Meeting - February 17, 2019

ty and Project Homes. 5 new homes in the Maymont neighborhoodwill be part of this land trust (3 are on New York and 1 is on Kansas,? ? on the 5th one). She briefly described how the Maggie Walker Land Trust goes about acquiring properties, specifically noting thattax delinquent properties are easier to acquire for their group be-cause there is less competition . There will be a potential homeown-ers meeting on January 30. Guest Parke Richeson of Maymont shared good news that Maymonthad given over 19,000 tours through the holiday season and 7,000students had participated in their holiday programs with many ofthose students being Title 3 . The Jazz Festival is scheduled for thesecond weekend in August. Guest Amy Robbins who works for Councilman Parker Agelastohighlighted several key dates for the group . The James River Parks System Master Plan will be revealed and discussed on Thursday,February 7 at 6pm at the Patrick Henry School . On February 28 at6:30pm, Parker will hold a meeting at the Round House in Byrd Parkto answer questions pertaining to the North of Broad Coliseumproject and provide tax relief applications . She said Parker’s cleanupdates around the area would be forthcoming and the speeding prob-lem in the neighborhood and the increase in car break-ins were onhis radar . Bill (last name?) and Ryan Ginsberg gave an extremely informativepresentation on invasive plants. They shared an alarming case studyon the James River showing the harm of invasive plants. They arepart of the invasive plants task force and provided the anyonepresent with a book illustrating which plants are native and whichare invasive to this area . They host a variety of volunteer events andgather weekly at Reedy Creek between noon and 3pm to pull outinvasive plants . For additional information, www.jamesriver-park.org/invasive or email invasiveplanttaskforce@gmail.com . Theweek of February 24 is National Invasive Species Week and therewill be a variety of activities everyday that week so they encouragedthe group to look into any activities of interest . They also encour-aged each person to remove English Ivy from trees in their ownyards (the proper removal technique is to cut the vines around thebase of the tree and a chunk about shoulder height and it will die onits own) . The Board will provide neighbors with notice prior to running racesor other events taking place in the neighborhood which may causedisruption or additional traffic.