Chair: Stephanie Hayden | Vice Chair: Braunz Courtney
January 2020 Agenda Summary
6:45-6:55pm Convene, hellos, sign-on sheet, pick up street maps & handouts, find a seat
6:55-7:10pm Kick-off Melrose 2020 | Topics & goals for tonight: Stephanie Hayden
· Review 2020 Priorities to Submit to OPD and Resolve this Year
· Learn About Community Policing Policy for Melrose
· Vision for Melrose Safe Streets Overview
· Vote on Melrose 2020 Priorities
· Melrose Admin Local Melrose Businesses, Melrose Resources & Tools
· Municipal Check-ins & Status Reports
7:10-7:15pm Melrose 2020 Prioritized Subject Areas: Stephanie Hayden, Chair, Melrose
7:15-7:20pm Featured Speaker re; Community Policing: Jose Dorado, Chair, Maxwell Park NCPC
7:20-7:25pm Vision for Melrose Safe Streets: Braunz Courtney, Vice Chair, Melrose
7:25-8:00pm Community Conversations & Voting on 2020 Priorities w/ Next Steps: Stephanie Hayden
8:00-8:05pm Melrose Admin: Stephanie Hayden & Braunz Courtney
8:05-8:25pm Melrose Municipal Check-ins, Status Reports, & Next Steps: Public Sector
8:25-8:30pm Pack up and head out
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Agenda Detail
7:10-7:15pm – Stephanie Hayden
· Review 2020 High-level Prioritized Subjects to Submit to OPD and Resolve this Year
o 1) Safe Streets
o 2) Environmental Safety
o 3) Equity & Justice
o Introduce Melrose Private Surveillance Network (constituent owned cameras & data)
7:15-7:20pm – Jose Dorado
· Community Policing Policy 79235 c/o Jose Dorado, Chair Maxwell Park NCPC
o Jose will explain the Oakland Community Policing Policy & the role OPD plays in finding resolutions to the issues that challenge our life in Melrose & Maxwell Park
o SMART Process: Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Realistic, and Timelines
o SARA Process: Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment
7:20-7:25pm – Braunz Courtney
· Vision for Melrose District (5-years)
o Braunz will share Steering Committee recommendations for how to use the $400K provided via District 4, Councilmember Sheng Thao’s office
§ $200K City Engineering Firm to design a Vision, Pricing, and 5-year plan
§ $100K for a Project Manager and/or Individual Consultant to help push this plan forward with City of Oakland, permitting, and data collection
§ $100K for pilots that increase safety and capture data we can use to support new proposals for investment in Melrose blocks
7:25-8:00pm Community Discussion and Voting on 2020 Melrose Priorities – Stephanie Hayden
· Create a list of issues to address and submit to City of Oakland and OPD for resolution this year and ongoing status reports on these topics:
o Safe Streets
o Environmental Safety
o Equity & Justice
8:00-8:05pm Melrose Admin – Stephanie Hayden
· Immediate need to fill roles to help Melrose gain traction toward goals – We need volunteers!
o 1) Treasurer
o 2) Secretary
o 3) Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
o 4) Website & Communications
o 5) Community Member Leads to represent each District Area and be contact for CMs
§ District 4: Sheng Thao, Special Assistant: Matthew Napoli, Chief, Amauri Collins
§ District 5: Noel Gallo, Special Assistant: Rosa Velasquez
§ District 6: Loren Taylor, Special Assistant: Mona Gibson-Barr
· Melrose Resources & Organizational needs
o Use the melrosecommunity.org website!
o Melrose Community Printer c/o Braunz Courtney HEPPAC
o Discuss the need to have an entity with a tax ID to do fundraising and possibly qualify for investment dollars in Melrose. We need ability to raise funds outside NCPC dollars.
· Announcing Local Melrose Businesses
o Romo’s Caffe: 5395 Bancroft Street – Breakfast, Lunch & Coffee
o Free Bird CA: 5311 Fairfax Ave – Fine Handmade Leather Items
8:05-8:25pm Municipal Check In / Melrose Status Reports & Next Steps
· 8:05-8:10pm OPD – 5 min – Community Resource Officer: Alex Navarro
· 8:10-8:15pm D4 – 5 min – Councilmember Sheng Thao, Special Assistant, Matthew Napoli
· 8:15-8:20pm D5 – 5 min – Councilmember Noel Gallo, Special Assistant, Rosa Velasquez
· 8:20-8:25pm D6 – 5 min – Councilmember Loren Taylor, Special Assistant, Mona Gibson-Barr
8:25-8:30pm Pack up / Close out