UHNA Board Meeting | August 14, 2025

Attendees: Kristin, Kathy, Mark, David, Molly, Arianna, Linda

Call to Order (Kristin at 6:39, David seconded) 

Approval of July Minutes (Kathy moved, Linda seconded)

September 12 Movie Night Planning

• Permitting + facility fees

  • School staff: $300

  • Emily is getting the Port-a-Pottie figured out

    • Application already submitted

    • Need to figure out when/where we can put it

    • Need to figure out when it needs to be picked up

    • Arianna will be there when it is delivered

  • Grounds coordination

• Insurance: Emily will buy and pay for insurance, request reimbursement from UHNA

• All equipment is figured out EXCEPT for the screen

  • Mark’s contact is providing a sound setup and projector

  • Mark asked if we have a generator; Kristin said we have a power block, but we can check if we can run a long extension cord from the building, since we are paying to use the facility

  • Arianna is ordering a 28-foot blow-up screen on Amazon

    • Mark will ask his contact if he has recommendations 

    • We need water buckets to hold the screen in place in case of wind

    • Seeing if Emily can ask if we can use the hose to fill up barrels

    • Linda: We might be able to use the hose from the community water

• Licensing - Swank (1.800.876.557)

  • Arianna will submit multiple movies to get quotes. Then, we can determine which ones to vote for based on costs

    • Wall-E

    • Cars

    • The Brave Little Toaster

    • Babe

    • Spirited Away

    • Spirit (the first)

    • Harry Potter

    • Shrek

    • Charlotte’s Web

  • Once voting options are finalized, Molly will send a link out in the newsletter (last week of August/first week of September) to vote and post on socials

• Firetruck is coming between 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Mark confirmed)

• Police outreach/mounted patrol contact: Emily

• The library can’t come this year due to short staffing

• Mark and David will take care of trash

• Emily is asking PTO for $1,000 to help cover the event

• Food Trucks

  • Arianna found one that serves quesadillas/burgers/hot dogs/etc

  • Arianna will reach out to Mukja

  • Arianna will reach out to HIPPops

• Popcorn: ACE Hardware will bring bags of it

  • David will send Arianna his contact’s email

• Flyer designs

  • We will wait until we get the movie decided

  • Flyer with QR code for voting? Arianna could print out a couple

  • Half sheets for Bradley

    • Movie night

    • Canal cleanup

    • Community meeting

• Song trivia

  • Kathy’s friends (Kevin and Cory) will play music from movies and we can play trivia

    • NEED: prize

    • Sizzle? New restaurant

• Sponsors

  • Arianna to follow up with Dahlia Dental and the Little Gym for renewal

  • Modern Animal and Iliff Preschool will be tabling

• Emily will tape off the street

September 11 Community Meeting

• City Councilwoman Diana Romero Campbell will be in attendance

  • Exel Franchise Agreement – 30-year agreement with requirements to maintain infrastructure. The Denver City Council declined to move forward with it, so it won’t be on the November ballot

  • Bond improvement projects, her opinions

    • Items: Skate park, buying land for a second rec center, Eisenhower pool improvements/updates, and adding a lighted crossing across Dahlia at the High Line Canal Trail

    • Full Vibrant Bond Project List

  • Pedestrian safety/striping for bike lanes

  • Library closure? Kristin said there’s not much she can do about it

FOR FUTURE US: December community meeting – library resources/how to access other branches before it closes in January

• Kristin will ask Amy if she can present

September 13 - Canal Cleanup

• Arianna is printing posters for both

• Molly will make a canal cleanup webpage

Kristin is asking Councilwoman Romero Campbell if we can have a table at the South by Southwest concert

Lions Club meets over at American Legion Hall at I-25 and Yale, two Tuesdays a month (second and fourth) – 12 p.m. lunch – there’s a caterer trying to bring vets into food service, teaches them how to cook and stuff

• Been around since 1917

• Current main project: collecting used eyeglasses, they travel and bring glasses

• Service club of volunteers

• He’s willing to come to a future community meeting and talk about getting involved

• Also can serve people in Denver – for low-income

Treasurer’s Report - Linda 

$3,888.164