June 2nd,
2018, 6:30 – 8:50
East Phillips Park Cultural &
Community Center, 2307 17th Ave S.
EPIC 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, Abah Mohamed
Board Members Present: Laura Dale, Mary Gonsior, Linda Leonard, Carol Pass, Abah Mohamed
Board Members Not Present: Rosie Cruz, Tom Harris, Cassandra Holmes, Linda
Vermillion,
Members: Brad Pass
Guests
10:00 Social Time/ Greetings and Introduction
10:10 Announcements:
- EPIC Community Garden - plots available with “pure country dirt”.
- General membership meeting – June 14th, Thursday at EP Park, 6:30-8:45
· SummerFest will be June 24, 2018 - Sunday
10:30 Approval of Proposed Agenda: approved by consensus
Approval of April
12th General Membership Draft Minutes:
LD, LL approved
10:30 Update
on swimming- Linda Leonard - The
swimming program is up and running… But it filled really fast and only a couple
of kids from East Phillips took advantage of our sponsoring program. The
program is funded now to $2500 and ready to go again. We may have to update our
contract to include the next round of swimming lessons and get the word out more
completely and in advance of the start time. We need to watch for when the next
series of lessons is available and talk to neighbors right away. Also is the
issue of summer passes which are expensive and could be used to get some of
these kids swimming. Linda and Jean think we should sponsor summer youth swimming
in general. Discussion.
MOTION: Approve up to $999 for summer swimming passes for
teens (13-17), awarded according to the policy and procedure established by the
director of youth programming at EPPark. LL, LD, Approved.
10:51 Proposal
for EPIC Summer Youth Work
2018 All Together Now! The city will be
inspecting exteriors of properties in Minneapolis, and may be doing the work,
and sending YOU the bill. If you did not receive a notice, call 311 or visit www.minneapolismn.gov/inspections/. Examples of what the city is looking for:
Tall grass/weeds, Inoperable vehicles, Vegetation
over the sidewalk, any garbage litter and junk
EPIC will explore possible partnerships
for youth employment to facilitate neighborhood cleanup for All Together Now!
EPIC will also contact Noah Schuchman, Director of Regulatory Services (Mpls.)
11:07 EPNI
– Indoor Urban Farm Project progress
Next meeting on June 6th with
Alondra Cano. While East Phillips meets every criteria for the city’s Green
Zone resolutions, and while the EPIC Indoor Urban Farm Project meets every
criteria for improving and mitigating the factors that burden Green Zone
communities, the city staff continue to oppose the project. The city council
will soon vote on how much, if any of the 16.42 acres will be allocated to the
East Phillips project. The June 6th meeting at 5:30 pm, at EP Park,
is a strategy meeting – everyone should attend.
EPNI is seeking funding to purchase the
3-acres needed for the project and build a wall to protect the existing
building from the demolition area. It is difficult to raise money for a project
when we don’t have the property committed yet.
11:37 Summerfest
Planning - Flyers and agenda
discussed. Board volunteer sign-up sheet was passed around.
11:48 Adjourn
