Capitol Hill Community Council
July General Meeting Minutes
Cal Anderson Shelter House, Cal Anderson Park
7-9pm on August 19, 2010
James Keblas, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Film and Music discusses the Mayor’s Nightlife Initiative with the Council. Please give your feedback on the initiative by completing this short survey.
Cathy Hillenbrand (Cap Hill Resident) updates the council on the Transit Oriented Development Champions committee work.
Officer introduction and Welcome
Open Floor
Michael Wells announced Mobile City events, kicks off on Thursday 8/26 at the parking lot of the Bank of America on Broadway.
The Melrose Street festival will be on Sunday September 12th, 2010.
Rhonda Dixon announced that excavation is now 20% complete. There will be another artist call before the end of the year. Rhonda will also be checking on the status of the cross walk by 10th and John. She will also be getting more posters and she hopes the surrounding businesses will put more up to create awareness.
Committee Reports
Community Engagement (George)
George praised Capitol Hill Housing’s, 12th Avenue Initiative’s Street Fair/Food Festival. It was a good crowd and lots of vendors attended. It was very successful and we need more events like this.
Capitol Hill history project will launch next month.
Norma mentioned City Club’s 2010 Community Matter Campaign, Community Dialogues regarding Public Trust.
Open Space (Jen)
The Clenscape grants received three applications. Two of which are playground projects and one is a tree planting project.
There was a public meeting at the par at Federal and Republican. There were about 30 people who attended the meeting to discuss the process and to find out more about getting a grant for the planning process.
Transportation and Land Use (Cathy Hillenbrand)
Champions update by Cathy. Walking with Larry Phillips on Friday 8/27/10.
Cathy also explained what an urban design framework means. It’s putting a working group together to get the specificity of the design, which also includes how to implement it. This is to ensure that project is vetted and thoroughly discussed. This is where we implement and specify the vision, so as to make sure that a really great project is built.
Fundraising (Sean)
Sean is working on getting more information on the Neighborhood Matching Grant and will be meeting with the person about the grant. The topic of next month’s meeting is Neighborhood Matching Grants and Urban Design Framework.
Discussion Topic
Presentation and Discussion on the Mayor’s Nightlife Initiative with: James Keblas (Mayor’s Office of Film and Music) and Ainsley Close (Mayor’s Office)
Suggestions for Next Meeting Agenda
Topics: Neighborhood Matching Grants & Urban Design Framework
Housekeeping items
Cathy and Josephine will be working on effective public outreach.
Vote
June and July minutes were approved.
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