NEW BUSINESS:
Social Committee Item – “Holiday Party” – Board Member (A) Noted need to set the date, and location for a PRO
dinner, typically members pay for their own meal, and it is a chance to socialize outside of PRO as an event.
Cathy Lentz and Annamarie Hewson volunteered to work together on arranging the date and time for the
event. Possible future date tentatively set for December 15th 2009.
Updated PRO By-Laws – New copies were distributed at this meeting and all attending members signed for and
were issued a current updated version of the By-Laws. All board members need to become more familiar with the
current by-laws to consider the corrections and changes required. General Corrections and errors are being
recorded by Aaron Goodman for updating along with any suggested or submitted changes by members by
December 8th 2009 PRO Board meeting. Aaron Goodman noted that the discussion tonight is to engender
discussion on the need for corrective work and areas requiring changes and review by the PRO Board in
2009/2010. Items mentioned posted as an example tonight are to start to initiate dialogue/discussion with the
entire board on the noted concerns and changes for the spring membership meeting due to changes in
membership composition. These changes must be enacted on the Dec. 8th meeting, since January 19th will be too
close to the 30 day minimum required time to notify members of the new changes effectively per our current by-
laws. It was noted that members should note in there copies any suggested changes, for the Dec. 8th meeting.
Parkmerced Town Hall Meeting November 4th 2009: Aaron Goodman gave a brief (Summary) of concerns, and
issues raised by attendees, the suggestion by one resident on “tower-walks” and “garden/block/walks” on issues
related to maintenance and repairs/issues. P. J. Johnston was noted as the lead speaker and is a well-known paid
PR Lobbyist that worked on the Bayview Hunters Point Proposal for Mayor Willie Brown. There was also sadly
limited attendance due to the world series, however it was agreed that turnout was poor compared to other prior
sponsored PRO and Stellar events. It was noted that approximately 70 people attended and 15 approximately
were from management. There were no permitted discussions or questions on future development issues, and
participants were asked to hold issues on future development to the next town hall meeting. Focus was placed on
current resident issues, and how Stellar and Management could better work with and serve the community to
improve system wide the negative perceptions. Many resident concerns were raised about existing issues on site
for residents and after the meeting Stellar and Parkmerced Investors LLC representatives stayed to talk to
residents on specific issues
PRO Board Meetings with Management Ongoing Issue to be revisited due to Board Members Request:
Motion to send a memo to Parkmerced Management from the PRO Board of Directors as a group on the need to
pause with the remainder of joint meetings in 2009 and note continued meetings to resume with the new board in
January of 2010, MOVED by Cathy Lentz, SECOND by Terence Faulkner, BOARD DISCUSSION: The PRO Board
agreed that a break/pause is needed for the rest of November/December of 2009, however in the new year 2010,
when we have a new board we will start meeting again with management. BOARD Vote: YES – 9, NO – 0,
ABSTAIN – 1, APPROVED.
PRO Insider (Rough Draft) – for Winter/Spring edition. (General Discussion)
October 20th Board Moved Memo’s to be issued on Parking and Trash Concerns (Drafts):
[BOARD DISCUSSION: noted needed, to revise the memo as currently written. A need was stated to address
directly the public agencies involved and request agencies to meet with PRO to help address neighborhood
concerns. Board Member (A) noted a singular memo should be issued to each agency, and individual Board
members of an ad-hoc committee can visit as a group and address concerns to agencies, however there is a need
to have the PRO Board addressing this issue due to it starting in June of 2009 and requiring a stronger general
board stance due to the tenant survey. Board Member (B) noted we should be addressing the concerns about
licensing of the Parkmerced trash “handlers”, and municipal codes in relation to the trash issues, that others have
raised. Board Member (C) will forward to the PRO Board at the Dec. 8th meeting the SF City Ordinance on Trash
for discussion. Board Member (A) noted that the Mayor’s Office response was that Parkmerced was dis-ingenuous
in the implementation of the trash on site. The San Francisco Department of Environment was only handing out
recycling/compost bins, and management took steps prior to any formal implementation. ]
Motion to have an ad-hoc committee of Residents' Issues on Trash/Recycling/Composting and the SF City
Ordinance and Municipal Codes to review what has occurred on site and per Membership concerns raised,
MOVED by Terence Faulkner, SECOND by Lora Traveler, BOARD DISCUSSION: Issue to be continued to the
next PRO board meeting, Volunteers for the Ad-Hoc PRO Residents' Issues Committee: Cathy Lentz, Terence
Faulkner, Lora Traveler, David Spero, Marlene Madell, Henry Tyldsley. BOARD Vote: YES – 9, NO – 0,
ABSTAIN – 1, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
PRO Board Members personal note to the PRO Board – (Information relayed to the PRO Board members
attending)
Motion per email request from Support San Francisco Wildlife to send a supportive resolution on a Wildlife Center
and Hospital Care Center for Bay Area Wildlife to the SF Board of Supervisors –MOVED by Marlene Madell,
SECOND by Jim Coppfer, BOARD DISCUSSION: (none) BOARD Vote:....8, NO – 0, ABSTAIN – 2, APPROVED.
