Minutes, November 15, 2022
Minutes from the November 15, 2022 Clarksville CDC Monthly Meeting
The meeting was held via Zoom.
Board members in attendance: BJ Friedman, Malcolm Greenstein, Paula Hern, Kim O’Brien, Chris Thomas.
1. On a motion by BJ, seconded by Paula, the minutes from the September 20 and October 18, 2022 monthly meetings were approved.
2. Brad Prak, Prak Property Management was ill. BJ presented the monthly financial reports in his absence. As of 10/31/22, there was $120,640 in our Money Market account (allocated as follows: $29,180 in CCDC unallocated savings; $21,414 allocated to OWANA-funded projects; and $70,046 allocated to 1611 W. 10th Street construction, which includes $30,000 in grant funds received in October from the Bank of American Foundation.) There was $45,243 in our checking account. October showed a large net profit, due to the BOA grant. Other than 1611 W. 10th expenses, there were no large expenditures.
Minutes from the November 10, 2022 Finance & Operations Committee meeting appear at the end of these minutes.
3. Monthly property reports
a. CCDC properties managed by Prak Property Management. Brad submitted the following written report: “We are continuing to sign lease renewals with the updated rents. One resident will be moving to a Habitat Home sometime in the first quarter, so we have told them they can break their lease without penalty. We have eviction court tomorrow (manager will be attending) for the resident we have discussed previously.”
b. New construction at 1611 W. 10th Street. Kim gave the following report:
o Concrete pour of driveway, front steps, and front porch scheduled for this week, weather permitting.
o Inside painting is complete.
o Work remaining: flooring, tile installation, installation of countertops and cabinets, bathroom fixtures, fixtures, landscaping.
o AYW will be on a reduced schedule for parts of the next 3 months (work trip to Big Bend in November, winter break in December & January.) Work will take place, but will be slow. They’ll be back on a normal schedule mid-January. Completion expected in mid-March.
o Mary Reed & Kim met with David Clauss, Rob Winchester, Ruby Toolin, & Ashley Rodriguez at the house to discuss everything that remains to be done. Ruby is leaving AYW at the end of this week. Ashley will be taking over as our project manager.
o We received $30,000 from Bank of American Foundation. As soon as driveway and front steps are poured, BOA reps will visit to tour house and likely the Haskell house as well.
c. Renovation projects funded by OWANA funds. Brad’s report stated that the stair work at 1011 Charlotte is progressing.
4. Last Sunday’s Haskell House re-opening celebration was a great success. There was a good size crowd of all ages. A huge thanks to Aubrey Carter who arranged for the band—Soul Man Sam really made the day. Representatives of the City Parks department were in attendance and very impressed with what we are doing at the Haskell House.
5. Paula reported that the CCDC/OWANA Christmas party will take place on December 18. Due to COVID and other concerns, the event will be a bit more scaled back than past events—no Santa this year—but there will still be caroling, food and wine, and crafts for the kids. Rick and Phyllis Patrick will lead the caroling. Paula and Mary are reaching out to Galaxy and Nightcap to see if they will provide food.
6. OWANA officials approached CCDC asking us to take a more active role in OWANA activities. Paula will serve on the steering committee and Kim will attend zoning committee meetings.
7. No Other Business was discussed.
8. The board met in Executive Session.
Action taken via Electronic Vote:
On November 7, 2022, the board authorized Mary Reed to send a letter to the City Council stating the CCDC’s opposition to weakening current compatibility standards, and asking for a postponement of discussion since the hearing is scheduled for Election Day. The matter was time-sensitive and could not wait until the November meeting.
Minutes From F & O Committee Meeting on November 10th, 2022
BJ Friedman reviewed September’s financials.
Mary reported that work at 1611 is moving along with a finish date estimated to be sometime in the first quarter of 2023. Kim, Mary and American Youth Works staff did a walk through earlier in the week and everything looked great. AYW has taken ownership of the project and it shows.
Work continues on the construction of new egresses at 1011 Charlotte. Brad Prak has gotten a bid from the contractor who is building the egresses for making the front staircases at this address safer.
Mary provided a short overview of Mark Roger’s (GNDC) advice regarding how to raise the $ the CCDC needs to repair its properties and what to do with the Neighborhood Center property. More information to come. Mark also had advice for how the CCDC should go about getting more money from the AHFC to fund completion of 1611.