ENA Board Meeting
November 11, 2025 7:00 PM
Swantown Inn, 1431 11th Ave SE
Draft Minutes
Board members present:
Sherry Chilcutt (President), Karen Sweeney (CNA representative), Jim Sweeney (Secretary), Jim Rioux (Treasurer), Nathan Allan, Therese Vogel, Cheryl Bayle
Guest: Josh Henderson
1) Approval of October 22nd Minutes
The October 22nd minutes were approved as submitted.
2) Treasurer Report
Jim R. reported the following account balances:
Checking $487.74
Savings $1,950.05
Total $2,437.79
The Board discussed the 2025 Neighborhood Matching Grant (NMG), the amount spent, and amounts yet to spend. We were reminded to keep track of hours for events, including volunteers and Madison school teachers.
3) CNA report
Karen reported on the following topics from the November 10th CNA meeting:
- Current development projects
- Airport master plan environmental review
- Eastside Street recycling drop off site
- New City Hall parking needed due to pending sale of old City Hall
- 2026 NMG review meeting with Brittany Gillia; the CNA subcommittee will also be meeting at 3:00 PM Sunday upstairs at Bayview.
- The Council has signaled they will be taking a closer look at multi-family tax exemptions (MFTE) for new downtown apartment buildings. For background, here’s a link to a guest editorial by Jim Lazar – https://www.thejoltnews.com/stories/thurston-county-has-plenty-of-market-rate-apartments,18828?
4) Upcoming events
- Holiday Snowflake workshop Nov. 14th
- Madison PTO fundraiser on Nov. 22nd at Swantown
- Neighborhood Member Appreciation event 5:30 PM Wednesday December 3rd at Swantown
6) November newsletter topics
- Madison School & Legion Way tree event
- Food pantry at New bridge, Sundays Noon to 1:00
- Saint Michaels expansion and traffic impacts
7) $1-2K grant for free outdoor music
It was decided not to pursue at this time.
8) Veterans day celebration at Madison and Legion Way street tree Nov 8th
Attendees described the event, the music and the presentations as inspirational and a tribute to veterans and Olympia. The food was great too.
9) Annual meeting
The Board discussed potential invitees and agreed on a tentative time and date, 5:30 PM on January 20th.
11) Madison fundraiser
The Madison PTO fundraiser will be held November 22nd at the Swantown Inn. Those with signs should get them out early.
12) Automating membership renewal requests
Sherry reported the ENA will need a $99 system upgrade to send renewal emails automatically. A motion to that effect was moved, seconded and approved unanimously.
The meeting ended at 8:08 PM