The meeting will be called to order between 7:15 to 7:30 depending upon if we have any public input. The meeting will be held at St Louis Church at 7601 Burnet Rd, Austin, 78757 in the library.
Agenda - we will start at 7:30 pm
1) Financial Report [5 minutes]
2) Announcement [10 minutes]
3) Review Forum Status [30 minutes]
We need to review current status of the Candidate Forum meeting. We need to ensure that Crestview Executive Committee submits questions on the proposed topics to the forum committee. Please bring your questions to the meeting.
4) Web Site Direction [20 minutes].
Don has been reviewing options for our website. We have a web designer who is willing to take on a lot of the web page work. There is a recommendation to look at going with a different hosting company, with a different web design tool and also options to add income from the web site to pay for the web site. We are also looking at online membership renewal using PayPal or the like.
5) Announce next General CNA meeting topics [10 minutes]
Here is the information and agenda for the 9 March 2009 General CNA meeting. Deanna will provide the ByLaws and comparison on a poster board.
7:00 to 7:20 - Neighborhood will vote on ByLaws
There will be time for residents to review the bylaws printed in large font on a poster board with highlights on the changes between versions. We will vote toward the end of the 20 minutes.
7:20 to 8:00 - Texas Gas will present
Teri Green, who is the head of the Texas Gas Service Conservation Program, will speak with residents about how they can conserve and save money in the process. He will bring a weatherization kits to hand out as well as a chart detailing the rebates Austinites can receive both from Austin Energy and Texas Gas Service.
8:00 to 8:40 - Green Energy
Jessica Galloway from Austin Energy Green Building will present information regarding DIY energy efficiency upgrades, information on remodeling, maintaining comfort, and lower electric bills.
6) Review previous meeting results [15 minutes]
Review notes from previous general meeting to
7) Using Lions Club as a meeting location [5 minutes]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Executive Committee 02.02.09 Meeting Minutes
Present: All Ex Comm members in attendance
Adam Turner, newly elected president of the Wooten Neighborhood Association, introduced himself in the interest of working more closely with the Crestview Neighborhood Association on common interests in general, and the Neighborhood Plan Priorities to be submitted to the Planning Commission in particular. Their Ex Comm meets every other month on the 2nd Mondays of the month. Jonathan is also looking to build larger neighborhood coalitions in North Austin to apply pressure on City Council on topics of common interest.
Adam described Wooten’s top priorities as being crime and code enforcement, having been the prior sub chair of their committee on crime and code enforcement. They are currently working to establish ties with Wooten Elementary and Burnet Middle School to learn more about volunteer opportunities and to provide points of contact for issues that might arise with students in the neighborhood. Wooten is currently #1 or #2 for car burglaries in the city, competing with the West Campus neighborhood. Adam views his duty as a facilitator of communication from the neighborhood to the City and vice versa.
His secondary priority is to improve Wooten Park. He would like to see a new soccer field, a running trail, nature-based playscape, and an improved dog park area for neighbor socializing.
Financial Report
Dec:
+$275 revenue
-$182 newsletter
=$6617 balance
Jan:
- ANC Dues, - Newsletter, + advertisers =
$7282 Balance
Membership
Jerry needs to announce the membership drive and the dues needed in the March newsletter.
Don will present to the ex comm at the next meeting on options for handling on-line membership payment of dues and registration.
Arroyo Seco Luminaries
Our portion of the Arroyo Seco Luminaries over the holidays was $102.35. We unanimously approved this expenditure. We would prefer that the cost estimate be provided in advance for this next year.
General Meetings
Announce the February General Meeting. We want a large attendance for the open house/free association. Also, proposed bylaws are frozen that night at midnight.
Deanna will print a poster board for the new bylaws which will be voted on at the March general meeting.
We discussed when the new bylaws would go into effect. It was decided that they would go into effect in March, but that there would be time allowed for the changes required to give signature authority on the checking account to the treasurer.
