Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA) Board of Directors October 2014 Meeting Minutes

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1 Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA) Board of Directors October 2014 Meeting Minutes 1) Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 6:34pm on October 23, 2014 in the John Casanova Room at De La Salle High School by NIEBNA President Grambsch. A. Approval of Agenda: The agenda (attached) was approved unanimously. B. Verification of Quorum: Directors Present: Beddow, Clegg (Vice President), Folliard, Grambsch (President), Guncheon (Secretary), Hondros (Treasurer), Larkey, Lehman, Meehan, Melzer, Rosenberg, Schneerman, Upton (NEBA Liaison) Directors Absent Burdick, Johnson, Mead, McAninch, Richardson, Sheran Quorum for a Board of Directors meeting is 7 Directors; 13 were present so a valid quorum was in attendance. C. Approval of September 2014 Board Meeting Minutes. No action was taken. 2) Presentations A. Report of Webster School reopening. Ginger Kranz, Principal of gave an update on the progress of the school that is opening next year. No action was taken. B. Red Stag Parking Requirement Variance. The petitioner, Kim Bartmann was not present. No action was taken. C. Rain gardens and other environmentally sound landscaping practices. Laura Hurley from Metro Blooms explained the benefits of rain gardens and the possibility of having a NIEBNA supported grant program to help residents and businesses install rain gardens. No action was taken. D. Intro to Lennar new Superior Plating site developer. Peter Chmielewski from Lennar presented information introducing Lennar to the board. Existing Lennar developments were shown but no specific development information related to the Superior Plating site was presented. No action was taken. E. Council Member Report Jacob Frey Council Member Frey updated the board on various topics including Lennar has a potential developer of the Superior Plating site, the Nicollet hotel block RFP, the Yard and recapped 3 rd Ward investment. No action was taken. 3) NIEBNA Administrative and Business Matters A. Financial and Business Matters 1) Treasurer Report Treasurer Hondros stated that there was no significant change in the financial condition of, or expenditures by, the Association since the last meeting and that association was solvent. 2) Approval of Expense payments. None. 3) Other Financial and Business Matters. None. Page 1 of

2 NIEBNA October 2014 Board Meeting Minutes B. NIEBNA Systems Development. President Grambsch presented a list of current board assignments and segued into the need for content for the upcoming development of the new NIEBNA website. The Systems Committee detailed the need for specific roles in order to make the new system a success. The need for appropriate policies to govern publication of items on the website and also through the NIEBNA mail list was discussed. The committee then demonstrated some of the new technology that will be available to NIEBNA. No action was taken. C. NIEBNA/NEBA Police Scheduling / Substation Committee Report. Board Member Meehan discussed experimental patrols that have been used in the past weeks and that there will be at least 5 weeks of extra patrols. The committee will meet with Councilmember Jacob Frey and 2 nd Precinct Commander Kathy Waite. It is also a desire of the Committee to make a case for having a regular nighttime beat officer in addition to the current daytime beat officer. No action was taken. 4) NEBNA Project and Status Reports. A. NIEBNA Small Area Plan. President Grambsch reported that the Plan was approved by the full City Council on October 17, 2014; this is the final City approval for the Plan. The Plan will go to the Metropolitan Council in early 2015 for approval. No action was taken. B. Superior Plating Site. Status report: 1) Purchase agreement signed. Lennar Multifamily Communities has signed a conditional purchase agreement for the site. 2) Announcement of reanimation of the Superior Plating Task Group. President Grambsch announced that the next meeting of the task group will be on October 29, 2014 at Ginger Hop restaurant. 3) Plans for interim management of the site with regard to pollution, graffiti an site security. Board member Meehan updated the Board regarding on-site pollution treatment and disposal for the yellow water that appears after every rainfall. C. Hydropower at the Falls. A status report was given. A multi-neighborhood task force (the St. Anthony Falls Alliance or SAFA ) is being formed to address this issue. A motion was made and seconded to appoint Edna Brazitis, Lisa Hondros, and John Larkey as representatives of NIEBNA to this task force for NIEBNA to sponsor the SAFA organization meeting in November. The motion passed unanimously. D. MPRB Central Riverfront CAC - status report. Board Member Barry Clegg reported that the CAC activity is complete and the CAC has made its final report to the Park Board. The public comment period begins November 19, Director Clegg expresses satisfaction with the final recommendations of the CAC and that there was no additional action for the Board to take at this time. E. DNR & MPRB Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area rulemaking (Lisa Hondros). NIEBNA comments have been accepted. No action was taken. F. Minneapolis Riverfront Summit on October 20, 2014 report and sample of entries no report. No action was taken. 5) Other Business. None. 6) Announcements. None. 7) Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58pm. Page 2 of

