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These were Ann Brown, Pat Lodge, and Kendel McKabe.</div> <bR> <div> June minutes were reviewed and accepted. Motion to accept minutes made by Mike Dolinski; seconded by Ted Scheidt. Passed.  There was no official Treasurer's report as little had changed from the previous month. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Business reports:</B></I></div> <div> Housing Committee - report by Mike Dolinski. Working with our inspector a house on Ravenwood was cleaned up, and more abandoned vehicles were towed. There were a number of other positive happenings. We will want to follow the Housing Court issue that will be heard August 4. </div> <bR> <div> Two trustees shared that they had seen rats on Salem Ave., also the alley between Malvern and Elesmere. Question asked about dealing with weeds along curb; article for on this subject was requested for newsletter.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcoming Committee </B>- Bill Patterson was present to show the brochure he has designed. Motion made by Tony Alexander to reimburse Bill $98.70 for ink, etc. Second by Mike Mangan. Passed. Question was raised about the inclusion of pictures of the Seminary. Do the pictures date the brochure? Motion made to have 5000 copies of the brochure printed was made by Ted Scheidt; seconded by Mike Dolinski. Passed.</div> <bR> <div> Pres. Steve Blatt has received letter from Board of Education so our letter to them had an effect. </div> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>New Business: </B></I>At the request of United Theological Seminary the rest of the meeting was committed to possible acceptable and unacceptable reuse of the property.  A question was asked about the current soundness of the buildings. Response was that only the chapel is in decent condition. Fout is to be demolished. The library, Roberts and Bonebrake Halls could be refurbished. Asbestos is a problem in all the building, and the heating setup is awkward as all heat comes from a central location through the tunnels.  END</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="notes_from_meeting_with_paul_woodie__1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Notes from meeting with Paul Woodie,   </B></I></FONT><I>     </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>notes by K. Rizer</I></FONT></div> <div> <B>10 Aug 2004</B></div> <bR> <div> Meeting arranged/included Jill Hamilton, who is Salem Avenue Corridor Manager</div> <div> for GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Woodie's background includes many years as Director of Planning for the City of Dayton. He then was the Planner for the <I>Genesis</I> project for Miami Valley Hospital. That project included the Fairgrounds neighborhood. Now is the planner for a similar project for Good Samaritan Hospital, parts of Fairview neighborhood on the other side of Salem Ave., and Salem itself. This is called the <I><B>Phoenix</B></I><B> project</B>.   </div> <bR> <div> Demolition on Troutman's began the same day. The chicken place diagonally across from Troutman's will be removed also. The work on this intersection will be done in phases. 1) Additional turn lanes on Salem, turning onto Catalpa; this will be done next spring. 2) later get some of the poles down and consolidate poles </div> <div> 3) Gary Shula is doing a landscaping design for the entire intersection.   </div> <bR> <div> Eight nuisance properties that are located between Salem and Benson will be removed. If an additional  nuisance property requiring rehabilitation is on a corner - it will be removed. If in the middle of the block will probably be left intact. </div> <bR> <div> The Phoenix project is acquiring Miracle Lane and Miami Hardware properties.  </div> <bR> <div> Structure of the Phoenix Project. There are several Boards.</div> <div> at the top is the Executive Board. Meets quarterly. Comprised of reps from G. Sam, City of Dayton, Montgomery Co; includes Joey William and Steve Budd, (the latter is Director of City/Wide Dev. Corp.) </div> <bR> <div> Investment Committee - they decide how and where to spend the money, and so do the physical improvements</div> <div>  Neighborhood Life Committee - deals with social programs for the FROC side neighborhoods.     </div> <bR> <div> Security will be hired to patrol the area, may be in place by Oct. 1. Discussion of private security vs. police on overtime. Patrol may be extended to our “little Triangle,” the area of our neighborhood bounded by Salem, Otterbein and Elesmere.</div> <bR> <div> Good Sam will offer an employee incentive package that will include grants, low interest loans and other incentives to purchase homes within the designated area (currently part of Mount Auburn neighborhood only). The grant money is to fix the façade code violation. Must live in house for 4 years.  The target area will have an assigned inspector and an architect (and the security listed above.) The entire Phoenix Project will take 5 to 7 years to complete. </div> <bR> <div> Regarding Good Sam new parking garage and changes. On the current surface lot, near to Salem side, behind their gateway,  will be built a 2-3 story garage. Rosary Hall and the current parking garage will be removed and a `green' walkway will be constructed.     </div> <bR> <div> New topic - AM/PM market. Police have no reported problems with the store. So to deal with the problem the suggestion was made to vote the (2) precincts dry. These are FROC precincts. AM/PM does have violations: aisles are too narrow, the portable sign out front is code violation.  </div> <bR> <div> Would it be interesting to make Salem Ave. a Parkway with a green boulevarding down the center that would be taken care of by Metro Parks. </div> <div> END</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="24_august_2004"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>24 August 2004</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> President Steve Blatt shared that for the second year in a row we have paid the $150 fee for Pizza Factory's bulk mailing permit.</div> <bR> <div> There was one addition to the July minutes. Motion made to accept the minutes, with addition, by Tony Alexander; seconded by Delores Robinson. Passed.  Donna Shultz passed out the Treasurer's report. It was a recap of all monies spent for the last year. Motion to accept the Report was made by Alecia Schroedel; seconded by Henree' Lee. Passed. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Businesses reports:</B></I></div> <div> Mike Dolinski being absent there was no <B>Housing Committee</B> report.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcoming Committee </B>- The new brochure is finished. Much thanks to Bill Patterson for his graphic design work. Mike Mangan has a set of welcoming bags ready for each trustee to have in the ready should they learn of a new neighbor moving into their district. Mike has mailed the brochure to some of the local real estate agents. He also said that the previous Home Tour Committee would do the event in 2005. Yeah.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Neighborhood Census</B> - Webmaster Frank Balogh has compiled a listing of names and addresses for the neighborhood by using the Montgomery Co. Treasurers website. He has set up a way for trustees to access this data on our website by using a password. </div> <bR> <div> Trustee Katherine Hawkins gave an update regarding the rats on Salem and Elsmere. Before the City can set out bait the residents in the area must sign a petition. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Businesses: </B></I></div> <div> K. Rizer handed out her notes on a meeting with Good Samaritan people, that included their consultant, Paul Woodie. These were details on the Salem Ave. Corridor project.</div> <bR> <div> Highlights from the recent General were also discussed. The meeting was held in the Seminary chapel and was a chance for Triangle residents to ask questions and receive information about the sale, etc. of UTS. </div> <bR> <div> Some comments on the last newsletter followed, with suggestions for several articles.          </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="28_september_2004"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>28 September 2004</I></div> <div> <I><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Trustee meeting was called to order by President Steve Blatt. </div> <div> Motion made to accept the minutes, by Mike Dolinski; seconded by Henree' Lee. Passed.  Donna Shultz passed out the Treasurer's report. Motion to accept the Report was made by Ted S Scheidt; seconded by Ami Bement. Passed. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Businesses reports:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Ice Cream Social</B> - Ami Bement reported that 150 ice cream cups from Shearer's were distributed at a cost to us of $375. Twenty-five - 30 people stayed for the movie. Ami raised the question if we should just do this activity once? in the summer? Maybe on Sunday afternnoon?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Bulk Pickup</B> - Pat Saphire reported that we had one community service person, about 12 adults, and several teens volunteer on Saturday. Two city trucks were used, but they filled rapidly. The alleys took one truck most of the time. It would be helpful if we could have three trucks next time. The personnel in the tire truck did a fine job. Old North Dayton Bakery donated donuts. Pat donated coffee and juice. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Crime Report</B> - by Lori Mayo. Several garage break-in, sometimes two or three at a time. Mention was made that we need to follow up on Police reports of incidents. Mile Dolinski will do so to begin. There was a theft at Seminary also, and attempted car/s break in.     </div> <bR> <div> <B>Seminary</B> - Ann Brown shared that there has not been much action on sale. One potential buyer had looked since the property was listed with Mark Fornes Realty. Is listed on their Website Markfornesrealty.com   </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Businesses: </B></I></div> <div> <B>Pres. Blatt proposed Stacye Collins-Donaldson to fill the open seat in Dist. 8. The Board accepted her by consensus.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Halloween Party</B> - Scheduled for Saturday, 23 Oct. Gloria  Hudson will be Chairperson. <U>Help is needed</U> the hour prior to party to decorate.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Zoning Change</B> - for First United Methodist Church on Salem went to BZA today. They were requesting approved for an expansion of a Charter school at their facility. The new name of the school is <I>New City School</I>. It had operated for a year as Alpha School with  about 28 children in a developmentally mentally handicapped program. With the Zoning change they could increase to about 75 children in grades 1-6. <I>N.B</I>. 16 different groups are renting space at the church.   </div> <bR> <div> <B>General Meeting</B> - will be Nov. 14 that will include election of Trustees. Program was discussed.  <B>Officer elections</B> will be Oct 26; Parliamentarian Mike Dolinski will prepare slate.    </div> <bR> <div> Trustee Vicki Morris shared that a child was recently killed by a car on Salem Ave. She said The Dayton Theater Guild on Salem had contributed $500 towards the funeral.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Brush Script MT" >          </FONT>K. Rizer   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="minutes_of_the_26_october_2004_dayton"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of the </B><B><U>26 October 2004</U></B> <B>Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> President Steve Blatt called the Trustee meeting to order. We had several neighbors attending. </div> <div> The wrong date was on the Sept. minutes. With comment that this error needs corrected, motion to accept made by Mike Dolinski; seconded by Jerry Shultz. Passed.  </div> <div> Donna Shultz passed out the Treasurer's report. Question asked if the $150 check for the Bulk pickup has been returned yet. The checking account is getting low; hopefully the membership renewal letter that goes out in Nov. will help. Motion to accept the Report was made by Tony Alexander; seconded by Hank Bolton. Passed. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Businesses reports:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Halloween Party</B> - K. Rizer shared that we had 40 children attending. Chairperson Gloria Hudson had fewer games this year. Instead she had had two craft projects. All children also received cookies and punch, and went home with a goodie bag.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Newsletter Editor</B> - Laura Haney did the newsletter for four years (Thanks!!!) Sandi Simmons has volunteered to take over as editor.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Email</B> - K. has Trustee email bouncing back. Please check the blue paper she is passing around!!</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Businesses: </B></I></div> <div> <B>Pres. Blatt made a list of Districts receiving too few or too many flyers. Let him know if  you do not receive the correct number of flyers to pass out. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>General Meeting</B> - Nov. 14. Three speakers are arranged. Election of Trustees will take place. Trustees will provide cookies and coffee. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Adopt-a-Family</B> - Cynthia Spearman asked for input concerning this annual event regarding wording of request, people who should/could receive gift certificate, etc. Trustees contributed several ideas, and much input.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>UTS</B> - One possible development was mentioned; nothing definite yet. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Election of Officers</B> - Parliamentarian Mike Dolinski presented the slate of officers for the Board of Trustees of the Dayton View Triangle Federation, Inc. </div> <div> Steve Blatt, President </div> <div> Mike Mangan, Vice-president  </div> <div> Donna E. Shultz, Treasurer</div> <div> K. Rizer, Secretary</div> <div> Mike Dolinski, Parliamentarian </div> <div> The slate was accepted by acclamation. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div>          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Mistral" > K. Rizer</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT></div> <div>    </div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="minutes_of_dayton_view_triangle_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I>26 April 2005</I></div> <bR> <div> The April Board of Trustees meeting was called to order by President Steve Blatt. Motion to accept the February minutes was made by Gabrella Clark; seconded by Mike Dolinski. Passed.  </div> <bR> <div> Treasurer Donna Shultz passed out her report. Motion to accept the report made by Grady Burkett; seconded by Ted Scheidt. Passed.  </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Businesses reports:</B></I></div> <div> <B>UTS picnic</B> - Steve Blatt distributed a committee report giving details. Date will be Sat. June 25 with a rain date of June 26. Triangle Board will provide food and tributes. Further discussion ensured to set details. Motion made by Mike Dolinski to expend $500 for food, etc. Second by Jerry Brinkman. Passed.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Phoenix Project</B> - report given by Mike Dolinski. Money is available for housing repairs within the target area. Apparently the contract for extra police service has been let. The target area on our side of Salem is Philadelphia to Catalpa, and Salem to Otterbein. </div> <bR> <div> <B>NAN - (North Alliance of Neighbors) </B>We have paid our dues to be members of this local group that seeks to influence City Commission regarding enactment and enforcement of ordinances.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Graffiti on Cornell gateway - </B>Jerry Brinkman and Todd Stowe have worked to clean the black mark on the backside. It is fainter, but still visible. Decision was made to let it weather.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>UTS report</B> - given by Joan Zeiders. Moving out date is Aug. 22. Omega Baptist has received an extension on their due-diligence contract. There have been several robberies at Sem. and at several local churches. A person has been arrested. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Businesses: </B></I></div> <div> <B>Newsletter</B> - needs to be done. Please get copy to Sandi Simmons. