Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 CAA Board Room 175 Main St. 7:00 p.m. The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the CAA Board Room. ATTENDANCE: Members Present: John Cash, Cynthia Fritz, Deborah Perkins, Diana Quigg, Pat Shellenberger and James Moreno. Members Excused: Linda Carmona, Katie Hubbard, Yvonne Powell, and Eliose Fogg. Guests and Visitors: Commissioners Elizabeth Fulton and Lynn Ward Gray ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: No additions or deletions. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: No Quorum – minutes will be approved at next meeting. CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: • CA is having a Clean-up during United Way Day of Caring, call 211 to volunteer. • CA Liz Bonner will speak at our Oct Meeting • Mike’s Place (Old Post School) is the host site for Grassroots Food Movement. You can sign up via the web at www.gaballi.com • Sept. 25 there will be a voter registration at 6 p.m. site was not given • Celebration of Hamilton Park is in the process of being planned by Creating Change – when we get more information, it will be passed on to the members. • Calhoun County Voter Coalition is hosting a “Meet the Candidates” on Oct 15, 6:30–8:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 145 Capital Ave, NE – come meet the candidates for the MI House 62nd District and the US House of Reps, 3rd District. • Burnham/South Ave Water Main Construction to begin Oct 1, 2012 and be completed Jun 30, 2013. COMMITTEE AND STAFF REPORTS: Police: No Representation. Code: No Representative was in attendance. Informed Vice Mayor this was a pattern. We asked Vice Mayor Fulton to follow-up on the issue below with Susan Bedsole. We asked Vice Mayor Fulton to follow-up on the issue below with Susan Bedsole about resident concerns below. 118 Highway – abandoned property being used by neighbors – lots of code issues 120 Highway – numerous complaints – excessive junk/garbage in front/side/back yards–deplorable condition in backyard housing a dog The following issue was submitted for action: 120 Academy – It was to be torn down and now it looks as if someone is renting. Planning: None Beautiful Battle Creek Award: None. Membership: A membership issue will be addressed next month. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Dog Ordinance Workshop will be held Sep 17 at 6:30. There was plenty of discussion on this topic. A special meeting about the Police Incident is in the planning stages. Watch for announcement of when this will take place. Sherri Sofia sent her regrets that she was not able to attend the meeting due to schedule conflicts. Freedom Fun Day (planned by the NAACP) will be held Oct 26 at the BC Country Club. Contact the NAACP for more information. Battle Creek Public Schools: No representation. OLD BUSINESS: As there was no quorum, the chair has asked everyone to bring their assigned dashboard sheets to the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS: CA Volunteer Rep. Liz Bonner will speak at our Oct. meeting. There will also be a representative from the Police Department to speak about Emergency Management Preparedness. MEMBER COMMENTS: It was noted that the Code Inspector was not present and this was a concern to members because of on-going code problems in our neighborhoods. Public COMMENTS: None. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Next Scheduled Meeting is Oct 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Cindy Fritz, Recording Secretary