Weinland Park Community Civic AssociationSummary of Meeting of July 22, 2015Brandyn McElroy, president, called the meeting to order at 6:36 pm in the !choen"aum #amily CenterFestival.$iane $i%on, chair o& the &estival planning committee, e%plained the activities scheduled &or the annual Weinland Park 'eigh"orhood #estival on !aturday a&ternoon, August (!he asked &or volunteers to assist )ith the set*up and operation o& the &estivalFree concert.+erry Althouse o& ,odman ,uild announced that ,odman ,uild )ill host a &ree concert on +uesday, August --, at . pm on the outdoor stage ne%t to the community garden +heconcert )ill &eature 'imo Ms Althouse also reported that ,odman ,uild has ne) playground e/uipment and the community garden is doing )ellNeighborhood ride.,reg $avis, the city0s code en&orcement o&&icer &or Weinland Park, announced activities in con1unction )ith the city0s 'eigh"orhood Pride program )hich )ill come to Weinland Park and Milo*,rogan on !eptem"er -2*-(!irl Scouts.$onna 3ughes o& the ,irl !couts o& America 3eartland Council reminded the civicassociation mem"ers that a ,irl !cout troop operates at Weinland Park Elementary !chool and a troop may soon "egin at ,odman ,uild !he is seeking adult volunteers to help )ith the troopsMeeting reminder.Mr McElroy and 4en Mankin discussed and distri"uted a &orm that each resident could complete that )ould give the civic association permission to use an automatic call system to remind the resident o& the civic association0s monthly meetingersonal safety.4ulie 3armon, )ho directs the 5mpact !a&ety program a&&iliated )ith 6i&eCare Alliance, led a discussion o& personal sa&ety and sel&*de&ense !he noted that most threats to a person0s sa&ety are &rom people he or she already kno)s !he emphasi7ed a)areness, assessment,anticipation, and action !he de&ined sa&ety as 8e%pressing your "oundaries and having the other person respect those "oundaries9"eadershi#.Mr McElroy asked that civic association mem"ers consider "ecoming more involved in the leadership o& the association and that they talk )ith him or the committee chairs a"out their interests 3e noted that the association currently has vacancies in the leadership o& the3ousing and Communications committees and in the position as secretary$evelo#ment in %einland ar&.Michael Wilkos presented a )ell*received talk and Po)erPoint presentation on the development and gro)th o& Colum"us and the Weinland Park neigh"orhood and the implications o& those changesNe'sletter bo(es.Mr McElroy announced that the civic association had purchased a num"er o&small "o%es that can "e installed on &ences and posts around the neigh"orhood to distri"ute the 1civic association0s monthly ne)sletter 3e asked &or residents )ho )ould "e )illing to have a "o% placed at the edge o& their properties to allo) easy access to the ne)sletter+he "usiness o& the civic association "eing concluded, Mr McElroy ad1ourned the meeting at (:-6 pm!ummary prepared "y !teve !terrett2