March 2019 General Meeting Minutes

**Minutes March 2019 SRG General MeetingMarch 6, 2019American Legion Hall Post 422The meeting was called to order at 7:04 by President Scott Plackemeier.Officers and Directors in Attendance: **Neil Putz, Luanne Denten, Christopher Schwarz, Wade Weistreich, John Durnell, Scott Plackemeier, Billy Tomber **Officers and Directors Absent: **Beth Bennett, Stephen Schuman **Aldermen Present: **Dan Guenther, Jack Coatar New Member Introduction Welcome new members/guests! **Police Report **(Officer Sherdon Douglas) · 18 total crimes · 2 robbery · 9 larceny · 1 aggravated assault · 6 theft SRG Board Elections – April 3, 2019 · Open positions include two directors, president elect, secretary, treasurer · Elections will take place at end of April General Membership Meeting · Nominations can happen at any time up until a few days before · Floor is open for nominations. At time of meeting, nominations were as follows o John Durnell, Beth Hoops, Dave Perry nominated for director positions o Neil Putz nominated for President elect o Megan Gooch nominated for secretary

General Meeting Location Discussion · Although low attendance tonight, time to discuss a larger meeting place. · Chris Schwarz has been a big help in setting up seats and closing bar, accommodating the needs brought up at board meeting. · Discussion- Look into MGI being able to accommodate us as previously planned?

Historic Signage Program Update and Discussion · Lots of talk about the project, the project is paused while issues are addressed (think of it as a recall) · Signs on poles were removed prior to Mardi Gras for safety concerns while other issues are being addressed (sharp corners and long bolts) · Discussion- o What about contracts? Luanne- historic license agreement is just an agreement to put sign on house; presented multiple times via Nextdoor, Blaster, Renaissance. Agreement drafted by lawyer, full presentation at budget meeting, signage reception had another presentation, re-reviewed by 2 additional lawyers. This is a new project, working out kinks as we go, sorry for glitches, but committee is working on them. o Great idea and as a group we will come up with solution. o Some members had issue with the way the signs look, sun makes signs unreadable, don’t fit into the neighborhood, etc. o 6 bids were obtained, sign prototypes were available for viewing before being installed o When asked, Chair Denten answered that she was amenable to a future meeting dedicated to addressing this specific issue

**Treasurer’s Report **(Chris Schwarz) · Recently received grant from Metropolitan Sewer District for Sidney Triangle Project · Waiting for final count, but Vices and Virtues did make money · Board recently allocated $5000 to trash program with St. Peter and Paul · Wade moved to approve, Mark seconded. Motion passes February General Meeting Minutes · Ron moved to approve Minutes, John seconded

**SRG Committee ReportsSoulard Station **(Neil Putz/Tracey Laxton) · Utilities- electric, sewer, water, trash · Trying to figure out better waste management system, lots of money going towards trash · Working on replacing door and mailbox · More info on solar panels coming soon **Safety **(Sergio Sevillano) Not Present **Membership **(Julie Price) · Membership Drive is May 1st at Mad Art Gallery · Looking for someone to take photos, any volunteers? · If you have photos of SRG events past to present, send to Julie for slideshow- Comm Comm has dropbox of photos to share! · STAR awards are next month · Social tonight at The Doghaus, thanks for hosting! **Beautification **(Richard Eaton) · Work in Pontiac Square Park with Howard University students next week · Next month students from SLU will help with clean up · Please come if you want to volunteer 9-12! **Res Promo **(Luanne Denten) · Meets second Tuesday of every month, please come! Open meetings to all · VandV was amazing, new space was great, still waiting to hear about profit from VandV · Thanks to all who joined in on Fat Tuesday Stroll it was fun! **Comm Comm **(Billy Tomber) · Expanding membership and scope of what committee is doing · Taking communication audit of members to see where members get their information from · Shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to complete · We are cheerleaders of Soulard! Send good news to communications@soulard.org · Communication protocol voted on at last board meeting to help members recognize official communication from official members · Expansion on social media thanks to Beth hoops! Parlour Tour No updates

**PRT/Code and Zoning **(Jay Gibbs) · Main project is New Construction and Rehab Star Awards for projects completed in the neighborhood · Twisted Ranch mural- exceeds size of what we allow, can’t be more than 10% of size of building. Brick is not always allowed to be painted on, and it was done without permit · Twisted Ranch awning is also an issue · At this time, this is between the city and the business · Reminder: SRG and Committees advise, city rules **Fundraising **(Christopher Schwarz) · Go Marathon April 7, still determining if that will be a fundraising event · Soulard Concert Series kicking off May 11 with Patti & The Hitmen · Full lineup coming next meeting **Legion **(Christopher Schwarz) · Bill unable to make meetings · Mardi Gras helped raise funds for Legion · This Friday is first fish fry 5-8 March 8, March 22, April 5 (fish tacos), April 19, first happy hour will be May 17 MGI · Some of the trash is frozen under ice and snow, call MGI if you notice problem areas · Trash team is on site until the job is done · Concerns about Mardi Gras? Attend the open house forum at MGI Office on Thursday, April 11 · Thank you to all Mardi Gras volunteers participants!

SBA Not present Marty · Suggest we hold a forum to future candidates to formally address the SRG · Clarified that we allow politicians to attend meetings as guests and don’t allow campaigning and such until end of meeting Announcements · Girl Scouts participating in April Showers (personal care items to homeless shelters) · Donate new bottles of personal care items, bags will be tied onto doors which will list items needed Adjournment Motion to adjourn by Allison, seconded by Julie. Meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.