Aug.
4, 2012, Saturday, 10:00 am
East Phillips Park Cultural & Community Center, 2307 17th Ave
S.
EPIC web address: http://www.eastphillips-epic.com/index.html
Office: 2536 18th
Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Present (board): Jennie
Bjorgo, JoseLuis Villasenor, Linda Leonard, Carol Pass, Mary Gonsior, Earl Simms,
Chiffon Williams, Rosie Cruz.
Absent: Steve Struthers
Members:
Peggy Clark, Brad Pass
Guests:
Shirley Heyer
10:00 Introduction:
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Approval of Agenda (JB,
LL: approved)
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Approval of Minutes from 7/7/12
EPIC Board Meeting (CP, JB;
approved)
10:10 Announcements:
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EPIC Membership Meeting: Thursday, Aug. 9, 6:30 PM, the East Phillips Park Center,
o
Received request from Peggy Clark for
additions to Aug. 9 membership meeting.
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National Night Out; Aug. 7th,
$100 mini-grant for first ten block clubs
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Clean Sweep T-Shirt Design Youth Contest;
give away 400 t-shirts; $25 prize. Contact Brad.
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Bicicletas event report: huge success; JLV
will report on event at general membership.
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Garden report: No specific plans for Aug.
11; our garden is not on the calendar for the annual “Garden Day” event. EPIC
will have an “open house” 11-Noon at the garden on Aug. 11, 2012. Announce at
general membership meeting and at block club events.
10:15 Expected
to receive Grievance from Michael Green. He did not come or inform us of his
future intentions.
10:17
Money Management Stuff-
Final Expenses for 2011, Insurance, CPP
Grant Request from 2011
·
Distributed financial report as of July 19,
2012.
·
We have an unsigned contract for insurance,
but we haven’t received an invoice. We should ask for the certificate – he has
verbally assured us that we have insurance but we should ask for something in
writing.
Report: $17,000 Return on investment-Phase I
NRP 1st Time Home Buyers Loans Program
·
Contract termination – Action Item –
Motion: Whereas these
funds are already in an appropriate Phase I strategy, EPIC will use this money
(from the old CEE contract) to provide Admin dollars for the new CEE contract.
(CP, LL; Passed)
10:30 Report
on Task Force on New 2012-13 Money
MG submitted a report on the task force
meeting held on July 31, 2012.
MOTION: (MG, ES) see notes. Passed.
10:45 Land Use,
Development and Environmental Issues:
1) HiLake
Appts Development
CP passed out meeting
report (June 16, 2011), EPIC special meeting agenda (July 7, 2011), Project
Data Workshops (financing), and concept drawings.
Comment period (comments
are due by Sept. 10, 2012) and Public Hearing (1:30 PM on Tuesday, Sept. 11,
2012, Room 317 City Hall). City Council to consider the “Plans” at meeting on
Sept. 21, 2012.
2) Alliance
Project, 2600 17th Ave., Bituminous Roadways, Smith Foundry
New Information, Met Council; it appears
that it is not true that Alliance has funding in place; it seems to have gotten
through the CDC and Alliance was granted an extension on exclusive development
rights for the 3rd year in a row, on the basis of this inaccurate
report.
Karen Clark suggested we meet with Herb Frye
to discuss building a couple duplex’s instead of this large unzoned property.
3) Bituminous
Roadways, Smith Foundry
CP will take to NNO events; May write a
Bituminous/Smith Foundry petition.
4) Abbott
Hospital permit change.
Requested but have not received the Tech
Support Documents. Abbott did their Cumulative
Impact Study but it wasn’t enough – sent back to rework it.
5) 2931
Bloomington Ave.
Looking for a buyer for
live work units planned.
11:00 Phase II Housing Contract
with CEE
·
Contract sent to city for review
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Marketing – Brochures for each program or
one Brochure?
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Lottery issue (CEE is required to administer
funds “first come, first served”; this would damage the opportunity of the
people in the lottery, so we will not be able to do a lottery. EPIC will have
to work harder to market these opportunities so that there is more fairness.
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Viewed 2 sample documents from Seward
Neighborhood Group
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We will design our own materials
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Need a plan to manage complaints
For review: June’s MOTION:
MG, CP. On our scope of work with CEE, we basically state that the neighborhood
will do the marketing based on a marketing plan they develop, that reaches
underserved people, and the marketing plan will address fairness, and reaching
underserved groups. Passed.
11:40 National
Night Out: Actions
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PRG’s foreclosure assistance, marketing
materials
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Running Wolf marketing materials (serving
250 residents of East Phillips)
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Tamales Y Bicicletas will also be
registering voters
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Alliance petition
12:15 Adjournment
