The minutes below were approved at the board meeting of May 7, 2025
Present: Ali Bickford, President; Harold Hallakinen, Chief Financial Officer; Susan Patania, Chief Information Officer; Jennifer Beard, Advisor
Absent: Robin Steinberg,Vice President; Terrill Meyer, Advisor
Quorum Established
Agenda Approved
Minutes of February meeting approved with revisions
- Treasurer’s Report – FYTD Total revenue: $140.00 Assets: $2068.90
FYTD Total expenses: $241.66 Liabilities: $0
- Old and Ongoing Business
- Articles of Incorporation status: The Arizona Corporation Commission now reports MNA as “Active.” The next step is sending the application to obtain an Employee Identification Number (EIN) from the IRS.
- Non-profit status: Waiting for EIN to be issued.
- Have Jennifer Beard and Susan Patania gotten on as signers to the MNA account? Harold Hallikainen will accompany Jennifer Beard and Susan Patania to Chase Bank to have them added as signers to the account. Harold will make an appointment with the bank for sometime next week.
- Safe Streets MiniGrant Program: The grant proposal has been submitted. MNA will be notified of any award around the end of April.
- Proposed Watershed Park: The proposal is in the surveying and permitting process. Keith Holden, Advisor, continues to work on the project with Logan at Tucson Clean and Beautiful.
- Desert Bloom: Per Nadia Ispiani, Assistant to Karen Ulich, Desert Bloom’s application for re-zoning was approved one year ago. No problems with the dispensary are foreseen for our neighborhood.
- Restrictive Covenants: A link is available through which individual property owners can opt out of existing racist and anti-Semitic deed restrictions. Harold Hallakinen will go through the process and report on his results.
- Open Discussion: N/A
- Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m