Lindenwood Park Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
February 15, 2020 – 9.30am – 11.30pm, Machacek Library
Present: Pat Acquisto, Lisa Roggeman, Greg Roggeman, Milton Murry, Lindsay Alsop, Carol Hofer, Mary Ann Rogers, Tim Nowell, Doug Dick, Adam Rustige, Emily Rogier, Lance Martin (Hucks)
Apologies: Emily Yale
Absent: Gabe Gassner
Lance Martin from Hucks attended the Board meeting to address the recent armed Robbery at Hucks on Watson Rd. Hucks does not currently have an occupancy permit and has a conditional use permit to operate during certain hours. They have been operating for 24 hours for approximately 7 years. Lance admitted he did not know there were any conditions applied to Hucks and was not aware that they did not have an occupancy permit. He has reached out to Joe Vaccaro and is attempting to rectify this immediately and work with the neighborhood association. He would like Hucks to remain open for business for 24 hours
Since the robbery, Hucks has re-done the lighting, offered trauma counseling to all staff and will be installing a 20-camera system linked to their cash registers. There should never be more than $175 on hand. Pat will contact the City to enquire why they are not checking occupancy permits and with Vince as to how many calls for service were logged.
A unanimous agreement was made to allow Hucks to remain open 24 hours on condition that they install lighting and the 20-camera system and have procedures in writing that staff will follow.
Strategic Plan: Goal 3 was completed. We will start at Goal 1 at the next Saturday Board Meeting.
The Minutes from January 15, 2020 were approved. Motion made by Lindsay, seconded by Emily R.
Neighborhood Meeting
- Guest speakers:
- Guest speakers: Tishaura Jones, St. Louis Treasurer & Pat will ask Kyle from Bubba’s Deli if he is available.
- LPNA Business & events.
- Elected Officials reports.
- SLPD, Library, LASM reports.
Committee Reports
Block Captain Report
- Patti is working on a guest speaker for the April meeting.
- Bowling party is scheduled for Tuesday February 25th from 6-8pm at Epiphany Lanes.
Streets & Properties:
- Meeting is scheduled for Monday February 24th.
- 7080 Oleatha has been sold twice.
- House at the corner of McCausland & Pernod is in court.
Events:
- Tweetup: February’s Tweetup will be at JJ Twigs on Feb 25th. March’s Tweetup will be at Ari’s on March 24th.
- Event’s meeting: Meeting was held on February 13th.
- Flea Market: Flea Market will be held on Saturday May 9th at Timothy Lutheran’s gym. Lisa is looking for a sponsor to cover the cost of renting tables. The cost to rent a table will be $20/table. Pat will find out if Epiphany will be holding their flea market soon after ours and if we could donate our leftover items to them and also place notices in church bulletins.
- Lindenwood Live: Raising Cane’s will sponsor all concerts. They agreed to pay $1,500 for all 4 concerts and we will have raffles to sell. Pat will handle the permits; Doug will handle the recycling. LPNA will have a table with info. Rockwell Beer Company will have a tent next to the LPNA tent. They agreed to pay $250 per concert. There will be 8 food trucks at each concert and Greg has received confirmation from all of them: Cha Cha Chow, Farmtruk, Sweet Divine, Cheese Shack, New York Tom’s, Zia’s/Slice of the Hill, Essentially Fries and STL Kettle Korn. Tim will be out of town for the 1st Corner banners will be place by the Acquisto’s.
- Trivia: This will occur on Saturday July 18th at Timothy Lutheran’s gym. The theme is the Roaring 20’s.
- LinFest: Several sponsors have been secured: Raising Cane’s – $1,000, Watson Rd. Vet. – $500, Carrollton Bank – $200, Garcia – $500. Francis Park Dentistry is looking at sponsorship opportunities.
- House Tour: Adam will look into this for 2021.
Beautification:
- Park: A Park Committee meeting needs to be scheduled. Park cleanup has been rescheduled from May 9th to May 2nd due to flea market’s rescheduling. Tree planting may occur either on March 7th or 14th.
- Green Team: The next highway cleanup is scheduled for April 18th. Volunteer attendance has been better, possible as a result of advertising on Facebook and Nextdoor.
- Community Garden: All 29 beds have been taken. We have 2 gardens taken by 2 new residents.
- Wabash Garden: Bulbs are already coming up and the garden needs cleaning up.
Membership Report
- Welcome packs are ready to be delivered.
Treasurer’s Report
- Nothing to report.
Safety
- Social media reported a large police presence at Norma/Maurice but there was no mention of it in Vince’s crime report. Apparently 2 people were caught robbing cars. 1 was a juvenile. The other person confessed to stealing cars in St. Peters and also coming to our neighborhood to steal cars.
Old Business
- Circle K: Matt from Ink Spot has purchased the Schaefer’s house. We would like to know what Circle K’s intentions are for the house, i.e. tear down? Pat will ask Joe to request a plan from Circle K before we discuss it again.
New Business
- Karen Clifford is our new Neighborhood Improvement Specialist – Wards 23 & 24.
- Lisa Otke is the new Commercial District Manager for Wards 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23 and 27.
- SLACO has a conference scheduled for April 4th. If we sponsor an ad for $180 it will include 6 free registrations. Doug made a motion to approve, Lindsay seconded. Motion passed.
- There has been a proposal from Jenna Stout to start a 100-year-old Home Recognition program. Each homeowner of a house 100 years and older would receive a plaque from LPNA (homeowner would pay for it). Pat made a motion to support the proposal, Lisa seconded it. Motion passed.
- Eric Schnyder heard a rumor of a proposal that the car wash opposite River’s Edge Social could be a marijuana dispensary.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Roggeman