BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES

February 17, 2026

6:00pm @ SPAR Office & Google Meet

CALL TO ORDER - [   ] PM 

In Person: Emily Moody, Haleigh Hutchison, Heidi Ford, Jesse Wilson, Mike Haskins, Tyler Grant Margaret Viss, Kenny Logsdon, Melissa Schmitt, Laureen Husband

On-line: Justin Gravatt, Jose Acevedo, John Shermetaro, Jason Hardwick, Daniel Ashworth

1. CALL TO ORDER 
2. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS- Bill Hoff, Ben Price, Charles Price, John Drum
3. LEARNING SEGMENT (Ben Price and Charles Price) - Duval Laundry – They bought and are remodeling the Duval Laundry. Discussion regarding Duval Laundry project. Filing PUD today. Community oriented project including residential and retail. Walked through the PUD process. Working with Rethreaded re partnering in the future. 
4. CONSENT AGENDA OF PRIOR BOARD MEETING MINUTES/COMMITTEE REPORTS (M. Viss)- Moved and approved.
5. REVIEW OF TREASURER’S REPORT (Finance Committee). Discussion of changes to the report for clarity. Red are not approved yet.
6. STAFF REPORT – Michael Haskins presented report. 4 of the 6 employees are on a grant which limit the tasks that they can do. Need volunteers for two remaining clean up days. 2/28 is Drew Day (6-8 pm), St. Patrick’s day alley activation (March 13th). Need Home Tour sponsorship assistance. Project 1 Health- budget approved. 
7. COMMITTEE / TASK FORCE OVERVIEWS
   1. Bold City Ball (Heidi Ford) – Need sponsorships, have a showrunner sponsor.
   2. CCB / SAMBA – (Rachelle Miller) - 
   3. CRIC (Bryant Shumaker (Daniel Ashworth / Jesse Wilson - Board liaison)) – Duval Laundry discussed.
   4. Design Review- (Daniel Ashworth) – No update
   5. Governance (John Shermetaro) – no update
   6. Holiday Society (Kathea / Caitlin Haskins) - No
   7. Home Tour (Margie Viss liaison (Kathea chair)) – All houses secured, next meeting 2/19. Orientation meeting with homeowners is 2/24.
   8. PorchFest (Michael Haskins)- No update.
8. NEW BUSINESS / RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
   1. MOTION - Motion to purchase Gator type vehicle + trailer + MadVac for Project SPARdvark implementation; Discussion, moved and passed.
   2. Drew Mansion update. All grants have been applied for. Starting private donor financing. 
   3. Garden Party with Groundworks Jax to review  submitted plans for park
9. OLD BUSINESS
10. ITEMS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADJOURN – 7:15