April 2017 Minutes

Submitted April 19 by Anne Papineau Nelson

Old Hyde Park Historic District, Inc.

 
 A neighborhood association working to promote, strengthen, and maintain the quality of life in Old Hyde Park
 
 Board of Directors Meeting
 
 April 19, 2017
 
 In attendance: Marty Phillips, Scot Stockton, Mikael Nelson, Nadja Karpilow, Dianna Atkinson, Leigh Ann Dull, Anne Papineau Nelson, Kaitlyn Bunch, Shanna Keller, Ryan Mott, Andy Erdrich, Lea Klepees, Kathryn Golden, Amanda Quance, Stan Henry, Matthew Browning
 
 Excused: DuRon Netsell
 
 Absent:

 
 Next scheduled meeting: June 21 at KCYA on Main Street

 
 The meeting was called to order at 6:37pm by Marty Phillips

 
 1. Minutes: No changes to February minutes

 
 2. Treasurer’s Report (attached) Dianna Atkinson
 
 a. Starting Balance: $3518.52
 
 b. Balance: $3696.88
 
 c. Costs: March maintenance fee $2.00, April maintenance fee $2.00
 
 d. Income: $182.36 for membership dues

 
 3. Guests
 
 a. Report from Kathryn Golden at Porchfest KC
 
 i. Valentine Neighborhood overwhelmed by demand, amount of bands, and
 
 size
 
 ii. Exploring expanding Porchfest KC into close neighborhoods
 
 iii. 141 bands last year
 
 iv. Paid for through Neighborhood Tourism Grant and individual
 
 contributions, KC Life pays for printing of maps and t-shirts
 
 v. No cost to neighborhood
 
 vi. June-July sign up for bands and porches
 
 vii. Need to go to PorchfestKC.com to submit application
 
 1. We need to work on recruiting homes for porches near Broadway
 
 and over, get them to sign up
 
 viii. Need to provide powerstrip, no kegs, band uses public portapotties
 
 ix. Insurance is provided for the event
 
 x. Event is October 14th

 
 4. Board Reports:
 
 a. Crosswalks Project Update - Mikael
 
 i. City has agreed to paint crosswalks at Wyandotte and 36th street can be
 
 completed in early June
 
 ii. No city ok with us actually doing
 
 b. Conservation Update - Scot
 
 i. Scot has sent in proposal to city, waiting on updates
 
 ii. Looking for members to join committee
 
 c. Litter… It Matters - Nadja
 
 i. Dumpster coming 9-12 on May 6 at 3801 Wyandotte
 
 ii. April 22nd Emmanual Tech High School will take hazardous waste
 
 iii. April 24th 6pm LItter it Matters on Central street
 
 d. Website Update - Kaitlyn
 
 i. Looking for photos of the neighborhood for website
 
 ii. Proposing creating official Old Hyde Park Neighborhood Association page
 
 that allows the Board to share posts about Board business
 
 e. Social Activities - Shanna
 
 i. Spring happy hour at Krokstrom Klubb
 
 ii. Saturday coffee at Mother Earth Coffee
 
 iii. Informal porch pop ups on blocks to encourage neighbors to join together

 
 5. Old Business
 
 a. None

 
 6. New Business
 
 a. Marty - difficulty with receiving emails from Board members, Shanna still not
 
 receiving emails for Board in her board email address
 
 b. Marty proposes voting on OPUS development in Westport
 
 i. OPUS would build a 5 story apartment building at corner of Westport Rd
 
 and Main
 
 ii. Pro: will have a shop not bar in first floor, will help development, clean up
 
 neighborhood, land will be turned into parking lot if not developed
 
 iii. Cons: height not consistent with 2 story buildings on Westport Rd, lack of
 
 parking
 
 iv. Kaitlyn proposes holding off on a board vote until after April 25 meeting at
 
 Westport Library at 6:30pm to see what the surrounding neighborhoods
 
 agree on
 
 c. Marty proposes in terms of the TDD vote that board members who are petitioners
 
 on the ballot recuse themselves
 
 i. Ultimately, Dianna Atkinson read the letter about the TDD Election ballot
 
 sign-up instructions
 
 ii. Proposal to have debate at June meeting from both sides of Streetcar
 
 discussion for neighborhood
 
 iii. Mikael assisted members in signing up for ballot

 
 Adjourned at 8:00pm