July 21st 2022 RCC Meeting Minutes

Police Updates:

• Friday July 22nd was Officer Parks last day as our community officer here in the South Region, we thank her so much for serving her community and wish her all the best as she moves to the North Region!
• We welcomed Officer Justin Boyd as our new Community Officer, who has been with CPD for 7 years, his whole career has been in the South Region.
• Crime is down overall in the city, especially auto thefts! South Region is down 24% overall. There were 7 property crimes in Rosewood out of the 100 or so property crimes in the South Region.
  • there is an ongoing investigation for the shooting that occurred in Rosewood:
  • empty shell casings were found, however no one was hit
  • as always, if you have any information pertaining to this investigation, please let CPD know.
• If you own or know someone that owns a Kia or Hyundai please be aware these are the latest reported auto break in make of car.
  • they are forcing entry and removing the steering column in order to bypass the ignition and start the car.
  • please keep valuables out of sight, doors locked and make sure you have a copy of your registration/VIN information as well as your license plate in a safe place in case of theft.
• Discussed the latest about the Vivint security salesmen plaguing our neighborhoods:
  • they are valid salespeople, and their license has been verified. the badge they wear should have their information on it and when asked to see it they should provide it to you.
  • if they come to your door and you’re not interested tell them so, ask them to leave and shut the door.
  • as far as time is concerned, the ordinance doesn’t make a reference to any certain time period that they can and cannot solicit business during, but they have been told by CPD at least once to stop knocking on doors late at night.
  • if you feel threatened or they will not leave your property after being asked to do so, call 911 and shut the door to them and stay inside. the non-emergency number works as well (252-911).

Alison Terracio

• spoke on code enforcement in the area. there is a code enforcement officer shortage, as well as a shortage for a lot of the city departments.
  • if you’ve got a specific or urgent need, please email the ombudsman’s and CC Alison on the email.
  • some contact info can be found here.
  • our officer is Ronnie Hingleton.
• a new firework ordinance is in the works, but has yet to be approved.
  • they will publicize a LOT before strictly enforcing. for example they will utilize social media, billboards, and signs at businesses.
  • this ordinance will take into consideration those with PTSD, our veterans, and animals especially.
  • they are looking at increased fines for repeat offenders, which are currently around $50.
  • they will also discuss limiting the timeframe as in both the days surrounding specific holidays as well as the hours for the ordinance.

Will Brennan

• Will brought up the City of Columbia Water Meeting happening August 18th at the Boys and Girls Club on South Holly.
  • Meeting will run from 6pm-7:30pm, Thursday the 18th.
  • a Facebook event will be created and shared to both neighborhood groups, please plan on attending!
• there are 3 areas that have been deemed emergency water repairs that will be fixed before working on any other of the 3 phase water repair plan.
  • Wando St
  • 3 blocks of S. Walker
  • Shamrock Ct
• as far as the 3 phase plan- all of the designs have been completed, the plans were pushed back because of Covid, then again with budgeting.

Mike Ely/RCC/Orchard

• spoke about traffic calming plans
  • we are still collecting spots all over the neighborhood. if you have a spot, please email the council or send us a Facebook message.
  • phase 1 saw 23 out of the 42 requests installed. this included speedhumps, four way stops, etc.
  • we have 3 major connectors that need to be reclassified as minor:
    • south kilbourne, south ott, and superior
• reminded everyone to check out the rosewood orchard and nature trail
  • all the rain has made some beautiful flowers happy. it has overall been a great season for the orchard
  • plans to install a handicap accessible crosswalk coming

Important upcoming dates

• August 11 2022 – South Kilbourne Neighborhood Association will host a Front Porch Roll Call at Suber Marshall Church
• August 13 2022 – Sports-A-Rama at Memorial Stadium
• August 18 2022 – Columbia Water Meeting at Boys and Girls Club

April 28th RCC Meeting

• Official introduction of new board since our first meeting was postponed.
• RCPD Update:
  • In 30 days, the following property crimes were reported:
    • 1 burglary, which is still under investigation.
    • 1 stolen vehicle, which was recovered.
  • New mental health officer was introduced.
    • You will still call 911.
    • New mental health officer will help evaluate and help in certain situations.
• Allison Terracio – Councilwoman for District 5
  • Encouraged everyone to find out who your representatives are and to get involved. https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/
  • They are in budget season right now- if there’s something that you’re passionate about speak out and speak up- getting involved is how we can achieve change.
  • Even though land development code has been passed, doing a review/refresh to involve more community input because there is room for growth.
    • Instead of ABC type zones, they will be broader like ‘A1’, ‘B3’, ‘C4’ to fit areas better.
  • The City of Columbia governs MOST of Rosewood.
    • 3/4 of Rosewood is governed by the City, 1/4 by the County. If you don’t know who you are governed by, check the color of your trashcan.
• Greenway- Timberlane/Park:
  • Borderlines Allison Terracio’s area.
  • The County would build the park.
    • The City of Columbia would then take it over.
  • Safety measures would be in effect, such as rangers and lighting.
  • Parking will be available- there is potential for pull in spots.
  • We need input from neighbors and local residents to ensure the best outcome. ALL INPUT IS WELCOME INPUT.
• Herrick Brown – Nature Trail/Orchard Updates
  • Memorial Stadium parking lot promoted lots of runoff.
    • EPA and Gills Creek Watershed helped with storm water retention. Filters through the sand and slows the flow of water on the other side of the skate park and zip line/Miracle Park.
  • All grants have gone to purchasing native species to include along the trail (including plants, trees, shrubs, etc.) in Valencia/Edisto Court/Bates.
  • Bluebird Project – Bob Haskins has dozens of bluebird boxes all over Rosewood! For example:
    • 6 on Owens
    • 1 on Edisto
    • 1 on Valencia
  • Goals for the Nature Trail/Orchard:
    • Work with Sustainable Midlands for Rosewood Orchard.
    • Continue to promote Bluebird Project.
    • Projected 5 year goal: extend the Nature trail to about a mile parallel to the disc golf with minimal crossing in certain parts.
• Next meetings are in July, October, and January. We will get out notice further in advance for these.
• National Night out is in October. We will update as planning goes on!

April 2022 RCC Meeting

We will have our first meeting of 2022 this Thursday, April 28th at the Hangar at Owens Field. We will be outside on the green space and would love for you to join us!

We plan on a 6:30 PM meet time and a 7:30 PM start time.

2022 1st Quarter Meeting Postponed

Due to record high Covid cases, Rosewood Community Council is postponing the Q1 2022 neighborhood meeting indefinitely. We’ll plan to meet again once community spread is back under 5%.

Thank you for understanding!!

Please stay safe.

Mike E, Mike H, Lindsay and Julie

October Meeting Minutes – 10/28/2021

• Police updates from Captain Blendowski, CRT Parks,

Captain Crawford (RCSD) and Deputy Gamble (RCSD)

• 5 total auto break ins were reported 4 forced and 1 unforced.
  • Reminder to residents to lock their vehicles and not leave items in plain sight or unattended.
  • Property Crimes reported were 1 Grand larceny and 1 Burglary
• From August 1^st to present date (time of meeting) 310 Traffic Tickets were given, primarily in school zones. CPD wants you to know that they hear you and are working towards more traffic enforcement in the midst of staffing those areas.
• The holidays are coming up and Columbia Police would like to remind you of the following:
  • Please do not leave package trash in front of your residence that would let potential thieves know you have newer items in your home to steal.
  • Remember to not post your vacation plans on public forums or public social media posts to alert potential thieves to empty properties.
  • If you would like CPD to perform a property check on your residence there is an online form located at https://columbiapd.net/property-check-request-form/
    • You can submit the online form at this link- requests take 48-72 hours to be processed.
    • You can also call 803-545-3500 to request
• Contact information for the officers present at this meeting are as follows
  • Captain Blendowski CPD– 803-737-5880
  • CRT Hakiesha Parks CPD – 803-391-9243
  • Captain Jason Crawford RCSD-803-904-3694
  • Deputy Nathaniel Gamble RCSD-803-465-2811

• Heather Bauer for City Council at Large
  • spoke about her run for City Council at Large and offered up her contact information 803-979-1024.
  • Talked about the railroad tracks at S. Beltline and as of 10/28 they were on schedule to be repaired by end of 2021 by CSX.
• Allison Terracio – Councilwoman for District 5
  • Cell phone 803-622-6029
  • Spoke about the proposed moratorium between old codes and new codes for land development.
  • Public Hearing for those affected by code changes is 11/9/2021 at 2020 Hampton St
    • Masks are required
    • County Council meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday of each month
    • Link to watch online is http://richlandcountysc.gov/Government/County-Council
  • She also touched on the American Rescue Plan Money which has been partially delivered to the council.
    • The information can be found at http://www.richlandcountysc.gov/ARPAfunding
      • Survey available in English and Spanish to give feedback on how the County should use it’s share (~80 million)

• RCC 2022-2024 term elections
  • Positions were announced on RCC Website, RCC Facebook Page and Event for Meeting posted 10/7/2021
  • Nominations were made to either current VP Mike Ely or current secretary Lindsay Boozer by email or Facebook Message/Comment.
  • As of 10/28 the parties running for all four positions were unanimously voted in.
    • President – Mike Ely
    • Vice President – Mike Holden
    • Secretary – Lindsay Boozer
    • Treasurer – Julie Bigham

• RCC would like to thank the Boland Team (Virginia and Randall Boland) for offering up “the first round” to RCC Meeting Attendees at this meeting. Below is the flyer that was presented as well as a link to their website.
  • https://www.yourkeytosc.com/about/
  • https://rosewoodneighborhood.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/boland-team-flyer.jpg

July Meeting Minutes – 7/22/2021

Meeting led by Tyler and Lindsay- both Tim and Mike unavailable

• Storm Drain Marking Event from June 2021 from Bob Askins
  • Marked a good bit of storm drains- still have a sleeve of medallions and want to plan another small scale event for marking the rest of storm drains.
  • If you have a drain to be marked please let someone on the council know and we will work towards getting it marked!
  • Marked every markable drain between S. Maple to S. Ott and Rosewood and Rosewood Park!
• Bob also spoke about the Bluebird Box project along the nature trail
  •  2 boxes that have been very productive- 16 new bluebird fledglings!!
• Great Rosewood Trash Pickup June 2021
  • Not a big turnout- 6 people total
  • Picked up 5 large bags full of trash around Valencia Park and along South Kilbourne Ave
  • We still have supplies from this event and will plan another trash pick up later in the year.
• Spoke about City of Columbia being behind on large trash pickup due to staffing. As of meeting time they were about two weeks behind. – as a result of an attendee asking about City traffic pick up vs our pick up.
• RCSD – Lt. Jason Crawford spoke about crime in the area
  • Uptick in the area has been break ins- based on people seeing posts on social media
  • Kids pulling on car door handles, lots of gun thefts and valuables stolen from cars that were left in plain sight or unlocked vehicles.
  • BOTH City and County Officers offer property checks for while you’re on vacation. Online forms are located here:
    • https://columbiapd.net/property-check-request-form/
    • https://www.rcsd.net/property-checks/
• CRT Hakiesha Parks with CPD spoke about crime in South Kilbourne
  • 3 burglaries between June 21^st and 30^th  – nothing was taken, not sure if they were connected
  • 1 auto break in with forced entry, nothing was mentioned as being taken on the report
  • 1 stolen car on Hemphill St- the key was left in the vehicle in this case
    • It is not illegal to leave your car running on PRIVATE PROPERTY – side note.
  • David Rice and Nick Hayes- both arrested finally. Multiple offenses of property crimes in both Rosewood and Shandon neighborhood.
• Captain Blendowski with CPD spoke about keeping the community safe by keeping them involved. Please communicate with the police for your needs.
  • Reminded us that the non-emergency numbers still goes to the same dispatcher as 911 calls.
  •  (803) 252-2911 is number for NON-Emergency calls, but if you feel like it is urgent he stressed to just call 911.
  • Also update on Roll Calls- they miss having them too, but they have not been approved to start back up yet.
• Jared Johnson spoke about the BLM Mural which is in process at Sweet Temptations Bakery on North Main St.
  • He also spoke about his project to put 21 books by Black Authors in Little Free Libraries across Rosewood, Shandon, and Earlewood. If you would like to donate a book to Jared please reach out to him via Facebook. He will share his list of books or you can purchase off the list at Odd Bird Books in the Arcade Mall on Main St. It is a local owned bookstore so you will be supporting a small business and black authors as well.

