Executive Board Meeting Minutes – October 16, 2019

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Active Bethel Citizens
Board Meeting Minutes
Asbury United Methodist Church
October 16, 2019
Members in attendance: Lin Woodrich, Ethan Clevenger, Janice Kerber, Tai Pruce-
Zimmerman, Pennie Moblo, Bonnie Stone, Heather Quaas-Annsa, Douglas Barr,
Jenelle Boyd
Absent: Suzanne O’Shea, Yolanda Gomez
Visitors: Greg Evans, Ryan Moore, Arlene, Ed Farren, Ted Vasquez, Tom Schwetz,
Rob Inerfeld
Meeting was called to order at 7:01 by Lin.
Motion to approve agenda made by Heather, seconded by Tai and approved.
Open floor, public comment:

• Ryan Moore announced that he was running for City Council, Ward 8. His
  primary interest establishing more diversity. For more information see
  mooreforeugene.com.
  Old Business:
• Motion to approve August Board Meeting and September Annual General
  Meeting minutes as amended made by Tai, seconded by Bonnie and
  approved.
• 501(c)(3) sponsorship (Lin)
  o Lin has emailed a draft of the sponsorship letter to Kim.
  o Heather will help with this effort. Janice will email by-laws to Heather.
• 350 Eugene / Carbon Free Challenge (Ethan)
  o Tai will try to set up a time for a demo.
  New Business:
• Presentation from LTD and City: Moving Ahead (Tom Schwetz and Rob
  Inerfeld)
  o Tom and Rob gave an excellent overview of the 5 corridor options that
  LTD and the City are considering including changes to be made and
  estimated costs.
  o The five corridors under review are Highway 99, River Road, Coburg
  Road, MLK, Jr. Blvd. and 30th Avenue to LCC.
  o Considerations include walking, biking and transit in the same plan.
  o Next meeting is Monday, Oct 21 at Lane County Public Services Bldg,
  Harris Hall, 125 East Eighth Avenue. Open house 5:00-7:00, publish
  hearing 7:30 p.m. There will also be an opportunity for public
  comments online.
• Long Range Facilities Planning Committee (Lin)
  o Heather is already part of the committee.
  o Tai and Doug expressed interest.
• Process for selecting general meeting speakers (Ethan)
  o Three groups:
   Those who have expressed interest in speaking to us,
   Speakers that we would like to have,
   Speakers that our constituents are interested in.
  o Since we only have three general meetings a year it would be nice to
  have a policy for determining how to choose speakers.
  o There was a discussion on how to poll constituents. For now, we will
  bring speaker suggestions to the board meetings for discussion.
  o Heather expressed the desire to have someone from the Bethel
  Education Foundation come and explain what they do.
• Finalize January general meeting agenda (Ethan)
  o Town hall – Julie Fahey will invite panelists.
  o Egan Warming Center has been invited; we should also invite Love,
  Inc.
  o Add a “Warm Sock” drive and FFLC foodcontainers
• ENI Meeting Report and discussion of possible new committee (Lin)
  o Excellent presentation on affordable housing in Eugene at annual
  meeting.
   Eugene’s Neighbor Emergency Home Repair program provides
  grants to residents up to $10,000, zero interest, that do not need
  to be repaid until the property is sold.
   Rental Rehab, low interest loans are available.
   River Road Neighborhood Association was instrumental in
  helping to set guidelines for an Affordable Housing project in
  their area which included sustainable building and incorporation
  into the community including a community house with
  programming for the wider community.
  o Lin will look into joining.
  Committee Reports:
• Finance (Janice gave report for Suzanne)
  o $325.50 has been spent from HRNI funds for Kindness Campaign lawn
  signs and bumper stickers
  o $4.00 donation has been received for ABC account. Current balance
  is $346.89.
• Events (Lin)
  o Booo Barn – October 25, 5:30-7:00. Lin, Bonnie, Pennie, Duane and
  Janice signed up to help. We will have our bean bag board and candy
  prizes, committee sign-up sheets etc, and Neighborhood Watch
  information.
  o City of Kindness Celebration – Sunday, Nov 3, 2:00 p.m. at the Shedd.
  Lawn signs have been distributed to Bethel schools, bumper stickers
  have been handed out and more ordered.
  o General Meeting/Bethel Town Hall – Saturday, January 18, 6:00-8:30
  at Peterson Barn. Panelists to include Sen. Manning, Commissioner
  Farr, Councilor Evans, EWEB Commissioner and School Board Chair.
  o ABC Scavenger Hunt – details to follow
  o We Are Bethel – June 6, 2020, 12:00-4:00 p.m. Most of last year’s
  booths are returning, more school bands and Peterson Barn will
  advertise in their “Barnie” flyer so should be even bigger than last year.
• Public Safety (Lin)
  o Neighborhood Leaders Emergency Preparedness Committee met on
  September 28.
  o Bethesda Disaster Preparedness Team had their first meeting on
  October 14.
• Beautification (Doug)
  o Doug will meet with Greg Evans to discuss the possibility of a park on
  Highway 99.
• ABC Food Pantry (Doug)
  o Has received more shelves from Valley Restaurant Equipment.
  o Currently waiting for approval from Oregon Food Bank.
  o Once we receive approval will need volunteers for weekly food
  deliveries to the schools. Tuesday is the best day for KHS.
• Business Relations (Ethan)
  o Meets the 3rd Monday, 11:00-12:00 at Farmers Union Coffee Roasters.
  o This committee needs a chair.
  o Promotes an online business directory for Bethel businesses.
• Communications (Ethan)
  o Recycling event added to Facebook and email newsletter.
  o LTD meeting will be added to Facebook.
  o Email newsletter is up another 24 subscriptions.
• Civic Engagement (Tai)
  o Working with Councilman Evans to bring investment into Bethel.
  o Working to revive committee.
• Bylaws (Janice) – no report.
• Recycling (Bonnie)
  o Saturday, October 26, 10:00-2:00 at Bethesda Church.
  o #2, #4, and #5 clean with labels and adhesive removed.
  Meeting adjourned at 8:36 – Motion to adjourn made by Tai, seconded by Pennie.