June 1, 2010 : 6:00pm-7:10pm

1) Budget Review
a) Surplus of $1927.52 mostly from Christmas tour profits
b) $300 donation to UMC is late this year, will be sent this month
c) no charge for website maintenance this month
d) $276.00 owed to Ala Power due to oversight of not having power boxes disconnected—suggestion that president call Ala Power and request removal or reduction of fee.

2) Increasing Membership
a) bring one person to next meeting
b) send out monthly emails from email list
c) flyer distribution
d) replace street signs (need newer signs)
e) use fall activities as way to increase membership

3) “Walking & Talking” activity
a) need to get permission to use name
b) idea is to encourage neighbors to walk and talk with each other, possible have game for neighborhood to play (scavenger hunt, etc)

4) Dog park
a) need to time light at Cap Ave & Madison / California & Madison, if too short can ask city to lengthen light to allow dog walkers to cross safely
b) suggestion to look into green space on Yancey for possible dog park

5) National Night Out Against Crime
a) scheduled for 1st Tuesday in August, 2 speaker are scheduled for block party
b) suggestion of purchasing merchandise for event, suggestion to get notebook from dollar store and put stickers on them for CHCA which can be used to take note while walking in the community

6) BONDS
a) Neighborhood Quilt: President spent ~$30 to have CH logo put on quilt square to be added to BONDS quilt project. anyone who would like to have CH logo printed on fabric can now go to You Name It on Atl Hwy
b) Realtor Open House: must be done by end of July to use grant money allocated for this project, position letter needs to be drafted to be handed out to realtors

7) Lion repairs
a) cost estimated to be around $4000, Councilman Larkin will help with this, suggestion by member that CHCA do fundraiser to help offset cost of repair
Mt Meiggs Project
a) need to follow-up with city transportation dept about this project to resurface/build sidewalk

9) History Designation Survey
a) deadline needs to be set, suggest end of summer for deadline
b) president will work on getting maps to volunteers this month

10) Lee Oaks/Highland Park
a) Lee Oaks would like to jointly sponsor event with CHCA—suggestion that CHCA, Lee Oaks CA, and Highland Park co-sponsor Fall Fling

11) City Event
a) would like to increase CHCA presence in the throughout the city by being involved in city events—suggestion that CHCA be involved in various races that pass through the neighborhood— members asked to look out for events CHCA can be involved in

12) Suggestion that CHCA ask fireman to speak at future meetings regarding fire safety

13) Armstrong Park
a) would like to revisit plans for beatification of park

14) Welcome Wagon for New Residents
a) need to expand welcome committee to include more than one member of CHCA
b) Cindy Keeping volunteer to welcome new residents, and put together welcome packet to give to them

15) 501C3 status
a) Rich Anderson volunteered to contact attorneys regarding process of becoming 501C3 organization, Cindy M. provided Rich with brochure for local attorney office

16) RSVP & PRIME magazines
a) CH lions were featured in PRIME, would like to see more positive coverage of CH in these magazines

Call to Order: 7:10pm

Welcome to new neighbors/members
1. No new neighbors/members present at meeting

Friends of Crump Center speaker:
1. Speaker not present

Treasurer report:
1. Total budget including CD and cash box is $7753.16, only $350 from BONDS grant is earmarked for projects

Watch Dog report:
1. 2323 St Charles Ave-bank wants to replace roof, owner wants to return house to single family unit
2. 1617 Madison Ave-steel shed erected in backyard without permit, owner has since made application to ARB which will meet 6/22

Yard of the Month:
1. 1921 Captial Ave & 1095 Lewis Street named yard of month
2. Discussion of possibility of residents starting an informal competition for motivation

Historic Designation Committee:
1. June 8th was deadline for photos and surveys, new deadline needs to be set, Cynthia will send email to establish new deadline, thanks to Cindy Clark for completing her surveys by deadline.
2. Five areas still need to be assigned to volunteer: Madison, McCarter, McKinnley, N Panama, Glendale

Candlelight Tour:
1. URGENT: NEEDS CHAIRPERSON
2. EC will assist chairperson with organizing event, suggestions to ask Brenda Bryant, Debbie Garrison, and DJ Pollard

