Neighborhood Commission Agendas & Minutes

HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION Neighborhood Commission Monday, June 8, 2015— 5:00-6:30PM Community Development Conference Room BE A GREAT NEIGHBOR - ENGAGE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS - ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE GREAT PLACES - BE A CONDUIT BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR CITY - KEEP NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS INFORMED - HELP GUIDE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN REACHING THEIR GOALS - ENCOURAGE NEIGHBOR ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITY District Representatives: ——————————————————————————————————————————- District Representatives: District One District One David Duxbury Karen Duncan District Two I. Opening District Two Pam Croom Pam Croom District Three A. Roll Call and Verification of Quorum District Three Chris Henderson B. Pledge of Allegiance Chris Henderson District Four C. Review and Approve minutes of the April 13, 2015 Meeting District Sandra Four Medina King-Medina D. Chair Announcements SandraFive District King-Medina District PatriciaFive Parker II. Director’s Report PatriciaSix District Parker District Six Alice Callahan III. Items to be Presented by Public DistrictCallahan Alice Seven IV. Briefings District Seven Sally Lazorchak A. Listening Tour Update John Lowe District Eight District BrandyEight Marteney V Action Items (Voting items) Jason Samuels District Nine A. Wesley United Methodist Church NIF Grant District Rhonda Nine Woods ThomasTen District Southall District Vacant Ten VI. Dialogue (Ongoing/Old Business) Judy Hart A. Strategic Issues Update 1. Hampton Neighborhood College School Representative: a. Hampton 201 (June/July) School Representative: Ann Bane 2. Meet & Greets Debrief Ann Bane 3. Home Repair Blitz Debrief (May City Representatives: City Representatives: B. Committee Status Reports on Work Plan Progress Anthony Reyes Anthony Reyes 1. Nominating Committee Maj. Ronald Davis Major Bond Steve Ronald Davis 2. Community Appearance, Pride & Image Committee James Gray 3. Youth Committee 4. Civic Communications Committee Institutional Representatives: Institutional Representatives: 5. Neighborhood-School Partnerships Committee Henry Mills Henry Mills Kathy Johnson VII. Items by Commissioners Kathy Johnson, Chair Steven Edwards, Chair Steven Edwards, Chair-Elect At-Large Representatives: At-Large Representatives: Peggy Todd, Chair-Elect Barbara Franklin The next Hampton Neighborhood Commission meeting will be held on July 13, 2015, at 5 Youth Representatives: pm in the Community Development Conference Room, 5th Floor - 22 Lincoln Street Grace VacantKelly Sonya Medina Nehemiah Lipford Vacant Executive Director: Executive Director: Jonathan E. McBride Executive Director: Jonathan E. —————————————- McBride Terry O’Neill c/o Housing & Neighborhood —————————————- Services Division c/o Housing 22 Lincoln & Neighborhood Street Protocol for Public Input at Neighborhood Commission Meetings: Hampton, Services VADivision 23669-3591 Hampton Neighborhood Commission meetings are open to the public. The public is invited to attend meetings 22 Lincoln Street and to observe the work and deliberations of the Neighborhood Commission. The public may also address the Hampton,(757) Phone VA 727-6140 23669-3591 Neighborhood Commission during the agenda item “Items to be Presented by the Public” by signing up to speak. Fax (757) 728-2449 The sign-up sheet will be available to the public until the agenda item “Items to be Presented by the Public” is Phone (757) 727-6140 www.hampton.gov/ Fax (757) 728-2449 reached in the course of the meeting. Speakers will be recognized in the order in which they sign up and are neighborhoods asked to limit their comments to 5 minutes. www.hampton.gov/ neighborhoods  MINUTES Hampton Neighborhood Commission Meeting Community Development Department April 13, 2015 Time 5:00 – 6:27PM Present Ann Bane, School Rep. Steve Bond, City Rep. Alice Callahan, District 6 Pamela Croom, District 2 Ron Davis, City Rep. David Duxbury, District 1 Barbara Franklin, Public Relations Rep. Kathy Johnson, Chair Sally Lazorchak, District 7 Sandra Medina, District 4 Sonya Medina, Youth Rep Henry Mills, Institutional Rep. Patricia Parker, District 5 Anthony Reyes, City Rep. Peggy Todd, Chair-Elect, At-Large Rep. Rhonda Woods, District 9 Jonathan McBride, Executive Director Jasmine Bryson, Coordinator/Recording Secretary Dorinda Weeks, Recording Secretary Absent Steven Edwards, Chair Chris Henderson, District 3 Brandy Marteney, District 8 Guest I. Opening Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. A. Roll Call and Verification of Quorum Quorum verified.  