Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday February 12, 2015 1. Call to Order / Time Convened: A meeting of the Battle Creek Central Neighborhood Planning Council was held at The Michigan Tile and Carpet Community Room in Battle Creek, Michigan on February 12, 2015. The meeting convened at 7:02 pm with council secretary Ryan Lothschultz presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Gloria Mansfield, Cynde Foster, Joel Fulton, Serena Long, Phyllis Hopkins, Patrick Barnett, Ryan Lothschultz, Matthew Marble, Timothy Conlogue. Absent, Excused: Absent, Unexcused: Chad Curtis City Commission: Mike Sherzer, Susan Baldwin City Staff: Elijah Martin, Todd Gerber, Police Officers: Chad Perry and Kurt Roth. Guests: Stacy Helmboldt, Sally Goss, Dave Peterson, Krista Trout Edwards, Amy Rose Wallace-Robinson Jim Haadsma. 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: Guest Sally Goss requested to be added to agenda. Ryan noted she could speak at guest comments. 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: A motion by Phyllis Hopkins with support by Timothy Conlogue for approval of the meeting minutes from November and December 2014. Motion carried with all voting in favor. 5. Speaker: a. Krista Trout Edwards and Amy Rose Wallace-Robinson from the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority spoke and gave presentation to the council and guests. The presentation included previous work by the land bank, the side lot program, information specific to the Central Neighborhood Planning Council and introduction of the mow and maintenance program. b. Patrick Barnett reported to the council and guests about his work with the Revitalization of Neighborhoods seminar held in Washington D.C. in December and his plans for starting the council in the Place Making process. Control of meeting transferred from Ryan Lothschultz to Gloria Mansfield. 6. Correspondence and Announcements: Gloria Mansfield presented city planning commission correspondence, Historic District commission correspondence, typical neighborhood council interest correspondence and other announcements to the council and guests. 7. City Staff Reports: Police Department: (Reported at start of meeting) BCPD Officers Perry and Roth distributed Police Reports, gave an oral report of recent public safety and police department updates to the council. Officers Perry and Roth also introduced the Nextdoor, a private social network and answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of public safety and police department issues. Code Compliance: Elijah Martin distributed Code Reports, gave an oral report of recent code issues to the council and answered questions. Council members, city staff and guests engaged in an open discussion of neighborhood and city code issues and solutions. Committee Reports: Commissioner Reports: Mike Sherzer and Susan Baldwin spoke to the council and guests about up-coming issues before the commission, including the sandwich sign issue, mayoral election process workshop, buildings 1 inspections conversations and city network security. Commissioners Sherzer and Baldwin answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of issues. Area Schools: (Earlier in meeting) Stacy Helmboldt from Coburn Elementary, Battle Creek Public Schools, spoke to the council and guests about current events of the school including an update about the Adopt-A-Door program for Coburn Elementary. Stacy also answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of Battle Creek Public School issues. Dave Peterson from The Lakeview School District spoke to the council and guests about current events in the Lakeview district including the likelihood of a bond proposal for needed costs of the district. Dave also answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of Lakeview School District issues. Membership (new additions/deletions): None Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): Residential: 53 S Woodrow – Lyn & Nancy Warren Business: 660 Capital Ave SW – Lakeview Hardware Businesses Report: None reported 8. Old Business: None 9. New Business: Council Nominations of NPC Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary were taken. Chair: Joel Fulton . Gloria Mansfield Vice Chair: Patrick Barnett Secretary: Ryan Lothschultz Election to be held at next meeting, March 12, 2015 10. New Business tabled for future meetings: 11. Public /Guest Comments: Todd Gerber,City Department of Public Works Streets, Spoke to the council and guests about snow removal on the streets and issues with this season. Sally Goss spoke to the council and guests about her efforts of a collaborative cleanup and potential work for green space in the area. 12. Members Comments: None 13. Adjournment: 9:14 pm. Motion to adjourn by Cynde Foster and supported by Phyllis Hopkins. Council unanimously voted in favor. 14. Next Meeting Scheduled: March 12, 2015 at 7:00 PM Michigan Tile & Carpet Community Room, 101 E Columbia Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49015 2 Secretary, Ryan Lothschultz . email: ryan.lothschultz@yahoo.com . mobile: 269.832.9179 3