MHCA Area Directors' meeting minutes

Midvale Heights Community Association

June 24, 2014 – Board Meeting

Board Members Present: Ed Rogers, Tom Jarvis, Floyd Stautz, Jenny Chipault, Jonn Lager, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Jim Thoreson, Greg Fisher, Paul Haskew, Peter Schell, Denise Lamb, Ron Rotter

1. Meeting called to order by E Rogers
2. Prior Minutes Review/Approval
   1. Motion to approve April and May minutes passes.
3. Treasurer's Report
   1. Details distributed in hard copy
   2. MHCA membership fees and T-ball money are coming in
   3. The bill from HyVee for the neighborhood picnic seemed reasonable.
      1. Picnic started right at 6pm, Hyvee had huge roasters on site (they did not want to grill because of weather).
      2. Pretty good showing, especially given the weather. F Stautz thinks about 100 people in attendance; Jill Carlson had relayed that she thought around 200 people attended.
      3. R Rotter was the one that set up picnic tables
4. Legislative Report
   1. Alder Cheeks communicated that it's budget time for Madison so forward ideas/requests to him.
5. Membership Drive Update
   1. T Jarvis says, not counting new forms, all memberships have been entered; 181 registered, 11 not paid, 169 returning members, 33 were not members last year (but might have been in previous years), 118 used online registration, 129 mailed in registration form.
      1. R Rotter had lots of new mailed in forms in hand (counted 115)
      2. 43 members made donations in addition to their membership fee
   2. D Lamb wonders if we want to send out another postcard. Or just do a word of mouth push?
      1. Postcard deemed best idea. Will wait and extract mailing list after this round of forms is entered into system so only sending postcard to relevant households.
      2. D Lamb will also add something about membership to the next newsletter. D Lamb reminds us that we don't meet in July so need to make these decisions now
      3. R Rotter says postcards printed through Econo Print previously were relatively inexpensive.
   3. T Jarvis will be in charge of entering data. D Lamb will design the postcard. R Rotter will run labels.
   4. D Lamb asks P Haskew if he's doing discount cards again.
      1. Confirmed.
      2. P Haskew says Nonno's Italian restaurant has agreed to be added to discount card, also another store in that strip mall. F Stautz is asking Taco Bell.
      3. When businesses sign up, the agreement is a hand shake. P Haskew will go around with blank cards to distribute to each participating business this year
6. Segoe Park Update
   1. Make Music Madison
      1. E Rogers signed up Segoe park as venue and two musicians showed up to play. About 50 people in attendance.
      2. If anyone else wants to get another park in the neighborhood involved in Make Music Madison in future years, E Rogers can tell people how it's done
      3. D Lamb wonders about sponsoring a music series for summer one night a month in Segoe Park.
         1. E Rogers thinks people would enjoy this and also the lay of the land is conducive in that there's a higher spot that's a natural stage of sorts. Parks Department would likely be on board.
      4. D Lamb wonders what rates bands would charge.
         1. P Haskew says $150 for 6 member band. Musicians getting paid less and less. $50 a head for musicians is probably a good rate
      5. J Thoreson wonders about renting amplification.
         1. E Rogers said would have to work with Parks regarding that because doesn't think there's an outlet right now. E Rogers thinks it's a necessity. We would have to talk to neighbors in that area.
      6. J Thoreson wonders about tying music to the picnic
      7. R Rotter brings up arranging food carts for nights when we have music. Or ice cream trucks.
      8. R Rotter says first thing is to see if we can get power. Generator might be louder than music so would be good to have outlet.
   2. Ice Rink
      1. Had meeting in which two people from Westmorland came and talked to our neighbors about the possibility of bringing an ice rink back to Segoe Park
      2. Parks would need to get the ball rolling because they provide the opportunity for neighborhood to maintain a rink. If they get commitment from neighborhood, they'll set up heated utility shed with hydrant and hose, porta-potty, light, and do some snow removal. They wait until a neighborhood approaches and asks for a rink.
      3. Last week had another meeting on site at the park with the Park Dept and our alder. Westmorland experts showed up to that meeting, too. Plan is to put in a recreational rink on east side of park.
      4. P Schell asks if there have been any neighborhood champions.
         1. E Rogers says someone that lives just a few doors down creates rink in his yard every year. About a dozen people showed up to the meeting about the ice rink. If neighborhood has a core group of volunteers every year, we could keep quality ice.
      5. F Stautz not sure about having a hockey game going on the recreational rink. Might want to keep them separate
      6. J Chipault wonders what repercussions would be if Parks builds it and we can't maintain it.
         1. They wouldn't flood it the following year.
      7. J Thoreson wonders how late lights would be on? We should talk to neighbors about lighting.
      8. P Schell's would like at least 3 dedicated people.
      9. F Stautz reminds us that neighborhood survey results indicate a lot of support
      10. J Thoreson brings up that Garner park ice rink is closed
      11. P Haskew mentions that demographics in neighborhood are changing so more likely to get young families using the rink
      12. Motion by J Thoreson that MHCA supports a recreational ice rink in Segoe park. Motion passes.
7. Announcements
   1. D Lamb made it to the tail end of the bike rest stop dedication ceremony on Saturday. Quite a crowd of bike federation people. Dedicated bike rest to a man who was killed on bike in Mississippi. Already a little kid with a flat tire so it's getting used. Still a possibility that we could get water installed at this site later.
      1. R Rotter said there were 5 people stopped there when he went by the other day
   2. Jill sent D Lamb an application for the garage sale and it will be in newsletter
   3. J Thoreson and C Kreimendahl spent some time at bison prairie recently, weeding.
      1. C Kreimendahl sent out email about volunteers from a church to MHCA board, but D Lamb worried that kids won't be able to tell weeds from perennials
      2. J Thoreson and C Kreimendahl talked about hiring a company to do work at bison prairie site next spring.
      3. No responses from posting on master gardeners list
      4. High profile area so we should keep it looking nice.
8. T Jarvis wonders if he put membership directory online, would that be a problem. Someone who is a member would be able to see it online. Also wonders about how to make email addresses of neighbors more available to members - not this year, but maybe something to think about in future.
   1. There was discussion about whether or not directory still valuable given can find information online
   2. Should we password protect the directory, or not?
   3. D Lamb says if we put newsletter online (didn't have to print it), it could be done monthly
   4. D Lamb brings up discussion about what kind of things we send out emails for. What D Lamb likes it for the best is something that we hear about from the city that will miss the deadline for the newsletter.
      1. E Rogers says we could make an off-month email that gives a summary of events
      2. E Rogers suggests that we put it on August agenda to determine if/when to send emails
9. R Rotter got mailer at his door from police saying there's been a burglary in the neighborhood
10. F Stautz says there another insurance option for the water line (similar to the situation we saw with the sewage lateral line)
11. Yesterday was 10 years to the day since the Midvale Heights tornado
12. Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm

