Forestville Planning Association - Board Minutes 10-08


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FPA Board Minutes - October 15, 2008

The board meets usually once a month at different locations and times. Please check the calendar to see the dates or contact Board Chair for more information.

Attending
Board Members Present: Elizabeth Naegle, Anne Greenblatt, Max Broome, Richard Naegle
Guest: Ken Smith

1) Unanimous approval of minutes of last meeting, 9/7/08.

2) Evaluation of supervisor candidates’ forum at Town Meeting on 9/16/08

Mike Reilly’s report:
a) there will be limited County money for road repairs other than main arterials; we need to voice our concerns to the County about repair of outlying roads in the Spring;
b) The new County General Plan includes a bike/pedestrian walkway to go down Mirabel Road to Steelhead Beach;
c) County Plan maintains zoning as it currently exists in West County;
d) Sunset Beach project (with parking lot) nearing completion; will hopefully open soon;
e) Mike confidant that the Santa Rosa proposal to dump wastewater at Steelhead Beach will not be approved.

General agreement that the meeting went well; format of soliciting issues first, listing them, and then asking the candidates was effective;

Thanks again to Max for arranging for Mike, Rue, and Efren to come; thanks to Richard for chairing the meeting;

3) Future Plans and Goals for the FPA? Beginning of discussion.
Ideas generated:

Flashing pedestrian walkway at crosswalk of 116 by Bank;
Coordinated and more beautiful tree trimming of trees along 116 downtown;
New lighting downtown: sidewalk lighting (e.g. as done in Brooklyn); new, more beautiful light standards;
Explore use of the acre by terminus of Radota Trail which has already been purchased by Parks and Recreation;
Find additional ways to support the Youth Park and other community assets in Forestville;
Find additional ways to support Chamber of Commerce especially in terms of community functions, such as the Tree lighting and Easter egg hunt;
Explore possibility of 12 foot lanes on Covey Road being reduced to legal minimum of 10 feet — thus allowing more room for the bike/pedestrian lane;
Keep on top of Roundabout emplacement at Mirabel and 116 as well as the development of a bike path down Mirabel;
Continue keeping an eye on the proposals and process for the Thiessen development;

Rue Furch’s comment at Supervisor candidates’ forum that with the County budget crisis Forestville and West County will have to do with less; volunteerism has been dropping off in Forestville; yet exactly what we need are more activist residents who will pitch in with local needs;

Unanimous agreement to hold a Town Meeting in February or March to involve the whole Town in identifying goals and issues we as a community need to be pursuing at this time.

Ken offered to get more information about the successful Brooklyn model for lighting downtown sidewalks; Richard offered to get more information about status of the acre purchased by Parks and Recreation near the end of the Radota Trail; Max offered to begin attending Chamber of Commerce meetings to give them support during this transition time for them; Richard and Anne also may attend;

Ken Smith interested in joining the FPA Board for the time being — and while the Downtown Planning Committee, which he heads, is on hiatus.

Next Board Meeting
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 4-6PM
At the home of Anne Greenblatt

We want to have a bit of party to celebrate the FPA’s year and to do a little more brainstorming about future goals. People interested in getting more involved in the FPA will be invited as well as current FPA volunteers such as those serving on the Forestville Community Fund Committee.

For more info, email or call 887-1985.

All interested people are invited to attend.