Minutes of WCA meeting on April 21, 2004, 7:00 PM, Wed. evening at Timothy
House.
1. Attendance: Paul Wiehl, Susan Searles, Sara Green, Ed Newman, Joan Krananski,
and Linda
Hiller.
2. Minutes from Joint Neighborhood Association Meeting on April 13th, Mayor’s
Meeting on April 12, 2004, and past WCA meeting on Feb. 18, 2004 taken
by Joanie Krananski were handed out, reviewed, and approved.
3. Reports were given of the March and April Mayor’s meetings, and
Paul recommended that
a member of the WCA always attend and take notes.
Jenny Childers will be going in May,
and Ed Newman will contact her to remind her in
May. On June 14th, Joanie Krananski
volunteered to go to the Mayor’s meeting.
June 16th is our next WCA meeting. We need
to remind people to come to achieve better attendance.
4. Report on the Joint Neighborhood Association Group meeting concluded
that WCA will help
collect data on the speeding on the West Side.
Gregory Broadhurst volunteered to organize
other volunteers and to use the speed gun supplied
by the Athens Police Department. Four
streets –Second, Central, Lancaster, and West State–are
the targets for checking.
5. For the next Joint Neighborhood Association Meeting, the group suggested
two major issues
– (1) the accountability of the Code Enforcement
Office (concerning trash, litter, rental supervision, dog problems, and
noise enforcement), and (2) the Wellhead Protection plan.
Suggestions of a possible city-wide class-action law suit to protect
our water from contamination from impending golf course.
6. Ed Newman talked to Andy Stone, the Director of Streets, about
fixing the Shafer Street
brick wall in late June. Andy said that
time is fine and all is go. Now we must find a
willing brick layer and a group of volunteers.
Robin Kelly and Barb Ernst were mentioned.
7. Paul Wiehl described the Alden Library Readathon and at the
next meeting we will be
collecting donations to reach our ususal $75.00
money for scholarship for student worker.
8. Houses in the neighborhood up for sale targeted for single
families are 134 N. Lancaster
and the A-frame on Pine Street. Rentals
for families are Helene Wilson’s house and Linda
Hiller’s house on Central Avenue.
Meeting was adjorned.