MidTown: The
Garden District
Regular
Business Meeting
7:00
PM, May 21, 2002
John
B. Wright Elementary School Cafeteria
President Brad Holland called the
meeting to order at 7:05 PM. He offered all
attendees a chance to review the minutes of the last meeting, and then said he would
accept a motion approving the minutes for the last meeting. The Minutes of the April 16,
2002 meeting were unanimously approved on motion by Tom Burdon, second by Martha Cooper.
The Treasurer’s report of April 16, 2002 was unanimously approved on
motion by Anna Marie Patti, second by Tom Burdon.
Treasurer
David Kha presented the monthly treasurer’s report as summarized below:
Cash on hand
Deposit
Expenses
Balance
1181.08
189.00
122.46
1247.62
This month’s Treasurer’s
report was approved on motion by Martha Cooper, second by Tom Burdon.
OLD BUSINESS:
Lego Club: David Kha reported that the club has 22 members so
far and had their a grant approved for $10,000 to promote The Lords of Lego. He said that Misha Chernobelskiy deserves a lot of
credit for his work with The Lords; Misha spoke of the newsletter and upcoming events,
including the LEGO Robot’s Day on May 26.
John
B. Wright Elementary: Principal Lisa
Langford reported that Thursday’s the last day of school, and that summer school will
start on June 3 and end on the 28th of June.
She said the school will provide breakfast and lunch to all neighborhood
kids under 18, Monday through Friday the whole month of June, with breakfast starting at
7:30 a.m. She announced that Wright promoted
93 fifth-graders, and that was particularly special for her since those kids had been her
kindergarten class when she started at Wright. Ms.
Langford thanked the neighborhood group for our support.
Freestanding
Building at Wright (Multi-Purpose Room): Lisa Langford said that because of meetings held
with all concerned, that the District, the school and neighbors agree that this building
will be located in the same place as the current portable unit.
MidTown
Library and Learning Center:
Martha Stewart reported that Andy Squire is
still attempting to set up a meeting with members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors. Steering Committee members may call us and suggest
bringing a book to the site and sitting on the two abandoned couches there to read. Brad Holland outlined developments on this issue. He asked us all to call Ann Day and say it is
important to move forward on this issue—to unbundle the funds from the other funding
it’s been grouped and stalled with. Andy
Squire reported that he is providing all necessary data to Supervisors Day and Elias and
that the next steering committee meeting is set for next week and hopefully will have good
news.
Pima
Street Re-Striping: Andy Squire also
reported that Councilman Fred Ronstadt has all the documentation on this issue, thanks to
Martha Stewart’s excellent record-keeping. Ronstadt
will be meeting with the city manager to discuss this re-striping. On question from the audience, Brad Holland
outlined the history of this issue. Squire said it was unlikely that Pima Street could
ever have speed bumps, but may get chicanes someday to modify traffic speed on this
collector street. Another resident was
concerned about high speed driving along Belvedere and asked about speed bumps there. Several residents spoke of concerns about high
speeds on their streets.
Neighborhood
Watch: Marty Ittner thanked Andy Squire for his
assistance in moving forward on this project. Both
Brad Holland and Andy Squire congratulated Marty Ittner for all her hard work to activate
the watch.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Alltel
Antenna: Anna Marie Patti said Alltel proposes to place a
40-foot antenna between Fry’s and the Botanical Gardens. There will be a meeting to discuss this on June 3
at 6:00 PM at the Botanical Gardens. The
Botanical Gardens want them to put the antenna in front of Fry’s because of the
possible disruption of the birds. Brad
Holland said it would be beneficial for as many people as possible to attend, since 40
feet exceeds the maximum building height allowed in our neighborhood.
Guest
Speakers:
Mike and Curt from the Southern Arizona Bonsai Enthusiasts spoke of their involvement in
this new club related to the old art. They
showed several examples of bonsai trees and described how they are able to train their
native southwestern plants to grow they way they do.
Bailey’s
Platinum Club Liquor License Application: The Police feel upgrading the liquor license at
this location is a bad idea, and Andy Squire said the unlawful behavior in and around this
bar has been an ongoing problem and could have a bad effect on our neighborhood. Anna Marie Patti moved that Brad write a letter
from MidTown: the Garden District opposing this license upgrade, Martha Cooper seconded
the motion, and it passed unanimously.
Summer
MidTown Meetings: Anna Marie Patti moved
and Velma Hidden seconded that MidTown will not meet in June or July; the motion passed.
Carri
Rondeau presented a gift certificate from MidTown to Martha Cooper in gratitude for all
she has done for our neighborhood association, Misha Chernobelskiy presented Martha with
her honorable Membership Card #1 in the Lego Club and Martha gave a short acceptance
speech.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM on motion by Marty Ittner and second by David Kha. Next meeting to be held August 20, 2002, 7 PM.
Carolyn Isaman, Secretary
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