Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday March 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 March 12, 2015. The meeting convened at 7:02 pm with council chair Gloria Mansfield presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Gloria Mansfield, Cynde Foster, Serena Long, Phyllis Hopkins, Patrick Barnett, Ryan Lothschultz, Matthew Marble. Absent, Excused: Joel Fulton Absent, Unexcused: Chad Curtis, Timothy Conlogue. City Commission: Andy Helmboldt City Staff: Chris Lussier, Police Officers: Kurt Roth and Officer Hugget. Guests: Olivia Lewis 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: None 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: A motion by Cynde Foster with support by Phyllis Hopkins for approval of the meeting minutes from February 2015. Motion carried with all voting in favor. 5. Speaker: None 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 Hugget and Roth distributed Police Reports, gave an oral report of recent public safety and police department updates to the council. Officers Hugget and Roth also answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of public safety and police department issues. Code Compliance: Chris Lussier distributed Code Reports, gave an oral report of recent code issues and other city business including the 5 year plan, new directions for federal funds in assistance programs for housing to promote sustainability. Chris also answered questions. Council members, city staff and guests engaged in an open discussion of neighborhood and city code issues, other business and solutions. Committee Reports: Commissioner Reports: Andy Helmboldt spoke to the council and guests about the current state and up-coming issues before the commission, including performance of city manager Rebecca Fleury, communications, city staff restructuring the city budget coming up, the issue of allowance of alcohol on city property/parks as a broad covering permit for special events. Commissioner Helmboldt answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of issues. Area Schools: There was no representative present from Battle Creek Public Schools, or the Lakeview School District. 1  Membership (new additions/deletions): None (earlier in meeting) a motion by Phyllis Hopkins with support by Cynde Foster to remove Chad Curtis as a member of the council due to inactivity. The motion was not passed. Patrick Barnett set to reach out and contact Chad on the matter. Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): Residential: 48 E Bidwell – Janet Clemens Business: 248 Capital Ave SW – Nina’s Taqueria Businesses Report: None reported 8. Old Business: Ballot vote, Council Election of NPC Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary Chair: Gloria Mansfield Vice Chair: Patrick Barnett Secretary: Ryan Lothschultz A motion by Ryan Lothschultz and second by Cynde Foster for the Central Neighborhood Planning Council schedule for 2015 to be as follows: The second Thursday of every month with no meeting in July. Motion carried with all voting in favor. 9. New Business: a. Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant Process Patricipation Spoke about by Gloria Mansfield. b. BC Vision spoke about by Gloria. Distributed questions about small business for input to BC Vision. c. Place Making Workgroup Committee formed with chair of committee as Patrick Barnett. Members of the committee include, Gloria Mansfield, Cynde Foster, Serena Long, Phyllis Hopkins, Ryan Lothschultz and Matthew Marble. 10. New Business tabled for future meetings: 11. Public /Guest Comments: None 12. Members Comments: None 13. Adjournment: 9:15 pm. Motion to adjourn by Cynde Foster and supported by Matthew Marble. 14. Next Meeting Scheduled: April 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM Michigan Tile & Carpet Community Room, 101 E Columbia Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49015 Secretary, Ryan Lothschultz . email: ryan.lothschultz@yahoo.com . mobile: 269.832.9179 2