ZOOM MEETING INFO
When: Dec 16, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The Agenda will have something to do with the following subject areas:

• Public Safety Concerns for Melrose during these times

  • Safety for individuals and businesses during these times w/ or without police

  • What do we do when we have issues and police do not respond?

  • Crime Statistics - how can we lower these numbers and how is OPD able to assist?

• Melrose Community-Led Public Safety Coalition and Our 6-Month Agenda

  • Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Melrose Mural Project)

    • let's put a call out for imagery and buildings to paint

  • Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Block Parties)

    • let's put a campaign together to raise money for murals, block parties and voter registration

    • let's plan for July Block Party and create a blueprint for a Melrose Block Party every last Saturday through Dec

  • Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November

    • how many are registered now and what's our Melrose target goal?

    • we need a polling place and need to set one up

    • how to get the ballot into the box and get folks to the polls Tuesday Nov. 3, 2020

• Public Sector Updates

  • Oakland Police Department: Melrose Community Resource Officer: Mark Hohn

  • District 4: Councilmember Sheng Thao

  • District 5: Councilmember Noel Gallo

  • District 6: Councilmember Loren Taylor

  • District 8 or At Large: Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Dec 9, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

We're looking to connect around these themes and actions and will update the detailed agenda closer to or on the day of the meeting.

• Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Mural Projects/Outdoor Spaces)

• Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Raising Funds & Throwing Block Parties to Connect each neighborhood)

• Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November (Vote in Large #s)

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Nov 25, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The Agenda will have something to do with the following subject areas:

• Public Safety Concerns for Melrose during these times

  • Safety for individuals and businesses during these times w/ or without police

  • What do we do when we have issues and police do not respond?

  • Crime Statistics - how can we lower these numbers and how is OPD able to assist?

• Melrose Community-Led Public Safety Coalition and Our 6-Month Agenda

  • Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Melrose Mural Project)

    • let's put a call out for imagery and buildings to paint

  • Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Block Parties)

    • let's put a campaign together to raise money for murals, block parties and voter registration

    • let's plan for July Block Party and create a blueprint for a Melrose Block Party every last Saturday through Dec

  • Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November

    • how many are registered now and what's our Melrose target goal?

    • we need a polling place and need to set one up

    • how to get the ballot into the box and get folks to the polls Tuesday Nov. 3, 2020

• Public Sector Updates

  • Oakland Police Department: Melrose Community Resource Officer: Mark Hohn

  • District 4: Councilmember Sheng Thao

  • District 5: Councilmember Noel Gallo

  • District 6: Councilmember Loren Taylor

  • District 8 or At Large: Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan

Please RSVP and let us know if you intend to join.

ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Nov 10, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

We're looking to connect around these themes and actions and will update the detailed agenda closer to or on the day of the meeting.

• Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Mural Projects/Outdoor Spaces)

• Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Raising Funds & Throwing Block Parties to Connect each neighborhood)

• Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November (Vote in Large #s)

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Agenda for the 10/28 Meeting:

• Addressing Melrose Safety- Rising to this moment

  • OPD is aware of increased gun violence and assigning resources

    • ShotSpotter Data from OPD for 27x

  • Alternatives we need to push on:

    • Department of Violence Prevention (DVP)

    • Identify organizations taking money from the City to decrease gun fire

    • Ceasefire Program

    • Talk to your neighbors / your block!

    • Escalate to our Councilmembers CM Sheng Thao has been engaged)

    • Capital Improvements Proposal for Foothill Blvd

• Public Sector and Oakland Police Department Updates

  • Ongoing updates for 57th and Bancroft 

  • Start Courtland Creek Campaign

    • OPD- CPTED to be scheduled

    • Next step for addressing homeless encampment 

• Election for Vice Chair and Treasurer

  • Andre Isler, interested in running for Vice Chair: “I have decided to assist Mrs. Marissa Bowman in enlightening our community to come together as one to solve our issues within our community.”

  • Evelyn Gibbs, interested in running for Treasurer

• Bring out the Melrose Vote! Local Ballot Review and Q&A if there’s interest

• Local Merchants Association

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Bring out the Melrose vote!

We are in the midst of a historical Presidential election. The Melrose NCPC is here to make sure you have what you need to get your vote in. 

24-Hour Mail in ballot drop boxes in our neighborhood:

• Rainbow Recreational, 5800 International Blvd

• Oakland Public Library, 3301 East 12th Street #271

In person polling places opening beginning Halloween weekend:

• Mills College on Macarthur

• New Beginnings Church on 61st Avenue

• Eastmont Mall, 7200 Bancroft Avenue
  
  In our Monthly Meeting on 10/28, a member of our NCPC Board will review the local ballot to educate members on the research he has done.  

