Neighborhood Commission Agendas & Minutes

HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION Neighborhood Commission Monday, January 14, 2019— 5:30-7:00PM 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 - District Representatives: District Representatives: ENCOURAGE NEIGHBOR ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITY District 1 - Northampton Representatives: ——————————————————————————————————————————- District OPEN One District David District One 2 -Duxbury Magruder Area Karen District ChuckDuncan Two McEachin I. Opening District Charles Pam District 3 -Two Croom ‘Chuck’ Mercury McEachin Central Pam Croom District Three A. Roll Call and Verification of Quorum Jon Welters District B. Pledge of Allegiance Chris Vacant District 4 -Three Henderson North King Street Chris Henderson District OPEN Four C. Review and Approve minutes of the November 5, 2018 meeting District Sandra Sandra District 5 Four -Medina, King-Medina Foxhill Chair-Elect D. Chair Announcements Sandra District King-Medina FredFive Everett, Chair District 6 -Five Patricia District Parker Buckroe Patricia District Parker Six II. Director’s Report OPEN District Alice District 7 - Six Callahan Phoebus Alice DistrictCallahan OPEN Seven III. Items to be Presented by Public District Sally District 8 -Seven Lazorchak Downtown John Lowe District KevinEight Steele District Evelyn Brandy District 9 -Eight Stephenson Marteney Greater Wythe IV. Action Items (Voting items) Jason District Samuels DeenaNine Franklin A. Consideration of Grant Application—Aberdeen Gardens District Deena Rhonda District Nine 10 - Franklin Woods Aberdeen B. Consideration of Grant Application—Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association Thomas District OPEN Southall Ten District Vacant Chekesha Ten White V. Briefings & Discussions Judy Hart School Representative: A. Codes Academy School Representative: B. Community Plan Outreach Ann SchoolBaneRepresentative: Ann Bane Ann Bane City Representatives: VI. Dialogue (Ongoing/Old Business) A. Strategic Issues Update City Representatives: Steve Bond City Representatives: 1. Hampton Neighborhood College Capt. Lynn AnthonyJ. Price Reyes- Public Safety Alsbrook 2. Home Repair Blitz OPEN Anthony Steve Maj. - Public Reyes Ronald Bond Works Davis 3. Housing Venture MajorRonald Steve Maj. RonaldDavis Bond Davis 4. Community Plan James GrayRepresentatives: Institutional B. Committee Status Reports Institutional Representatives: Stephanie Afonja 1. Neighborhood Resource Review Institutional Carlyle BlandRepresentatives: 2. Neighborhood Development & Training StevenMills Henry Edwards Henry OPEN Mills - Faith-Based Stephanie Kathy Johnson Afonja 3. Nominating Committee Kathy Johnson, Chair StevenMills Henry Edwards, Chair Steven Edwards, Chair-Elect At-Large Representatives: At-Large Representatives: VII. Items by Commissioners Peggy Todd At-Large Representatives: OPEN Peggy- Todd Marketing , Chair-Elect Barbara Franklin The next Hampton Neighborhood Commission Meeting will be held February 11, 2019, Youth Representatives: at 5:30 pm and a location to be announced. Youth Xavier Representatives: Williams Grace VacantKelly Sonya Medina Executive NehemiahDirector: Vacant Lipford Executive Jonathan E.Director: McBride Executive Director: Jonathan E. McBride Executive Director: Jonathan E. —————————————- McBride Terry O’Neill —————————————- c/o Housing & Neighborhood —————————————- Services Division Protocol for Public Input at Neighborhood Commission Meetings: c/o Housing 22 Lincoln & Neighborhood Street Services Hampton Neighborhood Commission meetings are open to the public. The public is invited to attend meetings Hampton, VADivision 23669-3591 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 Fax (757) 728-2449 speak. The sign-up sheet will be available to the public until the agenda item “Items to be Presented by the Phone (757) 727-6140 Public” is reached in the course of the meeting. Speakers will be recognized in the order in which they sign up www.hampton.gov/ Fax (757) 728-2449 and are asked to limit their comments to 5 minutes. neighborhoods www.hampton.gov/ neighborhoods  MINUTES Hampton Neighborhood Commission Meeting Community Development Conference Room Monday, Nov 5, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Present Fred Everett – Chair-Elect Chekesha White – District 10 Jon Welters – District 3 Ann Bane – School Representative Peggy Todd – At-Large Representative Stephanie Afonja – Institutional Representative Kevin Steel – District 8 Deena Franklin – District 9 Steve Bond – City Representative Capt. Jason Price – Public Safety Xaivier Williams – Youth Representative Absent Chuck McEachin – District 3 Carlyle Bland – Institutional Representative Staff Joseph Andrews Anna Hammond Jonathan McBride – Executive Director Darren Robinson Marcie Spragan Keisha Whitley I. Opening Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:50 p.m. A. Roll Call and Verification of Quorum Quorum verified B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Review and Approve minutes of the Oct 2018 Meetings Minutes approved D. Chair Announcements