Madison Park
May 14th, 2018 Madison Park HOA Meeting MInutes
Madison Park HOA May Membership Meeting
May 14, 2018
The meeting opened with a Welcome and Recognition of visitors
There were four visitors representing Seneca Place, Lamont Drive, Glenham Drive and Gilford Place.
Membership meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. Membership dues are $20.00 a year and can be paid in check or cash to Thomas Inn (our Treasurer) or on the website for the Madison Park neighborhood. A $1.00 handling fee is charged through Paypal when paying via website.
Meeting Announcements:
• The Madison Park Book Club (now Mad Book Club) meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. In May, the meeting date, time and location will be on Tuesday, May 24th at 6:30 pm at the Charlotte Cafe. The group is reading Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. The setting of the book takes place during the Depression period. Amor Towles also authored “A Gentleman in Moscow”. The book club
has been meeting for three years. For more info, contact Gay Hurst at gay.hurst@gmail.com
• City Councilman Tariq Bokhari is holding a District 6 Town Hall with A Focus on Customer Service on Tuesday, May 15th from 5:30 to 7 pm at the Morrison Regional Library, 7015 Morrison Blvd. Guest speakers will include Reginald Johnson, the CFD fire Chief, Kerr Putney, the CMPD Chief of Police, Brent Cable, Director of Aviation at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, and Taiwo Jaiyeoba, Planning Director For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1005569659592757/
• Charlotte Water is holding a public meeting at Park Road Park (shelter #2) near Closeburn Avenue on Thursday, May 17th from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. The drop-in meeting will provide information about a new wastewater pipe construction project designed to serve the SouthPark Area. Starting Monday, May 14th, crews will be using dynamite and may remove rock formations by use of small blasting. Blasting will start on the park property, more than 500 feet from residential buildings. Traffic on Park Road may also be affected by the construction. Additionally, Parks & Rec will also be renovating portions of Park Road Park. For more info: http://charlottenc.gov/Projects/Pages/ParkRoadParkGlenKirkWastewater.aspx
• The Montford Park Block Party is Saturday, May 19th from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There will be food, music and games. The event takes place in the parking lot of 1515 Mockingbird Lane.
• The next Second Friday Social will be held at The Roasting Company, 1601 Montford Drive, on Friday June 8h starting at 6:00 pm
President’s Report
• Fourth Annual Madison Park Community Yard Sale was hosted on May 5th. The event was well attended and lots of junk was sold. Thanks to Sara Johns.
• Madison Park Bike Ride to Open Streets was held on April 29. Three riders participated. Thanks to Stephen Gilbert for leading the endeavor.
• Tom Inn is officially the HOA Treasurer. Many thanks to Carly Baker for helping with the transition.
• Madison Park HOA is an official agency that can take advantage of the Charlotte Community Toolbank. The tool bank provides sharing access to tools, equipment and other entertainment resources at a deeply discounted price. This will be useful for future neighborhood events and projects.
• The Stitch Together CLT initiative is developing the next generation of community leaders in Charlotte. The project kick-offed on April 28th. I have enlisted the assistance of Ann Batson, Bill Helmke, Tracy Shook and Kara West to help with this project. Madison Park will be hosting an event, for September 22nd, for all 72 participants in this initiative. More details: http://www.charlottenc.gov/civicinnovation/Pages/Stitch-Together-CLT.aspx?NotFoundURL=http://www.charlottenc.gov/StitchTogetherCLT&Referrer=
• Rezoning petition 2017-195, located south of Woodlawn (Woodlawn Green area), near the light rail station is large project that may potentially have an affect of the South Blvd side of the neighborhood. The rezoning was recently changed from a Conventional to Conditional rezoning and the first site plans are available. (They are not very detailed) We will need to pay attention to this change. More Info: http://charlottenc.gov/planning/Rezoning/RezoningPetitions/2017Petitions/Pages/2017-195.aspx
• The Board unanimously approved a vote to work with Trees Charlotte to see how we can get more benches and trees into Madison Central Park. The plan is to add 30 trees and a couple of benches. Hopefully, this initiative will result in a fall tree planting project as a fall clean up.
• Seneca/Wedgewood Storm Water project will continue thru August. Intermittent blockages on Seneca will continue for at least a couple of weeks.
• Aaron Moody and Doug Welton met with CDOT at the intersection of Longwood and Bradbury. They discussed the details of narrowing that intersection. Spectrum Properties is planning to address this issue also with a traffic calming solution. CDOT was supportive of the options that were proposed. Next steps are to talk with the surrounding neighbors and coordinate with Spectrum Properties.
