Attendees included: Jay Peterson, Vida Ditter, Greg Lecker, Wendy Jerome, Kevina Munnich, Mary Lou Hill, Lee Munnich, Paul Ragozzino, Rob Harris, Daryl Carter, and Diane Ashby. All have expressed interest in participating on the planning committee bringing the total number of planning committee volunteers to 20.
1) We reviewed summaries of the focus groups and survey results, organized by topic. Greg Lecker and Wendy Jerome will update these indexes with the remaining focus groups held through mid-April. Over the next few months, committee members will assemble neighborhood action plan strategies.
2) Attendees recommended that we consider hosting an all day neighborhood revitalization charrette (an intense brainstorming session) on an upcoming Saturday. Greg Lecker recommends Saturday, April 23 from 9 AM to 5 PM, at Bryn Mawr Elementary School Cafeteria. See proposed details and BMNA funding request listed below.
3) We will collect further strategy suggestions (likely through written comments on post card-sized response cards) at both the May 2005 meeting and through the mail. Then, in a summer or early fall public meeting, we'll vote on the strategies that the NRP Planning Committee assembles and organizes.
NRP Planning Schedule:
April 2005 Planning Committee members host an all day brainstorming charrette,
tentatively scheduled for Saturday, April 23
May 2005 BMNA general membership offers additional suggestions at Annual Meeting
and in postcards provided in the Bryn Mawr Bugle votes on
funding
priorities.
NRP Planning Committee begins to draft the NRP Phase II Neighborhood
Action Plan using input from the survey, focus groups, and charrette
July or Aug. 2005 BMNA general membership considers the draft of the NRP Phase II
Neighborhood Action Plan and votes on priorities.
Aug.-Oct. 2005 BMNA NRP Planning Committee finalizes NRP Phase II Neighborhood Action
Plan based on input from BMNA general membership.
Funding allocations are assigned. Final Neighborhood Action Plan is
presented to BMNA board and to BMNA members via the neighborhood
website (with copies available for check out at local businesses). Summaries of
the Neighborhood Action Plan will be included in the Bryn Mawr Bugle.
Nov./Dec. 2005 BMNA votes on the NRP Phase II Action Plan. BMNA submits NRP Phase II
Neighborhood
Action Plan to
Minneapolis City Council for their review and approval.
4) We approved the Phase I Review Report with minor revisions. According to the schedule, we’ll publish a final version of this report in March to the www.bmna.org website and forward it to Minneapolis NRP and to the NRP Policy Board.
5)
Survey and Focus groups: Residents and business owners are asked to
contribute their views and ideas about the broad areas of concern and the
general goals that should be used as starting points for planning Phase II.
Neighbors have volunteered to serve as facilitators and note takers. Survey and focus group comments have been
posted to the www.bmna.org website. Just a few scheduled focus groups
remain: Thursday, March 17 (Area 7), and
Monday, March 21 (School, Parks, Recreation, and Community). An additional focus group of Business Focus
Group will be held in April -- maybe around mid- month to allow enough time for Bugle circulation. This focus group could possibly be open to home-based as well as the premise-based
businesses of the South Frontage Road, Martin Homes, and Accent Signage (maybe even the downtown
business folks too - who missed the Valentine's Day downtown
Bryn Mawr focus group?). An additional
youth focus group will be convened at
Next Meetings of the
NRP Planning Committee:
Monday, March 28,
2005; 7-8:30 PM at
Proposed: Saturday, April 23, 2005: 9 AM – 5 PM at
Monday, April 25,
2005; 7-8:30 PM at
Monday, May 23, 2005;
7-8:30 PM at
From our last NRP Planning Meeting (Monday, February 28) came the suggestion to
organize a public meeting/design
charrette to assist the Planning Committee in developing and assembling Neighborhood Action Plan Strategies. In Phase I, Bryn Mawr Neighborhood
facilitated a similar brainstorming session as part of the development of the
Phase I Action Plan Strategies. Bryn
Mawr Neighborhood Association has allocated and has been awarded, in its formal
NRP Participation Agreement and newly executed contract, NRP Phase II funds for
weekend school reservation as well as child care during this event. I ask for your consideration of such a
request.
In looking at the rapidly filling spring calendar, I'm
proposing one of the following two days for this workshop: Saturday, April 23 or Saturday, May 21. These dates avoid the following conflicts
(feel free to reply with more conflicts of which you are aware): Brownie Lake Buckthorn Busting, Minneapolis Blooms
Day, Bryn Mawr Festival of Garage Sales, and City of
All of the focus groups (17 total focus groups!) should be completed and the comments organized by April 23; and I promise to organize focus group comments by April 23. Part of the reason that I'm proposing to split Break Out Session #1 and #2 by lunch is to allow those busy, but interested, neighborhood folks to participate in a half-day component, if necessary, of this planning event (9 AM-1:30 PM or 1:30-5:00 PM), join us for a community meal, and still complete their Saturday errands.
Producing either the April or the May event means meeting a
March 20 or April 20 Bugle deadline and scheduling a Saturday reservation at
The BMNA Board approved to fund from its treasury up to $300 for lunch, snacks and beverages for the day. We are and will be searching for folks to provide child care for the day.
Saturday, April 23, 9 AM to 5 PM
NRP Charrette Agenda items proposed could include the following:
1) 9-9:20 AM NRP Introduction, including a Description of the day's activities
2) 9:20-11 AM Review of Survey and Focus Group Comments
3) 11 AM - 12:30 PM Break Out Session #1: Study Program Areas - Participants select to particpate in a discussion group to consider one of eight topics: Housing, Downtown Bryn Mawr, Land Use/Development, Parks, Schools, Community/Communication, Traffic, Crime and Safety. If necessary, topic discussion groups could be combined due to lack of interest or shortage of participants.
4) 12:30 -1:30 PM Lunch - This is NOT an allowable NRP expenditure. Thus, lunch provisions would need to come from a) donations by solicited businesses or groups; b) potluck contributions, or c) My choice - BMNA Board allocation for beverages and a sandwich and salad buffet.
5) 1:30 - 3:00 PM Break Out Session #2: Study Program Areas - Participants select to participate in a discussion group to consider one of eight topics: Housing, Downtown Bryn Mawr, Land Use/Development, Parks, Schools, Community/Communication, Traffic, Crime and Safety. If necessary, topic discussion groups could be combined due to lack of interest or shortage of participants.
6) 3:00-4:50 PM Presentations by the Various Work Groups from Break Out Sessions #1 and #2: 10 minutes for each of 8 topics (5 minutes each from session #1 and #2)
7) 4:50 - 5:00 PM Closing Statements