23rd Avenue Corridor Action Team

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

Attending: Rosa Briceno, Sara, Eric, Pat, Don, Isabel, Jennie, Elena, Susanne, Fred

Planning Workshop

• Facilitation training at EBAYC, 4:30 Tuesday
• Share vision and goals
• How to bring new life to business district
• Groups will view maps
• Can we display map from youth focus group

Redevelopment Update

• PAC Outreach meeting—San Antonio/Fruitvale
• Thirty people
• 23rd Avenue district represented by Elena, Don, Eric, Dee
• Plan will have general statements about needed programs
• Room for more detailed thought on 23rd Avenue
• Equitable development subcommittee—special meeting on March 24 at Patton College at 6:30 p.m.
• Will recommend ongoing role for PAC and funding for community input. Maybe pool of funds for special citizen-initiated projects

Ongoing Role of 23rd Avenue Work Group

• Don’t let 23rd Avenue work group dissolve. May be opportunities to drive redevelopment. Building momentum. Strong argument for having work group to continue
• Think about how to push implementation of plan. May be happens in group, but group composition may change when it comes to implementation. Look at plan, then structure of implementation
• Other issues not being dealt with by Urban Ecology process:
• Housing conditions
• Renters issues
• Finding affordable housing
• Incorporate into bigger cluster issues
• 23rd Avenue is opportunity to put out to the city a focus on this area. Specifically around redevelopment, but if there’s momentum in corridor—could bring more attention to issues

Next meeting April 14