April 5, 2006
MLK Park
7:00 -8:00pm
MLK Park
Committee Attendance: Steve Brandt, Mark Hinds, Kathleen Varner
Guests: Lee Peterson, Erik Peterson
KFNA Staff: Joanna S. Hallstrom
Introductions: Erik Peterson attended the KBP meeting as part of a Boy Scout communication project. His dad, Lee, accompanied him.
Minutes Approved: March minutes were not reviewed at this meeting.
DrawBridge Update
Hinds reported that the SW Journal published the DrawBridge contest. The SW Journal gave the contest a full half page in the paper. Hinds will send out the DrawBridge contest template and instructions to the KBP email list and committee. Committee members are encouraged to forward it on to interest parties.
The committee confirmed DrawBridge judges. They are as follows:
Jackie Hayes, Executive Director of the Center for Performing Arts
Elizabeth Glidden, 8th Ward Councilmember
Dennis Sponsley Oikonomou, Art teacher at Washburn High School
KBP Committee Members
The judging will take place at The Center For Performing Arts on Tuesday, May 2 from 6-9pm. KBP will provide a pizza dinner for the judges. Brandt will write a letter that confirms the date, time and location for the judges. J. Hallstrom will mail it out. Lee Peterson requested a copy.
Hinds will ask Sines to give an update on prize solicitation.
Outreach Update and Next Steps.
July 20th Festival – It was decided that KBP will host a human scale bridge building activity at the KFNA/MLK Aquatennial Festivalon Thursday, July 20 from 6-8pm at MLK Park. Leonardo’s Basement will be the lead facilitator of this activity. KBP will have information about the bridge project to hand out. Eric Peterson’s Boy Scout Troop (Mayflower) may be willing to help with the bridge activity.
Kingfield Annual Meeting- Brandt will look for a few historical photos of the park and neighborhood surrounding the bridge. Hinds will blow up a few photos for the annual meeting display; he will also staff the table during the meeting,
Jevning and Brandt will bring a few mini Bridge models (from the 05 festival) and greenway photos for annual meeting.
City/County Funding- Hinds noted that KBP will not be able to get much funding committed from the city unless we have significant money to leverage. Hinds believes RT will be supportive of funding requests. Brandt stated that the unfinished portion of the RiverLake Greenway was awarded federal money of one million dollars and local neighborhoods need to come up with money to match the design cost portion. Hinds stated that the bridge design should be tagged on to this as it is part of the greenway.
Kodak Grant –Brandt reported that the grant is not due until June. He will also check on a DNR grant and inform Linnes-Robinson about KBP’s pursuit of the grants.
Sponsors – Brandt, who is leading the effort to contact church sponsors did not have anything to report at this time.
Bryant Neighborhood Association – Hinds will attend a larger neighborhood community meeting (NRP) at Bryant on April 26th at Phelps Park. Hinds is working on the scope of service with Dennis Tifft of BNO for 25K toward the bridge.
Website – www.king-bridge.net will be up by April 6th. Hinds asked J. Hallstrom to send him voicemail instructions for the KBP extension at the KFNA office since the extension will be posted on line. Hinds has decided to use PayPal for online donations.
RFP Updates: Once KBP has the money in place the RFP will move forward.
Next Steps: Need to start/continue working on organizations to partner with KBP. The committee discussed how the website will enable KBP to reach out to individuals more easily. Brandt stated that each committee member should work to recruit another committee member.
Hinds met with Councilmember, Elizabeth Glidden. Glidden would like to participate in KBP within her capacity. Hinds suggested forming a steering committee and an advisory group. The advisory group would meet sporadically, as needed. Partners like Councilmember Glidden would be invited to participate as an advisor. KBP will work on identifying other advisors to invite to participate.