Minutes
Rosemont West Neighborhood Association Board Meeting
March 6, 2003
Call to Order by President, Loren Stoeckel at 7:00 PM
Roll Call: Board Officers:
President: Loren Stoeckel (Present)
Vice-President: Brad Tatham (Excused)
Secretary: Elsie Stoeckel (Present)
Treasurer: Lorenia Lee (Present)
Street Representatives:
R.E. Best (Present)
Steve Campbell (Present)
Luise Faber (Excused)
Chris Hansen (Excused)
Mary Ann Johnson (Present)
Myke Mortensen (Present)
Ed Murray (Excused)
Jesse Newman & Mabel Gerber (Present)
Lucas and Susanna Schippers (Present)
Barbara Stoddard (Present)
Jim Vigil (Excused)
Bob Webster (Present)
Guests: Eagle Sccout Bryan Nicodemus, Jim Nicodemus, and Charles Ervin (NET)
OLD BUSINESS:
TPD Report None
Minutes of Last Board Meeting: Barb Stoddard moved to accept the minutes as presented. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Minutes of February Board Meeting: Motion was made and seconded to accept the report. The minutes were accepted unanimously as presented.
Treasurer’s Report: The balance of the account is $2587.19. Income from memberships was $215. Motion was made and seconded to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.
NET - Charles Ervin: Back to Basics probably won’t be funded due to the budget cuts. Net Team will continue. A director for Net was hired. Charles asked if anyone
had concerns that he could address by bringing an appropriate speaker to the next meeting. The concerns mentioned are dogs running loose and illegal dumping in the
alley we cleaned. Charles will look into the ordinances that exist, what fines are applicable and what signs can be erected.
The board agreed to put information about dealing with the dog issue on the front page of the newsletter.
Eagle Scout, Brian Nicodemus presented his proposed project to our board because our neighborhood association was the first in Tucson to host CERT (Community Emergency Response Training).
Brian wants to seek donations from merchants for 72 hour survival kits and give the kits to senior citizens or disabled
residents in our neighborhood. Joseph made the motion that RWNA would support and accept his project. The motion passed
unanimously. Myke is the contact person for the project.
Appointment of Additional Street Reps: Joseph Maher will take Scarlett east of Niven and 13th St. west of Niven. Lucas and Susanna
Schippers volunteered to serve as street representatives for all of 18th Street as well as the streets already assigned.
Spring Potluck Picnic in the Park Planning: April 12, 4-7 PM.
Plan a CERT drill in conjunction with a nearby fire station.
Make available sign-up sheets for CERT Training.
Jumping castle
Provide hotdogs.
Post membership list on bulletin board.
Make available means for people to write letters to the Safeway people to encourage building a store nearby. (Myke will take care of paper and envelopes for this.)
Steve Campbell made a motion to reimburse Loren Stoeckel for the RWNA banner with logo. The motion passed unanimously.
Steve Campbell made a motion to approve a maximum of $150 for a jumping castle.
Elsie Stoeckel made a motion to approve expenditure of a maximum of $100 for purchasing hot dogs and drinks. The motion passed unanimously. Lorenia will purchase food.
Bob Webster has a driver to pound Lorenia’s sign posts into the ground in the triangle at Niven and Melissa.
Lorenia will find prices on a large banner to be hung in the park.
Call to Audience: Negotiations with Safeway have broken down. At this point the store is not coming to our neighborhood. Joseph will check
with Andy Squires as to whether we should have a letter writing campaign for Safeway.
On-Going Reports:
Back to the Basics (Steve Campbell, Brad Tatham, Joseph Maher, Loren Stoeckel, Elsie Stoeckel) Discussed previously.
Bylaws Committee (Steve Campbell, Joseph Maher, Brad Tatham, Barb Stoddard) - No report.
Hoffman Park Committee (Loren Stoeckel, Joseph Maher) – No report.
Grant Committee (Elsie and Loren Stoeckel, Lucas Schippers) – No report.
Membership Committee (Lorenia Lee, Brad Tatham, Bob Webster, Myke Mortensen) – Membership is climbing.
Nominating Committee: (Myke Mortensen, Mary Ann Johnson) – No report.
VIP Liaison: Elsie Stoeckel – No meeting due to CERT training at the same time.
Publicity Committee (Mary Ann Johnson, Brad Tatham, Barbara Stoddard, Lorenia Lee (Posters), Myke Mortensen (Flyers)):
There will be one newsletter in March and one in April.
