Downtown
Minutes from
A regularly scheduled meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, Inc. (DMNA)
was held on
With a quorum present, Jerrie Hayes,
Chair, convened the meeting at
The Chair announced and encouraged attendance to the Aquatennial
festivities currently going on downtown, and the upcoming DMNA-sponsored National
Night Out on Tuesday, August 1 at the Federal Reserve Bank Bandshell
adjacent to the
The Chair moved and
Lisa announced CLPC’s National
Night Out on Monday, August 1, on the Loring Greenway occurring simultaneously
as that of DMNA’s. Lisa then advised that her office
had not received any written questions and/or comments from DMNA’s
board to the 2000 Downtown
A.
The Chair advised the board that this project had been reviewed
by the Land Use Committee and that a couple representatives from the Salvation
Army came and answered questions at its last meeting after which the Committee
decided to make no recommendations, either for or against. The Director of
the Health Partner Project and Tim O’Brien, Architect, came to the current meeting
to further enlighten the board on the project and ask for a letter of support.
The Salvation Army is proposing 96 units of permanent supportive housing to
be located on the corner of Glenwood Avenue and 10th Street North built for
the homeless, those in a sheltered system, and for low income individuals with
an estimated completion date of December 2001. The main floor of the building
will be comprised of a social services office, a conference room, office space
for two full-time property management staff, vehicle storage as well as building
storage space. The remaining upper four levels will each contain: 24 SRO-style
units (23 regular and 1 handicapped accessible) comprised of a bathroom, kitchen,
sleeping area and closet space; an office for a case manager; and a community
room. Each floor will function as a separate community and the occupants will
decide the community room’s function (e.g., library, exercise room). The proposed
property will also have a brick exterior facade, electronically controlled entry
doors, 24-hour front desk reception, an elevator, four full-time janitors, a
courtyard and some green space. Forty-six of the units must be allocated for
those diagnosed as disabled and homeless which will
alleviate some of the space crunches at the Harbor Light and
After the Chair entertained questions and comments from the board, representatives from the business community and residents from the proposed project area, Andy moved and Monroe seconded to approve the Harbor Housing project with the provision that the Salvation Army provide to Inspector Labinski of the 7th Precinct a complete security program for both the Hope Habor Housing project as well as the 1010 Currie Avenue site. The motion was carried by a majority of the quorum present. The Chair advised that a letter to that effect would be forwarded to them from the Land Use Committee within a week.
The Chair advised the board that both the proposed 122-unit
After the Chair entertained questions, Andy moved and
C. Franklin Bank (
The Chair advised the board that this proposed reconstruction
to be located at the intersection of
After the Chair entertained questions, Andy moved and Joan seconded to approve the Franklin Bank project as recommended by the Land Use Committee. The motion was carried unanimously.
Scott gave the board his requisite 30 days notice of departure due to his new job with the Carat(?) neighborhood, and that he would be assisting the board in finding another coordinator. The board congratulated him and thanked him for all his work.
There being no more time for the other agenda items, the meeting was adjourned
at
Signed and approved by
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Chair
Secretary
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