General Membership Meeting – October 23, 2006
Minutes
I. Welcome
Jeanne welcomed approximately 30 members and asked new members to complete a membership form. She asked members to indicate what method prompted their attendance; the postcard mailer or the banner sign; most indicated the postcard mailer. She then reviewed the meeting handouts and mentioned that a meeting evaluation form is new for this meeting.
II. Review of MVNA Accomplishments – Budget Update
Jeanne reviewed the list of accomplishments since April and provided an update on the budget status to date. The Accomplishments can be located on the website under its own heading.
III. Introduction of current Board Members
Jim Mazziotti, Vice-Chair conducted the elections portion of the meeting. There is an opening for a Board member however no members expressed interest. The following Board members were re-elected for one year terms: Maxine Hanson, Deb Kraus and Jeanne Newton.Jeanne reminded members that Board meetings are held once a month and open to all.
IV. Announcements
Jeanne reviewed the various hand-outs available at the meeting; a business card which lists contact numbers for residents who have code enforcement concerns and a resource sheet which lists information for Homeowner Associations (HOAs).
Jeanne explained the Good Samaritan Winter Assistance Program which is a team effort between MVNA members who need help during the winter and Mountain View High School students who want to perform community assistance projects. Jeanne hopes to have the program in place shortly pending response from MVHS.
MVNA members have been asked to participate in a reading program for K-3 students called Start Making a Reader Today (SMART). The program is held for students at Juniper and Bear Creek Elementary schools and requires only an hour a week to read to students. Contact numbers to participate are:
Juniper: Tom Jenkins: 317-3220
Bear Creek: Nancy Alvarez: 317-3218
Jeanne mentioned that NA members have been asked to identify locations for public art within our geography but we had a single response: the request is from the City’s Art Beautification and Culture committee.
Jeanne explained the participation MVNA has had in Traffic Safety Advisory Committee meetings and indicated that she would like to organize a group of members to conduct a Traffic Safety Audit of MVNA territory. If enough members are interested, Jeanne will ask the City to provide some training for the team with the intent to identify problem areas and potential solutions.
V. Presentation – Avoiding Identity Theft, Neighborhood Watch
Jeanne introduced Steve Esselstyn who is Community Liaison, City of Bend Police.
Steve distributed some handouts to the group that listed ways to reduce the risk of identify theft; he indicated that ID theft is the fastest growing crime across the country. He encouraged members to contact the three major credit bureaus to obtain free credit reports and to closely check the information for accuracy.
Steve next moved on to the topic of Neighborhood Watches – he reviewed crime statistics for our MVNA territory and indicated that they are fairly modest in number. He encourages any group wanting to start a Neighborhood Watch to contact him at 322-2976 and he will provide
training. He also reviewed a handout called the “Five Ws” which defines the kind of information a resident needs to give the Police in order to help deter crime and apprehend criminals.
VI. Meeting Summary
Jeanne addressed some member concerns about land use projects and the status of the progress or lack thereof on Al Moody Park. She offered to contact the planners at BMPR and to report back to members on their responses.
Jeanne mentioned that members can email anytime to mountainviewneighborhood@att.net or
send a note to MVNA, PO Box 8596, Bend, 97708.
Jeanne asked members to build the membership and encouraged them to pick up brochures to give to their neighbors. She also mentioned the number of important positions and measures that are up for elections and reminded members to vote.
VII. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
MVNA wishes to thank St. Charles Medical Center for their generous donation of meeting space for the meeting, Chris Cochran of Suites Development for permission to locate our Meeting signs on his property at Conners and 27th and Dealin’ N Signs for posting of the signs .