Minutes recorded by Jenny Chipault, Secretary

May 27, 2014 – Board Meeting

Board Members Present: Chuck Kreimendahl, Tom Jarvis, Ron Rotter, Cathy Rotter, Floyd Stautz, Jenny Chipault, Mary J. Armstrong, Jonn Lager, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Jim Thoreson

Others Present: Jim Vannes (new neighbor)

1. Meeting called to order by C Kreimendahl
2. Decision to delay approval of minutes because minutes long, no hard copies brought to meeting, and not many board members present
3. Treasurer report
   1. No report because not much has changed.
   2. May Membership Messenger mailing went out. $210 through post office.
   3. Picnic postcard notice arrived at most homes in neighborhood today. Picnic mailer done through Econo print, no bills yet.
4. No legislative reports
5. Odana/Segoe Sign Replacement
   1. City has some money available that could defray our cost. C Kreimendahl contacted city a few months ago and received a reply recently requesting a quote.
   2. Part of approval was finding a new site for sign because used to be by what is now Tyberius Terrace but had been damaged so much at that site. So thinking it could be moved across Odana, in triangle of grass by bus stop and Odana Lane.
   3. City said it would have to go through approvals but they don’t foresee a problem.
   4. R Rotter says quote we got last fall for replacing the sign on Mineral Point was around $2100-3100
   5. C Kreimendahl wants board approval to ask city for money.
      1. MJ Armstrong thinks good idea because the triangle is clear and she enjoys seeing signs around the neighborhoods so thinks it’s a good investment in our neighborhood. Increased visibility at proposed corner: apartments are quite a ways away and city changed parking there too. And she hasn’t seen any vandalism in that area.
      2. Motion to move forward and ask city for funds carries.
6. Membership Drive Update
   1. 145 memberships via USPS mail, 40 online
   2. C Kreimendahl asks if picnic mailer had information about membership.
      1. Group doesn't think so but not many have read it thoroughly yet
      2. C Kreimendahl wonders if we should send reminder post card about membership
   3. R Rotter looking for volunteers to enter membership data
      1. T Jarvis says volunteers would have to log in via MHCA website, but not hard to do
      2. C Rotter says task is easy to do but time consuming
         1. MJ Armstrong and K Reuter-Krohn offer to help.
      3. T Jarvis thinks he’ll send out test email about once a week to see if member email address accurate ###If same member information as last year, then just have to confirm that they’ve paid
      4. Rotters will keep the checks and give volunteers the form
   4. Chuck will set up something for at the picnic so that people can register there or at least get information on membership
   5. Couple people volunteered to help renew vendors for discount card
      1. P Haskew concerned that don’t always have person in charge of business present (could be teen managing cash register), so suggestion of mailing out form with C Kreimendahl contact information and then we’d just follow-up with people who don’t reply to mailer.
      2. F Stautz wonders if it would be of interest to find out who uses cards at the different places
         1. Yes, if we can task an MBA
      3. Dental office on the list has already inquired to see if they are part of program still.
      4. C Kreimendahl will work with P Haskew to create letter
      5. R Rotter says that they should be asked to contact us if they want to opt OUT. Easier for everyone.
      6. T Jarvis wonders if businesses want to update their blurb on our website –suggestion to put that in the letter to send to businesses
      7. T Jarvis brings up auto subscription for members
         1. Deemed not really necessary
7. Member E-Mail Use Policy
   1. Board gets emails asking us if people can use our database to send out notices (e.g., student house painters) or from city asking to distribute information
   2. We assume neighbors give us email addresses because they want to be updated on things in neighborhood
   3. We can tell people to post on Facebook or put an ad in our Midvale Messenger if they want to reach members
   4. T Jarvis says he sent email about dog missing last year and did Kids Clubhouse email this year
      1. Some people will get reassigned to email list when re-register
      2. T Jarvis concern that he’ll get kicked off his server if too many spam reports
         1. T Jarvis could prove that the person registered on such and such a date to his server provider
   5. R Rotter reminds us that there many ways to opt out – don’t have to give email address during membership and can unsubscribe to email
   6. C Kreimendahl doesn’t want us to cry wolf too much and have people not read emails
   7. J Chipault wants more emails and would read them but T Jarvis reluctant to send out lots of emails
   8. C Kreimendahl thinking about contacting other neighborhoods to see if they have a policy
   9. T Jarvis says anyone can already set up forums on topics and "watch" whatever topics they are interested in via Midvale Heights website
8. Announcements
   1. New neighbor, Jim Vannes, wanted to get a sense of what we do so decided to attend a meeting.
      1. Thinks forums would be great.
      2. Concerned about radon in houses in our area. He purchased house in January and tax assessor said radon problems very common.
         1. Could have someone from city give presentation.
         2. J Chipault will contact city to see if someone can do write-up for future Midvale Messenger.
   2. C Kreimendahl will email board regarding picnic if we need help with set up. Believe that HyVee is catering the main course.
   3. E Rogers sends updates via email during meeting and MJ Armstrong gets updates via smart phone.
      1. The meeting for the Segoe Park Ice Rink is scheduled for this Monday, June 2nd, 6:45pm at the Sequoya Library Room A. Alder Maurice Cheeks has been invited, and many others have expressed interest.
      2. Make Music Madison has registered Segoe Park as a venue for the June 21st event. So far, two performers have agreed to appear, but we are free to recruit more between now and the final event. We specified that amplification was not an option for performers.
   4. J Thoreson says should set date for Bison Gateway clean-up. He received no responses from master gardeners website post.
      1. J Lager says on there's some people near block 9 that are working on one bed of Tokay median.
      2. C Kreimendahl and J Thoreson to talk about what day of the week is best and will let Janice Gary know. Janice sent C Kreimendahl a summary about what we needed to do at Bison Prairie but no one taking the lead yet.
      3. Someone emailed C Kreimendahl regarding Bison Gateway to ask who is in charge of decorating bison for holidays. C Kreimendahl will ask Janice.
9. Meeting adjourned at 7:30pm

