Melrose @Community Meetings

October 23, 2019 Melrose Community Council Topic: “Melrose Victim Impact Letters to DOT re; Traffic Deaths on Foothill are Working”

Our community members have witnessed 4 traffic-related deaths in the last 6 months on Foothill Blvd. Melrose community members decided to take immediate action following the last death on Oct. 1 on Foothill and Cole to write letters the our four representative Council Members, the Mayor’s office, the Department of Transportation, and the Oakland Police Department to demand immediate protections and actions to protect Melrose neighbors and our nearby communities.

september 25, 2019 Melrose Community Council Topic: “Melrose into action”

We’ve built enough consensus and momentum for community members to determine which topics they want to focus on and organize around so the main focus for the night was allowing folks to get together and start discussing what they want to do for ACs. Leaders stood and pitched their ideas for 1-2 minutes for Action Committees focused on creating change. Municipal agencies also reported status, Braunz Courtney was elected Vice Chair, and ACs broke out to work together as groups for the first time.

August 28, 2019 Melrose Community Council Topic: “Why don’t police come when we call 911?”

We invited OPD and Oakland 911 Dispatch to come have a conversation with Melrose community members to help us understand the decision making process both organizations use to determine whether or not they respond to our 911 call in Melrose.

may 22, 2019 melrose high hopes ncpc 27x
re; transitioning leadership from preston turner
to Nayeli Maxson & Stephanie Hayden

After running Melrose High Hopes NCPC 27x since 1990, Preston Turner stepped down from his role as Chair and turned it over to the membership to nominate and elect the new Chair and Vice Chair positions.

May 22nd NCPC meeting was about transitioning from Preston’s existing agenda and meeting format and beginning to introduce a few new approaches in meeting setups.