Neighborhood Planning Council 5 - Urbandale

URBANDALE​ ​NEIGHBORHOOD​ ​PLANNING​ ​COUNCIL Minutes​ ​from​ ​November​ ​13,​ ​2017 E-Mail:​ ​Besteele@gmail.com Phone:​ ​269-274-0029 1.​ ​Call​ ​to​ ​Order​ ​&​ ​Welcome​:​ ​Chairman​ ​Whitfield​ ​called​ ​the​ ​meeting​ ​to​ ​order​ ​and​ ​welcomed everyone​ ​at​ ​7:04​ ​p.m. 2.​ ​Attendance Members​ ​Present:​ ​Chairman​ ​Robert​ ​Whitfield,​ ​Kathy​ ​Antaya,​ ​Brian​ ​Steele,​ ​David​ ​Moore,​ ​Roger Ballard,​ ​Terry​ ​Lancaster,​ ​Nancy​ ​Hoard,​ ​Wayne​ ​Hoard,​ ​Bernadette​ ​Llewelyn,​ ​Beverly​ ​Case, Barbara​ ​Travis,​ ​Fred​ ​Bachman,​ ​Sara​ ​Schmanske,​ ​Patricia​ ​Graw,​ ​Johnny​ ​Vick,​ ​Freeman Thomas,​ ​Kristin​ ​Blood City​ ​Staff:​ ​Glen​ ​Perian,​ ​Dennis​ ​McKinley,​ ​Officer​ ​Zach​ ​Burgess,​ ​Officer​ ​Randy​ ​O’Connell Excused:​ ​Commissioner​ ​Deb​ ​Owens​ ​(sickness),​ ​Joshua​ ​Fausey,​ ​Catherine​ ​LaValley ​ ​3.​ ​Announcements:​ ​Chairman​ ​Whitfield​ ​gave​ ​a​ ​message​ ​from​ ​Commissioner​ ​Owens​ ​thanking the​ ​NPC​ ​for​ ​all​ ​their​ ​support​ ​in​ ​the​ ​previous​ ​years​ ​and​ ​that​ ​she​ ​was​ ​very​ ​disappointed​ ​she​ ​could not​ ​be​ ​here​ ​due​ ​to​ ​illness. 4.​ ​Additions​ ​or​ ​Deletions​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Agenda​:​ ​None​ ​to​ ​report 5.​ ​Approval​ ​of​ ​Previous​ ​Minutes:​ ​ ​The​ ​previous​ ​month’s​ ​minutes​ ​were​ ​approved. 6.​ ​Police​ ​Report​:​ ​The​ ​police​ ​report​ ​was​ ​distributed​ ​by​ ​Officers​ ​Zach​ ​Burgess​ ​and​ ​Randy O’Connell​ ​They​ ​took​ ​questions​ ​from​ ​those​ ​presents​ ​and​ ​listened​ ​to​ ​community​ ​concerns.​ ​They said​ ​they​ ​would​ ​patrol​ ​local​ ​parks​ ​and​ ​schools​ ​for​ ​any​ ​illegal​ ​activity. 7.​ ​Guest​ ​Speaker:​ ​Jessica​ ​Gilbert​ ​and​ ​Shevy​ ​Rocho​ ​came​ ​from​ ​the​ ​South​ ​Central​ ​Humane Society​ ​and​ ​explained​ ​that​ ​their​ ​animals​ ​get​ ​to​ ​stay​ ​until​ ​they​ ​find​ ​their​ ​forever​ ​home.​ ​They​ ​will happily​ ​accept​ ​holiday​ ​cards​ ​for​ ​their​ ​pets​ ​this​ ​year.​ ​They​ ​are​ ​a​ ​non-profit​ ​organization​ ​and​ ​are​ ​a stand​ ​alone​ ​organization.​ ​Ninety​ ​percent​ ​of​ ​their​ ​funding​ ​comes​ ​through​ ​donation.​ ​They​ ​also offer​ ​dog​ ​training​ ​classes​ ​on​ ​Saturdays​ ​and​ ​a​ ​free​ ​dog​ ​park​ ​open​ ​to​ ​the​ ​public.