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Zoom Session Information

When: Oct 28, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) 

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Courtland Creek Campaign

During Shelter in Place, our local spaces have become more important than ever. Have you ever wondered why you drive to North Oakland to Alameda to go to a park? Why don’t we have our safe space to recreate? Where are our kids going if not to our local parks? We would like to partner with OPD and the City to take back Cortland Creek, a recreational space that is overrun with homeless encampments and gun violence.

If you are interested in joining the effort to kick start our Courtland Creek Campaign, we want to hear from you on the 28th. If you have other areas of concern in the 27x that need special attention, we want to hear about those too!

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Electing new leadership

We will be voting for the following leadership roles:

Treasurer: Evelyn Gibb

Melrose Merchant Association

Join our Monthly meeting on 10/28 to hear Andre Isler speak to his vision for the Melrose Merchant Association that is forming this year. We welcome our local merchants to the NCPC! 

ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

We're looking to connect around these themes and actions and will update the detailed agenda closer to or on the day of the meeting.

• Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Mural Projects/Outdoor Spaces)

• Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Raising Funds & Throwing Block Parties to Connect each neighborhood)

• Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November (Vote in Large #s)

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Sep 23, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda:

7:00-7:20pm Melrose Announcements

• Introductions around the Zoom & Code of Conduct Review

• Post-election, Stephanie switching from Chair to Steering Committee focused on Data/Tech Public Safety reporting for Melrose will assist new Chair through Dec.

• OPD committed to providing 30-day ShotSpotter data before NCPC meetings, on a monthly basis, to show progress, or lack thereof, in reducing gun violence and increasing safety in Melrose. 45 days of report data between Aug. 7-Sept. 22, 2020 are outstanding and were not made available for our review tonight.

• Importance of representation by community members for each City Council District in Melrose – that’s Districts 4, 5, 6 & the At Large Council Office

7:15-7:40pm Public Sector Announcements

• Oakland Police Department Community Resource Officer: Matt Hohn

• District 4: Sheng Thao updates

• District 5: Noel Gallo updates

• District 6: Loren Taylor updates

• At Large: Rebecca Kaplan updates

7:40-8:10pm Melrose Community Council Elections

• NCPC 27x Chair

  • Marissa Bowman has accepted nomination to run

  • Marissa’s statement about why she wants to be Chair of Melrose NCPC 27x

• NCPC 27x Vice Chair

  • Nominations

• NCPC 27x Treasurer

  • Nominations

• NCPC 27x Secretary

  • Nominations

• NCPC 27x Community Outreach Coordinator

  • Nominations

• NCPC 27x Steering Committee Members

  • Nominations

Additional roles necessary to maintain traction for Melrose with City Councilmembers

• District 4 Councilmember: Sheng Thao

• District 5 Councilmember: Noel Gallo

• District 6 Councilmember: Loren Taylor

• At Large District Councilmember: Rebecca Kaplan

8:10-8:30pm Wrap Up & Note Hand off activities

ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Sep 9, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

We're looking to connect around these themes and actions and will update the detailed agenda closer to or on the day of the meeting.

• Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Mural Projects/Outdoor Spaces)

• Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Raising Funds & Throwing Block Parties to Connect each neighborhood)

• Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November (Vote in Large #s)

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Aug 26, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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AGENDA

7:00-7:15 Hellos, Code of Conduct, and Goals for the Meeting

7:15-7:30 Discuss spike in Melrose violence, shootings, and homicides & how new partnerships between Melrose & OPD may help connect the dots and reduce casualties

• OPD provided us with ShotSpotter data between July 9-Aug 6, 2020 and we plotted 99 gunshots that occurred over 28 days on a Google map for you. Check this out and share ideas on how this might help us collaborate with OPD to reduce gun violence. Stephanie to demo & share links w/ members

7:30-7:45 Special Guest Speaker: Oakland Police Department Interim Chief, Susan Manheimer

• The Chief has asked to join our community meeting order to talk with Melrose members to discuss rising violence in Melrose and our relationship w/ OPD
  

• If you haven't joined a monthly meeting in a while, this is one you don't want to miss!

