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RBCC Board Meeting 8/26/2020

Attendance: 

Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure,

Su Harambe Anne Nolan Brett Boyton

Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger Gerd Prewett

Assessment of 8/12 meeting and speaker Omar Akkari presentation on SSE

  • One participant seemed to have control of meeting.  In the future members will be muted until meeting begins
  • Norfolk seems like a desirable community project to reclaim water access
  • Su wrote to Omar to ask how we get permission to begin to create public access.  There was no response.  She will follow up

Assessment of online Ice Cream Social and ideas for future social events

  • event was successful, 1 hour was a good amount of time, 1 new participant
  • Next event “winetober” 10/17 Anne will provide a list of adjectives to help people describe their wine

Different publicity needed for September speaker? (Alan)

  • board members will reach out to friends
  • link will be set up on RBCC facebook page
  • FB event page
  • Tom will reach out on instagram
  • separate email to announce speaker
  • Danielle will follow up and confirm speaker 

Update on tech needs for Arts and Crafts 

  • Tom and Alan will set up spiffy for event, need to clarify who is responsible for making sure buyer receives items
  • page on RBCC website with all info for vendors and products
  • youth participation encouraged
  • event will be held 12/5

Kubota Garden book received (Alan)

  • book is available for board members to share
  • will be available to everyone when in person meetings resume

Worst case scenario from a financial perspective

  • Worst case assumes we cannot have any activities (therefore no income) until our lease expires 7/31/2022.  IF we have no income and our current monthly and annual expenses (and no surprises) our balance will be $26,133 when our lease expires.  This is a few hundred dollars less than we inherited from the Women’s Club when the club was revived.
  • We’ve had no income since March.  Our expenses are rent, 50% of wifi, monthly zoom meeting fee, insurance, form 990 preparation for IRS, annual fees to the City of Seattle, State of Washington, and domain registration for website. Current insurance total cost per year is $1175. 
  • We discussed ideas for generating income

Future Speakers after October?

  • Keegan will reach out to Kathie.
  • Voter outreaches actions we can do in our neighborhood (must be non political)

Agenda items for September meeting

  • Arts and Crafts Event
  • Wintober  10/17
  • Deadline to register to vote

Future Guest Speakers

  • September 9- Omar Salisbury is an independent journalist and media professional with Seattle-based Coverage Media, a leading producer of culturally relevant content in the Pacific Northwest.  Salisbury will be sharing his experience and perspective as a journalist in the mask of the Seattle BLM movement, downtown protests, and the rise and fall of the CHOP, as he continues to report daily on the quickly shifting event in the city
  • October9- Kubota Garden Master Plan Update- In 2019, the Kubota Garden Foundation funded the Kubota Garden Master Plan Update, hiring consultants to lead a broad community and city outreach process to help assess the current garden and provide guidance tor its future design and development.  KGF Board President Joy Okazaki and the consultant team will join us to present their finding and highlight some of the recommendations to guide improvements to the garden for the next 20-30 years.
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RBCC Membership Meeting (zoom) 8/12/2020

Board Members in Attendance

In Attendance: Keegan O’Connor  Anne Nolan Su Harambe 

Alan Ross Dorothy Driver Brett Boynton 

Gerd Prewett Joan Krueger Danielle McClure 

Standing Items:

  • Call to order
  • Introduction of guests or new members (none in attendance)
  • Approve minutes from last meeting
  • Corresponding Secretary (Anne): nothing to report
  • Reports from committees
    • Membership: no updates
    • Building:  (Su)VFW reduced our rent by 50% because we are unable to rent do to COVID
    • Finance:  (Gerd) balances:
      • Savings $27,256.61, Checking $10,015.48, Deposit Acct $0.81,
      • new generator purchased $330 raised from donations to cover deductible
      • Ron Angeles and VFW offered to donate additional monies to cover $550 deductible
      • New generator has been ordered and will be stored inside the building
    • Social:  (Danielle) virtual ice cream social 8/22/2020 7-8 pm, everyone welcome and encouraged to attend
    • Technology: (Alan) New website is easy to navigate and looks great.  Alan updated with COVID info, email any feedback to http://rainierbeachcommunityclub.org. Thank you to Tom and Alan 

