EDGEWATER TRIANGLE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION MINUTES OF MONTHLY MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2003

The meeting was called to order by Joe Teller at 7:05 P.M.

Approval of minutes:
Following a short period for review of copies of the minutes of the February meeting, a motion to approve the minutes was seconded and approved.

Treasury Report:
Yvonne Dennard, Treasurer, disseminated an Accounts Balance Report which shows a cash balance of $240.28 at the bank, as of 2/28/03.

Announcements:
A planning committee (not a subset of ETNA) met on Monday, March 10, 2003. The topic was the 2 parking lots that were used by Edgewater Medical center. There is a proposal to build 27 single family homes. Some people at this meeting had expressed concern to the developer of the exterior quality of the buildings. The developer will report back to ECC to discuss the exterior construction of the buildings. Also at this meeting, they proposed creating a TIF district to encompass the EMC and the parking lots. We will write a letter to Alderman Smith's office requesting that we have equal say in the development of the EMC area.

It was recommended that we have someone from the Capital Budget Planning Committee come to an ETNA meeting to discuss TIF.

There will be a new restaurant at 5705 and 5707 N. Clark Street. It is supposedly going to be a breakfast/lunch place.

A motion to approve the amended ETNA by-laws was seconded and approved. Basically, the only change to the by-laws was descriptions of the officers' duties and time frame for officer terms.

Re-zoning/Downzoning--A committee was formed to look at the zoning ordinances in the Triangle area and determine which blocks should consider downzoning.

Another idea is to formulate a Neighborhood Action Plan. After forming this plan, we could meet with the Alderman on an annual basis to discuss the plan and then judge ourselves and the progress made against that plan.

The website is in development stages. Mark Ross displayed a prototype on his laptop P.C. Most communication going forward will be electronic, except for those paid members who do not have access to a computer who will then get a hard copy.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,
Dana Ross, Secretary