Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association
Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting
June 27,
2007
Pier 3, Santa Rosa,
San Francisco
“DRAFT”
The
meeting was called to order at 6:05 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, Bill Benkavitch,
Linda Schwartz, Felix Rodriquez, Morton
Beebe and Diana Taylor.
Also in attendance was Waterfront Action Committee member Jonathan
Middlebrook.
- First order of business was the nomination and
election of the Board of Directors’ Officer. Sauro moved that the Board maintain the
same slate of officers for 2007 as was in place for 2006. The motion was seconded and passed
unanimously.
The officers of the Barbary Coast
Neighborhood Association for 2007 will be:
·
Fred Allardyce - President
·
Joe Wyman – 1st
Vice President
·
Debra Bleemer –
2nd Vice President
·
Bill Sauro –
Secretary
·
Carol Parlette
– Treasurer
Waterfront Action Committee member
Middlebrook also indicated an interest in serving on the Board of Directors,
and the Board acknowledged his interest by naming him a Board
Member-In-Waiting.
2. The Minutes of the Board Meeting of April 19, 2007 were approved as distributed
by email and posted on the association’s website, www.barbaryneighbors.org.
3. Treasurer
Parlette distributed monthly and year-to-date financial statements indicating
the fiscal status of the Association.
The Treasurer’s Report was approved. In addition, Board member agreed
that the Annual Meeting went well - good attendence and input from BCNA
members.
4. The Waterfront Action Committee presented a
detailed report regarding the proposed State Senate Bill
SB 815 regarding seawall lots controlled by the Port
of San Francisco. After considerable discussion among board
members, Committee Chair Taylor and Member Middlebrook, it was decided by the
Board to have the Committee frame a final position that the Association could
adopt, after details of the final amendments of the bill were understood. Radner and Benkavitch also reported on the
progress made during a meeting with Sen. Carol Migden. The Board also approved a system of holding
emergency board meetings when time is of the essence for the Association to
agree on an important position.
Telephone conference calls and emails will be used to come to a
consensus on issues whose timing does not allow a scheduled board meeting
discussion. In addition, the Committee received approval from the Board to
change its name to simply the “Waterfront Committee.” Here is a copy of the Agenda Report presented by the
Committee. The Exploratorium EIR
and the State Lands Commission workshops were also discussed. The matter of “sub-area planning” was also a
discussion topic and it was suggested that the BCNA
perhaps should take the lead in driving sub-area planning and trash clean-up in
the neighborhood. Both items were to be
discussed more fully at the next meeting.
7. Existing & New Committee Activities for
2007
A. Membership Committee
Chair Sauro reported that the Association now has 119 dues-paying members and
that two businesses recently joined, Piperade Restaurant and EPC
Consultants. Sauro also invited Board
members to invite the banks with which they do business to join the BCNA. Wyman said that he would contact Pier 23 and
the Waterfront Restaurant about joining, and also the Foreign Trade Zone at
Piers 19 & 21.
B. Newsletter Committee Chair Wyman indicated
that a second edition of our quarterly newsletter would be published in late
July.
C. Safety Committee was not represented at this
meeting.
D.
Program and Social Event Committee Chair Allardyce tabled his report until the
August meeting, due to time.
8. The next Board Meeting was schedule for Thursday August 23, 2007.
8. The meeting was adjourned at 8:02 pm
Respectfully
submitted,
William
H. Sauro
Secretary