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Please note:  There were two meetings in Sepember, the Regular and a Special.  The minutes for both are listed below:

CGGNA Board Meeting 9-18-07
Began at 6:30pm
Adjourned at 7:35pm

Present:                                        
Robin Marcario- Chair 
Harry Pearce – Co/Chair                                                 
Janine Fowler- Secretary
Cheryl Armstrong- Treasurer

Absent:
Russ McDonald – Board Member
Barbara Barker – Resigned  

Guests:
Dave Vill- AARP
Ralph Laudenslayer


Old/New Business:

1.) Treasurer report:
  • Total deposits $220.
  • Total balance as of 9-18-07 = $1029.50
2.) Secretary Business:
  • 76 July newsletters were printed by Robin (Janine’s Printer was down) Robin Mailed 60 via US mail and hand delivered 16.
  • No receipts were produced from Robin and Janine already had stamps and envelopes...
3.) Website:
  • Suggestions for website were offered by Harry & Janine to due a special section on what is a PUD, CUP, What is Corp Welfare, How does redevelopment work. This section is being worked on by Harry and will be later introduced when issues within the city slow down.
  • How long do we keep certain items on the site? 4 – 0 vote to determine this on a case by case basis...

4.) Newsletter for October: Topics offered, Charter information, Fireworks, Law Suit filed by GGDBA, AARP fund raiser for the family whose house burnt down.

5.) Barbara Barker – Alternate board member resigned.

6.) Harry updated board on information regarding the house which requested to put 6 bathrooms vs the code which states no more than 4. Code was developed to avoid boarding homes. Argument is applicant could have requested to put at least 4 homes on the lot in which one home will be built. Other side of argument is but the code is the code.

7.)GGDBA law suit continues. New hearing date is scheduled for 9-21-07.

8.)Casino voted down by city council. This may not be the last we hear of it but it is off of the cities business. Other project was approved for Hotel, restaurants and water theme park.

9.) Charter: is coming up on the next CC agenda.
The board does not see any positive aspects of the new proposed City Constitution.
All Board members plan on attending the 9-25-07 CC meeting to address this issue during public input.

10.) Robin confirmed the state filing was completed.

11.) Janine researched the area known as the Stanford Triangle. This lot has been sold by Mobil, To company referred on to county document as Stanford Triangle LLC.  Janine will further research to see if the new owners have plan to develop this piece of land.

12.)Dave Vill, AARP, gave an update regarding the September AARP meeting (white elephant fund raiser for Firework victim whose family lost their home.

13.) Suggestions for next agenda: Protocol for visitors, Invite Dina Nguyen, WalMart and the Charter.

Next Board Meeting will be 10/16/07 at Harry Pearce’s home.


************Special Meeting Minutes 9-24-07************


CGGNA Board Meeting 9-24-07
Began at 6:30pm
Adjourned at 8:30pm

Present:                                     
Robin Marcario- Chair                       
Harry Pearce – Vice Chair             
Janine Fowler- Secretary
Cheryl Armstrong- Treasurer
Russ McDonald – Board Member
Ralph Laudenslayer- Alternate Board Member


Old/New Business:

A Special Board Meeting was called to confer with City Council Member Dina Nguyen on an up coming proposal to change the City Charter.  We wanted to know the mechanics of how the change would occur and she wanted a feel for our reaction to the proposal.   The proposal had been placed on the agenda for the 9-25-07 City Council Meeting.  If approved, the matter would be placed on the February 2008 Election Ballot.   Besides the issue of the proposed Charter, topics of discussion included, Districts, Term Limits and Redevelopment. In addition, Dina Nguyen advised she would like to meet with the CGGNA Board on a regular basis.

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