Web Site Activity (Lucas and Susanna Schippers) – Schippers presented printed copies of the details of the web site plan.
Citizen’s Corps Council web address need to be given to Schippers. We need to find space for the Website. Lucas will find
a free website for the first few months to determine what level of traffic it experiences.
School Outreach Committee (Susanna Schippers, Owen Mortensen, Loren Stoeckel) – Myke reported that the school advisory
council has 2 openings but only parents are eligible. The issue of uniforms is still being discussed and will be voted on
again. Susanna is having difficulty making the meetings because of the early meeting time (5:30 PM). The next meeting is
March 18th.
Development Issues Committee (Barbara Stoddard, Joseph Maher in an advisory capacity), Myke Mortensen, Joan Arnold -327-2224)
Evergreen Development, Inc. wants to build a Walgreens on the southwest corner of 22nd and Craycroft. JB’s at Speedway and
Swan was purchased by McMann and will soon open it as a barbecue. He is seeking to transfer a liquor license.
Homeland Security (Loren Stoeckel, Brad Tatham)– CERT training was completed by several RWNA board members. Helmets, gloves,
masks, etc. were distributed to those participants. A certificate was presented to Loren Stoeckel by Fred Ronstadt at City
Council Meeting signifying RWNA being the first neighborhood association to offer CERT training.
NEW BUSINESS:
Loren Stoeckel discussed an issue with a neighbor with wrecked cars in front of his house.
A crew of volunteer workers from Rosemont Community Church will be here in 2 weeks and could help senior citizens and handicapped residents clean yards.
Adjournment
Next Board Meeting: April 3, 2003
Minutes
Rosemont West Neighborhood Association Board Meeting February 6, 2003
Call to Order by President, Loren Stoeckel at 7:00 PM
Roll Call: Board Officers:
President: Loren Stoeckel (Present)
Treasurer: Lorenia Lee (Present)
Vice-President: Brad Tatham (Present)
Secretary: Elsie Stoeckel (Present)
Street Representatives
R.E. Best (Present)
Steve Campbell (Absent)
Luise Faber (Excused)
Chris Hansen (Absent)
Mary Ann Johnson (Present)
Myke Mortensen (Present)
Ed Murray (Excused)
Jesse Newman (Present)
Lucas and Susanna Schippers (Excused)
Barbara Stoddard (Present)
Jim Vigil (Present)
Bob Webster (Present)
Guests: Charles Ervin (NET)
OLD BUSINESS:
The rental property on Swan with the advertisement “Notary” on the yellow van was discussed. There is a broken window
visible on the south side of the house that has not been repaired. Since this has a negative impact on the neighborhood,
the RWNA board agreed that a letter should be written to the landlord from RWNA asking the abandoned van be removed, no
advertising be visible because it is zoned for residential use, and the broken window be repaired as well as the removing
multiple rows of Christmas lights from around the roof.
January General Meeting Debriefing:
Have only one speaker.
Keep list of procedures that we can refer to next year.
Set a standard for the election. Elect each officer individually. This needs to be in the bylaws.
Give door prizes though out the meeting. This may keep people from leaving early.
Pass sign-up sheets around rather than placing them in the back of the room.
Re-establish the nominating committee in the first board meeting in February.
TPD Report - Officer Martina Jakober (791-4253, mjakobe1@ci.tucson.az.us) brought the crime stats. There have been some
problems with drug houses on Cooper Street just outside our neighborhood. When people have the incorrect house number, they
sometimes end up in our neighborhood and cause problems not realizing they are at the wrong house. She reminded us to take
outgoing mail with checks into the post office to deposit in the mail slot there. Even the blue boxes outside the post
office have been known to be vandalized and mail taken. The checks are then washed and rewritten.
Minutes of Last Board Meeting: Barb Stoddard moved to accept the minutes as presented. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Minutes of Annual Meeting: Barb Stoddard moved to accept the minutes as presented. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report: The report was presented. The balance on Jan. 2, 2003 was $1687.19. Income from memberships was $690.
The balance as of Feb. 6, 2003 was $2377.19. Motion was made and seconded to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.
NET - Charles Ervin: He brought a handout from the police on rules regarding animals and fowls in the neighborhood. This
information was previously requested.
Call to Audience: Copies of the amended RWNA Charter and Bylaws were handed to each member present.
