Hubbard Farms Neighborhood Association Agenda
May 16, 2023, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
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Welcome and Introductions
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Approval of Minutes
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Old Business
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Joe Louis Greenway (Hanan Yahya)
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Committee Updates
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Neighborhood Beautification Committee
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Yard Sale ad hoc Committee
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Communications Committee
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Rules of Conduct for the email list
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Elections
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Conflict of Interest
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Resident Issues
Attendees: Caton Arreguin, Mike Smith, Christina Peltier, Phil Clark, Deb Sumner, Anthony Benavides, Hanan Ali Yahya (City of Detroit), John, Michele (City of Detroit), Zeb Smith, Myett Risker, Adriana Zuniga, Christina Peltier, Marlena
Approval of Minutes: Motion to accept minutes by Phil Clark and seconded by Caton Arreguin
OLD BUSINESS
EMT Letter:
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Action Item: Joel will meet with them to determine what is happening.
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Update: Joel is waiting on the meeting time
Neighborhood Yard Sale- Action Items:
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Marlena: Will follow up with SW Solutions
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Mary Clare: Will check to see if Clark Park is available
NEW BUSINESS
City of Detroit: District Six greenway is not finished yet
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Gordie Howe is building protected bike lanes
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Cambell is not going to look like it does today
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Heard again and again, don’t put the path on Vernor.
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Widening Street by Yorba Hotel if people and hotel are interested.
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Going to buffer the bike lanes in some type of way.
NEIGHBORHOOD
– Myett was diagnosed with breast cancer; why are you moving trucks and cutting into nature?
– Want to move the trucks away from the greenway
– City bought a railroad and turned it into a walking space
– Deb: I don’t want it to go through Clark Park
– Ideal location is that it should follow W. Jefferson down Riverside Park and on the river. Should not be on Fort St. whatsoever.
– Be very careful with the design
– Can’t violate the ADA
– Could incorporate the historic lights
– Phil Clark: Congratulations to the group, the route on Lafayette is the least intrusive. It gives people who don’t live here a view of the neighborhood.
– Partnered with the Detroit Riverfront to raise funds
– For now, W Grand will stay the way it is.
– Want to get other cyclists involved in future conversations
– Marlena: Add that potential reconfiguration of the bike line- city encouraged Marlena and Zeb to email possible key bike lanes.
– Mike: I do not like it going on Clark, with traffic wish it went all the way through W. Jefferson.
– Maybe even a new coat of paint for bike lanes would be healthy
– Have to have a proposal by next month
– Community benefits have to include Bike Lanes
– I asked a series of questions about what people preferred
– It looks like most people voted for the Clark options with bike lanes
– Want to minimize the impact on the park
GREENSPACE COMMITTEE UPDATE
Summer Kick-off Community Dinner
Who: Hubbard Farms Green Spaces Committee
What: Community Dinner with music, food, and bubbles. Bring a dish to share!
Where: Hubbard Farms Community Garden: 1438 Hubbard, Detroit, MI 48209
When: June 8th, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Summer Bonfire
Who: Hubbard Farms Green Spaces Committee
What: Summer Clean up and Bonfire with smores galore
Where: Hubbard Farms Community Garden: 1438 Hubbard, Detroit, MI 48209
When: July 13th at 7:30 PM
End of Summer Community Dinner
Who: Hubbard Farms Green Spaces Committee
What: Community Dinner- bring a dish to share
Where: Hubbard Farms Community Garden: 1438 Hubbard, Detroit, MI 48209
When: August 18th at 7:00 PM
COMMS COMMITTEE
Updating website
Putting a calendar on the website
Social media accounts
History + Meeting minutes
Bio’s of board
Newsletter, published and printed
Next meeting, have a mockup of the proposed website
At this point, the types of information we want to boost include:
– a comprehensive calendar for neighborhood events and events that may affect us, such as district planning
– a contractor list
– a resource list for residents with information about practical needs, like trash days, numbers for utilities, contact info for community officers, etc
– an archive of meeting minutes
– information about the area’s history and featuring specific houses
– information about our assets – community garden, park, etc
– board bio and contact page
– association documents (articles, bylaws, et.)
– Gallery
To reach as many neighbors as we can, we want to employ at least these means and modes:
– build-up and maintain our website to become feature and content-rich
– publish a newsletter
– manage dynamic content with more frequent social media engagement – Twitter, Insta, Meta, etc
– change the existing email distribution service to a platform that has more robustness and can be integrated with our other modes
– active “welcome wagon” which introduces the neighborhood to new residents
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
– Sign-up to be a “block captain” who passes out flyers or newsletters to your block (a small time commitment when needed) and can act as a welcome liaison
– Write articles for the newsletter
– Maintain a social media account
– Take and submit photos of the neighborhood and area
– Become a web content editor or forum moderator
– Anyone with backup web skills may also be needed down the road 😉