Executive
Committee Meeting Sue Bovay’s
Present:
Sue Bovay, Miriam Shapiro, Stan Schwartzberg, Judy Gregory
1.
President
Sue Bovay announced that the November 18th General GPA Meeting will
feature Officers Tom Belcher and Graham Hyland speaking on the topic of safety
awareness and the Neighborhood Watch program.
On December 9th, GPA
members will gather for a holiday musical presentation which will be arranged
by Betty Strasenburgh.
2.
Sue
will be meeting with Tricia Skwieralski, Assistant to City Senior Project
Planner, David Dey, to discuss possible activities to be pursued during the
latest cycle of the Neighbors Building Neighborhoods program. Possible topics may include the use of
motion-detector lights or promotional campaigns to attract residents to
downtown. The Committee felt that it
would be appropriate to spend the $4000 available from Sector V money to
produce a nice brochure promoting living in the GP area that would include
information regarding the upcoming residential development on Gibbs and Grove
Streets.
3.
On
a related subject, Ann Chantreuil will now be handling inquiries for the
Gibbs/Grove townhouse project which will be going out to bid in early December
and will get under way in the spring of 2002.
4.
Paul
Pineo, John Lovenheim and John Goldman have formed an ad hoc committee
following last month’s GPA General Meeting to look over the City’s proposed
zoning changes in order to determine how they’ll impact the GP neighborhood. There is concern regarding the projected
time frame, that things are moving too quickly to allow those involved to
absorb all the aspects of the project.
5.
In
the absence of Myra Buonocore, Sue reported that the GP tree census has been
completed and a letter has been sent to City Forester Ian Nadar indicating the
condition of trees in the neighborhood.
Nadar will be asked to speak to GP members next year, not only on this
topic but about the City’s goal to plant 10,000 trees as part of the 2010
program.
6.
Sue
will attend a meeting sponsored by the Genesee Transportation Council on the
subject of a restoration of the local Amtrak station. $75,000 has been earmarked for a study which will look into
issues such as using the station as a hub for inter-city buses, creating high
level platforms, more secure parking and better facilities, and preparing the
station for future light rail use.
7.
John
Lovenheim attended a meeting of the Liberty Pole Way area group in which he
advised them to consider becoming affiliated with a larger neighborhood
group. LPW steering committee member
Midge Thomas reports the group will use their committee to plan key activities
in their area for now. They will also
be invited to attend GPA meetings.
8.
It
was decided that Gloria Weyerts should be paid an appropriate sum for the cards
she has been giving GPA to present to speakers.
9.
Copies
of the final Inner Loop study are now available and concentrate on the Monroe
to East Main segment of the road. Four
alternatives have been ranked for the best way to reconfigure this area. In order to continue the project State
approval will be needed, so a comprehensive traffic model showing how the Inner
Loop affects regional as well as local road systems will be undertaken in 2002.
10.
VP
Paul Pineo will be asked to select three to five GPA members to serve on a
nominating committee for next year’s elections.
11.
Bob
Keck and Sandy Shapiro, with John Goldman as backup, will continue to plow
Selden St. sidewalks this winter.
12.
Sue
closed the meeting by making announcements of upcoming events of interest to GP
residents.
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:10 AM.
Respectfully
submitted,
Judy
Gregory, Secretary