03-25-10 Agenda Connection Project
AGENDA
Meeting of the
Envision Connection Project Executive Board
Golden Valley City Hall
Council Conference Room
March 25,2010,7 pm
1. Approval of the Minutes of February 25,2010
2. Proposed Community Foundation/Non-Profit
a. Transitional Board
b. Next Steps
3. Bridge Building Activities
a. Lilac Planting - April 12 meeting
b. Ice Cream Social - July 19
c. Dog Park
d. Buckthorn Busting
e. Garden Club
f. Neighbors Helping Neighbors
g. After School in the Valley
h. Volunteers in the Valley
i. Memorial Day Parade
j. Quarterly Meeting - June
4. Valley Days
5. Communications
6. Recruitment of Members to the Executive Board
7. New Business - Golden Valley's 125 Year Anniversary
8. Future meetings
April 15
May 13
June 17
July 15
August 19
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16
9. Adjournment
Envision Connection Project
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
February 25, 2010
Present: Jim Heidelberg, Helene Johnson, Linda Loomis, Philip Lund, Dean Penk
Marshall Tanick and Blair Tremere
Absent; Sharon Glover and Luke Weisberg (GVCEF Representative)
Staff: Jeanne Andre
The meeting began at 7: 15 pm in the Council Conference Room.
Approval of Minutes i::'I,
Tremere/Lund moved to approve the minutes of J~ri~~ty 21,2010 changing bandshell to
amphitheater in the final section. Motion carriec;t\Udi!!li
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Proposed Community Foundation/No~~~~pfiit 'illliHh
To follow up the discussion with the COH~:~il'a subgroup Wilhrpeet to develop a charge for
the prop?se~ tran~itio.n group that '-^;'lllllw~lbut the basis for t~~lij~yW Community
Foundation, InclUdIn9.'ill!lllLd:llk "hHlh,
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. Review of documentslt~at will be tl!l~i9~~ls;bf the new foundation including the
Golden Valley Comrrl~!~~b':l~oundati(jhH~yerview, Community Foundation Q & A,
dra~ Articles of Incor~(hl~~~i\ijn!~<~~, By-La\oVSrwevi.ously prepared by the Connection
Project Board and eXlstlf19!Artlole~;pf IncorpQr~tlon and By-Laws of the Golden
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. Deter;ml"~;~.heth~~!#np wheHl~~!g~ntact ~m~~ community organizations and non-
profitS:j~~$;i diSCUSS tl~Nv to relat~ito these groups.
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. lt~M~tiTh', neXt~~t~~~!to lauhe~'~N'CF:jncluding contact with foundations on services
'1:1 ;tHey(cijrnJlProv'iClf~\!~pplying for-grants and seed funding, and contacts with the
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ThJI~~fl1berS SUg~~~rd t~illltn~nsition team include Philip Lund, Luke Weisberg, Sharon
Glover':ili~tJlene JOhns~~! Dean Penk, Diane Nimmer, De De Scanlon and Scott Grayson.
Other meFti~~rs of thedmplden Valley Human Services Foundation or folks who respond to
news artich3Sllim,',t,.h, ,i~,', "Il~~ic who have special expertise on foundations could round out the
group. Linda ~8~m1lft;WIII check with GVHSF to see if it recommends additional members.
Jeanne Andre wlm~orward to Dean Penk names of folks who call in response to news
articles.
Dean Penk will set up a meeting, tentatively on Saturday, March 13 from 10 am to noon
to plan a kickoff for the transition team. Philip, Sharon, Helene, Blair, Luke and Dean plan
to attend.
Linda Loomis will ask the City Council to consider a resolution of support, as was
discussed at the January Council/Manager Meeting.
Bridge Builders
Envision Connection Project
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
February 25, 2010 - Page 2
Lilac Project - The group met February 22 and set the 2010 planting date as October 2.
The planting area will be on the north side of Highway 55 from Boone Avenue to Highway
169. MnDOT staff is working on the initial landscaping plan. The committee is
emphasizing long-term maintenance of the plantings, working with adjacent property
owners in advance of the planting and trying to get businesses, churches and groups to
send planting teams.
Ice Cream Social - Dean Penk will contact Sebastian Joe's about supplying the ice
cream. Marshall Tanick will seek sponsors. Jeanne Andre will see if the Mom's Club will
help with publicity. The group discussed collaborating with Lupient on fans that publicize
both Lupient and the Connection Project.
Dog Park - Linda Loomis reported that the HumanE:);~Qciety has decided not to
participate in the dog park. She has dog park sup(i1QJjters who plan to approach the
Minneapolis Park Board about locating a dog pa'rk:jrtWirth Park. Marshall Tanick will
discuss the idea with Lisa Goodman from the Minneapolis City Council.
Buckthorn Busting - Blair Tremere is w()rking with Ji:lh!()lfe and Cathy Waldhauser on
~n ed~cati~nal ~eeting abo~~ bucktho;mi.~~~e hopes to ha"~lffn expert present info~mation
In cO~Jun~tlon Wlt~ a fun actiVity an~1Ia~rt'\aps a demonstratlorni!~p, removal. ~rookvle~ and
~':m~~~~~~nS~c~".%=:" s~~~:~~lnilli~:nu~~I/Wf.t could all~~fllla practIcal on-srte
Garden CI~b - Je.anne A~~!~~l)~eported tH~~nnmlgroup is working on a xerioscaping
demonstration project on ng'~2tt~Nnu~y at Wlns~~I,e Avenue and Mendelssohn Road. They
have approached the City for1~~fmi~~!RP to wo~nRthe right-of-way.
