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East Sacramento Preservation 

Board Meeting

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Meeting Minutes

Present

Janet Maira

Ellen Cochrane

Martin Palomar

Will Green

Jennifer Cummings

Welcome—Martin Palomar

7:00-7:05

No Rezone—Will Green

7:05-7:10

An active campaign led by Save Our Neighborhoods and the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association to oppose the city’s rezoning proposal continues. East Sacramento Preservation co-sponsored an informational Zoom meeting on the proposal and handed out flyers about the issue. Council Member Harris has not attended Rezone neighborhood meetings. His position on the proposal is unclear. No townhall meeting is planned by his office on this issue. 

Sabitre Rodriguez worked on the No on Rezone surveys and informational postings for the Save Our Neighborhoods group.

East Sacramento Preservation Scholarship—Ellen Cochrane

7:10-7:25

Kit Carson International Baccalaureate Principal Santiago Chappa placed East Sacramento Preservation on the Carson June 15^th graduation agenda. We will award two scholarships to Carson seniors. The scholarship committee will reconvene in the fall to plan the 2022 scholarship.

July 2019 Estate Sale—Will Green

7:25-7:30

The funds earned from the estate sale will go towards the ESP Kit Carson scholarship.

McKinley Park Irrigation Issues—Martin Palomar

7:30-7:40

ESP President, Martin Palomar, is leading the effort to press our Council Member to help us to address irrigation issues. It is apparent that some repairs have been made. ESP will send updated park pictures to CM Harris. We will continue to monitor. 

McKinley Pond and Park – Judy McClaver

7:40-7:50

Judy McClaver is inundated with animal rescues. One hundred and twenty dollars was recently donated to ESP for the park wildlife. We will explore setting up a GoFundMe page to help Judy’s efforts. It was noted that Judy works throughout the city, not just in East Sacramento. 

Status of the City of Sacramento’s Youth Corps was discussed. All are interested in this program, but we need to explore the commitment required and how it will be stewarded. We are ready to work with the Corps employees on trash pick-up. Will Green will check for the city contact and report back to the group.

ESP will continue to support Judy and help with her expenses.

ESP Meeting Notes—Martin Palomar

7:50-7:55

All agreed that the meeting notes must be posted on the web site. Ellen Cochrane will post. The web site upgrade is still pending. Website changes TBD

Treasurer’s Report—Will Green

7:55-8:00

The status of our general income and scholarship funds was reported. It was noted that there will be no Pops in the Park in 2021. 

Meeting Adjourned

8:00

The next Meeting will be in the fall, 2021. Date TBD