HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992 07-16 EBNHACMMINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
THE EARLE BROWN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
JULY 16, 1992
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Earle Brown Neighborhood Housing Advisory Committee was called
to order at 7:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Committee members present were Chairperson Jody Brandvold, Robert
Torres, Pamela Frantum, June Scofield and Dolores Hastings. Also
in attendance at the meeting were Council Liaison Phil Cohen and
Assistant EDA Coordinator Tom Bublitz.
Absent and excused from the meeting were Committee Members Everett
Lindh and Doug Rossi.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES MARCH 26, 1992 AND APRIL 30, 1992
There was a motion by Committee Member Hastings and seconded by
Chairperson Brandvold to approve the minutes of the March 26, 1992
and April 30, 1992 meetings, as submitted. The motion passed. It
was noted that a quorum was not present at the May 28, 1992 or June
18, 1992 meeting, so no formal minutes were taken at those
meetings.
PAINT -A -THON PROGRAM
The Assistant EDA Coordinator explained the Paint -A -Thon
organization has assigned a home to the Earle Brown Neighborhood
Committee for the 1992 Paint -A -Thon. He explained the home is
located at 5316 Dupont Avenue North in the City's southeast
neighborhood. He explained the home is a stucco house so the
painting will consist of house and garage trim, including windows,
soffit, fascia and overhang. The stucco will also be cleaned by
using a power washer. He added that he will provide more specific
information as the August 8th paint day approaches.
REVIEW OF HOUSING NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
The Assistant EDA Coordinator presented rough drafts of newsletter
articles for the next Earle Brown Neighborhood Housing newsletter.
The articles included a piece on the first -time home buyer's
program, the CDBG program providing home maintenance repair for
senior citizens and disabled persons, and a description of the
City's home rehabilitation grant /deferred loan program.
Committee Member Frantum also presented an article giving an
historical _overview of the southeast neighborhood. Committee
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members reviewed the articles and approved them for printing in the
next newsletter.
The committee members also reviewed possible survey questions for
a survey to be included in an upcoming issue of the newsletter.
Committee Member Hastings suggested a question for older residents
in the survey which addressed the issue of the types of services
senior citizens need to remain in their homes.
Committee members continued to discuss possible survey questions,
and it was decided that committee members would come back at a
future meeting with questions they would like to include in a
future survey.
OTHER BUSINESS
Councilmember Cohen suggested that the committee might want to
consider sponsoring a neighborhood fair for this coming spring. He
suggested that planning for this event could start in the fall.
Types of events to be included in a fair could be children's
activities and food booths. The committee decided that they needed
to determine the liability of such an event if the Earle Brown
Committee gets involved in sponsoring the event, particularly with
regard to food sales. A question was posed as to whether or not
the Earle Brown Neighborhood Committee would be held liable under
health laws if they sponsored the event but the neighborhood
provided the food for the event.
Councilmember Cohen also suggested that the Earle Brown Committee
might want to consider the Habitat For Humanity organization, which
builds single- family homes for persons of moderate incomes. He
suggested that this might be a possible future project for the
committee.
Committee Member Torres suggested that he would like to see the
committee work on organizing a welcoming committee for welcoming
new residents anywhere in the City. Councilmember Cohen suggested
that the welcoming committee could possibly be tied to the Crime
Watch program, and that Officer Dave Grass and the Chamber
Coordinator Mary Welch could be involved in developing this type of
program.
ADJOURNMENT
The Earle Brown Neighborhood Housing Advisory Committee adjourned
at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Bublitz
Recording Secretary
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