There will be a holiday social/ retreat on December 10th – 5:30 pm – 8 pm; We will discuss the roles of the commissioners and have inspirational exercises. II. Director’s Report: Johnny Finn, a geographer from CNU, is working on a website project and gallery exhibit (www.livingapartlivingtogether.com featuring stories about places that were meaningful to participants and demonstrate how housing policy creates and sustains segregation. Staff are forming a working group to host some community conversations around this topic. III. Items to be presented by Public None IV. Briefings and Discussions There were briefings and discussions about: 1) Smart Beginnings-- an early childhood development program; 2) Resilient Hampton – a group working to respond to sea level rise; and 3) Volunteer Code Enforcement – a group who will be recruiting volunteers to learn more about code enforcement and work with paid staff to enforce codes in Hampton neighborhoods. (Briefings attached) V. Action Items (Voting Items) Consideration of Chair-Elect appointment: Peggy Todd made motion, Xaiver Williams seconded, motion passed. VI. Dialogue (Ongoing/Old Business) A. Strategic Issues Update 1. Hampton Neighborhood College (Darren) o Hampton 101 will happen on Nov. 17th—sign up, tell a friend. o Hampton Leadership Academy: 18 graduates; working on scheduling future dates 2. Hampton Home Repair Blitz o Rescheduled for May 4, 2019 3. Housing Venture o Curb Appeal project completion deadline is approaching, The Housing Authority is having a retreat this week. 4. Community Plan o 230 people attended the kick-off, there were active people in the room, lots of great information was shared. Road-shows and table talks are available to capture additional input. Groups should visit www.hampton.gov/hampton2040 B. Committee Status Reports on Work Plan Progress 1. Neighborhood Resource Review o Will be trying to meet this week 2. Nominating Committee: o Would like to meet this week – no applicants 3. Neighborhood Development & Training o Needs to have a meeting—have not met VII. Items by Commissioners Anne Bane – Hampton City Schools Priorities Workshop will be held Nov. 29. She would like a Neighborhood Commission presence at the event. Xaiver Williams – Congratulations to Captain Price and Hampton Police Department for receiving the Henk Koning Exemplary Partnership Award recognizing HPD’s partnership with the Academy of Law and Public Safety at Bethel High School. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Next Meeting Date: January 14, 2019 at 5:30 pm, location TBD  MEETING DATE: January 14, 2019 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION’S COMMITTEE MINUTES  MINUTES Hampton Neighborhood Commission Meeting Community Development Conference Room Executive Committee Nov. 26, 2018 Time 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Present Fred Everett - Chair Jon Welters – District 4 Chekesha White – District 10 Steve Bond – City Representative Absent Staff Joe Andrews Anna Hammond Darren Robinson Marcie Spragan Jonathan McBride - Executive Director Discussion Items: Retreat, Holiday Social o There was agreement about making the Holiday Social more of a retreat with some skill development training. The invitation for the event was reviewed and approved Upcoming Orientation o Staff are working to schedule an orientation to welcome and train new commissioners. Grant Update: o Grant awards on hold awaiting funding report. Item #2 Strategic Project Updates: o Hampton Neighborhood College – NSP (Darren) o Hampton 101 was a success. There were several graduates from the Hampton Leadership Academy present. 1  o Community Plan update o We are doing table talks and scheduling roadshows. There was a discussion about ways to market. Item #3 Committee Status Reports A. Neighborhood Resource Review: o Has not met yet; Working on a request for CIP money next year . B. Neighborhood Development and Training: o Chekesha White is stepping down as chair from the committee. C. Nominating Committee (Jasmine) o People are waiting on nominating letters; The Neighborhood Commission will help them get the letters; We have tools in place to find more Neighborhood Commissioners: HLA, people who emerge from Community Planning process. Item #4 Reviewed and approved invitation for Dec 10, 2018 Neighborhood Commission Social and Retreat, Next Meeting Date: Jan 14, 2019 and Location TBD 2 Neighborhood Resource Committee Meeting Results January 7, 2019 – Community Development Conference Room- 6:00 PM Present: Jon Welters – District 3 Neighborhood Commissioner, Chair Kevin Steele – District 8 Neighborhood Commissioner Peggy Todd – At Large, Real Estate Commissioner Xavier Williams – Youth Commissioner Staff Marcie Spragan – Neighborhood Development Associate Keisha Whitley - Chief Neighborhood Specialist Absent: “Chuck” McEachin – District 2 Neighborhood Commissioner Guests: None I. Old Business: Provided an update of previously approved grants. Both the Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association and Aberdeen Historic Foundation grants will be forwarded to the full Commission