3/02/21 General Meeting

Amended Minutes

  1. Call to Order – President Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 6:02pm
  2. Roll Call
    • Board members present: President Rodriguez, VP Patrick Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer Kaitlin Hakanson, At-large Member Minea Kiss (and baby), Absent: none
    • General members present: Tabita Rodriguez, Taylor Hampton (IYS)
    • Guests: Isabel Calderos, Sarah Culk
  3. Old Business
    • Recycling 101 video series – Sustainable Klamath reached out to Ron Moe of REACH, Inc. about producing the videos using their facility. Hoping to hear back soon.
    • Embroidery on aprons – membership input on expenditure – We would like to have 6 aprons (that we already purchased) embroidered with our logo and #CommunityLove hashtag. It will cost $90 to complete the project. Members say, “sounds good!”. Thanks for your input.
  4. New Business
    • Glass Recycling Collection event for Earth Day – Would like to have this event the weekend of April 24. Considering expanding to metal recycling and mattresses if we can get help from other organizations.
    • New flags for Mills Neighborhood – community input – Some background info from Isabel: John Bellon said that the current flags were purchased through a 1-time grant pursued by the City. Isabel spoke with Darren Rutledge of the Downtown Association about our interest in the project. He will provide the information about the vendor where they purchase flags. There are 4 flags total on East Main Street, and that is how many we would replace. Taylor let us know that Klamath County, or another government entity, provides tourism grants. She felt this project may qualify for that type of grant. We will do more research.
  5. Public Comment
    • Yvonne Canton is the new manager for the Sustainable Klamath community garden.
    • On the south end of East Main, there was a sign with an AR-15 on it even though the business was no longer there. Isabel reported that the sign has been taken down. Maybe people will be less frightened to drive up East Main now 🙂
    • Third Thursday – Isabel has been speaking to the group that puts together the event, and they are hoping it can start in July.
    • Blue Zones is having a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 12th to commemorate the Blue Zones Certified status recently achieved by the City of Klamath Falls.
    • Taylor – The Nutrition Hub (IYS has renovated the building at 601 E. Main) plans to be open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from noon – 5pm those days. There are plans for a welcome celebration once the grand opening date is finalized.
  6. Adjourn – Meeting adjourned by President Rodriguez at 6:27pm

2/16/21 Board Meeting

Approved Minutes

  1. Call to Order – President Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 6:08pm
  2. Roll Call
    • Board members present: President Rodriguez, Vice President Patrick Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer Kaitlin Hakanson, At-large Member Minea Kiss, Absent: none
    • General members present: Tabita Rodriguez
  3. Treasurer’s Report – $1,701.68
  4. Approval of Minutes – from 11/17, 12/01, 12/15 (notice of meeting cancelation), 01/05, and 02/02 – Motion: Minea, 2nd: Kaitlin. Unanimous approval by all board members.
  5. Old Business
    • Budget Allocations – Isabel and Kaitlin – We made changes to the budget proposal presented by Kaitlin. Final allocations for FY22:
      • operating expenses: $165
      • advertising: $150
      • projects: $400
      • postage & printing: $150
      • annual meeting: $75
      • events/fundraising: $375
      • current expense on the table: $150 for apron embroidery
      • grand total: $1,465
    • Recycle video – defer to Sustainable Klamath – They have an interest in working with REACH, Inc. currently. Will offer support as we are able.
    • Flower Planters – There are 2 planters for East Main businesses. Keepers Corner and Cascade Cremations are both interested in having a planter on their property and will maintain the flowers.
    • Embroidery on aprons – Kaitlin requested that we wait to vote on this item until more general members were present. The vote was tabled for the next meeting.
  6. New Business
    • Fundraising to purchase new flags for East Main St. Corridor – added to action items
  7. Public Comment
    • Watch out for people swiping boxes from online shopping from your doorstep. Police have been notified of the issue.
  8. Adjourn – Meeting adjourned by President Rodriguez at 6:41pm