B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Review and Approve minutes of the February 9, 2015 Meeting The Chair-Elect asked for consideration of the minutes for the March 9, 2015 Neighborhood Commission meeting. Peggy Todd made a motion to approve the minutes. Alice Callahan seconded the motion. The Chair-Elect called for a vote. Chair-Elect voiced, “All in favor please say aye.” Response, “aye.” Chair-Elect voiced, “Opposed?” Response – none. Minutes approved. D. Chair Announcements None II. Director’s Report The Director reported:  Capital Budget - Steve, Jonathan and Peggy will be meeting with the City Manager this week to discuss Neighborhood Commission funding availability and other options for funding next year. The account had $430,000 with all spoken for except $50,000. The grants that are currently in the queue have been approved. Question: Sally questioned if the goal is to spend the entire budget with no carry over or to have carry over? Answer: Jonathan mentioned there are two types of budgets: General budget is operating of the office and can not carry over and Capital Improvement budget should be spent during the year that it was designated, however it can carry over and can be reappropriated by City Council.  On April 15, 2015 the full operating budget will be available for online re- view and the next public hearing will be April 22 and 29 at 6:30pm at City Council.   Housing Specialist position will be filled by Dan McCormick starting on Monday, April 20, 2015. III. Items to be Presented by Public – None IV. Briefings A. 5 Year Consolidated Plan Briefing – Jonathan presented in place of Daniel Best who is the Neighborhood Grant Administrator. Both Daniels will be working on housing regarding the city’s policy, finding strategies, implementing policy, and finding resources to help make strategies happen in the housing area. HUD has designated Hampton as an entitlement community and that would give us access to specific funds every year and we are required to do a 5 year consoli- dated housing plan and an annual action plan to say what we plan on spend- ing the funds on. The program is focus on housing and neighborhood communi- ty development needs. HUD has given us topic areas such as:  Housing & Neighborhood  Rehabilitation  Homeownership  Neighborhood & Housing Revitalization  Rental Housing Question: How is the rental inspection district expansion progress going? Answer: Two request for expansion is in the works, one being Phoebus and is go- ing well, 2nd inspection has had tenant challenges. Question: What is the status on the Dollar-a-lot Program as far as how many contractors and builders has taken advantage of it? Answer: Good participation and 13 applications have gone out and the pro- gram has created good momentum in that neighborhood. Question: Are you working with the Community Service Board for the groups that need help? Answer: Daniel has done a survey on several service providers throughout the region and exhausted the list and Community Service Board is one of them. 2016 Annual Action Plan – These two resources are from HUD:  Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Anticipated 2016FY lo- cal allocation is 1.2 million from HUD for development of viable urban communities.   Home Investment Partnership Program - Anticipated 2016FY local alloca- tion is $380,000 to expand the supply of decent, safe and affordable housing. Please see the presentation for more details. B. Economic Development Briefing – Leonard Sledge, Director of Economic De- velopment Department.  It is Important to get the message out to the neighborhoods and citizens of the true picture of what is going on in Hampton. Several years ago City Council put in place revenue enhancement strategies to help re- lieve the tax burden to our citizen to include tourism, retail, housing jobs, and currently with a focus on redevelopment in the past few years.  2014 Process Report – Hampton is moving forward from an Economic De- velopment stand point. Over $100 million in re-investment and over 2,000 jobs created in Hampton. New businesses that came to the area are Co- sentino, FEDEX, Faneuil and Liberty Source (Digital Data Divide).  Economic Development is working on updating strategic plan for Hamp- ton. Question: Rhonda questioned what is going on with the different retail changes with existing stores whether they are consolidating or cutting back on the number of stores? Answer: Online purchasing is part of the challenge and property owners are looking for an opportunity to attract new retailers. Question: David asked if there is an Economic Development brochure? Answer: New marketing brochure is currently being developed.  