Toonerville Trolley Neighborhood Association

July 21, 2005 - Meeting Minutes

Aug 16, 2005

Attendees: Hugh Williams, Jennifer Hamilton, John Hamilton, Jo Ann Macy, Paul Chism, Adrian Camacho, Deb O?’Gorman, Dennis Lisack, Rick Tabb, Josh Swetnam, Jodi Bessinger, Jacqueline Brown, Ted Burrell, Wanda Stanley, Helga Ulrich, William Senn, Kevin Kouba

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 PM. Mr. Shane Stuber, Metro Parks, outlined what TTNA would need to do to adopt Toonerville Trolley Park. The Mayor holds two media events per year to officially sign the adoption agreements. The next signing ceremony is in Sept/Oct. Should we decide to adopt Toonerville Trolley Park a sign announcing the adoption will be placed at the entrance to the park.

The goal of the Adopt-a-Park Program pairs local businesses with neighborhood groups to work together to preserve and enhance a particular park.

TTNA commitment: TTNA would provide a list of businesses in the neighborhood or outside of the neighborhood that we would like to partner with. Mr. Stuber would go with us to the businesses to explain the program and help us to get a commitment, which could be money, time, equipment, etc.

TTNA would work with the district manager--Bryant Haag--to develop an overall plan for the park and a projects list. Money for projects could come from Metro Parks, Councilman Unseld, TTNA, or special fundraising efforts. Metro parks can provide things such as mulch, compost; Brightsides could provide tools and perhaps some plantings.

Three TTNA members must agree to become ?“Team Leaders?” and submit to a standard police records check. Team leaders help track total volunteer hours and coordinate volunteer efforts. Each participant must fill out a Metro Parks volunteer form so that they can be covered under the city worker?’s compensation plan should they get hurt while working in the park.

Time commitment is approximately 4-6 days per year.

The vote on adopting the park was postponed until the August meeting, in hopes that we might have better meeting participation then.

Helga briefly discussed and handed out flyers for the Creating Safer Neighborhoods Educational Meeting for the Old Louisville Neighborhood to be held on July 23, 8:30 AM - Noon at Treyton Oak Towers.

Jennifer discussed the July 26 (7 PM) meeting about creating an Old Louisville Management District. Dennis Lisack explained that a Management District was basically a way to levy taxes on property owners within the district so that desired services, such as security services, period street lights, trash cans, etc., not provided by the city could be funded.


Jo Ann provided an update on the plans for the Neighborhood Watch August 2 Block Party and encouraged everyone to attend and show their support for Neighborhood Watch.

Rick Tabb talked about selling fall bulbs as a fundraiser and offered to work with the bulb company to get the materials needed and collect and submit the orders. Members in attendance unanimously agreed to the project and Rick was asked to communicate our decision to Dale Tucker, the fundraising chairperson.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM

Submitted by: Jo Ann Macy