West Calhoun Neighborhood Council Meeting Minutes
April 10, 2012
In attendance:
Board Members: Kathy Cobb, Gary Knutson, Michael Wagner, David Rhees, Meg Forney
Guests: Matt Perry of NCEC, Rodgers Adams of Lake Point, Ed Felauto of CIDNA, Patrick Mellyan, Michelle Beaulieu of Midtown Greenway Coalition
Approved Minutes
SW LRT: Hennepin County has formed new committee and is seeking representatives.
Meg Forney and Kathy Cobb will co-represent.
Midtown Greenway Coalition by Michelle Beaulieu:
Bigos Update – our letter forwarded to Planning Commission
Question if being presented to them Thursday of this week
Our Issues: 1) Parking, 2) Shadowing, 3) Design
Presentation of Study of Street Car in the Greenway
Alternatives analysis:
Grass on bedded tracks, extend all benefits of Greenway, create great stationary
21 Bus same – 53 stops, funding – $600,000 to do study – 20% match
Street Car – age better – run on electricity
Partial single and double – 7 1/2 minutes: ORCHESTRATED DANCE
Hooking up with SW LRT Station
WEST CALHOUN REQUEST:
Align track so it doesn’t cross over bike path west of Lake Street Bridge
Metro Transit will oversee
Council Member Report by Betsy Hodges:
Stadium – no comment
Expand recycling: plastic – 1-7, carton, glossy with paper, caps and lids on bottles
Evaluating single sort versus duel sort – which is more economical
Street Sweeping begins today
Bigos: no active application
Business Association: The Edge
Kathy Cobb handed out the newly published Shopping Guide
Talking with each business individually
Red Cross – 10 people signed up for blood drive
Volunteers Needed
Earth Day Conflict
Not a Banner but 4 “Sails”
CIDNA – Clean up table north of Jones Harrison on Cedar Lake
Annual Meeting:
Michael Wagner stepping down – moving to Fulton
Annual Meeting is in May to elect Members to the Board
Need to ask for new Board Members
Mayoral Appointee Matt Perry Report on Neighborhood Community Engagement Committee
Confirmed Planning Commission meeting Thursday, 4:30 The Dwell is #4 on the Agenda
More money coming
18 months
$33,650 Base Amount
$10,115 Equity Adjustment
Phase 2: 50% = $43.965 TOTAL through July, 2013
Use for Staff
District 2 Representative: John Finlayson
Our staff person Jennifer Swanson is absent due to a family member’s passing
Adjourned.
Minutes by Meg Forney