Gap Community Organization meeting Minutes December 6, 2011
5. Area Representative Reports [sorry, got here in the middle of these]
6. President’s Report Presented by Leonard McGee
Community meeting at Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church about police redistricting
Result: petition—300 signatures from Kenwood Community Organization*,
100 signatures from our neighborhood
Delivered to the Mayor’s office, and to 2nd, 3rd, 4th Ward offices
As yet, no direct responses have been received
The city budget passed (the redistricting is part of that)
Superintendant has promised “protection”; what we want is “service”
New beats haven’t been drawn up yet
Pres. McGee invited *KOCO to join him at a potential meeting with Sup’t McCarthy
New budget goes into effect January 1.
When do new police stations, beats, etc., take effect? Answers vary
Chester Jones: Do the people in this room know by face-recognition the officers
who presently patrol 35th Street? We don’t want to lose them
What can we do as a community organization to keep the people we have?
Duwayne Bailey: I keep hearing from the Sup’t that he wants to keep people who are
familiar with their areas. How does this transition support that philosophy?
What about drawing the border at 31st instead of 35th St?
Draper & Kramer (mgt of Prairie Shores & Lake Meadows)
would rather deal with one district, not two.
Another proposal: move boundary north to I-55.
Need to keep talking… knocking at the door…
Motion by Chester Jones, seconded by Duwayne Bailey, passed unanimously:
That this organization draft a a petition asking that we be incorporated into the 1st District (station
@ 18th & State) rather than the 2nd (51st & Wentworth).
People willing to go door to door: Duwayne Bailey
Chester Jones
Scott Hanlan
Rochelle McGee
Marvin Paramore
Joan Emerson
Goal: 500 signatures
Gapco—December 6, 2011
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7. Announcements & Community News Clips
a) Postponed; Lloyd Halsell couldn’t be here
b) 21st District to be merged into 1st & 2nd Districts (see above, # 7)
c) Proposal for Pilgrim Baptist: see http://rebuildpilgrim.org/plans
d) 3450 S. Giles: thanks to volunteers who fixed the fence,
and to Chens and Jimmy’s on 35th for their support
8. Old Business
Development of 35th Street: an inspector for zoning will be here next month
Urban Partners: soft opening in December, grand opening in January
3457 S. Prairie: closed the building
Leona’s: can’t get in there just yet
9. New Business
a) New housing development proposed for 3300 S. Michigan
Presentation by Drs. Yvon Nazon and Cosette Nazon Yisrael
Sylvia Independent Living (see handout)
Low-moderate income housing—54 rent-controlled units
For people 55 years and older
Community center: health and fitness, restaurant, learning center
Funding from federal government grants and private foundations
Energy-efficient, green technology
1st floor: parking
2nd : restaurant, & community areas
3rd, 4th, 5th floors: living spaces
Units self-sufficient
Would like to break ground in the spring
Projected budget: between 5.5 and 6 million dollars
Those three lots aren’t zoned to accommodate what we need
(which is RM-S-5)
Our request: for the support of this community, and
the opportunity to hire from this community
We would like your blessing to move forward
Questions: if you build this, how are you going to maintain it as you intended?
(e.g., original owners of an area nursing home sold it,
and now it’s a treatment center)
A.: This is my father’s legacy project.
We want to continue to serve the community.
Can you get public money and run it as a private institution?
A: We have plans—protocol—who gets to live there
Lower-income but paying out of their pockets
Not Section 8 (i.e., low-income, not no-income)
Not assisted living, but independent living
What about the entrance on Michigan—traffic through the alley?
It seems vague.
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Gapco—December 6, 2011
Motion by Kelsey Taylor, seconded by Chester Jones, passed unanimously:
To welcome Dr. Nazon to come back and give a more detailed presentation
at a future meeting (next month).
Give us what you’ll give to the zoning people: for example,
Site plan
Orientation of the building
Renderings
Traffic study
How it fits into streetscape
“Skin” of the building
Motion by Scott Hanlan, seconded by Joan Emerson, passed:
To plan to put on a Summer Sizzle neighborhood festival in 2012
Motion by Marvin Paramore, seconded by Chester Jones, passed:
To pay all bills
10. Speak Out
Chester: raccoons—in my own back yard—no response from the city
Also in Giles/Calumet Alley
Raccoon killed a cat on King Drive last week
………..various fox and rabbit sightings…………
Advice: lend your traps to your neighbors (buy @ the Bug Stop on Halsted)
It’s legal to trap animals on your own property, just not in the alley
Animal Care Center on Western and 24th
Nathanael Roosevelt Howse, Jr.: candidate for Judge of Appellate Court—3/20/12
Duwayne: Payless Shoes is closing; what do we know?
Chester: as of 1/1 or 2/1, depending on how long they can maintain their stock
3437-39 S. Prairie (3-flat): vacant. Raccoons in the garage.
Activity in that building; don’t know if it’s compromised.
Advice: take photos, send them to the organization; get case #s when you call 311
Three months ago we talked about businesses on 35th Street
Draft a letter
Special service taxing?
3321 S. Calumet, former BaHai Center: being rehabbed
11. Adjournment: 8:30 p.m.
(Moved by Marvin Paramore, seconded by Tom Boney)
—Julie Ryan
Pastor, Christ the Mediator Lutheran Church
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