December 9, 2008

Present: Mike Eisner, Bonnie Eisner, Ingmar Lauringson, Lynn Mc Gill, Bob Mc Gill, Jim Harrison, Larry Verheilig, Merle Ackerman, and Dan Gaddis.

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

Dale Ramey was not ready for his presentation, but would like to come back on January 20th to discuss Willow Road. These meetings as all steering committee meetings are open to the public. The committee was urged to invite any person(s) they thought would be interested in the subject matter to attend.

Davis Report – Mike recapped the latest recalculation of the Davis Report which has been created by Clyde Cruise and his committee. Mike went to the assessor’s office and they created a map for the city of Nipomo based on the 93444 zip code. There are 142 parcels missing, but will be incorporated into the next revision of the city map. This map reflects 2 billion in property tax and land improvements in these parcels. The county receives 1% of the state total and then generates revenue back to each city based on a calculation computed by the county. Larry suggests we have a powerful negotiator at the table when Incorporation proceedings take place with the County.

New Data- Each committee member is to pick apart the data from the Davis Report revision and send it back to Mike and Clyde. A copy of the revised budget will be uploaded to the website for all members to review and comment on.

It was suggested that we get a “sanity” check on when these developments will really begin based on the fact that King Ventures and Nipomo Commons have been on the books for at least 5 years and never broken ground. George Newman also is always stating he is 60 days from beginning, but has not moved any sand lately.

Ingmar- He is trying to come up with a fund raiser for NICE. His suggestion is to begin with a bumper sticker. All agreed that we do need to find a source for some revenue. Perhaps on the scale of Goleta with a bumper sticker that says NIPOMO NOW. Ingmar will explore ideas for a bumper sticker.

I.R.S. Reports- Mike would like our treasurer, Clyde Cruise, to investigate which year end reports need to be filed with the state or federal government to make sure we keep our non-profit status and report back.

Questionnaire- It was suggested that we send a questionnaire out to those who have signed up on our e-mail list. A list of sample questions were reviewed and discussed. Mike will develop the questionnaire and send it to the committee for review before submitting to the community.

The next Community Presentation will be on either March 21 or March 28. We agreed that it should be the county of SLO presentation on “Nipomo in the next 5 years” based on what they envision for the community. Speakers should be Katcho, Chuck Stevenson, Dale Ramey, James Lopes and Brian Pedrotti. The following questions would be included in the presentation:

1. What projects are in the planning stages?
2. What changes would occur to the plans if the community were to Incorporate?
3. What infrastructure improvements are planned?
4. What effect does water have on County plans for Nipomo?
5. How does the current economy effect the plans for Nipomo?

Meeting Adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

June 26, 2008

Present: Mike Eisner, Guy Murray, Kevin Beauchamp, Bonnie Eisner, Ingmar Lauringson, Lynn Mc Gill, Bob Mc Gill, Jim Harrison, Al Daurio, Dan Gaddis

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

Mike recapped the last General Meeting and the Andy Caldwell radio show that Guy and Mike were on last month.

2008 Wish List – Mike asked each member to talk about what we should be doing for the rest of the year. With business and the economy on a downslide, what would assist us at this time? The following ideas were discussed and member assignments made.

Guy- Suggested signing up for Oktoberfest. Committee approved the idea

Al – Have the developers present a panel on how they think Nipomo will look in the future. The committee suggested the following developers to sit on a panel. The committee also suggested Dave Congelton as the moderator. The panel would be Newman, Nester, Moore, Rossi, Marinai (?), King Ventures, and Woodlands. The meeting general meeting would be in the fall and we will explore meeting locations at the Woodlands (Kevin), Black lake and St. Jo (Mike) or High School (Guy).

Kevin – The chamber is going to have a business bus trip. Perhaps we could add a Teresa Cruise cookie and a brochure on board. We need to get more members on the steering committee. (Kevin to contact the Woodlands for a member and Mike will contact Larry Verheilig) We need more names added to our database by placing a table near Vons or at the banks. It was suggested that we join the Nipomo Chamber and everyone agreed. We could then put flyers into their newsletters. Jim also agreed to explore the idea of a flyer in the NCSD billings.

Lynn – How about talking to the Civics teacher at the High School (Lyn) or involvement the Progressive Club (Al)? Maybe how to incorporate a town could be a senior project.

Bonnie- Katcho is really pushing for us to begin the incorporation now instead of waiting while he is still on the LACFO committee. I think we should investigate who is on this and why Katcho thinks we should start now. Perhaps there is something in the future that we do not know about. Maybe we need to add these names to our must invite to General Meetings list.