BONDS Grant:
1. $1500 ($500 for each) for open house for realtors July 15th, co-sponsor 2 homebuyers seminars with mortgage brokers, and letters to landlords of rentals (position statement)

BONDS Grant application for 2010-2011:
1. Application available in June and due in August, wish list of projects given to members and will vote on at July meeting
2. Cindy Keeping suggest not asking for money for capital improvements as this rarely gets funded, Cindy Keeping suggest members consider asking for funding for 501(c)3 designation because opens up more possibilities for funding as non-profit, Rich Anderson agree to investigate cost of attorney fees
3. Discussion of possibility of Fall Fling co-sponsored with neighboring communities, can apply for BONDS grant as group
4. Discussion of asking for funding for afterschool tutoring supplies or school supplies to give to neighborhood children
5. Cynthia McCollister ask that members look at CHCA website for list of BONDS workshops and make a commitment to attend, will bring contracts to next meeting for members to sign agreeing to attend one workshop, workshop attendance is required to get BONDS money
6. BONDS mailing list-members asked to give email information to be included on mailing list

Announcements:
1. Membership committee needs new chairperson
2. Current pastor of UMC is leaving new pastor (Jackie Slaughter) to arrive July 1st
3. National Night Out will be in August, potentially having 2 speakers from police dept. would like to see 100 people, so please get the word out
4. June 17th is prayer night for the neighborhood at 1916 Capital Ave
5. June is District 3 clean-up month, visit city website for dates and locations for pick-up of trash

Plans for CHCA for 2010-2011:
1. Call for suggestions for guest speakers at meetings: Police/Fire Dept, landscaping/gardening, Tracy Larkin, Historic Commission / ARB, housing codes
2. Addressing the empty building in mall on Federal & Madison, owned by Kaiser Reality, suggestion to ask them to bring Starbucks in that building
3. Suggestion that CHCA can look into having Walmart neighborhood market put in location of old Winn Dixie building

Adjournment: 7:58pm

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on January 10, 2009 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p. m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

Guest speakers for this evening were representatives from the mayoral campaigns for Scott Simmons and Todd Strange. All mayoral candidates were invited to attend our meeting. Another mayoral candidate forum was scheduled after invitations were issued and all candidates were not able to attend.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

The treasurer’s report was presented and is attached to these minutes.

Reports from Standing Committees were given.

Watch Dog / Chair Rich Anderson (not present)
Cynthia McCollister and Cindy Keeping attended the Architectural Review Board held on January 27, 2009. Three Capitol Heights properties were on the agenda.
• 2236 Winona Avenue (Garry Wimberly) – Replacement screen porch enclosure was approved.
• 1915 St. Charles Avenue (Neil Seibel) – Although several changes were submitted for review, the only change approved were alterations and replacement of the first floor windows. Mr. Seibel was asked to work with Christy Anderson regarding the remainder of his plans and return to the ARB when possible.
• 1742 St. Charles Avenue (Cindy Keeping) – Mrs. Keeping requested approval for front porch alterations, paint colors, privacy fence, deck, and gable treatments. Front porch alterations were not approved as requested, otherwise, all other changes were approved.

The next ARB meeting is set for February 24, 2009 and an agenda is not available at this time.

Communication / Chair: Cynthia McCollister
• Cynthia Announced the deadline for the May 2009 issue of the newsletter is April 17.

Parks and Green space / Chair Randall Culp
• Randall reported Yard of the Month selection continues to be on hold until spring.
• Randall reported shed plantings (donation of shrubbery) continue to be on hold until March 2009.
• Preliminary discussion began regarding the potential Eagle Scout project of enhancing Vickers Park to be a dog park. A motion was made to postpone further discussion until the regular meeting to be held on March 10, 2009. The motion was seconded and approved. The President was tasked to see this issue was communicated to the entire neighborhood. A flyer will be prepared and delivered to the neighborhood. Reminder emails will be sent to the association members. Notice will also be mailed to those members without email. Notice will also be posted on the association website and the Montgomery Advertiser calendar.

Unfinished Business

Christy Anderson will be presenting a presentation Expanding Local Historic Designations at our next meeting.

New Business
Saturday, February 14 beginning at 9AM the CHCA shed will be cleaned and organized. Please come if you are available. If raining on the 14th , we will meet on February 21st.

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:20 PM.

