No one has claimed a pair of silver glasses
left at the April meeting.
Dolores Curry still has them.
BELMONT-DEVILLIERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
MINUTES OF THE MAY 2, 2012 MEETING
The meeting was opened at 5:30
p.m. by President Dolores Curry. Attending were: Dolores Curry, Vivian Lamont, Dottie
Dubuisson, Rosemary Kirkland, Rev. Carl Reeves, Pattie Krakowski, Ann Hill, Robin
Reshard, Sheikh Sahe el din, the Sheldon Powell, Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis, Brad Nihls, Diane Mack, Rose
George, Jewel Cannada-Wynn, Beverly Perry, Neil Richards and Rose McPherson. Guests
included Columbus and Linda Thompson and Ryan Winterberg-Lipp, administrator of
the Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency. Minutes were read and approved.
Rev. Carl Reeves answered
questions from members, noting that it is OK for citizens to share photos of
offenders but that the police cannot do this. He said the removal of Waterfront
Mission to Herman St.
will alleviate some of the problems arising from the transient population.
Guest Linda Thompson invited
everyone to the 9th annual free Juneteenth festival on June 16 from
noon to 5 pm at Maritime
Park . Contact talindas@aol.com for more info.
Ryan Winterberg-Lipp reminded
everyone of the city’s project to make both Spring and Baylen two-way
streets. She said the plan had been held
up by the state Department of Transportation, but that bids for this project
would be going out the week of May 7. There will also be two public hearings on
this project. It should be before City Council at the end of June.
Brad Nihls said he recently
moved here from Chicago
with his wife and daughter.
Sheldon Powell introduced
himself as the son of the Rev. John Powell.
Vivian Lamont said the
Belmont Youth Band will be playing at Juneteenth, Cordova Mall, a cerebral
palsy fundraiser and at the Maritime
Park grand opening.
Neil Richards invited
everyone to the special Mother’s Day version of Hot Glass Cold Beer event on
Friday at the Belmont
Building .
Sheikh Aziz introduced his
brother Darrell of the Nation of Islam.
Dolores Curry reminded
everyone of the Legion Field discussion at 6:30 pm at Sanders Beach .
Dottie Dubuisson discussed a
baseball history lecture she attended. She reported that Jessica Bell is the
new special projects coordinator of the city’s Office of Sustainability. (The
former coordinator Cindy Williams recently resigned.)
Ms. Dubuisson said an
Apple-oriented computer store is opening on Palafox St . She also gave a brief summary
of several meetings she has attended. She brought in a sample card for the City
Council public speakers forum and explained the process that allows citizens to
speak on any topic.
She also said that the city’s
Code Enforcement is moving aggressively through the city and that residents
need to address any citation or face steep accruing fines.
Diane Mack said the City is
now enforcing a long-standing ordinance that residents are responsible for
maintaining the right-of-way adjacent to their homes as she learned from a
friend who lives at A and Chase Street.
Jewel Cannada-Wynn said she
has gotten the required number of petitions to be a candidate for County Commissioner
for District 3.
Dr. Alexa Canada-Davis said
the County Commissioners have said they will not
close the libraries, but reminded everyone there is likely to be two or three
different commissioners in office in the fall, so they may not be held to that
pledge.
Dr. Canada-Davis said the
library board has tabled long-term planning for now, but two goals are a safe
crossing over Cervantes for children coming from the north and protecting the
size of the 4,800 square feet design for the new Legion Field library.
There was some discussion
about the status of the Belmont-DeVilliers website, but no decisions were made.
Ms. Curry and Eddie Todd will
follow through on the banners to be purchased with the $500 donation of Ronald
Townsend.
It was moved and approved to
send a potted plant as congratulations to Rishy Studer on the opening of her
new shop on Palafox.
Robin Reshard obtained
permission from the group to film our next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at
6:20 pm, and all enjoyed a delectable feast courtesy of Sheikh Aziz and Food
for the Soul’s Joyce James and Gilbertina Anderson. The new catering and event
planning service is housed at the DeVilliers Café across the street. They
brought an array of finger sandwiches, veggie and fruit plates, homemade soup
and desserts. Their specialty is wedding cakes, pies, tarts, homemade breads,
cobblers and other baked items. You can reach them at 850-449-4297, 281-7212 or
ladyjames35@yahoo.com.