Minutes recorded by Jenny Chipault, Secretary

April 22 2014 – Board Meeting

Board Members Present: Chuck Kreimendahl, Ron Rotter, Cathy Rotter, Tom Jarvis, Nan Lager, Floyd Stautz, Jim Thoreson, Jenny Chipault, Denise Lamb, Steve Graham, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Ed Rogers, Greg Fischer, Gary Poulson, Paul Haskew

Others Present: Jarrod Bogucki (new neighbor), Joe Parisi (Dane County Executive), Melissa Malott (Dane County Executive Assistant), Carousel Bayrd (Dane County Supervisor)

1. Meeting called to order by C Kreimendahl
2. County Executive Rap Session - Joe Parisi
   1. Joe Parisi has been county exec since 2011.
   2. Wants to talk about lakes work, seems especially appropriate because of Earth Day.
   3. Challenges lakes face are from phosphorus run off and we know how to address that now (urban and agriculture)
      1. One pound of phosphorus results in 500 pounds of algae.
      2. Science tells us that reducing phosphorus input by 50% will results in noticeable difference in lakes.
   4. Created a coalition (farmers, gov, nonprofit, business) to support phosphorus reduction efforts.
      1. To comply with federal phosphorus regulations, MMSD (Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District) is required to reduce phosphorus by a certain amount by a certain time
      2. Can install pollution control equipment at the source, but very expensive and doesn't address phosphorus levels in chain of lakes (north of Lake Mendota).
      3. Via Adaptive Management approach, MMSD and other entities are allowed to reduce phosphorus in northern watershed and get credit for that instead of reducing phosphorus from pipe at plant.
      4. Partnerships with farmers to implement practices that reduce phosphorus involve roofs over field lots, buffers along streams, etc. has so far prevented 4600 lbs of phosphorus from entering watershed.
   5. Manure digesters - Waunakee open, Springfield officially open in another couple of months.
      1. Digesters reduce methane, create renewable energy (2500 homes worth of power), and reduce phosphorus in manure by about 60% during digestion.
      2. Digester "tea" still has 40% of phosphorus in it and trying to figure out what to do with tha
      3. Springfield will make tea into pure water. Fiber will be used as fertilizer, which can be sold to areas that are phosphorus deficient.
      4. Vast majority of run-off occurs in 29 days of year; spring thaw.
      5. Many farmers run out of storage space for manure in winter so digester solves that problem, too. In budget is also manure storage spot in winter that connects to Waunakee digester.
      6. Also in budget is funding to look for other storage spots and/or acquire some of the farms that perhaps should be restored to wetlands.
      7. "Yahara Pride" farmers have set up their own certification program.
      8. G Poulson asks how much the digesters cost.
         1. J Parisi says 12 million dollars for digester - County 6.6 million (via two separate 3.3. million grants made available to investors). Springfield is owned by Gunderson (renewable energy and 8% return on their investment). County doesn't own it or run it, just facilitates partnerships.
         2. Looking to open more. Currently, one digester in Alliance area and one in MG&E area; utilities need to pay decent buy-back rate to make digesters money-makers.
      9. Natural gas generated at landfills; can compress it and then use it to run county vehicles (for about $1/gallon) so perhaps digesters could provide compressed natural gas for vehicles too.
   6. P Haskew asks about rapid transit.
      1. J Parisi says we don't have funding to run mass transit; municipalities run their own transit systems. Almost able to form an RTA (rapid transit association) but disappeared when new governor took office.
   7. C Kreimendahl asks about white privilege discussions.
      1. J Parisi confirms that there has been a lot of work done regarding racial disparities. He sees a lot of focus on schools, but wants to look at homes, too.
      2. He has asked the human services department what role county could play. 500 million dollar budget, half to human services. "Early childhood zone" builds on programming already in place and works with families, as soon as mother is pregnant, to stabilize situation (school, stable rent, drug/alcohol programs, etc.). Program used to be birth to age 3 and expanded to age 4 so that kids will be enrolled in 4K. Working with United Way to help parents.
      3. Money in 2014 budget for youth eviction prevention.
      4. Also doing lots of work regarding employment - Urban League, building trades, MATC, etc. - matching unemployed minorities with construction trade jobs. Project Big Step matches jobs/trades with people looking for work. Helps guide people through apprenticeship process.
      5. Final disparity involves criminal system in that it's hard to find employment after criminal record. 2014 budget has re-entry coordinator that works in the jail to help plan for re-entry. On state level, we spend more on corrections system than entire UW system.
   8. E Rogers asks about slow 911 dispatch times and wonders what county is doing.
      1. J Parisi says much more complicated than mayor displayed. Soglin criticized protocols, but protocols were created by people who are complaining. Mayor never asked Joe about it. Response time average takes into account low priority calls. Joe feels system is good. 80% of calls come in from cell phone now so can't tell where call coming from, only know nearest cell tower, so have to ask people to describe their location and that takes time.
         1. C Bayrd says Public Protection and Judiciary committee oversees 911 board and they see call times quarterly and, in general, times have been the same for years. There are two issues: 1) Madison fire chief wanted more information about fire before dispatching crew, while new fire chief wants to send right away and 2) Location is hard to figure out due to increased cell phone use so that is adding to time.
   9. People are welcome to contact J Parisi or M Malott with further questions.
3. Prior Minutes Review/Approval
   1. Board Approved
4. Treasurer’s Report
   1. R Rotter relays that we have a little less than $40,000
   2. C Bayrd is on PTO at Van Hise and they are trying to rebuild playground (multiple year project), so she might ask for donation in the future.
