23rd Avenue Corridor Action Team

23^rd Avenue Corridor Action Team
February 10, 2003
Meeting Notes

Announcements & Quick Business

• February 25—Beat Health Training
• How does Beat Health system work
• How to get information to police about problem properties
• Outgrowth of October 30 action
• February 13—Garfield PAC meeting
• OUSD financial situation
• Meeting new foot patrol officer

Transportation & Land Use Coalition

• Rapid bus system through East Oakland
• Proposal may have implications for 23rd Avenue
• Invite TALC to 23rd Avenue meeting or action

County Orientation

• May be helpful to largest organizations
• Do training around something tangible
• Do it around a priority for the collaborative
• Maybe around health

Clean Cities Academy

• February 20, 9–12 p.m.
• About systems that clean city
• City Hall

Redevelopment Update

• Last PAC meeting
• Move information about the implementation plan
• Implementation plans are pretty vague
• City initiating series of meetings on how redevelopment dollars are spent
• Finalize plan by July
• One outreach meeting in each sub-area
• Elmhurst & Central East Oakland feel strongly that they have community priorities already
• Clear that we have to work sub-area by sub-area
• Try to capture pre-development money
• District 2 sub-area representatives are meeting next week to discuss outreach
• Jennie should attend District 2 meeting
• Redistricting to happen in April—could affect PAC
• Has city said anything yet about their priorities
• Brainstorm a list of projects and bring them to community group for ratification/input
• Should we test idea of an arts and cultural district in 23rd Avenue Corridor
• Implementation plan—says how do you spend money
• Should invite Unity Council to our meetings
• Seems like priorities have already been “tested” because they came out of Urban Ecology process
• Better to present priorities thematically
• Outreach needs to be like a “campaign”
• Needs proposal with vision and group to push it
• Themes are good—but don’t define too narrowly. Make sure it includes jobs and housing
• Announce at PAC meeting that planning process is going on
• Dust off Clinton Park plan

Urban Ecology Planning Process

• If we do it at PAC meeting, can’t disrupt how PAC normally meets. Rethink general assembly. Try to do more in smaller language groups
• Meeting—March 13, Garfield, 5:45–7:45
• Sara reviewed agenda
• Each group put a numerical goal on number of people each group will turn out
• Do outreach through newsletter

Outreach Plan

• EBAYC—parents
• Lao Family—civic participation class; all classes
• SACDC—Headstart parents; merchants; churches
• ESAA—youth programs; artists; parents of students
• EBALDC
• USC does mailing