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- Attendees:
Mike Boulland, Kitty Monahan, Greg & Roxanne Koopman, Kim Garland, Steve Crockett, Joan Murphy, Ron
Horii.
- This
was an online Zoom videoconference meeting. Mike sent out a meeting link for this Zoom meeting. Here's the agenda for today's meeting.
- The next meeting will be on November 5, 2020, 7 pm on Zoom.
- Ron
showed a slideshow: visibility and the color of light during smoky days
from the Bernal Ranch and the Norred Trail, weed cleanup on the
Coyote-Alamitos Canal and the Bonetti/Pyzak Ranches and the Bear Tree
Lot, views from Coyote Peak, brambles and mud around Santa Teresa
Spring, interpretive signs at the Bernal Ranch that need cleaning,
garden boxes that need weeding, rattlesnake on the Joice Trail, park
Zoom video events, Zoom volunteer social.
- Ron talked about our latest newsletter, which is complete and online.
- POST is hosting an online interview with Jenny Clendenen, author of Mine: El Despojo de Marķa Zacarķas Bernal de Berreyesa.
She will discuss her book, which tells the story of the woman who was a
member of Rancho Santa Teresa's Bernal Family and married the founder
of Rancho San Vicente. Her life was full of tragedy and triumph.
- Mike said that according to Lynda Will, the staff are working on a plan to re-open the Casa Grande.
- Mike
talked to Ken Podgorsek about our Beautify SF Grant. We can move money
around between our categories. Zoom is an eligible expense. The Cycle 3
Grant (our current grant) period has been extended to 12/31/21. The
final report is due 1/31/22. Cycle 4 will start 1/1/22. This means that
we need to make our remaining current Cycle 3 funds last throughout all
of 2021. We have to use them to fund our essential expenses.
- National Night Out (NNO) has been moved nationally to October 6. We're not going to be able to host an event this year.
- Mike
and Greg got together to discuss the plans for next year's budget. Our
Cycle 3 grant award was $2480. So far, we have spent $1709.51. That
leaves $770.49 that we can spend. We anticipate the following expenses
for $2021: $200 for the UNSCC membership, $100 for postage and the PO
box, $162.52 for web hosting, and $149 for a Zoom subscription. We can
allocate $100 for printing and copying and $65 for event expenses, like
popsicles for NNO. That would be a total of $776.52, which take up all
the remaining grant money and $7.03 more.
- We have $1547.70 in
the bank. We got a $300 for our 501c3 application because we didn't
qualify for the discounted rate. We need to pay $600 to apply for 501c3
status. If we spend $776.42 as planned and apply for the 501c3, that
leaves us with $171.18 in the bank.
- If we do an event like
NNO, we would need to pay for event insurance, which is about $100. We
won't have enough grant money to cover it, so it would have to come out
of our account. That includes other expenses for putting on the event.
We could do fund-raising or apply for other grants. We don't
necessarily need to do an NNO event in Santa Teresa Park. We could do
it at someone's house in the neighborhood or a nearby park, like the
Albertson Parkway. We would still need insurance for NNO no matter
where we do it. We might be able to have an information table at
another organization's NNO, but we still might need insurance.
- Mike
talked to Teri Rogoway, who is the educatioanl programs coordinator for
the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. She wants to come talk to
us about possible partnership opportunities. The OSA could provide
funding.
- We allocated $100 of our grant money to spend on
printing. Kim and Mike worked on the design for the trifold broochure.
It's one page, double-sided, in-color. Printing it in color would cost
$128 for 50 copies. Mike has a color printer and could print it at
home. He also has a bifold design. Ron has a design for a business
card. It can be printed at Costco for $21.99 for 500 cards. Leave space
for a name in case people want to write their name on it when handing
it out.
- Greg has been talking to Jeremy in Park
Maintenance about letting FOSTP members work on projects in the park on
a regular basis, like once a month. It would be on-going and
pre-approved, so we wouldn't have to get approval each time. We propose
a monthly work day of the first Friday of the month from 9-12. Greg
will take the lead on this proposal.
- We will meet at Judy and Alan Vanderveen's ranch on 10/17 for a hike around the property and a picnic afterwards.
- Ron
said that a neighbor reported seeing a tent on the hill above the
Norred Trail for about a week. Ron went to take a look on 10/1, but it
wasn't there.
- Greg wants to get rid of the unused power poles
that used to supply the now-demolished relay station on Coyote Peak. We
don't know who is reponsible for them or who would pay to remove them.
Greg should ask Don Rocha.
- Ron
said he saw Anderson Reservoir one last time on 9/30. Draining the
reservoir starts on 10/1, and most of the park will be closed for 10
years. The Coyote Creek Trail and visitor center should stay open.
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