   3. D Lamb brings up that Midvale school also needs new playground.
   4. N Lager needs to ask for money for Tokay plantings.
      1. She has a few people interested in replanting bed in front of their houses.
      2. Last year the city offered $500 that we did not use; city hasn't responded this year.
      3. She's also interested in getting rosebed at Woodside Terrace corner in honor of Jean Sweet.
      4. D Lamb wonders if we can find people that know about gardening design to create plans.
      5. Motion to make Tokay planting allocation up to $1000.
         1. T Jarvis says total donations came to $791.
         2. Motion carries.
5. Legislative Reports
   1. C Bayrd is hoping that her public protection and judiciary committee meeting can be moved off Tuesday nights so she can be at Midvale Heights monthly meetings.
   2. Regarding manure digester, a complaint she has heard from city residents is that we pay money in city to clean up rural farms for MMSD via water utility bill. Alternative is to clean up at sewage district but that's not as effective.
      1. D Lamb asks if we have combined sewers. No.
      2. Leaves on ground in city also add phosphorus.
      3. Also issue of salt (e.g., water softeners).
   3. Racial disparities and mental health are issues she's continues to work on.
6. Make Music Madison (6/21/14)/Segoe Park Survey Update
   1. Segoe Park survey deadline approaching; 208 surveys completed (128 online, 76 mailed, 4 emailed).
   2. E Rogers distributed hand out that had graph showing demonstrable efficacy of multiple routes of advertisement based on peaks in survey responses happening after reminding neighbors about survey via email, Facebook, etc.
   3. Most popular are live music, picnic tables within a pavilion, more benches, better/more playground equipment, and ice skating rink.
   4. Live music is top of list and, conveniently, Make Music Madison is coming up.
      1. Program mimics what happens every year in France. Event is Saturday June 21st, summer solstice.
      2. Registration deadline for venues and musicians is Thursday May 15th. Matchmaking board online pairs musicians with venues. No park permit fees.
      3. E Rogers also distributed handbook for becoming a venue. Ed suggests we sign ourselves up on the website, put a notice in the Midvale Messenger, etc.
         1. D Lamb wonders how we provide power to musicians. C Bayrd thinks we could use this as way to test if we get a crowd - maybe only list narrow window of time for performances? Should promote it at the annual neighborhood picnic. Can't list bands in newsletter because won't know in time, but might be able to put that info on postcard announcing picnic.
            1. C Kreimendahl suggests small group should meet to make these decisions.
         2. G Poulson voices his uncomfortableness regarding the fact that there is no payment to professionals for performing art. Also, Isthmus Jazz Festival is same day. J Thoreson says musicians can advertise themselves - promote next paying gig or pass around tip jar. Saturday concerts at Segoe Park might be good way to go in future and G Poulson would like to get involved with that.
         3. Motion to MHCA to put forward Segoe Park for Make Music Madison venue and that E Rogers lead a committee to work out details.
            1. Motion carries.
            2. Ed will send follow up email asking for participants for committee.
         4. Suggestion to put MHCA membership booth at event.
   5. Ice skating rink was also high on "want" list.
      1. Adopt Ice Partnership is what city has established to keep ice rinks in parks. E Rogers met with two people from Westmorland and they looked at parks (Westmorland, Segoe, and Nakoma) together. They could tell where rink was previously at Segoe. Segoe already has lot of what is necessary for an ice rink but we'd need a bit of help from the city. City creates rink and clears it after there's more than 2" of snow (and after they've cleared everywhere else). We would need volunteers to keep ice nice. Westmorland has good crew that maintains rinks. We'd need better water hook up (frost proof hydrant, or shed with heater and hose hookup). Regarding lights, the pole is already there at Segoe.
      2. 48 people that replied via survey that they wanted a rink also provided email addresses. About 6 people also put in comments how much they wanted a rink.
      3. E Rogers proposes that in a month or two we host a volunteer meeting to discuss possibility of maintaining rink and see who shows up. Have Tim and Dave from Westmorland there. Advertise meeting in newsletter? And can email people who said they are interested.
      4. Move that a meeting be scheduled at a later date to discuss ice rink at Segoe Park and that payment for 4 pizzas be included (roughly $50).
         1. City pays for water and electric.
         2. Westmorland actually has two rinks - one hockey, one not.
         3. Motion carries.
7. Membership Drive
   1. Proposed schedule provided.
      1. 4/29 Final draft of Membership flyer to printer
      2. 5/6 Address flyers to be ready for mailing
      3. May-June Monitor website/mail registrations
      4. 6/19 Promote membership at picnic
      5. June-July Contact Discount Card vendors for renewal (Committee? Or each director take two?)
      6. Early August Update Directory
      7. Mid-August Mail directory/discount card to members
   2. D Lamb passed out Membership Messenger for review.
   3. Can put C Kreimendahl as contact in Messenger because no membership board. D Lamb changed date on form and nothing else.
   4. D Lamb will email PDF to group for review.
   5. D Lamb got letter from person who wants to offer 10% discount.
   6. C Kreimendahl will call a meeting to assemble flyers for mailing.
8. Announcements
   1. T Jarvis sent out an email blast to members about Kids' Clubhouse, etc. and 54 people clicked on link.
   2. We should create policy on what we email out. Maybe an agenda item next meeting? D Lamb thinks that things that are of general interest and time-sensitive should be emailed out.
   3. C Kreimendahl says he heard that 10 kids are signed up for Kids' Clubhouse.
   4. Stephanie Mikesell is retiring as Santa visit coordinator. She says she has a good group of volunteers but they need a coordinator.
9. Adjourned at 8:45pm

