Called to order by Jeff Groves at 7:03. Nine neighbors in attendance and eight others from PSNC. At 7:30, there were 26 neighbors.
- Deanna K. reported on the recent break-in on Florence Street. Someone came through a bedroom window, laid down in bed and tried to go to sleep. The intruder was run out of the house, through the front door and left his shoes behind.
- She is trying to get Captains Shermer and Poteat together to discuss the seam of their respective districts.
- Home safety manuals and a limited supply of Boylan Heights photos were available on a first come first serve basis.
- Chris Weedy reported that the www.boylanheights.org website is under renovation by a team of BH-techies.
- Her goal is to have more information about the neighborhood available for an unveiling at the Boylan Heights Block Party where the shirts will include the website address.
- A hosting problem has been addressed. Options under consideration include terabyte.com and someone in the neighborhood who runs an Internet service provider and may donate space.
- Jimmy Jones is the operations manager for the Raleigh area.
- The Gas Redistribution Center Replacement Project
- Throughout the network the cast iron pipes throughout the network are being replaced
- The network will be upgraded from a quarter pound to 60 pounds of pressure
- The project has six years to go in Raleigh and Boylan Heights is the first area
- The neighborhood should be done by September 1, 2003
- Environmental Mediation Work
- Bob Apple is the environmental project manager and he works for SCANA, the holding company of PSNC
- Court Bennett, Leo Moretz and Pete Doorn are also involved in the project
- Beginning in mid-July, PSNC will spend approximately three weeks to remove approximately 3500 cubic yards from their Cabarrus Street facility
- History: In 1914 a manufactured gas plant was established near the rail lines. Coal would be brought in, cracked and escaping gas would be captured and used for energy. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the Gulf Coast pipelines came online and the plant was demolished excepting a large cylindrical gas holder that was demolished in the 1980s. Byproducts of the manufacturing process were often tar and tar products, Benzene and a benzene compound called Betex and nantholene, which is the type of smelly compound in mothballs.
- In preparation, about 100 core samples have been taken from the site.
- PSNC has entered into a voluntary Administrative Order of Consent with the state and therefore the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources must approve all cleanup actions
- What we can expect:
- About 175 truckloads of dirt and debris will be removed
- Then about 175 truckloads of clean dirt will be brought back to fill
- The truck route will include West Cabarrus, Dupont Circle and the plant
- The work will start at about 8:00 a.m. and the trucks will be loaded again at about 1:30 p.m. and work will end at about 6:00 or 7:00 p.m.
- Intend to use noise reduction techniques after 5:00 p.m.
- Work will continue five or six days a week
- It may smell like gasoline, mothballs or tar
- “There shouldn’t be any health effects.” The workers will be on the site without masks or any protective garments and a odor monitoring system will be in place.
- Sunday, July 20, 2003 there will be a neighborhood block party at the park area near the corner of the Boylan Bridge, Dupont Circle and Kinsey Street.
- There will be bands from the neighborhood, potluck dinner, drinks, games for kids and the BHA will provide burgers (beef and veggie)
- There are four subcommittees working on preparations:
- Layout and Logistics
- Food and Beverage
- Permits and Promotion
- Tee Shirts, Kids Events and Other
- Contact Chris Weedy or Paul Meyer to help
- Still trying to identify the owner of the property at 501 Cutler Street
- 701 Florence Street has new owners who have begun working on it
- The By-Laws are out of date
- The neighborhood directory was published and gratefully acknowledged; its printing costs were borne by an individual
- The sign-toppers promised to each of the Historic Districts are stuck in bureaucratic limbo
Motion made and seconded to adjourn at 8:43 p.m.