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Secretarys Page"><U><B>BACK TO PAGE TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="minutes_of_dayton_view_triangle_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I>24 May 2005</I></div> <bR> <div> President Steve Blatt called the May Board of Trustees meeting to order. Motion to accept the April minutes was made by Bev Jenkins; seconded by Mike Dolinski. Passed.  </div> <bR> <div> Since the balance in the treasury is the same as last month Treasurer Donna Shultz did not do a new report. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Business reports:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Home Tour - </B>Chairperson Charlene Molnar was present to give a report. (We are grateful that she will be chairing this event for the second time.) The budget has been set with ticket prices decided. Advertising was good last time and will be handled the same. There will be 10-12 homes, no more then 15. Since the committee has done all this before they have good records and procedure to follow. Volunteers will be needed - for the Farmer's market, to drive van, etc. Motion made by Mike Mangen that we approve the preliminary budget. Seconded by Laura Haney. Passed.     </div> <bR> <div> <B>UTS picnic</B> - Plans are going forward for this event that will be Sat. June 25. One change - Cleanup chairperson, Grady Burkett will be out of town that day.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Phoenix Project and N.A. N.</B> - report given by Mike Dolinski<B>. </B>Most of the NAN principals have been unavailable, so nothing new to report. John Gower, director of Planning, has announced his intentions to do a study of several neighborhoods, including the Triangle for Historic District or Conservation Dist. status. The Phoenix Project increased police patrol is very much in evidence. Mike will be having the Housing Committee do some different things - one being Letter to Editor, and a challenge to the candidates to see if they will develop specific solutions. Has an idea to do a better <I>Yard Standards</I> etc handout - add a definite time line.      </div> <bR> <div> <B>Garage Sale</B> - It rained, <U>again,</U> this year. Suggestion made that moving it to June might be an idea to explore. </div> <bR> <div> Contractor's List for WebSite - Ellen Rice wants to finish this up. Please give her names.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Business: </B></I></div> <div> Laura Haney shared that the 12 units at 1923 and 1929 Elsmere are being renovated by Donald Goosby. </div> <bR> <div> Jerry Shultz was appointed Trustee for District 5, following the procedures given in the by-laws. Thanks Jerry.  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="25_october_2005"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I>25 October 2005</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> President Steve Blatt being absent, Parlimentarian Mike Dolinski opened the meeting. </div> <div> Some time was needed to achieve a quorum. </div> <div> BINasked for approval of the July minutes. Motion to accept the minutes was made by Mike Dolinski; seconded by Ellen Rice. Passed.  </div> <bR> <div> Donna Shultz passed out the Treasurer's report. Motion to accept was made by Todd Stowe; seconded by Lori Mayo. Passed.  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>Old Business reports:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Home Tour - </B>Chairperson Charlene Molnar was present to explain the recent developments concerning the Home Tour. Several homes had to drop out for emergency reasons. So it has been decided to postpone the event until June 2006. Homeowners feel their gardens will look better, and will have time to finish projects. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Garage Sale</B> - Chairperson Lori Mayo recommended that the Garage Sale be moved from May to June. Maybe then we will have a sunny day. (For several years now it has rained.)</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Business: </B></I></div> <div> <B>NAN (Northern Alliance of Neighbors ) </B>- NAN has proposed an ordinance be added to the City Code. The proposed ordinance articulates that tickets on a property will remain with a property when it is sold. So the new owner has the option to have the deficiencies corrected prior to the sale OR accept the responsibility for the repairs. (<U>Now the process has to start over when property is transferred - new warning tickets, etc.</U>) </div> <bR> <div> <B>Priority Board</B> - there is an open seat in Precinct 22H which Steve would like to have filled. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Election of Officers</B> - Parliamentarian Mike Dolinski announced that the election will be at the Oct. Trustee meeting, 25 Oct 2005. </div> <bR> <div> <B>General Meeting and Election of Trustees</B> - Will get the newsletter out. Suggestion was to have Omega Baptist come and tell about their plans for the campus. Michele Simmons from the City Dept. of Water has asked to come. And of course the annual election of Trustees. </div> <bR> <div> Mike Dolinski made the suggestion that the Chairperson of the Housing committee should be made an officer position. But it is currently a standing committee.       </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Respectfully submitted </B></div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="29_november_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>29 November 2005</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> President Delores Robinson opened the first meeting of the year. Trustees old and new were introduced. Minutes were presented. Motion to accept made by Steve Blatt. Seconded by Ted Scheidt. Approved.