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ASSEMBLY
The Parks Conservancy Board held its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 5:30pm in Conference Room 119, 230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington, NC.
Present: Justin Gibson (presiding), Alyson Fleming, Jessica Gray, Cheryl Hannah, Mark Ihnat, Amy McGlinn, Spero Pekatos and Sarah Snyder.
Absent: Commissioner Jonathan Barfield, Michelle Fogle, Amy McGlinn
Staff: Tara Duckworth, Tanya Gurganious, Andy Johnson, Janine Powell and Jodi Rich.
WELCOME AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The meeting was called to order by Justin Gibson who welcomed those in attendance. He then asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the July meeting. (There was no quorum for the
August meeting.)
MOTION: Mark Ihnat, MOVED; SECONDED by Alyson Fleming, that the minutes of the July 16th meeting be approved. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1. Treasurer’s Report. Spero provided an update of the financials as of August 31st. We received a total of $900 from food truck vendor registrations. Expenses totaled $34 due to business
registration fees from the online giving website. The net income for August was $868 leaving us with a balance of $51,939.
2. Director’s Report. Tara shared that the BMX event has been canceled. The person who was to lead us in putting on this event is unable to participate. Disappointed but hope we can
do something in the future. Will circulate an update via email regarding another family friendly BMX event.
We are working with other departments to get trees for the FEMA properties the county owns in order to make them more functional. Jodi and Janine will begin applying for grants to obtain
trees and landscape material. We would like to plant the parcels to help absorb water and will be working with the planning department to do this in the next year.
3. Development Committee. Mark Ihnat talked about having community nights at restaurants, which he hopes to do quarterly. Hopefully can do something in October since we are not having
the BMX event.
4. Food Truck Rodeo Update. The Food Truck Rodeo will take place on Sunday, November 3rd. Cheryl shared that the amount of vendors participating in the rodeo has been narrowed down to
30 out of the 59 that initially inquired. Feel that we will have a good variety of trucks. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be emailed to the board and posters will be available at the
next board meeting.
5. Trash Mob. The next trash mob will take place tomorrow. The next Saturday trash mob will be held on January 11th.
6. Next Meeting Date. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 15th.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Mark Ihnat MOVED; SECONDED by, Cheryl Hannah that the meeting be adjourned. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting adjourned at 6:27pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Gurganious
Administrative Coordinator
-Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim record of the New Hanover County Parks Conservancy Board meeting.