November 2018 General Membership Meeting Minutes

STCA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 11-13-2018

Meeting called to order at 7pm

Moment of silence

Role call of officers

Speaker JPSO Captain Curtis Matthews crime stats from Oct thru Nov 12, 2018

1 attempted burglary

2 thefts from vehicle

3 suspicious persons

0 robberies

0 residential burglaries

Speeding issues on Morris-Jefferson Highway-South-Riverdale-Vinet

Speaker Emily Arata about Ochsner expansion

Construction Projects 360 million

Michael R Boh center for Child Development caters to kids to assisting with learning & developmental specialist

West Tower helps with Parking

Improvements with drainage-security lighting-complete January-assists with emergency & critical care

Tom & Gayle Benson Cancer Center offers local cancer care & clinical care

Innovation Center-Deckbar & Jefferson Highway-3 story building

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists working on innovative healthcare

Design-planning & construction start next year aiming for Spring 2020

Making care more affordable and efficient

Proposed entry drive modification

Rehabilitation Hospital-Old Jeff Plaza

Rehab services for stroke-auto injury victims

West Tower Addition Completed in Aug 2018

Growing demand for Healthcare

Innovative Med Center-Smart Hospital-patients have Ipad with provider info-meds-plan for care-tests-goal to recover-schedule care-wireless devices-chronic diseases-better treatment

Community Initiatives

Shrewsbury Neighborhood-jobs

19 tuition free medical assistant Training program

Opened Chamberlain School of Nursing May 2018

Now accepting applications

Nursing shortage

Ochsner Day of Service

Hazel Hurst Community Center-Lemon Playground

Marine Baptist Community Garden

Farmers Market at Ochsner-Dec

Crescent City Farmers Market Wed 3-7pm

*STCA is hoping Ochsner will partner with us to improve our neighborhood

Planned infrastructure Improvements

Traffic

Beautification

Landscaping

Adding more lanes @ Causeway & Jeff and @ Collins & Jeff Highway

Payment in lieu of taxes-6.5 million needed to pay for improvement

Community@Ochsner.org

www.ochsner.org/neighbor

Ochsner is a nonprofit

19K employees Systemwide

10K employees live in Jefferson Parish

Ochsner working on daycare? Housing?

Light at the top of hospital-some like-some do not

Community meeting-Council Chamber-Promote Awareness-Complaints

Parking concerns in lot-validate-free-security reasons for patients & families

Express parking garage

Residents concerns over Pawn Shops & Hotels on Jeff Highway

Investments Transformational & Positive

Leasing Rite Aid?

Pilot Program for area

Housing needs-patients-students-neighbors

More local eateries

Hippie Kitchen

Turkey give away 10 Turkeys donated by Kim Catalano Keller Williams Realty gave 10 turkeys away to lucky attendees!

Meeting adjourned

Happy Thanksgiving

Leave a Comment