HPCC - February 2000 Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes by Paula Flaherty

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M.

Reports

Children's Committee: Tania Grubbs reported that April 22 is the proposed date for an Easter Egg hunt in Highland Park.

C.O.P.: Officer Scalise reported January crime statistics:

8 burglaries
2 robberies, one with a gun
1 car theft

She reminded resident to be diligent about watching their blocks. She suggested that anyone can contact her with any suspicions. Also please let her know of any abandoned vehicles.

Membership: Current membership is 647 of which 58 are complimentary. The status of the CY 2000 membership drive is as follows:

345 members at $25
6 members at $10
14 members at $20
49 members at New Members rate of $5

Announcements

Kathy Ziegler is organizing a tour of the new Pennley Place apartments. The date is to be announced. Those interested in participating should contact Kathy directly.

A Hospitality Chair is needed for the Club. The primary purpose is to provide refreshments for the monthly meetings. Any one interested should contact Diane DeNardo.

Diane requested someone take a census of the heavy trash cans on N. Negley, N Highland, and Bryant St. A letter needs to be sent to the Mayor's Office with the current number and requesting additional ones and upgrading of those we have. There will be a meeting to assist with the City's upcoming conference, Neighborhood's USA, which will host over 2000 of the country's community leaders.

Volunteers are needed to record land use data for the city's remapping project.

Diane proposed that the HPCC donate two trees to the CDC property at Stanton and Mellon. The CDC will inform the Club what sort of trees would be appropriate and the approximate cost.

Dave Hance, president of CDC, reported that during a recent walk through, the property remains very well maintained.

A donation to the Park entrance renovation was discussed and will be reviewed in more detail at a later meeting.

New Business

Next month's meeting will feature Jeffrey Dorsey from the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative.

The Home Depot is reported to be doing extremely well. They are offering classes for adults and kids. Contact the store for details.

The Nabisco Bakery has been reopened by Penn Liberty Select.

Program

Nikki Monroe and two students from the Center for Advanced Studies at Peabody High School presented the program. Griffin Lewis and Careema Bell discussed various aspects of the gifted program as well as their reasons for attending Peabody. They were very enthusiastic promoters of Peabody in general and the Gifted program in particular.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:45 P.M.