Cynthia McCollister, President

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on January 13, 2009 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p. m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

Guest speaker this evening was Mayoral Candidate, J. E. King. After a short discussion regarding his run for mayor, Mr. King opened the floor to questions.

Cynthia began the business portion of the meeting by welcoming new neighbors in attendance: Benita Hollis of 1902 Madison Avenue and Russell Estes of 2114 Madison Avenue. Terri Wohlscheid from Highland Park was also attending tonight’s meeting.

The minutes of the last meeting were not available.

The treasurer’s report was presented and is attached to these minutes.

Watch Dog
Cynthia reported the ARB agenda has not been provided yet but she is aware of two properties in Capitol Heights that are to be presented. One belongs to Cindy Keeping and is located on St. Charles. Cynthia was unable to recall the address of the other property.

Additional discussion was held regarding the property on the corner of Madison Avenue and S. Madison Terrace. It was reported to Cynthia this property is about to receive a demolition notice from the city. This particular block of Madison Avenue is not included in the local historic designation.

Communication / Chair: Cynthia McCollister
Cynthia reminded everyone the deadline for submission of articles to be in the next issue of the newsletter is January 19th.

Parks and Green space / Chair Randall Culp
Michael Simmons provided a status as to his Eagle Scout Vickers Park/Dog Park project. He has communicated with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and as instructed has provided information to them regarding the plan for the dog park. He is waiting for feedback regarding the information submitted.

Christmas Tour Saturday, December 13th
Christmas Tour financials were reported:
Earnings from Tour tickets $1,936.75
Earnings for Lasting Imp. Carriages $126.00
Earnings from Merchandise sales $50.00
Earnings from Silent Auction $60.00
Earnings from Dues $15.00
TOTAL GROSS FOR THE NIGHT $2,187.75

Secretary Nominations
There were no nominations for Secretary.

Expanding Local Historic Designations
Kathie Blackmon, Cindy Keeping, and Cynthia McCollister attended this evening’s Historic Preservation Commission meeting. On their agenda was “Presentation and Discussion on Historic Designation Process.” This was an informative presentation. In a 2002 study done by Auburn University homes with historic designations were determined to appreciate more than those in other areas of the city. Montgomery’s Garden District was part of the study and was compared to the remainder of the city. Property values in the Garden District had appreciated 42.35% as compared to 8/3% for the other areas. HPC also indicated our biggest threat to obtaining local historic designation will be absentee landlords. They do not usually sign the agreements.

Our next step will be to organize a workshop specifically for Capitol Heights residents with Christy Anderson of the Planning Division. Christy will present much of the same information discussed at today’s HPC along with information to Capitol Heights as relates to expanding a local historic district.

Concerns presented by CHCA members regarding expansion of historic designations for Capitol Heights are:
• Gaining historic designations is an issue that truly divided the association and the neighborhood.
• We need to gain much more buy in and participation from neighborhood before we continue – but how? Members present were asked to recommend methods for increasing participation from the neighborhood.
• We need to question those that worked to obtain historic designation in the past and we need input and need to know what stopped the effort to obtain national historic designation for Capitol Heights.

In the meantime, Cynthia will use our email list, our February issue of the newsletter, and a workshop flyer for distribution at the CHUMC Home Restoration Expo. We may also distribute the flyer via hand delivery to homes in Capitol Heights.

New Business

Terry Robinson reported he attended a special meeting on the Ann Street expansion/rerouting project. The plan is to widen Ann Street beginning at Highland Avenue and going north. This impacts properties on both sides of Ann Street. Of primary concerns are the properties on the west side of Ann St. These are potential candidates for national historic preservation. Ann Street is to tie into Federal Drive and this impacts Lee High School property and corner property where the apartments are located. These are issues yet to be resolved.

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:35 PM.

Cynthia McCollister, President

MINUTES TO BE CREATED SOON….

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on October 14, 2008 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p. m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

The minutes of the last meeting were not available.

The treasurer’s report was presented and is attached to these minutes.

Reports from Committees

Watch Dog
2042 St. Charles Avenue – A stop order was issued on a vinyl fence that was already installed and has been in place for several years. During their September meeting the ARB agreed to allow the fence to remain in place.