Clyde- Will sign up to become a member of the Chamber.

Mike- Will call George Zaiser and see if the Newcomers are interested in a program on Incorporation at one of their luncheons.

Bonnie and Lyn- Will discuss the need of a flyer for Incorporation.

Meeting Adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

Nipomo Incorporation Steering Committee Minutes

February 26, 2008

Present: Mike Eisner, Guy Murray, Bonnie Eisner, Merle Ackerman, Jim Harrison, Al Daurio, Dan Gaddis and Terry Buterbaugh.

Guests: Ethel Landers

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

Mike reviewed the Cal Poly workshop last Saturday and hopes to be able to e-mail the group all of the hard work done by the students..

Previous Minutes- The minutes for January 29, 2008 were approved.

David Mathe Meeting – Mike, Clyde and Jim met with Dave to discuss grants for incorporation. He volunteered to assist us if we go after a grant. We would need to go after grants that fall under governmental services. These would probably be for matching funds. Dave is currently business manager for the Fire Safe Council and Administrative Officer for three fire departments. He currently lives in Nipomo.

Davis Report Update- Al has converted most of the report to Adobe for use by the committee. The steering committee agreed that we need to continue our efforts and wait and watch for a change in the economy. This will take a lot of time and a lot of work. Just keep working at it and be informed on the pulse of Nipomo.

Public Relations- Al Daurio, Chair- His committee will be calling a special meeting to update the slide presentation.

Public Outreach- Terry Buterbaugh and Merle Ackerman worked on a brochure called “Question and Answers”. The rough draft will be e-mailed to the rest of the steering committee for input. Terry has a new e-mail and Mike will send along with the rough draft. It was suggested that members look at the web site edhcity.org; it has a very good question and answers section. Terry thought that we needed a brochure to track our progress to date. We would list where and how each meeting has been with the realistic feed back received. Ethel suggested that we need a stepping stone of brochures and offered to assist us with graphics. It was also suggested that we develop a logo to be used on this and future brochures. In eventuality, the logo could be suggested as the city emblem at a future date. All committee members are asked to consider such a logo and present it to Mike.

Next Community Workshop – Mike is waiting for Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee’s office to confirm the date that is available for our next meeting. Mike will contact the Woodlands to see if we can go there for this meeting. The room holds up to 250 people

Next Steering committee meeting- It was agreed that we would go to bi-monthly meetings. Regular committee meetings can still go on with Mike or Guy called to attend for input.

The next steering meeting date will be announced after we know the date of our next community workshop

Meeting Adjourned at 7:00 p.m.

Nipomo Incorporation Steering Committee Minutes

January 29, 2008

Present: Mike Eisner, Guy Murray, Kevin Beauchamp, Bonnie Eisner, Ingmar Lauringson, Jim Harrison, Al Daurio, Helen Daurio, Dan Gaddis and Terry Buterbaugh.

Guest: Donna Mehlschau

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

Mike went around the table and each of the committee chairs gave an update on what they want to achieve this year.

501C3- Bonnie Eisner, Chair – We have received the paperwork back from the State of California approving our non-profit status. They Federal approval is still a couple of months away due to the amount of applications they have received.

Davis Report Update- Clyde Cruise, Chair- MIKE YOU CAN ADD CLYDES Report

Public Relations- Al Daurio, Chair- his committee needs to tune up and update his presentation so Al will call Bonnie, Mike and Dan to review and tweak the message.

Community Development- Ingmar Lauringson, Chair. – The committee took the county, DOB, and chamber data and got 864 businesses affiliated or doing business in Nipomo. Kevin will clear up the list of duplicates and print out a new list. There are 307 businesses licenses in Nipomo. The committee will put business into categories and see which category the committee should speak to first.

NOTE_ I do not have the name of Terry’s Committee… Press packet???

Road Show- The next program on Incorporation will be on Feb 27th at the chamber luncheon. It is to be a pros and cons debate. We need to update Al’s presentation and go back to the Woodlands and other groups this year. We also need to see how many of the flyers we have left before the next program.

Community Workshop- The committee agreed that the best draw we could get to a meeting would be Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee. Mike will contact Katcho to see if he can assist us with this and have the meeting at the Trilogy banquet room which just opened. We will set that for March on a date agreeable with Assemblyman Blakeslee’s office.

Fundraising – There were several ideas: Car show, golf, BBQ, Reverse Drawing and others. Helen suggested that we begin to have a raffle at each of our community workshops so that some funds are trickling in. We will need a donation basket each time from someone in the community.

