April 3, 2005 Meeting
Preparation
An e-mail was
sent to each member who has provided a contact e-mail address.
Susan Chu phoned
each other member who has provided a contact phone number.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Susan Chu for bringing water and a variety of sweet goodies.
Attendees
9 residents attended the meeting
Meeting
The meeting was held starting shortly after 1 pm in Hastings Branch
Library's meeting room.
Agenda
Items:
- Upcoming
neighborhood events.
- Update on ice
rink project status. Discussion about it.
- Update on park rename
request.
- Discussion among
attendees of interests and/or concerns in and
around the neighborhood.
Passed out a
handout listing upcoming events and discussed them.
- Senior Center Field Trip on April 6, hosted by Rhonda Stone
- Leadership Study Presentation, evening of April 6
- City Council District 4 Town Hall meeting, April 28
- Tour de Fourth Walk/Bike Event, May 11
- Neighborhood Fair, June 4
Passed out a
handout of current information for the ice rink extracted from the web
site. Discussed the current state of the project and
possibilities for challenging it.
Passed around a
draft of the letter to the city manager requesting the change of the
park name. Brought attendees who were not at the March meeting up
to date.
Discussed street trees problems, interference of both private and
public trees with utility lines, some neighborhood history,
miscellaneous chit chat.
History tidbit from Albert Barrios:
In the late 40s, some of the guys referred to the
then unpaved and very bumpy Avocado Ave as "foxhole lane".