Neighborhood Planning Council 1 - Post-Franklin

POST/FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL Doris Hale Facility 110 Green Street Thursday, June 5, 2025 James Moreno called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm at the Doris Hale Facility Attendance: Members Present: Cindy Fritz, Pamela Geleff, Andre Hoaglin-Jackson, James Moreno, Rev. Kjersten Sullivan, Yvonne Powell, Pat Shellenberger Members Excused: Mary Fields, Ryan Hoaglin-Jackson, LaMarr Mingle, Faye Washington City Staff/Commissioners: Tommy Engel, Patrick O’Donnell Guests and Visitors: Erick Stewart, Mallory Avis Additions or Deletions to the Agenda: None Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the May 1, 2025, minutes was made by Cindy Fritz, seconded by Andre Hoaglin-Jackson. Motion carried. Correspondence and Announcements: DPW Open House rescheduled for July 30, 5-7pm Committee and Staff Reports Police Report: Officer Mears is not available tonight. James will send the police report via email. Code: Tommy circulated the code report. He reported on questions from last meeting. The burnouts are waiting on funding to be demolished. 50 Willow Street still has open permits. Beautiful Battle Creek: 58 Bennett Street and the Dairy Queen were proposed. Members are invited to look at the properties for vote at the next meeting. Membership: Bring friends. James will call the people who came to the fire station meeting to share the news of the new station and invite them to the meetings. Commissioner Comments: Commissioner O’Donnell reported the commission is working on the budget. The fire station is waiting on funding before the project can start. The Cereal Festival is coming up. The Thunderbirds will once again be at Field of Flight. Water levels are back to normal, flushing the hydrants cleared the levels. City Manager search is starting over again with a new search firm. Interim City Manager Ted Dearing is hoping to retire in December. Old Business: The Land Bank meeting will meet on July 10th at 6pm to wrap up section 2 of the land reuse strategy. Section 3 will be started in September. New Business: TAC is RideCalhoun.org. It will be the third largest municipal transit system in the state, including Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek, and Springfield. Board members serving on the TAC were appointed from around the county and have been working since before the milage was passed. It is its own stand-alone organization run by its board members. There has been considerable work being done since the milage was passed, it is the basic infrastructure needed to make the transportation authority functional. The transportation authority is a separate entity that has not existed in this county and therefore, is being built from the ground up. Expectation is that in the next two years the TAC should be fully operational. The communication process is being measured and strategically utilized, updates can be viewed on the TAC website. The board is open to speaking with any an all groups that request their attendance/presentation. Member Comments: Thanks all for coming. Public Comment: None Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:342m. Next Scheduled Meeting: Thursday, September 4, at 7pm, Doris Hale facility. Land Bank Reuse Meeting at 6pm. Summer picnic is Thursday, August 14 at 6pm. Remember the Land Bank meeting as well, on July 10th at 6pm. Respectfully submitted, Kjersten Sullivan