Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.
Lighthouse Community Outreach Center
1218 Tower Grove (corner of Norfolk)

Social time, opening prayer

 

Announcements and community concerns

 

Minutes:

Review of January draft minutes.
 

Neighborhood Justice progam

Rachel Smith, the Assistnat Circuit Attorney directing this program (formely known as Community Prosecution), will discuss the purposes and operation of the program and address resident concerns. (This is the three-lawyer program mentioned at the January meeting as working with the Security Task Force.)

 

Legislative session / MCU update

Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU) is a coalition of 80 churchs in the St. Louis area. The coalition in lobbying for presumptive eligibility for health care for children (spend $11 per child to provide health insurance), equity in transportation funding (have the state maintain state routes in the city, just as it does in every other city), and continuation of tax credits for distressed communities (which are different than other tax credits absorbed by developers and which are endangered by legislators' desires for stadiums here and in Kansas City). MCU representatives went to Jefferson City on February 19; they will have three more lobbying days in Jefferson City: April 10; May 1; and May 16. You can get the names and addresses of your state senator and representative via forestparksoutheast.org/elections

 

Housing Corporation's annual meeting

The FPSE Housing Corporation's annual community meeting will be Thursday, February 28, at 6 p.m. at Adams Park Community Center. A general session will cover current activities. After that, residents can participate in housing and Main Street (Manchester) workshops.