River Road Neighborhood Association

Lion’s Club Fieldhouse
July 16, 2009
7:00 PM

Board Members: Sally Boothe-Meredith, Diane Briseño, Lea Brogan, Larry Clark, Augie Cortez, Tammy Griswold, Anne Larme, Richard Reed, Bill Sibley, Michael Sullivan, Matt Wallace

Treasurer: Ed Piner

Call to order

Approval of Minutes
Treasurer’s Report (Ed Piner)

Old Business
Historic District (Bill Sibley)
Digital Sign Ordinance (Richard Reed)

New Business
Portable Loudspeaker for Lion’s Club Fieldhouse (Richard Reed)
Proposed changes to the Tree Ordinance (Sally Boothe-Meredith)

Adjournment

7:00 PM Lion’s Club Field House

7:00 PM Lion’s Club Field House

Thanks to Roy Schweers for organizing yet another spectacular family event! Click the slideshow to see larger versions of the photos.

The River Road Neighborhood Association’s annual membership meeting will be held Sunday, March 22nd, at 2 p.m. in Lion’s Field Clubhouse on Broadway, just south of Mulberry. Your board of directors, at its January 15 meeting, set that March date as required by the bylaws.

Directors also named a nominating committee to find candidates to replace the two outgoing board members who will have completed their three-year terms. Committee members are Mimi Quintanilla, Bill Sibley and Nell Fenner Grover (me).

Rotating off the board are Larry DeMartino and me. I told the board I would volunteer to continue on the communications committee as your email communicator. (Committee members do not have to be members of the board.)

PLEASE NOTE: Annual dues per household will be $10.00 instead of $5.00. That increase was approved by the membership at last year’s annual meeting, to be effective at this year’s annual meeting.

Nell Fenner Grover, communications chair.

Hosted by Roy and Danette Schweers

Bring: A children’s book for the RRNA to donate to Hawthorne Elementary School

Please contact Lea Brogan with any questions!

A Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) is being created by the City of San Antonio in neighborhoods adjacent to River Road. CoSA representatives described the TIRZ plan, which will be submitted to the City Council on 12/11/08. Although not officially part of the TIRZ, River Road may be able to take advantage of some of the funding (e.g. for drainage projects), as long as our request affects the TIRZ area and the TIRZ Board agrees to it. Improvements will be coordinated with River Road neighborhood plans already in existence.

Mulberry Ave. Sidewalk — After much back and forth, the RRNA has been assured that a sidewalk WILL be built on the south side of Mulberry between the Catalpa-Pershing ditch and Avenue A, using monies from the recent bond issue. The Board passed a motion to encourage the use of existing sidewalk plans created for the 2003 Brackenridge Park improvements project.

Community Garden and Trees — The RRNA has obtained three trees from the City and planted them along River Road. A compost pile has been constructed in the community garden, and the next project will be the creation of raised beds.

Drainage — The Bexar County Infrastructure Services Department convened a meeting on 11/20/08 to discuss drainage issues in this part of the city. Representatives from Capital Improvement Management Services, the CoSA Parks Dept., Broadway property owners, San Antonio River Oversight Committee, and engineers attended, among others. Larry DeMartino represented the RRNA. The good news is that a comprehensive study of drainage in the area of the Olmos Dam and Hwy. 281 is planned, and that new bridges at Millrace and on Mulberry will help water flow unimpeded. However, because water from the Olmos Dam and two watersheds affect our neighborhood, and because of increasing changes in the watersheds (e.g. Brackenridge Garage, golf course renovation, drainage from Alamo Heights), the RRNA will continue to be vigilant and lobby for ways to reduce water coming into the River Road neighborhood.

Christmas Party December 20 — The RRNA Christmas Party will be hosted by the Schweers; volunteers are welcome. Neighbors will be asked to bring a children’s book to donate.

THERE WILL BE NO BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER — SEE YOU AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY!

River Road Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Agenda
Lion’s Club Fieldhouse
November 20, 2008
7:00 PM

Board Members: Sally Boothe-Meredith, Lea Brogan, Larry Clark, Augie Cortez, Larry DeMartino, Nell Grover, Anne Larme (Secretary), Mimi Quintanilla (Vice-Chair), Richard Reed (Chair), Bill Sibley, Michael Sullivan
Treasurer: Ed Piner

1. Call to order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. Treasurer’s Report

4. Committee Reports

• Traffic/Neighborhood Plan: South Mulberry Sidewalk (L. Clark)
• Drainage (L. DeMartino)
• Christmas Party: (L. Brogan)
• Communications (S. Boothe-Meredith, M. Sullivan)
• Neighborhood History Committee (B. Sibley)

5. Old Business

• Community Garden and Acequia Project (Larry Clark, B Sibley

6. New business

• TIRZ (presentation)

7. Adjournment

I write to remind you of the Board Meeting on Thursday evening, October 30th, at 7:30 PM at the Lions Club Field House. This does not change the regularly scheduled meeting for November. This meeting is to update folks on the current state of the planning for the Park Reach (aka hike and bike trail). No other items are on the agenda and I would like to remain focused on this narrow task. As there is a Reinvestment Zone meeting (see attachment) that same night at the Witte, we will begin the RRNA meeting at 7:30. Richard Reed

River Road Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Agenda

Lion’s Club Fieldhouse

October 16, 2008
7:00 PM

Board Members: Sally Boothe-Meredith, Lea Brogan, Larry Clark, Augie Cortez, Larry DeMartino, Nell Grover, Anne Larme (Secretary), Mimi Quintanilla (Vice-Chair), Richard Reed (Chair), Bill Sibley, Michael Sullivan
Treasurer: Ed Piner

I. Call to order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Committee Reports
1. Neighborhood Yard Sale: (L. Brogan)
2. ROC – Park Reach Subcommittee (R. Reed)
3. Neighborhood History Committee (B. Sibley)
4. Traffic/Neighborhood Plan: South Mulberry Sidewalk (L. Clark)
5. Drainage (L. DeMartino)
6. Communications (S. Boothe-Meredith, M. Sullivan)

IV. Old Business
1. River Road Community Garden

V. New business
1. BRAC Growth Management Plan
2. Neighborhood impact of Rock N’ Roll marathon
3. Jill Smith’s Memorial
1. Contribution to Humane Society
2. Tree Planting – Saturday, 10 AM

Treasurer’s Report

VI. Adjournment

The National Night Out event on October 7 will double as our pre-Porch Sale neighborhood party.

The Annual RRNA Porch Sale and Fair will be October 11 (9 AM-4 PM) and October 12 (9 AM-2 PM).

For newcomers in the neighborhood, the annual event is sponsored by the River Road Neighborhood Association as its only fundraiser but is really more for fun than funds. It offers residents an opportunity to hold a yard sale without having to get a permit or do their own advertising because the association does that for them and, of course, charges a small fee. To enter the sale, one must be a member of the association. Annual dues of $5.00 per residence are due every March at the annual RRNA membership meeting, but those who don’t pay at that time can do so at the fair. Volunteers walk the ‘hood making those collections. In addition to the yard sales, the weekend has become more and more of a fair with other activities on the agenda.

More details about the yard sale and fair will be forthcoming as they develop.

Nell Grover, RRNA communications committee