Minutes July 9, 2001

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President Dianne Olansky called the meeting to order at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Board members present were Dianne Olansky, Norman McKay, Steven Rowell, Bob Silvia, Joe Giardina, Mae Reich, Charlotte Gillis, Bill Ellis, Ross Mansbach, Martha Porter Hall, Mike Carew, and Pat Gardner.

Helen Robinson from Councilmember Cathy Woolard's office attended.

Approval of minutes of the June 2001 meeting: Members of the Board voted to approve the minutes as submitted.

Security Patrol: Bob Silvia will attend the Zone 2 Citizens Advisory Council on behalf of the MLPA. Rod Carew, who is managing the Morningside Security Patrol, reported that car break-ins are increasing, as is usual during the summer. As a result, the Security Patrol may add an additional shift of off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers.

Membership: Ross Mansbach reported that we have 728 members. Of that number, 485 are members of the Security Patrol. The 728 members is 24% of Morningside addresses. Ross introduced a new resident, Chuck Ebbets, who has volunteered to help with the MLPA website and with e-mail messages.

Newsletter: Martha Porter Hall reported that the summer issue of the newsletter is at the printer's. The next issue will feature the Tour of Homes.

Parks: Charlotte Gillis reported that we have expenses of $2,510 on water hookups, sprinklers and hose bibs, $470.48 for plumbing equipment. Motion was made to approve these expenditures: motion passed. Charlotte described the new Atlanta Parks Rescue Plan, PARC 911, which has been formed by nine parks organizations to nurture Atlanta's existing parks and increase park, trail and natural area acreage.

Bill Ellis made a motion to send a letter of endorsement of the project to Park Pride, the coalition's structural organization. Motion passed.

Charlotte reported that the Atlanta Erosion Control office, at (404) 330-6990 or (404) 330-6089, should be contacted to report silt and mud runoff from construction projects.

Beautification: Pat Gardner stated that the committee is looking for people or organizations to adopt traffic islands. Leah McKay on Wildwood Place has reminded Arthur Cohen of Tecton Builders that he agreed to install the proposed bridge in Wildwood Gardens. The Gardens will have a workday on October 13, 2001; all residents and members are invited to participate.

Education: Joe Giardina reported that Morningside Elementary School has requested $1,500 for beautification. Joe made a motion to give Morningside $1,000, which is the amount the Board has budgeted for Morningside for 2001. Motion passed.

Special Events: No report.

Tour of Homes: Kathy Cunha is working on home selection. We're still looking for houses.

Traffic: Bill Ellis reminded us that the Traffic Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 14. The final URS Traffic Workshop is tentatively set for a Saturday in August. Bill has asked URS for a summary of data gathered at the two workshops. Several attendees expressed concerns about the recently installed traffic configuration around Marco Island. Bill agreed that the current configuration is ugly, but is only temporary.

Sidewalks: We have received several applications for MLPA sidewalk funds.

Zoning: Steven Rowell reported.

V-01-227, 1016 Cumberland, to reduce a front yard setback. The Zoning Committee recommended approval. Motion to approve passed unanimously.

David Garr stated that the Zoning Committee needs members and invited those interested to contact him at (404) 881-6846 or Steve Rowell at (404) 892-3661 for information.

New Business:

Laura Moonshower, representing BellSouth, made a presentation about the company's intent to enlarge the routing boxes in Wildwood Gardens. They want to extend the easement by 20' x 20'. The discussion which followed included an observation that there are alternative locations (behind Hardee's at Piedmont and Rock Springs, which also has an existing routing box). Motion was made to recommend denial of the request and send a letter to the Parks Department of Atlanta, asking that the enlargement not be permitted. The motion carried.

Old Business:

President Olansky reported that Mae Reich has agreed to rework the ByLaws. Dianne urged Board members to review the bylaws and give Mae any comments or suggestions.

David Robertson is working on cleaning up the MLPA logo.

Michael Carroll reported that the Cheshire Bridge Task Force will meet at the Colonnade on Wednesday, August 15. He urged those who are interested to attend.

Adjournment took place at @9:15 pm.

Postscript: APAB will recognize outstanding communnity service at their annual neighborhood celebration scheduled for October 13, 2001. Each NPU is asked to select an individual or agency to receive an award in acknowledgement of their meritorious service or project for our NPU. I MUST submit the nomination to the NPU Coordinator no later than September 1, 2001. Therefore, the upcoming August 20th NPU "F" meeting is when I need to receive this information. I must have written nominations, showing the reason(s) why you think this person or agency is deserving of this award.

Thank You,
 Aaron Gross NPU Chairman

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