Regent Neighborhood Association (RNA) Board Meeting
June 28th, 2006, 7 PM
Meeting Notes - DRAFT
Present: Kevin Corrado,
David Gundersen, George Hall, Julie Shirley, Troy Thiel, Larry Jacobsen, Troy
Rost, Robbie Webber, Patty Wood
Guests: Sarah Guyer, Ann Rodriguez (Lathrop Street), Chamond Liu
April and June notes and minutes.
No
treasurerŐs report.
No report in order to
address other Board business.
Will
give update of her trip to Ireland at some point. Nothing major to report other than status quo of Whole Foods
development. Verified alarm issue
was discussed and Robbie discussed the need to determine how much is business
and how much is residential alarms.
City Council supported the police position by a vote of 14-3 but the
council might be reconsidering.
á
Garden tour
The
planning is going well. There is
still a need for volunteers for the day of the event.
á
Fourth of July
o
Table/Participating
Organization Policy
Kevin
discussed the need for more volunteers and baked goods on the day of the
event. The Executive Committee
discussed several proposals for tables at the event. Community Cars and a fundraising effort to bid on a cow were
discussed by the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee recommended that both are outside the scope of
the day. There will be a picture
booth for commemorative. The
Planning Committee and a Membership table will be at the event.
á
Regent/Monroe
Development Update
There
is a proposal to rezone and redevelop the Field House Station. Vilas Association will not take a
position until Regent and Dudgeon/Monroe have had a chance to give feedack on
the proposal. Julia Carr is requesting
that there be a large community meeting.
He goes before the Plan Commission August 1st. The Urban Design Committee has given
superficial feedback on size but has not taken a strong position. The plan appears to propose a 6 to 7
story building. The Vilas Board
has not acted, but are concerned about the project and process. Kevin emphasized the need to assert the
AssociationŐs voice in a strong process and also assure the RNA Plan is
respected. Julia Carr made it
clear she did not formally represent the Vilas Neighborhood Association but
that there had been many individual comments in support of pushing the
process.
Action
Item: A letter will be sent from the President to Robert
Sieger/Sieger Architecture, the Alders, and the neighborhood association
membership to assure there is a process for feedback from all three of the
bordering Associations. George
Hall will draft a letter for the President for his edit and transmittal. The Board will then take a position on
the development at a subsequent meeting.
á
Discussion of
Board Retreat
The
concept of the retreat was offered and discussed. The general consensus was that it was a good idea.
Action
Items: Kevin will find times and a facilitator.
á By-Law Revisions
No Action.
á Public Safety
No
action or update.
á Akasha House
Ann
Rodriquez and Sarah Guyer discussed the issues impacting neighbors of the
Akasha house. There have been
burglaries and a fight directly across from the house. The Church and Akasha house been relatively
unresponsive to neighbor reports and questions. The home needs to address these significant concerns. Sara made the case that these issues
need to be address and thereŐs been no accountability from the administration
of the house. The neighbors would
like to know what is going to be done to address past issues and how there will
be prevention of future issues. The church staff have been disrespectful of the
concerns raised by neighbors.
ThereŐs a need to determine the technical and legal requirements of the
House. Sarah expressed the desire
to have the Board support an effort to have the church find new tenants.
Action
Item: Neighbors will be meeting next week to discuss the issue
next week. Sarah will engage Board
members as part of this process.
á Regent Neighborhood Plan
George
discussed the need for an evaluation committee to review proposals from the
contractors. The reviewers will
need to review at least 2 proposals and there is a possibility of up to 6 more. The proposals are due July 3rd
and negotiations complete by early August. The position of the Board members present is that the
selection committee have been authorized by the Board to complete the RFP
process.
Action
Item: David Gundersen will be the Board representative on the
selection committee.
á
University
Relations Committee
Attended
the Stadium Operations committee.
Wisconsin will be having 7 games rather than the normal six. There will be three sets of
back-to-back games. There will
also be the Drum Corps International competition at Camp Randall. This event puts significant stress on
Breese Terrace. They will be
closing down the street for 5 days in August. There will also be family movie night on August 1st
and Family Fun Day. All the
high school football games will not be at the site but the championship games
will be hosted. There are also
issues of access to Breese Terrace via Summit. The Randall spaces are in there last year.
A
survey was done from Spooner to Breese Terrace of property owners. Larry will be sharing a final report on
the results of the survey. Issues
include housing maintenance and other community-wide meetings.
Action
Item: Robbie will check with Tom
Welsh to determine if the Drum Corps International has gone through the proper
process to close down the street.
She will also make sure the idling ordinance is enforced.
Transportation
The
City
Meeting adjourned at
9:34 PM
Respectfully submitted
David Gundersen, June 28th,
2006