Welcome

• Meeting began at 7pm

New business 

Police Department Update (Major Conway)

• A tough week in Cherry Hill last week, but back to normal

• Two new initiatives are in place

  • Foot area in Washing Blvd. and on Warren Street 

  • Warrant units

• Started a “robbery car” between sector three and sector four

• Double digit numbers lower on all crime numbers except for homicides

• Team looking at Social Media as a pre-emptive strike to try and get people help

• Homicide on Wash Blvd.- the deceased use to sell drugs and other was found dead in an alley (also use to sell drugs)

• We are losing officers but morale in Southern district is getting better

• Eric Costello is pushing the camera initiative

• Armed carjacking in Penn

  • Vehicle was recovered

  • Robbery team caught two robbers

  • Saw more that suggests that there was a pattern - case consistent at times between different neighborhoods

  • They are going after areas that are target rich

  • Targeting Hispanics because they tend to not report

Update from Scott C. Davis, Neighborhood, LGBTQ and Hispanic Community Liaison, from the Office of City Council President Scott

• US Census is happening in March and can be completed on line

• Mid May you may be hassled if you do not complete form

• Charter Amendments currently being debated in the City Council (changing city’s charter) to be voted on in November

  • Reducing Board of Estimates from 5 to 3

  • Creates the position of a City Administrator to handle the day-to-day nuts and bolts for making sure the city functions

  • Charter Review Commission every 10 years

Community Happy Hour- Friday, March 6th at 6 pm at Breaking Bread in Pigtown

• Social event, with games and puzzles

• Food can be ordered but BYOB

Request from Clausen Ely III for RDA letter of support for opening day events

• Owns property on Portland Street for opening day party just beyond Quigley’s party

• Without objection Al agreed to draft a letter of support

Electric Car Charging Station discussion (Deb)

• City has a committee on how we get electric charging stations installed

• Some debate about a pilot neighborhood

• If we are interested, we might consider sending a letter offering our neighborhood

• Limited info about the criteria we are going to use other than not in front of any residential house and on public property

• Burgundy lot or South Conway?

• We would like to have input as to where these might go

• Deb thinks it will help property values and attractive to renters

• Motion: that the RDA submit a letter asking to be part of the pilot and requesting that we have input to the location where the stations are installed-The motion was seconded (Al) and approved

Active committee reports

SBG Partnership (Bill Reuter submitted report)

• Application is closed and will reopen in the summer

Parking (update from the floor - Deb)

• PPV pilot is nearly ready, still a few glitches

• Software will be out for beta test

• Pilot to Ridgely’s in May (shooting for)

• Changed fine structure to double files for more than one RPP violation has never been enforced

• The committee thinks it is a good idea to start enforcing

ARC (Paul)

• New house at the corner of Paca is complete and on the market

• Three window replacement projects on three separate streets

Bylaws (Paul)

• Trying to get the updated version of the bylaws on the website

Budget (Chad)

• Board approved proposed budget at the last meeting

• Taxes will be filed soon

Adjournment

Adjournment at 7:56pm