Barbary Coast
Neighborhood Association
Minutes of 2nd Annual
Meeting
June
4, 2008
Ferryboat Santa Rosa, Pier 3, San Francisco
The meeting was called to order at 6:30
pm
by President Fred Allardyce.
Board members in attendance in addition to
President Allardyce were Joe Wyman, Debra Bleemer, Carol Parlette, Lee Radner, Bill Sauro, Linda Schwartz, Morton Beebe, Bill Benkavitch, Diana Taylor and member-in-waiting, Jonathan Middlebrook. Absent was Felix Rodriquez.
1.
The
meeting began with a welcome from President Allardyce and a brief recap of the mission
of the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association (“BCNA.”) He also stated that would not be running for
President again after two years of service.
1.
2.
Membership
Committee Chairman Sauro reported that the Association now had 125 dues-paying
members. He also stated that the BCNA has 21 new members
since our last annual meeting and that 91% of last year’s members renewed their
membership for 2008.
3.
Treasurer
Parlette presented the Treasurer’s Report which included an Income Statement/Budget
Summary showing year-to-date activities of BCNA, plus a Balance Sheet showing
cash assets of more than $6,000. She
also stated that the Budget Summary showed lower than expected income, but that
was due to the fact that it is set up on a calendar year, and most of the BCNA income is received in
the fall. The report was approved by the
membership.
4.
Next
Taylor, chair of the Waterfront
Action Committee, distributed a fact sheet outline the activities and plans for
the future of this committee. Taylor stressed the need for
more planning as development projects are proposed in our neighborhood. Radner then gave a brief recap of the efforts
of the Friends of Golden Gateway (“FOGG”) in their efforts to maintain the
current Golden Gateway Tennis and Swim Club and recreation throughout The City
and moderate the development of the large luxury condo project proposed for 8 Washington Street. Other development issues on the agenda The Exploratorium’s
Proposed Project for Piers 15 & 17; 555 Washington Street Condominium
project; Pier 27-31 Cruise Ship Terminal; 733 Front Street Condominiums (69
Units Sold Out); Broadway Family Housing (8,000 applicants) & Broadway
Family Housing II.
5.
Allardyce
then reviewed the efforts of the Newsletter Committee and introduced June Osterberg, long-time San Franciscan, who has been retained
by the BCNA to write articles for
the Newsletter.
6.
Social
Committee efforts were briefly discussed,
including plans for additional socials and get-togethers.
7.
Secretary
Sauro then presented overviews of future issues for the BCNA. He outlined the concept of Community Benefit
Districts (“CBD”) and stated that a group was planning a CBD for the Financial
District that would cover real estate between The Embarcadero and Kearny and Market and
Washington Streets. Sauro said that the BCNA could attempt to
enlarge the size of the proposed Financial District CBD, or form its own. Meetings will be held in July concerning the
formation of the Financial District CBD. He also discussed vision planning efforts for
the neighborhood, including the need to re-do the Port’s Waterfront Use Plan,
and indicated that the BCNA would be supporting
making permanent an 18-month San Francisco resolution concerning recreation
displacement. The importance of adding
additional business members was also discussed.
8.
Allardyce
then asked all those present to introduce themselves
and state where they lived. One member
of the BCNA, Mike DeNunzio, who is head of the state’s Committee on Aging,
stated that any efforts at planning and vision for the Barbary Coast should include a strong
emphasis on older demographics, because our area has more seniors than any other
district in The City.
9.
The
Minutes from the 1st Annual Meeting of the BCNA were approved by a
unanimous voice vote.
10.
Sauro
then presented the slate of Directors who have been nominated for the 11 BCNA Board seats. Those nominated were: