Tangletown Neighborhood Association February 20th 2023
February 20, 2023 TNA meeting:
Attendees, board members: Claire Blanchette, Pat Collins, Kyle Goldschmidt, Heather Grovum, Richard Harris, Kellie Hansen, Ben Levy, Dan Treinen, and Will Young
Attendees, non-board members: Emily Koski and Andrea Siegel
Called to order at 7:03
- Fuller Park updates:
- New park director was recently assigned
- Councilmember Koski updates:
- Monthly meetings:
- March agenda is open forum
- April agenda is community safety
- Would love to hear other topic ideas by email
- Intersection news
- TH 62/Bloomington will reopen in about 4 to 6 weeks
- Working with partners to boost safety at Edgewater Boulevard and Cedar Avenue
- Will be a pilot project in the spring/summer to test different safety measures and traffic calming ideas in the area
- Winter parking restrictions
- Snow emergency will supersede the one-sided parking
- Will revert to single-sided parking after snow emergency ends
- $30 tree lottery
- Trees area already about six feet tall
- If selected, go early to pick up the tree
- Land Use evaluation is currently underway and open for public comment through March 26
- Time to give questions, suggestions, thoughts, and ideas
- She is newly on the planning commission is of this month
- City’s traffic calming program
- City has not selected which projects they will work on in 2023
- Received more than 800 submissions
- Not enough funding to cover all of the various projects that were submitted
- If not selected, there will be another timeframe to resubmit next year for the 2024 cycle
- An equity lens is being used to review the submissions
- She recommends never calling 311
- Faster response either using email (minneapolis311@minneapolis.gov) or use mobile app (and can send a picture)
- Also cc her staff at Ward 11 to make sure getting proper response
- Monthly meetings:
- Secretary update
- Kyle Goldschmidt moved to approve January minutes; Claire seconded
- Motion passed unanimously
- Treasurer update
- Current report looks unusual because there is not an active budget
- Some of the expected grant money from 2022 is finally coming in this year, so those grant amounts are higher than expected
- No other outliers with the budget
- 2023 Citywide Neighborhood Network Fund and Equitable Engagement Fund
- No changes to the Citywide Neighborhood Fund
- EEF funding increased to $20,000
- Some is earmarked to a focus group
- There is $2,250 earmarked to facilitate focus groups
- This is about 1/8 of the annual budget
- Kyle would like to find volunteers to get the work covered by Board members to not only save that funding but also to boost engagement with renters
- Equity committee is prepping the questions and will do post- feedback
- Focus groups will be recruited in March and conducted in mid- to late-April
- 2023 Budget
- Motion to move the $2,250 for focus group within the EEF into staff time. Heather moves to approve, Kyle seconded. Budget passed unanimously. (This is all captured within line 8 of the income in the budget)
- Motion to approve updated FY23 budget by Kyle; Dan seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
- Board vacancies
- Bylaws required 10-day notice to board members before removed from the Board
- Pat emailed Kadeer Omar more than 10 days ago
- Kadeer did not respond
- Anthony and Michelle resigned from the Board due to time commitments
- Looking for more Board recruitment to fill these vacancies
- Bylaws required 10-day notice to board members before removed from the Board
- Committee updates
- Livability and engagement
- Currently no Board member to chair the committee
- Pat would be willing to chair if we preserve the committee
- Remaining community members recommend skipping a Tangletown Thaw event that had been discussed
- Considering moving food drive to the equity committee
- Winter Fest will be February 25
- Idea to temporarily dissolve and reassign actions between Equity and Building, Land Use until the March meeting
- Pat and Andrea will create a list of their initiatives to discuss further in March meeting
- Environmental
- Applying for the Green Partners grant through Hennepin County
- Trying to boost county’s “electrify everything” initiative that pairs with attempts to boost solar power
- Received first rebate application for solar power
- Lawns to Legumes Program will be mid- to late-March for design consultations for residential participants to have more sustainable lawns
- Equity
- Committee has been in favor of taking on the food drive from the Livability Committee
- Beyond Land Acknowledgement had about 30 attendees and all feedback was very positive about the conversation
- The event was recorded and can be found on the website
- The Native Governance Center also provided free resources to share on the website
- Donations more than covered speaking fees and is being passed along
- Building and Land Use
- Still gathering information about the Lyndale Mill
- Claire wrote a Sustainability Sam entry regarding radon and radon mitigation
- Hoped to discuss intersection issues with Councilmember Koski at this meeting
- Merger Task Force
- Still some funds left in the collaboration fund
- Pat proposes having our Executive Committee meet with Kingfield’s to discuss if there is still an interest in merging even without Lyndale
- Kyle notes we would still gain efficiencies of scale
- Biggest sticking point would be Executive Director position because Kingfield’s is shared with Lyndale
- Sarah has resigned from Kingfield and will only be with them through the end of May; she will only be working with Lyndale going forward
- Ben moved to merge with Kingfield; no second
- Kyle moved to pursue a merger with Kingfield; Heather seconded. Motion passed unaminously
- Southwest Neighborhood Collaborative movement with Armitatage, Fulton, Kenney, Windom, and Lynnhurst
- Pat would be willing to be the representative if she can have some backup when she is busy
- Ben moves to collaborate; Heather seconded. Motion passed unanimously
- Livability and engagement
- Board Bylaws
- Heather moves to remove Kadeer Omar from the board for lack of participation; Claire seconded. Motion passed unanimously
- Bylaws do not clarify if vote is needed for member absent from three consecutive meetings
- Motion to amend bylaws. Ben moved to amend bylaws with language from agenda; Will seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
- Executive Director
- When emails come in with questions, will send to relevant committee and then we can use templates of previous responses
- Strategic planning
- No timing requirement for when it must occur
- Not many volunteers for strategic planning
- Not much feedback from committees about any priorities or goals
- Want to push it until June when the new Board starts
- Meeting adjourned at 844