April
6th, 2013, Saturday, 10:00 am
East
Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center
EPIC web address: http://www.eastphillips-epic.com/index.html
Office: 2536 18th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN
55404
“The world needs dreamers and the world
needs doers,
but most of all the world needs
dreamers who do.”
Present board members:
Carol Pass, Jenny Bjorgo, Mary Gonsior,
Earl Simms
Not present board members: Linda Leonard, Chiffon Williams, Rosie Cruz, JoseLuis
Villasenor, Sherdl Kordian
Members: Brad Pass
Guests: Shirley
Heyer
MOTION:
Meeting as a committee of the whole. MG, CP Passed.
10:00 Introduction:
· Approval of Agenda – JB, MG approved with amendments.
· Approval of Minutes from 3/4/2013 EPIC Board Meeting. JB, MG
approved.
10:10 Announcements:
· EPIC Membership Meeting: Thursday, April 11th, day, 6:30 pm,
the East Phillips Park Center
· Annual Meeting, April 27th
· Website expansion, completed. We are the only neighborhood
that has a website that translates into 85 languages.
· NUSA Conference (Neighborhoods USA) Register before April
26th for Conference on May 22nd to 25th.
10:15
Greenway Heights Apartments: Motion for funding to help with the
Balconies. $35,000. Discussion of funding with Robert Thompson. Using the NRP Phase
II Plan as our Priority Plan plus additional meeting endorsements and Annual
Meeting is acceptable.
CP has not heard whether we have been
granted funds from the County for this project. We did receive money from the
City. Goal is to build this spring. Robert Thompson said that our process, as
an extension of our priorities as part of the Phase II plan, and our decision
about at four meeting over the past three months, is sufficient to move $35,000
from new NRP funds to leverage the funding from the County. It is not necessary
to have create a new motion, because we have already approved this two times in
community meetings, and board meetings. Just need confirmation from the Annual
Meeting.
10:
30
NUSA Conference (Neighborhoods USA): Registration: Before April 26th; Conference: May
22-25, 2013, Wed.-Sat., Cost: $200.00. Sponsorships, Issues.
Even though the city reversed its plans
to have this conference planned and executed by neighborhoods, and after
hundreds of hours of planning completed by neighborhood volunteers, the city
will hold this conference in May. The present conference was planned by
non-neighborhood groups, however, EPIC members should probably still attend. EPIC
can send two delegates to this event. After April 26 the registration cost is
$300.
10:40 Housing
Programs:
Progress, Some Door-Knocking and distribution, Some filling out Apps. Jenny said she would be willing to do door-knocking and translating to Latino residents.
Brochure
and Instructions in Spanish.
EPIC has distributed some of the CEE
packets as people have requested them. There have only been about 2 or 3
requests so far.
10:55 Annual Meeting: on April 27th, Saturday at 9:30, meeting
starts at 10:00 am.
·
Food:
Shirley Heyer contracted for $250 meeting starts at 10:00 am
·
Entertainment:
still no live entertainment.
·
Election
of new Board Members:
Board Members elected last year Jenny,
Carol, Rosie and JoseLuis. We would like to have five more elected this year.
On the ballot are: Mary, Linda, Earl and Sherdl.
Nominations from the floor will be
accepted provided that individuals have signed the board nomination form, and
have attended at least one EPIC general membership meeting during the past
year. A sign and nomination forms will be available at the sign in table during
the annual meeting.
We have invited others to consider
serving.
·
Norm
(Jenny B.)
·
Cam
and Tila, come and bring some relatives.
·
Naomi
(Banyan)
11:
10 Report on NCR Funding Requirements:
Robert Thompson agreed that we can use
the priorities stated in the NRP phase 2 plan (if it is recent), and along with
community meetings, we can extend this plan forward to request new plan
dollars. There are questions as to whether we will have any TIF or other
future money after 2014. We used to have NRP dollars guaranteed for 10 years.
Now we can only count on a 3 year plan, if the city does not withdraw their
assent to this. The city has until June 30 to decide if they will change this.
We have our NRP dollars no matter what.
11:15 Pool Progress: Alley two page Article EPIC paid $250,
Other Neighborhoods to kick in $250 apiece. Check this out to inform yourselves.
April
10th presentation at Ventura Village. April 24th (Wednesday) meeting for all
the neighborhoods starts at 6:30 pm at Phillips Community Center. Phillips Community Parks Initiative is
working on a community wide outreach to update residents of the four
neighborhoods and present a united neighborhood support group for the pool. The
Park Board on March 6, did pass an endorsement of support for raising the funds
needed for operations and construction needed for the pool.
11:35
The
Opening of the Community Garden:
Report by Brad Pass.
First garden meeting is next Saturday,
April 13th, 2013 (steering committee and anyone else who wants to come.) Plot
fees will be decided, and other concerns discussed. Come learn about receiving
a plot. The first gardener’s meeting will be April 13, when plots will be
assigned.
The following motion needs to be
cancelled and substituted at the next general membership meeting. Board
recommended motion to support EPIC’s assuming payment of annual property tax
payment (up to $1,000 per year). EPIC owns the property.
It needs
to read that EPIC moves this money to the “other” category.
11:50 Adjournment
