WAC Meeting Agenda 6/17/2020 Orchard Park 6:30 PM
1. Treasury Report/New expenses $40.62
· Stakes and tubing purchased for stabilizing fruit trees in Orchard Park
· Reimbursement
2. Potential for Urban Farm Tour later this summer?
· Due to the Garden Tour being cancelled so late, we feel an opportunity for an urban farm tour might be an excellent community activity, particularly in light of addressing increased interest in healthy living.
· Several Community Gardens + Resident participants could be on the tour
· Riddle Yates, Redden, Orchard Park Gardens, Gutierrez, Warner Allen, Ginger Dawson, Alexa Abner, Linden Grove, Youngs, Walkers, &c. (Is Dalton closed?) Ask around.
· When is the best time? Mid-August? When is just before height of harvesting?
· Register for :30-:45 min seminars on gardening: pruning herbs, container gardening, seed starting, using fertilizers, bee keeping, pest control, composting, canning
· Sponsorship opportunities
· Linden Grove Cemetery is very interested in participating. Perhaps location for seminars
3. We need to stake up apple trees/fruit trees in Orchard park
· Determined that the maintenance crew is cutting through the bark at the base of apple trees, we need to order mulch and cages to protect the trees from the maintenance crews.
· Chris McDaniel bought new fruit trees for OP – Many thanks for his donations!
4. Halloween Event in Orchard Park – Saturday, October 31st
· Trick or Treat (TOT): Shift efforts to distribute candy in OP to residential homes. Offer candy to residents to hand out at homes. Offer TOT participants identifying décor for front door/yard sign acknowledging they are handing out candy. Encourage parents to walk around with their kids, community decorations,
· Haunted House: Concerns about social distancing
· Costume Contest 1st (do this early, 5:30PM)
· Hayride through LGC – social distancing concerns on hayrides. More trucks and trailers? Scavenger hunt instead? Civil War Reinactors?
· Games, Smores,
5. Orchard Park Compost bin - postponed
6. Cinema in the Cemetery
· Cancelled? Will talk to Linden Grove Cemetery Board on 6/18/20 to discuss options for Halloween movie sponsored by WAC
· What about Shakespeare in Orchard Park? LGC cancelled Shakespeare this year.
· Emily Paver is LGC marketing lead
· Talk to Rosie Santos about possibilities
· Movie options: The Haunted Mansion. Monster House, Nightmare before xmas, Hotel Transylvania, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Paranorman
7. Proposed 40’ Verizon Tower @ 12th & Banklick for 5G tower
· Is this a violation of Code Enforcement? – Fritz Kuhlmann ask CE
· Trileaf is the company leading the research/community feedback.
· Documentation has been posted on WAC facebook page for public comment
· Health issues? Other options better? (Top of the County Bldg)
· City is spending $ to put wires underground, why are we putting up more poles?
8. Great American Cleanup Saturday, July 11th 2-6PM
· We’re on our own, so let’s plan a cleanup Westside Day on July 11th (Week after Independence Day) from 2-6PM. Start in Orchard Park. Picnic and get together afterward. Approve $250 budget for food/beverages/napkins/plates/condiments.
· Contact Sheila Fields for any garbage pickup needed
· Contact Shannon Ratterman for bags, gloves, grabbers?
9. Other Business
10. Adjourn