</div> <div> No change in the treasury; so no Treasurer's report.  </div> <bR> <div> Pres. Delores Robinson will represent the Board for the Omega Baptist dedication here in the Triangle. She will give a welcoming at the ceremony.  </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Old Business:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Adopt-a-Family - </B>Chairperson Cynthia Spearman was present to explain the project and give a review. The project is funded by money requested in our membership mailing; usually $750. Suggestions were given for doing something similar at other times of the year.        </div> <bR> <div> <B>Housing Committee</B> - Mike Dolinski will take the petitions to court on Nov 30th  concerning the nuisance property on Malvern.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Halloween Party</B> - report given by K. Rizer. Pictures of the event were shared; about 50 children attended to play games, have refreshments and receive treats. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Business: </B></I></div> <div> Trustees are still needed in a few places. </div> <div> Next General Meeting will be Feb 26 and Ellen Rice will get the newsletter out. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Respectfully submitted </div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="_28_march_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I> 28 March 2006</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The March Trustee meeting was called to order by President Delores Robinson. </div> <div> Motion to accept Feb. minutes made by Steve Blatt, seconded by Ellen Rice. Passed. </div> <div> Treasurer Donna Shultz being absent there was no report.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>Old Business:</B></I></div> <div> Kim Haley was introduced as a trustee for Dist. 3. Welcome and it is good to have someone in the position. </div> <bR> <div> Cindy Farrow was present to talk about the <B>Egg Hunt</B>. Helpers should come at 12:30; the children will begin hunting at 1:00. Cindy shared how the different age groups are handled. Steve Blatt volunteered to be a `special' helper   </div> <bR> <div> K. Rizer gave a presentation which touched on two topics of importance to the Triangle. First she covered the sections in the new Zoning Code that will apply to our neighborhood, such as lot requirements, etc. including the zoning designation for the Omega property. </div> <div> Then spoke about <B>Historic Preservation District, </B>the purpose of which is to retain the over all physical ambience of an area. At the current time the City has not defined all the details. However, some points are in the code. The most applicable part is that the Urban Preservation District is usually an area of eight contiguous blocks where a majority of the buildings are of a distinctive style, scale or period of construction. The City has hired a consultant who is looking at Five Oaks and University Row. If enough money is available they may then take a look at the Triangle. Motion made by K. Rizer that we accept a visit from the Preservation District consultant, if money is available, for them to review the Triangle. Second made by Eric Johnson; passed. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Coordinators are needed - </B>for Landscaping and Neighborhood Watch<B>. </B>Apparently Alecia Schroedel is willing to continue with the Community Garden.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Business: </B></I></div> <div> Newsletter articles are due by the next Triangle meeting. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Respectfully submitted </div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT></div> <div> <B>Kathleen Rizer, Secretary   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="minutes_of_dayton_view_triangle_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation, Trustee's meeting</B></div> <div> <I>17 July 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> July Triangle Trustee meeting was opened by Pres. Delores Robinson. The June minutes were presented and there were several typo corrections. Motion was made to accept the minutes by Steve Blatt, seconded by Ellen Rice. Passed.  There was no treasurer's report since Treasurer Donna Shultz was absent. </div> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>Old Business:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Neighborhood Picnic - </B>The<B> </B>committee met recently and organized the details of the picnic. The menu was set, a contact for music was made, and special invitees were designated. The picnic will be from 3-6 pm, on Aug 19.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Distressed Housing Committee</B> - Steve Blatt elaborated more on the meeting with Jim Tredinnick, Conservation Supervisor Housing Inspection Division, and Brad Reese who is our Housing Inspector. Some positive steps have been taken occurred since this meeting, so there has been follow through. It was noted that a house that is vacant is not considered due a citation UNLESS it is derelict. Steve did have details to share about each house on our Top 10 List. It has been suggested that we might for a working relationship with City-Wide or St. Mary Development Corp.