SouthWest Common Council Minutes 3/15/18

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1 The SWCC represents neighborhood leaders, community residents and stakeholders who meet to contribute to the vision and planning for the SouthWest Quadrant. SW Common Council - the place to come for grassroots community input THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN! NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, Date, 6 P.M. - ANNUAL MEETING!!! In Attendance: Jen Beideman (Common Ground/Healthi Kids), John Boutet (LocationSW & SW Education), Eleanor Coleman (ProsperRochester/OACES), John Curran (Rapids Cemetery), Mary D Allessandro (So. Plymouth Business Assn/OACES), Elizabeth Doucette (Cottage Street Block Club), Don Hanks (Kiwanis, Street Liaison), Jennifer Lenio (SouthWest Libraries), John Lightfoot (COTS), Colleen McCarthy (UR), Lynnette Robinson (COTS, SWCC Co-Chair), Donna Sarnacki (19th Ward Community Assn) ANNOUNCEMENTS: Colleen is getting married in September! John Lightfoot graduates in the Spring! Yay, he can come back to us! SouthWest Walking Library is a national example now featured in Kaboom! Legacy Park Station has a website: legacyparkstation.org Only 300 bricks can be purchased so get your order in. Checks can be made payable to ProsperRochester, Inc. Put LPS/Brick in the Memo line. SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Building Blocks by Gary Kirkmire, Director of Buildings & Zoning, City of Rochester Go to City of Rochester s main page. Look for BuildingBlocks Data Chart which provides: category, data, source, and additional information. Presentation has been video-recorded by John Boutet and can be accessed at Includes information on: Real Estate Sales, Occupancy Rates, Vacancies, Permits, Property Transfer, Foreclosure, Demographics, Utilities, Police & Fire, etc. Filters break the information down further. This resource can be used by the common person as opposed to technically computer-trained programmers. City of Rochester Database: PROJECTS - Includes all of the plans that have been submitted, past or present, for all neighborhoods. Excellent resource for grant writing and neighborhood planning.

2 19th Ward Community Assn Donna Sarnacki (585) Aenon Missionary Baptist Church Pam Bollar 175 Geneee Street Changing of the Scenes Community Assn Lynnette Robinson (585) Cottage St Block Club Elizabeth Doucette (585) Palm Sunday breakfast at Roch Presbytreian Home at 8 a.m.; all food made and donatd by the Home. Money is donated to R-Community Bikes. Excused First meeting of the season will be next Tuesday. Agenda items includes Reynolds between Adams & W. Main (looking for LED lights as they have near School #2). Encouraging use of phone tree Pursuing grants to buld kiosk at Memorial Hamm Site and for a Job Fair in Troup St. Park Cottage Street Block Club working toward Legacy Park Station (LPS) goals. City of Rochester Linda Hedden (585) linda.hedden@cityofrochester.gov Common Ground - Healthi Kids Jenn Beideman (585) jenn.bedeman@flhsa.org Still working on getting speed limit reduced to 25 MPH for residential streets. City Council not fully behind yet: police over-taxed, will it be perceived as cash-grabbing by City, etc. Walking & biking accidents are the issue. Contact Jen if you d like to speak to City Council. 3 rd Annual PLAYROCS Day. Funding, marketing, and technical assistance provided. Opportunity to host a play-day in your neighborhood. SIGN UP FOR PLAYROCS ON 7/21

3 ProsperRochester, Inc. & OACES Eleanor Coleman (585) ProsperRochester, Inc. (Facebook) Rapids Cemetery John Curran PR Next RocSOUP is 4/14, the 1872 Café; applications due 3/28 and can be obtained from the website. OACES Starting a YouthBuild program for year old at-risk youth to learn construction skills and earn high school equivalency Open House 5/8; bring employers and employees together. RIT in final phase of self-directed tours. Westside Farmers Market will be starting to meet soon. SWAN/MNC Jamone Alexander (585) jalexander@swanonline.org Marvin Hymes mhymes@swanonline.org S. Plymouth Bus Assn Mary D Allessandro (585) mhd7444@hotmail.com Brooks have all but one date filled with musicians. One of the Brooks goals is to unify the community. Invite Shawn Dunwoody to talk to us about Roc the Riverway. Large initiative to exploring ways and developing a plan for development of the riverway in regards to activities, art, music, etc. Two Informational Meetings will be held in April; Jen has recommended SWCC as one of the meetings. John Boutet posed a thought brought up at the Education Committee meeting to offer low-rent buildings to encourage teachers to live in the City. Neighborhoods are often perceived as dangerous with no personal experience. John Lightfoot noted that there are many teachers in the District that live in the City and do right by the students and we shouldn t cater to teachers who don t see the value in living in the City.

4 SWCC Education & Location SW John Boutet SW Education Forum SW Libraries Jennifer Lenio (585) Mike Schmidt (building renovation updates) and Beatriz Lebron (School Board) attended. See Education Committee minutes on Still working to keep School #44 open. Three new School Board members seem very competent and in the same frame of mind as Mary Adams (Melanie Funchess, Natalie Shephard, and Beatriz Lebron). Wheatley 3/24, Black Women s Book Fair, 10:30-1:30; authors, poets, discussing and selling; special authors for children 3/21 4:30-6:30, Let Make Art Day for 6X6 art show; supplies will be provided New Adult Librarian - Alexis Wed &Thurs Tech Help; hours vary TASC tutoring, Thurs, 4-6pm Arnett Thursdays in March, 3:15-4 Yoga classes for teens Ar-Knit & Crochet Club, 3/22, 5-6:45 learn needle crafts Family Talk Workshop, 3/29, 5:30-6:30 how to talk with kids about healthy relationships, sex, sexuality, substance abuse, etc. For parents & grandparents. noon Princess Cupcake Jones, kids under 12 Free TASC every mon, 12:30-2:30 LIBRARIES BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT $300,000+ BY CITY. Jen offered to speak on behalf of the SWCC advocating for stopping the cuts. Taproot Collective Lauren Caruso lmcaruso@gmail.com Rawson Duckett rd585enterprises@yahoo.com Clean Sweep will be 5/5 contact NSC

5 Celebrate City Living Expo 3/28, 260 E. Main, Free Homeownership Focus (banks, etc.) NeighborWorks Celebrating Neighbors coming in June Contact Information Co-Chairs: Lynnette Robinson, (585) John Boutet, (585) Scribe Services: ProsperRochester, Inc. - Eleanor Coleman, eleanor.coleman@gmail.com, (585) Respectfully Submitted, Eleanor Eleanor Coleman

SouthWest Common Council Minutes 11/15/18

SouthWest Common Council Minutes 11/15/18 The SWCC represents neighborhood leaders, community residents and stakeholders who meet to contribute to the vision and planning for the SouthWest Quadrant. SW Common Council - the place to come for grassroots