Fair Haven Management Meeting
295 Blatchley Ave. New Haven, CT 06513
March 1, 2018
Call to order: 6:00pm
Present:
Present City, State, and Federal Officials: Robert Roberts, Kenneth Reveiz, Ernie Santiago
Welcome and Introductions
Review/Approval of Meeting Minutes
Police Report – Lt. David Zannelli
Found a suspect who burglarized a home
Made a firearm arrest on Ferry St. and River
Suspect is from Waterbury
309 Grand was hit by the narco unity
Foot patrol on Grand Ave. will begin during the summer
Went to Junta to meet the kids
Are doing lockdown drills at the schools due to the Parkland shooting
Meeting at 10am this Saturday 3/3/18 at the fair haven library to discuss quality of life problems
Plan to do a program called coffee with a cop to foster a relationship with residents
3/24 Hartford and Guilford will be organizing marches for the school shootings
St. Patrick’s Day parade will be 3/11
Death at exchange street
Waiting on the toxicology report currently doesn’t seem like foul play
LCI Report – Lauri Lopez
Sick. No report
Sweeping program starts next week
Keep an eye out for signs to avoid being towed
This week there will be pot hole repair
If you see any major potholes report them on see click say
Has been some illegal dumping of tires all over the place
If you know anything about who may be doing this please report it
Tree trimming season is coming
If you have a tree close to your house, street lights or powerline contact your Alder to be added to the list to be trimmed
Old Business
Vote on Clifford Beers Clinic, New Reach Inc., and FISH letters of support for CDBG grants
FISH voted and approved
Clifford Beers voted and approved
New Reach Inc. voted and approved
Vote on sponsorship for Arts & Ideas Fair Haven Festival
New Business
Alder Reviez and Santiago
Resolution to support the clean dream act was passed unanimously
With DACA revoked by the president this act
Resolution to urge action at the federal level both immediate and long-term infrastructure investment
Strong School – city has officially rejected the Lazarus proposal
Now moving to the find a strong community focused project for the site
Mayor’s State of the City included improving Fair Haven
Will be setting up a meeting with the Mayor to discuss what resources we will be getting and how to invest dollars into the neighborhood
Criscuolo Park
Softball League will be starting
If you would like to create a team contact Alder Santiago
Starting Saturday’s the day before mother’s day until the last Saturday in October
Will be adding a splash pad at the park
The bleachers will hopefully be done before the league starts with the previous $10,000 that the management team received from the city
Coffee with a Cop
Voted to provide $500 maximum for the program
CDBG Support Request
Student Parenting & Family Service Inc. Celotto Child Care Center – Executive Director Robin Moore-Evans Wilbur Cross High School
Serves pregnant and parenting teens in New Haven
Male and female
Free tuition
Partner with United Way of GNH
Able to serve 32 children up to age 3
Requesting support for CDBG grant $11,468 to pay for staff salaries as well as incentive for the teen parents. The parents get gift cards as incentives for attending
Only childcare center in a high school in the city
Voted and approved to write a letter of support
Sickle Cell Disease Association of Southern CT – Executive Director Delores Edwards
Not present
Arts & Ideas Fair Haven Festival – Dave, Juancarlos, Thema, Sara
Will be moving the festival to Criscuolo park
5/26/18 from 12-4pm
Community festival with stages that will include arts, performances, plays, etc.
Applications are available for people interested in performing encouraging local artist to apply
Multiple food trucks
Partnering with Bike week and will be providing free bikes to the children
Cleaning the popup bike lane
Offering bike tours of the neighborhood
Next planning meeting 3/15/18 5:30pm at Music Haven at Erector Square
Requesting sponsorship funds from the Fair Haven Management team
Motion to sponsor the festival $500 voted and passed
Vertical Church – Outreach Coordinator Paul Bronson
Partnering with the city of new haven to start a food pantry at the fair haven substation
Will be attending the management meetings going forward and will be looking for
Outreach program has done a lot for Life Haven and plan to do more for fair haven
Looking to launch this the 3rd week of May
Will be open the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10-12pm and are open and flexible to change as the need changes
This will be a long-term program for the community
Organizing with the food bank and the city of new haven and they will be working around the schedule of the other food pantries in the area
Suggestions from the community: provide healthy foods (organic etc.), leave prepared bags of food for the officers to bring to families in need if the food bank is closed, should connect with the new haven food policy council, find ways to get food to the elderly not able to get to the pantry, bring in a nutritionist, get involved with the Atwater senior center
Announcements
Citywide Festival Planning Meeting 3/5/18 5:30p – 7:30p New Haven Public Library Program Room
Management teams are starting another city-wide management team
Working to get all of the communities to work together to learn from each other
First meeting is 3/5/18 5:30pm for the chairs to attend and bring the information back
Dollar store to open on the corner on Ferry and Grafton
Will be added to the agenda for April to request a letter of support to present to the zoning board
Saturday March 31, 2018 1pm annual Easter Spring Festival at Chatham square park
Chathamsquare.ning.com for more information
Fair Haven School 6th grade students won a $600 grant to better Chatham square park
If you have ideas see Dave Weinreb
Allen Appez reading from newest book on 3/3/18 at 6pm at the Mitchell library
Adjournment: 7:14pm
Upcoming Meeting: April 5, 2018