AIRPORT CORRIDOR ACTION TEAM Co Chaired by Katherine
AIRPORT CORRIDOR ACTION TEAM Co Chaired by Katherine Gong-Meissner and Wayne Hose
MISSION Revitalize the Airport Corridor
STAKEHOLDERS l l l residents city and county staff neighborhood businesses property owners religious leaders community groups
COMMUNITY MEMBERS Pastor Amelia Adams/ CUFF Mary Delgado/ STAND Selina Griffin/ Garfield School Rev. John Harris/ White Rose Church Ralph White/ Business Owner La. Cresia Hawkins/ CUFF/PACT Bernice Haynes/ STAND Eldon Kuntz/ Business Owner
AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS Rocio Alvarez, Congressman Cardoza’s Office Carl Borgman, SJC Environmental Health Dan Chapman, Boys and Girls Club of Stockton Gus Joslin, SJC Housing Authority Carol Ornelas, ACLC Stewart Wakeling, SJC Administrator’s Office Forest White, SJC Fairgrounds Lea Isetti, SJC Fairgrounds
CITY DEPARTMENTS l l l City Attorney’s Office City Clerk’s Office City Council City Manager’s Office Community Development l l l Housing and Redevelopment Municipal Utilities Department Fire Department Parks and Recreation Police Department Public Works
GOALS l l Develop a vision for the future Identify strengths, challenges and opportunities Immediately begin addressing key public safety and code enforcement concerns Conduct strategy sessions
GOALS (continued) l l l Develop strategies through consensus Set ACT geographical boundaries Publish a strategic action plan Identify specific catalyst projects Prioritize implementation action
Boundaries of study area 1 North: Charter Way South: Carpenter Rd East: B Street West: Sacramento 1 - Final boundaries to be set through consensus in strategy sessions
Timeline SEPTEMBER 2003 1 st ACT Meeting/ Formation of tentative subcommittees JULY 2003 Team formed AUGUST 2003 Preliminary Research July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 OCTOBER 2003 Strategy Meetings Held Code Enforcement and Public Safety Activities increase Action team formed Preliminary research reviewed First general action team meeting/ creation of preliminary subcommittees Strategy meetings held; City activities at Airport Corridor increase
Timeline for future activities JANUARY 2004 NOVEMBER 2003 Action Matrix Draft Submit Strategic Action Plan DECEMBER 2003 Team completes plan November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 LATE JANUARY 2004 Funded redevelopment activities begin Develop action matrix for draft review by Team approves Plan Submit Strategic Action Plan to City Council Begin funded redevelopment activities
Subcommittees l l l l Housing Consultant Interview (Strategic Action Plan) Code Enforcement Public Safety Neighborhood Service Center Infrastructure/Community Development Economic Development
CONSULTANT INTERVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Chair: Wayne Hose & Katherine G Meissner Purpose: Release RFP for Consultant, select consultant to facilitate strategy meetings and strategic action plan. Members: l l l Ralph White Ed Mc Clinton La. Cresia Hawkins Pastor Adams Rev. Harris Bernice Haynes l l l l Mary Delgado Kitty Walker Michael Rishwain Selina Griffin Johnny Ford Dora Sidrian Carolyn Cook
HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE Chair: Kitty Walker Purpose: (Preliminary) Development of new housing (multi-family housing and single family housing--both market rate and affordable) May or may not utilize redevelopment money Members: Carol Ornelas, Gus Joslin, Rev. Harris, Selina Griffin, Larry Johnson, Gloria Nomura, La. Cresia Hawkins
CODE ENFORCEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE Chair: Yvonne Quiring Purpose: (Preliminary) Address visual blight and code enforcement Issues Members: Erin Westfall, Michael Rishwain, Lt. Montes, Rev. Harris, Ralph White
PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE Chair: Lt. Montes Purpose: (Preliminary) Address public safety issues and concerns Members: Dan Chapman, Michael Rishwain, Ron Hittle, Bernice Haynes, Mary Delgado, Rocio Alvarez, La. Cresia Hawkins
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER SUBCOMMITTEE Chair: Johnny Ford Purpose: (Preliminary) Coordinate activities for the NSC Members: Gus Joslin, Stewart Wakeling, Steve Pinkerton, Florence Low, Dan Chapman, Gloria Nomura, Shane Mc. Afee, Amelia Adams
INFRASTRUCTURE/ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE Chairs: Gemma Biscocho, Larry Deimler, Steve Escobar Purpose: (Preliminary) Address land use, environmental, zoning, non-conforming, annexation, and inclusion issues Members: Carol Ornelas, Lea Isetti, Forest White, SJC Staff
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE Chair Wanetta Conroy Purpose (Preliminary) Focus on business attraction, assembling loan programs for business/residential properties, identify needed businesses Ralph White, Patricia Miller-Batiste, Alicia Duer Members:
Public Safety Team Lead Contact: Assistant Chief Wayne Hose District Commander Lt. Ted Montes Field Ops Captain Tom Morris
Goals of Public Safety Implement enforcement activities to reduce targeted types of crimes
Goals of Public Safety Work with residents, neighborhood and church groups to improve public safety and quality of life
Public Safety Activities l. Conduct investigations to address resident concerns l. Address violent crime, gambling, curfew violations, and drug sales l. Conduct crime prevention campaigns
Public Safety Activities Reassign key personnel and always maintain a uniformed presence Attend neighborhood and church meetings
Code Enforcement Team Lead Contact Code Enforcement AVA Education & Enforcement Yvonne Quiring, Deputy Director ACE Team Fred Satariano Lane Avilla Peter Lemos Erin Westfall Vic Kornacki Cal Grigsby
Goal of Code Enforcement Work with residents and neighborhood groups to improve the Airport Corridor
Enforcement Strategy l l l Make an immediate visual change in area Target highly-traveled areas first, i. e. commercial corridor, around schools Make personal contact with business owners and residents Provide resources to abate problems and to educate residents Follow up with enforcement
Code Enforcement in two phases Phase I (238 properties): Address visual blight along commercial corridor, by schools and selected streets. l l Garbage, junk and debris Boarded-up houses, vacant lots Abandoned vehicles Tall weeds and grass, etc Boundaries Airport Ave, Phelps, Superior, Scribner and Sixth Streets (includes Garfield, Van Buren, and Nightingale Schools)
Code Enforcement in two phases Phase II (840 properties): Address visual blight and major housing issues l Primarily residential area l Abundance of Abandoned Vehicles l Boundaries Seventh Street south to Carpenter Road; B Street west to Phelps Street
Conducting a neighborhood sweep for visual blight: Airport and 8 th Before. . . and after Later…follow up with property owners for maintenance of the area.
Conducting a neighborhood sweep for visual blight: Airport and 8 th Before…. and after Later…follow up with property owners for maintenance of the area.
Conducting a neighborhood sweep for visual blight Before. . . Before and after: peeling paint, weatherization violations
Conducting a neighborhood sweep for visual blight After. . . Before and after: peeling paint, weatherization violations
Conducting an Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program (AVA) (Inoperative Vehicle Education Program) l Educating After. . . Residents l l l Door-to-Door contact Handing out flyers Towing vehicles with owner consent Citing AVAs Working with residents to restore, remove, or properly store vehicles
Conducting alley clean ups with AWP and California Conservation Corps Before. . . and after. . . Alley between Phelps and Airport Way
Conducting survey of boarded up and vacant homes 3036 S Airport Way
Solicit Feedback and Improve Services Continue to solicit feedback from residents and community groups on City activities
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