Neighborhood Planning Council 11 - Lakeview east

NPC 11 June 26, 2019 Meeting Agenda Minges Brook/Riverside Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC) #11 Central Christian Church - 713 Riverside Drive Battle Creek, MI 49015 1. 7:00 PM – Welcome and opening – Dan Buscher or Tate Trujillo 2. Attendance sheet (Members are in BOLD UPPERCASE): Please sign in and return the attendance sheet to the Secretary. 3. Additions or deletions to this agenda:  Nominations and Vote on NPC Leaders. Tate Trujillo (Chairperson and Secretary) and Dan Buscher (Vice Chairperson), no other names were received. Can be conducted during New Business. 4. Approval of the May 22 meeting minutes distributed via email 5. Correspondence sent/received and upcoming events: 6. City staff reports and Commissioner Comments:  City/County Commissioners’ remarks  Police Department Report  City Representative Report 7. Committee reports:  Members will need to vote for Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary.  Beautiful Battle Creek Award Nominations – Dave Hawks – For review and approval i. Gerald and Sharon Geesin, 144 S. Minges Road: Very crisp maintenance and careful detail to landscaping ii. For next Meeting’s Consideration: 1. Mark L. Osborn, 125 Winston - Beautiful exterior colors – red cedar siding really complements the brick, Well maintained, Very tidy landscaping  Neighborhoods and Land Use – John Godfrey  NPC 11 Programs – James McDonagh 8. Old business:  None 9. New business:  Monthly informational Program: Aaron Edlefson - Director of Calhoun County Veterans Affairs 10. Public Comments: 11. Members’ comments: 12. Next meeting: July 24, 2019 at Central Christian Church - 713 Riverside Dr  Program: Have a presentation going over a potential project to re-engineer part of the concrete river that runs through Battle Creek into a whitewater rapids recreation area. John Macfarlane (one of the leaders of Whitewater group) and Carl E. Fedders (City Engineer) 13. Adjournment - 8:30PM  CITY OF BATTLE CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL (NPC) 11 MEETING PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES & RULES Welcome to this NPC 11 meeting. We appreciate your taking the time to attend. Everyone will be given an opportunity to speak. Question may be ask when the Chairperson or program speaker invites them. Speakers will be provided an opportunity to address the NPC with general comments during the public comment portion of the agenda Please understand that the meeting participants may, or may not, answer questions from the public that are raised during public comments portion of the meeting. In order for us to have an effective meeting, we ask that you abide by the following rules: 1. Please wait for the Chairperson to acknowledge you before you speak. 2. Begin by stating your name and address, and please write down your information on the sign-in sheet. State your comments, opinions, or questions on the issue being discussed and direct them to the Chairperson. 3. To ensure that everyone has time to speak and that we can address other items on today’s agenda, each speaker is ask to limit comments or questions to no more than three (3) minutes at each meeting, except that a speaker’s time may be extended by decision of the Chairperson. Speakers are requested to speak one at a time on any item and to refrain from repeating the comments of previous speakers. 4. Please be respectful of your neighbors and presenters. Again, thank you for taking the time to attend this Neighborhood Planning Council meeting. Minges Brook/Riverside Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC) #11 Calendar of Upcoming NPC Meetings (4th Wednesday of the month unless otherwise noted) Chair: Leah Ortiz Vice Chair: Tina Yost/Dan Buscher Secretary: Tate Trujillo All times are 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Central Christian Church - 713 Riverside Drive Battle Creek, MI 49015 DATES: Wed Mar 27th 2019 Wed Apr 24th 2019 Wed May 22nd 2019 Wed Jun 26th 2019 Wed Jul 24th 2019 Wed Aug 28th 2019 NPC 11 meetings have moved to a new location at Central Christian Church – 713 Riverside Drive. This is across the street approximately 1/5th of a mile south of our old meeting location, Riverside Elementary School.