The meeting convened at 5:04. The Board welcomed new members Jeannie Shannon and Sheila Lumley. Overman moved to approve the agenda; seconded by Muldoon; carried by unanimous vote. Regarding the minutes of June 20, Overman asked that the date be corrected from June 18 to June 20, and moved that they be approved as amended. Seconded by Moisa; carried by unanimous vote.

OFFICER'S REPORT/CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Kahoun reported on recent Council actions, including reappointing Walden to the NRB and appointing Shannon. Kahoun asked if the Board wanted to send a letter to Lyla Dozier commending her for her many years of service on the NRB; Nixon asked for that to be done. Council also approved this year's State ESG allocation, which was down approximately $130,000 from last year's. Kahoun, Leslie Gearhart, and Nixon were appointed to the Neighborhood Development Corporation board.

Kahoun said Dozier had presented the Board's recommendations on contract sales to Council and it had been very positively received. The Council referred the report to the Manager, who will make a report back to Council at a later date. Volm said she wanted to make sure implementation of the recommendations did not get bogged down; Kahoun suggested waiting until September 1, and if no report had been received from the Manager by then, the Board should send a letter asking about it.

NEIGHBORHOOD RECOGNITION REQUEST – SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. Kahoun presented a recognition request from South Park neighborhood, saying it would be the 51st neighborhood. Margie Leeper and Jan Humphress were present to answer the Board's questions. Volm said she was impressed by the Board's bylaws, and felt they were very inclusive. She asked the association to consider adding more board members to share the workload. She also said she felt the quorum number was very low. Leeper said the association was considering changing it. Muldoon asked how many households were in their area and how many members they had signed up so far; Leeper said there were about 700 households and they had 44 members. Hogate said the neighborhood had been trying to get recognized for a very long time, and she commended them for sticking with it and getting it done. Overman moved approval of the recognition request; seconded by Hogate; carried by unanimous vote.

PRESENTATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SELECTION CLASSIFICATION PROCESS AND PROPOSED INTERVIEW SCHEDULE. Kahoun and Carberry distributed applications received for the next round of neighborhood selection and discussed the classification process used by the planning staff to develop a profile of each of the neighborhoods.

Carberry gave a presentation on the types of data analyzed, including the County Assessor's records, homeownership, value and condition; numbers of sales over the last three years, numbers of contract sales, and public nuisance violations. The following applicant neighborhoods received these classifications:

Stable: Greenwood Historic

Salisbury Oaks

Transitional/Positive: Waveland Park

Merle Hay

Transitional/Negative: Drake

Distressed: King/Irving

Mondamin Presidential

A stable and a transitional-negative/distressed neighborhood will be chosen. Kahoun said some of the data was very close to changing a neighborhood's classification to the next higher or lower one, so staff recommended hearing presentations from all the applicant neighborhoods.

Volm moved that presentations be held on August 1 for Drake, King/Irving, and Mondamin Presidential; and on August 8 for Greenwood Historic, Salisbury Oaks, Waveland Park, and Merle Hay. Seconded by Pulliam. Motion carried with Hogate opposing.

Lumley moved to accept the classifications recommended by staff; seconded by Hogate, carried by unanimous roll call vote.

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. None.

COMMITTEE/REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS. Nixon said the NDC held elections and she will be the new Secretary. The NDC is working on the 6th Avenue Grocery Store and Jack Hatch projects.

OTHER BUSINESS. The August 15 NRB meeting is cancelled and the Board will meet on August 22 instead.

The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

Jerry Overman, Secretary