Tangletown Neighborhood Association September 19th 2022
NCR Staff: Survey – Aryca & Tate
- Conducting Board Representation Survey
- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tangletown2022BoardSurvey – Please complete survey
- NCR Provides Learning Labs, board trainings, level services, 2 15-minute calls w/ Jess Perkin
- https://missionguardian.com/ – Login Information
- https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/ncr/inclusive-community-engagement/learning-labs/ – Learning Lab Login Information
- City Wide Neighborhood Meetings – Monthly Meetings (2 people per neighborhood)
- Last Wednesday of the Month – 11:30am-1pm
- Email Tate or Aryca if there is interest in attending:
- Tate.Nguyen@minneapolismn.gov or Aryca.Myers@minneapolismn.gov
Officer Reports
- Partner Updates – Koski
- In Person Office Hours- 8am-9:30 @ Nokomis Beach Coffee
- Budget process was kicked off last week – opportunity to review mayor’s budget
- Recommending and switching over to a bi-annual city budget. Gives opportunity to be more strategic and think more long term.
- October 3rd– Koski will be hosting meeting – good time to give feedback and participate
- New traffic process – data driven, transparent, more equitable. Put in requests up until November 1st. All will be pooled together and considered for 2023.
- Mayor announced police chief finalists (3).
- Kristen Anderson – approved for City Attorney – Starts 9/26
- Rent stabilization work group – kicked off work on 9/13
- Airport traffic increase because a runway is under construction for 6 weeks. 1745 – North/South Runway.
Committee Updates
- Livability
- Taste of Tangletown Street Party –Tangletown Thaw– Springtime – Thinking Late April or May
- Winterfest – Feb 18th or 25th?
- Environmental
- Lawns to Legumes Grant was received – picking applicants – 15 lawns
- Preference is going to lawns with more sun and closer to pollinators (creek)
- Clothing Swap wasn’t as successful as last year. Great space but not as many people as 2021.
- Looking for way to spend $15K sustainably. Where can we best spend money?
- Lawns to Legumes Grant was received – picking applicants – 15 lawns
- Equity
- Land acknowledgement educational event – Feb 2023
- Develop meaningful land use statement
- Suggested Donation – in order to pay for speakers
- Donate the rest back to Native Governance Center
- Representatives with PNI – how can we continue to support them?
- TOPA Conversation – looking for association to endorse
- Lending name to league as supporters of measure
- Organize with an ask to activate
- Koski has not heard about this coming back up. Not a priority for the city.
- Potentially invite others more involved to an upcoming meeting.
- Land acknowledgement educational event – Feb 2023
- Building & Land Use
- Autumn Alley Cleanup – October 8th from 10am-1pm
- Looking for volunteers – Dumpster at 49th/Pleasant
- Asking for donations
- Mill Historical Marker
- Looking into if we can put something there and finding out more information (like the Water Tower)
- Radon Evaluation
- Specialist to come by and fund inspections
- Vetted Contractors
- Test Kits
- Autumn Alley Cleanup – October 8th from 10am-1pm
- Merger Task – Kingfield/LNA/Tangletown
- Options Discussed –
- Contractual
- Alliance, Partnership, Shared Services
- Parent-Subsidiary Model
- Merger
- Consolidation into a Single Organization
- Andrea will send out a survey for initial thoughts of board members
- Funding is dependent on neighborhood makeup
- Options Discussed –
- FYI – Tech Dump is this Saturday, 8am-Noon
In Person Meeting Survey
ED Report
Survey – 300 have been submitted. One surveyor has broken her foot.
- 17% renter
- 78% homeowner
- 8% business owner
top concerns are safety, walkability
Equity and engagement questions need to be answered for the 23-34 equity engagement process, which is due between Oct. 15-31.
For Next Meeting –
- Link to the 3 Equity Questions we should refer to as we consider topics/develop programming: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1laX2swyZ_tURYOB5CX_gIkuv_gM21ReS/view?usp=drivesdk
- Pat suggested finding a time for committee heads to meet in the next 2 weeks. Kellie will send out a doodle poll to schedule.
- Andrea will take a first pass at answering the questions. The amount of equity funding is $3340 – the questions and descriptions will need to be right-sized for that amount of funding. Dirk described the process previously, which helped Andrea approach the task.
9:00 – Meeting adjourned.