No quorum—The meeting lacked a quorum. The October minutes were read, but approval is postponed pending a quorum.

Attending—Many neighborhood residents attended. Benjamin, Sharon, Sam Kochansky, Alyssa Kessler, Paul Padilla, Angela, and Allie Moore introduced themselves and their interests in the neighborhood. Bonnie welcomed them and explained the workings of the association and the board.

Lead/Coal Project—We discussed the progress of the Lead/Coal project. Bonnie reported that improvements are actually going to

Minutes from the August meeting were approved. September’s meeting lacked a quorum; minutes were read but there was no need to approve.

Dickens of a Dinner—Ann Carson appealed for volunteers to fill one of the many possible jobs to make the upcoming 23^rd annual Dickens of a Dinner the huge success that the Huning Highlands neighborhood has come to expect. The event is to be held

The meeting lacked a quorum; therefore approval of the Minutes from the August meeting was deferred to the October meeting.

Three new members attended the meeting: Zoey who lives at 708 Central SE, Gordon at 216 Edith SE, and David at Silver and Edith SE.

Bonnie Anderson proposed dropping

Minutes from the July meeting were approved.

Historic buildings—Artist Judy Chicago and spouse photographer Donald Woodman, accompanied by architect Chuck McGuire and their contractor Gregg Flynn, attended the meeting to present their plans for an extensive rehab and remodel of their future residence on Arno SE. Chicago and Woodman moved from the East to New Mexico and have lived in Belen since 1972, having renovated an early 20^th century Victorian hotel to serve as their primary residence. They are in the process of getting necessary permits for the Arno house and will be going before Landmarks seeking approval for an addition and setbacks. They showed the board historic photos from 1918 along with

Minutes from the June meeting were approved.

Bonnie presented the draft annual State of the Neighborhood report for approval. A few corrections and clarifications were suggested. The report will be published in the newsletter.

Bonnie reported on the annual election that will take place in conjunction with the block party on August 19. She will staff the table, sell memberships and distribute paper ballots to said members. We decided to dispense with the activity of candidates giving brief summaries of their credentials prior to the vote.

Moisés reported a proposal that

Minutes from the May meeting were approved.

Block Party and Election—Much of the meeting was devoted to planning the annual block party and elections. Elaine will coordinate and ask for/assign volunteers. Elaine will ask Joni Conrad-Neutra to co-coordinate. We voted a ceiling of $400 to spend on music, decorations, food and drink. Karla will investigate local bands who will play for free or reduced rates. The block party

Matt Zidovsky, constituent liaison for U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich, addressed the board at the outset of the meeting to let us know of services available to citizens of New Mexico’s First District. Interactions between individuals and the federal government typically are about matters of social security, Medicare, veteran benefits, IRS, and the post office. Mr. Zidovsky said the office has professional case workers to deal with problems that come up for constituents; e.g., not receiving a disability payment or a veteran unable to get an appointment. He wants to come to our general meeting in August. He will contact Amberley to schedule.

Newsletter—The last newsletter was a no-go for too few articles. The articles that were submitted will be included in the upcoming newsletter. It was noted that we have to have a newsletter in advance of an annual meeting to announce

Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Highland Park—Amberley confirmed the Easter Egg Hunt was happening at 10:30 on Sat., Apr. 7. Several of us plan to clean up the park before the hunt.

Highland Park Renovation—Amberley reported that the park design is now on Councilor Benton’s website. The Parks department has put playground equipment outside of the bonding cycle.

Urban Forestry (Tree planting) project—Much of the meeting was devoted to the tree planting project. The board welcomed landscape architect David Day, now a resident of HHHD on Walter NE, who is tracking and guiding myriad details on the re-treeing project’s design phase, leading up to actual fruition of live trees on our neighborhood streets. Owing to life span of the mature 50- to 70-year-old trees, residents will continue to see die-off of these remaining old trees, thus a plan needs to be in place to re-tree before and when this happens. In addition to planting canopy trees such as Chinese and American elm to replace Siberian elm and species of locust, conservation features such as swales to capture rain and curb-cutting to harness stormwater are integral to the overall plan.

Parking at 119 Arno—Most of the meeting was devoted to the ongoing confabs about parking at 119 Arno. Moisés met with Bill again who seems to be amenable to changes to the basic plan, agreeing that parking is a bad use of the property. The general feeling is that Art Hayman views the current plan as a stopgap because he would otherwise be taken to court, another payoff for foot-dragging being that he doesn’t want to invest money in something

Redistricting—Councilor Isaac Benton attended the meeting to report the latest re the possibility that District #3 moving to the West Side. Due to the shifting demographics favoring the West Side, one district will be removed from the East Side. Councilor Benton said that at the time of the 2000 census, the Mid-Heights district was identified for removal, and that this option should be brought back to the table. He said the mayor is sympathetic, but fellow city councilors

Here is the draft agenda for our monthly neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, October 5 at 6:30 PM at the Garden.  Ann Carson has agreed to lead the meeting in the absence of our president and vice president. The Board welcomes input and participation from all residents of the neighborhood.  Attached are the minutes from the September meeting.

Bernalillo County Liaison—Lenton Malry spoke to the group about how the county commissioners are interested in supporting neighborhoods.

Annual Election—After brief comments from candidates, there being exactly seven candidates and exactly seven openings, all seven candidates