Members Present
Elizabeth Naegle, Peter Renfro, Val Hale, Max Broome, Richard Naegle

1. Unanimous approval of minutes of last meeting, 5/5/08, as previously approved by email.
   Note: Last scheduled meeting on 6/24/08 did not have a quorum, so no official business could take place. However, at that time members of the Forestville Community Fund presented their recommendations for grants.

2. Unanimous approval/confirmation of the recommendations of the Forestville Community Fund Advisory Committee (see below) as previously approved by email on 6/24/08. The Board expressed its gratitude to the members of the Forestville Community Fund Advisory Committee, chaired by Lucy Barnett Hardcastle. 

3. Plans for Town Meeting: supervisor candidates’ forum

   • To be held Tuesday, 7-9, 9/16/08, at Oddfellows’ Hall in Forestville (Covey and 116).
   • Richard will chair meeting; first half hour for outgoing Supervisor, Mike Reilly, to report on the challenges he sees coming to Forestville; rest of the evening for forum of Efren Carillo and Rue Furch who are running for the seat of County Supervisor for the 5th district.
   • Format of candidates’ forum: Peter will do brief introduction of each candidate; each then will have up to two minutes to make opening statement; Richard and Peter then will gather the questions and concerns of the audience and list them on a large chart board; the candidates then will be asked to address each item on the list; questions/comments by audience participants to be limited to 2-3 minutes; candidates responses may be limited in time depending on the number of issues to be covered.
   • Thanks to Max for arranging for Mike, Rue, and Efren to come.
   • Unanimous approval of proposal to send thank you letter to the Oddfellows’ Lodge for donating the use of their hall for Town Meetings; it is a significant contribution to the community; Richard will write on behalf of the Board.

4. Celebration of the very successful Forestville Town Social and Business Expo, Thursday 8/21

   • The FPA started the Town Social four years ago; last year, we invited the Chamber of Commerce to join us and expand the event; and this year the Chamber ran with the ball; it was a very successful event.
   • Thanks especially to Lucy Barnett Hardcastle, Max, Elizabeth, and Richard for staffing the FPA booth.

5. Forestville Community Fund Advisory Committee Grant Recommendations, 6/08

   $10,500 available for grants: $9100 for “downtown improvement”
   + $1400 for riparian restoration/environmental education
   $23,050 total requested in 10 applications

   Rough criteria used:
   The committee may give priority to those projects that:

   1. Will impact the most people.
   2. Can match dollars from other sources.
   3. Involve collaboration with other groups or projects.
   4. Has a volunteer component to the project.
   Six Projects Recommended for Funding:
   Note: not listed in order of importance; numbers in parenthesis refer to identification numbers given project in Committee deliberations.

   7) Green Valley Creek Restoration Maintenance (Larry Hanson)

   • Fund project coordinator and materials to help ensure survival of sapling trees and fish habitat
   • $2250 requested + volunteer labor
   • $1400 recommended; partial funding — but is the full amount of monies designated for riparian restoration.

   1) Abuse Prevention Policy Implementation (United Methodist Church)

   • Upgrade classroom door to child protection standards
   • $500 requested of $700 project
   • $500 recommended: full funding of request.

   3) Downtown Maintenance Project (Vesta Copestakes for JD Kaiwi)

   • Weekly removal of trash on Front Street for 12 months
   • $4000 requested
   • $1000 recommended: for reduced project, i.e. twice monthly trash removal for 6 months.

   5) El Molino All-Weather Track (El Molino All-Weather Track Committee)

   • All weather track at High School
   • $5500 requested towards $194,500 project
   • $5000 recommended.

   6) Fire Station Re-Landscaping (Forestville Fire District)

   • Re-landscaping front of Fire Station
   • $2600 requested; donated installation costs and backlit message board
   • $600 recommended; partial funding + suggestion to reapply in February.

   9) Patrick Amiot Sculpture for Forestville School (Friends of Forestville School Fdtn)

   • Large sculpture in front of Forestville school
   • $2000 requested towards $4000 project + volunteer labor
   • $2000 recommended

6. Main agenda item = future goals, projects, and plans for the FPA; Richard will invite Ken Smith, Chairperson of the Downtown Planning Committee, to join us for next meeting.

Next Board Meeting
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7-8:30PM
At the home of Richard and Elizabeth Naegle