Communication
After discussion, a motion was made regarding the future of our newsletter. The following motion was seconded and approved:
A four page quarterly newsletter will be published and mailed to paid members of the association and city/county dignitaries. Additional copies will be made available to new members at meetings. CHCA will continue to take advantage of the free copying offered through BONDS.

The deadline for submitting articles for the November issue of our newsletter is October 25th.

Parks and Green Space
Randall Culp announced Yard of the Month:
• Ernest and Elizabeth Lyons home at 2237 St. Charles Avenue
• Jay and Barbara Wilkinson’s home at 38 N. Florida Street.

Randall Culp, Karren Pell, Kathie Blackmon and any other interest persons are to install shrubs on the Winona Avenue side of our shed. Randall will share plans with the church prior to planting. This is expected to be accomplished before Thanksgiving. When approval for the shed installation was granted, CHCA was asked to provide a “vegetative screen from street”.

Cynthia announced to the membership there is a possibility our parks will be enhanced when future Eagle Scouts take on the projects. Cindy Keeping was contacted by a client of hers to see if the neighborhood would be interested and of course she said yes! Cindy Keeping and Cynthia McCollister have met with the young man and he will speak to CHCA at our December meeting regarding his plans. He has been asked to discuss what he plans to do with the city.

Membership
Cynthia mailed dues reminders to last year’s members that have not paid for the 2008-09 term.

Christmas Tour Saturday, December 13th
Toni Wood-Meyer has volunteered to be chairperson for this year’s Capitol Heights by Candlelight tour. The following persons have volunteered as chairperson for sub-committees of the tour: Cookie Chair will be Gloria Moore, Traffic & Safety Chair will be Paul Rawlinson, Set up & Tear Down Chair will be Jewell Pitts, and the CHCA Store Manager will be Kathie Blackmon.

Chairs for the following sub-committees are still needed: House Helpers Chair, Marketing Chair, and Ticket Sales (before & during tour).

Christmas Lighting / Chair: Sam Adams (5 Minutes)
Sam Adams has volunteered to be chairperson for this year’s annual tree lighting. Since the Christmas Parade has officially been set for Friday, December 5 we would like to have our lights up and running by then. Given this, the Christmas Tree Lighting will be held Thursday, December 4th at 6:30 p.m. This will give folks time to get home from work and is not too late for kids to come out. We will need folks to make cookies and also need apple cider.

Christmas Parade (2 minutes)
We are still in need of a chairperson for this activity.

Centennial Homecoming Celebration / Co-Chairs: C Keeping, C Thornhill, C McCollister
Those of you that took pictures on the day of the Centennial…please share them! The three C’s are creating a scrapbook of the day and need all the photos we can get! Hopefully, at Capitol Heights’ Bi-Centennial Celebration this scrapbook will be on display for all our future neighbors to see & enjoy!
By all reports the Centennial Celebration was a success! Many returning residents of Capitol Heights expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to return to their former home place and celebrate the day. The best example of this expression is when one of our guests came to Cynthia and asked if she could hug her! “I am so happy you did this. It is such a wonderful time and so great to see all of my friends from so long ago. All of this day has been a trip down memory lane for me.” In addition, one of our resident realtors was contacted by a visitor to our Centennial and they intend to move their family into Capitol Heights as soon as a suitable home becomes available!
Each of these are examples of exactly what we had hoped would happen. We hoped by revisiting the community, people would realize it is still the wonderful place where they grew up. We hoped newcomers to the area would also realize how great this area is to live. And this is what happened for us! A grand success!

Food Drive for Montgomery Food Bank
Membership agreed to hold a Food Drive in conjunction with November’s Pot Luck Dinner. Members will bring either a non-perishable food item or a financial donation for Montgomery Food Bank. Cindy Keeping agreed to prepare the turkey for our Pot Luck Dinner. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish/dessert and an appropriate serving utensil. We will also start earlier than a regular meeting – 6:30 PM.

Nominations for Secretary
Since our Secretary resigned, the floor was opened for nominations and none were made.

New Business

Linda Wool has announced the Capitol Heights Neighborhood Plan will be held on Monday, October 20th at 6PM at Capitol Heights Baptist Church. The plan is ready for final comments and questions as the city prepares to take the Plan to the Planning Commission for adoption. Linda has prepared flyers announcing the event and Cynthia committed the membership to delivering them by hand to the neighborhood.

