Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Thursday, February 5, 2015 7:00 PM The Chair Diana Quigg called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. at CAA Boardroom Attendance: Members Present: Cindy Fritz, Pat Shellenberger, Yvonne Powell, Diana Quigg and James Moreno. Members Excused: Deborah Perkins, John Cash, Linda Carmona, Eloise Fogg and Katie Hubbard. Guests and Visitors: Krista and Amy - Calhoun County Land Bank Authority and Tom Wirebaugh - BCPD. Additions and Deletions to the Agenda: None . Approval of Minutes: No minutes approved since we had no quorum. Minutes will have to be approved for December and February at the next scheduled meeting. Correspondence and Announcements: It was announced that there will be a meeting February 26th from 6:30-8:30 at the Department of Public works for NPC'S 1-4 regarding discussions about targeting the high crime areas in the 4 NPC's. • 83 Lathrop - Breaking and Entering into neighborhood home. • Police let us know there are 15-19 year olds that were arrested for burglaries and that the crimes had no numbers and that there were numerous crimes involved in the Post Addition. Code: Jason Francisco had a discussion on snow removal and how it works • 46 Oak St - Unboarded, open and accessible empty property • 87 High St - Unboarded, open and accessible empty property • 66 E. Kingman - Unboarded, open and accessible empty property • 94 Warren - Unboarded, open and accessible empty property • 120 Academy St - no rental permit. Goes back in front of judge • 21 E. Kingman - Are people still there? • 93 Grenville - Owner lives in Singapore and is still paying the taxes on house • If there are cars in road after a snow emergency - code can issue tickets Planning: None Beautiful Battle Creek Award: There were no nominations this month. If you see a property that you feel deserves a BBC Award you may nominate that property, all that is required is the address. The council will then vote and the address is submitted to City Neighborhood Planning Office who will then proceed with the issuing of the Award. Note – once we submit the addresses the City takes control of the process and we have no say when an address will be awarded. If any member should have a question regarding an address that was submitted they need only ask and the inquiry will be made to the City and the outcome will be documented in the minutes. The update below is provided so that all have a record of what has been processed and what is pending. Membership: Diana recognized guests. William Hazel expressed an interest in joining our NPC. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None. No commissioners present. Battle Creek Public Schools: None OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: Amy Wallace-Robinson and Krista Trout-Edwards from Calhoun County Land Bank Authority gave us an overview about how the program works and a couple of program informational brochures about their Side Lot Program and the Mow & Maintenance Program for anyone interested in earning some spare cash over the summer. Chris Lussier and Helen Guzzo have been invited to go over the Consolidated Plan for our March meeting. Member Comments: None Public Comments: None Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:22 p.m Next Scheduled Meeting: March 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, John Cash, Recording Secretary