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HomeMy WebLinkAboutInter-Neighborhood Council Draft Minutes 12-11-07**DI2AFT MINUTES** Inter-Neighborhaad Council (INC) Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:00 p.m. Beall Park Recreation Center Attending: Tom Noble (NENA) _ facilitator, Paul Schirmer (SCAN), Duane Burkenpas (Marwyn/Lindley), Dan Biggerstaff (NHVN), Catherine Byrd (CAN), Bob Wall (SENA) 7:00 C. ailed to order Previous meeting's minutes approved 7:05 Edward Sypinski presented some more information on the leadership development workshop that the MSU Local Government Center has proposed to offer to the city. The materials are taken from a workshop developed by the Pew Partnership. These materials are broken into nine modules, of which six have been identified as being of likely interest. Mr. Sypinski presented a proposed agenda for two one-day workshops that would each cover three of the modules. The first would tentatively be scheduled for some time in January/February, while the second would possibly be in late March or April. Mr. Sypinski's experience is that the workshops would work best with more than twenty participants. 7:20 Brit Fontenot discussed the city's view of the workshops and strongly encourage participation. The city has committed to pay for the workshops. Mr. Burkenpas made a motion to accept the offer, and it was seconded. It was then clarified that the target audience is officers and steering committee members from the neighborhood associations. Mr. Burkenpas amended the motion to specify this, it was seconded, and the motion was approved. 7:35 The INC bylaws, including the changes suggested at the Nov. meeting, were reviewed. Mr. Burkenpas motioned that the bylaws in the form presented be accepted. The motion was seconded and approved by a 6 - 0 vote. The bylaws will be presented to the City Commission for approval at the next meeting, next Tuesday, Dec. 17`x'. 7:40 Nominations were taken for new officers. Bob Wall was nominated for secretary/treasurer. Vote was to approve. Dana Huschle was nominated for chairman. Vote was to approve. Bill VandenBos was nominated fbr vice-chairman. Vote was to approve. 7:45 Brit Fontenot reported that the Neighborhood Recognition Ordinance was passed by the City Commission and goes into effect Jan. 9. Rachel Wallace briefly discussed the motion by the City Commission to turn the Story Mansion into a city park and event center, then solicited input on the plan. There was discussion of the cost, how the event center would be scheduled for use, parking, and traffic lights. Ms. Wallace described some possible ways to control cost and to make the mansion "pay as it went" for the renovations. 8:00 There was a rousing discussion of the City's abandoned vehicle ordinance and the perceived discrepancy between the 48 hr. limit in City code and the 5 day limit prescribed by the state. Mr. Fontenot to research further and distribute information to neighborhood leaders for clarification. 8:20 Meeting adjourned. Pie and coffee social followed.