Karren Pell announced she and Carol King have a contract to write a book on the Five Historic Neighborhoods of Montgomery.

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:45 PM.

Cynthia McCollister, President

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on September 9, 2008 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p. m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

Jimmy Pool, candidate for Montgomery District Judge, dropped by to speak to our association.

The minutes of the last meeting were not available.

The treasurer’s report was presented and is attached to these minutes.

Reports from Standing Committees

Watch Dog
2046 St. Charles Avenue – Requested approval from ARB to install a new privacy fence. Fence was approved pending approval of variance by the Board of Adjustments.

2042 St. Charles Avenue – A stop order was issued on a vinyl fence that was already installed and has been in place for several years. The property owner is on the ARB agenda for 09/23/08 to request the fence be accepted.

40 North Capitol Parkway – This property is currently in the phase where the city is allowing the owner time to sell the property before the city goes to work on the house.

2004 Madison Avenue – The addition of the deck enclosure was denied because of the materials selected.

The Centennial Homecoming Celebration is this Saturday. Members present were updated as to progress to date.

A motion was made to move an additional $2100 of Capitol Heights funds to the centennial budget for purchase of Capitol Heights merchandise. After discussion the motion was approved.

Plans are to purchase for resale T-shirts, car tags, window clings, and mugs. These items will be made available for sale at the Centennial and any other appropriate function in our future.

Norma Frederickson has resigned as secretary. The floor was opened for nominations and none were made.

The Historic Preservation Commission held its meeting tonight immediately prior to CHCA’s meeting. The HPC recognized Glen Donald’s property at 1831 Capitol Avenue as September’s Restoration of the Month. This award features significant restorations to promote interest and acknowledge and commend property owners for their investment in our city’s cultural heritage.

CHCA thanks Glen for helping to make our neighborhood a better place to live.

Karren Pell gave a presentation on Capitol Heights history. An overview of the Centennial Celebration was also given. Karren and Bruce George closed the HPC meeting with fabulous music while the attendees enjoyed refreshments.

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:00 PM.

Cynthia McCollister, President

NOTE: Prior to tonight’s meeting, around mid August, the Executive Committee was polled regarding the purchase of merchandise. With the full support of the seven Executive Committee members we were able to contact, Cynthia McCollister, Cindy Keeping and Cindy Thornhill arranged to purchase the merchandise using their personal funds. Without this cooperation between the EC and the Centennial Chairs, there would not be enough time to order and receive merchandise between the dates of this meeting and the Centennial.

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on August 12, 2008 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p. m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

The minutes of the last meeting were not available.

The treasurer’s report was presented and is attached to these minutes.

Reports from Standing Committees

Watch Dog
The following properties are on Architectural Review Board’s agenda. CHCA will stay involved on decisions relating to these properties:
40 North Capitol Parkway – city agencies arranging to make repairs
27 Lewis Street – submitted Jim Walter designs for rebuilding
2046 St. Charles Avenue – requesting approval of new privacy fence
2004 Madison Avenue – requesting approval of new deck enclosure
2042 St. Charles Avenue – stop order issued, vinyl fence being installed
The next ARB meeting is August 26th @ 5:30 PM.

Communication
The August 2008 Issue of our newsletter has been submitted to BONDS for printing. The issue is expected to be ready for mailing over the weekend. As a reminder, the future of our newsletter will be discussed at our regular meeting in October.

Reports from Special Committees

Christmas Tour & Christmas Lighting & Christmas Parade
Each of our Christmas events need chair persons. There were no volunteers to chair any of these events.

Centennial Homecoming Celebration
The Centennial chairpersons report the positive momentum continues! Ruth Ott, a former resident of Capitol Heights, remains in contact with many, many of her friends, neighbors, and classmates from Capitol Heights. She has forwarded information about our events to her email lists and the response has been terrific.

Articles about the event have appeared in the Montgomery Independent and Future Montgomery Magazine. Future Montgomery Magazine honored us with a fabulous feature article.

On August 13th Karren Pell, Carole King, and Cynthia McCollister will appear on Leslie Bailey’s talk radio show (1170 WACV – AM dial – Montgomery Talk Radio) to talk about the neighborhood and the Centennial Celebration.

Sims Cajun Sno-Balls (shaved ice) has agreed to serve refreshments at the event.

