Minutes of the Historic Ybor Neighborhood Civic Association Board Members Meeting 10-16-06

The meeting of the HYNCA Board was held at the Tre-Amici @ The Bunker, Ybor City FL 33605 at 1830 on October 16th and was called to order by the President, Tony LaColla at 1835.

The following Directors attended: Tony LaColla, President, Scott Moore, Treasurer, and Thomas C. Knueppel, Secretary.

The following Directors-at-Large were also present: Rich Simmons, Carl Hognefelt, and Ron DeSantis.

Members in attendance were: Jose Garboza, Tom Stephens, Pam Hopper, Robin Williams, Connie Rasmussen, Judy Greer, Alex Zayas, Tom Keating, Sharon Rose, A. Sandor, Rosemary Saumas, Dustin Konansky, Keith Werks, Ian Rashid, Tim Casey, Steven Erickson, Joe Howden, Christiaan Cavallaro (my apologies in advance if I misspelled any of these names or omitted some members attending – but the handwriting on our attendance list is not that readable <bg>)

Thomas C. Knueppel prepared the minutes

Proceedings:

• The Board approved the Minutes from our 10-2-06 meeting.

• The representative from CCEvents discussed the upcoming Guavaween festivities and handed out a schedule of events and free daytime tickets. Thomas C. Knueppel raised the subject of free daytime vs. nighttime tickets for those residents who are directly impacted by these festivities. After a spirited discussion it was decided that this subject should be shelved until next year’s Guavaween. Joe Howden recommended that a separate committee be formed to develop an approach to deal with this issue. ACTION: To be discussed at the next Board meeting. Tom Keating elaborated on the fact that this event is a fundraiser for the Ybor Chamber of Commerce. Lastly, in the event that any of our residents needs to contact CCEvents during the festivities, they can be raised at 813-248-0721.

• Tony LaColla reported on several items:

1. The YCDC Alleyways meeting and stated that nothing was decided at that meeting.
2. At the Mayor’s Roundtable the subject of Club Fuel/Empire was discussed after residents suggested that the nature of the crowds attending these clubs needed to be changed to address both noise and disturbance issues. Apparently, the City is out of ideas and has requested Citizen Input.

• Several members raised the issue of parking problems around the area of the “Quarter” and it was suggested that the existing parking permit program in Ybor be extended to encompass the area around the Quarter i.e. cover South Ybor to 21st and 17th. . A motion was made by Carl Hognefelt, which was seconded by Christiaan Cavallaro. ACTION: Tony LaColla to invite a representative from the Parking Authority and the Quarter to our next meeting.

• Scott Moore reported that our organizations’ finances now stood at about $ 350.00

• Jose Garboza elaborated on the “Historic Ybor Helping Neighbors” program, which is meant to help those of our neighbors who are in need of either or both financial and operational help to keep their properties maintained. ACTION: Jose Garboza to form a committee to propose a program. Committee members are: Lauren & Steve from 4th Ave. (Did not get their last names), Russell Smeback and Tom Stephens.

• We then discussed the location for our next “social” and it was agreed to hold this at the Ybor City Museum sometime in December. ACTION: December 4th at 6:30 pm at the Ybor City Museum.

• Joe Howden presented an “Ybor T-Shirt” and suggested that we offer this to our embers.

• A suggestion was made by Carl Hognefelt that our organization should be participating at “Quarter” events. ACTION: Tony LaColla and Carl Hognefelt to discuss.

Our next general member meeting will be held on Monday, November 20th at 1830 pm at the Bunker – Tre Amici Bar.

The meeting as adjourned at 2000.

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Thomas C. Knueppel, Secretary

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