Community Announcements:
CROWN Charlotte Chapter of National Wildlife Federation (Margaret Sexton) –
The regular monthly meeting schedule is the second Tuesday of each month. The meeting location is the Discovery/Nature Museum. The monthly meetings end in May for the summer. Monthly chapter meetings will resume this fall. There was a film event hosted at Myers Park Baptist on Saturday, May 5th about backyard habitat and planting native plants. The upcoming fundraiser will be held on Saturday, June 2 from 9am to 12pm at Mountain Island Lake and is called “Wild on the Water”. This venture is a partnership with Park and Recreation. The event is a guided paddling tour on the lake. Lunch will be provided by Common Market. There is a $50.00 registration fee. Kayaks can be loaned for the event. Shore activities are planned for the children. The grand prize raffle give away is a kayak from Great Outdoor Provision. More information can be found on the Crown Charlotte website.
Madison Park Recycling Event (Earth Day Celebration) 4/21/2018 - (A Report Out)
Thank you to TreesCharlotte for the tree seedling donations, Goodwill Industries for the donation trailer and our corporate sponsor, Office Depot for their financial investment on the shredding truck. Thank you to the volunteers including Rick and Ellen Aldridge, Doug Welton and his son, Conrad West and Jennifer Delorm. The informal count was more than 100 cars drove through the event. The Mecklenburg County Sherriff’s Department Medicine Drop Off and Crown Town Compost were newcomers to the event. Collecting plastic bags, batteries and light bulbs were also “pilot” ventures for this event. The day had beautiful weather. We will do it again in April 2019.
Madison Park City Walks – 5/5/2018 (A Report Out)
The event was a great success; the event was limited to 18 people but 24 people attended. The event was led by Tom Hanchett (the city historian), Pat Gubbins and Ruth Tansill. We visited three restaurants (Syrian, Vietnamese and Dominican Republic) along the South Boulevard border. A special thanks goes out to Pat Gubbins for her leadership and support. There were very few (if any) Madison Park neighbors. This is great news as it shows an interest from outsiders about our community. This occasion provided the opportunity to inform and share the Madison Park story. City Walks 2019 will include Madison Park again next year.
Memorial Day Flag Display –
Anybody who would like to place flags on the curbside of their street for the May 28th holiday, let Ruth Tansill know.
July Fourth Curbside Flag Display
This annual event will begin Saturday, June 30th and end Thursday, July 5th. Please let Ruth Tansill know if you would like to be a street host.
June 16th is Summer Marketplace for Small Business Owners from 9am to 12pm in Madison Central Park.
There will be a food truck on site for this event. Kara West is the event coordinator for this event.
Crime and Safety Report- Shabeer Mohammed (CMPD)
There were 2 burglaries, 4 autos broken into and 1 larceny.
April 11 - 4500 Park Road (Vive Chicken) employee left Michael Kors pocketbook in her car and visible.
April 19 - 1100 Woodlawn - Home break in, not sure if anything was taken.
April 26 - 400 Tyvola – Home break in, did not call crime scene because victim did not know the time of crime
May 1- 4900 Zephyr Lane – Home break in, black male wearing backpack was noticed. Two neighbors noticed this suspicious person but neither called CMPD.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Call 911 – if you see anything suspicious and be ready to articulate what you want to report
May 2 - 5200 Seacroft – auto larceny- no damage to vehicle. Doors unlocked
May 3 - 900 East Woodlawn – orange and gray bicycle was taken from porch of home
May 7 - 800 Cooper – auto larceny – no damage to vehicle
May 9 - 5400 Murrayhill – auto larceny – no damage to vehicle
There were no calls for service for suspicious people over the past month. As we get closer to summertime, check the cameras and set your alarms. Inform your neighbors of your travel plans. CMPD is willing to do a security watch of the home, if requested while residents are away.
Treasurer’s Report – Thomas Inn
HOA Articles of incorporation have been updated with the Wells Fargo Bank.
Opening balance - $6128.32
2 debits
$62.00 for monthly storage fee
$14.00 for monthly banking fees
Closing balance - $6052.32
Special Speaker
• Ken Joyner, Mecklenburg Tax Assessor could not make the meeting. However a replacement speaker. Lloyd Salter, stepped in at the last minute to speak to the group.
Reminders
1) The next MPHOA meeting will be on Monday, June 11th at 7:00 pm. Gina Equivel from Read Charlotte will be a speaker at this meeting.
2) The next Second Friday Social will be held at The Roasting Company, 1601 Montford Drive, on Friday June 8th starting at 6:00 pm.
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