Manchester Community Council                           www.manchesterwa.org

PO Box 173

Manchester, WA  98353-0173                              “it’s a great place to live…”

 

Draft Minutes of the MCC Executive Board meeting of 8/7/08

 

Those in attendance: L. Burbidge, C. Leininger,  P. Paquette, R. Rada, D. Trudeau,  J. Winslow

Excused Absences: M. Walters

 

Action Items:

1)      Ron to send John a digital copy of the MCAC proposal for inclusion on the web-site.

 

The meeting was called to order by Chair, Carole Leininger at 6:34PM.  Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written.   

Treasurer’s report: Debby reported a combined Treasury balance of $595.11, no new mail, and no new members.

 

         

Related Foundation Programs’ status/issues:

*Crime Prevention/Safety group: Ron Rada said that 12-15 people regularly attend the meetings and the current emphasis is in working with the Port on common issues.

 

*MCA: Phil reported that the MCA met last on the 6th and spent time on planning for the Christmas activities.  The next roadside clean-up is scheduled for 9/27.  There has been some discussion on cooperation with the Kiwanis for next year’s street fair.

 

*Historical Society: Ron mentioned that 20 new historical photos have been received by the group and they will attempt to have these included with the photos on Bob Ballard’s web-site (www.manchesterrealty.com).

 

*Manchester Foundation: Ron said that the required State forms have been filed for the year.  The next meeting of the Foundation trustees has not yet been scheduled.

 

MCC Sub-committee status/issues:

*Sewers sub-committee: Ron reported that the next required step will be for the County Commissioners to schedule the approval for the LID#9 on their meeting agenda.

 

*Downtown Design/Parking/Plan Commitment: No report.

 

*Partnership with agencies: No report.

 

*Recreational Venues: No report.

 

*Village Commons: No report.

 

 

*Improve/Expand Parks: No report.

 

 

Old Business:

 

Follow-up items from previous meeting:

In a review of action items from the past meeting, the following was reported:

Ron Rada presented his proposal for the formation of a Manchester Citizens Action Committee (MCAC); this will be presented at the next MCA meeting.  Ron will forward a digital copy to John for inclusion on our web-site.

The Perry site public hearing is now scheduled for Tuesday 8/12 at 6:30PM in the Commissioners Chambers in Port Orchard.

We discussed the need for updated stormwater and traffic surveys as they apply to new site development proposals.  The MCC needs to pressure the County to update the data with recent activity during peak periods of stormwater and traffic.  This will also be included in our next MCC agenda as a discussion item

 

 

         

New Business: 

          There was no new business discussed.

 

There being no further business, Chairman Leininger adjourned the meeting at 7:19 PM.

Our next regular meeting will be Tuesday August 26th at 6:30-8:30PM in the Manchester Library and the next Executive Board meeting will be Thursday September 11th at 6:30PM in the Library. 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

John Winslow, Acting Secretary, Manchester Community Council