Neighbo~s Helping NeighborslliT"Jeah~~.,~~dre't~i~R~ed that the .City is seeking
Co~munlty Dev~lw,~m"19t Block ~n~nt F,,~,mqSj~ffl'ir~lp!:;~~y for mate~lals ~eeded for work for
lOW-income hO~l~p,\Nm:~rs}i'~he s~ltJ~,~~E:)I:~(>lIabora~lmg ~roups supp~l~d n1C~ I.etters of
support and,~t~p'ifo meet t~l~ s.pnng1.f~,:assess .theproJect and sohclt pubhcl~.
Volunteers Inllt,~,e Valley -r1!Whls proJe~,!was discussed at the quarterly meeting. Dean
plans to bring f8ij~,~er ~~~1~R;~J~!im~~uding!~~nny, Marshall, Hilde an? DeDe to work on the
co...n.,..c,....'.'...,.r..I.RffH4q~!~...,n....e,.jIJ~t!f.jn.i.i.ml.,r.~ulatectll~~llr...,m.l.atlon f?~arded by Car~ FiSh, the woman who
O~~'~~ll~~(HtijeU:~,~~rfalti,~IITt?uth ~eaders~'~p Coah!lon Day of Service progra~ and
'Gq~$lJlted by spij~~~r plh,qn~ With the Bndge BUilders at the Quarterly Meeting.
Me;m(.)rial Day Pan~~!~ -'~~~rne Andre circulated an email message from John Geise,
who' WlCRHld like to or~~n~ze a':~hprt Memorial Day parade. City Manager Tom Burt asked if
this woul~! ~e a good 'ripge Builder activity. Members suggested that John could use
Bridge Bulig~r tools s~g~ as i-neighbors to seek volunteers and participants for the
parade. HoW~~~r, t~~~lfelt a better option would be to collaborate with the Valley Days
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Bridge Builder Quarterly Meeting
Dean Penk reviewed the January 30 meeting. There was good energy and a great
presentation by Cara Fish about the Interfaith Youth Leadership Coalition Day of Service
and a tour of the Crisis Nursery. At the end of the meeting Dean asked for an evaluation
of the Quarterly Meeting format and got suggestions on the format of the meetings.
Aspects to Continue: Moving to various venues, the Saturday morning time slot and
treats.
Envision Connection Project
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
February 25, 2010 - Page 3
Aspects to Consider Changing: Better communications and promotion (use of i-neighbors,
social media, alternatives to Internet (computer) communications, follow up with minutes
to let folks know what happened, organizing the meeting schedule.
Jeanne Andre reported on a suggestion from Cheryl Weiler that the organizers of
Quarterly Meetings consider the option of featuring a person who is a community jewel as
an alternative to a venue that is a community jewel. She was informed that Richard
Proudfit, founder of Kids Against Hunger, is a long-time resident of Golden Valley. The
group suggested that the next Quarterly Meeting be in June (exact date to be
determined), perhaps at an outside venue.
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Philip Lund reported on Valley Days. He said tnml..$r~~p is having more trouble with
fundraising in this economy. Since they raise!~~O~Sgi*ffi~r in advance, this is not an
immediate problem, but could have an i~l~ff~t on 2011:i!~~I?'le new options under
consideration for the 2010 event are: e,..".x,.,i..'.p.'...,....,a....'.mding the classl~...!.c.'.I.a. .r show, having a Sunday
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bike ride, working with Perpich Cen~l~rl~J'ila Golden Valley ICf~llffpncept and showcasing
Golden Valley bands after the paraaeHlli.. .' .
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Blair Tremere reported on tH~l~I"~pklyn Cente,f:iSirthday Party event he recently attended.
He said the event combines t~~'lca(~~~~tion ofth~,~ity's birthday with recognition of
volunteers and benefactors of t~e, cOITulll:Jnity. Durim~ the discussion it was noted that
2011 will be Gold "11){",J,ll~Y's 12Simrrar ~}il'f1ive,~~~2" ~~ich may merit celebratory activities.
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Friday, February 26,2010
City of Minnetonka seeks sponsorships
Minneapolis I St. Paul Business Journal - by kennv smith staff writer
Minnetonka introduced a new policy Thursday inviting businesses, organizations and
individuals to sponsor all or part of city hosted events.
This comes following a September 2009 Minnetonka City Council approval of a policy which
allows for the city to formally accept gifts, donations and sponsorships as long as they keep
with the city's mission.
"Budget pressures of the past few years inspired staff to begin thinking of new ways to fund
events and programs offered by the city that directly benefit our residents, and which might
at the same time inspire local businesses and organizations to become more involved in the
community," said Jacque Larson, community rela.tions manager for the city of Minnetonka.
This is the first time the city of Minnetonka has actively pursued sponsorships and
donations from the business community.
"In developing practices related to sponsorships, the city has looked to examples from other
cities, including Eden Prairie and Blaine," said Larson.
Some upcoming opportunities include Summer Festival, the Burwell House Ice Cream
Social, Music in the Park and the Farmers' Market, among other.
To gain an idea of what a sponsorship may look like, imagine the following, The Dairy
Queen Burwell House Ice Cream Social or Swanns presents The Burwell House Ice Cream
Social.
kjsmith@bizjournals.com I (612) 288-2109