7:45-8:00 Call for Melrose NCPC 27x Leadership Volunteers & Nominations along with new Steering Committee Members and discuss considerations for these roles

• Chair - 20-40 hrs per month

  • Preston Turner - Nominated/Declined

  • Ray Manion - Nominated/Declined

  • Marissa Bowman - Nominated/waiting for a response

• Vice Chair - 10-30 hrs per month

  • Marissa Bowman - Nominated/waiting for a response

  • Razzu Engen - Nominated/Declined

• Treasurer - 2 hrs per month

  • No nominations or volunteers

• Secretary - 4 hrs per month

  • No nominations or volunteers

• Community Outreach - 10-20 hrs per month

  • Chelsea Charles - waiting to hear back

• Steering Committee Members - 4-8 hrs per month (goal is 8 active contributors)

  • Need volunteers

  • Need nominations

  • Tech & Data - Stephanie Hayden is volunteering to support new leadership

7:50-8:30pm Public Sector Updates & Next Steps they are taking to reduce violence in Melrose

• OPD: Community Resource Officer, Matt Hohn

• District 4: Councilmember Sheng Thao's Staff

• District 5: Councilmember Noel Gallo's Staff

• District 6: Councilmember Loren Taylor's Staff

• District 8 or At Large: Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan's Staff

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Aug 26, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Aug 12, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

We're looking to connect around these themes and actions and will update the detailed agenda closer to or on the day of the meeting.

• Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Mural Projects/Outdoor Spaces)

• Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Raising Funds & Throwing Block Parties to Connect each neighborhood)

• Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November (Vote in Large #s)

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ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Jul 22, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Please attend this very important Melrose Public Safety meeting tonight to discuss the future of the NCPC portion of our group previously known as the Melrose High Hopes Police Beat 27x Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council.

All rolls are open for nomination and elections on Sept. 23, 2020.

New leaders are required for the NCPC 27x to continue as both key leadership roles have been vacated:

• Chair, Stephanie Hayden resigned July 7 but will train new leaders and act as emergency contact for the NCPC during the 60 day period leading up to Sept. 23 elections

• Vice Chair, Braunz Courtney resigned mid-June

• Treasurer, Vacant

• Secretary, Marissa Bowman helping

• Community Outreach, Marissa Bowman

Public Safety & Community Policing are Changing:

As our country, states, counties, and cities reconsider and redefine what community safety means the portion of the Melrose Community focused on Public Safety in collaboration with OPD needs to change and transform to meet new requirements so community members feel safe, neighborhoods are not over-policed, and community-led safety grows in Melrose.

Members are leaning toward a separation of community-based development initiatives grown and delivered via a neighborhood association format and a separate group and set of initiatives and topics constrained to Public Safety and direct relationships with OPD via the NCPC format and direct interaction with city officials.

New Leaders Need to Work with OPD

New NCPC leadership will need to define how the specific relationship Melrose community members want to have with OPD will work and how the new relationship and services will be implemented over time as public safety is re-imagined here in Oakland and nationwide.

Tonight's meeting will be focused on discussing ideas about how folks can work directly with OPD representatives, and the City Administrator's office that own the work of the Neighborhood Services Coordinators, to co-create safety for Melrose residents and business owners.

AGENDA

7:00-7:15 Hellos, Code of Conduct, and Goals for the Meeting

7:15-7:50 Public Safety Discussions for Melrose as Law Enforcement Roles are Redefined

• This is a conversation diretly between OPD & Melrose Members
  

  • What does safety look like for individuals and businesses during these times of transition?

  • What do we want OPD to focus on in Melrose, and what do we want to handle with other services, or within the community members themselves?

  • Can we think of a pilot to try a new approach, potentially utilized the MACRO program, or other services this year?

  • How can community members help define safety relationships and turn that into reality on a day-to-day basis?

7:50-8:00pm Melrose NCPC Role Nominations and Volunteers to take Chair activities

• Chair

• Vice Chair

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• Community Outreach
  

8:00-8:30pm Public Sector Updates & Next Steps Leading to Elections

• OPD will add updates here if they were not already discussed in the agenda

• District 4: Councilmember Sheng Thao

• District 5: Councilmember Noel Gallo

• District 6: Councilmember Loren Taylor

• District 8 or At Large: Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan

From District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor:

“I hope to see you tomorrow via Zoom to discuss the recently approved Mid-Cycle budget and how it will help us deliver on our priorities for District 6!

WHEN: Wednesday, July 8th at 6 pm via Zoom.

WHO: Councilmember Loren Taylor will be joined by:

• Lisa Augustin - Budget Administrator, City of Oakland

• Andrew (Pete) Peterson, Chief Information Officer, City of Oakland

• Carolyn (CJ) Johnson, Executive Director of the Black Cultural Zone

• Justin Lee, Project Coordinator, Oakland Frontline Healers

HOW TO REGISTER: Register in advance via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqce2uqD8vHNwoARCCQdjBDW6FWnmz8JTl

QUESTIONS?: Please use this link to submit questions in advance:

https://my.thoughtexchange.com/916504097 OR Text the 9-digit code 916-504-097 to the phone number 728-55 to get a link to participate in this exchange

READ AHEAD: To read the approved budget, click here...

https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/fiscal-year-2020-2021-mid-cycle-budget-amendment

The town hall will also be live-streamed on CM Taylor's Facebook @Loren Taylor

Please share with your neighbors!