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Salem/Catalpa Gateway Landscaping</B> - K. Rizer reported on the meeting with Gary and Mark Sierschula from <I>EnvisionWorks</I>, a local landscape architectural firm. The attendees included the three neighborhoods that border the intersection. Some things shared with the Sierschula's  at the meeting were that incorporating wrought iron since it is used along Salem would be a design element; maybe some art/sculpture, type of benches, maybe use our light post style, type of trees/evergreens, a dry creek bed, more interesting bus shelter. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Priority Board Restructuring</B>  - Delores Robinson shared details (K. Rizer did attend the meeting in June) that the City Staff will be moved to City Hall. Site offices will continue to be opened limited hours - for meetings or to meet citizens by appointment.          </div> <div>                        </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New Business:</B></I></div> <div> Newsletter - Articles are due now. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Respectfully submitted </div> <div>           K. Rizer<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT></div> <div> Kathleen Rizer, Secretary  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="24_june_2008_minutes_of_dayton_view"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>24 June 2008 </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation Trustees' Meeting</B></FONT></div> <div> 24 June 2008</div> <bR> <div> <I>For a wonder, the June 2008 meeting had a quorum - the 10 trustees initially present were well distributed by district.  President Delores Robinson called the meeting to order.  The group read the minutes of the 27 May meeting.  Ellen Rice moved that they be accepted as written, Steve Blatt seconded the motion, and the motion was unanimously passed.  Similarly, the Treasurer's report was read; there were no questions.  Ted Scheidt moved that it be accepted, Steve Blatt seconded that motion as well, and it was unanimously approved.  </I></div> <div> <I><B>Old Business:</B></I></div> <div> Delores reminded the group that the <B>Mayor's Walk</B> would take place at 5:30 PM on Monday, June 30, and the trustees should try to attend and each bring a friend.  The arrangements were reviewed, and Delores passed out stacks of flyers (supplied by the Mayor's office) to be distributed by the weekend at the latest.  The route for the walk will begin at Omega, go down Burroughs to Cornell, take Cornell to Benson, go up Benson to Salem (with a stop for refreshments at the small triangle where Burbank and Benson meet), take Salem to Auburn, and come back down Auburn to Omega.</div> <div> The <B>Ice Cream Social</B> was discussed next.  It was agreed to hold it at 6:00 PM on Saturday, July 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT>.   We expect Omega Baptist to allow us to use the big TV in Bonebrake to show a movie at 7:30.  Dr. Johnson has not yet given Ami Bement the results of her planned investigation of possible new ice cream sources.  It was noted that the social will also serve as our summer quarterly meeting.</div> <div> Charlene Molnar updated us on the progress of arrangements for the <B>DVT Home Tour</B>.   Some of the promised participants have now decided not to be part of the tour, leaving us with not enough definite commitments to be sure that we will be able to have it. Ami and Charlene will continue to recruit and encourage potential participants for another couple of weeks, but a decision needs to be made by July 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT>.  Steve Burden asked whether coupons in the booklet might be an added attraction; Charlene said that would be up to the advertisers.</div> <div> The <B>Landscaping Committee</B> reported a satisfying improvement in the median strip on Otterbein, thanks to the efforts of half a dozen hard workers the previous evening.  Steve Blatt will ask Frank Balogh to solicit contributions of perennial divisions from our mailing list to fill in the one remaining empty area.</div> <div> The <B>Distressed Housing Committee</B> has put together a handsome report to give the Mayor and her staff, with an overview of the Triangle as well as color pictures of and reports on the 10 Worst in our neighborhood.  We were all impressed!  Steve Burden asked why he couldn't find the city's list of properties slated for demolition; Steve Blatt explained that the list had never been put on line.  Mike Dolinski said the Priority Board had a copy available.</div> <div> No one had any updates related to Phoenix, LEAD, the Priority Board, or Weed and Seed.  Mike  is going to look into the Phoenix demolitions that are within the boundaries of the Triangle, however.  No one from Omega was present.</div> <div> <I><B>New Business:</B></I></div> <div> Delores reminded the trustees that the next <B>newsletter deadline</B> was pending - July 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT>, though, rather than the date in the agenda.   Steve Burden suggested that security might be a good topic for the newsletter or an upcoming meeting; as an ex-cop, he has knowledge that he is willing to share.  Other possible topics are the distressed-housing report for the Mayor, a report on and pictures of the ice-cream social, curb painting, the fall cleanup, the Neighborhood Ball (Dec. 6), and police recruitment.  (The police would like to come to one of our quarterly meetings to emphasize that recruitment is open.).</div> <div> We have a definite date for the fall <B>Neighborhood Cleanup</B>:  September 13<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT>.  