Monday, May 13, 2013
Meeting Minutes of
The mission of the
Mary started the meeting at
6:30 p.m.
Mary acknowledge the death of Daniel Gardner in Washington Park
Mary talked about the make up of the
MDNA gave the examples of each committee. More information can be found at www.martin-drive.orgunder
the Association link.
Alderman Murphy talked about the positive effect of neighbors on
Martin Drive and Washington Park. The Urban Ecology Center was recently visited
by Washington Heights Residents and a presenter talked about the hundreds of
kids that use the Center.
Alderman Murphy talked about the Milwaukee Police Department
Neighborhood Bike Patrol. He wants neighbors to understand that
one tragic incident is not a symbol of the neighborhood.
Murphy said that property values have bottomed out. Thirty
percent of property is tax exempt. New legislation will exempt billboards from
money made on sales and will only tax property structure.
Alderman Murphy talked about residency. The Milwaukee Police
Union and Milwaukee Fire Department failed to get residency in
their bargaining. The budget in Madison will take the requirement
away. In other cities when the residency requirement was lifted, ten years
later, fifty percent of employees left the city they worked in. There is value
in having those people in our neighborhoods. Having the legislature
"bargain" with Fire and Police unions isn't fair.
Alderman Murphy did not support the street car for financial
reasons. He said that this is another example of interference in the public
good of Milwaukee. He said let local officials make
Steve talked about the community garden and future projects.
Sharon talked about the neighborhood-wide rummage sale. She said
that this is a great event for neighbors to meet and sell their stuff.
Mary talked about the sign up list.
The first planning meeting is June 1 for the summer picnic. If
you would like to volunteer to help plan this year’s wonderful tradition
contact Shirley Drake at 414-313-9476 or annesdrake@gmail.com
The summer reading program starts today. You get a super reader
folder and can use it to keep track of how many minutes a child reads. Those
minutes adds up to discounts for food and tickets to local attractions. You can
also sign up at mpl.org
Martin Drive will be a super reader neighborhood. We will
encourage children to participate in the program.
Mary highlighted good neighbor deeds from the past year.
Pat Mueller said the Bloom and Groom Event is this Saturday.
There have been 47 orders so far.
Raymond said neighbors can keep up to date by liking the Martin
Drive Neighborhood Facebook Page. You can read posts directly from the
neighborhood website without being a member of Facebook. Go towww.martin-drive.org and scroll down.
Raymond explained the idea about being a non-profit and
explained how the idea developed from our discussions about a neighbor
improvement district, NID (see attached). He said tonight's decision is
around should we look into being a non-profit. A neighbor asked if we need a
board of directors to be a non-profit. It was answered that we need to have a
voting process to spend funds and it could be a board. After the presentation,
it was decided by a hand vote that we should look into being a
non-profit.
Sharon talked about the white sheet to indicate if you would
like some neighborhood meetings to remain on a Monday night at 6 or 6:30 p.m.
or a Saturday morning/afternoon.
County Supervisor Stamper, II, talked about the e-newsletter, a
June 20 town forum at the Washington Park Senior Center. He talked about
putting barriers to protect kids from high speed traffic on Lisbon. He is
looking into cameras and signage to encourage only kids under 17 to use the
playground equipment and encourage adult supervision. Four County Sheriffs will
be dedicated to the park.
The meeting ended at 8 p.m.