March
14th, 2013, 6:30
p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
East Phillips Park Cultural
& Community Center, 2307 17th Ave S.
EPIC
web address: eastphillips-epic.com
Office:
2536 18th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Board Members Present: Carol Pass, Mary Gonsior, Jenny Bjorgo, Linda Leonard, Chiffon
Williams, Earl Simms, Rosie Cruz
Board Members Not Present: JoseLuis Villasenor, Sherdl Kordian
EPIC Members: Brad Pass, Margaret Kirkpatrick,
Lacey Reierson, Tulasi Chapazai, Tila Chapazai, Khem Neopane, Kim Hayden, Elizabeth Johnson, Pat Christensen, Don Olson, Joseph Speranzella, Jeremy Gray, Guadalupe Martinez, Ernestina Garcia, Jason Rodney, MaryGrace Alton
Guests: Glen Goldsby (Sundial Solar), Tom Reinke (Sundial Solar),
Shirley Heyer, Alisha Gomez, Doug Wise
MOTION: Meet as
a committee of the whole. (JB, BP) Passed.
6:30 Introductions:
· Greetings and Introductions
· Approval of Agenda – approved with correction to the date
(March 14, 2013).
· Approval of Minutes from EPIC 2/14/2013 General Membership
Meeting (BP, JB) Approved.
o With correction to date (Approval of Minutes from EPIC
01/10/2013)
o With correction to Sundial Solar Consultants (from Sun Dial
Industries)
6:55 Announcements:
· Park Board Voted ‘yes’ on the Pool Project. Now the next
phase of money raising begins. We have raised over $2M; we have enough to do
the initial effort to restore the pool and add a small warm water pool. In
order to obtain a larger “revenue flow” for maintaining the pool, we want to
add two lanes, making the pool “competitive”. Requires an additional $3M.
· Report on last night’s first meeting of the East Phillips
Sports Council. Had a really positive meeting; attendance was mostly coaches.
· EPIC Annual Meeting will be on April 27th, 9:30 am, East
Phillips Cultural and Community Center
7:00 Annual Meeting coming on April 27th, Saturday, 9:30:
Meeting Planning
There are open
positions on the EPIC Board. You need to have attended one EPIC meeting to
qualify. There are two meetings before the Annual meeting, if you have not been
to one, this one and the one on April 11th at the same time and
place. You also must be either a resident or work in East Phillips. You must be
willing to attend two meetings a month, the one on the 2nd Thursday and the
board meeting on the 1st Saturday of each month. Call either Carol Pass at
612-280-8418 or Mary Gonsior at 612-724-7623 for questions.
MOTION (BP, JB): Ratify the motions approved by the committee of
the whole. Passed.
Two recommended
motions for Bylaw Changes from the Board (Bylaws currently require a 30 day
notification for change. This was done (via email) on March 10th, so this vote
can occur at the next Membership meeting) :
1)
that 30 day notice for
review of items requiring that timing be changed to read “required review time
is to the next monthly membership meeting, to include amendments to the
Bylaws”. (Sometimes the meetings do
not fall on an exact 30-day gap, causing problems in timely review and
response.)
2) changing “shall be dropped” to “may be
dropped” from the Board if s/he has three consecutive unexcused absences or
four nonconsecutive unexcused absences from monthly membership meetings or meetings of the
Board of Directors in a year.
MK commented that if EPIC doesn’t have a procedure in place for how and when to ask a director to remove from the board, it could result in complaints, therefore, the board will reexamine item #2, as to the legal impact of this change before presenting for a vote by the membership.
7:15 Is
Solar Energy for You??
Glen
Goldsby and Tom Reinke from Sundial Solar presented information on opportunities,
funding, bulk buying, legislation, and other topics related to solar energy
investment, and responded to questions from EPIC members.
7:35 EPIC Housing Program – Home Buyer Assistance, Rehab Assistance,
help with Emergencies and Foreclosure Avoidance Assistance.
Our work is done
formulating this program, translating it into Spanish and working with our loan
managers to process loans. Q and A with Doug Wise, EPIC Housing Coordinator.
7:50 Greenway
Heights Apartment Building, 2845 Bloomington
EPIC’s final major
apartment project. We have worked with the developer and architects to
implement the vision formed by many of you at the community meeting of April
14th, 2011, when we all gave our input…affordability, balconies and beauty. We
are raising the final dollars. The land loan comes due in September so we need
to complete the fund raising soon. The following fund will insure the balconies
and help leverage the County funding.
This will come from Phase
II Home Buyer assistance to be replaced by CPP money soon. Homes are not moving
right now but may be in the near future.
This is a Board recommended motion for
review and this is its 2nd
review before the Final Vote on at the Annual Meeting. This is an endorsing vote.
MOTION: EPIC will offer $35,000 from our NRP
Phase II home buyer dollars to be replaced by CPP to assist with
the funding of the Balconies on the Greenway Heights Apartment Project. Passed unanimously.
8:10 EPIC
Accomplishments and Policies regarding funding other organizations
·
EPIC has contracted
100% of our NRP Phase II Housing Budget.
·
Contracted $25,000 of
our NRP Phase II Community Enhancement Budget (the pool).
·
We have contracted out $1,243,000 to
fund East Phillips Commons, Village In Phillips, Little Earth of United Tribes,
and Bii Di Gain Dash Anwebi projects.
Time to turn to the
rest of our NRP Phase II Community Enhancement Budget. The board has worked for
several months on a set of Policies for the use of this and CPP money to meet
City requirements. These have been presen, ted to the community at previous
meetings.
MOTION: (LL, BP) Board recommended motion that EPIC endorses the “Policy for Collaborative Funding
Agreements”. Passed.
8:25 The
Opening of the Community Garden: Report by Brad Pass.
First garden meeting is this Saturday, March 23, 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
garderer’s meeting will be April 13, when plots will be assigned.
MOTION: (MG, RC) Board recommended motion to support EPIC’s
assuming payment of annual property tax payment (up to $1,000 per year). EPIC
owns the property.
Announcement: April 19 (Friday evening), a broad public meeting about
the pool.
