Those in attendance: B. Ballard, C. Leininger, A. Rebelowski, R. Robinson, C. Thompson, J. Winslow, R. Ballard
Excused Absences: MC Edwards,
R. Rada, D. Trudeau
Action
Items:
1)
Debby to show
Helen Robinson as a paid member on the current membership list.
2)
Carole to discuss
audit and budget with Debby.
3)
John to prepare a
list of prior members who have not renewed their membership.
4)
John to send
digital copy of first 29 responses to survey to all E. Bd. Members.
5)
Carole to
investigate copying costs of pamphlet for Kitsap Greeters distribution.
6)
John to e-mail
out the survey to all of the MCC related e-mail address he has.
7)
Arlene to explore
putting the survey up on the web site and collecting data from it.
The meeting was called to order by Chair, Ron Robinson at 6:37PM. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written.
Treasurer’s report: John reported that the treasury balance is $760.67 and our membership
total is currently 57. No new mail had
arrived since our last meeting. Ron
Robinson noted that his wife Helen’s membership is not reflected on the
membership list. Also it was noted that
we still have not fully competed the audit and budget process; Carole will
discuss this with Debby.
It was suggested that perhaps we
need a membership drive, specifically to retain prior members who have not
renewed. John was tasked with making a
list of prior members who have not renewed.
Related Organizations’ status/issues:
*Crime Prevention/Safety group: No report, but see their minutes on the
web-site.
*MCA:
Carrilu reported that the group met on Wednesday evening. It was decided that the Festival would not be
held on August 12th as previously announced. Plans for a Festival are currently up in the
air, but should be decided by 7/12. If a
Festival is held, it would likely be August 26th. The MCC will continue to monitor the MCA’s
functioning to insure that there is a viable group which can take on the role
defined by the MCA, which would include activities such as the Clean-Up and
roadside trash pick-up. It was noted
that the MCA had a successful roadside pick-up on Saturday June 10th.
*Historical Society: No report, but all agreed that the display at the Salmon Bake was a
big success. Bob Ballard mentioned that
he has added some new photos to his site, www.manchesterrealty.com.
*
Sub-committee status/issues:
*Sewers sub-committee: No report.
*Revitalize Village Center:
Carole reported that she had responses on 29 surveys distributed at the Salmon
Bake. A copy of the results will be
forwarded to all Executive Board members.
*
*Partnership with agencies: No report.
*Recreational Venues:
Ron Robinson reported that the group has met several times in the past month
and is looking forward to results of the early surveys. Their next meeting will be held next
week. It was suggested that we might
want to invite Bill Zupanich as a future MCC speaker to update us on the status
of the Mosquito Fleet Trail.
*Village Commons: The group continues to work on developing options for land for an
expanded Library and Community Center. Ron
Rada reported that Commissioner Angel has placed the MCC request for County
funded land up on the H.U.D. grant list for a community building with the
building plan including space for low income senior housing. The group is also working with the Port
Commissioners to provide a survey which will assess the community’s willingness
to take on added tax burden to fund Port owned property for such a
facility. Port Commissioners have
discouraged mail surveys and instead asked for a door-to-door survey. The Friends of the Library have been asked to
consider providing funding for some type of survey, but details need to be
developed before funding will be considered.
Old Business:
Follow-up items from previous meeting:
In a review of action items from the past meeting, the following was reported:
1) Ron Robinson asked to schedule another meeting with all action group leaders after the July 25th meeting to minimize duplication of effort by Manchester groups.
2) John Winslow passed around the letter of support on Stormwater Discharge appeal signed by Vice Chair Rada, dated June 8th which was sent to Commissioner Angel.
3) Arlene Rebelowski passed around copies of a draft pamphlet which could be included with materials provided to new residents by Kitsap Greeter Service. Carole volunteered to investigate the cost of printing color pamphlets in bulk. Arlene indicated that the Greeter Service would need about 50 copies per month.
4) Ron Robinson reported that Main Street sidewalks will be included as part of the Main Street Stormwater outfall project.
New Business:
Carrilu expressed concern about the reports
in the press that quoted County employees suggesting that the underlying
problem that led to the “McMansion” lot aggregation was due to the text of the
Manchester Plan. Carrilu and other
reminded us that there was no verbiage in the Plan that had anything to do with
lot aggregation. Carrilu said she
intends to prepare an editorial response as an individual (not on behalf of the
MCC) to clarify the issue. Several
others expressed willingness to work with Carrilu on the text for her editorial
comment. This is a personal action and
will not be attributed to the MCC.
There was lingering concern about
the status of action on parking issues in Manchester. John mentioned that the Manchester Crime
Prevention group had speakers on that very topic at this morning’s
meeting. The results can be found in the
minutes of the meeting which are posted on our web-site. This group is taking up the parking issues at
this point.
There being no further business, Chairman Robinson adjourned the meeting at 7:55 PM.
Our next regular meeting will be Tuesday July 25th at
6:30-8:30PM in the Manchester Library and the next Executive Board meeting will
be Thursday August 3rd at 6:30PM in the Library.
Respectfully
submitted,
John
Winslow, Secretary-Manchester Community Council