Zoom Meeting Info

When: Jul 7, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Zoom Meeting Info

When: Jun 24, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

The Agenda will have something to do with the following subject areas:

• Public Safety Concerns for Melrose during these times

  • Safety for individuals and businesses during these times w/ or without police

  • What do we do when we have issues and police do not respond?

  • Crime Statistics - how can we lower these numbers and how is OPD able to assist?

• Melrose Community-Led Public Safety Coalition and Our 6-Month Agenda

  • Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Melrose Mural Project)

    • let's put a call out for imagery and buildings to paint

  • Funding Spaces and Having Monthly Get Togethers (Block Parties)

    • let's put a campaign together to raise money for murals, block parties and voter registration

    • let's plan for July Block Party and create a blueprint for a Melrose Block Party every last Saturday through Dec

  • Registering to Vote & Getting to Polls in November

    • how many are registered now and what's our Melrose target goal?

    • we need a polling place and need to set one up

    • how to get the ballot into the box and get folks to the polls Tuesday Nov. 3, 2020

• Public Sector Updates

  • Oakland Police Department: Melrose Community Resource Officer: Mark Hohn

  • District 4: Councilmember Sheng Thao

  • District 5: Councilmember Noel Gallo

  • District 6: Councilmember Loren Taylor

  • District 8 or At Large: Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan

Please RSVP and let us know if you intend to joi

ZOOM MEETING INFO
When: Jun 10, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Lightning Agenda

Facilitators: Melrose Community

Speakers: Marissa Bowman, Melrose Community, Marla Williams, Havenscourt, and Stephanie Hayden, Melrose Community


7:00-7:10 - Hellos,  Meeting Goals, Code of Conduct and Objectives

7:10-7:15 - Hands Up for all Communities on the Call - Who’s With Us?

7:15-7:20 - Summary of May’s 1st Violence Prevention Meeting / Community Comments

7:20-7:50 - Ideas for East Oaklanders Co-Creating Public Safety - 6 Months of Shared Projects

• 10 min - Marissa Bowman, Melrose Community, Secretary & Safe Streets Action Committed Lead

  • Identifying and Beautifying Spaces (Murals)

  • Getting Polling Places & Folks to Vote Nov. 3

• 10 min - Marla Williams, Havenscourt & Arroyo Viejo NCPC 30x Chair

  • Block Cleanups with Multiple Groups 

  • Using Nextdoor to Connect Neighbors and Build Associations

• 10 min - Stephanie Hayden, Melrose Community NCPC 27x Chair

  • Shared Community Monthly Block Parties

  • Setting Up Associations to Raise Your Own Community Funds 

7:50-8:20 - Attendee Feedback Questions

• What do you like, not like, and what would you like to contribute?

• What do you think we should include in our Block Parties? 

• Can we all aim for one really good Block Party per Community on the same day each month?

• What do you think about a shuttle to go between parties and communities to share ideas?

• What do you think about setting up Neighborhood Associations so you can raise your own funds and have more autonomy for what happens on your blocks?

• What do you think will work best to get people registered to vote and get their ballots in the box by November 3, 2020?

8:20-8:30 - Summarize Findings and Determine Next Steps for July

• Melrose is aiming for a July 25 Block Party on Fairfax between Foothill & Bancroft

• Who else wants to aim for a July 25 Block Party?

• Follow up meetings and requests

ZOOM MEETING INFO

When: Jun 9, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Zoom Meeting Info

When: May 27, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda

7:00-7:05 pm Hellos, Security Announcements, and Kick Off meeting

7:05-7:15 pm Debrief from the East Oakland multi-community meeting held w/ Chief Officer of Violence Prevention from Mayor’s Office and 140 + East Oaklanders - next steps

7:15-7:30 pm Member brainstorm ideas about existing priorities and which intersections we should focus on for the next 6 months to reduce number of casualties by December

7:30-7:45 pm Review Melrose Call to Action Letter 3 Campaign Draft c/o Braunz Courtney: “Environmental Safety Hazards in Melrose Intersections”

7:45-8:00 pm Member Brainstorm ideas about events and activities we can host in Melrose to align with Violence Prevention plans for the summer

8:00-8:15 pm Upcoming Election Planning, open roles, Vice Chair stepping down, Marissa Bowman to help w/ Vice Chair role until official elections can be held where she will run for the VC role

8:15-8:30 pm Wrap Up - Next Steps to work on for this month

May 13, 5:30-6:30pm Join Maxwell Park, Melrose, and Millsmont neighbors with the City of Oakland’s Chief Violence Prevention Officer, Guillermo Cespedes, for a multi-neighborhood, virtual, Community Town Hall to help find solutions and stop escalating violence on our blocks.