PRO By-Laws Changes – [BOARD DISCUSSION on suggested areas of needed PRO Board Review and initial
discussion on suggested possible changes to the PRO By-Laws] Board Member (A) noted that any changes to
the by-laws on membership must be reviewed initially by the membership committee, the PRO board as a whole,
and the general membership must vote on these changes for them to become a part of our rules. Individual
memberships recently received REQUIRE that the PRO board address the issues of membership that are unclear
or not specified in terms of membership and voting, there are also concerns raised on elected positions and
possible changes to roles and duties, and general errors needing corrections. We have to review as noted the
issues by December 8th, and vote to forward these issues to the general membership as updates to our by-laws
for consideration.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT FUTURE CALENDAR DATES:
The next PRO Board meeting is Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 7:00pm at 405 Serrano Dr. Apt.#12-D.
(NOTE: Please mark your calendars, review the PRO By-Laws and be prepared to introduce new by-laws
changes for the spring general membership meeting!)
The first PRO Board meeting in 2010 and our Board Election date is scheduled for Tuesday January
19th, 2009 at 7:00pm (Location TBD). (NOTE: Please mark your calendars and attend, and review the
PRO by-laws for the duties section for all elected board positions)
The General Membership Spring meeting is scheduled for Saturday February 20th, 2009 at 2:00pm (Location
Tobe Announced.)
Meeting Adjourned: 9:20pm
Respectfully Submitted, Aaron Goodman
Reviewed / Edited by Elected PRO Board Members
Social Committee Item – “Holiday Party” – Board Member (A) Noted need to set the date, and location for a PRO
dinner, typically members pay for their own meal, and it is a chance to socialize outside of PRO as an event.
Cathy Lentz and Annamarie Hewson volunteered to work together on arranging the date and time for the
event. Possible future date tentatively set for December 15th 2009.
Updated PRO By-Laws – New copies were distributed at this meeting and all attending members signed for and
were issued a current updated version of the By-Laws. All board members need to become more familiar with the
current by-laws to consider the corrections and changes required. General Corrections and errors are being
recorded by Aaron Goodman for updating along with any suggested or submitted changes by members by
December 8th 2009 PRO Board meeting. Aaron Goodman noted that the discussion tonight is to engender
discussion on the need for corrective work and areas requiring changes and review by the PRO Board in
2009/2010. Items mentioned posted as an example tonight are to start to initiate dialogue/discussion with the
entire board on the noted concerns and changes for the spring membership meeting due to changes in
membership composition. These changes must be enacted on the Dec. 8th meeting, since January 19th will be too
close to the 30 day minimum required time to notify members of the new changes effectively per our current by-
laws. It was noted that members should note in there copies any suggested changes, for the Dec. 8th meeting.
Parkmerced Town Hall Meeting November 4th 2009: Aaron Goodman gave a brief (Summary) of concerns, and
issues raised by attendees, the suggestion by one resident on “tower-walks” and “garden/block/walks” on issues
related to maintenance and repairs/issues. P. J. Johnston was noted as the lead speaker and is a well-known paid
PR Lobbyist that worked on the Bayview Hunters Point Proposal for Mayor Willie Brown. There was also sadly
limited attendance due to the world series, however it was agreed that turnout was poor compared to other prior
sponsored PRO and Stellar events. It was noted that approximately 70 people attended and 15 approximately
were from management. There were no permitted discussions or questions on future development issues, and
participants were asked to hold issues on future development to the next town hall meeting. Focus was placed on
current resident issues, and how Stellar and Management could better work with and serve the community to
improve system wide the negative perceptions. Many resident concerns were raised about existing issues on site
for residents and after the meeting Stellar and Parkmerced Investors LLC representatives stayed to talk to
residents on specific issues
PRO Board Meetings with Management Ongoing Issue to be revisited due to Board Members Request:
Motion to send a memo to Parkmerced Management from the PRO Board of Directors as a group on the need to
pause with the remainder of joint meetings in 2009 and note continued meetings to resume with the new board in
January of 2010, MOVED by Cathy Lentz, SECOND by Terence Faulkner, BOARD DISCUSSION: The PRO Board
agreed that a break/pause is needed for the rest of November/December of 2009, however in the new year 2010,
when we have a new board we will start meeting again with management. BOARD Vote: YES – 9, NO – 0,
ABSTAIN – 1, APPROVED.
