Approval of January Minutes Land Banking, Imani Yasin, Campaign for Community Control (7:10-7:35 PM) 10-min presentation 15-min Q&A What is the timeline Awaiting a hearing for the bill, introduced last March Drafted bill for In Rem 2.0 Housing Action Plan (7:35-8:10 PM) March event Committee Recommendations Progress/Community Updates (8:10-8:30 PM) DPA Program Welcome bag Advocacy …
Approval of November Minutes Preventing Displacement: John Kern, SOS Fund (7:10-7:35 PM) 10-min presentation Issue: parents pass away and their heirs are not on the deed Family continuity planning Estate planning Estate administration – have to open up the estate after the person passes away and detangle it Very difficult Very long process Lawyers will …
Introductions: name, affiliation What is a housing priority that you would like to, personally, work towards in 2024? Homeownership Housing Plan Approval of October Minutes Approved 2024 Goals (7:15-7:45 PM, ~30 min) What should be our primary goal(s)? Housing Action Plan – CB Increasing homeownership in Hollins Market – LD More neighborhoods involved in the …
Intro (7:00-7:10 PM, 10 min) Introductions: name, affiliation Approval of September Minutes Announcement: November elections Anyone can nominate or put themselves forward to be committee chairs. To be an eligible voter you have to have attended at least 3 meetings. SWP Housing Action Plan Update (7:10-7:40 PM, 30 min) Patrick Jordan, Heron Consulting (15 min) …
Approval of July Minutes Guest Presenters (7:10-7:50 PM, ~40 min) Land Banking Initiatives (20 min) Sharing by Councilwoman Odette Ramos In Rem = liens greater than value Proposing additional tool – land bank Quasi governmental entity – solely focused on acquiring properties, disposing of them quickly in a manner that allows community input Independent board …
Program Updates Crossing Guard hiring–event had to be canceled. One possibility could be doing volunteer corner monitoring. Patrice will look into a AAA program. One option might be Poppleton Back to School Event for a hiring event. Committee discussed the crossing of Amity St over W Baltimore St to James McHenry. Committee discussed inequities in …
Neighborhood Association Priorities Neighborhood Association Presidents met to share needs in neighborhoods–maintenance is a major challenge across all the neighborhoods. Committee discussed strategies for ensuring that there is maintenance funding. Options are community reserve fund, fundraising, income. Project Updates –Community Health and Safety Grants Submitted –Model Park Baseball Field Completed –Rec Center roof and …
Public Safety Updates Southern and Southwestern Districts will be adding four officer bike units for Washington Blvd and W Baltimore St and the bridge area. There hasn’t been any major upticks in any of the major crime categories for either districts. There have been an increase in calls related to the dirt bikes and people …
Future Agenda Topics Transportation–how do we help people get to jobs–collective brainpower to start talking about approaches to transportation that will involve employers and forming a broader policy conversation. JOTF has worked to move policies related to driver’s licenses suspensions (restricting this as a tool) forward, but have had challenges seeing the legislation passed–need to …
Program Updates Crossing Guard Hiring Event–April 17th, 10am-12pm, VIntage Gardens Community Center UMB Community Engagement Center Survey–the link is in the agenda, will be sent out with a graphic tomorrow. Survey is currently available online, are training students to do door knocking to canvas with the survey. Encourage community members to share the survey. …