The Gateway building on Enterprise Parkway is partially leased, West Park on Big Bethel is now being leased and Riverdale is privately owned. V. Action Items (Voting Items) No action taken. VI. Items by Commissioners  David Duxbury noted how crime has increased in the neighborhood and what can the Neighborhood Commissioners do? Answer: Contact the Neighborhood Watch Leader, get the neighbors involved and use the App Next Door.  David Duxbury proposed adding fence repair of house located behind O’Jays to the Home Repair Blitz. Jonathan noted it can be looked at as a volunteer project instead of part of the Home Repair Blitz.   David Duxbury suggested extending Neighborhood Commission meeting time to two hours. Peggy and Jonathan mentioned this suggestion will be taken to the Executive Committee. Kathy Johnson commented about organizing time better instead of extending the time. Please email Peggy and Steve your opinion on extending the meeting timeframe to 2 hours or the 1 ½ hour timeframe and adding time as needed of 5, 10 minutes.  David questioned if there is any money left in the Pool Grant? Jonathan reported grants have not been approved yet and the CAPI Committee will be reviewing those this month. A. Strategic Issues Update 1. Hampton Neighborhood College a. Hampton 201 o Darren – updates coming soon. 2. Neighborhood Commission Meet & Greets a. Barbara reported the date is May 11th, 5:00 pm at Lindsay Middle School. Currently there are 17 RNO’s. 3. You Make a Difference Event (HNI 20th year Anniversary) a. Barbara reported the event had good attendance and great feedback. Darren suggested for the next You Make a Differ- ence Event to make sure the associations are aware that the Commissioners do not nominate people. 4. Home Repair Blitz a. Jonathan reported there are 16 homes and the event is on May 2, 2015. Shanel will be sending out a roles list for the day. Please let her know your availability. Still looking for good sponsor- ships and the form is located on the website: www.hampton.gov/ repairblitz or contact Jasmine. B. Committee Status Reports on Work Plan Progress 1. Nominating Community – No report 2. Community Appearance, Pride & Image Committee – No report 3. Youth Committee – No report 4. Civic Communications – No report 5. Neighborhood-School Partnerships Committee- No report. C. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 6:27pm. Next Meeting Date: May 11, 2015.  MINUTES Hampton Neighborhood Commission Meeting Community Development Conference Room Executive Committee April 27, 2015 Time 5:00-6:00pm Present Alice Callahan - Chair, Nominating Committee Steven Edwards – Chair Barbara Franklin – Chair, Civic Communications Committee Sandra Medina – District 4 Sonya Medina – Youth Rep. Henry L. Mills, Institutional Rep. Absent Ann Bane - Chair, Neighborhood - School Partnership Committee Peggy Todd – Chair-Elect Staff Jonathan McBride - Executive Director Dorinda Weeks - Recording Secretary Jasmine Bryson - Coordinator Shellae Blackwell, Safe and Clean Initiative Rep. Guests None Item #1 Resource Update The Capital Improvement Plan Fund for the Neighborhood Commission originally had no new funds appropriated for the New Year. The CIP Committee was not aware the $400,000 that was showing up in the joint account had been expended, so they did not allocate any new funds for FY16. Jonathan, Steve and Peggy met with Mayor and City Manager and they are looking to put $100,000 back into the housing or neighborhoods. Item #2 Discussion on Meeting Format Items by Commissioners will be moved at the bottom of the agenda. After discussion of if the Neighborhood Commission Meeting timeframe should be extended to 2 hours, it was decided to continue with the current timeframe of 1 ½ hours. Item #3 Strategic Project Updates: A. Hampton Neighborhood College  Hampton 201- Shellae reported the dates will be Thursday, May 28, June 4 & 11, 6:30pm-8:30pm and Saturday, May 30, June 6th, 13th, 9am-11pm. Class sessions, course descriptions and potential presenters has been completed. Course overview: o Hampton City Government o Partnership for Neighborhood Success o Discovering Tools and Resources o Outreaching Engagement-Building a Winning Team o Youth as Resources o Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Walkability Tour in the Phoe- bus neighborhood B. Neighborhood Commission Meet & Greets  Barbara reported 14 RNO’s will be recognized and 2 proclamations Ab- erdeen Gardens and Alcoa Howmet.  