Purpose of the Meeting: Introduce the new City of Oakland’s Chief Violence Prevention Officer, Guillermo Cespedes, to Maxwell Park, Melrose, and Millsmont community members to create a baseline understanding of what the Violence Prevention Plan is for Oakland, what neighbors can expect to see over the next 30, 60, 90+ days, and how they can become part of the solutions. 

This map represents 4 neighbors lost to violent homicides over the last 6 weeks.

Goals for the Meeting: Determine how to map the Violence Prevention Plan to real, tangible, initiatives co-created with and/or led by Community members in Maxwell Park, Melrose, and Millsmont to reduce and prevent violence from continuing or escalating in the near and far-term. Determine what the feedback loop and reporting will be between Mr. Cespedes and District 6 constituents now and in the future to ensure everyone is aligned with end goals and results come to East Oakland.

Meeting Location requires advanced registration RSVP: 

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• The session will be recorded and made available to registered attendees following the meeting.

Meeting co-facilitated by: 

• Stephanie Hayden, Chair & Marissa Bowman, Vice Chair, Melrose Community Council

• Suzanne Robinson, Community Member, Millsmont Community 

• Jose Dorado, Chair, Maxwell Park Council

Meeting Agenda

5:30-5:40 Kick-Off

• Stephanie, Marissa, Suzanne & Jose will share background for this meeting and brief introductions on their work and perspective on what can create safer communities.

5:40-5:55pm City of Oakland Plans to Prevent Violence in Communities

• Guillermo Cespedes will describe how his experience working in many American and international cities has informed what is becoming Oakland’s Violence Prevention Plan. 

5:55-6:25pm Community Reactions and Input on How Violence Prevention Can Work Here

• 30 minutes of Community Members Questions and Answers for Guillermo.  This will be limited to a 1-minute question and targeted for a 2-minute answer.
  
  
  

6:25-6:30pm Next Steps

• What are specific next steps, measurable activities, and tangible initiatives that can and will take place in our three communities over the next 30, 60, and 90 days to prevent and control escalating violence on our blocks?

Read more about our neighbors who have fallen victim to violent crimes over the last 6 weeks.

1. March 16: Jalain Dickerson (Age 19) 

2. March 31: Anika Crane (Age 32) 

3. April 28: Henry Texada (Age 23) 

4. May 1: Miles Armstead (Age 44) 

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Zoom Meeting Code of Conduct & Issue Resolution

• Our Principles

  • Inclusion

  • Equity

  • Collaboration 

  • Respect

• Zero Tolerance and Immediate Actions Taken

  • Bullying, hate speech, trolling, threats of violence or retaliation, aggression toward speakers or members including swearing and name calling

  • Harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, weight, ethnic group, religious practice, gender, marital status, military status, veteran status, or disability

  • Refusal to comply with Code of Conduct 

• Temporary or Permanent Removal from Zoom Meetings and/or Mailing List Membership

• If you go over your allotted time to speak and do not give the floor to leadership, do not agree with someone’s perspective and argue with them, do not comply with requests to move off topic conversations or arguments out of the member meeting space you will be muted and/or removed.  This can extend to include future events or membership.

7:00PM to 8:30PM

7:00PM Quick around the room introductions, allow folks to join the Zoom (5) 

7:05PM Melrose facing Coronavirus - Resources, Needs, Business Open (15)

7:20PM Know Your Neighbors- Porch Pictures, Share and Swap, any announcements (20)

7:40PM Safe Streets - Updates on progress and call to action; Update from OPD (20)

8:00PM Updates and Q&A with our D4 and D6 Councilmembers, Sheng Thao & Loren Taylor (30)

8:30PM Wrap up + continued discussion for anyone that wants to stay on

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Fellow Oaklanders,

Please join our Zoom video conference Town Hall on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m., where you’ll also hear from our special guest Congresswoman Barbara Lee. We’ll spend the first hour answering your questions on the city’s response and sharing helpful resources, and speak with experts on tenant’s rights and worker’s benefits, and share new grant opportunities for our small business owners. Congresswoman Lee will join us in the second hour to discuss the federal stimulus package and how it can help Oaklanders. To submit your questions now, please click on this link. To video in to Zoom click here. Meeting ID: 413 825 986 Click the following link to watch on Facebook Closed captioning available on YouTube To dial in by phone: (669) 900-6833, 413825986# Additional phone line: (346) 248-7799, 413825986#  To see my frequent video updates, be sure to follow my social channels on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

On Tuesday we announced a new emergency grant program for low-income business owners and entrepreneurs in Oakland. Thanks to the generous donations to our Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund, we are now able to disburse small grants to our small business owners immediately. Our outreach efforts are focusing on entrepreneurs in our immigrant community, people of color, and very low-income business owners who otherwise have a difficult time accessing traditional capital and debt relief. Applications are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Please share with one of your local small business owner!