Old Business:

  • Update on generator fund (see above)
  • Feedback on last month’s presentation by John Stafford on the highlights of last legislative session
    • informative 
    • suggestion was made to have an overview of the legislative session annually
  • Winners of the 2020 Rainier Beach Community Clean Up Challenge
    • 1st place: Tyrone and Yvette Kenny
    • 2nd place: Ron Angelis
    • 3rd place: Dave Merrill

New Business:

  • Harvest Social will be postponed until we cancel together safely (maybe spring celebration potluck)
  • Arts and Crafts Fair will be a Facebook event running November -December. Dorothy reported that more vendors will be included as there will be no space limits.  The fair will include a studio tour.   Alan and Tom volunteered to help with technical component. 
  • Rainier Beach Ready Emergency Communication Hub (Ron) will have a virtual presentation 9/1/2020 at 7 p.m. to inform neighbors how to communicate after a major disaster.  Register at https://signup.com/go/gucoHCO.  SIgns with information have been posted in the community.

Featured Speaker: Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator  for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation.  The SSE improves public access, protects unique views, enhances habitat, supports maritime industry and fosters stewardship to create long-lasting community assets.  Omar shared photos of current projects that restore public access to shoreline.  The SSE is helping home owners to bring public spaces into compliance.

Adjourn:

Next meeting 9/9/2020

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RBCC Board Meeting 7/22/2020

Attendance:  Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure

Su Harambe Anne Nolan Brett Boyton Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger

Assessment of 7/8 meeting and speaker John Stafford presentation

  • meeting was a success, new neighbors participated
  • John Stafford was an interesting speaker and non remained non-partisan
  • Will consider limiting speaking time of community members

Assessment of on line 7/11 Balderdash event and ideas for future events:

  • not well attended
  • Continuity of community events is important even if not well attended.
  • More widely advertise through social media
  • Zoom ice cream social August 22 7:00-8:00
  • Future trivia games will be scheduled

Replacement of generator (Gerd):

  • SU will go to building to confirm building is completely cleaned for new generator and shred old papers
  • Su will reach out to Ron Angeles and they will order new generator
  • She will inform Keegan and Gerd when order is placed
  • Concerns for access during an earthquake were discussed. Once installed n basement  we will look for alternate location

Calendar update  (Gerd)

  • Calendar still lists membership and girl scout meetings at club.  Membership meetings will be changed to reflect zoom status.  Girl scout meetings were removed from calendar.  
  • Alan will reach out to Richard so he can update VFW use of building on calendar

Old Bank Statements: (Gerd)

  • Su found old bank statements in the storage area.  We only need to save 7 years.  Older ones can be discardedGerd will contact Richard to identify a safe location for storage. She will coordinate with Donovan and Ron

Future Speakers:

Omari Sailsbury,

  • Danielle reached out to Omari Sailsbury, a journalist fro Converge Media, who extensively covered the BLM movement and protests in May-June. He is interested  in possibly speaking at an RBCC meeting.  His perspective on what’s been happening in Seattle and Cap Hill has been thought provoking.  He would likely  draw a larger and perhaps more diverse crowd of our neighbors to meeting.  Danielle will contact him and ask if he would be willing to speak at our September meeting.

Ellen/Kubota Gardens: (Alan)

  • Jackie O’Ryan was the liaison between Kubota gardens and RBCC. She received a letter with the long term plan for the garden. Alan will reach out to Jackie.  We would like to have a guest speaker from Kubota to share the long term plan.
  • Kubota will donate book once we can meet again in person

Speaker to discuss city plans for sewer, water, and electric upgrades

  • idea defeated

Marcus Green

  • Danielle will reach out and ask if he is interested i speaking or ask for suggestions for additional speakers.

Other items:

  • Su found old meeting minutes.  We will try to preserve them and create archive on website

Agenda items for 7/8 meeting:

  • Upcoming social event 8/22
  • Generator fund > update on fund raiser $200/$500 raised through donations 
  • Reschedule of harvest social
  • Arts and Crafts show  (Dorothy) > call for artists, zoom event for artists to discuss plans, will be modified and held on line this year. 

