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Bellevue Board Meeting
October 24, 2000Minutes
Members in Attendance: Tim Pfohl, John Fisher, Mauri Shaw, Florenz Sterling, Lisa Harr, Kath Sadler
Guests: Councilman Bill Johnson
Tim Pfohl opened the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
- Treasurer’s Report. Tim directed attention to the September 2000 treasury report compiled by Ed Parks. The general fund balance is very low. Tim reminded the group that there have been favorable remarks about increasing dues from $6 to $10 year.
- Alley Clean Up. Chairperson, John Fisher, reported that the next clean up is October 28, 2000. He is requesting 5 trucks again and is hopefully that the City will provide the number requested this time. John got ads to pay for the flyers that were distributed and has some remaining money to contribute to the Association. The Bellevue Hardware store will serve coffee and Akron’s will contribute doughnuts for the volunteers.
- Newsletter. The upcoming edition will be postponed until sometime in early January 2001.
- Security Patrol. Mauri Shaw reported that he would be stepping down from the leadership position. Chris Sterling will assume the position with Winnie Cobb assisting him. Training for new volunteers was recently held and another tentative training date is scheduled for January 2001.
- Councilman Bill Johnson. Mr. Johnson reported on the following:
· Shade Tree Commission is being re-surfaced. Mr. Johnson believes that it is appropriate for the tree needs of the community to be routed to this Commission so that the planning will be more comprehensive and organized. Tim said that Joe Robertson has already completed a survey of Bellevue’s needs.
· A reverse E-911 system for crime reporting is being explored by Captain Beadles. Mr. Johnson believes that Bellevue should be the pilot site for this system and wants us to follow-up with Captain Beadles.
· GRTC is not responsive to the City, according to Mr. Johnson. In addition to other concerns, he is concerned about how GRTC routes the buses through the neighborhoods. He believes that neighborhoods should let GRTC know how they could re-design the bus routes-not stop bus service.
· City government re-organization continues. He firmly believes that City Hall must be more accountable and more organized to provide quality services.
· He is not in favor of closing Lombardy Street.
· Tax assessment increases will have to occur, according to Mr. Johnson, but he wants them to happen gradually.
· He said to keep in touch with him about our position on the Crisis Pregnancy Center.
- Arch Fund. Tim has told Chuck Epes, chair of the Arch Committee, that Wil Scribner, a design architect, is willing to volunteer to design the Arch for Bellevue.
- Plant Swap. Kath Sadler reported that the Plant Swap was not well attended this time. An article was placed in the last newsletter for advertising, but door-to-door flyers were not distributed. Twelve plants were “swapped”, $11 was collected for the Bellevue Civic Association and 20 plants were given to Barbara Jung of the Canterbury Garden Club for their work with Habitat for Humanity.
- By-laws. Tim distributed copies of the current by-laws. There was a review and a general consensus reached that the current by-laws were too prescriptive and needed revision. Kath Sadler and Tim will work on a revision for presentation at the next general meeting.
- Nomination for Officers. Tim announced that a slate should be prepared for the next general meeting. Tim also stated that he is willing to be on the slate as President. John Fisher said that he would think about the being nominated for Vice President. Nominations for other officers were discussed and it was agreed that contacts would be made with other persons to ascertain their interest.
- Minutes. The July 11, 2000 board meeting and the September 26, 2000 general membership meeting minutes were reviewed and approved after corrections.
- Traffic. Nancy Reynolds is willing to convene some meetings in the designated areas along Bellevue Avenue at Chevy Chase/Hermitage, Fauquier and in front of the stores. The purpose would be to try and reach consensus about planning.
- Incorporation and tax exempt status. Tim did contact the State Corporation Commission and found out that our annual report is late and that we need to change our registered agent. It will cost us about $50 to become registered again after paying late fees.
- Derelict Properties. Norma Murdock-Kitt called late last week about compiling a list of derelict properties in Bellevue.
- Land Use/Zoning. Tim announced that Lauterbach’s is under construction, building a corrugated metal shed. No one knew what was going on with Tradewinds and their “for lease” sign.
- Holton School. Tim reported that the school should be putting their noise remediation plans into place this month.
Tim adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
Kathleen Sadler,
Secretary