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Minutes

Salem Common Neighborhood Association 

Board Members

  • President – Micah Hapworth
  • Vice President – Gabe Ciociola – BON VOYAGE!
  • Treasurer – Jen Hagar
  • Corresponding Secretary – Jordan Santiago
  • Recording Secretary – Milo Martinez
  • President Emeritus-Dennis Maroney

Chair Positions

  • Finance Chair – Jane Carroll
  • Common Issues Chair – Jennifer MacGregor
  • Events Chair – Jordan Santiago
  • Membership Chair – Ryan GuilmartinGUESTS: City Councilors Caroline Watson-Felt and Ty Hapworth

Old Business:

THANK YOU GABE FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE!!!!

remarks by CWF: Proclamation Honoring Gabe Ciociola for his years of service to the SCNA signed by Dominic Pangallo, Mayor.

Thanks as well to Councilor Caroline Watson Felt who will be finishing her term this year. Best of luck and we’re looking forward to working with our next Ward 2 Councilor.

Chat with CWF: talking about crosswalk at Winter Street and WSN. Adjust timing, checking the blinking red on all sides. and lastly moving RTE 1A to bridge and Washington St. City within itsrights to move the RTE 1A designation.

Enforcement of amplification on the common by outside groups: We spoke briefly about enforcement, PD has not been willing to do decibel checks, perhaps the SCNA will get a decibel meter? CWF will review May meeting of the P&R commission to determine how public comment was collected and the behavior of the commissioners. Will circle with the chief about how to deal with these weekend off hour disturbances.

Talk about loud speaker system used on Halloween night, They will not be used again for closing out Halloween night. Too terrifying.

  • Approval Process for Community Message Board: Milo taking the lead-where are we at on this. No work has been done on this. Sorry 
  • Website Updates: Jason is hard at work on the website update. Micah and Milo are assisting with layout suggestions. More to come in the next month! Can we start the newsletter signups again? – Milo will see about captcha the form and re-enable.

Board/Chair Reports 

Common Issues: Jennifer MacGregor

  • Tree branches need to be trimmed likely to remove deadwood for safety. Should a tree health study be done? If a see-click-fix is not addressing an issue reach out to CWF to check with DPW.
  • Trees and Bricks: “Solution for the bricks is to take out the tree”.  Use more permeable walkways to keep tree roots from pushing up. Fixing the sidewalk is still on the homeowner even if the tree belongs to the city.
  • Flyers taped to lamposts have been removed by milo. Will email Patti K. As well the banners attached to the fence at WSE and Forrester.

Treasury Report: Jen Hagar

  • new memberships. potential interest in joining board in some capacity from new member.
  • Jane will call Venmo to explore options on transferring ownership of SCNA Venmo.

Membership Report: Ryan Guilmartin

  • Working with Adele on a Mailer design. Hope to get those out in the next few weeks.

Communication Report: Jordan

  • July Newsletter
    • Share about Summer Events again, and the movie night selections, Open VP Position

SCNA Events: Jordan Santiago 

  • Yard sale was cancelled because of low interest. Will work with Coordinating with BSNA to do a joint sale.
  • Family Movie Nights (Begin at Sunset): are these dates correct for the handout? Micah reusing last year’s, so we can hand out at 4th event
    • Wednesday, July 30th
    • Wednesday, August 6th
    • Wednesday, August 13th
    • Wednesday, August 20th
  • SCNA Block Party – Sunday, August 10th
  • Vintage Lawn Party – Saturday, September 13th (14th rain date)
  • October Fun Fest
    • Saturday, October 18th
    • Sunday, October 19th
    • Saturday, October 25th
    • Sunday, October 26th
  • Holiday Common Decorating – Sunday, November 30th
  • SCNA Holiday Concert – Sunday, December 14th
  • Yoga on the Common: In communication with Kate Dube Yoga to have an SCNA sponsored yoga session that would be free with membership. Still getting this sorted out. Sunday morning from 9:30-10:30 in July or August. SCNA would need to seek approval.
  • Planning for 7/4 Declaration Reading: 
    • Speaker confirmed: Ward 2 City Councillor Caroline Watson-Felt
    • Readers: Jonathan Streff and Diana Dunlap confirmed
    • Music: WitchPitch members confirmed.
    • Handout: complete and printed 100 copies.
    • Setup: Will Need Milo’s podium, speaker system/microphone. Event starts at 9am, we should set up around 8/8:15. 
    • Dennis: no Michael Harrington. Dennis to supply Coffee Time Treats. Thank you Dennis!
    • Micah will donate some water for giving out.
  • Summer Movie Series 7/30, 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 (rain date 8/27) @ Sundown
    • Need to decide on which movies to show: 
      • Space Jam, Toy Story, Spiderman-Into the Spiderverse, Jurassic Park 1
    • Milo and Jordan will work the 1st movie to get the lay of the land. Milo to work 7/30 and 8/13
    • Micah will get candy from BJs
  • Neighborhood Block Party 8/10 5-8pm
    • Need city approval to block the street on WSE from Forrester to Boardman
    • Micah will create a canva flyer to share. Will need to be posted physically and shared online
    • Will decide theme at next board meeting.

New Business: Micah and Gabe

  • NIAC Meeting Notes: Gabe – Ward 2 will likely need a preliminary election for city council. Will probably work with Hawthorne for debate.

Next Meeting 7/23