Guest Speaker August meeting:

Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation. The SSE Program improves public access, protects unique views, enhances habitat, supports maritime industry and fosters stewardship to create long-lasting assets.  Omar will introduce the SSE program and proposed ordinance. 

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RBCC Membership Meeting (zoom) 7/8/2020

Board Members in Attendance

In Attendance: Keegan O’Connor  Anne Nolan Su Harambe 

Alan Ross Dorothy Driver Brett Boynton 

Gerd Prewett Joan Krueger Danielle McClure

Standing Items:

  • Call to order
  • Introduction of guests or new members
  • Approve minutes from last month’s meeting with 2 corrections
  • Corresponding Secretary Report:  (Anne) Nothing to report
  • Standing Committee Reports
    • Membership: No updates
    • Building: (Gerd) The stolen generator will be replace and stored in the storage room which needs to be cleaned out.  The generator is important because it is part of our local community emergency plan.  Donations are welcome to help defray the cost of the $500 deductible. 
    • Finance: (Gerd)  Savings account: $27,256.19, Checking account: $12,867.85, Deposit account: $0.81
    • Social: Happy hour trivia night Saturday July 11 7:30-9:00 pm 
    • Technology:  (Alan) Our new website launched. http://rainierbeachcmmunityclub.org

Old Business:

  • Review of new website (Alan) screen shared and showed the wonderful new website.
  • The need for a new generator was reviewed (Kathy Weibel).  It is source community of power in case of major emergency such as an earth quake.
  • Member feedback on last month’s speaker, Mark Solomon.  People felt his presentation was interesting and relevant.  Of especial interest were the visual details and clarification of legal terminology.
  • Membership was asked to share Ideas for future speakers
    • Kubota gardens long range plans
    • Sewage, water, electric 
  • URB Virtual Garden Tour feed back from membership
    • May to end of June
    • Members are encouraged to

Featured Speaker:   Link to speaker presentation

John Stafford of 37th District Democrats presented a non-partisan summary of 2020 Washington State Legislative Session.  Although some important legislation plans were passed, Mr. Stafford stated that not many very high impact acts were passed.  We can do a great deal this session however financial deficit due to Covid created urgent problems not originally anticipated.  We are facing 5 crisis; public health, economic recession, budget crisis, racial justice, and climate change. He suggested that we should look at balance budget without austerity, new progressive taxation, aggressively address climate change, address issues of racial injustice.

Announcements

  • Town of Renton has many resources including free masks
  • Rainier Health and Fitness is offering free and inexpensive resources on line.

Adjourn

Next meeting is August 12, 2020

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RBCC Board Meeting 6/24/2020

Attendance:  Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Anne Nolan

Su Harambe Gerd Prewett Danielle McClure

Brett Boyton Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger

Assessment of  6/10 meeting:

  • meeting was a success, new neighbors participated
  • Mark Solomon was an interesting speaker 

Assessment of on line trivia 6/20 event and ideas for future events:

  • small group attended but it was an enjoyable event
  • can future event include working in teams in break out rooms
  • More widely advertise through social media
  • Danielle volunteered to spear head next event 7/11 7:30-9:00

New website status:

  • Potential launch 7/1
  • all minutes are current
  • Tim sent photos, Alan created back up

Seahawk Tickets:  (Gerd)

  • Rodney GIvens was approached about donating Seahawk tickets as raffle for Harvest Social 
  • Due to corona virus concerns Harvest Social and Football are questionable
  • Decided to pass on tickets

Generator: (Gerd)

  • The generator is an essential factor in community safety in the event of an emergency
  • Insurance money for replacement received
  • $166 in donations toward $500 deductible
  • Will mention at general meeting and ask for donations
  • Gerd will contact Richard to identify a safe location for storage. She will coordinate with Donovan and Ron

Annual report: (Gerd)

  • Gerd filed annual report with State of Washington

July Speaker: (Keegan)

  • John Stafford will present information about 37th District Democrats
  • He is currently running for office to represent that district
  • As a non-partisan organization we need to clarify that his prevention will be non-partisan
  • The language of our next meeting will reflect that he is going to present a non-partisan overview of the legislation session
  • Keegan will email Kathy to confirm that this is clear

Future Speakers:

  • Omar from shoreline street to present update on culvert replacement
  • Does Kathy have other speakers lined up? 

