The General Members meeting of the HYNCA Association took place at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County in Ybor City, FL 33605 at 6:30 pm on Monday, April 23, 2007 and was called to order by the President, Tony LaColla at 6:40 pm.

The following Officers attended: Tony LaColla, President, Scott Moore, Treasurer, Rich Simmons, Vice President, Tom Stephens, and Thomas C. Knueppel, Secretary
Members in attendance were: Jose Garboza, Margo Di Salvo, Connie Rasmussen, Tom Keating, and James Hill. Also attending were Ofc. R. Barrett, CPP Chris Cochran and CPP Maryanne Hunsberger from the TPD.

Thomas C. Knueppel prepared the minutes

Proceedings:

• Tony LaColla introduced Maryanne Hunsberger who gave a very enthusiastic presentation of the benefits of a Neighborhood Crime Watch program. Ofc. Barrett added to it extensively and gave us information on whom to contact. CPP Chris Cochran then explained the crime statistic handout and commented that the large majority of crime activity in Ybor City takes places between Friday night and Sunday morning. Following this discussion, Jose Garboza volunteered to head up our Crime Watch activities. ACTION: Jose to look for Block leaders.
• Tony then briefly talked about our upcoming General Meeting on June 3 in the Centennial Park.
• Following this Tony discussed the formation of a Newsletter Committee and Rich Simmons volunteered to chair this activity. ACTION: Rich Simmons.
• We also briefly discussed the opportunity to utilize one of the Parking Garage display windows for HYNCA purposes. ACTION: Tony to follow up
• The proposed IKEA building design was discussed and several members commented that the current design would not do much to complement the Historic Ybor environment and it was decided that our Association should make its voice heard in this regard. ACTION: Tony to work with Tom Keating on a position paper.
• Tony then discussed the subject of the Florida Property Tax reform and its possibly/likely negative impact on our CRA funds next year.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm

• Our next Members Meeting will be a Neighborhood BBQ – Get Together on June 3rd at 11:30 to 1:30 pm at the Centennial Park
• Our next Board meeting will be on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 6:00 am at Memas Tacos.

This entry was posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 7:43 pm and is filed under Minutes.