Neighborhood Planning Council 2 - North Central

North Central Neighborhood Planning Council #2 Meeting Minutes ~ January 10, 2012 ~ Neighborhoods, Inc. 1. Call to Order & Welcome: Meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by S. Gray, chair. 2. Attendance-Members present: A.J. Jones-FHC, Lynn Ward Gray, Samuel Gray, Kitty Hillian, Steve Lee, Yvonne Powell-NIBC and Dorothy Young Members Excused Absence: Jeffrey Dinkins, Keith McDonald and Sheryl McDonald Members Absent: Betty Settles City Staff: Marcie Gillette Guest: John Hennick, NPC #4 Vice Chair; David Young. 3. Approval of Previous Minutes: Moved by A.J. Jones & supported by L. Gray to approve the November 14, 2011 minutes as presented. Motion carried. 4. Correspondence (sent/received) & Announcements: • L. Gray announced Vice Chair McDonald’s mother recently passed, a note with condolences will be sent. S. Gray announced the upcoming CDBG Workshop on January 11 at 7 p.m. at DPW. • L. Gray announced a schedule of NPC #2 meeting dates for 2012 was provided so members could plan their schedule for the year. 5. City Staff/Committee/Commission/BCPS Reports: • M. Gillette passed out the code report and further commented 1) junk violations were on the rise, 2) reminded us of the tolling period, exterior violations aren’t issued during the winter, 3) K. Hillian asked M. Gillette to look into possible violations or illegal activity in a certain area of NPC#2, M. Gillette will follow up with Ofcr. Francisco and 4) she’ll look into NPC #2 re- appointments to make sure they have been approved. • Ofcr. Francisco was unable to attend. M. Gillette passed out the report. • Beautiful Battle Creek Award nominations were discussed but they were in an area not a specific address, the BBCA chair will work with the nominator to obtain exact locations. • A nominating committee was formed; L. Gray, K. Hillian and D. Young. Members present were asked about their interest in serving. L. Gray will follow up with FHC, K. Hillian will follow up with the McDonalds and D. Young will follow up with J. Dinkins and B. Settles. Elections will take place at the March meeting and the term for officers will be April 1 – December 4, 2012. • L. Gray reported on 1) new City Clerk, 2) sought member feedback regarding weapons notice on some city buildings, and 3) highlights from meeting with Carter Bundy who is working with the Michigan Transportation Team to get feedback from elected officials on various proposals aimed at improving Michigan’s transportation infrastructure. • Received regrets from BCPS representative therefore no BCPS report was given. 6. Guest Presentation: Dale Geminder presented on the new e-newspaper the www.bccurrent.org. He explained they are recruiting “Citizen Reporter’s” from all over the city to report what’s taking place on their street, in their neighborhood, what that entails and the supports available to help them be successful. 7. Strategic Planning Session-Setting Goal(s) for 2012 for NPC #2: A.J. suggested we reconvene at the February meeting to put some specific objectives down towards achieving our goal. L. Gray stated K. McDonald had made a map of NPC #2 in sectors that could be used as a base to start our discussions of bringing in new members from every neighborhood of NPC #2. In the meantime, members present decided that until specific actions are laid out to accomplish our strategic goals for 2012, each member is being asked to bring at least one guest with them for each meeting. Perhaps put in an “Each One, Bring One” flyer with the next NPC #2 mailing so members can give it to a neighbor to invite. Another idea was to possibly have a Community Fair in the Spring/March where NPC #2 would have a table and be able to recruit and share what we do and what we’ve done with residents of NPC #2. 8. Old Business/New Business: None 9. Public Comments/Member Comments: • J. Hennick gave some suggestions on how to build NPC #2 membership. He also encouraged NPC #2 members to celebrate and take pride in accomplishments in our area such as the downtown renovations. 10. Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Neighborhoods, Inc. 11. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. by Samuel Gray, Chair Respectfully Submitted: Lynn Ward Gray, Secretary