Lindenwood Park Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, May 10 at Machacek Library
Present: Pat Acquisto, Karen Clifford, Sara Davis, John Harris, Milton Murry, Tim Nowell, Greg Roggeman, Lisa Roggeman, Jenna Stout, Greg Todd, Jay Unnerstall
Apologies: Bret Narayan, Adam Rustige, Emily Yale
Guest: Gina Barrera
At the beginning of the meeting, the Board was joined by guest Gina Barrera of Studio Ivanhoe. Barrera discussed a proposed expansion of her current boutique pilates studio into the adjacent space. This would be an expanded mat studio. As the conditional use hearing is scheduled for the end of July, Barrera requested a letter of support from the LPNA to get a zoning hold waiver and allow for an earlier open date. The Board voted unanimously for the letter of support. Pat will write the letter.
Prospective new board member Jay Unnerstall joined the meeting. A motion was made by Tim to add Jay as a new board member. Milton seconded the motion, and all approved.
A motion was made to approve the Minutes from April 15, by Sara Davis, and seconded by Pat Acquisto.
Neighborhood Meeting: to be held at Watson Terrace Christian Church, June 2, 7pm
- Guest speakers – Shawn Ordway (Assessor)
- LPNA Business
- Elected Officials
- LASM & Machacek
Aldermanic Report (Bret not in attendance)
No report provided by Bret.
NIS Report
Karen (still acting director of NIS) provided an update on problem properties:
- 69xx Marquette – Vacant property.
- Wabash – Water problem, in contact with the Water
- Oleatha – Health order has been signed off on.
- 70xx Mardel – oak stump that needs to be removed.
- Winona – rental issue
Committee Reports
Events:
- Trivia Night: Saturday, July 26. Pat is in the planning stage.
- Flea Market: Saturday, May 17 at Watson Terrace. Yard signs will be put up on May 10. Volunteers will help set up tables on Friday evening, starting at 6pm.
- Meetup: Next meetup will take place on May 27 at Salt and Smoke.
- Lindenwood Live: Tim has distributed the new inclement weather / cancellation policy. Assistance is needed for setting up barricades and signage for the concert dates. Greg has coordinated 6-7 food trucks for each concert.
- House Tour: Sunday, September 14, 11am-5pm. The committee has about 8 houses confirmed. Planning is underway. Pat and Jenna are meeting to write the sponsor letter. Volunteers will be needed for the house tour.
Beautification:
- Park: Emily is in communication with Kim at the Parks Department regarding the mulching and building ceiling condition. The latter was not in the original job specification, so it will be added to a “rainy day projects” list. Mulch will need to be ordered from a third-party vendor, so it will not be done before the first concert date. Lisa needs volunteers to move items out of the Park building. The date was set for May 20 at 6pm.
- Community Garden & Wabash Garden: Milt reported that new beds have been built and a new compost bin through a collaborative project with Seed STL. Some old wood was salvaged for future projects. There is currently a waiting list of gardeners for beds.
- Green Team: Tim noted that the next Green Team clean-up is scheduled for June 7. Tim will order 10 new picker-uppers for trash pick-up. Nick Kimble is checking into why the state has stopped the program for highway trash pick-up. Planters have been filled at the dead end on McCausland.
Communications:
- Greg R. reported that a staging site has been set up to make changes on the website. Future date for changing shop to Square for account to make it easier to do online shopping. Committee work includes creating a link to the book page, redesigning the webpage for new layout and theme.
Membership:
- 8 welcome packs to go out through block captains. 293 current members.
- Banner, bumper stickers, and yard signs are ordered. Final proof for door hangers is at Ink Spot.
- Banner will be at Lindenwood Live with current QR code. Join now button at top of website. The change to Square will list names of people as they pay.
- Ribbon cutting: June concert with membership drive to sell books and stuff; invited people, updated logo.
- Announcement of new members on Facebook: Ask people to agree to having their names on the LPNA website as part of their membership.
Safety:
- John reported that the committee is focusing on pedestrian safety based on results from a recent A memo will be sent to elected officials and Streets. A walk-through is in the works to point out needs for pedestrians. Potential improvements: Portable signs for concerts; repainted crosswalks; road diet for Jamieson.
Block Captains:
- The block captains are working to focus on how to be more useful.
Neighborhood Alliance:
- Working on the closing times of smoke shops clops. Support 911 call center, city asked for emergency funds and got the funds but there is still an empty lot – trying to find out why no action has been taken.
Century Homes:
- Jenna reported that the cost of stamps is costly for mailing postcards to eligible homes, so postcards will be reserved for new homeowners and newly eligible houses each year. Reminders for plaque sale sent to block captains. Planned marketing in the newsletter. Sale deadline is Monday, May 19.
Treasurer’s Report:
- Problems with PayPal letting Pat into the system. Greg will work on this issue. PayPal not showing individual payments. Information needed on PayPal fee.
- Pat is using the desktop version of QuickBooks.
Old Business
- No old business.
New Business
- Date for cleaning and moving stored items into Park building: May 20 at 6pm.
- Coffee shop in Park – Jordan Stretch will talk at the upcoming Board meeting.
- America’s Great Neighborhood Series – Lindenwood Park book – to be sold at the next general membership meeting. Pat is checking on state tax exemption, may need to change the cost of the book to include tax on the website.
- 501c3 status – have to be a charitable group? Perhaps hire an attorney to look into this further.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Jenna Stout