• Allison Terracio-
  • Spoke about the Richland County Website being updated to be more user friendly for outside people looking for information.
  • American Rescue Plan Money- County is getting ~80 Million and the City of Columbia ~27 Million
    • If you have input on how you want American Rescue Plan money go to
      • http://www.richlandcountysc.gov/ARPAfunding
      • Give Feedback on how you would like to see the County spend their share (~80 Million.)
• Michelle spoke about happenings in the South Kilbourne Group
  • National Night Out moved to October
  • Reminded everyone to please lock their cars, be on the lookout for yourself as well as your neighbors.

JULY 22nd RCC Meeting

Hello Friends and Neighbors!

We will have our second meeting of 2021 this Thursday, July 22nd at the Hangar at Owens Field. We will be outside on the green space (weather permitting) and invite you to come and mingle with your neighbors.

Please come and enjoy the weather

if you feel comfortable!

 Agenda

 
6:00      Social Time/Drink/Food Orders
 
6:30      Call To Order/Welcome Back
             Treasurer Report/Updates
              
6:40     Police Updates
 
7:00     Open Forum for Representatives
 
7:30     Social Time/Adjourn

6/19/21 Storm Drain Marking

We will be marking storm drains with the help of City of Columbia!

Tools will be provided, however please remember to bring gloves and water to drink! Depending on how many volunteers we get we will divide up into teams to help make this a successful event!!

Meet at Rosewood Park at 9am! Meeting will last approximately 2 hours.

Please see the link below to the event on Facebook!

https://fb.me/e/1lhTnBX7o

April 15, 2021 Meeting at the Hangar

Summary Of Events:

This was our first meeting since the start of the pandemic and we were so pleased to see a good turnout (including the aircraft) on what turned out to be a gorgeous evening weather wise.

Will Brennan was the first speaker of the evening who spoke about update to the city’s water infrastructure. A total of 22 million will be spent over the 3 phases, of which we are currently in the planning of the 1st phase which the funding approval and budget will be discussed at the meeting Tuesday evening (4/20). If you or someone you know has instances of brown water please do not hesitate to reach out to Will directly at will.brennan@columbiasc.com.

Will also the mural project going on in 4 different districts celebrating Black History. You might have noticed the mural going up at Valencia Park on S. Kilbourne created by artist McClellan Douglas who is a Hand/Dreher alumni.

CRT Mason Frier with CPD sadly announced that he will be leaving us, but it’s fantastic news for him as he has gotten a promotion and as of May 1st he will be joining the Special Victims Unit. We are so happy for this for him and we will welcome his replacement CRT Keisha Parks to our next meeting. Until May you can reach Mason at 803-391-6203.

Mason also talked about the drop in auto break ins, especially since there were arrests made in the catalytic converter thefts plaguing the area. There have also been some key arrests made throughout the county that will affect our local property crimes.

Tameika Isaac Devine joined us to speak about the American Rescue Plan and the funding that could potentially be allocated to helping with direct Covid relief for small businesses, first responders, essential front line workers and more. They are also discussing how to maximize the budget at the meeting on Tuesday.

Herrick Brown gave us an update on all the work being done to the nature trail, especially with the funds awarded from grants with Columbia Green and Palmetto Pride. We’ve had over 3000 volunteered person hours for at least 500 individual plantings, including some plants graciously donated by volunteers. The intent is to continue plant native species to help foster the other flora and fauna that have returned to the area after that area was barren for over a decade.

We also invite you to attend the official Ribbon Cutting for the Pump Track on April 27th at 11am if you are available! It’s gotten a lot of use already and draws in people from all over the tri county area to enjoy.

Other Concerns Addressed

Attendees discussed wanting more traffic calming near the schools, increased patrols in high speed areas, trash clean ups, storm drain marking and cleaning, speed bumps.

April 2021 Meeting

Hello Friends and Neighbors!
 

We will have the first meeting of 2021 thisThursday, April 15^that the Hangar at Owens Field. We will be abiding by mask wearing and social distancing guidelines and will mostly remain outside on the green space.

Please come and enjoy the weather if you feel comfortable!

Agenda

 
6:00      Social Time/Drink/Food Orders
 
6:30      Call To Order/Welcome Back
             Treasurer Report
              
6:40      CRT Mason Frier w/Police Updates
 
6:50      Herrick Brown – Nature Trail/RCCC
             Columbia Green/Palmetto Pride grants &plantings
 
7:10      Will Brennan
 
7:30     Social Time/Adjourn