March 6th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes – March 6th 2023
The meeting called to order at 7:00 PM and ended at 8:15 PM
Minutes Approved
Police Report, Officer Albert Brown
513-979-4429
- In the last 28 days there were two thefts from autos and two personal thefts
- There was an assault on riverside drive but no gun was used
School Report, Rebecca Wolf
- Basketball team has been awarded
- Authors night
- Budgeting and Staffing: In need of teachers, teacher aids and security aid
- Looking forward to next year
Recreation Report, Taylor Singleton
- Fundraiser is live online and there is a related link on the EEAC to support LeBlond on the EEAC
Treasury Report, Kathy Schwab
- Finalized updates to the
- NAF: spent money for a mailer to reach out for new membership
- Total savings of $17,720 total in our accounts this does not include NSP funds as we have not yet received that funding.
Expenses for February included:
NAF funds upgrades for LeBlond - $867.37
NAF Community-wide mailing - $9395.19
Zoom & Hubspot annual fee $561.52
Postage $290.00
Beginning balance 2/1/23 $20,747
Ending checking Balance: $9633.63
Savings balance 8,086.45
Total EEAC Accounts - $17,720.08
- how do you want to spend these funds?
We want to hear from the community: What do you want to spend funds on?
Presidents Report, Craig Stanton
- There was no presidents report
NSP Report, Regina Moss
- Everything was filed for 2023 and approved
- Categories (beautification, communication and community outreach) were designated we are just waiting for a check
3ECDC Business Report,: Nick Motz
- There was no business report
Garden Report, Kathy Schwab
Neighbor Network, Mary Beth Wilker
- we will not have any additional speakers for neighborhood network however materials and resources will be added to the East End website
- Keep Cincinnati Beautiful - East End Clean Up
- we didn’t have enough volunteers for the clean up so we rescheduled for April 22nd. Please sign up for the April 22nd Clean Up Here
Flying Pig Marathon, Tim Hinde
Sunday May 7th, 25th AnniversaryCheer Station Delta & Riverside to cheer on the runners. It’s about our neighborhood
- Tim Hinde spoke on the Flying Pig Cheer Section, please sign up to volunteer even if it’s just for an hour. Please sign up so we can reach our goals with 20 volunteers.
Garden District, Peter Huttinger
- Meet up in late March
- Peter from Turner Farms will provide some suggestion
- Rebuilding the fence for Turner Farms to improve the garden esthetics
- There are still garden beds available, reach out to Kathy Schwab or Peter
Discussion:
Kathy Schwab spoke on behalf of spending funds:
- What are the needs we have as a community???
- Beautification (Benches for bus stops, etc.) and Community Outreach (Engagement Committee is needed)
- Bus Benches around community (along Riverside & Glass is broken west side of Colllins)
- Change bus stop sign on Brown Street – Clean up and add Bench
- Clean-up and maintenance – School bus stop that need cleared for safety, areas in the community CRC cannot respond to (TBD)
-Babb Alley after the parking is completed.
Support our Community Partners:
- Riverview East projects: $1,000 for capital campaign; pantry supplies & Rug
- Pendleton Center
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
- Fix up Setchel playground
- Signage and doggie bags stations
- Community flags along Riverside – East End neighborhood flag
- Support bonus for lifeguards at LeBlond pool
- The RR overpass at Delta
- Signage – Garden district, Clean up after pets, Riverside Academy sign
Motion to Adjourn - 1st & 2nd motion, accepted
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