Lindenwood Park Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, February 15 at Machacek Library
Present: Pat Acquisto, Sara Davis, John Harris, Milton Murry, Lisa Roggeman, Adam Rustige, Jenna Stout, Emily Yale
Apologies: Karen Clifford, Bret Narayan, Tim Nowell, Greg Roggeman, Greg Todd
Guest: Sara Mohamed
A motion was made to approve the Minutes from January 21, by John Harris, and seconded by Sara Davis.
The Board was joined by Sara Mohamed, a Lindenwood Park resident. Sara M. expressed interest in building a social network for parents of young children in the neighborhood and utilizing the Park as a gathering spot. Emily and Pat noted that the formation of a LPNA committee could be a good starting point for planning and support. Sara M. will look into joining the LPNA, a perquisite for serving on a committee. Adam invited Sara M. to give a progress report either in-person or via email for the April Board meeting.
Since Carol Hofer has stepped down from the Board, a motion was made by Lisa Roggeman, and seconded by Emily Yale, to add Adam Rustige and Pat Acquisto as signers on the Lindenwood Park Neighborhood Association (LPNA) account and remove Carol Hofer from the account. All Board members were in accordance with this.
Neighborhood Meeting: to be held at Watson Terrace Christian Church, March 3, 7pm
- Guest speakers – Al Jankowski, Darlene Green
- LPNA Business
- Elected Officials
- LASM & Machacek
Aldermanic Report (Bret not in attendance)
Bret did not send his aldermanic report in advance of the meeting.
Since Bret is unable to attend Saturday meetings, Adam will request that his legislative assistant Dan attend in his stead.
NIS Report (Karen not in attendance)
Karen did not send NIS updates for the meeting.
Committee Reports
Events:
- Trivia Night: Saturday, July 26.
- Flea Market: Saturday, May 17 at Watson Terrace; invites and advertisements will go out in March.
- Meetup: Next meetup will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 6pm-8pm, at Biggie’s.
- Lindenwood Live: Greg is working on securing food truck vendors. Tim plans to be return for next meeting.
- House Tour: The date has not been set yet. Adam will be forming a committee soon.
Beautification:
- Park: Emily reported that Aaron is reaching out to local schools to get volunteers for next cleanup on March 15. Progress on the Park building is continuing, including the recent installation of windows. Emily will check to see if the bathrooms will be open in time for the cleanup and other events this spring.
- Community Garden & Wabash Garden: Milt reported that there is a flood of interest in joining community garden with 33 beds occupied and no additional vacancies. Sharon is working on general maintenance of beds. New beds and compost system will be installed soon.
- Green Team: Tim has requested assistance for Green Team activities.
Communications:
- Greg Roggeman will be meeting soon with committee.
Membership:
- Lisa reported that the membership committee will be meeting on February 24.
- Welcome packs are ready to go out to new residents. Lisa plans to give away a t-shirt in a raffle for new members at the next membership meeting.
- Lisa has reached out to Dan from Benton Park Design regarding production of large LPNA flags. It was also noted that Norma Court needs to be added to the current LPNA logo and street directory.
- Members: 304 current members (293 in January).
Safety:
- The Committee will be meeting soon to focus activities.
Block Captains:
- Pat reported that she’s working with Laurie Klein and Greg Todd to verify the list of current block captains and recruit new block captains.
Century Homes:
- Jenna reported that the next plaque sale cycle will start in March.
Treasurer’s Report:
- Pat has received documentation from Carol as part of the treasurer transition. At the beginning of the meeting, a motion was made to add Pat and Adam to the LPNA account and remove Carol (see top of minutes for motion language).
Old Business
- Date to complete strategic planning: Monday, March 10 at 7pm.
New Business
- Meeting with Jay Understall: Monday, March 10, 8:00pm-8:30pm.
- Discussion on Jay joining the Board: tabled for April meeting when more Board members are present.
- Neighborhood Alliance: Pat requested that this be added to upcoming agendas for her to report to the Board on activities.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:32am.
Respectfully submitted,
Jenna Stout