Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCILunning CAA Boardroom 175 Main St. Thursday ,December ,2 2015 7:00 PM AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Attendance 3. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes 5. Correspondence and Announcements 6. Committee and Staff Reports a. Police Department b. Planning Department/Neighborhood Services City Staff Report c. Beautiful Battle Creek Award d. Membership e. Commissioners Comments f. Battle Creek Public Schools 7. Old Business 8. New Business 9. Member Comments 10. Public Comments 11. Adjournment 12. Next Meeting Date: January 7, 2016 The City of Battle Creek will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered in the meeting upon reasonable notice to the City of Battle Creek. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the City of Battle Creek by writing or calling the following: City Clerk Office (269) 963-3348/TDD  POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Thursday November 5, 2015 7:00 PM The Chair Diana Quigg called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. at Doris Hale Meeting Room Attendance: Members Present: Cindy Fritz, Pat Shellenberger, John Cash, Diana Quigg and James Moreno. Members Excused: Katie Hubbard ,Yvonne Powell and Linda Carmona Guests and Visitors: Laman Mingle , Dennis McKinley -Code Compliance and City Commissioner Lynn Ward Gray, City Commissioner Kate Flores , Marcie Gillette - City of Battle Creek, Catherine Wagner, Deb Calkens - Post Foundation and Officer Thomas Burke - BCPD, Sgt. T. Gilleyler - BCPD and Brandon Nolan - House, Levine & Associates . Additions and Deletions to the Agenda: Correction of name for October minutes on Lamar Mingle - BCFD. Approval of Minutes: Motion was made by Cindy Fritz and seconded by John Cash that October minutes be approved. Motion carried. Correspondence and Announcements: Lynn Ward Gray let us know that the City of Battle Creek has a new website, priority based budgeting is still ongoing. Lynn also let us know that the International Festival of Lights would start on November 21st and the Kool Family Center would have refreshments from 2:00p until 5:00p. Also her show Keeping you informed is 6:00p on Wednesdays on Access Vision, Channel 17. It was also discussed about getting a grant for $100.00 award for Beautiful Battle Creek on Main Street and other gateways. COMMITTEE AND STAFF REPORTS: The following Code and Police issues were reported. Police: Officer Thomas Burke passed out the crime reports. Sgt. T. Gilleyler also attended the meeting. They also let us know that the crime reports are on-line. .  Shemar Shorter - had bat as bus stop and bike stealing.  Sex Offender hanging around bus stop with children at Mike's Place.  Battle Creek Central - bike parking in a parking stop.  Speeding on Lathrop between Academy and Illinois Streets.  Highway and Jericho - older model Ford Taurus speeding. Code: Dennis McKinley handed out the code report.  Code is tolled till spring on peeling paint and concrete, etc.  17 E. Kingman - status working on problem.  20 E. Kingman - rental or not - transient types in and out of house Beautiful Battle Creek Award: None 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. No new memberships. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: City Commissioner Lynn Ward Gray let us know about the correspondence and announcements with the City. Battle Creek Public Schools: None OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: Marcie Gillette and Brandon Nolan from House, Levine & Associates went over the information for Master Plan Update. Nominating Committee for elections is as follows: Diana Quigg - Chairman, James Moreno - Vice Chairman and Cindy Fritz - Recording Secretary. Motion was made by Jim and seconded by Diana to accept the slate of elections. Since there were 2(two) people sick motion carried by telephone conference call.. Member Comments: Cindy announced she had Petitions to keep Fire Station #3 open for people to sign. Public Comments: Marcie Gillette let us know about a Plumber's slip to change out a water meter or repair to help fix tenant problems. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:59 p.m Next Scheduled Meeting: December 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, John Cash, Recording Secretary