Murdock Neighborhood Association Board Meeting - Minutes
November 6th, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 7:35p by President Doris Livezey at the home of Doris Livezey
Board members present: Harish Chinai, Mori Mandis, Kathy Herington, Doris Livezey, and Gabe Trejo
Welcome
- [1] Introductions [End of 1]
- [2] Board contact info distributed [End of 2]
- [3] Gabe will setup GoogleGroups for new Board [End of 3]
- [4] M/S/A approval of October 24th minutes [End of 4]
Treasurer’s report (from Jenny’s records)
- [1] Treasurer’s report pending approval until next meeting [End of 1]
- [2] Mori suggested drafting a budget for the upcoming year [End of 2]
- [3] Kathy will reconcile the report and update it with all new members from the Summer Picnic, National Night Out, and last general meeting [End of 3]
- [4] Larry, Jenny, Doris, and Kathy will go to the bank to get Signature Cards updated [End of 4]
Officer duties
- [1] Mori will edit the newsletter and content [End of 1]
- [2] Gabe will print and distribute newsletter and manage email list, Mori has list of previous block captains for distribution [End of 2]
- [3] Doris will coordinate with Judy Boehm for the general meetings at Lynbrook High School [End of 3]
- [4] Doris will make initial contact with new Murdock-Portal principal to introduce MNA [End of 4]
- [5] Kathy has volunteered to help on the traffic committee, possibility of forming a committee to have traffic studies conducted in our area [End of 5]
Board Meetings Schedule
- [1] 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm [End of 1]
- [2] Hosting schedule as follows
- [2.1] December 19th, 2007 – Mori Mandis [End of 2.1]
- [2.2] January 16th, 2008 – Harish Chinai [End of 2.2]
- [2.3] February 20th, 2008 – Gabe Trejo [End of 2.3]
- [2.4] March 19th, 2008 – Kathy Herington [End of 2.4]
- [2.5] April 16th, 2008 – Doris Livezey [End of 2.5]
- [2.6] May 21st, 2008 – Mori Mandis [End of 2.6]
- [2.7] June 18th, 2008 – Harish Chinai [End of 2.7]
- [2.8] July 16th, 2008 – Gabe Trejo [End of 2.8]
- [2.9] August 20th, 2008 – Kathy Herington [End of 2.9]
- [2.10] September 17th, 2008 – Doris Livezey [End of 2.10]
- [2.11] October 15th, 2008 – Mori Mandis [End of 2.11]
General Meetings Schedule
- [1] Tentative Schedule with locations TBD
- [1.1] Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 [End of 1.1]
- [1.2] Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 [End of 1.2]
- [1.3] Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 [End of 1.3]
- [1.4] Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 [End of 1.4]
- [2] General meeting in July may be changed to another month pending venue availability [End of 2]
- [3] Summer picnic is tentatively scheduled for July 26th [End of 3]
- [4] Upcoming Guest Speakers
- [4.1] Doris will contact PG&E Grid Engineer to speak on power outages [End of 4.1]
- [4.2] Mori will contact Earth Shakes rep to speak on emergency preparedness and possibly bring ready made kits to our meeting [End of 4.2]
- [5] Doris will contact the other neighborhood associations to invite them to our meeting [End of 5]
Park Report
- [1] Three trees were removed from the park by the city, they will be replaced this Saturday by Our City Forest [End of 1]
- [2] Doris has agreed to sponsor the new trees, she may ask for help maintaining them [End of 2]
Tulip Trees
- [1] There are 40 new trees in the Lockhaven area to be planted, on Saturday there will be a planting effort [End of 1]
- [2] Some applications have been sent to Our City Forest, Doris is trying to organize the planting effort in the Murdock area [End of 2]
- [3] We do have a database with addresses for all the affected parcels [End of 3]
Traffic calming
- [1] There is a new principal at Murdock-Portal we need to team up with to resolve traffic issues [End of 1]
- [2] Doris will setup traffic monitoring with SJPD during peak traffic hours [End of 2]
- [3] Kathy will request a speed machine set up on Castle Glen [End of 3]
District 1 Leadership Group - voting members
- [1] Bob Fanjoy and Mori Mandis will be our voting members, Doris Livezey is the alternate [End of 1]
- [2] D1 Leadership meetings are open to the public [End of 2]
- [3] There is grant money available for future projects, this group will lead us through the application process [End of 3]
Volunteered duties - Positions open:
- [1] We have someone that is interested in the Second Vice President position, Mori will forward the info to Doris so she can meet her [End of 1]
- [2] Larry has volunteered to continue helping with the tree committee [End of 2]
- [3] Margie and Larry Murchan have volunteered to continue their great work with our summer picnic [End of 3]
- [4] Duties currently open:
- [4.1] Setting up realtor signs for General Meetings [End of 4.1]
- [4.2] Coordination for National Night Out [End of 4.2]
M/S/A Adjournment at 9:15p
Next meeting will be hosted by Mori on Dec 19th at 7:30pm
Respectfully Submitted by
Gabriel Trejo,Recording Secretary