DSNA Meeting Minutes: December 2025

Call to Order: 7:02pm

Attendance/Introduction Question: Susan Lyman, Jazline Ladriere, Aliyah Cardenas, Thomas Stellini, Brendan Shea, Noémie Despland-Lichtert, Mark Goehring, Michael Collins, Dustin Daley, Kiana Necoechea, Brad Lancaster, Sky Jacobs, Karl Hoffmann, Natasha Winnik, Jonathan Crowe, Chieko Nakano, Judy, Nancy Bucciarelli

Changes/Approval to Previous Month’s Minutes: No Changes

Treasurer’s report: $380.77 Change: No Changes

Announcements (External and Internal)

Budget de la Gente Ward 1 Glasses Program - 25 people have signed up so far but if you need glasses get signed up. Just a reminder this program will assist with getting an eye exam and two pairs of glasses for those in need.

Book Swap - January 11th 10am-2pm at The Coalition Space (311 E 7th Street). Anyone is welcome to come and swap books or just browse what all is available. Kids will also have a dedicated table to swap books they don’t need anymore.

Rapid Response Training - We’ve secured a space with Whistle Stop (Thank you Nancy!) for this neighborhood training for anyone that is interested. We’re just waiting for more information from the organizers about when we can get it scheduled. Keep an eye out for more information. Dunbar Spring Pet Calendar - Brendan and Noémie have secured enough pet photos for the calendar to go ahead but please contribute more if you have any. The calendars should be ready around January 1st.

Discussion

Letter of support for several traffic calming measures - Brad Lancaster Brad has been working with several neighbors who are seeking traffic-calming measures to address cut-through traffic on their streets. They have gone through the city’s process to identify the affected streets and have obtained the required 60% approval from neighbors in the area. The group is now requesting a letter of support from the neighborhood association.

Vote: 15 - 0 unanimous yes vote to send a letter for approval of traffic calming measures Letter of support for safe street mini-grant application for traffic circles at 11th Ave and 2nd St, 11th Ave and 4th St, and 10th Ave and 5th St - Brad Lancaster & Brendan Shea

Brad and Brendan presented a PDF outlining potential traffic calming options including speed humps and chicanes and identifying which streets have the highest level of neighborhood support and which may be most in need of these measures. Brad will share additional documentation with the neighborhood providing more detail on the proposed projects, including the level of approval received for each street. Michael raised a question about whether a vote should take place at this time given some of the discussion on the neighborhood listserv. It was ultimately agreed that enough of the individual projects had already received sufficient support from directly affected neighbors to proceed with a vote on a letter of neighborhood support.

It was also clarified that no funding has yet been secured for any of the proposed traffic calming measures. However, showing neighborhood support allows projects to be placed on funding lists sooner and may improve their chances of receiving funding. The proposed projects already have the required support from directly affected neighbors to move forward once funding is secured, a letter of neighborhood support is helpful in the funding process.

Vote: 15 - 0 unanimous yes vote to send a letter for approval of submitting for the safe street mini grant

Reports From The Field

• DNARC (Downtown Neighborhoods and Residents Committee) - No Updates
• Downtown Links - No Updates
• Dunbar Coalition - No Updates
• HFAC (Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition) - No Updates
• Stone/Speedway - No Updates
• 11th Ave/1st st housing project - No Updates
• WAMO (Warehouse Arts Management Organization) - No Updates

For The Good Of The Cause - Future Topics

• Brad Lancaster - Hands On Pruning workshop is being scheduled The date is still but the idea is to have it preceding brushy and bulky the week of January 19th.
• Thomas Stellini- Nancy has been very gracious about offering up Whistle Stop for use to the neighborhood if it’s not already booked.. Thomas brought up the potential of doing more in-person meetings and moving away from Google Meet for the monthly meetings.
• Future discussions on this topic to come. Thomas Stellini - brought up a potential future discussion around closing off access points to the neighborhood to help with cut through traffic.
• Susan Lyman - Orange whistles available at War Fuel Kitchen to ward off ICE events. This is part of a national effort to warn people about ICE events. All whistles are being crafted locally and donated to the cause.

Adjourn: 7:49pm