Meeting - March 20, 2023

Joy Rogers, Ethan Smith, Lee Williams Joy introduced the new board members. President: Joy Rogers Vice President: Leah Hopper Treasurer: Gayle Goldberg Secretary: Kirk Millikan Membership Coordinator: Jan Hatchard Jan reviewed a Google Form she developed to compile a neigh-borhood directory . The form can be accessed at: https://docs.-google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp QLSew Swffhgwl VNdtf Isgn-E8P51ot Zp Z_gi NXh8p Val WO2F JV9w/viewform Joy provided a few general updates:Moving forward, the plan is to not drop off fliers for meetingnotifications and instead use signs at neighborhood entrancesas well as notifications via email and social media . In April, we will be restarting weekly Wednesday neighbor-hood walks at 7pm meeting at the intersection of Greenville Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue . Amy Robins (liaison for Stephanie Lynch, city councilmember forthe 5th district) provided updates:Overall, crime statistics are down in our sector of the city . T exas Beach bridge update:Dollars have been allocated to the repair of the bridge. Repair is likely now rather than replacement that was previ-ously discussed. The city is currently working on getting an estimate for therepair. Improvements will also be coming to the Potterfield Bridgefrom Brown’s Island to Manchester to reduce any bouncing . The city is in budget season now. The proposed playgroundnext to the community garden was not funded. Stephanie, Amy, and their team are putting together seniorbags, which will be delivered to seniors in our neighborhood inlate April . Ida Cheatham will have an honorary block named after her on South Meadow Street. She recently celebrated her 103rdbirthday and will be honored in May. She was a founding mem-ber of the Maymont Civic League and still lives in the neigh-borhood. Regarding spray painting, the city will likely be installing wallsin a public space to encourage spray painting in designated ar-eas . Monday March 27th at 6pm is public comment for the budgetfor FY24, which starts July 1st. Speed humps are proposed in the neighborhood when pavingcomes through the neighborhood this year. Proposed locationsin and near the neighborhood are:On S Meadow Street between Amelia Street and Colorado Avenue On Hampton Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue On Hampton Street between Dakota Avenue and Nevada Avenue On Colorado Avenue between Sumpter Street and S Lom-bardy Street On Colorado Avenue between Randolph Street and Meade Street Amy discussed the possibility of changing neighborhood speedlimits from 25 mph to 20 mph . A bill from Betsy Carr (the statedelegate who represents the neighborhood) to make thestatutory speed limit 20 mph did not pass the House of Dele-gates this year . Neighborhood sidewalks – For Phase 1 of the Maymont side-walk project, the contractor should be working on installationthis spring . Photo speed ticketing will be taking place out front of Fox Ele-mentary (in the old Clark Springs Elementary building) in thenear future . Amy reviewed 3 policy changes going through city hall rightnow: eliminating minimum parking requirements; allowing ADUs (accessory dwelling units) by right; and updates to Airbnb regulations in the city . Amy mentioned that bike lanes will be installed on Colorado Avenue and S Allen Avenue when those streets are repavedthis year . Joy reviewed upcoming events at Maymont:April 8th – Family Easter (free but needs tickets)April 29th – Herbs Galore ($7/person, free for members)Joy opened up the meeting for general comments A car was stolen at night from the Maymont parking lot re-cently . A neighbor brought up concerns regarding 1404 George Av-enue. Amy mentioned that by code, a house can have a maxi-mum of 3 unrelated adult tenants. The house is currently va-cant. Jan reiterated that a neighborhood directory would be veryhelpful to stay in touch. Information will not be shared outsideof the neighborhood. A neighbor asked if Maymont had any plans for Sundial Parkafter the recent tree removal. The Maymont executive direc-tor was not in attendance to provide an