Steve Burden is chair of the effort.</div> <div> Delores told the group that Leadership Dayton is organizing a <B>work day on July 26</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>th</B></FONT> that will make some 1500 young people available for work in neighborhoods around the city.  Steve Burden suggested that we try to get a group of them to work on the Omega campus.  Improving the parcourse trail would be one possibility, and landscaping assistance would be another.   Getting trees from the National Arbor Day Foundation was suggested, but the date is probably too close (and the season too inhospitable) to arrange for any planting in conjunction with the kids' availability.  We will ask for a group, and talk with Omega about projects.  They may have teens who could also help.  </div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="minutes_of_dayton_view_triangle_4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation Trustees' Meeting</B></div> <div> 3 February 2009</div> <bR> <div> Mike Dolinski called the meeting to order.  Minutes of the November 2008 meeting were distributed and read.  Steve Burden moved that they be accepted as written, Marco Marmolejo seconded the motion, and they were approved.  Donna Shultz distributed the Treasurer's Report.  She explained a few odd-looking items, including a loan by the President to the Federation because we knew that the collection of monies for the Adopt-a-Family was going to be too late for pre-Christmas distribution.  Mike said he would try to collect the deposit we left with the City to guarantee our participation in the Neighborhood Trash Pickup day, which has not yet been returned. </div> <div> <I><B>Old Business:  </B></I></div> <div> <B>K. Rizer.</B> The group discussed how we might honor K. for her years of service to the neighborhood.  A small committee has been formed, but no details can be documented if we are going to surprise her!</div> <div> <B>Report on Omega Baptist Activities.</B>  William Allen was present, and plans to try his hardest to attend more regularly.  He said that the bookstore/café is up and running, and open to the neighborhood.  They are trying to get more tutoring programs going, and would welcome neighborhood participants.  Omega is hoping that within the next 6 months or so they can turn Roberts Hall into one-bedroom apartments for those in need of inexpensive housing; Ms. Belinda Stimson is heading that effort.  (Local college students are possible tenants.)  Ted Scheidt suggested that the Federation could help Omega by planting trees to replace some of those taken down by Hurricane Ike.  Various people will look in to the possibility of getting trees from the City and from Siebenthaler.  (It is not clear whether the original Olmsted landscaping plans can be found.)     </div> <div> <B>Distressed Housing Committee Report.</B>  Ted said that snow had canceled both DVT and other housing-committee meetings.  He noted, however, that 2412 Salem had been demolished, and the water had been turned off in the house on Malvern that made our “Bottom 10” list.  Steve Burden has talked with Bill O'Connell about city demolitions; Citywide is now doing the demolitions for them.  He is concerned because Citywide plans to build on those lots, and the proposed housing is not consonant with the DVT architecture.  Mike will invite a Citywide representative to one of our meetings, if possible the upcoming Quarterly one.   </div> <div> <B>Money for Adopt-a-Family.</B>  The President's loan of $400 was distributed to five families, three in the Triangle and two outside it.  However, we have received $655 so far, and money is still trickling in!  Delores Robinson moved that once the President has been repaid, we distribute similar amounts to other families in the spring rather than waiting for next Christmas.  Ellen Rice seconded the motion, and it was passed.  </div> <div> <I><B>New Business:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Bylaws update.  </B>Steve Burden, as our new Parliamentarian, is looking at our bylaws.  He plans to circulate some suggested modifications - for example, allowing trustees to represent districts in which they do not reside, which is actually contrary to the current bylaws.  We will discuss changes at a future meeting.</div> <div> <B>New Federation position.</B>  Mike asked the trustees to think about a possible new position, probably at the officer level:  a Community Events Director or Community Social Affairs position.  He believes that the Federation needs someone who could coordinate (not actually manage) the neighborhood events in which we are currently involved, and perhaps help some others get off the ground.  That level of active outreach is simply too much to ask of any of the current officers.</div> <div> <B>Calendar.  </B>The calendar that resulted from the Officers' Planning Meeting was distributed.  A couple of dates were modified, but a couple more need to be nailed down.  A Candidate's Night may need to be added, since this is an election year.  We may also need to modify the newsletter deadlines to ensure that the newsletters are mailed in time for even the most dilatory bulk mail to arrive before the Quarterly Meetings.<B>  </B></div> <div> <B>Miscellaneous.</B>  Items mentioned for the group's education (or edification) were:  the College Hill run on May 9; the possibility that we might organize a Book Club in the neighborhood, perhaps in conjunction with Omega (and its café?); a reminder that Habitat for Humanity does rehab as well as building, and perhaps some abandoned properties could be donated to them; and the fact that the median sale price of a house in Detroit proper is down to $7,500, making us all feel better right away.