23rd Avenue Corridor Action Team

23^rd Avenue Corridor Action Team
January 13, 2003
Meeting Notes

Attending: Deb Montesinos, Fred, Owusu, Pat C., Jocelyn Combs, Hari, Eric, Don, Elena, Sara McKay, Libby, Wendy, Isabel, David

Announcements

• Unchained Memories screening—February 1, 7 p.m., Calvin Simmons

SDS Team

• Jocelyn—new SDS lead
• Passed out matrix
• Trash cans being installed—nine new ones. ESAA will paint trash cans
• If cans are over-filling, call in 434-5100
• Helpful phone numbers list has all important numbers

Trees

• Cut twenty-five to thirty wells already. Have until mid-February to cut an additional thirty wells. Will plant up to ninety trees
• Will start planting within three weeks. Will finish by mid-March
• All trees will be maintained by property owners
• Can the city supply chicken wire to protect trees from being broken

Street Lights

• Is it possible to put up nice street lights?
• Can Urban Ecology process take up issue of lighting?
• Feedback at workshop is that there’s not enough light on sidewalks and lights are shot out
• Use CEPTED—what are nontraditional ways that city can help

Code Compliance

• Did an exterior assessment
• Looking for mechanism to do internal assessment but need to be invited in
• Trying to use fire marshal inspection power
• We should think about educating people so they will invite fire marshals and inspectors in
• Tenants can call Sentinel Fair Housing, First Stop Oakland; they will be intermediary with landlord
• Cracked sidewalks
• City is not responsible for fixing cracked sidewalks, property owner is
• City trying to identify matching funds to help with sidewalk repairs
• Urban Ecology could connect their plan to link to application to MTC for capital improvements
• Would like one-page fact sheet on SDS, phone numbers

[CAN’T MAKE OUT HEADING; CHECK P. 3 OF MS.]

• Don’t need city’s permission to write landlord about problem property; cc City Council, city attorney
• Libby would like to develop a renewed work plan. Libby wants to update plan based on Urban Ecology process
• Libby wants to remove items: lc-lc [PER P. 3 OF MS.]
• We have responsibility to engage residents around SDS process: let’s open up the discussion, look at the whole SDS 3 area, engage residents and merchants
• Can we be getting data from the city
• Urban Ecology can give feedback from community workshop to inform SDS plan
• If LSA organizes specific buildings, Libby’s office will help
• Immigrants in Garcia and Grant buildings. Makes it hard to organize. In Grant Avenue, two American families start organizing with them
• Urban Ecology should be feeding information to the SDS team so they can update
• Every two months written update of SDS project
• Urban Ecology will identify issues
• Could EBAYC send parents through city’s leadership program ( Citizens Academy ) and Safe & Clean Academy (three-hour training)—one in late March for community potentially
• EBAYC would like to do Safe & Clean City Academy for staff

Redevelopment Areas

• District 2 PAC members got together to talk about outreach in District 2
• How can we influence implementation plan?
• Meeting with Jennie, Isabel, EBALDC, Libby, Chris T., redevelopment staff, Urban Ecology. Could help frame Urban Ecology process. Get clear on implementation plan
• Use next Urban Ecology workshop to discuss issues relevant to redevelopment area

Follow up with Randy