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Board Meeting Minutes, Monday, 4 March 2019


South Palm Park Association
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, 4 March 2019
1302 South Lakeside Dr., Lake Worth, FL 33460


I.          Call to order
a.     Meeting called to order at 6:30 PM by President Cheryl Rashkin.

II.         Meeting Attendees - Executive Board
a.     Cheryl Rashkin President   
b.     Linda Brower Vice President
c.     Absent: Lewis Makepeace Treasurer
d.     Shari Cornutt Secretary

Block Board Members
Absent: Coleman Veach – 5th
Jim Durbin – 12th
Absent: Peter Just – 6th
Bob Rashkin – 13th
Bill (Lynn) Foley – 7th
Absent: Patrick Keith  – 14th
Bill (Bonnie) Robeson– 8th
Marcia (Luciano) Barrerra – 15th
Absent: Luke Mittner – 9th
Art Broughton – 16th
Chris Diserio – 10th
Absent: Chris Ide – 17th
Absent: Greg Richter – 11th
Lucy Richter – 18th


  Director at Large – Ted Johnson
  Guests: Deborah Tobias, Ken Brower


III.        President’s Comments
      Quorum validated
      Benches will go into median in April to locations identified by the grant (blocks 6, 9, 13 and 16), will be announced at April General Meeting
      Linda will chair the next General Meeting on Mar 11 while Cheryl is away

IV.      Approval of Minutes
January and February Board and General Meeting Minutes reviewed and accepted

V.       Treasurer’s Report – Louis Makepeace (via email)
Treasurer’s Report for February 2019 reviewed and approved.
Starting Balance 


$3,392.94
Total Deposits


$  294.83
Disbursements


$    45.61
Ending Balance Dec ‘18


$3,642.16



Deposits:      Dues $120.00; Yard Sale $162.00; Check to Chris $12.83

Current and Upcoming Activity: 
      2019 Dues collection ($10 individual, $20 household)
      Downtown Block Party ($1 popcorn SPPNA portion)
      Money committed for Park Sign

Petty Cash:  Cheryl will obtain petty cash for use at block party.

VI.       Committees:

Social Committee:  Nathalie Makepeace
      Movie Night – Saturday, Mar 9
Start time – 7:00pm
      Spring Fling, Full Moon Social, Kid’s Movie Night – Discussion to combine these events, will be held Saturday, April 20th
Natalie will need assistance!

CommunicationsTed Johnson ‘Director at Large’
      Newsletter:  Chris Diserio
2nd draft will be emailed out to the Directors as 1st draft was not received by all
Request for articles for neighborhood and city events
Will contain email options for submitting email addresses
Suggestion to use paid ads for businesses owned by neighborhood members
Treasurer will share email list with Secretary based on received new members

Home/Yard of the Month – Jim Durbin chair, Theresa Deveaux, and Art Broughton
      1202 South Palmway chosen for March 2019
      1331 South Lakeside suggested for next month

Block Director Updates
      General information about homes being sold, new neighbors and deaths discussed
      Of note:
New Historic District signs discussed
Median upkeep still an issue – complaints have been taken to the City Manager and Public Works
Park issues discussed including drug deals and parked car seen – need to bring up cameras at Crime Meeting since there are none in operation now
Don Mason charity donation still to be done
Gene Nussbaum passed

VII.     Old or Unfinished Business – none discussed

VIII.    New Business

      Guest Speaker – Yolanda Robinson, March General Meeting
Potential new speaker from Public Works suggested
      Discussion Items –
Dog Park - Sign that disallows dogs is coming down, suggestion for replacement sign to not allow dogs off leash

IX.      Good of the order

      Downtown Block Party
We host Mar 8
Linda will work and needs help
Popcorn will be sold $1 per bag and proceeds split 3 ways with other neighborhoods participating
      Raft Race
NAPC chose theme “As Seen On TV”
Suggestion to incorporate the Chia Pet as our neighborhood theme accepted
A committee chair is needed for this effort
Prior raft is in Chip’s warehouse needs redesign
Greg, Tom, Lucio will be helping
      St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Mar 17 afternoon
No float but neighborhood can join in the parade
NAPC is taking this function on next year
Ted will announce on FB and send email

X.       Next Board Meeting
Monday, April 8, 2019

XI.      Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM

Submitted by:

Shari Cornutt, SPPA Secretary