Committees:
Board of Directors: President, Ryan
Kapaun. 4th Tuesday of
month. The 20 member resident elected Board provides leadership and
oversight to the Council.
CPED: Chair, David
Syers. Community Planning and
Economic Development Committee
This committee is responsible for 1) notifying the community
about upcoming land use and licensing issues, 2) hosting a monthly
meeting to review and learn about these land use and licensing issues,
3) inviting the public and relevant officials/government staff/others
to the monthly meeting, and 4) making recommendations to the Board of
Directors on specific matters. This group typically deals with land
owners who are requesting support for zoning matters, business owners
who are seeking support for licenses or license changes, residents who
are concerned about a particular issue in the neighborhood such as the
environment or traffic, and housing and economic development issues in
general. The committee meets at 6:30 at the Arlington Hills Library,
Check the Calendar.
NAC Chair, Robert Fox. The
Neighborhood Action Committee, NAC, is responsible for addressing quality
of life and community issues. This Committee’s current focus is
on crime prevention, and addressing critical vacant housing and problem
property issues. The committee discusses and responds to needs and
issues residents and block clubs bring forward, and works to facilitate
solutions. Furthermore, the committee helps neighbors become more
acquainted with and connected to the “system” of resources
and information that allows citizens to solve problems at the block,
neighborhood, district and public policy level. NAC encourages
neighbors to work together across racial, economic, lines to organize a
more unified neighborhood. To this end, NAC coordinates voluntary
community projects and programs including Community
Gardens, Payne Phalen Neighborhood Clean Ups,
Eastside Learning Collaborative (coming soon!), Neighborhood
Issue and Policy Dialogues, Neighborhood Honor Roll, NAC is the
hub of Payne Phalen Neighborhood
Leadership Network for more info., email nac@paynephalen.org
Railroad
Island Task Force: Chair, Linda Arnesen 3th
Thursday of month, alternating months
Invest Payne Phalen, Daniel
Garcia-Velez, Every Monday,
JAJ Elementary School, 6:00 p.m.
Payne Phalen Joint Task Force: Facilitator, Leslie McMurray
Area Planning Task Force: Chair, Ryan Kapaun
Other Committees:
