Meeting Minutes March 2020
Meeting Date: March 11, 2020
Meeting Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Swanson Library, 9101 W Dodge Rd
Type of Meeting: Executive Committee Meeting
Meeting Facilitator: Jim, Treasurer
Invitees: ODPA Executive Committee, General Public
I. Call to order
II. Present – Bob Denney, Jim Kee, Eliza Burr, Marijo Malesa, Mickey Merriam,
Mary Gibilisco
III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
IV. Old Business
a. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
b. By-Laws
c. Elections (Carried over from November) – will push to February
i. President
ii. Secretary
iii. Members at large
d. Fundraising Opportunities
i. Leashes at Lauritzen – Eliza to send note to organizers to see if
we need to sign up
ii. Dog Daze of Summer August 2020 – ask Sarah about
planning/status
iii. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
iv. Benson Days – July 25
v. Omaha Gives – registered for it in May 20
e. Communications Received
i. Facebook – none received
ii. Website – none received
f. Park Updates
i. Dewey Park
ii. Hefflinger
1. The city moved the dumpster away from the gate and
put trash cans there, not sure why
iii. Hanscom
g. Parks Meeting – items for agenda
i. Jim to ask about meeting time with parks department
ii. Will there be port-a-pots at Dewey?
iii. Need to reach out to parks department to get someone to
monitor/refill the bags
iv. Find out how many benches needed and how much they will
cost (possible fundraising goal for ODPA)
v. Ask about ability to rent parks for events
vi. Petiquette signs
V. New Business
VI. Adjourn