Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday May 14, 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 May 14, 2015. The meeting convened at 7:01 pm with council chair Gloria Mansfield presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Gloria Mansfield, Joel Fulton, Patrick Barnett, Cynde Foster, Serena Long, Timothy Conlogue. Absent, Excused: Matthew Marble, Ryan Lothschultz, Phyllis Hopkins. Absent, Unexcused: Chad Curtis. City Commission: Mike Sherzer City Staff: Chris Lussier, Police Officers: Kurt Roth, Alex Barton. Guests: Stacy Helmboldt, Mary Lindon 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: None 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: None, No Quorum 5. Speaker: None 6. Correspondence and Announcements: Gloria Mansfield presented city planning commission correspondence, Zoning Board of appeals, 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 Barton, and Roth distributed Police Reports, gave an oral report of recent public safety and police department updates to the council. The officers 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. 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: Mike Sherzer spoke to the council and guests about the current state and up-coming issues before the commission, including budget approval and priority based budgeting. Mike answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of City Commission issues. Area Schools: Stacy Helmboldt and Mary Lindon with Battle Creek Public Schools spoke to the council and guests about District wide issues including open enrollment for BCPS and the pull to stop the bleed of students from the district, MEEP testing and school rankings, and school district accomplishments. The council and guests engaged in an open discussion of BCPS issues. There was no representative present from the Lakeview School District. Membership (new additions/deletions): None Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): 1  Residential: none reported Business: none reported Businesses Report: New businesses. Placemaking Committee: Patrick Barnett spoke to the council and guests to update Committee plans. 8. Old Business: None 9. New Business: Date for planting. Plan for Place Making Committee. 10. New Business tabled for future meetings: 11. Public /Guest Comments: None 12. Members Comments: None 13. Adjournment: 8:48 pm 14. Next Meeting Scheduled: June 11, 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