Minutes recorded by Jenny Chipault, Secretary

March 25, 2014 – Board Meeting

Board Members Present: Chuck Kreimendahl, Tom Jarvis, Ron Rotter, Cathy Rotter, Jonn Lager, Floyd Stautz, Jim Thoreson, Jason Butler, Jenny Chipault, Denise Lamb, Peter Schell, Steve Graham, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Ed Rogers, Greg Fischer

Others Present: Deborah Jackson Still, director of Kids Clubhouse

1. Meeting called to order by C Kreimendahl
2. Kids Clubhouse
   1. Deborah Jackson Still, director of Kids Clubhouse, came to talk about program to bring to Midvale Heights.
   2. Program started when Nakoma neighborhood realized they had kids going to different schools/pools but had underutilized neighborhood park. Came up with idea for summer program for kids that is unstructured, monitored play. She contacted KEVA to get program off the ground; they had 3 dozen kids in the park within 5 weeks of the inception of the idea. Program is one afternoon a week for three hours, ages 4-12. They do scavenger hunts, water games, etc..
   3. Expanded program in second year by about another dozen kids. Last fall they realized they could expand to other neighborhoods; targeting Orchard Ridge and Midvale Heights this year. Alder Maurice Cheeks helped them navigate. Thinking about potential multi-neighborhood, "'tween" program in future.
   4. Use newsletter and Facebook to advertise. KEVA handles registration, confirmation, liability, coaches, games, etc.. Tracy and Kevin Schmotzer have lived in Midvale Heights neighborhood for 12 years and are interested in being point of contact for Kids Clubhouse program in Midvale Heights. Since Nakoma has done this for a couple of years now, they can share their outreach products to distribute to our neighborhood.
   5. Kids can sign up for 8 weeks at $96, or drop-in rate is $20 for one afternoon.
   6. Midvale Heights board not being asked to put in any money as a neighborhood; just looking for support and help spreading the word.
   7. D Lamb thinks $20 for one afternoon is high compared to t-ball team sign-up fee.
   8. Piper Park is likely best park for this year. Piper has shelter and is more shaded and has playground. Have talked to Mike Pressman.
   9. KEVA arranges for porta-potty (which stays in park for whole summer) and covers park fee
   10. J Butler asks about dates. Registration opens tomorrow. Tracy can send out emails to our neighborhood soon.
   11. Next Midvale Heights newsletter is first week in May.
   12. E Rogers asks about approaching elementary schools. Deborah wants program to be neighborhood driven, not through schools.
   13. E Rogers suggests putting signs right in the park.
   14. D Lamb asks if there’s a minimum number of kids needed. Deborah says 12-20.
   15. Kids Clubhouse facilitated re-doing playground equipment in Nakoma.
   16. Tuesdays 1-4pm is Midvale Heights time slot
   17. Motion to support Kids Clubhouse and provide resources for getting program off the ground in 2014. Motion carries
3. February minutes approved
4. Treasure report
   1. R Rotter distributed printed copy
   2. T-ball money is coming in. Also recently made $280 from history book sales at library
5. No Legislative Reports
6. Park survey
   1. E Rogers put together 2 quick charts. 70 responses and counting. Data are preliminary (e.g., R Rotter just passed E Rogers a stack of surveys that were sent via USPS mail that are yet untallied).
   2. Better playground equipment is currently most demanded, then live music, then ice skating rink, outdoor movies, more benches, and picnic tables in pavilion.
   3. Some problems with Midvale Heights website seems to be preventing some people from submitting surveys; if people having trouble with website, they can email E Rogers directly at Area11 at midvaleheights.org.
   4. C Kreimendahl asked if we’ve contacted the city park department yet regarding distribution of survey. Plan was to gather data to figure out what has support before contacting city, but good idea to give them copy of survey now. Good contacts would be Kevin Briski (superintendent) and Chris Pedretti (dog park) would be good to contact.
7. Bison prairie gateway
   1. D Lamb has not talked to Westmorland yet regarding their prairie burning, but will.
   2. J Thoreson has not posted notice regarding Bison Prairie work to master gardener website yet because need dates. Rachel Martin should be contacted about possibly heading Bison Prairie work. Could post general notice for now because we don’t know what times are best, but we do know that need someone to coordinate work. Could add April 19, 9-12 for Tokay median clean-up for Tokay.
8. 4910 Ascot Lane Conditional Use Permit
   1. Owner of apartments wants to put in another dwelling unit in one of the buildings for a resident manager. This addition was approved when brought to MHCA board years ago. C Kreimendahl will forward email about specific meeting to J Chipault and G Fischer (area 12).
9. Membership Drive
   1. D Lamb is going to be gone for a month. P Haskew doesn’t want to chair the membership committee this year. Normal time table is that in late April we get the membership stuff together and June 30th is deadline for registration. We sent out 4-page newsletter about membership, then month later sent out postcards. D Lamb will have 4-pager ready by end of April this year.
   2. C Rotter suggests that we push online sign-up to reduce data entry.
   3. J Thoreson wonders if we have emails to contact business participating in membership discount cards. R Rotter suggests that we send letter to businesses that says that they have been automatically re-enrolled and to call us if they’d like to be taken off the discount list.
   4. C Kreimendahl wants people to let him know if they can help on the membership committee. He will head committee unless someone else wants to. C Kreimendahl will send out information before our April meeting.
   5. To get more members, need face-to-face contact. What’s our door-to-door plug? J Chipault wondered how many "I heart Midvale Heights" bumper stickers are left from last year - likely only 50-70.
   6. Need to remember to put our website URL on KEVA Kids Clubhouse signage.
   7. E Rogers asks about recurring donations so that people don’t have to remember to sign up as Midvale Heights members every year. T Jarvis thinks too complicated for current system.
10. Picnic Planning
    1. Jill Carlson is willing to head up both picnic and garage sale again this year. She has helpers but is looking for more.
    2. June 19 picnic with rain date following Thursday.
    3. C Kreimendahl contacted Carl Haidar from HyVee. Carl passed task to kitchen manager. J Carlson will follow-up
11. Garage Sale
    1. J Carlson says garage sale signs were removed last year so she wants to order more. P Schell suspects that when you put signs in median that police will remove them; signs were removed from Midvale median last year. J Carlson wants four new signs made. P Schell thinks J Carlson envisions new signs as cheaper and lighter than old ones. G Fischer suggests that we contact police liaison to see if we can get permission to put signs in median. J Thoreson suspects kids are taking signs and suggests that we pick them up at night so perhaps we need a group of people to pick up signs.
    2. Motion to authorize purchase of new signs, up to a cost of $200. Motion carries.
12. Mineral Point/Midvale Intersection Project
    1. D Lamb went to meeting about intersection development. In top 30 for accidents of all intersections in the city, despite comparatively lower volume of traffic. Three people have been killed. This project will be 90% funded by federal gov. Plan is to slightly widen Mineral Point road to accommodate left turn lane in both directions and left turn signals in all four directions. Also plan to flatten hill so that cars can’t get air when speeding through intersection. Sidewalks will stay all in same places they are now but some terrace will be removed. Traffic lanes that are currently 11.5 feet wide will become 10 feet wide, which will make people go slower. People west of Midvale will lose about 5 feet of terrace; east of Midvale, north side of road, terrace will likely be gone but sidewalk stays. There will be one lane open each way all the time through construction. Not going to start construction until next year and will wait until after school gets out, so start around June 2015 and done by Labor Day 2015.
13. Announcements –
    1. G Fischer reports that a couple of constituents in area 12 have noticed erratic mail delivery. One resident has kept a log. Found out that USPS is subbing delivery out to outside vendors. We should be mindful of potential associated privacy issues. P Schell reports that there has been more wrong mail going to wrong houses than usual in his part of the neighborhood as well and he has noticed different carriers than normal.
    2. J Thoreson suggests we add a write-up about spring clean up of dog poop to the next newsletter. Also, a reminder to neighbors to not let their dogs bark continuously.
    3. C Kreimendahl checked on food carts. There are food carts at research park. C Kreimendahl plans to put info on Midvale Heights website to promote it. D Lamb talked to vendor about parking by Segoe Park but carts would have to pay high fee.
    4. C Kreimendahl talked to city about placement of neighborhood sign. Will continue discussion.
    5. C Kreimendahl reminds us that he had thought about setting up DOT beltline meeting, but DOT is hosting so many public meetings about transportation so now thinks probably don’t need to hold a specific neighborhood meeting. J Butler wonders about diverted traffic onto Odana impacting his part of Midvale Heights. C Kreimendahl will stay updated.
    6. T Jarvis reports, after consulting spreadsheets, that of 482 members there were 89 with kids and 73 of those members have provided email addresses. J Butlers suggests we send out Kids Clubhouse information from MidvaleHeights.org and bcc people to maintain privacy.
14. Meeting adjourned at 8:15.

