CCNNA General Resident Meeting

Tuesday November 17th, 2009

Daniels Fund Building

Wayne New, CCNNA President, Presiding

Wayne New welcomed the members and introduced Kara Symansky from Brio Tuscan Grill and thanked her for providing ample refreshments. Kara passed out a card good for a free dessert at the restaurant in Cherry Creek.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board Member Election:

The election of the following four Board Directors for new three year terms were approved unanimously by voice vote:

Denny Head

Annette Woodward

Jerry Papantonio

Wayne New

CHUN: Annette Woodword

Annette Woodward gave a presentation on CHUN and announced that after the meeting there would be a short meeting to reelect her and Ruth Star as delegates for the district representing Cherry Creek North.

Salvation Army Holiday Event : Denny Head

Again this year on December 5 th from 9:00am – Noon CNNA will sponsor a service day at the Salvation Army Warehouse to help pack boxes and sort canned goods for holiday food baskets. Please contact Denny Head to sign up dehead1@comcast.net

BID : Roy Weinstein

Roy Weinstein, owner of Gelato d'Italia, is the new BID Board Chairman. He plans to expand neighborhood outreach and there will be welcome baskets for new neighbors sponsored by the BID.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Commander Kris Kroncke , District 3, Denver Police Department talked about the recent rise in burglaries. There has been a rise in female burglars and some are using socks for gloves. 40 % of the burglaries are crimes of opportunity without forced entry .He emphasized the need to watch out for your neighbors. Officer Tony Burkardt is available to do home security surveys. Call the district office when you are going out of town and ask for additional coverage by the area officers. Although there have been budget cuts in the police department, District 3 is fully staffed, but there are no extra personnel.

Tom Boasberg, Superintendent of Denver Public Schools gave us an overview of the schools. Enrollment is up and there is active recruitment of students from private schools.   Preschool has been established for low income and English language learners. Over 2000 students are attending all day kindergarten. However there is still a need to accelerate reforms. Less than 50% of the students are proficient in English and fewer than 50 % graduate from high school. An achievement gap in minority scores still continue to be addressed.

The DPS strategic vision includes: an emphasis of resources on the classroom and local control of expenditures; a focus on teachers as the most critical to proficiency; a culture of high expectations regardless of background. 10% of the schools are charters and state mandate has opened then up to all students.

The New BID marketing director, Mike Blake and his associate Kristy Omdahl presented the new holiday marketing program for the season.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

Wayne New presented an update of the 3 rd Ave. hotel proposal.

Dick Cohen encouraged membership renewals and asked for anyone who might want to host a tapas party this winter. He also said that a larger space in needed for the meditation group. Marilyn Olen will take over the hiking group and would like to instigate a yoga and dance group for anyone who is interested.

One of the members requested that CCNNA look into the icy conditions on Clayton.