Start: 7:07pm

Finance – Regina:

– Budget

– Numbers for the coming year will be as if COVID isnt an issue

– Communications

– Changes made reflect transition to digital format for newsletter

• Yard of the month moved to $200 due to donation
• Michael will send information for the person who made a donation so we can send a thank you letter.
• Office supplies upped for some wiggle room
• Historic Preservation
  • Plaques raised to $5000 although it’s a revolving fund
  • Office/General administrative lowered to $200
• Home Tour
  • Left budget same with the exception of the home renderings hoping we have a normal home tour for next year
  • T-shirts down to $500 from $1500
  • Wine Down went from $1750 to $1000
• Infrastructure
  • Upped budget for flags and brackets based on demand to $2500
  • Public Space Maint: down to $2000
  • NARP down to $1000 from $1500
• Membership
  • Storage up tp $3300 from $2800
• Promotions
  • NUSA conference down to $250 from $500
  • Santa in the Park down to $225 from $275
• Public Safety
  • National Night Out down to $200 from $650
• Motion by Michael to have the budget go before the membership and Preston seconds

Preservation – Michael McDermott

• David Shaw agreed to donate $2500 for the relaunch of the Home Tour video
• Stacy Leuker thinks we can get the videographer to donate the video work for a new introduction
• the 2 works in progress homes are completed and could be added to the existing video as new material and an incentive to have more viewers.

David – 

• Daggett Elementary has approached us for $216.45 for PPE for teachers
  • Michael makes a motion to send the money to Daggett 
  • Rachel seconds 
  • Motion passed
• Working with Texas Health Resources about hosting a free flu shot drive for the neighborhood
• Halloween
  • CDC released a guideline with risk levels regarding trick or treating
  • Publish guides with Fairmount letterhead to release the information to the community
  • Lower Risk
    • Halloween Scavenger hunt to have lists with items for kids to look at that are displayed outside the homes
  • Posting pictures of the Halloween decorations and having people online vote by likes
  • Virtual costume contest with online voting 

Infrastructure – Preston

• City has not gotten back to us about the 5th avenue progress. Will continue to reach out and have information for the membership at the next meeting

Ending: 8:10pm