Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Thursday, May 7, 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, John Cash, ,Linda Carrmona, Diana Quigg and James Moreno. Members Excused: Deborah Perkins and Katie Hubbard. Guests and Visitors: William Hazel, Dennis McKinley - Code Compliance, Officer M. Tillman and Sgt. Todd Madsen - BCPD, Kara Werner - Habitat for Humanity, Troy Conine and Dan Meza and Darren Campbell City of BC- Engineering.. Additions and Deletions to the Agenda: None. Approval of Minutes: Motion was made by Cindy Fritz and seconded by Jim Moreno that April minutes be approved. Motion carried. Correspondence and Announcements: It was announced there would be a meeting for the Historic District Commission meeting on May 11, 2015 at 4:00p.m, an Anonymous Letter and that the Zoning Board of Appeals would be having a meeting on May 26, 2015. COMMITTEE AND STAFF REPORTS: The following Code and Police issues were reported. Police: Sgt. Todd Madsen passed out the police reports. Introduced Officer M. Tillman as our new NPC officer. Crime Prevention Specialists - 8 officers throughout city; want to meet with all in the area.  120 Academy St. - .sex offense - warrant submitted to prosecutor  Corner of Caine and Post - car(silver) running stop sign between 9:15a and 9:30p.m.  341 Main - parking in driveway late at night  Echo St - wrong way parking on the street Code: Dennis McKinley handed out the code report.  33 Walnut - house burnt; garbage in front yard  127 Post - huge hole in porch  51 E. Kingman - vacant houses Troy Conine and Dan Meza mowing the yards  102-104 High St - junk accumulation  55 E. Kingman - vacant; paint peeling 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. Eloise Fogg submitted her resignation from the board due to health issues. Jim made motion to remove Eloise from board. Seconded by Yvonne. Motion carried COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None . Battle Creek Public Schools: None OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: . Kara Warner - Habitat for Humanity gave a presentation on the Homeownership, Home Repair programs and the Wheelchair Ramp Program. Darren Kampbell - B.C. City Engineering. There was a motion by Jim to cancel the June Meeting since there was no new business to conduct. Cindy seconded. Motion carried. Also a motion to hold August picnic on Wed. August 5, 2015 at the Doris Hale Center from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. ***Please bring dish to pass*** Cindy made motion and Yvonne seconded. Motion carried. Member Comments: None Public Comments: None Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m Next Scheduled Meeting: September 3 , 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, John Cash, Recording Secretary