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May 16, 2007 –
Committee members present: Dick Shockley, John Baden, Diane
Volkersz, Kerri Payne, Christie Francis, Jerry Kawasaki, Doug
Marshall, EJ Engler, Margaret Jarrett, and Warren Vaughan (County
Planner).
Community members present:
Richard, Heidi & Jeremy Maus, Carissa Paulson, Ruth & Jim Kraencel,
Larry Wilcox, Shirley Hartman, Judy Hengel and Ardean Johnson.
Meeting called to order at
7:08 p.m.
Old Business –
A motion was made by Dick S.
to accept the May 2nd meeting minutes, Kerri
seconded; motion was carried.
Financial Report:
Kerri stated that we now have $420 in the bank, after receipt of
three donations (totaling $220) from Larry & Marie Dorsey, Scott
Harvey, and E. Thomas & Sandra Starcher. She will send them thank
you notes. Unfortunately, our debts greatly exceed our balance, but
we are looking at a variety of fundraising options to correct that
discrepancy.
Articles of Incorporation:
Doug distributed drafts of articles of incorporation structured for
our group. We are to read, review, and send comments to Doug if
there are questions or changes. Bylaws will be available at
the next meeting.
Ground Rules: The
Reese Creek ground rules are unavailable electronically, but will be
mailed to us before the next meeting.
Website: Christie
stated that 3 surveys had been received electronically. She
forwarded them to Kerri and they will also be archived. The map and
description of our focus area has been posted.
Survey Stats: Kerri
has received and reviewed 63 surveys; 5 more were just received and
have yet to be processed. She’s designed an Excel spreadsheet to
address question #6 on the survey, as well as gathered stats from
questions 1 through 4. The essay questions will have to be read and
assimilated as a group. She stated that even though two individuals
may have ranked some issue as a top priority, their views on that
issue may be entirely different. At least two committee members
will have to read each essay and come to a consensus on that
particular person’s perspective. Much time and energy will need to
be spent on compiling essay results. This project will be tackled
when we feel that a suitable percentage of the surveys are in hand.
Public input: Dick
S. asked the community members if anyone had comments before we
moved on to new business. Mr. Richard Maus stated that he “did not
want anymore government” and seemed generally leery of our group’s
intentions. Dick S. stated that the committee members are all
volunteers trying to compose a neighborhood growth plan for our
focus area. At this point in time we are simply soliciting
community comment, ideas, and opinions, so that we can collectively
come up with goals to support that plan. Warren interjected that we
are trying to stay one step ahead of the developers, so that we have
a voice and a plan for the future. Even though this group or the
neighborhood plan has no legal weight, we’ve got to start
somewhere. Right now, we are gathering information and trying to
find out what our community wants; what is our vision for the
future? Mr. Maus was encouraged to attend the Kick-Off.
New Business:
A new agenda was distributed
for our use during the Kick-Off on May 18th.
Warren went over the outline, we decided how to set up our
activities, and basically had a dry-run of the Kick-Off events. Our
purpose as a group for this event is to gather information. We are
looking for commonality and want the exercises to move as quickly as
possible, so that we can fit everything into a 3-hour timeline.
Greeters will get people signed in and on their way to participate
in 3 activities before they eat. After people have eaten and
everyone has completed their 3 tasks, Dick S. will do a welcome and
get our 3 exercises underway. Each table will have a facilitator
(committee/community member) that will direct the exercise and keep
to a time-table. After each exercise, the facilitators will share a
synopsis of their tables’ exercise results with the entire group.
At the end, Dick S. will close the event, promising to share the
information we gather sometime in the near future (both publicly and
via our website).
Margaret motioned to adjourn
the meeting at 8:45 p.m., EJ seconded; motion carried.
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