Board Attendees : Joel Federer, Ethan Komoroski, Vikisha Goberdhan, Sharla Mcintosh,
Adriana Dobrzycka, Kevin Ross, Adam Miller, Donte Mearon, Judy Vecere, Sam Bild
Board members absent :
Support team : Lauren Anderson, Rachel Ireland-Henry
Additional attendees : Sarah Komoroski, Council Member Linea Palmisano
Neighborhood Association Funding Shifts/Cut Update
- Plan for 2021 is that we will get ½ of our CPP allocation (under $16K for first half of year)
- Come July 1 st we’ll have new program – uncertainty around details (maybe a little above
$10K – TBD) - Rachel confirming numbers
- What this means:
- Shift in how boards operate
- Maybe there will be a shift in some responsibilities from coordinator to board
members - Sharla/Lauren/Joel looking at expectations and reviewing comments
- Defining expectations for committees
- Idea: How do we increase time on community activation vs. internal
meetings? - Idea: First hour for committee meetings/second hour for team meetings?
- Idea: Chair/coordinator roles on committees
- Idea: How do we increase time on community activation vs. internal
- Discussed participation interest of committee proposals
Coordinator Update
- Holiday Light Tour
- Going well – 54 votes!
- MSP Magazine exposure – lots of people have commented online
- Sign about light tour is up at Penn
- ANA Funds – $200 left…
- January 2021 Newsletter
- Lauren shared update on Jan 2021
- Member feature – Sam
- Welcome bags
- Green team has plastics event
- Mini grants
- Special Election
- Run through social/digital channels
- Ideas:
- Voter turnout for elections (recap)
- What are your neighbors up to
- Holiday light tour winner feature
- Safety
- Block leaders ‘what to know’
City Update and Q & A with Council Member Palmisano
- Discussion on block leader information accessibility
- Linea will pose as question
- Supported funding for neighborhoods and worked on this initiative (increase by $10K next year for Armatage)
- Armatage submitted most commentary on how important ANA is
- How city budget wrapped up
- Had to correct in July to balance budget in light of COVID
- Revenues we get from downtown, ballpark taxes, alcohol sales, etc.
Downtown core usually contributes to $60M in entertainment taxes, etc.
This is how we’ve weathered recessions in the past - Also had to correct for damage after the unrest following the death of
George Floyd – financial support for 38 th and Chicago, Lake Street, and
broadway - We still have a health department in city – and they are working to
separate it from the police department into the Office of Violence
Prevention.
- Revenues we get from downtown, ballpark taxes, alcohol sales, etc.
- 3 council members’ “Safety for all” mostly passed
- Things include mental health only community crisis responders (not a
co-responder model like what has existing between MPD & Hennepin
County’s COPE team) - Safety for all wanted to create, implement, and support capability build
- $ was taken out of police department for this initiative
- Navigators were taken out of the police department (culturally specific
specialists) – these people held humanity with victims and helped them
navigate the aftermath of a crime with special attention for burial
practices, cultural mourning. - Recruiting classes- took our second and third rounds of funding for
training
- Things include mental health only community crisis responders (not a
- Keep sworn officer count at 888 – Linea successful here
- Ratio of officers to population is lower than other cities our size (other
cities often have double) - Officers are needing to work overtime
- Ratio of officers to population is lower than other cities our size (other
- Joint enforcement teams
- To support staffing minimums – we could partner
- County sheriff office had a COVID spike – ex. Would take resources
- Had to correct in July to balance budget in light of COVID