3 Agenda 1. Call to Order Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA) October 2014 Board Meeting October 23, :30PM 8:30PM A. Verification of Quorum B. Approval of Agenda C. Approval of September Meeting Minutes 2. Presentations A. Report on Webster School reopening (Ginger Kranz, Principal) Casanova Room De La Salle High School 1 De La Salle Place (on Nicollet Island) B. Red Stag Parking Requirement Variance (Kim Bartmann) Red Stagg is adding to the dining area and is seeking a variance from increased parking requirements. C. Raingardens and other environmentally sound landscaping practices (Laura Hurley, Metro Blooms) D. Intro to Lennar -- new Superior Plating Site developer (Doug Bober and Peter Chmielewski) E. Council Member Report CM Jacob Frey 3. NIEBNA Administrative and Business Matters A. Financial and Business Matters a) Treasurer Report b) Approval of Expense Payments c) Other Financial and Business Matters B. NIEBNA Systems Development (Michael Guncheon) see separate agenda on reverse. C. NIEBNA/NEBA Police Scheduling / Substation Committee Report (Jeffrey Meehan, Craig Beddow) D. Board assignments 4. NEBNA Project and Status Reports A. NIEBNA Small Area Plan (Victor Grambsch for Dore Mead) -- all that is left is the party a) All City approvals received final Met Council approval will not be until Spring 2015 b) Implementation and monitoring arrangements will be on December agenda B. Superior Plating site -- status report a) Purchase agreement signed Lennar developer b) Announcement of reanimation of the Superior Plating Task Group (SPTG) c) Plans for interim management of the site with regard to pollution, graffiti and site security C. Hydropower at the Falls (Lisa Hondros, Edna Brazitis) status report and formation of multineighborhood Task Group to monitor and handle future hydro developments at the Falls. D. MPRB Central Riverfront CAC status report (Barry Clegg) E. DNR & MPRB Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area rulemaking Comments (Lisa Hondros, Edna Brazitis, Barry Clegg) NIEBNA comments submitted before Sept 30 deadline. Status and next steps. F. Minneapolis Riverfront Summit on October 20, 2014 report and sample of entries (Merle Minda) 5. Other Business 6. Announcements 7. Adjourn NIEBNA invites and encourages participation by every resident to each of its programs, services and events. If you require an accommodation in order to fully participate, or if you require this document in a different format, please contact us at least five (5) days before the event directly as noted below, through Minnesota Relay Services at , or by dialing Page 1 of 2 Questions: or call Victor

4 Systems Committee Report and Call for Participation 1. Administrative -- Contact with Windmill Design signed 2. Schedule a) Project Kickoff Meeting November 5, 2014 b) Interim / Beta report December 11, 2014 (at Board meeting) c) Cutover Go Live Mid-January, Techno-Geeky Side handled by Windmill Design and NIEBNA System Committee 4. Content Side (the Hard Stuff) must come from NIEBNA Community Participation a) Content creation / assembly including (without limitation) Boilerplate (have mostly) About NIEBNA About the Neighborhood Archive & History Neighborhood Marketing Social media Links and Connections b) Mail list administration and maintenance using Mail Chimp c) Calendar administration and maintenance d) Administrative Operations e) Support for Task Groups Superior Plating Hydro Power Others as they arise 5. Long Term Administration and Support how to keep the system operational and the content up-to-date Page 2 of 2 Questions: or call Victor

5 One ofrmore vanant seats Officer Police Liaison NEBA Liaison SAP Implementation Communications & Recruitment SPTG5 Design and Implementation Administration Content MPRB Central Riverfront St. Anthony Falls Aliance St Anthony Falls Historic District Nicollet Central Streetcar Above the Falls MWMO Minneapolis Riverfront Corp Bicycle Advisory Committee Board Member Assignments as of October 2014 NCEC Seat Board member NIEBNA Committees and Liaison IT CAC and Committees 1 Beddow, Craig X 2 Burdick, Lou X 3 Clegg, Barry X X X X X 4 Folliard, Betty X 5 Grambsch, Victor X X C X X 6 Guncheon, Michael X C 7 Hondros, Lisa X X X 8 Johnson, Rodd 9 Larkey, John X X X X 10 Lehman, Matt X 11 McAninch X 12 Mead, Dore C X X 13 Meehan, Jeffrey X X 14 Melzer, Leo X 15 Richardson, Judy 16 Rosenberg, Steve X 17 Schneerman, Jack X 18 Sheran, Thomas X X 19 Upton, Kevin X X X NIEBNA -- Not Board member Brazitis, Edna X X X Goelzer, Pete X X Nemeth, Frank X Nearby Neighborhoods STAWNO X X SAENA X X NLNA X MHNA X X DMNA X X Other Doron Clark X