Ellen/Kubota Gardens: (Alan)

  • Kubota gardens would like to donate Kubota Garden book to RBCC
  • we will make it available to borrow when in person meetings resume

Agenda items for 7/8 meeting:

  • Rainier Beach Economic Round Table > Natalya is no longer able to attend meetings, is someone available to attend?
  • Upcoming social event 7/11
  • Generator fund > Gerd will ask Ron to present a 5 minute call to action to explain need for generator
  • Website launch via screen share
  • Ask for guest speaker suggestions
  • Ask for ideas for social events
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RBCC Membership Meeting (zoom) 6/10/2020

Meeting held via ZOOM

Board Members In Attendance

  • Keegan O’Connor
  • Alan Ross
  • Gerd Prewett
  • Anne Nolan
  • Dorothy Driver
  • Joan Krueger
  • Su Harambe
  • Brett Boynton
  • Danielle McClure

Standing Items:

  • Membership: nothing to report
  • Building: generator was stolen, Gerd arranged for insurance payment, $500deductible generator will be replaced but stored inside. Su spoke to Richard aboutreduce cost of internet plan,
  • Finance: Checking: $13,582.93 Savings: $27,255.67 Deposit Acct. $0.81 The checking account balance includes $2,097 reimbursement for stolen generator. PayPal fundraiser $125 toward deductible
  • Social: solstice happy hour trivia night Saturday June 20 7:30-9:00 pm
  • Technology: new website almost complete. Will launch by end of month. Members asked to send photos of previous events to Tom Beck

Featured Speaker – Link to speaker presentation

Featured Speaker: Mark Solomon, Crime Prevention Coordinator, Seattle Police Department South Precinct, conducted a discussion regarding burglary prevention including current burglary trends in the area, how to secure your homes to reduce the likelihood of a burglary, and what to do if you have been a victim of a burglary. He suggested that each person needs to assess their situation and make decisions that are practical for themselves when planning for home alarm plans. Community members inquired about specific concerns. He suggested enrolling in smart911.com if you only have a cellphone

Old Business

  • Rainier Beach Community Clean up challenge will end June 9

New Business:

  • Future membership meetings will continue to be virtual until we can meet again in person
  • Announcements:
    • URB Garden Tour is being held entirely online. Neighbors are asked to postgarden photos on instagram or facebook through the month of June. If you need help posting send photos to urbgardeners@gmail.com.

Adjourn

Next meeting is July 8, 2020

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RBCC Membership Meeting (zoom) 5/13/2020

Meeting held via ZOOM

Board Members in Attendance

  • Keegan O’Connor
  • Alan Ross
  • Gerd Prewett
  • Anne Nolan
  • Dorothy Driver
  • Joan Krueger
  • Su Harambe
  • Brett Boynton
  • Danielle McClure

Standing Items

Membership: no news to report

Building: Su spoke to negotiate a rent reduction. Her request was denied. No other news.

Finance: Checking: $12,229.54, Savings:27,254.87 There is a deposit for 1 rental, it will be returned when event is cancelled.

Social: Happy Hour Trivia Saturday May 16th from 3:30-6:00. Link available in email

Technology: Tom Beck is working on new website. It should be ready to launch soon. Working on conforming to bi-laws

Old Business:

  • Bridge2Beach May event cancelled

New Business:

  • Future Membership Meetings will be virtual until we can meet in person again

Announcements:

  • URB Garden tour is virtual. Everyone is invited to post and share photos and/or videos from their garden at facebook event page from now through the end of June. Add a comment and upload photos of favorite parts of your garden. Photos of flowers, artwork, projects are all welcome. If you don’t have access to face book photos can be mailed to urbgardeners@gmail.com and committee will post photos.
  • Jenny Frankl presented info about Rainier Beach Community Clean Up Challenge May 16-June 9th. Details will be included in RBCC newsletter.

