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Meeting Minutes - November 13, 2001
Introductions
Agenda
| | Letter of appology - Kappa Sigma Fraternity
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| | Anouncement of a party - Kappa Sigma Fraternity
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| | Horrace Mann/EHC Reception - Lisa Jensen
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| | Walk San Jose Letter - Lisa Jensen
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| | Blight in Area around 11th St and Santa Clara - Bob Harrison
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| | Discussion of Bylaws - Steve Cohen
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| | Agenda approved with the additions above
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New Business
| | Election of the following Slate of Board Members was approved by voice vote.
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| | Residental Tenant - Laura Lam
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| | Income Property - David Gutierrez
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| | Income Property - Candy Russel
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| | At Large - Elizabeth Lynch
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| | Election of the following Slate of Officers was approved by voice vote.
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| | Vice President - Ken Podgorsek
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| | Apology Letter from Kappa Sigma
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| | Chris Yamarua of Kappa Sigma read a letter of appology to the community from the Kappa Sigma Fraternity
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| | Kappa Sigma - Party at Fraternity (9pm to 2am)
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| | The Fraternity is planning a party on Friday Dec. 7, 2001. The party will run from 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM. The party is invitation only and they are expecting about 400 people. They will be informing their neighbors and providing numbers to call if there are any problems.
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| | Board Representation - Steve Cohen
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| | Steve expressed concern that some UNC board members are presenting themselves as UNC representatives at public meetings and then presenting personal opinions. These personal opinions could be confused as board policy. Steve requested the board adopt a policy that states that board members should clearly state when they are presenting personal opinions and observations as opposed to board policy.
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| | David Dudek moved that the board adopt a policy that board members will not represent views that the board has not discussed or come to consensous as views of the board. If board members are presenting personal opinions, they should clearly state that they are personal opinions.
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| | The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
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| | Steve also requested that the board adopt a policy that requires board members to poll the neighborhoods that they represent before voting on items brought before the board. After a discussion of how this policy would work, how it would affect board actions, and the approapriate wording for a motion on this, the discussion was table without a vote. A committee consisting of Tom Clifton, Lance Hile, and Nancy Hickey was formed to examine the proposed policy further and if possible develop a motion to be considered by the board. The committee will report back to the board at the December meeting.
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| | Horace Mann/EHC reception tomorrow night - Lisa Jensen
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| | Horace Mann Neigborhood Association is hosting a reception for the Emergency Housing Consortium (EHC) at their new temporary facility, 31-39 North Fifth Street, San Jose. The reception will be on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 from 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
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| | Walk San Jose Request - Lisa Jensen
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| | Walk San Jose, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, and the City of San Jose, are Co-Applicants for an "Environmental Justice" planning grant for the Coyote Creek Trail. The development of the Coyote Creek Trail could be one of the more important community improvements for Downtown San Jose. It will provide links between our neighborhoods and parks, and further justify the development of our Downtown pedestrian corridors. They need a letters of support from neighborhood groups like UNC as part of their grant application.
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| | A motion was made for the UNC board to provide a letter of support to Walk San Jose for their grant application. The motion was seconded and aproved by voice vote.
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| | Blight Problem on 000 block on 11th street - Bob Harrision
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| | A property in this block is overgrown with weeds and is harboring illegal activities. Bob has been trying to get the problem taken care of but does not feel that the Police or City has responded. He presented pictures of the site that showed the blight problems. He is hoping that UNC could help in getting the problems taken care of.
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| | Lisa Jensen suggested that Bob get together with Anh Nguyen and David Budd to coordinate a plan to take care of the problem. If necessary, we should get the 911 supervisor, the Police Captain, and a member of Cindy's office here next month to report on the problem. Lisa also suggested talking with Kerry Simpson of Code Enforcement and Ray Mendoza from the District Attorney's office about the problem.
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Old Business
| | Historic Survey - Courtney Damkroger, Historic Perservation Officer
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| | Courtney presented information on the ongoing survey of historic structures in the University Neighborhoods. To date, a Windshield Survey has been completed to identify structures that need further evaluation. They are currently doing a more detailed evaluation between 4th and 7th st. Next year they will focus on 7th to 11th St. They have evaluated about 3000 structures so far, but do not have the results of these evaluations yet.
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| | Lisa Jensen wanted to make sure that specific areas within the neighborhood are evaluated so that they could be used as the basis for a historic district.
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| | Candy Russel expressed concern with developing historic districts because of the extra work that might be involved in maintaining a structure in a district..
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| | Courtney pointed out that whether a district is developed or not depends on the whether it qualifies according to the city's ordinance.
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| | Other Questions for Courtney
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| | How is the survey done? are there forms that are filled out?
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| | A form filled out for each property.
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| | How different is this from the 1970's survey.
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| | The survey now is more detailed and requires more stringent research on the structures.
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| | Can we share information with the City? How do we get information that we have on our houses to her?
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| | Contact her through email
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| | Plan Review - Mike Brillot
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| | The Updated Revitalization plan will go to council in late January or February.
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| | The current task is to develop our list of the top 10 priorities. We started this discussion last month and decided that eight items on the existng plan should be continued on the update plans:
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| | Three additional items were moved to the priority list:
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| | A motion to accept these 11 items as our top 10 priorities was moved, seconded and approved.
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