June 2026 Board Meeting Minutes

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June 15, 2026 TNA meeting:

Board members in attendance: Zach Legein, Eloise Ananda, Claire Blanchette, Ron Feldman, Jordan Fredericksen, Luís Grochocki, Rikki Honnold, Bill O’Brien, Patrick Prochaska, Parker Reis, Tiffany Reis, Heidi Stennes, and Will Young

Non-board members in attendance: Andrea Siegel and Jamison Whiting

Called to order at 705p

  1. Secretary minutes
    1. Bill moved to approve May minutes; Jordan seconded; motion passed unanimously
  2. Treasurer report
    1. Have not yet submitted NRP request to city
    2. Other reimbursements likely to be submitted in mid-July
    3. Check for electronics grant of approximately $1,100 was just received but not yet deposited
  3. 2026-27 officer elections
    1. Pat volunteered to be President
    2. Will volunteered to be Vice President
    3. Bill volunteered to be Treasurer
    4. Jordan volunteered to be Secretary
    5. Heidi moved to approve slate of Pat, Will, Bill, and Jordan as officers; Ron seconded; motion passed unanimously
  4. Editor roles
    1. Heidi, Will, Claire, and Luis volunteered to help edit monthly communications
  5. Biannual Community Priorities and Engagement Survey
    1. Past survey introduced to board members for review, but some had problems accessing the email
    2. Historically the best response rate was by email even with door-knocking
    3. Draft was mostly the same as previous survey with a few word clarifications where “Other” answers already fit one of the selections
    4. Zach suggested edits in Notes to add parentheticals for examples
    5. Ron suggested narrowing the focus to maximize response rate
    6. Eloise suggested having both shorter and expanded various
    7. Luis suggested telling people the estimated completion time at the outset, using tracking to determine how far people get before abandoning
    8. Luis and Eloise volunteered to work off a copy of the previous survey to then send a new draft to the board for comments
    9. Currently $50 in budget for “prizes or gift cars”
    10. Will moved to spend $50 on a gift card at a location to be determined with a winner to be drawn from people who complete the survey; Heidi seconded; motion passed unanimously 
  6. Councilmember Whiting update
    1. Nicollet Avenue Bridge construction ahead of schedule
    2. Water Tower construction expected to finish mid-2026
    3. George Floyd Square street reconstruction will take 2 years
      1. Fists will be temporarily relocated
      2. Council voted to deny Agape’s recommendation for how to use the People’s Way property
        1. Agape plan would likely take too long to develop
        2. Urban League had previously pulled out of planning
        3. Neither Agape nor Rise to Remember have ever developed a single project
        4. Would have given Agape two years of exclusivity to develop the site
      3. Now going to be a new process that will hopefully draw more traditional developers to partner with either Agape or Rise to Remember
      4. Intersection will remain with the status quo for at least another year
    4. Asking city staff to draft legislation regarding regulations of data centers
      1. Current proposal to entirely ban data centers until other legislation is drafted
      2. He and Councilmember Osman put forward a proposal to regulate what the city currently allows that would convert square footage to megawatts
    5. Chief O’Hara resigned before being fired for tampering with an internal investigation
    6. Operation Safe Summer is targeting specific areas with extra police and behavioral crisis response unit staff
    7. Currently a $32 million budget shortfall for next year
      1. Expects some cuts to come from pilot programs
      2. Doesn’t expect appetite to increase the levy
      3. Didn’t’ make any budget asks in the initial meeting with mayor but instead asked for collaboration on policy
    8. (Ron had to leave during CM Whiting’s update)
  7. SummerFest planning
    1. Rikki, Pat, Heidi, Jordan, Tiffany, and Heather have been attending planning meetings with Lynnhurst
    2. Silect auction to be used as a fundraiser
      1. Big spreadsheet created of solicitations
      2. Lynnhurst asks all board members to solicit 5 donations
      3. We can claim things on the spreadsheet
    3. Proposed beer garden is much more expensive than expected with a cost of $1800-$2000
      1. If done, the organization will likely lose money on the event
      2. Each board will gauge interest in beer garden given costs
        1. Votes to learn more about partnering on a beer garden: Heidi, Bill, Zach, Rikki, Eloise, and Jordan
        2. Votes against pursuing more information about beer garden: Will, Claire, Parker, Tiffany, Luis, and Pat
        3. Motion did not pass
    4. Eloise suggested games and activities for families such as father-daughter or grandparent-grandchild

Meeting adjourned at 850p