NEW BUSINESS:
Appointment of Committees:
Back to the Basics (Steve Campbell, Brad Tatham, Joseph Maher, Loren Stoeckel, Elsie Stoeckel)
Bylaws Committee (Steve Campbell, Joseph Maher, Brad Tatham, Barb Stoddard): Need to address the issue of new positions not
requiring board meeting attendance for doing specific tasks such as delivering newsletters.
Hoffman Park Committee (Loren Stoeckel, Joseph Maher) – No report.
Grant Committee (Elsie and Loren Stoeckel, Lucas Schippers) – Back to Basic funding may be reduced or eliminated this
year due to city budget cuts. Grant Committee will work on seeking funding for a new Hoffman Park ramada.
Membership Committee (Lorenia Lee, Brad Tatham, Bob Webster, Myke Mortensen) – No report.
Nominating Committee: (Myke Mortensen, Mary Ann Johnson) – No report.
VIP Liaison: Elsie Stoeckel – No report.
Publicity Committee (Mary Ann Johnson, Brad Tatham, Barbara Stoddard, Lorenia Lee (Posters), Myke Mortensen (Flyers)):
The next newsletter will have a list of officers, committees, report of annual meeting, CERT training.
School Outreach Committee (Susanna Schippers, Owen Mortensen, Loren Stoeckel) – No report.
Development Issues Committee (Barbara Stoddard, Joseph Maher in an advisory capacity), Myke Mortensen, Joan Arnold -327-2224)
1. Pro Neighborhood Workshop was announced.
2. Grant money is available from CDC for activity centers to develop programs that result in prevention of teen pregnancy. Brad Tatham moved that Barbara seek more information on this by talking with the representative of the program. This was seconded and passed unanimously.
3. TPD Neighborhood meeting is this Saturday.
4. There is a new Nissan car dealership on 22nd Street that has been contacted by a RWNA previous board member to ask them to pay for speed humps in the new area of RWNA.
Homeland Security (Loren Stoeckel, Brad Tatham) – CERT Training times announced: Feb. 21,002, 6 – 10 PM, Feb. 22, 2003, 8-5 PM, March 1, 2003, 8-5PM.
Dates for up-coming picnics were decided. April 12, 2003 and Sept. 20, 2003
Donation to Rosemont Community Church to thank them for letting us meet in their building: Elsie Stoeckel moved that we pay them $150. This was seconded and passed unanimously.
Motion was made by Mary Ann Johnson that Barbara Stoddard make ID tags for all RWNA Board Members. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Adjournment: 8:45 PM
Minutes
Rosemont West Neighborhood Association Annual General Meeting 1/23/03
Held at Rosemont Community Church
6:30 PM: Dessert Potluck, membership fees and completed questionnaires were accepted.
7:00 PM: The meeting was called to order by President, Brad Tatham.
Andy Squire, from Ronstadt’s office in Ward 6, explained that the Back to Basics’ money($800,000 per ward) is slated to go
to our neighborhood association this year. The budget crisis in city government may change the program. There is a 20% chance
that the program will be eliminated and an 80% chance that the amount will be reduced. If street lights were chosen as the Back
to Basics’ project, they would be underground. This is the most expensive project to pursue and would have to emphasize safety by
establishing a route for walking or be staggered lighting. There is another option to add lighting and that is through a Lighting
Improvement Project where neighbors share the cost. This requires 80% of the residents on the street to agree.
Speed mitigation can be handled in many ways in addition to speed humps. The budget for Back to Basics will be determined in June.
President’s Report by Brad Tatham
Expanded boundaries, website, organization of RWNA Board, officers, street representatives, residents, committees, future issues
Treasurer’s Report was presented.
Marc Hammond, Field Supervisor, Pima County Animal Control, advised residents on action that they could take to deal with dogs who are
running at large and aggressive. He recommends calling 911 when confronted with an aggressive dog.
Homeland Security: Sherri Howell, Citizens Corp Council for Homeland Security, described the purpose of CERT (Citizen’s Emergency
Response Team) Training. Chief Anderson, Fire Chief of the City of South Tucson explained the history of CERT Training.
Keith St. John, Supervisor, Pima County Emergency Services, gave additional information on the Citizens Corp Initiative.
Proposed change to Charter: We intend to clarify the Charter member statement (Article 3 Membership) concerning the number of
memberships per household, currently proposed to be a maximum of 2 voting memberships per household/business/organization
with each member holding a current paid membership. The change was passed.
Election of board members and street representatives was held. See attached list of those elected.
Tucson Police Department Representative, Office Jeff __________: He had the crime statistics for 2002 for our neighborhood. One-half
of the yearly calls in our neighborhood were generated from Broadway. Nothing significant jumped out as being a problem.
