November Agenda
Posted by Mary Genzel on Oct 21, 2008
Jackson Corners Neighborhood Association
November 5, 2008
AGENDA
I. Call To Order – Introductions – Brad
II. Secretary’s Report – Agenda, Quorum, Sign- In, Minutes- Mary
III. Treasurer’s Report – School District, Report on Finances – Karen
IV. Vice President’s Report – Email notices – Roland
V. President’s Report - City Council – Neighborhood Issues – Brad
VI. Old Business
A. Sue Landrum-Neighborhood Alliance
B. Website-www.jcorners.com – Brad
C. Neighborhood Clean Up – Roland
D. Garage Sale – Mary
E. Regional Neighborhood Networking Conference – Mary
F. Clean Up Alleys – Roland
G. Election of Officers 2008-2009
H. Approval of Bylaw Changes
I. Other
VII. New Business
A. Membership in Neighborhood Alliance
B. Other
VIII. Announcements: Drawing for Spaghetti Dinner Basket; Next Meeting December 3, 2009 – See what surprises we have in store that night!!!
IX. Adjourn
Speaker for tonight: John Kunski-City Landlord Ordinance; Lt. Burk, Police; KC Jones, Landlord – On Landlord/Rental issues
October Meeting Minutes
Posted by Mary Genzel on Oct 21, 2008
Minutes of Jackson Corners Neighborhood Association October 1, 2008
Call to Order 6:35 pm by Brad Carter, President
Secretary’s Report – Mary Genzel-
Agendas were handed out, Quorum present. Rules of the Floor. Sign In Sheet.
Minutes from the September were read; Sue Laundrum moved/2nd to approve minutes as read; approved. Thank Yous’ were sent out to Night Out Against Crime donators. (6)
Treasurers Report - Karen Scott- Treasurer’s report: Beginning Balance $160. Income: $55.00
Expenditures: -0- Checking $160.00; Savings $25.00
Can is available for donations. Report was filed for audit. A check for $25. was presented from Aaron Schock for our participation in Night Out Against Crime Event.
No Report on the School District; the can was passed around for donations. It was explained that we don’t charge dues.
Vice Presidents Report: – Roland Tenley – He is sending out notices via email regarding the association’s meeting and events. Will have map at next meeting.
Presidents Report: – Brad Carter – kids are roaming the streets after Woodruff Football games and causing damage and/or noise problems. Councilman Manning reinforced this. Call Police.
Old Business:
Sue Landrum reported on Neighborhood Alliance -Christmas Card sale;
Neighborhood Watch – Sue’s group was started, passed out some materials, encouraged others.
Night Out Against Crime was Tuesday, September 16th and was held at the Methodist Church. Very successful with McGruff, a couple of candidates or representatives attending. Church was very helpful, Brad reported.
Garage Sale – Mary reported that we have had several calls to participate Saturday October 25 8-12 or later- we will put up signs. Mary moved/2nd to approved $40. for ad to run in Journal Star this year. Approved. We will provide signs at 4 corners, participants need to provide their own signs.
Regional Neighborhood Networking Conference – Mary will be attending 1st week in Oct in Lima, Ohio.
New Business:
Clean Up Alleys – Roland will have map at Nov Meeting, inquiring about city totes to assist in garbage.
Neighborhood Cleanup-Roland- will have 2 dumpsters at Advocacy center on Oct 25 8-Noon;
Kickoff is at 8 am. at the Advocacy Center.
- Nominations for officers: Sue Landrum moved/2nd to keep the same people in leadership positions for the next year. Approved.
Bylaw Revision Proposals- Brad read two proposals:
II Add V. Shall appoint committee members and /or liaisons with concurrence of the membership.
Add III. Jackson Corner’s Neighborhood Association membership shall, at the time of the election of officers, vote whether to join/stay affiliated with the Neighborhood Alliance.
1. If affiliated with the Neighborhood Alliance the President shall appoint one liason in the month following the Alliances own elections.
Announcements: interests brought up were signs,-Bob Manning agreed to handle signs – Mary will design the sign 10-15 needed if possible; Garden Club-matching grants
Speaker was Bob Manning who talked on Neighborhood issues.
Next Meeting is Nov. 5 with John Kunski-City Landlord, a Police Office & landlord dealing with rental and landlord issues
Adjourn at 730.pm (Mary moved to adjourn)
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Genzel, Secretary
CITY OF PEORIA LOGO
Posted by Brad on Oct 8, 2008
NEWS RELEASE
Date: October 8, 2008
Released by: Alma Brown, Communications Manager, 494-8554
Subject: CITY OF PEORIA LOGO
After months of research, focus groups and committee meetings, the City is asking for your input on a potential logo, designed by Converse Marketing for the City of Peoria . Log on to www.logopeoria.com and review eight logo choices. When you have decided on your favorite, simply click on it. Then choose two more in the same fashion. After selecting three, you will be asked to submit your choices.
A number of logos were presented to the City’s marketing committee for discussion before the final selections were made to City Council Members. Public input is an integral part of the selection process and we encourage everyone to vote.
The voting deadline is October 31, 2008. Please limit your vote to one per person.
Regional Neighborhood Network Conference (RNNC)
Posted by Mary Genzel on Oct 6, 2008
I Just returned from the RNNC Conference that was held in Lima (prounenced) like the bean, Ohio. There were over 350 in attendance and Peoria had the largest delegation there with 39 I believe.
We attended several mettings on Friday. I attended How to Advocate Effectively for Neighborhood Issues; How to Engage your Community For Change; How to create a Neighborhood Plan and How to Diversify your Community Group. We did break for lunch and it was so exciting when they announced that Carol Holford of Peoria was awarded the Stella Stewart Award “Doin Good in the Neighborhood” (2008) After the meetings were over we boarded buses for various tours, I was on the Parks tour viewing several of the parks in the Lima area. It was quite impressive. After that, we had dinner and entertainment and then back to the conference at 7am for breakfast, keynote speaker and one more seminar. I was in the Improving Neighborhood Communication. That was eyeopening as well. Everyone was very impressed with Peoria as we had three councilmen present and several city staff workers go. Eric Turner assured us on the way back home that the council is prepared to implement some of the ideas we brought back with us to better our neighborhoods. The worst part, the long bus ride….there are too many best parts to list! Next year it will be in Decatur, so please plan on going. It is well worth it. Sincerely, Mary Genzel, Secretary, Jackson Corners
Landlord list now linked
Posted by Brad on Oct 5, 2008
I have added a link to the Landlord list to the Blogroll on the right hand side of the page. The link will take you to the area on the City of Peoria’s website where the list can be found. You then will need to scroll down to the bottom of the page and download the 142 page .pdf file. You will need Adobe Reader in order to view the file, you can download it for free here.
