Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday September 10, 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 September 10, 2015. The meeting convened at 7:00 pm with vice council chair Patrick Barnett presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Patrick Barnett, Cynde Foster, Matthew Marble, Ryan Lothschultz, Phyllis Hopkins, Serena Long Absent, Excused: Gloria Mansfield, Joel Fulton Absent, Unexcused: Timothy Conlogue City Commission: Mike Sherzer, Andy Helmboldt City Staff: Code Officer Elijah Martin , Police Officer Lt. John Chrenenko, Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz Guests: Marlene Dau, Rhonda Ostrander-Cook 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: None 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: None, Quorum not met. 5. City Staff Reports: Police Department: BCPD officer Lt. Chrenenko distributed Police Reports, gave an oral report of recent public safety and police department updates to the council. The officer also answered questions. Council members and guests engaged in an open discussion of public safety and police department issues. Reminder: Police non- emergency line number is 269.781.0911 Code Compliance: Elijah Martin distributed Code Reports, gave an oral report of recent code issues. Elijah 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 and Andy Helmbolt gave an oral report of recent and up-coming issues for the city commission including it being a campaign year, the waste service bid for the city residents, sandwich signs and the sign ordinance, and master planning. Area Schools: There was no representative present from the Lakeview School District or Battle Creek Public Schools. Membership (new additions/deletions): NONE Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): Residential: 138 Woodrow, Brian Wensauer Business: 45 E Columbia, Family Fare Businesses Report: New businesses. Placemaking Committee: Patrick Barnett spoke to the council and guests to update Committee plans and strategic initiatives including master plan meetings, placemaking and to be ready with ideas of our assets and liabilities of the our area. 1 6. Old Business: Time limit on speakers to the council to 5 minutes speech and a 10 minute question and answer session. Phone Committee: Secretary Ryan Lothschultz and Phyllis Hopkins 7. New Business: None 8. New Business tabled for future meetings: None 9. Speaker: None 10. Public /Guest Comments: The council and guests heard comments from Marlene Dau, Rhonda Ostrander-Cook, Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz, and Kaytee Faris. 11. Members Comments: None 12. Adjournment: 7:50 PM 13. Next Meeting Scheduled: Thursday, October 8, 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