September 20, 2006
MLK Park
7:00 -8:00pm
MLK Park
Committee Attendance: Steve Brandt, Peter Hallstrom, Mark Hinds, Steve Jevning, and Margaret Sines
KFNA Staff: Joanna S. Hallstrom
Introductions: none.
Minutes Approved: none.
KBP Update:
Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) and Bryant Neighborhoods Organization (BNO) have approved money for the bridge from their NRP funds. Although community members have approved, BNO is still seeking approval from City NRP staff for the bridge project in their NRP Plan. There will be a community meeting with Mark Hinds, KBP Chair; Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director; Dennis Tift, BNO Executive Director and City NRP staff to finalize NRP funding.
KBP will have a new meeting structure to focus on project goals and task completion. Committee members have been assigned tasks to complete within the next few months and the group will meet as needed until tasks are completed. Hinds will send out a regular email update the first Wednesday each month. Each committee member is asked to send Hinds an update on their tasks before this time. Committee members will meet in smaller working groups as needed.
The time line to release the RFP is pushed to spring of 07.
The bridge is estimated to cost $3 million to build. The entire design portion will cost approximately 300K and KBP expects that they will have to raise at least 200K of this cost. If KBP raises 40 to 50% of the funds needed to build the bridge it is expected that other funds will become available from the county, city and federal government to complete the project. There is currently $1 million designated for the bridge in the I-35W Access Project budge (Hennepin County funds).
Hinds reported that Bancroft has RiverLake Greenway/KBP as a line item in their NRP plan.
Tasks:
The committee will work on designing and assembling publicity packets for funders. Sines has a friend who may be willing to design the packets and Brandt has a design resource as well. The packets will be tailored for foundation, corporation and individual audiences. Once the fundraising package is complete KBP will take it to the elected officials who have agreed to help KBP connect with potential donors. The committee will divide up perspective funders based on what portion of the project donors will most likely support. When a firm RFP release date is established KBP can start requesting pledges. Once the bridge designer is selected the project will be more appealing to funders and funders will be asked to contribute toward the remaining design cost.
Billy Weismann (Weismann Enterprises) and Dean Phillips have offered to host a fundraiser.
Brandt will conduct a community member interviews and start w Roy Burns of SCORE. Burns grew up in the area around the bridge.
Fundraising Ground Work:
Hinds will work on changes that need to be made to the RFP.
Motzenbecker, chair of City Planning Commission will help with fundraising.
Hinds and Linnes-Robinson will work on KBP’s financials for Minnesota Common Grant Application.
KBP committee members will seek letters of support from county officials and community groups. Brandt, Varner and Jevning will be working on community organizational and Hinds will meet with government officials.
Brandt brainstormed a community partners:
BNO
Sabathani Community Center
Libraries
Parks: MLK/Phelps/
Ministerial Groups along the RiverLake Greenway
WAMM/Girl Scouts (officed at Sabathani)
Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association
Center for Performing Arts
Pilgrim Luthern Church
Mormon Church
TLC
Sunrise
Calhoun Cycle
Bancroft
EHFNA
Bryant Village
Minutes completed by Joanna S. Hallstrom – KFNA