Murdock Neighborhood Association Board Meeting - Minutes
January 16th, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7:35p by President Doris Livezey at the home of Harish Chinai Board members present: Doris Livezey, Mori Mandis, Kathy Herington, Harish Chinai, and Gabe Trejo

Welcome

• [1] M/S/A Approval of December Board Meeting Minutes with approved corrections [End of 1]

Treasurer’s Report

• [1] Balance is $2037.04 as of December 31st, 2007 [End of 1]
• [2] Mailing address for account has been changed to Kathy Herington for all future bank correspondence [End of 2]
• [3] Doris formally requests a date column corresponding to each expense on treasurer’s report [End of 3]

Traffic Committee Report

• [1] Jan. 9th the DOT conducted speed and volume data gathering on three streets: Huntingdon, Castle Glen and Wunderlich. Intersections on Johnson were also considered but ultimately left for a joint traffic study involving the other associations around Lynbrook High School [End of 1]
• [2] Second part of the study included a survey conducted by a safety patrol officer at Murdock-Portal Elementary, details of the report are noted below in an email sent from DOT Contact
  • [2.1] Hi Kathy,Here is the School Safety officer’s assessment:
    • [2.1.1] The passenger loading zone on Wunderlich is used as a right turn pocket/queuing area to enter the drop off/pick up lanes near the main office. There is a sign at the exit to this area stating “left turn only.” Many parents ignore this sign and make right turns. The right turning vehicles create a blockage with parents trying to turn into the staff lot. Parents also block the sidewalk. [End of 2.1.1]
    • [2.1.2] The staff parking lot on the north side of the school is also used as a drop off/pick up area. The exit is marked as “right turn only.” Most parents adhere to the sign. [End of 2.1.2]
    • [2.1.3] Parents making left turns into the staff lot southbound on Wunderlich, completely block the southbound lane of travel when no space is available to get into the lot. This creates a backup well past the intersection with Ora St. Parents also block the sidewalk. [End of 2.1.3]
    • [2.1.4] When the SB lane is obstructed, other vehicle past in both directions. [End of 2.1.4]
    • [2.1.5] Many parents walk their children across the street mid block on Wunderlich without watching out for through traffic. [End of 2.1.5]
    • [2.1.6] Many vehicles were observed NOT stopping for pedestrians in the crosswalk at Ora. [End of 2.1.6]
    • [2.1.7] Many vehicles were observed parking in residential driveways and red zones around the school. [End of 2.1.7]
    • [2.1.8] Very few vehicles come to a complete stop at the stop sign SB on Wunderlich at Castle Glen. [End of 2.1.8]
    Regards, DOT Representative [End of 2.1]
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• [3] We are grateful for the tremendous help Meghan Revolinsky has been as Pete Constant’s office representative. She has called a meeting on January 23rd between MNA Treasurer Kathy Herington, M-P Principal Julie Ales, and our DOT Representative [End of 3]

District 1 Leadership Group Report

• [1] Mori Mandis will work with Tim Quigly to navigate the grant application process, the grant qualification period begins May 1st 2008 and ends April 30th 2009 [End of 1]
• [2] Actions to be completed for grant eligibility
  • [2.1] Complete required courses [End of 2.1]
  • [2.2] Form a budget for years proposed activities [End of 2.2]
  • [2.3] Document all expenditures, donations, and any hours spent by volunteer board outside of monthly meeting [End of 2.3]
  • [2.4] Board members need to keep track of all hours spent outside board and general meetings.  All donations and monies spent need to be recorded also for in-kind credit. [End of 2.4]
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• [3] Doris will attend budget deficit meeting this Saturday as MNA Representative [End of 3]

Vacant Positions

• [1] Open positions are Second Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary [End of 1]
• [2] Gabe will no longer serve on the board effective January 24th, 2008 [End of 2]
• [3] We need help from the neighborhood in filling these vacancies, please contact the board if you or someone you know could help [End of 3]

Old Business

• [1] January 23rd General Meeting tentative outline
  • [1.1] 7:00 – Social [End of 1.1]
  • [1.2] 7:15 – Welcome / Vote on amendment proposal [End of 1.2]
  • [1.3] 7:20 – Meghan Revolinsky, Representative to Pete Constant’s Office [End of 1.3]
  • [1.4] 7:30 – Dan Rothenbush, PG&E Grid Engineer [End of 1.4]
  • [1.5] 7:50 – Bernie Rosales, SJPD Gang Unit Rep [End of 1.5]
  • [1.6] 8:05 – Servando Perez, SJPD Anti-Graffiti Unit Rep [End of 1.6]
  • [1.7] 8:20 – Open Forum [End of 1.7]
  • [1.8] 9:00 – Meeting Adjournment [End of 1.8]
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• [2] Action Items for the meeting
  • [2.1] Harish – Setup Realtor signs Sunday afternoon in strategic locations (Harder and Huntingdon, Wunderlich and Greenoak, Castle Glen and Johnson, Kimberly and Johnson) Also, Set up MNA Meeting directional arrow signs on Lynbrook Campus day of meeting [End of 2.1]
  • [2.2] Doris – will bring nametags, arrange for water and cookies, bring clipboards [End of 2.2]
  • [2.3] Kathy – will bring sign in sheet for member check in and collect member dues [End of 2.3]
  • [2.4] Mori and Doris will greet neighbors upon arrival [End of 2.4]
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New Business

• [1] Doris will work with Sigi, our webmaster, in reimbursement for website expenses over the last year [End of 1]
• [2] Sigi has requested help from the board to maintain an updated phone number list under the “Resources” section of the MNA website [End of 2]
• [3] Kathy will handle all membership application correspondence, applications may be mailed to P.O. Box 2545, Saratoga, CA 95070-0545 [End of 3]

M/S/A Adjournment at 9:06p Next meeting will be the General Meeting on Wednesday January 23rd in the Lynbrook Cafeteria Next board meeting will be on February 20th at Doris’ House

Respectfully Submitted by
Gabriel Trejo,Recording Secretary