September 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

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 3^rd– 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 1^st. All will be pooled together and considered for 2023.
    • https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/public-works/traffic-parking-services/traffic-calming/ 
  • 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
    • https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/cped/housing-policy-development/rent-stabilization-work-group/ 
  • 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 18^th or 25^th?
• 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?
• 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. 
• Building & Land Use
  • Autumn Alley Cleanup – October 8^th from 10am-1pm
    • Looking for volunteers – Dumpster at 49^th/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 
• 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 
• 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.