Board Meeting Bellevue Civic Association McCaffrey home February 11, 2010

Meeting convened at 7:00 PM by Tim McCaffrey, President

Garden Walk – Linda Decker co chair
Westminster Canterbury will again be a major financial sponsor. WC will print the programs and the thank you certificates. Progress is moving along nicely. 5 gardens are signed up. Budget is $500. Tim stated that he had met with the Bellevue Merchants Association, and at that meeting it was brought out that there is no official starting point for the Garden Walk. Further discussion ensued, stating that maps are put on everyone’s doorstep prior to the Garden Walk. Any house is a starting place, and the order is not relevant. A poster will be done for the event, and Brian Burns is to be tapped for the design work. He did the original design. The poster would be put into store windows to announce the Walk scheduled for May 23. Deadline for signing up is April 10th.

Neighborhood Watch – Committee head is needed.
Discussion of auto dialers. Tim stated he is speaking with several prospects about leading this group, and anticipates placing someone in the role. Plans for the 2010 year will be implemented more easily with the utilization of block captains.

Clean Up – tentatively scheduled for mid to late April.
Per Eric Gregory, we can reserve one truck for free, but additional trucks would cost $500 each. We want people to notify cleanup committee in advance if they have big items to be picked up. Noted that October 2009 cleanup was cancelled due to lack of resources from the city.

Plant Swap – scheduled for May 1

Monthly Yard Sales – Idea proposed by Bob Kocher, offering to have yard sales in Once Upon a Vine parking lot. No discussion or resolution took place.

Dots Back Inn update – No approval obtained yet for renovations. Petition is on hold.

Security Patrol – Jerry Devoss says new recruits are needed!!

Holton Garden Project – Susanna Raffenot has impressively shown the project and its progress.

Traffic surveyors on Westbrook monitored speed and gave out 16 citations in one hour. Reported by Bob Almond.

Tim reported that there will be a CERT official to speak at the General Meeting at Holton. This was arranged by Mike Labelle.

Motion made by Joellen to donate $500 to Holton Elementary School. We have always had welcoming support from Principal David Hudson, and have traditionally supported the school with a check. No check was given during the 2009 year.Motion passed unanimously.