November 2009 Meeting Minutes
November 23, 2009 by admin
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11.16.09 UHNA Neighborhood Association Meeting
Executive Committee
President: Danny Moore (volberg@hotmail.com)
Vice President: Arthur Silbert (Silbert@gmail.com)
Secretary: Scott Hardesty (scott.hardesty@earthlink.net)
Treasurer: Bobbie Munroe (bdmunroe@fraserfin.com)
Headcount
33
Notes from UHNA President
- Thank you to Atlanta Brewing Company for hosting neighborhood meeting
- Mayoral Race is important—encourage residents to vote in runoff on Dec. 1, 2009.
- December 21 Grand Opening of Piedmont Doctors Center
- New Playgroup Chair is Candice Selby
Danny welcomed new neighbors
- Greg Smith, White St.
- Joe Mattera–Collier Green
- Catherine Rakestraw—Collier Green
- Barry Rollan—Southern Bearing Lofts
Crime Watch Update—Grayson Daughters (Crime Watch Coordinator)
- Grayson encouraged neighbors to call 911 if anything noticed suspicious.
- Officers at NPU have reported Danny that crime is “down”
Budget/Membership Dues Drive – Bobbie Munroe
- $15 for singles and $30 for families
- You don’t have to pay dues to be a member of the Neighborhood Association. Neighbor participation and leadership is essential to maintaining the committees, so please contact committee chairs to see how you can help.
- Please send dues to the address below:
- Neighbors can also print an application online at underwoodhills.org or pay online with a credit card.
- About $5,000 in the kitty
- Encouraged to thank web and newsletter sponsors
Presentation—Doctors Express
- Owners Theone and Chris Rutledge briefed us on the Urgent Care Center opening
- Open 7 days a week on a walk-in basis 8 to 8 and 10-6 on weekends
- General wait time is 15 minutes
- Included in-house pharmacy
- Accept all incurance ad Medicare and discounts for cash-pay customers
- Open 12/12 at new Piedmont West Medical Building, Ste. 130
- 12-4 on 12/12 for Grand Opening
- Convenient alternative to Primary Care Physicians
- Board Certified Physicians on staff
- Staff of X-ray techs and nurses
- Treat adults and children
NPU Zoning
- Eva briefed the group on the ethanol issue at Howell Mill Rail Yard. See the write up in the latest newsletter for details.
- 24 for, none against and no abstentions
- Property at corner of DeFoor and DeFoor place is zoned R4 but put in application to get zoned as commercial; the longstanding UHNA position is to maintain stretch of DeFoor Ave as residential (R4). Look for details in January from Eva about action that the neighborhood can take to prepare for a vote.
- ACTION–Add NPU meeting schedule to website–Arthur
Elections
Leadership/Officers
- Arthur Silbert voted in unanimously as new UHNA President
- Dr. Brian Berger voted unanimously as new UHNA VP
- Bobbie Munroe retains her position as Treasurer
- Scott Hardesty retains his position as Secretary
Steering Committee
- Amy Panos is new Social Chair
- Eva retains her Zoning Chair position
- Grayson Daughters retains her Crime Watch position
- Jennifer Lauren is new Newsletter Chair
- Pete Lisi is new Partnership Chair (coordinates advertising for the newsletter and website)
- Beautification Chair—Danny will fill the role temporarily; Jackie Echols may fill in when she moves back to the neighborhood
- Traffic and Master Plan Chair—Barry Rollan voted in as the new chair
Fire Station 23 Update
On- going fund raiser selling t-shirts; please stop by the location on Howell Mill Rd to support the fire station
Next meeting is January—date to be determined