Moving Forward

April 10, 2010 meeting minutes
City Repair meeting report

• Plant order: not too late to order plants for the Community Board but must email Sebastian our list ASAP. Honeysuckle, grape & kiwi are available.
• PBOT meetings – mandatory attendance: April 19th 2:30 – 3:30 (Sally to attend) and May 3rd
• Newsletter article due April 16th (Eric to write)
• VBC write up due April 16th: 3 JPEGS (Compass, Kiosk and Street plan) (Eric to write)
• Possibility to work with a videographer for work day – need more information
• Paint sample: Need volunteers to go to Miller Paint to select colors

Up coming meetings (need volunteers):

• Roseway Neighborhood Association: Tuesday, April 13th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM, Grace Lutheran Church, 7610 NE Fremont, (Sally, Eric, Sean, Genevieve, ???)
• Roseway Heights PTA: Wednesday, April 14th, Roseway Heights School Library (2nd floor, use west entrance), 6:30 PM (Sally, Eric, Laura, ??) Sally to make a “Paint by Number” template of the compass and bring it to the PTA for show & tell
• City Repair, Thursday, April 15th (????)

Street closure – determine process for two dates (Eric) what happens if it rains on a work day?
Materials Lists (See attached) Group to review, amend and approve list by next meeting (April 17th)

Materials lists: add to, amend and sign up

Week 1: May 8th
Week 2: May 22nd
(Don’t forget neighborhood clean-up May 15th)

Materials List: Compass – Weeks 1 and 2

Item    Quantity needed    Who has it
Paint brushes    8 or more    Eric (3 or 4); Jeffrey (couple)
Paint rollers    8 or more (3” and 10”)    Eric (1 large and  1 small)
Sidewalk chalk        1 box    Sally
Tarp (large for paint clean up)    1  _______
Tape measures    1 @ 100 ft and a lesser one   Eric (100 ft)
String (100 ft)    1   _______
Chalk line (long)    2    Jeffrey, Eric
Paint (8 colors)    1 gal. each  ________
Clean up buckets    8  ________
Scale drawing        __________
Water and brooms to clean street    Several    Week 1; (Eric has 1 wide broom)
We will “Paint by numbers”; assign volunteers painting sequence; and ask volunteers to bring brushes

Materials List: Community Board –Week # 2

Item    Quantity needed    Who has it
Windows    2     ________
Tree limbs    2    Jeffrey
Plywood    one 4 x 8 sheet     ________
Cedar 1x2 boards for roof cap    16 feet     ________
Metal posts and brackets for tree trunks    2     ________
Linseed oil or natural wood sealer     ________
Cement    1 bag     ________
¼ minus gravel    ?     ________
Corks and glue          Genevieve
Lg. metal cans (coffee size)    16 – 20 sq. ft.     ________
Rubber Mallets    3    Jeffrey (1), Eric (1)   
Roofing nails        ___________
Nails, pegs and more to tie structure together      ________
Where to build structure?

Materials List: Gutter cleaning – Week # 1

Item    Quantity needed   Who has it
Flat shovels    4 or more    Eric (1), Sally (1)
Wheels barrows    3 - 4     ________
Gravel screen    1 or two     ________
Wagons    Several     ________
Tarp for dirt    1 or 2     ________
Trash bins    Several     ________

Materials List: Event food – 2 Saturdays

Item    Quantity needed    Who has it
Coffee (Peets or Starbucks)
Water
Pizza (Hot Lips)
Rice and beans
Plates and utensils
Donuts (Voodoo, Grand Central)
Other?

Volunteer activities – 2 Saturdays

Activities    When    Notes
Clean street    Week 1    Need hoses and brooms   
Chalk street    Week 1
Eat    Weeks 1 and 2
Sidewalk chalking    Week 1 and 2    What is a Siskiyou;
School kids can do this for an hour on a school day; other ideas
Music    Week 2    Madison Marching Band (who will ask them?)
Make cork board    Week 2
Paint compass by numbers    Week 2   
Needs a plan to paint from center out without messing up the design   
Smash cans    Week 2    Need mallets
Other?