Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday June 11, 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 June 11, 2015. The meeting convened at 7:00 pm with council chair Gloria Mansfield presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Gloria Mansfield, Joel Fulton, Patrick Barnett, Cynde Foster, Timothy Conlogue, Matthew Marble, Ryan Lothschultz, Phyllis Hopkins. Absent, Excused: Serena Long. Absent, Unexcused: Chad Curtis. City Commission: Mike Sherzer, Susan Baldwin, Lynn Ward Gray. City Staff: Chris Lussier, Police Officers: Kurt Roth, Alex Barton. Guests: Marjorie Wertz, Jim Haadsma. 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: None 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: A motion by Cynde Foster with support by Ryan Lothschultz for approval of the meeting minutes from March, April and May 2015. Motion carried with all voting in favor. 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. (Announced after committee reports). 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, Susan Baldwin and Lynn Ward Gray spoke to the council and guests about the current state and up-coming issues before the commission, including sandwich signs, meeting workshops for fire study and care, special meeting for ethics hearing, keeping you informaed and new city staff. The Commissioners answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of City Commission issues. County Commissioner: Jim Haadsma reported of Lakeview School District issues and Health Department senior services. Area Schools: There was no representative present from the Lakeview School District or Battle Creek Public Schools. 1  Membership (new additions/deletions): A motion by Patrick Barnett with support by Cynde Foster for approval of the removal of Chad Curtis as a member of the Central Neighborhood Planning Council – NPC #3. Motion carried with all voting in favor. Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): Residential: 375 Woodrow, The home of Rebecca Gresley. Business: 235 Capital Ave SW, Horrock’s Farm Market. 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: A motion by Patrick Barnett with support by Cynde Foster for a restructure of the default agenda for the Central Neighborhood Planning Council – NPC #3 to move any speaker to the council in place after Old Business and New Business of the Council and for any Correspondence and Announcements be removed as spoken to the council and to be replaced with copies of such in print. Motion carried with all voting in favor. 10. New Business tabled for future meetings: Recommendations by Patrick Barnett and handed out in print to council members. 11. Public /Guest Comments: None 12. Members Comments: None 13. Adjournment: 8:22 pm with motion by Joel Fulton and support by Patrick Barnett. 14. Next Meeting Scheduled: Aug 13, 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