Neighborhood Planning Council 3 - Central

Central Neighborhood Planning Council - NPC 3 Meeting Minutes Thursday June 9, 2016 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 9, 2016. The meeting convened at 7:00 pm with council chair Patrick Barnett presiding. 2. Attendance: Call to attendance by sign-in. Members: Ryan Lothschultz, Phyllis Hopkins, Matthew Marble, Patrick Barnett, Joel Fulton, Kim Plested, Timothy Conlogue Absent, Excused: Cynde Foster, Gloria Mansfield Absent, Unexcused: City Commission: Mike Sherzer City Staff: Chris Lussier Guests: Catherine LaValley, Loren Edwards, Scott Edwards, Andrew Tjepkema, Jennifer Bouchard, Pat Fosdick, Nathan Kiefer, Dan Kiefer 3. Addition or Deletions to the Agenda: None. 4. Approval of the Previous Minutes: A motion by Joel Fulton with support by Matthew Marble for the approval of the April and May 2016 meeting minutes. Motion passes with all present voting in favor. 5. City Staff Reports: Police Department: BCPD officers 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. Reminder: Police non-emergency line number is 269.781.0911 Code Compliance: Chris Lussier distributed Code Reports, gave an oral report of recent code and other city related 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: Commissioner Mike Sherzer gave an oral report of recent and up-coming issues for the city and city commission including the meeting on the odor issue on Riverside Dr, and the potential future solutions, proposals and the budget. The commissioner answered questions and council members and guests engaged in an open discussion. Area Schools: Catherine LaValley from the Battle Creek Public School Board gave an oral report of recent and up-coming issues for the district includingthe current board and the election, graduation, summary of the school year, the next board meeting, and the 2016-2017 budget. Catherine answered questions and council members and guests engaged in an open discussion. There was no representative from the Lakeview School District. Membership (new additions/deletions): A motion by Ryan Lothschultz with support by Matthew Marble for the addition of Scott Edwards as a council member. Motion passes with all present voting in favor. 1  Beautiful Battle Creek Award (Residential and/or Business): Residential: 256 Fairfield Business: 696 Capital Ave SW Businesses Report: None Placemaking Committee: Patrick Barnett, update on the B-cycle Station for Old Lakeview, BC whitewater, and the corridor workshop. 6. Old Business: 7. New Business: Beautiful Battle Creek Award organization. 8. New Business tabled for future meetings: 9. Speaker: Dan and Nathan Kiefer of Summit Building Services gave an oral report with visuals of their plans for the Southwestern School conversion to market rate apartments and community rooms. Dan and Nathan answered questions. The council and guests engaged in an open discussion. A motion by Joel Fulton with the support by Ryan Lothschultz for the drafting of a letter of support of the Central Neighborhood Planning Council to Summit Building Services for their conversion plans of Southwestern Academy. 10. Public /Guest Comments: The Council and guests engaged in an open discussion. 11. Members Comments: None 12. Adjournment: 8:13 PM 13. Next Meeting Scheduled: REGULAR MEETING Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 7:00 PM Michigan Tile & Carpet Community Room, 101 E Columbia Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49015 Secretary, Ryan Lothschultz . email: npc3centralbc@gmail.com . mobile: 269.832.9179 2