Guest Speaker:

  • Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation was scheduled to speak about the SSE program and proposed ordinance. Wifi outage interrupted the meeting and he was unable to tell us about his program. We will ask him to reschedule his talk.
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RBCC Membership Meeting 2/12/2020

Board Members, Trustees and Others in Attendance:

  • Anne Nolan
  • Alan Ross
  • Kathie Wiebel
  • Gerd Prewett
  • Brett Boynton
  • Keegan O’Connor
  • + 19 other attendees

Membership Committee – No news to report

Building Committee – No news to report

Tech Committee – Need a new website

Finance Committee – Reported $26,931 and $13,947 in savings and checking, respectively.

Social Committee – Wine Event will be on 3/28 from 7 – 10 and will feature french reds <$20.

Featured Speakers:

  1. Roderick Givens with Rainier Valley Community Development Fund (CDF) discussed his group’s role as a self-sustaining, community controlled financial institution. CDF provided $25M to local businesses dislocated by light rail and helped them get back on their feet. CDF provides/underwrites loans and lines of credit to local small businesses. They also provide technical assistance and financial expertise and identify resources for small businesses. CDF provided funding for the new owners of Jude’s and Roderick seeks the community’s help to identify potential clients. Average loan is $50K.
  2. Stefan Winkler outlined SDOT’s plan to roll out scooter-share in May (1 year pilot). He stressed that they won’t replace bike-share and that some of the 4 bidders also run bike share. Some scooters may have seats. Max speed will be 15 mph and will operate only on streets and bike lanes. SDOT is still working out the details on parking. People without credit cards and smart phones will be able to use. Stefan said that the operation will likely not be profitable and may eventually be folded into Seattle’s transit system (usable with an Orca card).

Topics of Discussion and Announcements

  • Members ratified Committee Chair nominees
  • Members were encouraged to contact the following in support of VIA:
    • Girmay.zahilay@kingcounty.gov
    • Tammy.morales@seattle.gov
    • cgifford@kingcounty.gov
    • keepVIA@yahoo.com
  • B2B will be May 16
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Membership Meeting Minutes 1/8/2020

Board Members, Trustees and Others in Attendance:

  • Su Harambe
  • Anne Nolan
  • Tom Beck
  • Kathie Wiebel
  • Ruth Cousineau
  • Alan Ros
  • Gerd Prewett
  • Joan Krueger
  • Natalya Roberts
  • Brett Boynton
  • Keegan O’Connor
  • + 20 other attendees

Membership Committee – No news to report

Building Committee – Rental inquiries are up.

Tech Committee – We now have projector with audio up and running.

Finance Committee – Reported $27,728 and $11,493 in savings and checking, respectively.

Social Committee – Second annual Mah Jongg tournament will take place at RBCC on January 18 at 6 pm. Bring a dish.

Featured Speaker – Chris Svolopoulos, Associate Chief Engineer for Seattle DOT reviewed the departments proposed plans for traffic/safety enhancements at the intersection of 51st, Renton Avenue and Roxbury. Following an analysis of collision patterns, the plan will include traffic lights at 51st/Renton Ave. intersection as well as where 51st intersects Roxbury. Aslo,the section of Roxbury between Renton and 51st will be one-way EB. The plan also includes lots of curb bulbs, curb ramps, islands and bicycle ramps to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. RBCC members suggested left-turn protected lanes. The plan will be implemented in 2021 but is in its early “10%” stage. If there are questions, call 206-733- 9361 or email NSF_RentonAve@seattle.gov

Topics of Discussion and Announcements

  • “Fujitaro Kubota and His Garden” film showing at RBCC on 1/29/20 is sold out. Future showings will be announced.
  • The membership voted on the 2020 Board, which will be:
    • President. – Kegan O’Connor
    • Vice Pres. – Alan Ross
    • Treasurer. – Gerd Prewett
    • Corresponding Secretary – Anne Nolan
    • Recording Secretary – Joan Krueger
    • Trustees:
      • Dorothy Driver
      • Su Harambe
      • Danielle McClure
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