Betton Hills Neighborhood Association

May 6, 2010

Tom Schulte called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.

Attendees included Donna Legare, Tom Vickers, Tom Whitaker, Bonnie Gaughan-Bailey and Melissa Jacoby. City Commission Seat 3 candidate Lisa Williams was also present and briefly addressed the board. Ms. Williams stayed for the meeting in order to gain an understanding of BHNA issues.

The April 1 minutes were amended to correct board member Tom Whitaker’s name and were approved.

Membership: Tom Vickers presented the May membership report which was approved: Dues have been received from 356 members. Three new members were signed up at Spring Fest. Dues and donations totals are:

Bellamy Fund $1790

Partners Fund $1043

Mansfield Fund $ 642

Dues $3875

TOTAL $7320

The board agreed to increase the amount in the Partners Fund by $7.00 in order to provide $350 to each of our three partner schools. Donna Legare reported that the schools are designating their donations as follows:

Leon High School French Department

Kate Sullivan Art Department

Cobb Middle School English Department

Neighborhood Preservation: Donna Legare reported that she met with City maintenance staff to discuss mowing at McCord Park. The staff was very responsive and will call Donna in the future before major mowings.

Treasurer’s Report: Tom Vickers presented the treasurer’s report which was approved. He also reported that BHNA spent a total of $1156.28 on Spring Fest.

Previous Balance: $8,662.90

Balance as of May 6, 2010: $7,007.68

Checks written since last report:

1283 4/14/10 VOID Fast Signs-price change

1284 4/14/10 $185.00 Post Office-renewal

1285 4/15/10 575.87 Target Copy-newsletter

1286 4/15/10 88.59 Party City-Spring Fest plastic and paper goods

1287 4/19/10 152.65 Fast Signs-Spring Fest signage

1288 5/2/10 138.62 Party Line- balance - inflatable, tables & chairs

1289 5/2/10 166.52 Red Elephant-10 pizzas

1290 5/2/10 VOID Face Painter did not show up

1291 5/1/10 140.97 Publix-food and drinks

1292 5/2/10 30.00 Dave Dickel-musician

1293 5/2/10 30.00 Bill Peterson-musician

1294 5/2/10 VOID Larry Walker-musician declined payment

1295 5/2/10 30.00 Angie Prather-musician

1296 5/2/10 30.00 Barry Sager-musician

1297 4/28/10 20.00 Fuzions Frozen Yogurt-4 gift cert. door prizes

1298 4/28/10 20.00 Food Glorious Food-1 gift cert. door prize

1299 4/28/10 20.00 Kool Beanz Café-1 gift cert. door prize

1300 4/28/10 VOID Miracle Theater-cannot accept checks for gift

1301 4/28/10 19.33 Party City-2 dozen balloons

1302 4/28/10 20.00 Luna’s Italian Food-2 gift cert. door prizes

1303 4/28/10 21.00 Red Eye Coffee Shop-5 gift cert. door prizes

1304 5/1/10 129.69 Native Nursery-memorial tree (Vicky Schwartz’s son)

1305 5/2/10 16.72 Publix-Spring Fest spoons, brownies

1306 5/2/10 10.22 Party Line-Spring Fest 1 additional table

1307 5/3/10 10.04 Margie McInnes-Spring Fest nametags, paper, table covers

Deposits since last report:

Dep. 3/5/10 $145.00 Dues and donations (omitted from last report)

Dep. 3/30/10 25.00 Dues

Dep. 5/4/10 30.00 Dues

Parks: Donna Legare reported that Parks and Recreation asked BHNA to donate $100 to plant perennials at the Armistead Road entrance to McCord Park. Donna will coordinate with Brenda Platt to make sure that the plants are not invasive. The board approved this expenditure.

Newsletter: Tom Vickers reported that Target Copy did the mail merge and distribution of the newsletter which significantly reduced workload for BHNA.

CONA: Melissa Jacoby and Susan Fleming will attend the CONA annual meeting and reception on May 10.

Old Business: The members agreed that Spring Fest was the best ever. Tom Schulte will call Mayor Marks’ office as he has not received a reply to his April 13 letter about Trescott Drive addresses. Tom spoke with TPD Officer Delonna Hartley who will ask Officer Andy Berentsen to provide monthly email updates about neighborhood crimes, similar to those provided to Lafayette Park and Midtown neighborhood residents. Resident Susan Fleming sent the board photos of potholes on Mitchell Avenue near the Winthrop Park parking areas. Tom Schulte provided her with appropriate city contacts. Donna Legare reported that the memorial tree honoring Vickie Schwartz’s son had been planted at Kate Sullivan School. Donna read the thank you letter to BHNA from the Schwartz family.

New Business: Tom Schulte reported that candidates Rick Minor and Stephen Hogge would like to attend a BHNA board meeting. There were no objections.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Melissa Jacoby, Secretary