Thank You Notes – Donna volunteered to do our thank you notes for the donations to NICE. She thinks that is important to get right out. She will need Mike or Clyde to funnel the information to here so she can follow up with a note.

Web site – Ingmar wanted Guy to know how very good the site looked. It was suggested that we try to link up our site with others in the community. Guy will look into that.

The committees need to move ahead and be fluid. This is our year to move ahead and try to get the attention of Nipomo residents.

Meeting Adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

Guest: Donna Mehlschau

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

Mike went around the table and each of the committee chairs gave a brief over-view of what they have accomplished this year.

Clyde- his committee has met with Goleta, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and Grover to go over city budgets and fee schedules. He is trying to identify other revenue streams such as Business licenses, recreational fee, grants. They also need to identify the departments needed in the new city and begin the task of estimating when revenue neutrality would be met.

Al- his committee needs to tune up and update his presentation as we receive more data.

Ingmar and Kevin- their committee is working on gathering all of the business licenses for Nipomo using the county (368), yellow pages (602) and chamber information. They will merge the list into a data base.

Bonnie- her committee is waiting for the return of the 501-C3 paperwork.

Mike stated that 2007 was the year to get organized and 2008 was the year to come out and be seen in the community.

The goals for 2008 are as follows with the committee or person responsible for handling the action underlined:

1. Clearly define the government structure for the new town; council, city manager, planning dept., building dept., etc. Guy Murray

2. Develop an income/expense budget for the town. Finance Committee

3. Develop brochures for distribution to the community. Develop articles for publication in the newspapers. Public Outreach Committee

4. Update power point presentation. Public Information Committee

5. Develop a list of residents that are opposed to the idea of Incorporation and hold a public forum to give them an opportunity to be heard. Learn, as a group, from what they have to say. Steering Committee

6. Review the LAFCO timeline and determine where we are in relation to the timeline recommendations. Mike Eisner

7. Secure the names of possible new steering committee members. Steering committee

8. Continue the “road shows” Keep the word out that we will make presentations to any organization that is interested in NICE. Go back to areas like Black Lake and the Woodlands for a second presentation. Steering committee

9. Start fundraising. Fundraising committee

10. Continue strong “community workshops”. Suggestions for 2008

a. Sam Blakeslee

b. Goleta council member who worked on Incorporation

c. SLO Planning department representatives

11. Develop community business database. Community Development Committee

The meeting adjourned at 7:15 P.M.

Present: Mike Eisner, Guy Murray, Joe Tomei, Kevin Beauchamp, Bonnie Eisner, Ingmar Lauringson, Merle Ackerman, Al Daurio, and Clyde Cruise.

Guests- Teresa Cruise

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M.

A big thank you to Clyde and Teresa for the delicious dinner they served us.

The agenda and minutes of June 26, 2007 were approved by common consent.

Mike recapped the Gyros and Fund Raising meetings.
Ingmar highlighted the CCGA meeting.

Treasurer’s Report- We have $1,283.00 in the bank.

October festival, October 13th- We need volunteers. Clyde and work the afternoon and Guy volunteered to work the morning shift. Mike will send out an e-mail to those who did not attend to see if anyone else can assist.

Bullet Points on the presentation -There was a discussion on the power point presentation produced by Al Daurio and his committee. Bonnie noted that the presentation needs a few more slides so we don’t look like we are pushing incorporation. Al agreed to review her ideas.

Governing a new city – The point was brought up at one of the meetings about whether we have enough qualified residences to fill a slate of town council members. Guy brought up the point that if you look at all of the volunteers who are currently working in the community, and the new home owners entering the community. There should be no trouble finding competent volunteers. Merle also reminded the group that there will still be a city manager and other paid staff to assist the council members.

Community Workshop – The committee felt that the title of the meeting should be “Emergency Services Infrastructure. The speakers will be Bill Fisher from Cal Fire. Mike will see if Commander Basti can join us also plus with Rob Rossi in attendance, it might be nice to hear from him.

Our next workshop will be in January and the thought was to have Chuck Stevenson and Brain Pedrotti, from SLO planning, present all of the projects in the works for Nipomo plus answer questions from the attendees.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

August 15, 2007
MEETING MINUTES

In attendance: Mike Eisner, Rick Hoff, Ingmar Lauringson

Because of the lack of participants, we held an informal meeting with a variety of subjects discussed:

Fund Raisers: We explored some options;

Car Show/ Harley Show/Craft Show- Located at the intersection of Thompson and Tefft. We would contact Jocko’s for setting up a BBQ.
Exhibitors would be charged a fee
Expenses would be;
Advertising
Trophies
Sheriff
Rick Hoff and the Viva’s would be asked to work on this….

