Neighborhood Planning Council 10 - Lakeview west

WESTALKE/PRAIRIEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #10 Meeting Notes May 23, 2016 The meeting was held at Lakeview Senior Living, 14661 S. Helmer, Battle Creek, Michigan Call to Order & Welcome Chair, Jeff Koteles called the meeting to order at 7:03pm Invocation: A moment of silence was observed. Attendance: Members: Chairman: Jeff Koteles, Vice Chair: David Weaver, Secretary: Linda Patenaude, Tom Rose, Donna Kowalski, and Diana Cole Guests: Jeff Domenico City staff: Jason Francisco, code officer, Helen Guzzo Chair Notes/Correspondence/Announcements: Jeff sent a letter of support for the Batteries Plus /Storage units to the planning/zoning commission. Additions/Deletions to the Agenda: Linda wanted to check into electronic voting by phone or e-mail Minutes: No quorum present. Police Report: Commissioners Report: None present Committee Reports: a. Membership: Need more members. b. Beautiful Battle Creek Awards: 61 N 29th & 1725 W Goguac were nominated. c. Neighborhood Planning: d. Woodland Park The park clean-up was a great success, 25 individuals helped spread mulch. City is removing the fallen tree by footbridge. Signs, including ‘dog leash’ are being installed. City Staff Report: Jason handed out written code reports along with a copy of the international property maintenance codes. Jason also thanked Helen Guzzo for creating new lists of city contacts to be placed in our binders for easy reference. Speedway station has really tall grass and the city is aware and is contact the owners. He also handed out downtown Battle Creek maps and info on the southwest Michigan community development corporation. Old Business: Membership for Jeff Domenico was discussed. Jeff D. indicated interest in remaining on the board. It was brought up by the Chairman that the NPC rules might have a mandatory requirement, requiring clarity, that ‘a person remain as a committee member until they are replaced’. In the end Jeff Domenico, not being renewed by resolution and voting at April 2016 was considered resigned or expired. This issue is to be researched, there was no process agreement reached by attendees. The guidelines and the ways other NPC’s have used money from SMCDC were handed out. Membership was considered our top priority. Linda motioned and received unanimous support for doing a direct mailing to the registered voters in our area. The city can provide a computer listing of individuals for a nominal fee $6.26. Linda will check into getting this done. There will be an e-mail “discussion” on exactly what will be on the postcards. The idea of keeping it simple. We will mail the postcards in increments, so as not to overwhelm any meeting. We hope to mail as many out as we can afford. Light refreshments for our meetings was discussed. Approval from the Ganton family to put up the signs and discussion of the mailers will be handled by Linda. Special Presentation: Guest speaker was not able to attend. Adjournment: 8:28pm Next Meeting: June 23, 2016 Submitted by Linda Patenaude Members who will not able to attend our meeting for an excused absence, please call Linda @ 269-962-8514