BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA

Monday, July 21, 2025

6:00pm @ SPAR Office & Google Meet

CALL TO ORDER (T. Grant @6:01 pm)

In Person: Andrew Alves, Bill Hoff, Patti Peeples, Daniel Herbin, Justin Gravatt, Melissa Gillespie, Michael Haskins, Heidi Ford, Tyler Grant, Rachelle Miller, Jesse Wilson, Kenny Logsdon, Laureen Husband, Mallik Singareddy, John Shermetaro, Emily Moody 

On-line: Daniel Ashworth, Bryant Shoemaker 

1. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS (Andrew Alves, Daniel Herbin)
2. LEARNING SEGMENT (Andrew Alves) – Coworking space. 
3. CONSENT AGENDA OF PRIOR BOARD MEETING MINUTES/COMMITTEE REPORTS (T. Grant)
4. REVIEW OF TREASURER’S REPORT (Finance Committee) (M. Singareddy)
5. COMMITTEE / TASK FORCE OVERVIEWS 
   1. CCB / SAMBA – (Tyler Grant) – Provided Project Canopy update.  SAMBA (Patti Peeples) Peer mentoring is going well. 
   2. CRIC (Bryant Shumaker (Daniel Ashworth - Board liaison) – The city is continuing with original plans despite SPAR recommendations.    
   3. Design Review- (Daniel Ashworth) – The church on Laura and 10th requested a letter of support by Wednesday. 
   4. Fund Development (Michael Haskins)- Focused on Bold City Ball and Porchfest fundraising.  52 Bold City Ball tickets sold and need minimum of 150 sold to net $5k in revenue.  Karpeles capacity of 400 attendees.  Continued work soliciting silent auction items.  Continued work on soliciting PorchFest sponsorships. 
   5. Governance (John Shermetaro) – looking for suggestions for two open board seats.  
   6. Home Tour  – No update. 
   7. Porchfest (Michael Haskins) – $60k of the $125k has been raised.  Mary Joan Hensen public arts initiative includes amenities in public spaces. To help- review the sponsorship tracker, send Michael potential contacts, reach out on behalf of SPAR to make a warm handoff.
   8. Demo by Neglect Task Force  – No update. 
   9. Membership Task Force - (Heidi Ford & Jesse Wilson) –  280 of 500 membership goal.  Creating a QR code for membership sign up.   
   10. Holiday Task Force (Caitlin Haskins) – No update. 
   11. Zoning Overlay Task Force  – No update.   
6. NEW BUSINESS / RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
   1. MOTION - To adopt bylaws as amended by Governance; John explained, Mallik second and board approved. 
   2. MOTION - To (i) recognize that SAMBA is a program of SPAR and (ii) unrestrict SAMBA restricted funds to be treated as and commingled with general operating funds of SPAR; Tyler explained, Mallik second and board approved. 
   3. MOTION – To authorize Executive Director to execute any contracts to effectuate Springfield Cleanup Corps funds from City of Jacksonville; Tyler explained, Mallik second, D. Ashworth opposed, board approved. 
   4. UPDATE – Drew Mansion (16-2025-CA-002781-AXXX-MA); No new updates; pending foreclosure. 
   5. UPDATE – Project Canopy – Phase 2 project submitted (~290 trees); waiting for city. 
7. OLD BUSINESS
8. STAFF REPORT  
9. ITEMS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS 
    1. 7/31 – Michael Haskins baby shower (~Juice) 
    2. 8/16 – Alleyway clean up 
    3. 8/23 – Community Clean up (SE Quad) 
11. ADJOURN 7:28p