​ ​If​ ​anybody​ ​is looking​ ​to​ ​volunteer​ ​the​ ​society​ ​would​ ​gladly​ ​take​ ​them.​ ​They​ ​are​ ​having​ ​an​ ​open​ ​house​ ​on December​ ​8th,​ ​2017​ ​from​ ​7-9​ ​p.m. 8.​ ​Committee​ ​Reports: School​ ​Report:​ ​The​ ​report​ ​was​ ​deferred​ ​as​ ​nobody​ ​was​ ​present Code​ ​Report:​ ​Dennis​ ​McKinley​ ​distributed​ ​the​ ​code​ ​report​ ​and​ ​gave​ ​updates​ ​about​ ​specific properties. Beautification:​ ​55​ ​Althea​ ​Ave. 9.​ ​Old​ ​Business:​ ​Our​ ​NPC​ ​is​ ​now​ ​listed​ ​on​ ​a​ ​sign​ ​near​ ​Pizza​ ​Hut​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Adopt-A-Highway program.​ ​We​ ​will​ ​take​ ​part​ ​in​ ​this​ ​program​ ​again​ ​in​ ​March. 10.​ ​New​ ​Business:​ ​Glenn​ ​Perian​ ​from​ ​the​ ​City​ ​Planning​ ​Department​ ​shared​ ​a​ ​Land​ ​Use Classification​ ​Map​ ​and​ ​asked​ ​for​ ​our​ ​input​ ​on​ ​how​ ​the​ ​areas​ ​were​ ​classified.​ ​Comments​ ​can​ ​be sent​ ​to​ ​the​ ​planning​ ​department​ ​and​ ​the​ ​document​ ​is​ ​available​ ​online.​ ​They​ ​want​ ​comments from​ ​the​ ​people​ ​who​ ​live​ ​in​ ​the​ ​neighborhood. Chairman​ ​Whitfield​ ​asked​ ​that​ ​if​ ​anybody​ ​would​ ​like​ ​to​ ​be​ ​on​ ​the​ ​Urbandale​ ​Festival​ ​planning​ ​or suggest​ ​other​ ​ideas,​ ​talk​ ​to​ ​him. Renewal​ ​of​ ​new​ ​members:​ ​David​ ​Moore,​ ​Deborah​ ​Owens,​ ​Robert​ ​Whitfield,​ ​Kathy​ ​Antaya, Patricia​ ​Graw,​ ​Curtis​ ​Roberts,​ ​Paul​ ​Satjar 11.​ ​Nominating​ ​Committee​:​ ​Nominating​ ​Chair​ ​Fred​ ​Bachman​ ​explained​ ​that​ ​we​ ​will​ ​vote​ ​for NPC​ ​officers​ ​next​ ​month. Kristin​ ​Blood​ ​was​ ​nominated​ ​for​ ​membership. 12.​ ​Public​ ​Service​ ​Comments​ ​from​ ​Commissioner:​ ​No​ ​commissioners​ ​were​ ​present. 13.​ ​Comments​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Good​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Order: Public​ ​Comments:​ ​Kristin​ ​Blood​ ​let​ ​everyone​ ​know​ ​they​ ​are​ ​swearing​ ​in​ ​the​ ​newly​ ​elected commissioners​ ​tomorrow​ ​evening​ ​and​ ​those​ ​commissioners​ ​will​ ​be​ ​electing​ ​the​ ​new​ ​mayor. Member​ ​Comments:​ ​Kathy​ ​Antaya​ ​gave​ ​updates​ ​on​ ​the​ ​Leila​ ​Arboretum​ ​Farm​ ​Stand 14.​ ​Next​ ​Meeting​:​ ​December​ ​11th,​ ​7:00​ ​p.m. 15.​ ​Adjournment:​ ​8:28​ ​pm.