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John Akre called the meeting to order. Introductions were made. All board members were present. Dawn Rae Davis read the minutes from the last meeting. Tom Taylor moved to accept the meetings as read. Seaen MacKay seconded. Tom Taylor moved that we amend the meeting's agenda to allow council candidates to speak earlier. Mike seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Seaen MacKay gave the treasurer's report. SNO's current balance is: $11, 216. 71.
Don Samuels, from the Jordan neighborhood, candidate for city council spoke for about 6 minutes about his goals for the Third Ward.
Olin Moore, who moved from Harrison to Sheridan neighborhood, candidate for city council spoke for about six minutes on his goals for the Third Ward.
John Akre reminded SNO attendees that the city council election is this coming Monday.
Jenny Comacho (from the Housing Resource Center) and Don Snyder (from the MCDA) passed out hand-outs and presented and explained changes to the new NRP Housing Program Guidelines for Sheridan Neighborhood (the Deferred Loan Program and the Homebuyer Assistance Program).
Ross Fefercorn from Sheridan Development gave an update on the redevelopment plan for the Grainbelt Brewery. He reported they are now renegotiating the extension contract with the MCDA which required looking at fine tuning for Sites 1 and 2 of the project and taking on new partners. He presented drawings of the project, answered questions, and introduced the new partners who were present.
Jenny Fortman and Chris OMalley requested approval from SNO for a variance on an addition to their property at 1515 Grand St. Dawn Rae Davis made a motion that we approve the variance. Tom Taylor seconded. The motion passed.
Announcements:
John Akre announced a public hearing for a property at 1404 University Ave. NE that was seeking a variance.
John Akre also announced that MCDA was considering selling a 33 foot lot @ 1522 University Ave. NE. Sheridan neighbors have 45 days from date of Jan. 8, 2003 to write a letter to Nancy Pray, Project Coordinator (Dept. of Housing Development, MCDA).
Open Mic:
Daryl Boone had questions for council candidate Don Samuels.
Pat Stevey said he would like to see the city get out of the business of mediating development deals and the sales of small properties for development purposes and let the small property owners and developers work out these deals themselves.
Committee Reports:
Events Committee. Trish Schilling passed out copies of the SNOBall 2003 budget and said she hoped the board would make a motion to pass the budget.
Dawn Rae Davis made a motion to approve the $5,200 budget for the SNOBall presented by the events committee for approval. Eeris Fritz seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
Tom Taylor moved that SNO approve up to $800 of SNO's CBGC funds for advertising for SNOBall 2003 to be spent at the disgression of the Events Committee. Dawn Rae Davis said she was comfortable with approving a higher amount for $1,000. There was discussion regarding the amount. Seaen MacKay seconded the motion made by Tom Taylor to approve $800 for advertising. The motion passed.
Outreach/SNO News. Tom Taylor reported he wasn't sure if phone tree calls were made or not. Trish Schilling said the SNO News will be coming out.
Business Committee. Drew Trampe announced that the committee will begin meeting four times a year and the times will be announced in the near future.
NRP Committee. John Akre announced there will be a meeting February 17th to talk about the next step entailed by utilizing NRP funds; that step is about a coming up with a process for evaluating stage one of the NRP plan in order to begin work on the second stage of the plan.
MEND Update: Mike Grainville announced they've reached $37,000 towards the goal for the new fountain at the Bottineau Library site. And he talked about a recent meeting regarding the Marshall street development plan.
AFCAC Update: Chuck Sullivan gave the report. AFCAC is working on its by-laws and using the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization's by-laws as a model.
Seaen MacKay asked to speak to the Events Committee and Board for a few minutes after the meeting regarding her schedule and treasurer responsibilities regarding SNOBall. Tom Taylor made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mike Romans seconded. The meeting was adjourned.
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