Barbara attended the Safety Meeting and members of the community had expressed interest in participating in the website to be able to com- municate and share ideas. C. Home Repair Blitz Update  Jonathan reported there are 16 homes as well as the Boys and Girls Club participating in the Blitz with approx. 250 volunteers on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Item #4 Committee Status Reports: A. Civic Communications Committee – Barbara reported the Safety Meeting would like to have a Safety Fair and the proposed event is August 1, 2015 held by Pasture Point. Further updates to come and how the Neighborhood Com- mission can help support this event. B. Community Appearance, Pride and Image Committee  o Jonathan reported the Pool Grants, Wesleyan United Methodist Park Playground Grant, and the SEEDS Cap Grant has been approved. o Jasmine reported Tucker Capps Elementary PTA wants to do an end of the year carnival and is inviting the community to get involved. More up- dates to come on this event. Kecoughtan is interested in doing an event as well. C. Neighborhood School Partnership o Today Jonathan will be attending a 101 preview session for Key Commu- nicators Group, includes PTA and a parent from each school. o Looking to put Hampton 101 in video format to be able to share. D. Nominating Committee – In need of Commissioners for District 2, 3, 8 and 10. E. Youth Committee – Meets next Monday. The bus tour was a success and geared toward how to draw teens to start utilizing the bus. Item #5 Review and approve draft agenda for May 11th Neighborhood Commission Meeting Item #6 Other Business None Item #7 Solicit Remarks for Chair Announcements None Next Meeting Date: May 25, 2015. Location TBD.  MEETING DATE: March 9, 2015 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION AGENDA REVIEW Preparer: J.Bryson Reviewer: J. McBride Presenter: Shellae Blackwell SUBJECT: Citizens Unity Commission’s Listening Tour Briefing AGENDA ITEM: IV. A ACTION REQUESTED: None BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Shellae Blackwell, Safe & Clean Initiative Consultant, will give an update on the Citizens Unity Commission’s Listening Tours and the progression of the program. The Citizens Unity Commission created the Listening Tour Program after working with the Violence Prevention Coalition to establish a program to gather information from the citizens on various violence prevention issues that are occurring in the different districts. They crafted a three phase platform; the first two stages involved going door- to-door and setting up meetings to brief the communities on the program. The tours themselves are the third phase which involves the outreach on the neighborhood level along with Commissioners’ in assisting in the outreach for the session and attending upcoming meetings as a representative. NEXT STEPS: NA ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS ENCLOSED: COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: NA  MEETING DATE: June 08, 2015 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION AGENDA REVIEW Preparer: J.McBride Reviewer: N/A Presenter: P. Todd/J McBride_ SUBJECT: Consideration of the Wesley United Methodist Church Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application AGENDA ITEM: V - A ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of the Wesley United Methodist Church Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. (Vote) Suggested Motion: “I second the motion for approval of the Wesley United Methodist Church Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application” BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Wesley United Methodist Church is requesting $72,000 in Neighborhood Development Funds to install a community playground in partnership with the Riverdale Regional Civic Association near the intersection of Tide Mill Lane and Armistead Ave. The organization plans to rely on volunteer labor, planning efforts, and community donations to fulfill their match requirement. NEXT STEPS (If Applicable): Prepare grant agreements and implement project ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS ENCLOSED: Wesley United Methodist Church Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: The CAPI/Grant Review Committee recommends approval of the application Civic Communications Committee Meeting Results April 8, 2015- Michael Canty Conference Room- 5:00 PM Present: Barbara Franklin Chair - At-Large Commissioner Alice Callahan - District 6 Neighborhood Commissioner Sandra Medina - District 4 Neighborhood Commissioner Shanel Lewis - Neighborhood Development