Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (nse)
March 9, 2023

Neighborhoods Commission Restructure
March 9, 2023 – NSE Committee Meeting
Agenda Item (d) 3
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director
Olympia Williams, BeautifySJ Division Manager
Department of Parks, Recreation, & Neighborhood Services Recommendation
(a)Sunset the Neighborhoods Commission
(b)Transition the Independent Citizens
Oversight Committee to a Standing
Committee of the Parks and Recreation
Commission
(c) Return to Neighborhood Services and
Education Committee in Spring 2024 with a
report on staff’s Neighborhood Association
Engagement Model.
2 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Sunset the Neighborhoods Commission
• Inability to meet quorum at meetings on an ongoing and consistent basis due to high turnover
• There is a lack of participation and feedback loop with neighborhood associations and leaders often cite the lack of interaction and problem solving of neighborhood issues due to the Commission meeting format
• Doesn’t adequately address issues from unrepresented and underrepresented neighborhoods
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY
3 Restructure Timeline
Description Timeline
Form Neighborhood Association Engagement
Model Work Group April 2023
Hold Work Group meetings May 2023 –
August 2023
Transition Independent Citizens Oversight
Committee to the Parks and Recreation
Commission
Summer 2023
Report to Neighborhood Services and
Education Committee on status of
Neighborhoods Commission Restructure as
part of the BeautifySJ Neighborhoods Annual
Report
Spring 2024
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC 4 Objectives of the Work Group
• To develop a neighborhood association engagement
model that increases access, communication and
understanding of City resources
• Develop strategies to increase City Department
communication and engagement with neighborhood
associations and groups
• Increase outreach to diverse and underrepresented
neighborhood groups and associations
5 Neighborhoods Commission Restructure
March 9, 2023 – NSE Committee Meeting
Agenda Item (d) 3
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director
Olympia Williams, BeautifySJ Division Manager
Department of Parks, Recreation, & Neighborhood Services