for final approval. II. New Business: • The committee discussed identifying grant priorities for awarding both physical and social grants for the year. The committee suggested that the awards should be balanced – the physical grants should not expend all funding from the social grants. The committee stressed the need to increase capacity building in the community through grant awards. Also, there should be focus areas such as the Hampton Housing Venture neighborhoods that should receive priority for capacity building activities. • The committee requested that staff present a budget report at the start of each meeting. At this meeting, staff was unsure with the outstanding physical grants and upcoming pool grants that funds were available for social grants at this time. • The committee reviewed a proposed amendment to the NIF grant policy. In some places the policy states that a quorum is five not three. The amendment would change all references to three. o Chair asked for motion. Motion to change all references to a quorum from five to three by Comm. Todd. Second by Comm. Bond. Committee approved the amendment. • The committee reviewed 1 Registered Neighborhood Organization application, Shell Gardens Community Association. o Chair asked for motion. Motion to approve by Comm. Todd. Second by Comm. Steele. Committee approved the application. • The Committee discussed 2 Neighborhood Social Grants for Girls Club and North Hampton Civic League.  Girls Club – Submitted application for a grant to fund a field trip to Washington DC. There was no quorum to review the application at the November meeting. Page 1 of 2  o The Chair communicated that this was not in the scope of the Neighborhood Social grant policy with the applicant. The application was not reviewed.  North Hampton Civic League – Submitted application for a $1,906.97 grant to fund a neighborhood GALA. The application was received on October 25, 2018, the event was held on November 13, 2018. NIF grant policy states that an application should be received at least 60 days before the event. Also, the committee is unsure of the funds available status at this time. o Chair asked for motion. Motion to deny by Comm. Todd. Second by Comm. Williams. Committee denied the application. III. Next Meeting Date: The next meeting date is February 6, 2019 at 5:30p. The meeting was adjourned at 6:36 PM The next meeting: 1st Wed Agenda: TBD Minutes by: Keisha Whitley Page 2 of 2  MEETING DATE: January 14, 2019 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION’S ACTION ITEMS  MEETING DATE: Jan. 14, 2019 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION AGENDA REVIEW Preparer: J.Bryson Reviewer: A. Hammond Presenter: J. Welters/J. McBride_ SUBJECT: Consideration of the Aberdeen Gardens Civic Association/Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Gardens Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application AGENDA ITEM: IV. A. ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of the Aberdeen Gardens Civic Association/Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Gardens Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. (Vote) Suggested Motion: “I second the motion for approval of the Aberdeen Gardens Civic Association/Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Gardens Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application” BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Aberdeen Gardens Civic Association and Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Gardens are requesting $93,270.00 in Neighborhood Development Funds to repair and upgrade the Aberdeen Gardens Historic Museum in partnership with the Hampton Convention & Visitor Bureau and Hampton University. 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: Aberdeen Gardens Civic Association/Historical Foundation of Aberdeen Gardens Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: The Resource Review Committee recommends approval of the application  MEETING DATE: Jan. 14, 2019 HAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION AGENDA REVIEW Preparer: J.Bryson Reviewer: A. Hammond Presenter: J. Welters/J. McBride_ SUBJECT: Consideration of the Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application AGENDA ITEM: IV.B. ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of the Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. (Vote) Suggested Motion: “I second the motion for approval of the Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application” BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association requesting $96,630.91 in Neighborhood Development Funds to build a permanent gazebo in Robinson Park dedicated to honoring the memory, life, and service of Officer Kenneth E Wallace. Officer Wallace was seven year veteran of the Hampton Police Department who was murder in the line of duty. 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: Olde Wythe Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Improvement Fund Application. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: The Resource Review Committee recommends approval of the application