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Crime Alert October 2006

Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Crime Alert 10/18/06

There has been an increase of burglary of dwellings in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. From October 10-16, there were six such burglaries. They occurred in residences which have more than one dwelling unit. Losses included laptops, purses, electrical equipment, DVDs CDs, and an X-box 360. The most common method of entry was through unlocked doors and windows.

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General Membership Meeting: October 17, 2006 Minutes

MINUTES of the MHNA General Membership Meeting, October 17, 2006

University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis

Note – At 7 pm a public hearing on an application to change the liquor license (from C1 to Class B) at the Loring Pasta Bar was held. City Licensing’s Dan Niziolek facilitated. After many comments and questions, the general consensus was to approve the change since the operating plan, including security, was quite specific. People appreciated the funky atmosphere and variety of offerings at the Loring. They didn’t appreciate blocked sidewalks or loud music that would prevent passers by from hearing one another.

  1. Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Vice President Deborah Girard.
  2. The agenda that was sent out was approved
  3. The minutes of the Sept. meeting were accepted.
  4. Tom Lincoln, Chair of our Safety & Livability Committee, gave a brief report on S & L activities since April. A campaign to improve public safety has been waged, thanks to many resident volunteers. Their core strategies:
    • making people aware of calling 911 and 311
    • identifying and working on problem properties
    • creating a Citizen Patrol
    • updating an active email list on CODEFOR crime statistics and communicating about suspicious, criminal behavior

    The group has worked with Carol Oosterhuis of the Second Precinct. and has met with Inspector Skomra. They are sending reps to the 2-PAC (neighborhood roundtable) meetings at Second Precinct. They are also working with the U of MN police force. They have had some significant success – 729 8th Ave SE Rental License Revocation and written community impact statements. Next year they plan to improve the quality of tenants in the neighborhood via a marketing plan. They take part in the Third Ward CARE Committee, bringing city agencies together to improve safety and livability. Two current issues – 501 4th St SE and the properties owned by Jim Eischens. Tom also mentioned the aggravated assaults that occurred recently in the SE Como neighborhood and a meeting to plan preventative strategies.

  5. CM Diane Hofstede expressed her appreciation for Tom’s committee work. She spoke about the upcoming Third Ward Summit and the CARE Committee. The libraries are in jeopardy – particularly ours. She is working with other council members to find a way to bring more funding to keep libraries open. A hearing to approve of Tim Dolan as new police chief will be held Wed. CM Hofstede complimented our neighborhood for its activism and announced that half of the new police recruits will go to the Second Precinct.
  6. NRP Coordinator Elissa Cottle reviewed several Board motions passed tonight:
    • Some money was leftover in the last round of Storefront Improvement grants so a new amended contract with $9925 budget was approved to extend the program. (D Carlson motion) Grants from $1000 – $5000 will be available to Dinkytown businesses for permanent exterior rehab.
    • A motion to authorize no more than $4800 to pay a consultant to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the trails in Father Hennepin Bluffs Park ,based on proposals received and evaluated by the NRP Committee, was passed (D Carlson motion).
    • A motion was passed to use $3000 from the NRP Housing Fund to support efforts to develop neighborhood housing for U of MN faculty, staff, graduate students and retirees (NRP Committee and D Carlson motion,). Money would be used to market the Master Plan supplements and to pay for additional consultant time to ensure the plan supplement is approved at city council.

Meeting adjourned at 8 pm for a special session with Dan Carnejo, concerning a University Impact Study that will be submitted to the legislature Jan 15. Mr. Carnejo presented slides and posed eight questions to those assembled. He wants to collect all responses by 10/31. (An online version was emailed to MHNA members after this meeting.)

Discussion included benefits and negative aspects of living near the U. Vital, safe and attractive neighborhoods, rich in culture, creativity and human capital, are important to the U in recruiting students and staff. The U, City and neighbors will have a collaborative process to achieve and maintain this vision. It is hoped that the Impact Study suggests strategies to strengthen the relationship between the neighborhoods and the University. There are several layers of approval before the document is sent to the legislature.

Meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm
Melissa Bean, Executive Director

Thanks to Sandy Dekker for taking part in a Restorative Justice Community Conference in October. More M-H community members are needed for:Thurs Nov 16, 6 – 9 pm
Sat Nov 18, 9 – noon
Sat Dec 2, 9 – noonCall the office 623-7633 if you can make one.

MSA is sponsoring a Safety Walk around campus on November 29th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm. Meet in the lobby at Coffman Memorial Union. The group will walk the campus and identify areas needing improvement. Afterwards, students will meet back at Coffman to discuss the Impact Study being sent to the Legislature. (See November Items of Interest for update on the study.)

