Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 CAA Board Room 175 Main St. 7:00 p.m. The Chair James Moreno called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the CAA Board Room. ATTENDANCE: Members Present: Linda Carmona, John Cash, Cynthia Fritz, Katie Hubbard, Deborah Perkins, Diana Quigg, Pat Shellenberger, and James Moreno. Members Excused: Eliose Fogg and John Kenefick. Guests and Visitors: Elizabeth Fulton, Vice Mayor ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: No additions or deletions. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion to accept Nov minutes was made by Diana and seconded by Linda. Motion was approved by all. CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: • NIBC will be continuing its work on the NPC’s by hosting a collaborative meeting with NPC’s/City/NIBC some time in March 2013. Date will be forth coming. • Creating Change wants to get with the public and have an open dialog about the cease fire. Hopefully this will encourage citizens to be more open with police and officials when an incident occurs. • Festival of Lights committee is asking the Ward Commissioners to enter properties for a Residential Lighting Contest. If you have addresses and names please pass on to your ward Comm. COMMITTEE AND STAFF REPORTS: Police: No Rep. – Stats were distributed by the Chair James. • A question was asked about Animal Cruelty listed in the report. – Will ask at Jan. meeting for the details. Code: No Rep.; City informed Chair and dropped off stats for this month. • Question about street cleaning not being done in the Post Addition as the curb line is full of debris and garbage. • Also, leaf waste should be addressed – drive thru the neighborhood and you will see that there is a lot of standing leaf piles on the curb line as well. Planning: None Beautiful Battle Creek Award: None. If you see a property that should be awarded please take note of the address and bring to next meeting. Membership: It was noted by the chair that Gilbert Ortiz has been absent with not excused absent. Council Chair James will contact him to see if he still has interest in being a member. Otherwise, we will act at Jan. meeting to have him removed. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Vice Mayor Fulton reported that Habitat for Humanity Restore will be temporarily operating in the old Zucca Store. This location is in the Target Plaza out on Beckley Ave. A question was asked about Re-Districting of the wards since the last census and could we get a status on this? Battle Creek Public Schools: No representation. Linda did report that the addition is almost complete. She believes that the addition will open when the students return from Christmas break. She wished everyone a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. OLD BUSINESS: James asked for nominations for Secretary as we did not have anyone on the ballet for this position. Cindy voluntarily placed her name on the ballet. She expressed that if she was not able to attend some meetings someone would have to volunteer to take minutes. By a verbal vote, Cindy was elected as Secretary with 1 abstention. NEW BUSINESS: No new business. MEMBER COMMENTS: Members wished everyone a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. Thanks to Vice Mayor Fulton, Pat, and Cindy for the holiday goodies we enjoyed during and at the end of our meeting. Public COMMENTS: None. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Next Scheduled Meeting is Jan 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Cindy Fritz, Recording Secretary