20/20 Cold Spring Vision Team

2020 Minutes July 11, 2006

Minutes of the June meeting were not sent so they will be approved at the next mtg.

The revised treasurer’s report was approved. We paid 2 months for the website at $50 per month and in May we approved $260 to be paid to D. Kuss for past expenses for the website. Total monies paid, $360 leaving us a balance of $6.95 instead of $266.95.
We will get $500 from the City once the City gets a $5,000 trail grant from HCP which will happen as soon as our grant committee completes the final paperwork.

Rita, Dave and Ken presented a revised draft of the Articles of Incorporation for a
501 (3) c. Being a non-profit will help us access more grant money than if we weren’t. At the same time it will not hinder us from apply for grants through the City. We will approve the draft after a these questions are resolved.
1. Should the 2020 name be changed or stay the same?
2. What is our purpose? We need a Mission Statement.
3. What will be our official address?
(Come with suggestions to these items at our next meeting)

Our By Laws will be discussed at our next meeting.

The Rain Gardens which we promoted has become a reality and they look great. They will effectively protect the Sauk River from pollutants and be a model for other developments. Thanks Duane, for showing us a video presentation of the planting.

Colleen Woods will not be joining our Steering Committee. We need to continue to recruit.

The comprehensive city road plan should begin to be discussed now by the City of Cold Spring and Wakefield Township and Stearns County because the City 2007 budget will be finalized in Sept. 2006. We need money to pay for consultation expenses. Ken will draft a letter to the concerned parties and will re-assemble interested people on the Land Use Committee.

Respectfully submitted,

Ken Wendinger

# posted by Duane Kuss @ 12:13 PM