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North Park Estates Neighborhood Association board
minutes tuesday november 29, 2005 The Board
of Directors meeting of the North Park Estates Neighborhood Association
included: Members present
The Board Meeting was held at Dale and Greta Sellers¹ home Saturday, November 29, 2005. Attendance indicated above.
Call to Order. The President, Dale Sellers, called the
meeting to order and passed out the agenda. OLD
BUSINESS 1. The Minutes of the last meeting were on
the website and all but one member present had reviewed them. They were
approved. 2. Larie Amsler then gave the Treasurer's
Report.
Next, we compared the list of contributors along with their
contribution amounts for the Entrance Sign Fund with the intention of
determining those who would be eligible for the bricks with their names
engraved on them for having donated $100 or more, at the base of the south
entrance sign. Dale Sellers wants to spend a Saturday calling those who have
donated some but less than $100 to ask them if they would like to donate an
amount to get their total contribution up to $100 so they too can be eligible
for an engraved brick. It was decided to not set a deadline for the
contributions since after the construction is completed there can always be
improvements in the landscaping around the signs which additional monies can
go towards. 3. The Entrance
Sign Committee reported that recently the City of Austin had not approved the
original plan submitted, therefore a $360.00 fee had to be submitted to them
to request a "variance" for size and location of the signs. The
engineer is expected to submit the paperwork and check for the variance this
week. 4. Dale Sellers
thanked the Decorations Committee for their work including determining the
categories of prizes to be given for yard holiday decorations. 5. Vandalism,
(broken glass and a kicked in hubcap) and inappropriate driving behavior in
the neighborhood was discussed and solutions were suggested. 6. The proposed
signs in the medians of each entrance to the neighborhood and their boxes or
containers was discussed. It was decided that the least expensive option
would be to buy a 4' X 8' sheet of corrugated weatherproof sign material for
$6 to $8, cut it up into appropriate sizes and try writing on it with Magic
Marker, hoping the Magic Marker will come off with alcohol without ruining
the sign material. The sign would then be slid into a real estate type sign,
which Dale Sellers will look into buying. The legs of the real estate sign
would fit down into pvc pipes that have been sunk into the ground to hold the
sign legs. Wes Allen suggested that the legs be fastened to the pvc pipe with
holes driven through the sign legs and the pvc pipe and a lock or some sort
of bolts, nuts and/or washers type thing be installed - to protect the sign
framework from being stolen. NEW BUSINESS 1. E-mail update
list - A note is prepared to go into the next neighborhood newsletter
encouraging all who want to be added to the NPENA e-mail list to send their
e-mail address to Sammy Amsler at the website address requesting this. 2. The Holiday
Newsletter rough draft was submitted by Jessica Currie and it was thoroughly
discussed and edited. The Holiday Party it will announce is to be on Tuesday,
December 20th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Dale & Greta
Sellers' house. Gene McCoy and Pat Huffstutler are the committee to plan
this occasion. Thorough discussion was given about who would ask which local
businesses to donate gifts or gift certificates to be given as prizes for the
best decorated yards. Clear plastic bags with holes in them to put on door
knobs, around 20,000 for $20.00, were brought to our attention by Dale
Sellers, and it was agreed to buy them to put the newsletters on doors. 4. Dale noted
that he had trouble opening pdf files on the NPENA website, so he requested
that Sammy Amsler stay after the meeting and help him figure out a remedy to
the problem. 5. The calendar
for future board meetings through 2006 was discussed, and the dates are noted
on the upcoming newsletter. It was decided to change the meeting times to
6:30 p.m. during months school is in session and to 7:00 p.m. when school is
out. 6. Neighborhood
watch was the final pre-planned agenda item. We all want new signs up at the
entrances so it will look as if neighborhood watch is not a forgotten issue
in this neighborhood. Also, at the next Board Meeting Dale Sellers wants the
Block Captains invited and he wants them to be given new materials if they
need them, and ask them to go door-to-door again updating their lists of
names and numbers of residents living in each household. We discussed
Children at Play and speed limit signs, but A. J. Walker explained that the
City of Austin approval must be obtained for those - after proving their need. 7. When Dale
asked for other New Business, Gene McCoy asked about the interest in
another neighborhood garage sale in the spring. It was decided to put that on
the agenda for the January 24, 2006 Board Meeting. A motion to
adjourn was made and seconded, and the meeting was adjourned. Footnotes: Board meeting dates are
located at: http://www.main.org/northpark/#bodmtgdates Archived Board minutes
can be reviewed at: http://www.main.org/northpark/northparklinks.html#minutes |
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Minutes Revised