SPAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, March 20, 2017
6:00 pm SPAR OFFICE
Present:Michelle Tappouni, President, Joey Marchy, Todd Hollinghead, Vice President, Jamie Toraason, Aaron Glick, Secretary, Bill Hoff, Ex Officio, Jaimee Stewart, Tim Hope
Not Present:Jack Adams, Treasurer, Yolanda Copeland, Charles Garrison, Adam Valiani, Ellen Warring, Christina Parrish, Executive Director
Staff/Resources Present: Kevin O’Halloran
Guests: None
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by President Michelle Tappouni at 6:03 pm.
APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
APPROVED
APPROVAL OF JANUARY 30TH SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
DEFFERED to April Board meeting
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Approval of Commercial Corridor Façade Grant Criteria and Application (CCC)
APPROVED
Approval of check signing authority for monthly recurring expenses within budget for Executive Director (FC/ED)
APPROVED
Approval of Charters for Commercial Corridors, Finance, and Governance Committees (CCC/FC/GC)
APPROVED
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOLLOW-UP:
Summary notes distributed at the meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS (Consent Agenda):
Administrative: Building, Design Review, Fund Development
Technology Task Force – Survey to Committee Chairs on tech needs forthcoming
Event Insurance – Liability questions, SAMBA relationship, SPAR co-sponsorship of events
SPAR Signs – Pricing of new signs, Board previously voted on pricing
Signs: $15; With single membership: $40, With family membership: $55.
Block Captains –Hollinghead
Sheriff’s Watch Bike Ride – Tuesday, March 27th 6pm
Commercial Corridors – Toraasen
Regular meetings to occur 4th Monday of each month
Communication – Bill Hoff
April Newsletter to be released soon
Events
Day of the River, Klutho and Hogans Creek Clean up – March 25
Spring Home Tour – May 20 and 21
Jax Magazine
Second Sundays in Klutho – April 9
Volunteer sign up schedule
Finance
Julie Michael, book keeping contract, update of the Bylaws
Governance
Bylaws changes
Article 6, Section 5: “The Board shall determine the location for the meeting, but the meeting will remain within District Zone 1”
Article 11: After the last sentence, “All committees shall record minutes of their meetings and make them available to the Board, add “All committee member must be members of SPAR.”
Motion to Approve changes, PASSED
Membership
Feb 23rd Social at Todd Hollinghead’s home, 3 new memberships
Urban Core CPAC
Looking for additional members
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Report distributed at meeting
ITEMS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
Commercial Corridors Committee seeks approval of between $250 and $500 toward for SAMBA business advertisements in the future.
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETINGS
Executive Committee – 4/12/2017
April BOD 4/17/2017
ADJOURN - Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.