Golf Tournaments
Santa Maria BBQ’s
Reverse Drawings
Tiered Giving Programs
Political Roast
Bumper Stickers

Meeting adjourned at 3:15

Mike Eisner

Below are the most recent fund raising Committee Meeting minutes:

In attendance: Mike Eisner, Dan Gaddis, Rick Hoff, Ingmar Lauringson, Guy Murray, Cliff Trotter, Carlos and Sherry Vivas

Meeting called to order at 2:00 and Mike gave an overview of the committees’ responsibility. The goal of the committee is to raise $200,000.00 for the campaign.

Fund raising ideas were discussed and the following were suggested:

Dan Gaddis- A tiered giving/donation program

Carlos and Sherry- Car shows

Various- Golf tournaments and reverse drawings

Who to contact for funds:

Businesses

Builders/Developers

Greenhouses

Golf Courses

Conoco-Phillips

County Supervisor for discretionary funds

Residents through above fund raisers

At the suggestion of Cliff Trotter, the committee explored reasons for incorporation other than, “control our own destiny”. The following were given as additional reasons for incorporation:

1. Keep tax money local

2. Control over community (funds, property tax revenue and growth)

3. Efficient form of government maintained locally. (With local control, what would have been the progress of Von’s, CVS, Willow Rd., Mary Ave., etc?)

Mike requested suggestions for additional members for the committee. The following names were discussed: Marianne Buckmeyer, Jesse Hill, Mary Wheeler, Mike Winn and Mary Woodson. Mike agreed to contact these people.

The next meeting of the committee will be August 15, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. The location will be determined. The committee is urged to bring others to the meeting that might have an interest in working on the Fund raising committee…

Mike Eisner fund raising Minutes

Present: Mike Eisner, Guy Murray, Joe Tomei, Bob McGill, Kevin Beauchamp, Lynn Mc Gill, Bonnie Eisner, Ingmar Lauringson, Merle Ackerman, Jim Harrison, Al Daurio, Clyde Cruise and Terry Buterbaugh.
Guests- Mike Winn

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M.

The agenda and minutes of April 24 2007 were approved by common consent.

The Articles of Incorporation were approved. Motion by Lynn / Al .

The By laws were debated by the steering committee and approved. Motion by Ingmar/ Bob. A copy is attached

Al showed the power point presentation produced by the public information committee. Suggestions were made and the presentation will be edited. This presentation will be shown at Summer Fest.

Summer fest is July 14th. We need volunteers. Terry asked for Mike to resend the request for help.

Finances needed for 2007- We will need a budget of about $1,000,00 for this first year just to pay for the incorporation and non profit filings plus the brochures. It was suggested that each member of the steering committee assist in this by donating $100.00. We are also thinking of placing a request for funds on the web page. Mike will send an e mail out to the steering committee for approval.

The committee will be dark for July and August. Motion by Merle/Al.

Our next workshop will be in October, if we can get access to the NCSD building. It was suggested we work on the communities’ vision for Nipomo.

Adjourned at 8:20 p.m. You may also access the minutes here. Steering Committee Minutes

501C3 Committee Minutes -    May 10, 2007

Present: Bonnie Eisner, Guy Murray, Mike Eisner
Absent: Terri Howard Susie Hermreck, Donna Mehlschau

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m.

Articles of Incorporation-  Guy has them all typed and ready to send, but we need two more people to agree to have their name placed on the document. We will contact a few of the steering committee and see if they will agree. We will then send out, by e-mail, the articles of incorporation for all of the steering committee to vote on. When we have a majority, we will file these papers. We will have 27 months from the date these are filed to complete our incorporation non-profit status.

Draft Bylaws- It was agreed that all paperwork will be reviewed by the steering committee and not just the board of directors. It is felt that the steering committee is the full board and will be kept up to date on all matters regarding N.I..C.E.. We discussed various questions involved in creating the bylaws. We will follow the direction of the book and make them simple and concise.

EIN Number- Guy has secured this number and will be going to the bank to open up a checking account.

Paperwork- Donna has reviewed the C.D. from Guy and believes that if we have all of the pertinent information at hand, we can fill out the paperwork for incorporation in about 10 hours. She has agreed to assist Bonnie with this task.  Donna has all of the pages from Chapter 9 printed and has reviewed them. The one item she needed was the person to keep all of the paperwork for public inspection. Guy has agreed to keep the binder at his office and we will use his address.

Next meeting will be July 12th at 2:00 at Mr. Murray’s office.

The committee meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.