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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018 08-21 HCMPage 1 MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND STATE OF MINNESOTA REGULAR SESSION August 21, 2018 COUNCIL COMMISSION ROOM CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center Housing Commission was called to order by Chairperson Goodell at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Chairperson – Mark Goodell - Present David Johnson - Excused Tamika Baskin – Not Present Kathie Amdahl - Present Joan Schonning – Present Michael Stokes – Present Paul Oman - Present Also present was Staff Liaison Jesse Anderson and Council Liaison Marquita Butler. APPROVAL OF AGENDA There was a motion by Commissioner Amdahl and seconded by Commissioner Johnson to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion passed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There was a motion by Commissioner Schonning and seconded by Commissioner Amdahl to approve the minutes of the Housing Commission meeting on 7/17/18. The motion passed. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCUSSION: There are no further comments on the comp plan. NEW NEIGHBOR PROGRAM UPDATE The list of spring deliveries has been finished. Chairperson Goodell: Should we do a second round of deliveries? Commissioner Amdahl: We should pick a cutoff date for deliveries to be completed by. Commissioner Johnson: Property would need to do a few Saturdays. Staff Liaison Anderson: The bags are made; we are waiting on the coupons to be printed. Page 2 Chairperson Goodell: Bags would be delivered on September 22nd. Commissioner Schonning: Can we get the bags and list of addresses at the August 18th meeting? Commissioner Johnson: Let’s try to do deliveries on two Saturdays. Add October 6th as a second delivery day. Commissioner Amdahl: Let’s try to do four hours per day; Starting at 10am. Staff Liaison Anderson: Will need to send info to BCBA for the coupons. Commissioner Goodell will reach out to talk about it. Chairperson Goodell: Can we do another newsflash? Staff Liaison Anderson: Yes, we will do another newsflash. Chairperson Goodell: We could reach out to new businesses in the city. Commissioner Johnson: I visited the pop up Market; would they consider combining this with the farmers market? Council Liaison Butler: Funding has not yet been approved for next year; it is something the Council is considering. Commissioner Johnson: This could become a destination event. Commissioner Schonning: This would be an improved location for the farmers market. Council Liaison Butler: It would be free to Brooklyn Center residents to have a stand. Commissioner Johnson: What is the status of that lot? Council Liaison Butler: The lot is still for sale. Someone asked if they could have a charter school and it wasn’t consistent with the comprehensive plan. City has tried to purchase it at different times. QUESTION OR CONCERNS RELATING TO THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT Council Member Butler Reported: The City had a National Night Out kick off at Centennial Park. It was a successful event with great energy. I also, did a ride along and visited six parties. It was Youth and Government Day at the last council meeting. The BrookLynk interns attended and spent time discussing the T21 Plan with the Youth Mock Council. They then joined them for the City Council meeting. The youth had a great experience and had great information on the T21 topic. Page 3 We are working on the 2019 budget and have met with each department. The City will then try to bring the budget to the levy amount. Tim Horton’s opened Bank of America is being built Hom Furniture is under construction Storage facility has started construction Fairfield Inn is under construction Commissioner Johnson: There was a great youth program this summer at the Community Center. My granddaughter participated and said the people did a great job running the events. Commissioner Schonning: Well organized for the National Night Out kick of party. There was a great flow and it was fun event. Chairperson Goodell: Does the city license hotels Staff Liaison Anderson: Yes, with modifications. Commissioner Johnson: I was surprised at the location for Topgolf. Council Liaison Butler: Provided an overview of the Topgolf facility. CHAIRPERSONS REPORT Chairperson Goodell reported: Thanks for all the help with the bag delivery. The deliveries went efficiently. Commissioner Johnson: When citizens do come to the door, they appreciate the visit. Chairperson Goodell: People are excited to be living here and happy to receive the packet. Council Liaison Butler: I enjoyed the information when I was a new resident of the city. Commissioner Amdahl: Great to have contact information and not just a general number. OTHER BUSINESS Chairperson Goodell: Is there anything for next meeting? Possibly discuss some more information from the comp plan? Council Member Butler: I would like to hear more about parking ordinances regarding possible changes to the on street parking regulations. Staff Liaison Anderson: This was discussed at a Council Work session and presented by the Police Page 4 Chief. Chairperson Goodell: We could discuss this at the next Housing Commission meeting and review the information from the work session. ADJOURNMENT There was a motion by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Amdahl to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed. The Brooklyn Center Housing Commission adjourned at 8:00 p.m. __________________________________ Chairman