</div> <div> Mike moved that the meeting be adjourned, and Jerry Shultz seconded the motion.  No one dissented.</div> <div> <B>Ellen Rice, Secretary</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Minutes of Dayton View Triangle Federation Trustees' Meeting</B></div> <div>  <A NAME="25_february_2009"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>25 February 2009</div> <bR> <div> Mike Dolinski called the meeting to order.  We did not quite have a quorum, so all votes are unofficial.  Minutes of the January (actually 3 February) 2009 meeting were distributed and read.  Delores Robinson moved that they be accepted as written, William Allen seconded the motion, and they were approved.  Donna Shultz distributed the Treasurer's Report.  She noted that our balance was up to $5K.  We got our trash-pickup deposit from last fall back, but have already made the deposit for next fall. The city complimented us on our participation and performance.</div> <div> <I><B>Pending (Old) Business:  </B></I></div> <div> No reports were made on the by-laws update, since Steve Burden was not present, or on the Family Fun Night, since Charlene Molnar was not present either.</div> <div> <B>Tree-planting.  </B>Mike has checked with the city arborist, Mr. Humpsted, who said they would provide trees and plant them, for a charge of $30 per tree.  We need to know by about April whether they would be willing to plant them on the Omega campus, not just along the streets, and also find out what species are available.  Theresa Buycks was volunteered as the Omega contact.  We will also look into Arbor Day Foundation trees.<B>   </B></div> <div> <B>Omega Baptist activities.</B>  William attended a meeting on the upcoming census.  He said that census blocks have been redefined to comprise about 3000 people, so the Triangle is now two census blocks rather than four.  The records show 988 households for the Triangle; Delores noted that from our flyer distribution, it is currently more like 825.  Some of the difference may lie in semi-occupied multi-family housing, not just empty houses.  In case of questions, William provided a contact, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:kbowman@mvrpc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kbowman@mvrpc.org"><U><U>kbowman@mvrpc.org</U></U></A></FONT> (Katie).</div> <div> <B>Phoenix Project.</B>  Delores attended the most recent Phoenix meeting.  They have decided to meet only bimonthly, so the next one will be in April after the Mayor's meeting.  The August one will be a picnic.</div> <div>  <B>College Hill May 9</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> Walk/Run.</B>  Mike reminded us of the planned run and associated events, and pointed out that partnering with other neighborhoods in such efforts will be valuable not only in itself, but in strengthening our ties as we all try to address housing issues.    </div> <div> <I><B>New Business:</B></I></div> <div> <B>Winter Quarterly Meeting</B><I><B>.  </B></I>Mike reported briefly on the 22 February quarterly meeting.  Citywide made a three-easel presentation on the progress of the Fairfield Common(s) project, and showed us what the infill housing that will be going onto three empty lots on the DVT side of Salem will look like.  There was discussion of possible senior-suitable housing on the larger tracts that Citywide will have available in the vicinity of the Theatre Guild building.  Citywide asked for our neighborhood crime stats, and praised our association activity and our website as the best in the city!  A propos of the confusion on the start time of that meeting, and after some discussion, Ted Scheidt moved that we agree on (and publicize) a 7 PM start for all quarterly meetings.  Ellen Rice seconded it, and the motion passed.</div> <div> <B>Shared trusteeships.</B>  Because of the persistent difficulty in achieving a quorum, there was some discussion of how trusteeships might be shared.  There are people willing to distribute flyers who cannot attend meetings, and vice versa.  Both Ted and Dorothy Treece are willing to be trustees to supplement existing people.  Mike is going to check with some of the rarely seen trustees to make sure that they want to continue.  The possibility of electronic voting was raised.  The discussion reminded us that the new by-laws need to address our current practice of allowing trustees to represent districts other than the one in which they live.  The discussion was tabled for a future meeting (moved by Ami Bement, seconded by Donna).</div> <div> <B>New Crime Prevention Officer.</B>  Mike has met with Dan Mamula, the new CPO for our district, and discussed our concerns with him.</div> <div> <B>Refugee resettlement.</B>  The group talked about Catholic Charities' efforts to resettle Sudanese refugees, and whether the owners of vacant houses might be convinced to rent to them.  Lori Mayo said that those she has met would be good neighbors.  She will be talking further with her church about what the needs might be.</div> <div> After Mike reminded the group of various meetings happening in the next few weeks that it would be good to have neighborhood representation at, William moved to adjourn the meeting and Rose Fox seconded the motion.</div> <div> <B>Ellen Rice, Secretary</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>