June 14th, Monday – 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.,
Holy Rosary Church Board Room, 24th
and 17th Ave S
Attendance:
Board Members: Rosie Cruz, Jenny Bjorgo, Tim Chancey, Mahamed Cali, Carol Pass, Mary Gonsior, Hannah Lieder
Members: Cedric Wash, Paula Weikle, Jen Bjorgo, Shirley
Heyer, Joseph Spangler, Chad Wilkins, Doug VanderVeen,
Casey Wostalewicz, Margaret Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey Strand, Ader
Kahin, Amran A, Mohemed,
Andrew Fahlstrom, Gail Bjorgo, Zak Hagstrom,
Christa Owens, Brianna Besch, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas, Becky Mommens, Fred
Jack, Ryan Brueske, Michelle Louviere, Amy Pass, Gabriel Pass, Kris Brogan,
Earl Simms,
Linda Leonard, Gary Schiff, Bob Bono,
Eric Refsell, Hannah Friedrich, Abah Mohamed, Brad Pass, Kevin
Lieder, Alfonso Cruz
6:30 Introduction:
·
Greetings
and Introductions
·
Approval
of Agenda
·
Minutes from EPIC Meeting, May 10th
6:40 Announcements
·
Garden
Work Day and Potluck, Saturday, June 19th Come and Work!!
·
June
29th , All-Nations Church, 6:00 pm, MPCA is holding a Public Hearing
to receive input from the community concerning how to implement the CUMULATIVE
IMPACT STUDY required for any new project that may add any new pollution.
·
Next
EPIC Meeting, Monday, July 12th
·
July
24th, Hennepin County Hazardous Waste Pick-up Event, SEE FLYERS!
7:00 Murder on the next Block
and Crime Issues- Don Greeley, CCPsafe, Council Member Gary Schiff
· What
do we know? Can we help the families somehow?
· Call safe officer 612-673-3482
· Call Carol Pass 612-280-8418
· Call 911 and call neighbors
· These kids need jobs who are on probation
because of background checks!!
MOTION: We encourage the city and county not to
do background checks or to provide alternative summer employment opportunities
to youth on probation and/or with troubled backgrounds.
· LL, MK, motion passed
MTION: City of Minneapolis and MPRB find
funding to keep parks in troubled neighborhoods open for extended hours and staff
them to provide programming for the summer.
· BP, JB, motion passed
MOTION: Ask the 3rd precinct to enforce curfew
hours in our neighborhood.
· LL, MG, motion passed
· Gary Schiff
could be at every EPIC meeting if we moved it from Monday night.
· He shared crime numbers. Increased violent crimes that are in
specific areas. Aggravated
assault, larceny, burglary, car theft, in East Phillips. Community meeting on gangs, drugs, next
week, Monday or Tuesday. Boarded
and vacant properties in East Phillips.
Drug activity talk to Gary or call 311 or call Carol. Monthly shot spotter reports.
· Vigil?
· Motions
to address the problem?
· What
to do about problem properties.
7:35 2600-2606 17th
Ave. PROPOSAL FOR APARTMENT of 20 UINTS of HOMELESS HOUSING
by Alliance Housing. (See attachment.)
· The Green Space appears inadequate for
housing of this type. Front or
side yards are too small for people to hang out. They will tend to be on the
sidewalks or yards of others. There is no setback.
· Parking inadequate for this number of
people, not to mention any guests they may have.
· Zoning of this and all surrounding area is
R2B. This is filled with new single family home ownership. Home owners are entitled to count on
the zoning to protect the residential character of the neighborhood when they
buy or build.
· Alliance’s management track record in the
neighborhood is not positive. Residents who are in a position to know see known
dealers frequenting the cur rent Alliance housing there.
· Supportive housing of this sort right near
our children’s bus stops and centered in a very residential part of the
neighborhood is not appropriate.
· Two buildings dedicated to Elderly,
potentially homeless are being built already on 24th St. and
Bloomington Ave. These will contain 34 Units on the east side of the
intersection and 12 units on the west side of the intersection. This is 46
units of new housing for the elderly
only two blocks away. East Phillips is doing its part already.
· 17th will be BIKE CORRIDOR with added bike
traffic. This street was chosen for its residential character.
· we doorknocked and inquired. The area
residents are very upset and do not want this building. They asked, “if we don't want this, do we have any
say? No, because we are mostly immigrants?”
Long term homelessness 50+, 20 units - 19
studios, 1 caretaker, studio apartments, access to services as needed. Hiawatha Commons, homelessness, working
middle class, 17th will be BIKE CORRIDOR, no setback, zone 4 or 5, haven't meet
with planning commission, 8 parking spots, 2011 Pillsbury - 27 units, Timeline
-- 3 months from now at earliest, concerns? talk to Allaince, If anyone is
interested let Carol know if you would like to take a tour
MOTION: To Support this project as presented.
RB, Motion failed.
MOTION:
EPIC members oppose a zoning change,
oppose a high density homeless facility in this location, and support relocateion
of elderly homeless project to a corridor zoned for that use and duplexes for
family housing at this site.
GP,
JB 3 abstention, no opposed, rest support, Motion passes
7:50 The
NCEC, replacement for NRP (the previous funding and assistance organization for
the Neighborhoods
· What
kind of funding do we need for East Phillips
· What
do we think about decision-making?
· Would
we like to research this whole issue more?
· Funding
starting as of 2011, 90% listening, 10% talking, meetings before decisions are made,
Neighborhood Community Relations, CRF, NRF, we need more money, we need
representation on panel
8:20 East Phillips Park Cultural &
Community Center Situation: Brad Pass
· What
happened with the Asbestos , Two Grants
· What
we are doing about it and are we going to be successful
8:30 Phillips Community Center: Issues: Retaining the building for the
four Phillips Neighborhoods. Brad Pass
MOTION: Support the Board Motion to accept
in principle the Proposal for the Phillips Comm. Center on June 5th contingent
on further review. Passed GP, LL
· How
to pay the Bills
· The
role of the Park Board
· How
to save the Pool
MOTION:
Money to Phillips Defense Fund, move to pay $2,000 to pay Paula
Macabbee.
CP,
MG, no abstentions, no opposed, motion passed
8:40 Adjournment
