April 22, 2013 Club Bulletin, 461
Thank you to Sal,Erika, Rich Hines and the machlink team our bulletin issues have been remedied!
Program for April 22 2013: 3.0 Senior Banquet
Invocation : Diana Broderson
Rotary Guests: Potential new member Dr. Nadkarni Manasi guest of Mary Odell, Angel Delatorre - Exchange Student to France, and Jan Cook daughter of Kip Fisher.
Rich Dwyer honored 3 Sustaining Paul Harris Members and read a brief bio of each and noted why they enjoyed Rotary. Persons recognized were Gayle Roberts, Mike Frye and Larry Hetzler. Mary Wildermuth introduced 4 new members: Janet Morrow proposed by Bob Allbee, Shelley Sides by Kip Fisher, Shane Orr by Brett Olson and Diana Broderson by Brooke Mehaffey. Janet is the publisher of Muscatine the Magazine and is currently the interim Visitors and Convention Bureau Director, Shelley Sides is the manager of Sunnybrook, Shane Orr is the interim CPO at United Way and Diana Broderson is the Director of Family Programs at the Y.
Mary Wildermuth asked Rotarians to go to the Muscatine Community School District website and complete the questionnaire/survey regarding the desired characteristics of a the new Muscatine Community School District Superintendent. The survey will be active through April 22, 2013!
Program: Andrew Fangman, the City of Muscatine's City Planner presented the updated Comprehensive Plan. The former plan was developed in 2002. Copies of the plan were placed at the back table for Rotarians interested in copies. Major areas included in the plan are: transportation, parks and recreation, economic development, land use, community character/quality of life. Included in transportation are features amenable to a Blue Zone Community including friendly streets and sidewalks, as well as, a comprehensive trail system, a major feature of the parks component is the addition of a Dog Park. Persons interested in this should meet on May 8th at 6PM at city hall. In the area of economic development of the 15 goals one is the recruitment of individuals who work in Muscatine to actually live in Muscatine. In regard to land use... ordinances are being updated and we are codifying what a neighborhood should be. Finally in regard to community character we are looking at a master community image plan including attractive streets and gateway features. Cultural institutions such as the Muscatine Art Center and Musser Public Library are part of the overall community landscape as vital to a vibrant Muscatine.