1-11-2018,
6:30 – 8:50
East Phillips Park Cultural &
Community Center, 2307 17th Ave S.
EPIC web
address: eastphillips-epic.com
Office: 2536
18th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) -280-8418
Board Roster:, Rosie Cruz, Laura Dale, Mary Gonsior, Tom Harris, Cassandra Holmes, Linda Leonard, Carol Pass,
Linda Vermillion, Marc Trius
Board Members Present: Rosie
Cruz, Laura Dale, Mary
Gonsior, Linda Leonard, Carol Pass,
Board Members Not Present: Tom Harris, Cassandra Holmes, Linda Vermillion, Marc
Trius
Members: Steve, Brad, Kim,
Troy, Michael Green
Guests: Shirley
6:30 Social Time/ Greetings and Introductions
MEETING AS A COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE:
7:00 Approval of Proposed Agenda: Approved by consensus with addition of setting the
date for the annual meeting.
Approval of December
14th General Membership Draft Minutes:
Approved by consensus with correction: add Michael Green present for the
meeting.
7:10 Announcements:
· Next EPIC Board Meeting, Saturday, February 3rd, 10:00 am-noon, EPIC’s office at 2433 Bloomington Ave. S.
· Next EPIC Community Meeting, Thursday, February 8th, 6:30 - 8:45, East Phillips Park
- Flyer distributed: community events with Mayor Jacob Frey
- Midtown’s January meeting will be Jan. 23rd; will be held at Plymouth Congregational Church featuring brainstorming sessions for planning the City’s 2040 plan. 6 pm dinner, 6:30-8:30 discussion and planning.
7:15 Discussion of Swimming Program
QUORUM ACHIEVED 7:17 PM
The Situation: QUOTE from last EPIC Board meeting: “Swimming pool
will open soon. Let’s build a program so that we are not pushed out of access
to this new amenity in our community. Large pool will open in February, small
pool will open this summer. Funding has come in from public schools and
Augsburg. Scheduling for the pool has been turned over to the Park Board and
these large donors are already promised large chunks of accessibility. EPIC
needs to find partners and funding for an East Phillips Swim Program NOW if we
don’t want to miss the boat. LL has done some research.”
Previous
Board MOTION: EPIC will guarantee
that East Phillips children have access to the pool for which we have already
invested $75,000, therefore, EPIC will set aside a minimum of $10,000 for an
East Phillips Children and Youth swim program. LL, MT. Approved.
What we need to do…How can we do this…Money and People…More
research/ Grant writing
7:45 Swimming Program
Financing
Last Month’s MOTION confirmed in December’s 2nd
vote
MOTION: EPIC will transfer $49,999.00 + 1,971.04 = $51,970.04
to Youth Programming NRP Phase
Phase II to be available for
new and continuing programs.
The EPIC board moved at its previous
meeting on January 6th, 2018, to set aside $10,000 for organizing and beginning
a swimming program. Discussion with Waite House since then convinced us that
this amount of money would not be enough and would constrict our effort. We
decided that, if we had a quorum of the board here tonight, we could expand
this motion and consider it endorsed by the board as well. In any case by our
bylaws this motion would require a second vote in February, securing the board
vote and double vote and extra month review our bylaws require.
Tonight’s motions:
MOTION: EPIC will allocate $20,000 of the new youth
programming money of $51,970.04 toward
beginning a swimming program for Phillips youth at the new pool. MG, RC,
approved. This motion requires a 2nd vote next month.
MOTION: EPIC will request administration of this program by
Pillsbury United Communities through Waite House, if they are willing and this
can be worked out. MG, LD, approved.
7:42 Annual Meeting Date will be Saturday, April
28th, 2018.
7:45 SummerFest; tentatively scheduled for June
24th, 2018.
7:50 Other
spring, summer Programs or initiatives – Ideas??
- RC and CH have been discussing how to encourage more kids to get involved with the baseball league.
- Also discussing how to minimize costs, working with the programing partnerships to find solutions
- Crime and safety issues when spring arrives
- 25th St. barrier and traffic calming issues
- Problems around the Salvation Army parking lot
- Problems around trash receptacles at gas station on Lake St
- Invite the Mayor to attend our neighborhood meeting
8:10 Adjourn
