LICTON SPRINGS COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Minutes of Community Meeting, March 17, 2010,
NSCC Conference Room IB2311

Directors Present: Jerry Owens, Tom Meyer, Kay Mesirow, and Ellen Beck.

Board Representatives Present: Ken Thompson (Liaison to North Precinct) and Kathleen Braden (List Serve).

Visitors: Jean Wirch.

Vice President Jerry Owens called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Minutes: The February 17, 2010 minutes were approved as presented.

President Liz Kearns was not present because of illness and we decided to postpone our review of the Bylaws until she was with us.

OLD BUSINESS.

Land Use. Tom Meyer said there has been no activity for quite some time, just single family alterations in our neighborhood.

We discussed the changes at the Greenwood Fred Meyer. They plan to expand to a footprint that is four times as big as their present footprint. They are going to expand all departments and add a grocery. There will be apartments above the commercial store.

The Greenwood Market, part of Town & Country Markets, is closing. We discussed how nice it would be for them to move into space at Thornton Creek!

Northwest District Council. Jerry reported the Northwest District Council is helping the City review neighborhood improvement projects in our area.

The neighborhood plans that are being upgraded are the ones being impacted by light rail. The consensus is that our neighborhood plan will not be upgraded for several years.

501(c)(3) Update. Ellen Beck gave an update on LSCC’s application for 501(c)(3) status. We have amended our Articles, but because of the time this took, we have to update the financial information being submitted, as well as several of our attachments. Because we have to provide samples of how we solicit funds, Liz has put together copies of the paperwork for our most recent grants. She had indicated to me that she had two out of three of the grants documented and would obtain paperwork for the third.

We have to submit $300.00 with our application, and thanks to Kay Mesirow’s volunteer work being reimbursed by her employer, and Pilling’s Pond passing the funds to us, we have the funds necessary.

NEW BUSINESS.

HT Market. We had an interesting discussion about the HT Market and what is available there.

Walkable Neighborhood. Kathleen Braden said she had spoken with a friend who had told her that Licton Springs was a walkable neighborhood! She said she would get more information about the organization that makes these determinations.

Licton Springs Park. Kay questioned who to contact for a strong smell of sewage at the sourthern end of the Park. It was determined that SPU should be contacted.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ellen M. Beck, Secretary