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Old Escondido Neighborhood Quarterly Meeting Escondido Public Library Thursday July 22, 2004 7:00PM I. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Sec/Treas. Dick Althouse due to the emergency absence of President, ConnieSue Dickinson. Board member Joyce Koppelman was present; absent were Steve Rosefeld and Scott Hatlestad. There were approximately 15 persons in attendance including Carmen Amigon from Community Housing Works.
II. Approval of the minutes of the June 10, 2004 BOD meeting was tabled for lack of a quorum. III Committee Reports— A. Finance- as of July 22 , 2004 Checkbook balance $4254.53 B Traffic and Sidewalks- It was hoped that Rich Buquet, City of Escondido Neighborhood coordinator would attend to give an update on 9th Ave. Sidewalk Project. Rich was unable to attend so Dick Althouse gave an update and there was some discussion from the audience. C Newsletter- Tern and Chuck Johnson did not receive their issue in the mail but picked up an extra copy at this meeting. D. Welcome Committee- Joyce reported that we are current regarding all new neighbors “Welcome Visits One gal in the audience stated that she moved into the neighborhood 6 months ago and has not been visited and would like a copy of the Guideline Book. Dick asked her to make a note of this along side her name on the sign up sheet and he will get a copy to her; Candace Young 450 E. 9th Ave.
IV. Old Business: A. Survey Results- Steve Rosefeld was not present to share results at this meeting but Joyce downloaded the results from the Web (OEN) and Dick presented some examples of the results and encouraged interested parties to check our site at www.oldescondido.com. B. By-Laws- Dick explained some concerns about the By-Laws as currently written. Carmen Amigon shared some thoughts that she has after her review of them and comparing them to those used by other groups. Lucy Berk expressed some concerns that she had and after some discussion from the audience, it was decided to set up a committee to review our By-Laws and use Carmen Amigon’s help to propose the changes that will better serve our needs. Possible committee members are: Lucy Berk, William Short (745-0803), and Carol Rhea. C Block Party- Aug. 3, 2004 5:00 PM There was consider able discussion about volunteers for this event as well as others. Doug Eagleson offered to supply tables and chairs for people to sit around. Dick will contact Doug. V New Business: A. Board of Directors (BOD) Nominations There was much discussion about the desire to open all BOD Meetings to open forum style— increase neighbor participation, increase the number and participation in of committees. One thought was to divide OEN in 9 “clusters” with a representative from each cluster to constitute the BOD; impose term limits, and be more democratic in operation. We will need a larger meeting room to conduct open meetings as proposed. Perhaps the group could meet every other month ( six times a year ) instead of every month. VI Questions and Answers Lucy Berk presented some thoughts about: I. The Head Start Program has a new program located at North County Baptist Church on W. 7th Ave. and is looking for people to read to children 2 Lucy made some very positive comments about the improvements in the overall appearance of our part of town; the painting of homes; we still have work to do but we have come a long way in the last 10 years. 3 There are some increases in city fees that will affect our neighborhood and she hopes that people will attend some of the committee meetings at City MaLl as well as City Council meetings to get information about these increases and perhaps speak up about them at the city meetings. VII Adjourn Meeting adjourned at 8:57 PM Respectfully submitted Dick Althouse Secretary/Treasurer
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