Yesterday our Alameda County Public Health Officer extended the shelter in place order to May 3 and added more restrictions including the closure of playgrounds and picnic areas, electronics and office supply stores, and shutting down most residential and commercial construction sites. The message clear: We need to stay at home to save lives. Social distancing is the only vaccine we’ve got right now. If we want to slow the spread of this deadly virus, all of us must stay home. Get outside to exercise and run to the grocery store – it’s essential for our mental health as well – but we must then return home immediately. 

Even in these uncertain and stressful times, I continue to see inspirational stories of Oaklanders taking care of each other. Like this one in East Oakland, about my friend Ali Albasiery, owner of Shop Rite, who’s helping out his neighbors. And this one in West Oakland about The Oakland Reach stepping up for families in need.  We’re seeing retired healthcare workers re-join the workforce and sign up through Gov. Newsom’s new California Health Corps. If you are able and want to help Oakland, please sign up to volunteer to assist our seniors and vulnerable populations (click link here). Our Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund is approaching $5 million raised, much of it through generous donations by you via the online portal here. Donations have helped us stand up a testing site for our first responders and frontline workers, which we extended to first responders in our neighboring cities. We’ve tested 250 Oakland fire and police officers and counting so far, ensuring that Oakland takes care of those who take care of us. Let’s continue to do this with our world-famous resilience and grace, Oakland. Sincerely, Mayor Libby Schaaf  Mayor Libby Schaaf | 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612

COVID-19 Update

Oakland,

Please join me on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube for our second online Town Hall this Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. I’ll be joined by Dr. Erica Pan, Interim Health Officer at the Alameda County Public Health Department. Dr. Pan will give an update on the county’s response, the challenges ahead, strategies to stay healthy, and answer your questions about the “do’s and don’ts” of the public health order.

We will also be joined by Alexandria McBride, Oakland’s Chief Resilience Officer to discuss our city’s overall planning and response to the pandemic. We’ll have experts on hand to speak about worker’s benefits, housing concerns, and our assistance to unsheltered residents.

You can start submitting questions by clicking on this link: www.bit.ly/oakonlinetownhall

Please share this info with a friend and tune in Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on my Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube pages. You can also follow me on Instagram here.

On Monday I held a Zoom call with 145 local business owners to share resources and put them in touch with our Oakland Business Assistance Center – a one-stop shop for employers and workers. (You can watch and listen to the meeting by clicking here.)

We want all our business owners to fill out the business impact survey to be well positioned for the recovery process. Click here to fill it out.

Last week, I also held a Zoom chat with close to 100 Oakland faith leaders and this week I’m scheduling a video conference with organizations who serve our immigrant and undocumented families as well as our LGBTQ communities.

We want to host more video events with Oakland community groups. If you are a member of a constituent group who wants to learn about the city’s resources that directly address your community’s specific concerns, please send suggestions and a contact to Yvonna Cazares, Director of Community Engagement, at ycazares@oaklandca.gov.

We want to organize and connect.

As Oaklanders, we love our open spaces – and a hike or jog is great for our mental health right now. But we are failing to properly socially distance in the parks – and residents are still using Lake Merritt to gather to meet up with friends.

If we don’t get this right, the parks will be the next space health officials direct us to shut down. Use the parks to personally exercise for a quick run or hike – please don’t use them to host gatherings.

We are all in this together – and we all need to do our part to keep everyone healthy.

On Tuesday I Skyped in to KTVU to make an announcement about the generous donations coming in to the Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund. Since we launched the fund on Friday, we’ve already stood up two testing sites for our first responders.

The fund also helps us deliver food to our seniors, provide assistance to small local businesses, fight displacement of families, and care for our unsheltered residents. To learn more and donate to the fund, click here.

We’re also seeing a generous outpouring of volunteer support from Oaklanders – and you can sign up to join them right here.

These are the stories that bind us together, Oakland. I know this is an unprecedented and uncertain time. Yet I remain encouraged and grateful for the way our community works together in times like these.

Let’s keep at it.

With Oakland love,

Mayor Libby Schaaf 

Mayor Libby Schaaf | 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612

Melrose Council Monthly Membership Meeting Setting Community Priorities and Leaders for 2020

Join us to review and confirm areas of focus, actions, and initiatives we’ll use and work with OPD to:

• Create Safe Streets
  Slow down traffic, decrease injuries, and prevent traffic-related deaths on Foothill & Bancroft

• Increase Environmental Safety
  Increase safety inside and outside our homes by decreasing the number of shootings, armed robberies, residential break-ins, and homicides.

