NLNA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – January 8, 2024

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Meeting Minutes

January 8, 2024

Present: Jeff Hornstein, President; Barbara Saverino, Vice-President; Donna Turi, Treasurer; Cristina Grisanti, Secretary; Shakirra Clark; Mariel Lewis; Jim Thompson; Kevin Wilkins; Stephen Westcott; Francesca Yepikhina; 

Not in attendance: Matt Ruben; Sana Bango; Margot O’Neil; Meesh Zucker;

Also present: Sydney Rexroad, Executive Director; Kevin Guzman, interested in Transportation & Mobility / Safety

The meeting was called to order by the President at 6:36 p.m.

Approve prior meeting minutes

Board Vote to Approve November Board meeting minutes

Motion: By Jim, seconded by Francesca. “To approve the minutes of the November Board meeting as presented.”

Passed 


Board Vote to Approve December Board meeting minutes

Motion: By Francesca, seconded by Jim. “To approve the minutes of the December Board meeting as presented.”

Passed 

NLNA Leadership Reports

  • President’s Report ( Jeff Hornstein)

    • Temp Bus Operations - Discussed current plans for Greyhound and Flix to move from their current location temporarily and future plans are in progress NLNA is working with OTIS to discuss local options

    • Overlay Revisions - Discussed current overlay revisions which will expedite zoning process for restaurants, still in progress, bill to be drafted

    • Welcome Sydney, new Executive Director of NLNA

    • Continued discussions around corporate fundraising efforts

    • Feb 25th WinterFest at North Bowl

  • Treasurer's Report (Donna Turi)

    • Highlights

      • Have not received PTSSD Executive Director grant yet, so down year over year, otherwise trending

      • Will plan to “market” community center rentals to increase rentals this winter

      • Operations Santa donations were up

      • Costs are up due to paying the Playground Renovations Landscape Architect, Interim ED

    • NLNA Chair Spending Process - https://www.nlna.org/chair 

    • New Quickbooks being implemented

Motion: By Kevin, seconded by Barbara. “To accept the Treasurer's report as presented.”

Passed 

  • Executive Director’s Report (Sydney Rexroad)

    • New NLNA Email Addresses

      • To be shared with Board Members by Sydney after the meeting

    • Committees

      • Will be setting up one-on-ones with Committee Chair to review budgets (if applicable), committee launch checklist, survey results and plan

      • Discussed launching new committees, leveraging priority of new mayoral administration, OTIS and police partnerships to target public safety, transportation, education

    • Fundraising

NLNA Committees

Project

  • Playground Renovation Committee - Link to Status Report

    • Question - New weekly (or bi-weekly) in-person committee meeting cadence to post in Newsletter? TBD

    • Walked through Status Report

Functional

  • Liberty Lands Committee - Link to Status Report

    • What is the issue or open decision?

      • Increased unhoused use of Liberty Lands overnight.

    • Background on the issue

      • Over the month of December multiple groups/individuals have been using Liberty Lands overnight for sleeping. I (Francesca LL Chair) have been going out to speak to them directly and it has been working temporarily. We also have a local unhoused man who has become increasingly disturbed and problematic behavior. I’d like to have a discussion on how we should be handling this and what the protocol will be if we need to take more formal action. 

    • Discussed options for how to handle the situation - Will continue to call homeless outreach, connect with our community liaison for local police district in the upcoming meeting, reach out to city council and discuss as a part of safety initiatives (town watch, etc.), consider security guard at the park

  • Community Center Operations - Link to Status Report

    • Discussed structure/policy for rental pricings & process

  • Events - Link to Status Report

    • Upcoming Events Review

    • Winterfest - Ticket Strategy & Pricing (e.g. Discount on ticket if you sign up for membership) - $25 adult, $15 children, min $100 per table, see if Zeffy can offer a discount code

      • Grant submission

  • Zoning Committee - No January Meeting

  • Admin / Elections

    • Google Drive Intro

    • Will we fill Jessy’s seat before the spring election?

      • Discussed and decided that there will be no special election 

  • NL Action Committee - No Report

  • BID Report - No Report

Impact

  • Community Engagement / Membership - Meeting January 23

  • Public Safety

  • Clean Streets & Beautification - Discussed block cleaning and e-waste e-cycling events

  • Education

Additional Updates

Old Business

  • Status on I-95 changes? No updates

  • Status on 2nd St changes? Will ask Cassidy about Laurel/2nd updates

New Business


The meeting was adjourned by acclaim at 8:10 p.m.

NLNA Admin
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