The Mentelle Neighborhood Association will have its 2018 membership meeting Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Ashland Elementary School, 195 N. Ashland Ave.
Officers and board members will be elected for the coming year, and members will hear from Ashland’s new principal, Shannon Blackburn.
Please email President Ann Olliges (annolliges@gmail.com) with suggestions for any topics you would like to discuss at the meeting.
A nominating committee is now putting together a slate. If you are interested in placing your name in nomination for a seat on the board or for president, vice president, secretary or treasurer, please email Secretary Tom Eblen (tomeblen@gmail.com).
The board has approved two changes to the bylaws, which will be voted on by the membership at the meeting. One changes the membership meeting requirement from two to one per year, to conform with actual practice in recent years.
The other bylaws change alters membership requirements to allow long-term renters in the neighborhood to become members. Currently, only property owners may be members of the association, although all residents are encouraged to attend all neighborhood activities and events.
Here is the exact language. Please email board member Bethany Baxter (BethanyBaxter@gmail.com) with any questions:
CURRENT LANGUAGE:
- I) Membership
1) Membership: Upon payment of dues, membership shall be extended to any individual person, family, partnership or corporation owning property in the area in Lexington, Kentucky, bounded as follows: Main Street (north side), Walton Ave (east side), National Ave (both sides), Mentelle Park and Memory Lane. One membership per address. Membership is automatically terminated when the property is sold.
(II) Meetings
1) Biannual meetings of the membership shall be held in the spring and fall of each year. At the fall meeting, the membership shall elect officers and directors to serve for the following year.
PROPOSED LANGUAGE:
- I) Membership
1) Membership may be extended to:
Any individual person, family, partnership or corporation owning property in the area in Lexington, Kentucky, bounded as follows: Main Street (north side), Walton Ave (east side), National Ave (both sides), Mentelle Park and Memory Lane (hereinafter “Mentelle Neighborhood”); or
Any individual person, family, partnership or corporation who has resided in or operated a business as a tenant within the Mentelle Neighborhood for a continuous period of one (1) or more years.
Membership is limited to one (1) per address, but is not limited to one (1) per property.
Any individual person, family, partnership or corporation who owns, resides in, and/or operates a business in more than one (1) address within the Mentelle Neighborhood shall be limited to one (1) membership.
Membership is automatically terminated when a property is sold, and/or upon termination of tenancy in the Mentelle Neighborhood address.
(II) Meetings
1) Annual meetings of the membership shall be held in the fall of each year. At that meeting, the membership shall elect officers and directors to serve for the following year.
To read the bylaws in full, go to the Bylaws tab on Mentelle.org.