DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, FAICP, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
Neighborhood Engagement Unit
SUMMARY:
The Neighborhood Engagement Unit focuses on neighborhood engagement and working with the neighborhood associations to address their areas of concern.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Neighborhood Engagement Unit supports the department's mission to improve the quality of life of residents by ensuring everyone lives with dignity in healthy and affordable neighborhoods. In the Fiscal Year 2018 adopted budget included funding to hire four (4) new positions for neighborhood engagement. These positions included a Neighborhood Engagement Administrator and three Neighborhood Engagement Officers. The division was created to strengthen relationships and communication channels with neighborhoods, provide training and resources to build association's organizational capacity.
The following goals were established for the Neighborhood Engagement Division:
* Maintain updates and increase the number of neighborhood associations, HOAs and Community Organizations that are on the Neighborhood Registry
* Attend 150 community meetings, associations meetings and events
* Host a community-wide Neighborhood Summit, to include presentations/discussions around topics and services relevant to neighborhoods and Neighborhood Associations
* Host city-wide, civic engagement classes through Neighborhood Leadership Academy, graduating 80 residents annually
The Neighborhood Registry has increased from 277 associations in 2018 to 403 associations to date. City Departments use the Registry to identify Neighborhood Association points of contact for communication regarding capital projects, development projects and other improvements or initiatives throughout the City. The Registry is a communication tool only. If a Neighborhood Association is on the Registry, it will receive notices of zoning cases and other ite...
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