Planning Committee

Hismen Hinnu
Meeting Notes
December 5, 2002

Health Update

Work group gave Fred a proposal to start a health outreach worker campaign

Redevelopment Update

• Want to approve redevelopment plan in January
• Implementation Plan finalized in May
• Problem that people aren’t turning out to community meetings.
• Andy thinks city should put in writing the kind of influence the PAC has on the implementation plan.
• PAC forming a work group on equitable development
• City wants to do a brainstorming session on what the PAC members want to see incorporated into the implementation plan.

Next Steps- Baltimore

• Casey will make pofficial announcement on phase II sites in December
• Fred- Next Steps
  • Prioritize
  • Ratification
  • Strategies
  • Collecting Baseline Data
• Restructuring of work groups
• Still don’t have a decision making process
• How to support more collaborative projects.
• What does it mean to take collaborative ownership
• When & where does the discussion take place?
• Suggestions- Strategy Session on December 12th from 12- 2pm
• Workgroups review and prioritize outcomes.
• Bring Mark Friedman
• NCDI facilitate work groups next steps.
  • David- Get people’s opinions on what priorities should be.
  • Fred- Each work group develops a plan
  • If workgroups drive work it has implications for the Planning Committee—Should be composed of reps from each work group.
  • Also, has implications for resident engagement- each work groups takes responsibility.
  • Workshops by Gus on community organizing strategies or leadership development training. More room for learning and awareness among agencies on how to listen to and involve residents.
  • Poll LSA orgs about interest in leadership development training.
  • Presentation to EBCF refine more and then present. Ask Mike to convene funders group.
  • Jennie and David give overview at Baltimore meeting.
  • David- Need to be more intentional about FES