Neighborhood Planning Council 2 - North Central

Monday, the 9th of September, 2024 Meeting Minutes NORTHCENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #2 Washington Heights – Hub of Hope, 153 N. Wood St. 1. Call to Order & Welcome: 6:11 pm Pastor French calls to order. Welcomes. 2. Attendance: NPC 2 Members (E = Excused - notified an officer/member, X = Present, O = Absent): X Mary Bourgeois X Church of Scientology (Jeff Breedlove – Secretary) O Frank Drury O Faith Temple COGIC (Joe Hooper) X Dr. Monique French - Chair O Grace Health (Eric Gestring ) O Samuel Gray X Larz Martin-Bey - Vice Chair O Patricia Martin O Neighborhoods Inc. of Battle Creek/NIBC (Whitney Wardell) X Bettie Robertson O Gary McKinley X Ron Sweet O Prentice Thompson O Karen Todd O Cynthia Wyatt O Andre Robinson X Debra Evans Guests: X John Kenefick X Rodney Beckom X Kim McFate City Representation: X Cpl. Brad Gentry X Cpl. O’Bryant X Yolanda Johnson X Fire Marshall Cleland 3. Adoption of the Agenda: Breedlove motion to approve. Sweet second. Voted unanimously. 7 for 0 against. 4. Approval / Amendment of Minutes: No minutes from last meeting because there was no quorum. 5. Correspondence (sent/received) & Announcements: Did start work at Claude Evans. Fire Marshall will talk to us shortly. (Please submit all correspondence/announcements in writing whenever possible) 6. Committee & City Staff Reports: a. Police Department/Fire Department: • Cpl. Gentry gives report. 4 for part 1 and 2 crimes. Total 4 of 9. Numbers are down low. • CPL O’Bryant: Tearing down trees at Claude Evans. 2 houses on summerset for illegal drug activity. Been sitting there a lot. Code compliance has been out there. Consumers shut down electricity. Had jumper cables hooked up. • Pastor French asks to define acronyms. Mailing Address: City Hall, 10 N. Division St., Room 104, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 966-3315 Fax: (269) 441-0380 Web: www.battlecreekmi.gov  Monday, the 9th of September, 2024 Meeting Minutes NORTHCENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #2 Washington Heights – Hub of Hope, 153 N. Wood St. • If they have a licensed tag 6 months or more, tagged as abandoned. • Houses without electricity are not habitable. Give 72hrs to move forward b. Elected Officials: Fire Marshall Cleland. NPC 2 will receive smoke detectors. Sept 21st and 28th. Looking for volunteers. Start around 830 go to 12. 200 homes. Between 12-15. Volunteers will meet on parking lot on south side of Ann St. Old field stone. North side of fieldstone. Commissioner French: medical examiner. Numbers are going back to pre covid. deaths going down. c. Neighborhood Services: Yoland Johnson. Property surveys are majority. Then high weeds. Enforce until Oct 31st. new code official. Megan Root. Weed control. Normal violations. Summerset has been an issue. Graves has been a problem block. A few have warrants. Small end of Graves is better. Larger end has issues. Property surveys closing out here and moving to NPC 11. d. Beautiful battle creek awards. (3) nominations Pastor French nominates 39 W Roosevelt Ave. Ron Sweet supports. Voted unanimously 7 for and none against. Cpl O’Bryant nominates 26 W. Roosevelt and 199 North Wood St. Voted unanimously 7 for 0 against. e. Membership: (2) nominations Kim McFate new community manager for Sringview towers. 332 Viking Dr Battle Creek, MI 49017 kimberlymcfate@gmail.com 269-420-0360 All those in favor. Voted unanimously 7 for and 0 against Mailing Address: City Hall, 10 N. Division St., Room 104, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 966-3315 Fax: (269) 441-0380 Web: www.battlecreekmi.gov  Monday, the 9th of September, 2024 Meeting Minutes NORTHCENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #2 Washington Heights – Hub of Hope, 153 N. Wood St. Rodney Beckom 212 Wood St N Battle Creek, MI 49037 269-883-7712 mr.rwbeckom@gmail.com All those in favor. Voted unanimously Voted 7 for 0 against. f. Committees: Need to form committee to do redo bylaws. Jeff Breedlove and Rodney Beckom and Ron Sweet g. Battle Creek Public Schools: None present. h. Landbank. None i. Grace Health none 7. Presentation: 8. Old Business: Mary Bourgeois; NPC environmental grant. Pastor French hasn’t heard. Pastor French: Speeding down Greenwood. Haven’t heard anything lately. Pastor French: There was also a complaint about music. Cpl O’Bryant. House on Bowen. If we get a call than person will get a ticket. 9. New Business. none 10. Public Comments/Member Comments: Mary Bourgeois. Crop walk is Sunday Sept 29th. Registration 230. 3-430 Liela Arboretum. No point of contact. Battle creek impacting violence. Meeting 6pm at second missionary Baptist church. This Thursday. Always second Thursday. Pastor French. We have been working hard to change narrative. Beautification projects. Thinking of ways we can improve and making it a great place to be and live. If we see stuff that needs to happen bring to meeting. Betty Robertson: grant about neighborhood supposed to be going? Pastor French: Washington heights have received 44 applicants. Completed 3 roofs. Waiting for funds to be released. Home owners have to have energy audit. A whole process. We just Mailing Address: City Hall, 10 N. Division St., Room 104, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 966-3315 Fax: (269) 441-0380 Web: www.battlecreekmi.gov  Monday, the 9th of September, 2024 Meeting Minutes NORTHCENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #2 Washington Heights – Hub of Hope, 153 N. Wood St. received grant. Betty asked about grant the city received. County received opioid settlement. They just allocated money to Alano Club, Bronson, Gracious Homes, The Haven of Rest, Milk Like Mine, Share center, Substance abuse council, Substance Abuse prevention Discussion about neighborhoods receiving grants. Cpl O’Bryant says that other cities are sending homeless to battle creek. Most officers are seeing new faces. You have people outside our community coming here to get resources. Discussion. John Kenifick. Running for Ward 2 commission. Watched city commission meeting for 20 years. Discussion. 11. Next Meeting: Monday, Oct 14th at 6:00 PM @ Washington Heights UMC. 12. Adjournment: Moved Breedlove. Second by Sweet.. Motion Carried Unanimously. 7 votes for. Meeting adjourned at approximately 702pm PM Minutes recorded and submitted by: Jeff Breedlove NPC2 Secretary NPC 2 Mission: To improve the quality of life by listening and engaging residents. NPC 2 Vision: A safe, friendly, family-driven neighborhood where everyone wants to live. The City of Battle Creek will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes 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) 966-3348/TDD Mailing Address: City Hall, 10 N. Division St., Room 104, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 966-3315 Fax: (269) 441-0380 Web: www.battlecreekmi.gov  Monday, the 9th of September, 2024 Meeting Minutes NORTHCENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COUNCIL #2 Washington Heights – Hub of Hope, 153 N. Wood St. Mailing Address: City Hall, 10 N. Division St., Room 104, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 966-3315 Fax: (269) 441-0380 Web: www.battlecreekmi.gov