November 3rd, 2018, 10:00 am -12:00
East Phillips Office, 2433 Bloomington 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, Abah Mohamed, Carol
Pass, Linda Vermillion.
Board Members Present: Laura
Dale,
Mary Gonsior, Cassandra Holmes, Linda Leonard, Abah Mohamed, Carol Pass
Board Members Not Present: Rosie Cruz, Tom Harris, Linda Vermillion
EPIC Members: Brad Pass
Guests: Bob Cooper,
Shirley Heyer
10:00 Introductions:
· Greetings and Introductions
· Approval of Agenda: CS, LD, approved.
· Approval of Board Minutes from October 6th, 2018: CS,
LD, approved.
10:10 Announcements:
· General Membership Meeting, November 8th, Thursday, at East
Phillips Park, 6:30 to 8:45 pm.
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This will be a Major Meeting with Cassandra Meyer and MPCA
staff for Q&A and reports on air pollution, polluting
industries in East Phillips. We've been
working on this meeting for quite some time so please try to come and bring
your questions.
· The East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm Comes before the Ways
& Means Committee Wednesday Nov. 14th at 1:15 P.M. at City
Hall 3rd Floor in City Council Chambers
· Be sure to vote on or before November 6th.
· Next EPIC Board Meeting, December 3rd at the EPIC
office 10 AM Saturday morning
· Karen Clark is retiring, there will be a big kick-off
meal for her right here at EPPCCC on December 6 at 6:30 pm. Contact EPIC if you
want to help with this event.
· VOTE!!
10:30 NRP Staff will discuss Board
Diversity Profile
Discussion of NCR neighborhood survey, NCR funding,
EPIC 2017-2019 priorities and more.
11:30 MPCA Community Meeting with MPCA on air
pollution, polluting industries and permitting in East Phillips
Preparation for our next EPIC meeting: questions??
What do we most want to know? What do we most want to do?
We want MPCA to take away their permit.
There is an investigative and reporting process that
is underway. Bituminous wants to move, so let them know if we find a place
(within 20 miles of current location, or anywhere in Hennepin County.) There is
a listserve available and if you want to be involved, see instructions below.
Meetings will be announced over this listserve. Any S. Mpls project will appear
in this listserve.
Listserve
instructions:
Go to www.pca.state.mn.us/air-south-minneapolis
and enter your email; click “next”. If prompted, click the box titled “Air permitting
in South Minneapolis” (under the “Air” category near the bottom of the page)
and click “submit”. Or, email Cassandra.meyer@state.mn.us
saying you would like to sign up for the South Minneapolis GovDelivery email
list.
11:45 Update on
East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm: We must
prevent them from tearing down the Roof Depot Building. The Urban Farm needs to reuse the
southern portion & Must have at least 2-Acres – Preferably 3-Acres.
· The East
Phillips Indoor Urban Farm Comes before the Ways & Means Committee Wednesday
Nov. 14th at 1:15 P.M. at City Hall 3rd Floor
in City Council Chambers
BE THERE!
BRING SIGNS! Show Support for the
East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm! With 3-Acres it will bring Jobs, Affordable
Family Housing, Year-round organic food, , the World Café and Bike repair on
the Greenway
Connect
with Heart of the Beast, South HS, Green Team, Midtown Greenway, Midtown,
Ventura Village, MUID, Green Institute, Smiley’s Clinic, CUHCC, NACC, Indian
Health Board, Indian Center, MN Indian Women Resource Center, NACDI, Banyon,
12:00 EPIC issues: the survey, focus groups, (Do we
want to add projects) CPP application, Audit, phone surveys, door knocking.
Discussionl
· Outreach
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Existing Groups
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LE elder’s bingo
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Dad’s group
· Add ideas and space for suggestions for future
projects
12:10 Board attendance
LD will draft a letter.
12:15 Adjourn