• Achieve Equity & Justice
  Increase safety in Central East Oakland and bring justice to victims of physical and property crimes.

Adopting a Spirit of Community Service in Melrose

• We’re introducing a 100% community contribution model this year to see what can happen when everyone commits to improving Melrose.

• We’re asking all members who come to the monthly Melrose Community Council meeting, and those who do not, to commit to producing 2 hours of community service in the form of completing specific tasks we’ve identified that will help us achieve our 2020 Priorities this year.

• It’s not a lot to ask and as we all know, it takes action to create change.

• We’ll have task lists ready to go broken up into 2-hour chunks so you can easily choose which one or more you can volunteer to perform this year for Melrose.

• We’ll hold appreciation events for those who contribute throughout the year!

Melrose Community Council Elections are March 25th - Get Ready to Run!

• March is annual elections month for Melrose!

• Existing members need to run, or not, people need to volunteer or be nominated and open roles need to be filled to accomplish our 2020 Priorities.

• We have Official NCPC roles & non-NCPC roles to fill too:

NCPC Roles

• Chair, Stephanie Hayden - Not Running for Re-election (OPEN)

• Vice Chair, Braunz Courtney

• Treasurer, Rochelle Rodgers

• Community Engagement & Outreach Lead, Marissa Bowman

• Secretary

Non-NCPC Roles

• Project Managers

• Communications - Messaging for Melrose Events

• Website Manager

• Data Scientists

• District 4 Community Representative engaging with Sheng Thao & Staff

• District 5 Community Representative engaging with Noel Gallo & Staff

• District 6 Community Representative engaging with Loren Taylor & Staff

• District 8 (At Large) Community Representative

Action Committees (if there is no lead, and at least 3 members, ACs are on HOLD)

• Safe Streets

1.       Marissa Bowman

2.       Stephanie Hayden

3.       Andre Isler

4.       Irma Swygert

5.       Braunz Courtney

• Litter

1.       Razzu Engen – I think Razzu has at least 3 members

• Schools

1.       Alma Owens-Delucchi for Horace Mann

2.       Bill Delucchi for Fremont High

• Melrose Thanksgiving

1.       Alma Delucchi

• Garden (Nayeli Maxson - on Hold)

• National Night Out August Block Parties Annual Parties Aug. 2 (?)

1.       Who’s planning or will host block parties this year?

• Administration (Stephanie Hayden)

  • By-Laws need to be updated,

  • Melrose needs a bank account to raise funds,

  • Find grants for cameras, district improvement, safety services, etc.

• Environmental Safety (Stephanie Hayden will recruit members)

1.       Home safety

2.       Cameras with and without OPD assist

• Tech & Data (Stephanie Hayden will recruit members)

It's been a year of major changes, disruption, and progress for the Melrose community.

Join us to see how things are changing:

• elections formed new leadership and Action Committee groups,

• members defined new topics to address beyond crime,

• Action Committees are defining goals and action plans,

• a new website, standardized processes, and templates are available,

• members are learning how to navigate city bureaucracy,

• new member leaders are stepping up to actively drive change,

It's been a year of major changes, disruption, and progress for the Melrose community. Come join us and our featured panel re; traffic safety on Foothill...

We're featuring accomplishments this year, options for growth in 2020, and now have a 3-person panel of representatives from the City of Oakland, coming in person to address our Demands for Action outlined in our Victim Witness letter writing campaign from Oct. 4 for 4 deaths in 6 months on Foothill Blvd.

Michael Ford, Smart Parking & Mobility Manager at the City of Oakland Department of Transportation, our featured speaker for tonight has offered to step out of this session to allow us all to focus on the issue of traffic-related deaths in Melrose. He's happy to come back and join us as a speaker early in 2020. Thanks Michael!

We now have Wladimir Wlassowski, Assistant Director DOT, Joe Wang, Supervising Transportation Engineer for the City of Oakland, and Warren Logan, the Policy Director of Mobility and Interagency Relations for the Oakland Mayor's Office joining us to directly address our demands outlined in the Melrose Street Scape Letter Writing Campaign from Oct. 4.

We asked multiple city leaders to address our questions and concerns about the rise in traffic deaths on Foothill Blvd over the last 6 months. If you have questions tonight is the night to join Melrose Council to get some answers and help us take action!