Minutes recorded by Jenny Chipault, Secretary

February 25, 2014 – Board Meeting

Board Members Present: Chuck Kreimendahl, Tom Jarvis, Gary Poulson, Ron Rotter, Jonn Lager, Paul Haskew, Jim Thoreson, Jason Butler, Jenny Chipault, Denise Lamb, Peter Schell

1. Meeting called to order by C Kreimendahl
2. January minutes approved
3. No treasurer report
4. City council is meeting tonight about Doyle square project– no news from Carousel Bayrd or Maurice Cheeks
5. Segoe Park survey
   1. Discussion about how to distribute: put it in newsletter, hype it up online, mail survey to only parts of neighborhood, or mail to whole neighborhood. Survey can be taken online through Midvale Heights website already; suggestion to add PDF to website in case people want to print it out and give it to neighbors. J Butler suggests adding plug for Midvale Heights Facebook page. Also add info on how to become a MHCA member.
   2. Motion to approve funds for mailing survey.
6. Bison prairie gateway
   1. Janice Gary emailed C Kreimendahl about prescribed burn (usually happens in April) and potentially replanting native plants. Good Oak usually does burn. D Lamb to contact person in Westmorland about permit process. Might be able to get plants by donation.
   2. J Thoreson talked with someone in master gardener group and found that there's a place on their website to list “opportunities" for volunteer hours. J Thoreson will list opportunities for bison prairie and Tokay boulevard work on master gardener website.
   3. R Rotter to run a report on general maintenance costs for bison prairie restoration and maintenance.
7. General Announcements
   1. P Haskew is communicating with Maurice Cheeks regarding yield signs on Ames St. Absence of sidewalks on Tocora and Rushmore also brought up.
   2. Hy-Vee store manager (Carl Haidar) called C Kreimendahl and asked about possibility of talking to MHCA board again because applying for liquor license to serve alcohol on patio on NW corner of store. He’s already spoken with Alder Cheeks.
   3. New liaison for west police district is Dustin Pailing. Suggestion to invite him to neighborhood picnic this summer.
   4. Replacement of neighborhood sign will not happen until spring. Discussion of replacing sign that used to be where Hy-Vee is now. C Kreimendahl will contact city to figure out placement options.
   5. Possibility of neighborhood residents to meet with DOT to get information about transportation plan. C Kreimendahl will talk to Westmorland and reply to DOT to see about possibilities of joint meeting. Probably separate from MHCA monthly meeting.
   6. G Poulson reminds everyone about April 1 election, which will be at Sequoya library. Midvale Heights (all in one ward) consistently has high voter turnout compared to other Madison wards.
   7. N Lager has information on cheap mulch.
   8. T Jarvis reports that a resident of Tyberius Terrace apartments registered as MHCA member.
   9. T Jarvis received email from someone new to neighborhood who is an editor with Isthmus and she asked why we don’t have a link to Isthmus on our Midvale Heights website. Tom told her about neighborhood meetings. D Lamb wants her contact information for potential help with newsletter.
8. Meeting adjourned at 7:45pm.

Minutes recorded by Jenny Chipault, Secretary

Board Members Present: Chuck Kreimendahl, Jason Butler, Tom Jarvis, Peter Schell, Ed Rogers, Jim Thoreson, Ron Rotter, Cathy Rotter, Nan Lager, Jonn Lager, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Floyd Stautz, Greg Fischer, Paul Haskew, Jenny Chipault, Denise Lamb

Others: Alicia Lux (sp?) (moved to Travis Terrace in March)

1. Meeting called to order by C Kreimendahl
2. September minutes approved, October (annual meeting) minutes approved, November minutes approved
3. R Rotter gave Treasurer's report
   1. Mike Pressman has started T-ball application process (printing, insurance).
   2. Discussed possible need for insurance policy to cover board. Think parents sign a waiver when kids sign up and parents are on site for almost all games and practices. R Rotter offered to provide insurance company contact info to anyone who wants to look into further coverage (another ~$750/year). J Thoreson will follow up.
4. Neighborhood plan. C Kreimendahl suggests that unless someone is pushing the developments outlined in our neighborhood plan the city might ignore them. C Kreimendahl extracted transportation goals (short- or mid-term) from plan for board review because city is conducting survey on transportation currently (survey due Jan 31).
   1. Discussion regarding forming sub-committee to focus on some of the more pressing transportation issues from our neighborhood plan. D Lamb suggests having a presence at transportation meetings. Discussion about various possible priorities ensues. C Kreimendahl asks people to think about whether we should start a transportation committee
   2. J Butler says survey is opportunity to praise city for what it does well with regard to transportation, too.
5. N Lager reports that University is done with Tokay boulevard landscaping plan and, due to funding restrictions, it will likely be better to approach re-plantings median-by-median instead of implementing University plan.
6. D Lamb mentions neighborhood grant program but not much money available and lot of criteria to meet. No projects ready to implement that meet criteria.
7. Make Music Madison was brought up as a way to increase use of parks. J Chipault encourages board to ask musicians they know to register to play at a Midvale Height's park via MMM website.
8. A block captain retired in P Schell's area (area 4) - thank you for a dozen years of service, Glenn Hoffman!
9. C Kreimendahl says welcome packets for new neighbors are now available. 47 of 60 units at Tyberius Terrace are rented. C Kreimendahl will deliver welcome letter (2 page) there.
10. Discussion about pond at Odana Gold Course. Pond filled in by clubhouse and now it's an ice rink. Neighbor has emailed with concerns/questions. J Thoreson forwarded email he received on the topic to Alderman Cheeks.
11. C Kreimendahl has started a blog on Midvale Heights website.
12. Backstop at Piper Park will be replaced.
13. The topic of how to increase utilization of Segoe Park was discussed, mostly focused on the possibility of developing a community garden. It was also noted that there were signs on the southwest bike path regarding a meeting to discuss gardening along the bike path; no one knows any further information. E Rogers has talked to community garden leaders and it's his sense that there is enthusiasm for another community garden in the area; Sheboygan Ave community garden will be closed during reconstruction of DOT building and there's a waiting list at Midvale Elementary. Would need committed individuals to form committee to establish rules. Plan to survey neighborhood about what they would like to see developed at Segoe Park. Discussion of what to include in survey and how to distribute. Survey to be sent to residents via mail, included in next newsletter, and made available online. J Chipault will send draft survey to board for edits.
14. Motion to adjourn 7:40pm

Present: C. Kreimendahl, G. Poulson, J. Thoreson, P. Schell, D. Lamb, P. Haskew, S. Graham, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter, J. Chipault, M. Armstrong, J. Lager

1. J. Thoreson called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.

2. A presentation was made on the new zoning code and its treatment of accessory dwelling units. Amy Klusmeier from the Design Coalition made the presentation outlining the standards and requirements of adding an accessory dwelling on a residential property.