PRO Insider (Rough Draft) – for Winter/Spring edition. (General Discussion)
October 20th Board Moved Memo’s to be issued on Parking and Trash Concerns (Drafts):
[BOARD DISCUSSION: noted needed, to revise the memo as currently written. A need was stated to address
directly the public agencies involved and request agencies to meet with PRO to help address neighborhood
concerns. Board Member (A) noted a singular memo should be issued to each agency, and individual Board
members of an ad-hoc committee can visit as a group and address concerns to agencies, however there is a need
to have the PRO Board addressing this issue due to it starting in June of 2009 and requiring a stronger general
board stance due to the tenant survey. Board Member (B) noted we should be addressing the concerns about
licensing of the Parkmerced trash “handlers”, and municipal codes in relation to the trash issues, that others have
raised. Board Member (C) will forward to the PRO Board at the Dec. 8th meeting the SF City Ordinance on Trash
for discussion. Board Member (A) noted that the Mayor’s Office response was that Parkmerced was dis-ingenuous
in the implementation of the trash on site. The San Francisco Department of Environment was only handing out
recycling/compost bins, and management took steps prior to any formal implementation. ]
Motion to have an ad-hoc committee of Residents' Issues on Trash/Recycling/Composting and the SF City
Ordinance and Municipal Codes to review what has occurred on site and per Membership concerns raised,
MOVED by Terence Faulkner, SECOND by Lora Traveler, BOARD DISCUSSION: Issue to be continued to the
next PRO board meeting, Volunteers for the Ad-Hoc PRO Residents' Issues Committee: Cathy Lentz, Terence
Faulkner, Lora Traveler, David Spero, Marlene Madell, Henry Tyldsley. BOARD Vote: YES – 9, NO – 0,
ABSTAIN – 1, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
PRO Board Members personal note to the PRO Board – (Information relayed to the PRO Board members
attending)
Motion per email request from Support San Francisco Wildlife to send a supportive resolution on a Wildlife Center
and Hospital Care Center for Bay Area Wildlife to the SF Board of Supervisors –MOVED by Marlene Madell,
SECOND by Jim Coppfer, BOARD DISCUSSION: (none) BOARD Vote:....8, NO – 0, ABSTAIN – 2, APPROVED.
PRO By-Laws Changes – [BOARD DISCUSSION on suggested areas of needed PRO Board Review and initial
discussion on suggested possible changes to the PRO By-Laws] Board Member (A) noted that any changes to
the by-laws on membership must be reviewed initially by the membership committee, the PRO board as a whole,
and the general membership must vote on these changes for them to become a part of our rules. Individual
memberships recently received REQUIRE that the PRO board address the issues of membership that are unclear
or not specified in terms of membership and voting, there are also concerns raised on elected positions and
possible changes to roles and duties, and general errors needing corrections. We have to review as noted the
issues by December 8th, and vote to forward these issues to the general membership as updates to our by-laws
for consideration.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT FUTURE CALENDAR DATES:
The next PRO Board meeting is Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 7:00pm at 405 Serrano Dr. Apt.#12-D.
(NOTE: Please mark your calendars, review the PRO By-Laws and be prepared to introduce new by-laws
changes for the spring general membership meeting!)
The first PRO Board meeting in 2010 and our Board Election date is scheduled for Tuesday January
19th, 2009 at 7:00pm (Location TBD). (NOTE: Please mark your calendars and attend, and review the
PRO by-laws for the duties section for all elected board positions)
The General Membership Spring meeting is scheduled for Saturday February 20th, 2009 at 2:00pm (Location
Tobe Announced.)
Meeting Adjourned: 9:20pm
Respectfully Submitted, Aaron Goodman
Reviewed / Edited by Elected PRO Board Members
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