March 21, 2023

Hubbard Farms Neighborhood Association Agenda

March 21, 2023, 6:30pm-8:00pm

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1. Welcome and Introductions 
2. 501c3 designation
3. Fort St. EMT station closure
4. District 6 newsletter spotlight
5. Elected official invite?
6. Clark Park Coalition strategic planning (30 min)
7. HFNA Development Discussion
8. Resident Issues
9. Committee Updates
   1. Neighborhood Beautification Committee

Attendance: Maria Schmieder (Janet Ray- Mission Lift), Mary Clare Duran, Becky Davenport (Clark Park), Mike Smith, Al Herbach (Clark Park), Rachel Perschetz, Phil Clark, Janet Ray, Marlena, Adriana Zuniga, Myett Risker, Joél Reyes-Klann (City of Detroit) Caton (taking notes) 

Notes: 

District Six Spotlight: 

• Highlighting community members and block clubs
• Approved the district 6 spotlight 
• Action Item- Phil Clark and Mary Clare are going to fill out the form 

501c3 designation:

• Rachel- using Clark Park as a fiduciary 
• Marlena- Talked about how folks were upset about bylaws. Don’t have ratified bylaws. Encouraging more people to get involved.
• Myett and Phil- both want bylaws and c3 to move forward. 
• Marlena- bylaws have to be written for c3. 
• Starting a working group- Phil and Marlena are members. 
• Action Item- Mike is going to invite other residents to join. 

Clark Park Coalition strategic planning: 

• Starting with three questions:
• What do you love about Clark Park? 
  • Bringing community together
  • Having a flagship park is nice 
  • Liked the flowers before they were torn out, when is the new equipment coming?
  • Walking groups, the hill 
  • Trees arbitrum
  • Clark Park is a small arbitrum, having a homecoming event  
  • Tennis Court 
  • Get rid of porter potty 
• What unique role does Clark Park play?
  • Only place for kids to participate in sports
  • Fields are full in the summer 
  • Bring your kids year round, and can center your life around it.
  • Human society free vacancies 
  • Good spot for the unhoused 
  • Venue for Public Art 
• Future of Clark Park- anything to have a better community impact?
  • More natural landscaping 
  • Want to keep a garden 
  • More cleaning
  • Similarities and coordination between riverside park 

EMT Letter:

• Want to write a letter to get it back open. 
• Getting feedback from Deb
• Might not be true- Fire department said no stations were closed. 
• Might want to still write a letter on increasing EMT workers even though the station has said not to have been closed. 
• Action Item: Joel is going to meet with them and find out what exactly is happening. 

Elected Officials: 

• Yes, it would be beneficial to invite them. 
• Action Item: Caton to invite. 

Neighborhood Comments: 

• Caton- getting a bee garden in the HF garden. Having a clean up on Saturday at 2:00 PM, I will send out flyers.