Next Meeting - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at
7:30 p.m. in the Mayor's conference room.


 

 

Mary Petlichkoff, President

Maureen McIlrath, Vice President

Jane Ahern, Secretary

E F Ned Nikodem, Treasurer

 

MARCH MINUTES

Dearborn Federation of Neighborhood Associations

MINUTES - March 2, 2011

Dearborn Federation of Neighborhood Associations Membership Meeting Minutes
Mayor’s Conference Room, Dearborn City Hall
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

I. Welcome and Introductions
President Petlichkoff
called to order the regular meeting of the Dearborn Federation of Neighborhood Association at 7:30pm on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the Mayor’s Conference Room. The Following members were in attendance:

Association: Rep. or Guest:  Association: Rep. or Guest:
Aviation Anne Basse Eastborn  Marium Wilkie
City of Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly GCCCA Craig Dahlke
City of Dearborn-Res. Services John Cascardo Golfview Oaks  Sheila Brooks
City of Dearborn State Rep. George Darany Highland  Jane Ahern
Crowley Park Maureen McIlrath MARA Jill Franks
Dearborn Hills Rob Seeley MARA Melissa Shufelt
Dearborn Hills Dan Webster Oakman Grove  Mary Petlichkoff
Dearborn Hills Michael Westcott Riverbend Ned Nikodem
East Dearborn Judy Hernandez W. Lane Civic Assoc Brenda Lemecha
East Dearborn Helene MacMillan W. Vill.Sq. Condo Ass  Glenn Savarese
East Dearborn Maureen Maddher
Eastborn Marium Wilkie

II. Approval of 01/05/2011 Minutes
The DFNA minutes for January, 2011 passed with unanimity.

III. Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Nikodem furnished the Treasurer’s Report; the balance as of February 28, 2011 totaled $684.43.

IV. Guest Speaker Mayor Jack O’Reilly
Mayor O’Reilly spoke about a range of topics and answered all the numerous questions he received. He began by speaking about the results of the Community Task Force and its implications when drafting the city’s budget over the next three years.

V. Mayor’s DFNA Liaison
John Cascardo, after an absence, was welcomed back the DFNA members. He had informed the group that he met with Nick Siroskey, Director of Residential Services, and the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Mark Guido, too.

VI. Old Business
President Petlichkoff had made room to update everyone on the Neighborhood Association’s blueprint sub-committee and CSO update, but indicated this could be covered at a later meeting, too.

VII. New Business & Neighborhood News
The Dearborn Area Board of Realtors will host a Home and Garden show on Saturday, March 12th from 10am-4pm at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, MI
On the weekend of June 24-26, the Crowley Park Association, the Sierra Club and Cool Cities have linked up to sponsor a 5k run, bike parade, recycled crafts and a 2-night camp-out
Fordson High School will be having a solar car featured at Cobo Hall
On March 8th, the DPS will be hosting the annual Mardi Gras at the Dearborn Hills Golf Lodge from 3:30-9pm featuring food and raffles
The Dearborn Youth Symphony will begin at 4pm on March 6th
The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce and others will feature the first Dearborn Soup, an event that will be happening the first Sunday of every month at a different location in an effort to provide a micro-loan to one of a few projects to be highlighted at the event, and funded by the proceeds from the guests who pay the $5 admittance fee. Soup, other snacks and drinks to be provided
President Petlichkoff reminded everyone to obtain the schedule of DFNA speakers for this year
Mayor O’Reilly is nominated as a Green Leader being sponsored by the Detroit Free Press
On Saturday, April 16th, the HFCC will be hosting an e-waste recycling day, all day, and yes, they will take cell phones.

VIII. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 9:45pm

The next DFNA meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 6th beginning at 7:30pm

Minutes submitted by: Jane Ahern on Friday, April 1, 2011
Minutes approved by: To be Determined

http://www.dfna.org