April 25, 2009

EPIC 2009 10th Annual Meeting Minutes 04-25


April 25th, 2009
Oliver Presbyterian Church, 2647 Bloomington Ave. S.


9:30 – 10:10   MUSIC/FOOD
10:10-10:15     Introductions Occurred
·      AGENDA was approved
·      BALLOTS were explained
·      NOMINATIONS were explained, there were no new nominations

10:15 – 10:25   GUEST SPEAKERS- ALISON HARRIS, REP. KEITH ELLISON’S  STAFF

10:25 – 10:40   PAULA MERRIGAN FROM DJR ARCHITECTURE,  THE PARK CENTER

10:40 – 10:50   TIM SPRINGER spoke Re: XCEL POWER LINES

                          DOOR PRIZES given out 

10:50 – 11:10 THE ELECTION PROCESS was explained. NOMINATION SPEECHES were offered by Linda Leonard, Mary Gonsior,   Chiffon Williams, Earl Simms, and Rosie Cruz
                       
11:10 -  11:30     VOTING took place

                           MORE DOOR PRIZES given out

11:30 – 11: 45    MOTION TO SUPPORT $5,000 FOR EAST/ MIDTOWN YOUTH  SOCCER/HOMEWORK PROGRAM 
passed unanimously
 
                            MOTION TO SUPPORT $5,000  THE HISPANIC BASEBALL YOUTH,  YOUNG ADULT AND LITTLE LEAGUE 
passed unanimously.

                            MORE DOOR PRIZES given out

                            MOTION CHANGE EPIC’s NRP ACTION PLAN ADMIN. LINE ITEM TO LIFESPAN GOAL 2, STRATEGY 2, NEWLY     REVISED. SEE AGENDA
                         passed unanimously.

11:35 – 11:50   UPDATES- NRP (NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
                          PROGRAM) Loss of Neighborhood Funding & Decision-making

                                               
12:00               VOTING RESULTS were that Linda Leonard, Mary Gonsior, Chiffon  Williams, Earl Simms, and Rosie Cruz

ADJOURN

April 4, 2009

Board Meeting MInutes 04-04


April 4, 2009

Welna’s 9:30 am

 


Attendance: Mary Gonsior, Carol Pass, Earl Simms, Linda Leonard, 

Approved agenda: annual meeting; elections; Xcel

Minutes: unavailable

Annual Meeting

Food……needs to be prepared in the church kitchen with food purchased from grocery.
Earl will help at the meeting table

Time:  set up 8 am
Earl will help set up, cook

Margaret Kirkpatrick arrived to discuss the xcel greenway conversation about the substation. We should probably be talking with Longfellow. They don’t want it of course. The Greenway doesn’t want to lose their green space and the plans made for the park. Longfellow has already invested in plans. Carol and Margaret will talk with Longfellow leadership about a community walkaround or community meeting of some kind that would invite business owners/managers. Mary proposed them forming a task force from EPIC to deal with the Xcel question.

Annual Meeting

People have to have attended an EPIC meeting to be able to run for office. We have to check the attendance list. We need to print the application forms.

Annual report…….Carol will write it and try to incorporate it into the Phase 1 review. We could summarize the ten years and Kendra’s survey. Mary will edit it. The Home Block Nursing nonprofit might be resurrected because Norma Renville might be interested.

Budget.
Mary moved/Linda seconded changing the annual meeting budget to $700. The annual report and phase one report combined have another $400 for printing.
Rosie arrived and we passed it.

Responsibilities:
  1. agenda carol/Linda: excel; park; urban 4H
  2. set up  brad sherzad alfonso, jenny, earl
  3. clean up crew  brad, jenny, earl, others
  4. Food  mary, rosie, earl
  5. greeters/sign in table, membership list Mary
  6. MC brad
  7. invitations….use park building materials, flyers; brad/carol; List: Peter M; scott v and other commissioners; mayor; gary Schiff; keith Ellison; Karen clark; Linda b; Leon Oman; Midtown; holy rosary; jay clark; amy arcan;
  8. audio visual: brad
  9. decorations, themes: Mary
  10. election: ballot counter, preparation of slate, contract and printing out forms
Maybe Jana can count…….carol’s to do.

  1. door prizes, tickets……brad
  2. entertainment: kids/guitars at Holy Rosary
  3. slide show? Brad
  4. security     Brad
  5. annual report…….Carol will try to combine the phase 1 report with the annual report


Meeting adjourned at 11 am and Mary left. Post discussion about misc. concerns.