3. The Board was updated on the status of the T-ball program by Commissioner Michael Pressman. The program served @ 240 kids in 2013 from within and outside of the neighborhood. Pressman indicated that Little League is now starting at an earlier age and may have some impact on our program. The Commissioner pointed out that our program has a different emphasis than Little League and that focus on learning skills and having fun will continue to keep our program solid. Registration forms will be available in January with opening day to be June 11th. The Board expressed our appreciation for the great work and leadership by Commissioner Pressman.

4. Minutes of the September and October meetings will be deferred to January.

5. Treasurer Rotter indicated that the financials were about the same as last reported.

6. Charles Bunge asked the Board to find a replacement for him on the Research Park Design Review Board. P. Haskew expressed an interest.

7. Elections for Board Officers took place and elected were the following: President C. Kreimendahl, Vice President E. Rogers, Secretary J. Chipault, Treasurer R. Rotter

8. Kreimendahl reported on the neighborhood watch meeting. The main message by the Police is that a successful program requires strong neighborhood involvement. There was discussion on how to utilize social media to communicate within a neighborhood on issues such as crime incidents.

9. M. Armstrong reported on a very upsetting encounter with City workers removing a tree on the terrace. The required notice seem to be not provided before the removal.

10. Alder Cheeks reported on some issues raised about the Hy-Vee intersection (Odana, Segoe and Whitney Way). A number of residents have complained about traffic and its movement in that area. Issues relating to turn lanes at the Mineral Pt. and Midvale Blvd. have resurfaced and will be explored with the Traffic Engineer.

11. Meeting adjourned at @ 8 p.m.

Minutes by Gary Poulson, Secretary

1. The annual meeting was called to order by President Jim Thoreson at 6:30 p.m.

2. Guest speaker Joy Cardin was introduced. Joy spoke about her job as a talk show host for Wisconsin Public Radio. She also spoke about the Midvale Heights neighborhood that she and husband Rob Starbuck enjoy living in.

3. Both Alder Maurice Cheeks and Supervisor Carousel Bayrd reported on current activities of the City and County, respectively. Both responded to questions by the membership.

4. President Thoreson gave his State of the Neighborhood speech to rapt attention and deep appreciation.

5. Elections were held for the odd-numbered district representatives. Elected were: (1) Chuck Kreimendahl, (3) Jim Thoreson, (5) Denise Lamb, (7) Steve Graham, (9) Ron Rotter/Jane Sherwood, (11) Ed Rogers, (13) Mary J. Armstrong/Jason Butler, (15) Kay Reuter-Krohn/Dave Krohn.

6. Meeting was adjourned and refreshments enjoyed.

Minutes by Gary Poulson, Secretary

Present: C. Kreimendahl, G. Poulson, J. Thoreson, P. Schell, P. Haskew, C. Bunge, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter, E. Rogers, J. Chipault, G. Fischer, J. Butler, J. Lager, K. Reuter-Krohn

Others: C. Rotter, N. Lager, Marge Suitinn

1. President J. Thoreson called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.

2. Minutes were approved by voice vote

3. Treasurer’s report provided by R. Rotter. Rotter indicated that all revenues and expenses for T-Ball are reflected in the balance sheet of the Association. Membership money was discussed. Rotter believed there were 462 paid members.

4. Neighborhood watch was discussed. Marge S lives on the 4800 block of Tokay Blvd. Her home was broken into through an unlocked window. Nearby neighbors have also had break-ins in their cars and garages. The issue of reinstituting a crime watch program was discussed. Some of the past history with this topic was shared. Efforts were generally successful in the short run but over time they tended to diminish. Kreimendahl relayed information he had from the Madison Police Department. It was suggested that we hold a neighborhood meeting in November and invite our neighborhood police liaison to attend. It was also noted that the link to crime activity in neighborhoods did not seem to be consistently updated by the Police.

5. A discussion of the annual meeting took place. Joy Cardin (Wis. Public Radio) will be the featured guest. She prefers a question and answer format at and prefers an early start @6:30 p.m. The annual business meeting will occur after Joy is done. J. Butler will introduce Joy. Thoreson will do an annual “state” of the neighborhood speech. Also our local elected officials will be given time to speak. G. Poulson volunteered to order coffee. It was assumed that D. Lamb would provide other refreshments as she has done for past annual meetings.

6. It was noted that the rest concrete pad had been installed at Bison Prairie but no water fountain was installed. Rotter got a bid from Vital Signs to repair our damaged neighborhood sign for $ 1,000. It was noted that a new sign would cost between $2200 and $3300. If a smaller sign was utilized, it would cost around $1100. C. Kreimendahl moved that we replace the Mineral Pt. Road damaged sign with a smaller new sign. Motion was seconded and unanimously approved.

7. Membership committee was working on a welcome to the neighborhood letter to be attached to a membership application. The target was the new apartments opening up on Segoe and Odana Roads.

8. E. Rogers continued the discussion of converting part of Segoe Park to be a community garden. To move this forward there needs to be a survey of near-by neighbors and an oversight neighborhood committee.

9. Adjournment at 7:50 p.m.

Minutes by Gary Poulson, Secretary

Bd. Members Present: C. Kreimendahl, G. Poulson, J. Thoreson, D. Lamb, C Bunge, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter, F. Stautz, E. Rogers, J. Chiphault, G. Fischer, M.J. Armstrong, J. Butler, J. Lager, K. Reuter-Krohn.

1. Meeting called to order by J. Thoreson at 6:48 pm.
   
   
2. Minutes approved.
   
   
3. R. Rotter reviewed treasurer’s statement and answered questions. Rotter noted a balance of nearly $33,000.
   
   
4. Discussion of the annual meeting set for the 4th Tuesday of October. Several names were brought up for a speaker, including Sarah Day, Rob Starbuck/Joy Cardin and Tony Galli. G. Poulson volunteered to contact Sarah Day# D. Lamb talked about the Emerging Neighborhood Grants from the City. It was determined that with reduced funding the grants would be targeted for neighborhoods with significant issues and Midvale Heights would not fall into that category.
   