The Historic Preservation Commission will hold their September meeting at Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. At this meeting they will announce the Capitol Heights property that has been selected as HPC’s renovation of the month. We will share details about the Centennial and Karren Pell will be performing for us.

Registrations for the Arts & Crafts Show & Sale are having a slow beginning. SAC’s gallery has forwarded our information to its mailing lists. We believe this will generate some additional interest.

Registrations for the Vintage Auto Show are also having a slow beginning. Cindy Thornhill & Jewell Pitts will be delivering notices again to the auto clubs at Flip’s. Our information has also been emailed to these groups.

We still need volunteers to work the event. The Calling Tree had some success, but we still need more folks to assist.

Unfinished Business

An application for the BONDS Grant 2008-2009 has been submitted. Our application was for funding to install the Historic Marker for the Capitol Heights Elementary School. If granted, BONDS will distribute checks at their annual awards presentation in September.

New Business

Membership agreed to hold a Food Drive in conjunction with November’s Pot Luck Dinner. Members will bring either a non-perishable food item or a financial donation for Montgomery Food Bank.

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:15 PM.

Cynthia McCollister, President

The Capitol Heights Civic Association held its regular meeting on July 8, 2008 at the Capitol Heights United Methodist Church. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Cynthia McCollister, President.

Cynthia began by reading the minutes of the last meeting. Minutes were approved as read.

Treasurer’s report was also presented and accepted.

Cynthia reported on the standing committees.

The Watch Dog Committee, which oversees planning, zoning, and design review was still in need of a chair. Richard Anderson volunteered to chair that committee.

Cynthia reported on the property at 40 North Capitol Parkway. She reported that Helen Harris attended the ARB meeting on June 24, 2008. The ARB determined the city should do only the repairs needed to bring the house up to code. They also determined the porch should be replaced and all repairs should be equal to the historic look of the neighborhood.

She also reported on the property located at 27 North Lewis. The home on this site burned and the property owners are seeking to rebuild. They have chosen Jim Walter Homes as a contractor. The contractor has submitted several sets of plans, all of which have been denied by the Architectural Review Board. The contractor has submitted another plan up for review at the next ARB meeting. Although this plan is an improvement, issues regarding construction materials continue to be of concern.

Cynthia reported we are still in need of various chairs for the centennial celebration, as well as, three chairs for the Candlelight Tour, Parade, and Armstrong Park Lighting. No volunteers stepped forward.

Cynthia McCollister reported for the Communications Committee. She stated articles for the August newsletter are due by July 28, 2008. She also reported we do not have the funds needed to professionally produce then mail the August newsletter. The newsletter can be copied without expense at the BONDS office. Cindy Keeping moved for the association to pay no more than $500 for the postage to mail the August issue of the newsletter. Cindy Thornhill seconded that motion and it was approved by vote of the members present (12 approved and 4 did not approve).

Discussion continued regarding the newsletter and several alternatives were suggested. There was a discussion about discontinuing the newsletter, due to lack of funds and interest. Scott Farrow recommended we do a readership survey to determine the percentage of residents reading the newsletter. Terry Robinson proposed a newsletter subscription with association membership. There was an in depth discussion, to determined if we should continue distributing the newsletter until all of our advertising commitments have been met.

An article discussing the future of the newsletter will be provided in the August issue of the newsletter and a decision will be reached in a future meeting.

Randall Culp volunteered to chair the Yard of the Month Committee.

Meeting Refreshment Committee is still in need of a chair. Cynthia McCollister recommended doing this on a rotating basis and Emily Turner colunteered (after all this suggestion was her idea).

Cynthia McCollister reviewed the needs list for the Centennial Celebration.

Scott Farrow volunteered to chair the Membership Committee

Cynthia McCollister opened the discussion about next years BONDS grant money and how it should be used. Various ideas were discussed and after a vote of the membership it was decided the three choices (in order of their voting preference) would be:
• Install banners along Madision Avenue recognizing historic Capitol Heights
• Install historic marker at the former site of the Capitol Heights Elementary School
• Landscaping for the shed and park areas.

Cynthia will investigate installation of the banners and if this project is determined to not be possible, she will submit the grant application for the historic marker (the members next preference).

A motion to adjourn was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.