23rd Avenue Corridor Action Team

23rd Avenue Corridor Action Team Meeting
December 15, 2003

Meeting Notes

In attendance: Randy, Lauren Berkman (EBALDC), Jess Wendover, Don, Eric, Deb, Elena, Isabel, Bill W., Pat C., Diana Williams, Michelle, Ray Colmenar, Ben Bowser, Susanne T., Karen Stevenson

Announcements

• EBALDC opening East Lake office

LISC— Main Street Initiative

• Good model
• Level of effort
• Staffing level
• Help inform our discussion

Work Plan

• Jessica to coordinate with Don
• Randy will work with Don

UE Plan: Goal Analysis

• Cultural center
• Need to coordinate with Real Estate Council
• How to capture redevelopment money
• How to capture PRIs and other resources
• ESAA talking to Northern California Loan Fund

Real Estate Council

• Try to coordinate development in LSA
• Not focused on commercial or mixed-use space
• Trying to divide sites, share information
• Operating entity of the collaborative
• Give Real Estate Council write-up of what we want development-wise in 23rd Avenue Corridor
• (Strengthen)
  • Develop Merchants Association—SACDC, EBALDC, Oakland advisers just got a grant to focus on LSA
• Include urban gardens in public art
• Zoning changes—mostly around East 15 th
  • higher height limit, more density
  • Need leadership around zoning advocacy
  • SACDC/EBALDC
• Cultural constituencies
  • Residents
  • Nonprofits/arts groups
  • Merchants
• Anti-gentrification has to weave through all the work
• Connect with Oak to Ninth group
• Create an “organizing and advocacy” council—similar to Real Estate Council. They would take charge of organizing/advocacy agenda

Safe & Beautiful Streets

• Need to leverage city money
• Department of NCR
• SDS
• Danny Wan’s office
• Get city staff assigned to 23rd Avenue projects

UE Follow-Up

• Event in February—release of plan
• UE would like to work on traffic and transportation elements
• UE role depends on funding
• Technical assistance implementation role

Staffing

• Would like to create new groups for staff person to work with
• Staff person works with committees
  • Real Estate Council
  • Merchants Association
• What ways can people who aren’t part of the process give their input
• We need procedures, decision-making protocol, work plan, role of 23rd Avenue group in making decisions around priorities and directions
• Would like to have conversation about conflicts of interest. What are they?

New Players

• UPA representative
• Results and indicators
• Work plan
• Accountability framework
• Randy, SACDC will develop accountability framework
• E-mail Jess prioritization scale