The next North Beacon Hill Council meeting is a special one: a year-end potluck celebration to recognize community members who have contributed to the neighborhood this year, and to plan for next year. The potluck and social will be followed by the monthly business meeting. All are welcome to attend. You are a voting member of the Council if you have attended one meeting previously.

The potluck starts at 6:30 pm (1/2 hour earlier than the usual meeting time), Thursday, December 3, in the Community Room at the Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Avenue South.

The agenda, as forwarded by Council Chair Judith Edwards:

• 6:30 – Social time, potluck
• 7:00 – A time to honor those who have given so much (and finish eating!)
• 7:15 – Business meeting
  • Estela Ortega, Executive Director, El Centro de la Raza: Future plans for development of S. parcel of El Centro property (25 minutes, including Q&A)
  • 12th Ave. and Stevens St. neighbors request to become an ad-hoc committee of NBHC in order to challenge City Light’s installation of obtrusive power lines (5 minutes)
    — vote required
  • Discussion of final draft, Department of Planning and Development’s Neighborhood Plan Update (15 minutes)
    — vote required to approve/disapprove
  • Letter to Council Member Sally Clark, Chair, Planning and Land Use Committee: Action to ensure that N. Beacon Hill Development Design Guidelines are employed in future construction (10 minutes)
    — vote required
• 8:05 – Future focus: where should we put our energy in the coming year? What are the issues the community is concerned with?
• 8:30 – Closure