NorthEast Coalition of Neighborhoods

NorthEast Coalition Minutes for June 22, 2008

NorthEast Coalition Minutes for June 22, 2008

The president called the meeting to order at 3:05. The invocation was given by Captain Leonard.  The president then introduced the panel and the board of the NEC.

The minutes were held in abeyance.  The new Chief, Chief Monroe a member of the panel started his talk by thanking Charlotte for choosing him as their new Police Chief.  He started by stating that he would focus on 3 major areas:

• Try to get out to as many community area as possible
• How is the police department focusing on crime? How can we eliminate crime and targeted individuals?
• How are we structured? Are the resources in the area structured correctly? Focus, do we have the necessary resources? Recruiting issues; is the process broken?
• Make sure partnerships are in line with each other.
• Army building
• 1600 Police Officers in Charlotte
• Criminal justice system - stay in line with them.  Look to hold us accountable.  Patrol - are they held accountable?
• Do we have the right level in order to management?
• Are the levels of accountability set high enough?
• How are the agencies handling shootings that occur by an outside agency?
• Community should have confidence  in their Officers
• Police living in the area. Try to put police in areas where they live
• Red light? Too many folk running them
• Repeat offenders - What's the plan? What can be done?
• Be consistence in what we say and do
• Need to be held accountable for our actions
• Community prosecutors - are assigned to geographic area
• Crime within the DA's office - cases being dropped. Hire 500 more Police Officers. How do we deploy our resources? Are additional resources needed?
• Justice system sometimes lacks the resources to try many of the cases that are placed before them
• Community supervision: move resources
• Stay engaged - how can we feel safer, other than keeping our garage doors closed?
• Keep doing what we're doing to keep the community in which you live safe
• Immigration: what can we do to make sure illegal are held accountable
• Community watch program:
• Enforcement/prevention (internal look)

The Chief ended by thanking everyone for coming out.

The next speaker was Debra Campbell of the Planning Board.

Question: How do we manage growth?

• The NE has experienced much growth
• Balance growth; no infra structure to accommodate the rapid growth
• Capacity; How do we get the infra structure in our community?
• Some communities have placed moratorium to stop development
• Protection of the environment; fallen short, water quality, historian aspects
• Develop the ideal historian site, have high quality development in this area
• Crime still an issue that goes hand in hand with development
• Mix-use development
• Price points of the apartments near IKEA

Ms. Campbell ended with a question and answer period.

Second meeting started at 4:55

Treasurer report held in abeyance.

Old Business: None

No July meeting; will meet privately with the board.

New Business:

Trent Merchant will be our guest in August

Pat Mumford will be our guest in September

Hatcher ----Mixed Houses

UPAC:

Meeting 6/23 No stump

Waiting to hear from Pat and Bryan Holliday

UCCBP Awards to different people that services the community.  Will meet on 7/29/2008 to determine who will get the award.

Meeting adjourned at 5:15