There were many calls from residents reporting suspicious behavior and this is helpful for the neighborhood. He discussed
that enforcing the city code about loud music from vehicles is difficult.
Door prizes donated by local businesses were awarded by drawing tickets that had been distributed during the Dessert Potluck.
Meeting was adjourned.
Minutes
Rosemont West Neighborhood Association Board Meeting
May 1, 2003
Call to Order by President, Loren Stoeckel. Quorum present at 7:05 PM.
Roll Call
Board Officers:
President: Loren Stoeckel (Present)
Treasurer: Lorenia Lee (Excused)
Vice-President: Brad Tatham(Present)
Secretary: Elsie Stoeckel (Present)
Street Representatives:
R.E. Best (Present)
Steve Campbell (Present)
Luise Faber (Absent)
Chris Hansen (Absent)
Mary Ann Johnson (Present)
Joseph Maher (Excused)
Myke Mortensen (Excused)
Ed Murray (Present)
Jesse Newman & Mabel Gerber(Excused)
Lucas and Susanna Schippers (Present)
Barbara Stoddard (Present)
Jim Vigil (Excused)
Bob Webster (Present)
Guests: None
OLD BUSINESS
TPD Report: None
Minutes of March Board Meeting: Minutes were accepted as presented.
Treasurer’s Report: No report.
NET: No report.
Spring Potluck Picnic in the Park: Atttendance was low. We need to involve more people in the preparation. Perhaps we will not have an event in the fall. It is recommended that we form an Events Committee for next year to plan activities.
Call to Audience: Nothing
On-Going Reports
Back to the Basics (Steve Campbell, Brad Tatham, Joseph Maher, Loren Stoeckel, Elsie Stoeckel)
Steve Campbell presented results of the questionnaire.
93 questionnaires were returned, 7 were filled out incorrectly, 5 were blank
81 surveys were used in the tally
Point of interest by residents are improving the triangle at Melissa and Niven, jogging and exercise track and handicap access at Hoffman Park, and a dog run. There is interest in improving bus stops on Swan but this will happen anyway within the next 2 1/2 years.
Bylaws Committee (Steve Campbell, Joseph Maher, Brad Tatham, Barb Stoddard) - No report.
Hoffman Park Committee (Loren Stoeckel, Joseph Maher) – No report.
Grant Committee (Elsie and Loren Stoeckel, Lucas Schippers) – No report.
Membership Committee (Lorenia Lee, Brad Tatham, Bob Webster, Myke Mortensen) - No report
Nominating Committee: (Myke Mortensen, Mary Ann Johnson) – No report.
VIP Liaison: Elsie Stoeckel – A little more graffiti is showing up.
Publicity Committee (Mary Ann Johnson, Brad Tatham, Barbara Stoddard, Lorenia Lee (Posters), Myke Mortensen (Flyers)): We have a list of members in the neighborhood.
More stories on history in the neighborhood are needed for the newsletter. We will thank businesses for donating prizes.
Web Site Activity (Lucas and Susanna Schippers) – The web site is being programmed on a free site. RWNA would like to reward students who did the website.
Steve Campbell made a motion that RWNA will reimburse Lucas Schippers for a pizza gift certificate of $50 maximum to be given to students who worked on the web site. Barb Stoddard seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
School Outreach Committee (Susanna Schippers, Owen Mortensen, Loren Stoeckel) Progress is slowly being made on construction of the multipurpose room at Bonillas.
Development Issues Committee (Barbara Stoddard, Joseph Maher in an advisory capacity), Myke Mortensen, Joan Arnold -327-2224)
Walgreens is constructing another store at 22nd and Craycroft.
Tony Edland has obtained rezoning for a new carport.
The new building across from St. Joseph’s School was zoned for 8 floors, but tenants could not be found for all floors so it was built to less than eight.
We need to find out why the property on the south side of Broadway should be commercial to improve possibility of grocery store. Would this allow apartments to be built? We need info from zoning committee. A speaker would be good for the next meeting.
Homeland Security (Loren Stoeckel, Brad Tatham)– May 31st is the Awareness Event at the Hilton on East Broadway from 9-2. CERT participants are encouraged to attend in vest and helmet.
NEW BUSINESS:
Brad has been trying to find the resources to have the July meeting being movies in the park, but no projectors are available.
Adjournment – 8:15 PM
Next Board Meeting: June 5, 2003
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