2/02/21 General Meeting

Approved Minutes

  1. Call to Order – President Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 6:03pm
  2. Roll Call
    • Board members present: President Rodriguez, Vice President Patrick Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer Kaitlin Hakanson, At-large Member Minea Kiss (present virtually), Absent: none
    • General members present: Tabita Rodriguez
    • Guests: Taylor Hampton (IYS)
  3. Old Business
    • Meet with Mayor Westfall to discuss use of Richmond (Recreation) Park as a community garden area for Sustainable Klamath in conjunction with IYS – Isabel – Discussion about possible uses for Recreation Park. Taylor indicated that she has received permission to have IYS excavate the north side of the building, adding raised beds with irrigation. They will also be adding landscaping on the west side/E. Main side of the building. Patrick offered his services for excavating – will speak with Craig at IYS.
  4. New Business
    • Grant for security cameras – Isabel – Plan to create a flyer about the city’s reimbursement program for security systems.
    • Midge Festival – Isabel – Revisited the plans some local residents are putting together to host a midge festival this summer. Would be similar to the mosquito festival in Paisley – more info to come. The Children’s Hunger Coalition is interested in being involved (MNA and IYS are partners in this organization).
  5. Public Comment
    • Isabel – be careful when walking around at night, especially when crossing the street. Difficult to see and slippery. 
    • Kaitlin – new protected crosswalks are being installed on S. 6th St.
    • Isabel/Taylor – Summer events – Farmers Market will likely happen again with COVID restrictions. Could get a table at the event. No Third Thursday planned for this year.
  6. Adjourn – Meeting adjourned by President Rodriguez at 6:13pm

1/19/21 Board Meeting

Amended Minutes

  1. Call to Order – President Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 6:04pm
  2. Roll Call
    • Board members present: President Rodriguez, VP Patrick Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer Kaitlin Hakanson, At-large Member Minea Kiss Absent: none
    • General members present: Tabita Rodriguez, Taylor Hampton (IYS)
    • Guests: Justin Widenmeyer (volunteer), Pascale Eugenio, Andrei Eugenio
  3. Treasurer’s Report – $1,807.67. No new transactions.
  4. Approval of Minutes – Patrick moved to approve the following three sets of minutes as written: 10/06, 10/13, 11/3. 2nd (Minea). No changes.
  5. Old Business
    • Result of DEQ grant application – Sadly, we were not awarded any funding from the grant application. However, the rejection letter did say, “The evaluation committee really appreciated your project representing a community need, even though we weren’t able to fund it during this current cycle”. The letter also encouraged us to apply again next year.
    • Board Position still open – 2 at-large positions and the Treasurer positions are all available
    • Recap Mayor Westfall & Judge Kersey’s Comments – Several opportunities and partnership ideas were shared with MNA at a previous meeting by Mayor Westfall and Judge Kersey. Police advisory board position available, lights, security cameras on East Main. The City of Klamath Falls offers a $500 reimbursement for businesses or homeowners that install a security system on their building on East Main St.
  6. New Business
    • Work session – proposed projects for the year
      1. Taylor – community garden – nutrition hub (March). Art project opening (chalk paint). Kick-off welcoming kids. Isabel – Sustainable Klamath has an existing garden, Cooking Matters classes, cooking classes with ingredient pick-up – lots of fun and used to be done at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. We are encouraged to look up grants through the NRPA (National Recreation and Park Association)
      2. Volunteering – Third Thursday (if possible), piano project, Midge Festival – marathon, formal dinner (August), raffle off art projects (MNA), Discover Klamath, Downtown Association
      3. Recycling Day – bins: glass, metal (and appliances), mattresses, paint, e-waste, tires, green waste. Have the City pitch-in, loop the dump/transfer station in. Shouldn’t spend all our funds on this project.
      4. float in Snowflake Parade
      5. June 30th – Park N Play kickoff
      6. history scavenger hunt
      7. silent auction (online) – recycling/upcycling
      8. tourism grant (city or county? Taylor not sure)
    • Budget – Kaitlin presented a draft budget to be considered by other members of the board. Voting and work session will happen at the next Board Meeting.
    • Renew PO Box – all members of the board voted to approve the use of MNA funds to renew our PO Box for 12 months. Kaitlin will pay the $106 fee tomorrow with the MNA debit card.
  7. Public Comment
  8. Adjourn – Meeting adjourned by President Rodriguez at 6:40pm