Austin Energy Pole Upgrade
Dave is serving as the neighborhood contact to Austin Energy about the new electric line running along Morrow and Grover. They are putting in new lines along each side of Lamar and one line along Morrow-Grover-Cullen. The latter line is between the Koenig substation and the new Crestview substation. The line will be upgraded from 750kV to 1250kV, and raised from 40ft to 50ft in height. There will only be larger, metal poles, at corners of the line, such as at the substations and at the corner of Morrow and Grover.
Candidate Forum
In the past, candidates have not answered the neighborhood’s questions, but have delivered their canned statements. It was proposed to partner with other neighborhoods in north Austin to choose 3-5 issues of importance, and tell the candidates what is important to north Austin instead. The candidates this year are for mayor, and place 1 and 3 on the City Council.
A motion was made to participate in a candidate forum organized by Steve Zetner, but still hosted by Crestview, instead of doing our own Crestview forum, to include more north Austin neighborhoods. This passed 5 to 2 with one abstention. The executive committee will need to know by the next meeting whether or not we will be able to achieve consensus on the issues with the other north Austin neighborhoods.
Adam Turner, newly elected president of the Wooten Neighborhood Association, introduced himself in the interest of working more closely with the Crestview Neighborhood Association on common interests in general, and the Neighborhood Plan Priorities to be submitted to the Planning Commission in particular. Their Ex Comm meets every other month on the 2nd Mondays of the month. Jonathan is also looking to build larger neighborhood coalitions in North Austin to apply pressure on City Council on topics of common interest.
Adam described Wooten’s top priorities as being crime and code enforcement, having been the prior sub chair of their committee on crime and code enforcement. They are currently working to establish ties with Wooten Elementary and Burnet Middle School to learn more about volunteer opportunities and to provide points of contact for issues that might arise with students in the neighborhood. Wooten is currently #1 or #2 for car burglaries in the city, competing with the West Campus neighborhood. Adam views his duty as a facilitator of communication from the neighborhood to the City and vice versa.
His secondary priority is to improve Wooten Park. He would like to see a new soccer field, a running trail, nature-based playscape, and an improved dog park area for neighbor socializing.
Financial Report
Dec:
+$275 revenue
-$182 newsletter
=$6617 balance
Jan:
- ANC Dues, - Newsletter, + advertisers =
$7282 Balance
Membership
Jerry needs to announce the membership drive and the dues needed in the March newsletter.
Don will present to the ex comm at the next meeting on options for handling on-line membership payment of dues and registration.
Arroyo Seco Luminaries
Our portion of the Arroyo Seco Luminaries over the holidays was $102.35. We unanimously approved this expenditure. We would prefer that the cost estimate be provided in advance for this next year.
General Meetings
Announce the February General Meeting. We want a large attendance for the open house/free association. Also, proposed bylaws are frozen that night at midnight.
Deanna will print a poster board for the new bylaws which will be voted on at the March general meeting.
We discussed when the new bylaws would go into effect. It was decided that they would go into effect in March, but that there would be time allowed for the changes required to give signature authority on the checking account to the treasurer.
Austin Energy Pole Upgrade
Dave is serving as the neighborhood contact to Austin Energy about the new electric line running along Morrow and Grover. They are putting in new lines along each side of Lamar and one line along Morrow-Grover-Cullen. The latter line is between the Koenig substation and the new Crestview substation. The line will be upgraded from 750kV to 1250kV, and raised from 40ft to 50ft in height. There will only be larger, metal poles, at corners of the line, such as at the substations and at the corner of Morrow and Grover.
Candidate Forum
In the past, candidates have not answered the neighborhood’s questions, but have delivered their canned statements. It was proposed to partner with other neighborhoods in north Austin to choose 3-5 issues of importance, and tell the candidates what is important to north Austin instead. The candidates this year are for mayor, and place 1 and 3 on the City Council.
A motion was made to participate in a candidate forum organized by Steve Zetner, but still hosted by Crestview, instead of doing our own Crestview forum, to include more north Austin neighborhoods. This passed 5 to 2 with one abstention. The executive committee will need to know by the next meeting whether or not we will be able to achieve consensus on the issues with the other north Austin neighborhoods.
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