Agenda

• 6:30-6:55pm

  • setup/chat/sign in/say hello
    

• 6:55-7:05pm call to order / agenda review

  • Stephanie Hayden, Chair & Braunz Courtney, Vice Chair present 2019 finding & accomplishments with new opportunities ahead of us in 2020
    

• 7:05-7:45pm Featured Speakers Panel Q/A - Lightning Rounds facilitated by Stephanie Hayden re; Vision Zero goals for zero traffic deaths in Oakland

  • Wladimir Wlassowski, Assistant Director, Oakland Department of Transportation

  • Warren Logan, Mayor's Office on DOT Policy

  • Joe Wang, Supervising Transportation Engineer, City of Oakland Department of Transportation is joining us on behalf of Ryan Russo, Director of OakDOT
    

• 7:45-8:05pm

  • Action Committees can discuss what they'll do over the break to maintain momentum between now and our next meeting in January 2020

    • Transportation/Traffic Safety Action Committee, Marissa Bowman, will share progress as her group is gaining traction on safety improvements for Foothill Blvd

    • Schools & Garden combination Action Committee, Christopher Fiorentini, will share a request to Melrose to help water new trees planted around Horace Mann Elementary School

• 8:05-8:25 pm Muni Check-in / QA to be taken offline/outside

  • OPD (3 min)

  • District 6 Council Rep: Council Member Loren Taylor (3 min)

  • District 5 Council Rep: Rosa Velasquez (3 min)

  • District 4 Council Rep: Amauri Collins (3 min)
    

• 8:25-8:30pm be outside HM building with doors closed behind us - let's help staff go home on time!

Does anyone have a location they'd be interested in adding or sharing if folks want to keep working after our monthly meetings?

See you there - bring your friends!

Stephanie Hayden
Chair
stephanie.hayden@melrosecommunity.org
www.melrosecommunity.org

Join our monthly Melrose Community Council Meetup in Oakland, CA.

Here's the agenda for Oct. 23, 2019:

5222 Ygnacio Street / Congress Ave @ Horace Mann Elementary

6:30-6:55pm

setup/chat/sign in/say hello

6:55-7:05pm call to order / agenda review

Time for Melrose to Act! What do we want to accomplish over the next 30/60/90 days?

We will continue conversations and plans Action Committees started in the last Sept. 25 Member meeting to begin turning their ideas into actions with letter writing and/or plans to join in person meetings and events to represent Melrose.

7:05-7:20pm Muni Check in / QA to be taken offline (12-15min total)

+ OPD (3 min)

+ District 6 Council Rep: Mona Barra-Gibson (3 min)

+ District 5 Council Rep: Rosa Velasquez (3 min)

+ District 4 Council Rep: Matthew Napoli (3 min)

7:20-7:30pm - Featured Speaker: Suzanne Dershowitz, Neighborhood Law Corps Attorney for City of Oakland Attorneys Office re; prior actions regarding Melrose property issues - she has updates for us

7:30-7:55pm Action Committee Leaders will give a 1-2 minute recap of September's meeting to invite October members to join their ACs for this session:

+ Andre Isler re; Business District & Events / Promotions – business

+ Irma Swygert re; Safety & Accessibility – we need Disabled Access Issues to be resolved

+ Stephanie Hayden re; Public Safety/Sideshows/911 - update on letter writing campaign re; traffic deaths on Foothill Blvd 4 people in 6 months

+ Braunz Courtney re; Letter Writing Campaigns & Public Safety meetings at Oakland City Hall

+ Razzu Engen re; Saturday Litter Pick Up Teams

7:55-8:15pm ACs quickly go around the room and share a 1-2 minute summary of what they plan to do over Oct/Nov/Dec

8:15-8:25pm pack up and clear out of Horace Mann Elementary School building

8:25-8:30pm be outside HM building with doors closed behind us! We've hit this target of closing up on the dot for the last 2 meetings - thanks everyone!

Join our monthly Melrose Community Council Meetup in Oakland, CA.

We will update the agenda with specific presenters as the dates and topics are confirmed.

We'll continue our new meeting format where we'll hear updates from:

7:00-7:30pm
Municipal representatives including Oakland Police and City Council Member representatives will provide brief updates about OPD activities of the prior month and City Council Staff will share announcements coming from their District offices.

7:30-8:00pm
Melrose Action Committee leaders will share what they're working on and describe the traction they are gaining for their action campaigns and to ask for volunteers to join them in the follow on working sessions.

8:00-8:30pm
Break out sessions where people who want to join the work of the existing Action Committees to join Letter Writing Campaigns or in-person activities can do so for a focused 20-25 minutes and then share a 3-5 minute summary to wrap up the session and share next steps for the group.

Next month we may extend our monthly meeting to include an additional 30 minutes for Action Committee Teams who want a little extra time to work together on initiatives that evening.