Meeting Information
Date
January 11, 2022
Location
Rex’s Seafood Market
Time
6:00 PM
Directors In Attendance
- Lawrence Sweeney, President
- Ivy Sweeney, Secretary
Minutes
- Introductions – everyone around the table introduced themselves
- DPD Neighborhood Report –Crystal Morganfield and Corey Barnes
- Vehicle burglaries and stolen cars are still a problem; take items out of your car and lock your car
- There was a murder at 7700 Cadiz/St. Paul streets on 12/24/21 – it was an argument over donations being given out to homeless
- Street people are continuing to congregate around the Stewpot area, the trash/litter is an issue
- Crime is ok otherwise
- The street racing task force is still active, it’s a problem all over the country; Crystal has discussed getting speed bumps w/ the city and requested a survey
- Code Compliance update – Johnny Garcia
- He is the liaison to the general code office; their office is at 320 E Jefferson; they have over 900 city ordinances for code violations
- Call 311, or go to the ourdallas app or dallascityhall.com for reports/service requests/etc.; they ae address-specific, so leave your name, phone number and address for the issue
- Code stats were reviewed – graffiti is the largest concern – they have a consent form program for abatement
- They have a couple of task forces for code compliance; they’re looking at entertainment districts and the noise and overcrowding issues
- They are working with DDI on focus areas of concerns – certificates of occupany, signs, etc.
- A large area of concern are the homeless encampments and litter, the Office of Homeless Solutions deals with that; Brenda of the Stewpot indicated there is a team decommissioning the camps, and the debris/mess that comes with the homeless is being addressed
- Johnny’s phone number is 469-515-0830
- Funding for housing the homeless – Brenda Snitzer/The Stewpot
- They have been able to raise funding from the Affordable Care Act and other resources
- The Real Time Rapid Housing project is successful, helping people across the city with affordable housing, with wrap-around case management to get them back on their feet
- Report on the FMSA – Lawrence Sweeney
- Gail Crawford, out-going treasurer, is no longer here, so Lawrence went over the initial numbers which are subject to review– we made a profit of $1.09 this year; $1,200 in membership dues; $180 in t-shirt sales; biggest expense was the $500 D&O insurance; $440 spent on meeting socials; $290 for Quickbooks; we started with approximately $5,000 in the bank and ended up with $4,850
- We started the year with Zoom meetings due to Covid, then in June went back to in-person meetings
- We have a new website, and the meeting minutes will be made available there
- Elections – Lawrence Sweeney
- Lawrence went over the candidates (Charles Dicks/President, David Alpuche/Secretary, Jody Rivera/Treasurer, and for Board at Large – Barbara Gee, Levi Hooten, Mark Ruibal and Susie Marshall); a call for those in favor of electing all mentioned to the board was made there were no objections and all members were in favor – the motion carried unanimously.
- Upcoming events and the Market – Lisa Ferri
- February 12th there will be a wine tasting from 1:00-5:00 pm inside the Market
- Savannah is doing farm visits and we will have new farms coming the Market
- They are also looking at staying open later
- Membership – Karen Pierre asked about recruiting new people in our community, and Lawrence encouraged all to recruit to our neighbors; Karen also recommended having a marketing/social media person and offered to assist with that
- Message from new President – Charles Dicks
- Charles gave a message of appreciation for being voted in as President and he’s looking forward to serving our FMSA
- Many thanks were given to Lawrence and Ivy Sweeney for their years of service on the FMSA by Tanya Reagan, Brenda Snitzer and Barbara Gee
- Meeting adjourned at 7:00 pm