This group will meet on 11/5 at 10:30.
Debby Trudeau reported that Commissioner Jan Angel has agreed to speak to
our group on January 24th. Her
topics will revolve around the Comprehensive Plan and Manchester specifics.
The “Agencies” group will develop a list of questions to help Angel
address topics dear to our membership. It
was also suggested that interest in this meeting may be sufficient to
necessitate our rental of the Long Lake Community Center building for this
event.
In reviewing the status of the Recreational Venues group, Carol Kowalski
said that she had received little show of interest by the membership in this
action team’s goals. Carol
restated her definite interest in pursuing ideas such as further park
development, walking/hiking trails mapping, etc.
The Village Commons activities are continuing on a variety of fronts.
The Friends of the Library has shown interest in an intermediate term
plan to expand the facilities, which could work in concert with the development
of a Village Commons space. Further
organization and coordination of this effort is a must!
Carol Kowalski expressed interest and concern in our efforts to promote
membership in the MCC. She felt we
need to further define our demographics and insure that new members feel
welcomed to the Council. Carole
Leininger mentioned earlier efforts by the MCA to have a mass-mailing to alert
the community to volunteer opportunities.
Carol Kowalski also asked whether we should rent the meeting room on a
regular evening each month for meetings of our sub-committees.
It was agreed that this is a question to be posed to the membership at
our 11/22 meeting.
In reviewing agendas for future meetings, Bob Ballard reported that Jan
Angel will participate as a speaker at our meeting on Jan 24th.
Eric Baker will speak on the permitting process and Bill Palmer will
speak on the downtown developments status at our 11/22 meeting.
There being no further business, Chairman Ballard adjourned the meeting at 8:30 PM.
Our next regular meeting will be Tuesday November
22nd 6:30-8:30PM in the Manchester Library and the next Executive Board meeting
will be Thursday December 1st at 7:00PM at the Library.
Respectfully
submitted,
John
Winslow, Secretary-Manchester Community Council