MEETING MINUTES

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Meeting Notes
General Meeting
03/02/2005

Meeting started with a welcome from Dave and an introduction of new neighbors.

General Business:

Carolyn Boitnott - Crime Prevention Committee

The Crime Prevention Committee is held the 3rd Wednesday of every month at Carolyn's house. They are looking for new block reps. There will be an event planned to coordinate the reps - to be announced later.

Dave Dyer

Committee Chairs must have their budgets submitted by the next Executive Committee meeting to be held 3/15/2005.

Rick Gilmour

There are concerns related to the demolition of the Pratt St. property. There is a significant lead load in the building. Rick tried to determine what the city's responsibility was in this area. He called the Health Department, and couldn't get an answer. He wrote a letter to Jim Kraft requesting assistance in ensuring that the developers follow the same rules as the biotech development - keeping the lead in an envelope. There are special concerns with Ronnie's grocery store. The lead can easily be tracked into the store. He contacted the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children. They gave him lots of information. Barry Glassman suggested that he contact the state to see what assistance they could give him.

Friends of Patterson Park Presentation:

Lesley Gardner

There is one director and three part-time staff. The rest of the people are volunteers.

The pagoda will be open from April 16th through the first week in November.

The Friends of Patterson Park volunteers will be organized a little differently this year. There will be four teams:

• The Boat Lake Team will consist of Boat Lake Guides, who will educate visitors about the lake; and the Boat Lake Clean Up Crew, who will clean up the lake and the surrounding area. There will be a clean-up the first Saturday of every month. Everyone is welcome.

• The Pagoda Team will consist of the Pagoda Docents, who will greet visitors; and the Pagoda Maintainers, who will clean up around the pagoda. They will meet the second Sunday of every month.

• The Tree Team will plant trees. They plan to plant over 100 trees this year, and will take care of the existing trees. There will be tree planting the 4th Saturday of every month. The first meeting and workday will be Saturday, April 23.

• The Detail Detail will take care of everything else in the park. They will paint benches, bill the dog bag holders, and weed flower beds. Their first meeting will Wednesday, March 16th at 6:30.

Everyone interesting in volunteering should contact Lesley at 410-276-3676 or by email.

Spring Plants Presentation:

John Lucas - Home Depot

John gave an interesting presentation on shrubs, plants and trees. He answered many questions.

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