December 5th, 2015, 10 :00 am
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 Roster: Jenny Bjorgo, Rosie
Cruz, Laura Dale, Shawna Dillon, Mary Gonsior, Jean Howard, Linda Leonard, Margarita
Ortega, Carol Pass
Board Members Present: Jenny Bjorgo (T),
Rosie Cruz (T), Laura Dale, Shawna Dillon, Mary Gonsior, Jean Howard, Linda Leonard, Margarita
Ortega, Carol Pass
Board Members Not
Present:
EPIC Members:
Guests:
Brad Pass, Michael Green
10:10 Introductions:
· Greetings and
Introductions
· Approval of Agenda: by
consensus as amended.
Approval of Minutes: by
consensus, with correction to address for future EPIC office space..
Receive grievances from
Michael Green.
10:20 Announcements:
- EPIC Board meeting, January 9th, East Phillips Park, Saturday, 10:00 am
- EPIC Membership Meeting, January 14th, East Phillips Park, Thursday 6:30 pm,.
- Meeting about the Roof Depot site with Karen Clark, Dec. 9th Wednesday 7:00 – 8:300, at East Phillips Park
10:25 EPIC Infill Campaign Housing Program – Complete
the effort to fill all vacant lots with new construction
- The continuation of the Village in Phillips Project
- 2435 16th and 2441 16th Ave. Habitat for Humanity added to PRG, 2424 and 2422 16th Ave.
- Lot split and add each part to the other lot, House closer to sidewalk and garage closer to alley.
- Request letter approving purchase by Habitat on these three properties to build two new homes (4- and 5-bedrooms).
- Goal is to purchase by March and build in 2016. Will be affordable housing, preference to current residents; competitive process as there are a lot of families in need and a lot of interest in purchasing in this area.
- Contact Mike or Chad if interested.
- Asked habitat to send us the “criteria” for qualifying so we can distribute to membership.
- Families selected must put in 300-500 hours “sweat equity”.
- First time home buyer program; must attend 10 classes.
- Will take about 6 months to get the house done.
MOTION: EPIC will write a
letter of support for Habitat for Humanity to purchase the lots from CPED and
split them as advised by Habitat for Humanity “proposed site plan – lot split
of Lot 42.” (LL, MO; Approved.)
Requested
that Habitat for Humanity come back to the community for feedback on the
exterior color.
Habitat
agrees to maximize exterior lawn space.
Bike Lanes
·
EPIC
balance sheet and profit/loss report distributed.
o
Mary
and Carol reviewed all expenditures
o
Carol
brought receipts to Accountant and received financial reports.
·
Invoice
received from Little Earth of United Tribes for 25% of the CIF grant amount.
·
Receipts
to be submitted electronically, and check will be issued.
·
Monthly
reports to follow with submission of additional receipts.
·
Invite
Heidi to meetings quarterly to report on program.
·
Tumbler
Web Page is public; include a link on EPIC web page.
EPIC
will update the website to let the community know that the board has been
working on the bylaws, as well as inform the community at the next GMM.
Michael
volunteered to move the proposed changes into an excel sheet. Margarita agreed
to enter the “rationalizations” and Carol will proof it.
LL
will research and present options for presenting to the community for the
January board meeting. Consider initial presentation to GMM in January.
After investing time and money improving the space that EPIC
leased from Mr. Welna, the city informed us that we can’t use the space as an
office due to the lack of a handicapped accessible restroom. So we are
currently not paying rent and working on a plan to expand the space to include
both the restroom and a conference room.
Before any agreement for leasing an improved space can be
considered or negotiated, EPIC needs to first obtain approval from the City of
Minneapolis for the project.
EPIC has funds from previous NRP programs that has been
returned to EPIC and needs to be repurposed. Other funding avenues need to be
explored.
11:30 Roof Depot Site …Update (tabled)
Crime and Safety meeting time ??.
Speed bumps.
Recommended
by community:
The
city evaluated both streets to determine whether they qualify for installation
of bumps (reports presented) and both streets qualified. Each hump costs $7,500
each.
Challenges:
bumps help “one person/block” only.
Challenges: EPIC has to pay for this ourselves
Proposal:
Based on how this is paid for in other neighborhoods,
11:50 Agenda for Community Meeting and Next Board meeting
December General Membership
Meeting
Updates/Announcements:
Change
to January Board meeting, move to January 9th.
Change
to Community meeting, move to January 14th.
Bylaw
changes.
Speed
bumps
Habitat
for Humanity Housing
Roof
Depot
Letter
to neighborhoods to assist with in-fill housing
Reports:
Lanes
on 26th St.
City
approval of floorplans for Welna/EPIC office
Financial
Report
CIF
Report
Progress
on determining Location of Crime Cameras
Crime
and Safety meeting
January Board Meeting
Reports:
Annual
Meeting
Bylaws
CIF
Program
Finance
Report
Roof
Depot
EPIC
Office
Discussion:
Parking
issues
Board
Training
Lights
La
Buena Restaurant (license to serve still in effect?)
12:15
Adjournment
