Meeting Minutes-January 10, 2019

Dimmitt’s Grove Neighborhood Association● Meeting was called to order at 6:34 PM at the Green Top Grocery Cafe by PresidentBrad Williams● 15 association members total present for the duration of the meeting and introductionswere made prior to any neighborhood business: Brad Williams of 613 E. Grove, KarenSchmidt of 409 E. Grove, Melani Hunter of 603 E. Grove, Kathryn Kerr of 608 E. Front,Pamala Eaton of 512 E. Taylor, Amanda Fein and Eli Eisele of 705 E. Olive, Megan Ortizof 710 E. Front, Theresa Necessary of 404 S. McLean, Jerica Etheridge of 407 S.Evans, Sarah Hanzel of 601 E. Jackson, Heather Coe of 403 E. Olive, Brandon, August,and Sarah Gray of 507 E. Taylor.● The minutes from last meeting were approved along with minutes from the previousmeeting● The treasurer reported a balance of $3012.11 in the Neighborhood account with nocurrent expenses and no activity since the Bake Sale● Old business consisted of discussion on the planning commission, our historic signsproject, and the walking tour pamphlets○ Planning Commission - Our Neighborhood plan was approved and accepted atthe January 9th meeting. Brad Williams was in attendance and was appreciativeof the Commission’s decision in the face of some opposition. A discussion ofR3B zoning around the downtown area took place, including the historicalreasons for initially adopting this zoning plan after WW2 and the potentialnegative impacts to the affected areas due to inappropriate development. Planswere made to share these concerns with other affected neighborhoods in anattempt to present a unified front towards change. Karen Schmidt would becoordinating with the West Side.○ Historic Signs - The Committee reiterated the plan to recruit another 12neighborhood homes to add Historic Signs this year and also highlighted some ofthe difficulties involved in populating the QR linked website pages associatedwith each sign/home. At this point, only one of the original 12 sign owners hassubmitted data for this and Sarah Hanzel was encouraging for the other signowners to submit their histories, but apprehensive of the difficulties in moving thatdata from emails and onto the website. Brandon and Sarah Gray offered to helpif needed.○ Walking Tour Pamphlets - The Walking Tour Pamphlets remain in the editingprocess with Committee members wanting wait for more sunshine and greenertrees before finishing the photography.● New business consisted of discussion on the Winter Social, the Dimmitt’s Grove plansubmission to City Council, and the FGNA hosted Crockpot Cookoff.○ Winter Social - Sarah Gray presented information from Bella at Meltdown onspecifics and availability for another screen printing social. Tee shirts purchasedthere are $15 for the first, $10 for each after. Outside items brought in are $10for the first and $5 for each after. The preferred start time is 5:30 and no rentalfee is charged. Some dates were discussed and all in attendance expressed apreference for February 21. Sarah Gray will follow up to confirm date availabilityand additional details relating to food and drinks. Also, those in attendanceapproved funds for Sarah Hanzel to purchase baby onesies, grocery bags, andother items to be screen printed and sold/given away by the neighborhood.○ City Council - Now that the Dimmitt’s Grove Neighborhood Plan has beenapproved by the City Planning Commission, it will be presented to the CityCouncil for consideration. At this point, amendments are being considered priorto that presentation addressing the R3B zoning issue among others. There arealso some edits in consideration to make correlation of the Neighborhood Planand the City Comprehensive Plan easier to see as well as correlation betweenthe Neighborhood Plan and items that have already been actionable.○ Crockpot Cookoff - FGNA is hosting a Crockpot Cookoff with DGNA and DT atA&B Hatchery on March 3rd● Committees reporting included the Block Captains and Safety○ Block Captains - Donnie was not present, but the monthly crime report includinga small handful of minor crimes was reviewed.○ Safety - Brad reported on the modern body cameras being used BPD● Next meeting will be March 7 @ 7:00 PM hosted by Jerica Etheridge at 407 S. Evans.● Meeting was called adjourned at 7:30 PM by President Brad Williams