Associate Absent: Pam Croom – District 2 Neighborhood Commissioner Major Ron Davis – Hampton Police Department Brandy Marteney - District 8 Neighborhood Commissioner Brianna Venner - Marketing Inc. I. Old Business “You Make a Difference” Debrief – - Over 100 attended - Air and Space Center location and the event went smoothly - Shirley’s Kitchen Catering-customer service could have been improved/will try another vendor next time II. Meet and Greet - May 11th, 2015 - Sandra Medina will do the Facility Rental Agreement for Lindsey Middle School, - 150 max Identify and contact District 10 local leaders - Invite Youth Commission and send invites/acknowledge - New Registered Neighborhood-Serving Organizations - Award Aberdeen and Powhatan Parkway - Barbara Franklin will contact Alcoa Howmet for local recognition Agenda Opening 5:00 – 5:20pm A. Sign-In B. Welcome Recognition of Outgoing Neighborhood Commissioners/Introduction of new nominees for Neighbor- hood Commissioners D. Recognizing Community Partnerships E. RNSO Recognitions Meet and Mingle 5:20-7:00pm III. Registered Neighborhood-Serving Organizations Facebook Group - Civic Communication Committee will review all information provided and browse through Fa- cebook to put together a more detailed vision of the page. - Key points – another resource to build partnerships, collaboration, facilitator and administrator Sandra Medina. - Civic Communications Committee unanimously agreed to take full responsibility of social me- dia created and will be a role/responsibility of future committee members. IV. RNSO’s for Review The Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Garden, Inc. - Approved Sussex at Hampton Neighborhood Association, Beauty for Ashes- Pending Shanel Lewis will contact Round Robin - Steve Edwards The next meeting will be held at 5:00 PM on May 13, 2015 at: Canty Conference Room 22 Lincoln St. Hampton, Virginia 23669 The meeting was adjourned at 6:03PM by Barbara Franklin. Civic Communications Committee Meeting Results May 13, 2015- Michael Canty Conference Room- 5:00 PM Present: Barbara Franklin Chair - At-Large Commissioner Alice Callahan - District 6 Neighborhood Commissioner Sandra Medina - District 4 Neighborhood Commissioner Major Ron Davis – Hampton Police Department Brandy Marteney - District 8 Neighborhood Commissioner Brianna Venner - Marketing Inc. Shanel Lewis - Neighborhood Development Associate Absent: Pam Croom – District 2 Neighborhood Commissioner I. Old Business Meet and Greet Debrief – - 43 in attendance - Air conditioner was not on - Next Meet and Greet will be at a Community Center II. New Business Safety Fair- Presentation by Anthony Moser- Pasture Point Neighborhood Association President - Being held on August 1, 2015 - Mill Point Park - Officer Wilson – partnering with Neighborhood Watches and other Public Relation Departments. - Safe and Clean – partnering with crime prevention - Nonprofits – Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, youth groups - Interactive booths to educate - Seeks Civic Communication Committee to assist with promoting and spreading the word. - 3rd Safety Fair meeting being held May 14, 2015 at 5:30pm, 3rd Floor City Hall - Brianna Venner suggested buttons, color codes, or shapes to encourage neighbors interact Registered Neighborhood-Serving Organizations Facebook Group/ Website - Civic Communication Committee will continue to look into ways to connect neighborhoods using social media - Civic Communications will provide updates to the website and work on getting the web page to be more neighborhood friendly RNSO’s for Review -Do Gooders RNO –approved -Pretty Girlz Inc. - Approved -Beta Chapter of Iota- Approved -Beauty for Ashes- Pending -Hampton Police Explorers Post- Approved The next meeting will be held at 5:00 PM on June 10, 2015. The meeting was adjourned at 6:15PM by Barbara Franklin. CAPI Committee Meeting Results April 15th, 2015, 5p.m., City Hall Present: Peggy Todd-Chair, David Duxbury, Tony Reyes, Patricia Parker Absent:  Steve Edwards, Henry Mills Staff:  Marcie Spragan I. Old Business a. Update - Home Repair Blitz Update. Sponsorships were discussed. Jasmine will send out list to Commissioners for volunteering positions. 16 homes are to be done.. II. New Business a. Pool Grant Applications. · Elizabeth Lakes, Mallory, Riverdale and Northampton. All ap- proved by committee to receive Grant fund b. Community Project Grant- Tucker Capps. Approved by Committee. c. Neighborhood Improvement Grant- Wesley United Methodist Church Public Playground. Conditional Approval by Committee. Meeting Adjourned: 6p.m. Next Meeting Date: May 20th, 2015