Visit with Mayor

●     Reach back out to get on their lists

○     hubbardfarmsdetroit@gmail.com – Confirm if this is our HF Email Address? – Amy

○     Bob as corresponding secretary can work on this?

●     Brought up our concerns about SW Solutions

○     Mayor suggested 2 meetings: 1 with Vicki + Rico, then 1 with Mayor

●     Rico Razo + Ninfa Cancel should be our points of contacts with the Mayor

●     Land bank contact: Gabriel Guerrero, gguerrero@detroitlandbank.org

●     Saving HF Housing (& troubled multi-resident properties raised & our desire to work with DLBA Point-person Gabriel G. and Nuisance Abatement on multi-resident properties.

   Next Steps

●     Make a list of vacant properties that could potentially be sent to city for rehabbed + ready – as a to do for summer social

●     Reach out to Stephanie Chang if you are concerned about Detroit car insurance

●     Have Mike Smith attend meeting to discuss Invest Detroit’s plans – Deb Invited

●     Rachel follow up with thank you (to Rico, Ninfa, Vicki, + Mayor)

○     Amy will reach out

Spring Clean Up

●     We did a clean up

○     Low turn out

○     But we had a lot done

○     Picking up trash – many bags

○     Recorded about 17 properties that are potentially occupied

●     Everyone should look the list over and put their notes on the spreadsheet

●     Review between now and next meeting

●     Include Broderick, Murray, Y Center on a commercial list

●     Lots where dumping is a problem: next to Broderick, next to church on W. Grand + Shady Lane

   Next Steps

●     Reach out for some food donation?

●     Reach out to Christine

●     Make flyer – Meg

●     Translate flyer – Christine Guzman?

●     Print flyer – __________ ?  Can at least 800 fliers be dropped-off to Deb before Friday May 6th?

●     Deb will count, bag & deliver to HF Distribution Team Members on Friday May 6th so the flyers can be delivered door to door over May 7th -8th weekend, at least giving a week’s notice to HF Neighbors about the “Walk Hubbard Farms Blocks with your Neighbors”?  And as soon as the digital flyer is ready I forward it to SWH Reps. asking them to distribute to their HF Building Residents.

●     Did someone volunteer _________________? to register Hubbard Farms Clean Up with Motor City Clean Up = Rico Razo – razor@detroitmi.gov 313 236-3529 & Ninfa Cancel canceln@detroitmi.gov 313 628-2180 @  District 6 NCH to secure free garbage bags & gloves?

●     Can someone volunteer _________________? reach out to State Rep. Stephanie Chang Office who may also have free garbage bags & gloves (& even various clean-up tools to lend but don’t know if they have any trash pick-up point sticks) Contact: Alex Garza, her Director of Constituent Relations – agarza@house.mi.gov  toll free: (844) 672-4264 or (517) 373-0823.

Bylaws (working draft link here)

●        Date for wrap up: Get bylaws done by September

             Next Steps

●        Have everyone make comments beforehand

●        Get bylaws done by September

Communication with Southwest Solutions

             Next Steps

●        Synthesize all tasks to date

●        Continue our paper trail

■        Peter will follow up with Christina

LISC Planning Process

             Next Steps

Crime / Neighborhood Safety

             Next Steps

DIBC / Second Span (Coast Guard Meeting)

             Next Steps