   
5. T. Jarvis passed out sample of the street directory. The printed version of the neighborhood directory would not contain this information. The resulting size of the directory would be half as long as the previous version. We have 458 members at this point. The directory and membership card will be mailed by early September.
   
   
6. E. Rogers attended the Parks Commission and requested planting more trees for shading and adding an amenity to an underutilized Segoe Park. Rogers reported that the best we could hope for is one tree and that was iffy. There is a City grant program for new community gardens. Rogers believed that Segoe Park met most of the criteria. What was needed was surrounding neighbor support and a steering committee. A survey of nearby neighbors was discussed as a next step.
   
   
7. M.J. Armstrong stated that she is concerned about turning options and difficulties at the Odana and Segoe intersection. So much traffic is coming through that area from Odana and Whitney Way. Others expressed similar concerns and speculation that the new apartment complex might add to the problem. Some members believed that an updated traffic study should be conducted by the City after the apartments are open. C. Kreimendahl would contact Alder Cheeks .
   
   
8. Regarding the Bison Prairie bike rest area, Arthur Ross from the city has not responded to recent calls.
   
   
9. Meeting adjourned @ 7:50 pm.

Minutes by Gary Poulson, Secretary

Board members present: J. Thoreson (presiding), D. Lamb, C. Bunge, T. Jarvis, F. Stautz, R. Rotter, E. Rogers, J. Chipault

Also present: Cathy Rotter, Paul Mendenwaldt

1. Call to order: J. Thoreson called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.
   
   
2. Minutes: The minutes of the May 28, 2013 meeting were approved, with correction of the spelling of J. Chipault’s name.
   
   
3. Treasurer’s report: R. Rotter distributed a report, showing cash and bank account balance of $31,156.62.
   
   
4. Membership: Members of the membership committee reported that a meeting was scheduled for July 2 to finalize plans, including a post-card mailing to residents who haven’t joined. So far, 335 members had signed up. There was an information table at the picnic. Note: At the mention of the picnic, members pointed out that the picnic went well, with some 200 people in attendance.
   
   
5. Bison Prairie/bike path area: D. Lamb reported that several members had met with Arthur Ross for an overview of the amenities to be added at the area. Their location will be south of the bike path, next to Midvale Avenue. Plans do not include a water fountain or spigot to permit watering the plantings in the area. Board members agreed with D. Lamb’s statement that the Association should lobby with alders and others for water access. J. Thoreson and D. Lamb agreed to pursue the matter with alders.
   
   
6. Green Team: J. Thoreson reported that Janice Gary had changed her schedule for working at the Bison Prairie Gateway area to 4:00-7:00 Mondays and 7:00-10:00 Fridays. He also reported that Nan Lager would be meeting with City employees soon concerning the Tokay plantings.
   
   
7. Annual Meeting: Board members agreed that the Annual Meeting should be scheduled for October 22 and that there should be an announcement in the newsletter. There was some discussion of format and program ideas.
   
   
8. Other matters: R. Rotter indicated that he had picked up the broken neighborhood sign and delivered it to the sign company. He agreed to check on getting it repaired and re-installed. He also reported that he was working on replacing the Little Free Library across from Piper Park that was vandalized. J. Thoreson agreed to pursue the matter of MHCA’s offering to assist the Westmorland neighborhood association with their July 4th events. E. Rogers pointed out that Segoe Park seems to be underused, including the playground equipment. Board members expressed various ideas for improving the park. J. Thoreson and E. Rogers agreed to pursue the issue.
   
   
9. Adjournment: Motion was made, seconded, and passed to adjourn the meeting at 7:50.

Charles Bunge, acting secretary

Bd. Members Present: C. Kreimendahl, G. Poulson, J. Thoreson, D. Lamb, P. Haskew, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter, F. Stautz, E. Rogers, J. Chiphault, G. Fischer, J. Butler, K. Reuter-Krohn.
Also Present: Ald. M. Cheeks, C. Rotter

1. Meeting called to order by J. Thoreson at 6:50 pm.
   
   
2. Minutes approved with editorial corrections and embellishments.
3. R. Rotter reviewed treasurer’s statement and answered questions.
   
   
4. Membership report P. Haskew deferred to T. Jarvis regarding online registrations. Jarvis reported that 22 folks attempted membership registration online with varying degrees of success. Rotter stated that @ 200 completed forms were mailed in. Membership committee should meet soon. It was suggested to follow up with a postcard to those not returning the membership form. Haskew reported that some new businesses are joining the discount program. Hy-Vee market restaurant is considering this program.
   
   
5. Thoreson reported that the picnic planning is pretty much set. Planning on 300 meals with Hy-Vee catering the meat part of the event. Invites will be sent to the Mayor, State Representative, Alder, and County Supervisor. G. Poulson said he would make some of those contacts including the local fire house. The event will be 6/20 starting at 6 pm.
   
   
6. Thoreson lead a discussion about the website. Should we continue to have one when so few people visit the site? Jarvis reviewed the history of the website including the costs. Those costs have been covered by Jarvis since hosting it had some advantages to him. We may need to consider how much band-width we need and use. Jarvis does not have a current problem hosting the site, but there is no guarantee that his family would live in the neighborhood. Several expressions of support and appreciation for Jarvis taking on this role. Also concern expressed that Jarvis shouldn’t have to bear the cost of MHCA’s web needs current and future. A motion was made and adopted expenses related to having a MHCA web-site, up to $30 a month paid on a quarterly basis should be paid to the webmaster (Jarvis).
   
   
7. Regarding the Bison Prairie bike rest area, Arthur Ross from the city could not attend tonight. A small group should meet to discuss future of project. Names suggested included Janice Gary, Laura Brown and from the Board E. Rogers, D. Lamb and C. Kreimendahl.
   
   
8. Lamb reminded us that we do not meet in July and that we should start to think about a speaker for our annual meeting. Rotter picked up damaged neighborhood sign and dropped off at Vital Signs. J. Chiphault wondered if there were any neighborhood sites for Madison Makes Music day on 6/21. Rotter stated that he would investigate replacing the Little Library box that was at Piper Park. Haskew wondered if should make an effort to sign up as new members those folks who would be moving in to the apartments at Segoe and Odana.
   
   
9. Meeting adjourned @ 7:50 pm.

Minutes by Gary Poulson, Secretary