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Board and General Membership Meetings: October 17, 2006 Agenda

To: MHNA Board & General Membership
From: Vice President Deborah Girard
Re: October 17 Meetings
University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave SE

Board Agenda 6-7 PM

  1. Call to order, approve agenda
  2. Approve minutes
  3. Approve Treasurer’s Report, ’07 Budget, Nov Fund Raising letter
  4. Tabled items – Library, Student Affairs
  5. Committee reports
    • Safety & Livability
      • Dangerous Animal ordinance changes suggested
      • Restorative Justice Community, Inc. has modified the community conference process. The conferences are larger, which community service following the conference. Participants donate $20 to Restorative Justice and $20 to an organization within the neighborhood. MHNA intern soon to be hired to coordinate projects here.
      • The full City Council concurred with the Rental License Board of Appeals and the PS&RS Committee to revoke the rental license at 729 8th Avenue. A letter was sent on Friday or Monday giving the occupants 30 days to vacate the property. It is not clear if the building will be sold or whether the owners will try to reinstate the license.
    • NRP
    • Land Use – updates: 500 Central, 1117 8th St SE, nearby new project 509 First Ave NE, meeting with Jen Jordan and SECIA on “urban dorm” trend
    • Executive – Seeking new president, strategic organizational planning, Loring Liquor License, Third Ward Summit, R & R fiscal agent
  6. Misc Announcements – Casey on Central Corridor, Melissa on stadium, other
  7. 7 PM Adjourn for public hearing

Public Hearing 7-7:30 PM

Public Hearing on an application to upgrade Liquor License at Loring Pasta Bar, Dinkytown. Current license is C1 seeking Class B, which would permit more amplified music, dancing & djs.

General Membership 7:30 PM

  1. Call to order, approve agenda
  2. Approve Sept minutes
  3. Board Actions taken tonight & Safe Summer 06 Wrap Up
  4. A few words from CM Hofstede
  5. Special One Hour Session with consultant Dan Carnejo, seeking input for the Impact Report required by stadium legislation and due in Jan 07. This is not stadium impact, but impact the University has on neighbors. Please come and add your views on the good and the bad aspects of living/working next to the U.
  6. NRP update
  7. Misc updates and announcements, including SE Library
  8. Adjourn

Thanks for donations from: D Edwards & W Hoffman

MHNA meetings are handicap accessible. See details in Items of Interest or call 623-7633.

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Land Use Committee: October 2006 Minutes

Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 5:30 p.m.
Dunn Brothers, Sixth & University Avenues SE

Members Present: Arvonne Fraser, Jo Radzwill, Bo Sherman, Steve Swanson, Paul White

  1. Meetings of the Land Use Committee have been changed to the first Wednesday of each month, 5:30 p.m., at Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop located at Sixth and University Avenues SE. The next meeting will be November 1, 2006.All notices / agendas of Land Use Committee meetings will bear the notation that the meeting site is handicapped accessible and that there is a designated handicapped parking space available at the rear of Dunn Brothers.
  2. New Business:
    • Kim Bartman, owner of Bryant Lake Bowl, was to bring information regarding a similar business she intends to open nearby at 509 First Ave NE (Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood). Ms Bartman was not present to update us on her proposal.
    • Cam Gordon’s proposed changes in Rental Licensing: There was much discussion of these changes and the Committee decided to support, in general, his changes. Due to timing constraints, the following action will need to be forwarded to the Public Safety & Regulatory Services Committee in time for its public hearing on this matter to be held on Wednesday, October 11, at 1:00 p.m., City Hall, Room 317, as an action of the Marcy-Holmes Land Use Committee.

      Action: The Marcy-Holmes Land Use Committee supports Council Member Gordon’s proposal to make changes and additions to the rental-licensing ordinance (Title 12, Chapter 244) that would give the City added tools to deal with poorly managed rental properties and give them another avenue to pursue license revocation. The issues being addressed are:

      • Require that the property owner fully disclose all partners in the property “on demand.” Failure would result in a fine and create possible ground for license revocation.The Land Use Committee feels that all partners should always be disclosed from the beginning and should not have to wait for a request to be disclosed.
      • Allow for any un-permitted work done to a property to be grounds for possible license revocation. This work refers to any work covered by building codes.The Marcy-Holmes Land Use Committee would make this regulation applicable to non-owner occupied properties. There are many owner-occupied rental properties in the neighborhood and the Committee does not wish to make regulations more difficult for owner-occupied properties since, generally, owner-occupied properties are better managed and do not usually fall into the category of rental issues that Council Member Gordon is trying to address.
      • License revocation for infractions of the regulations should be tied to the property owners, not just the property.
      • License revocation for property-owners (non-owner occupied) who have not paid their water bills.

      The most egregious management problems in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood occur in non-owner occupied rental properties. Some (this list is not all-inclusive) of problem properties that came to mind during our Land Use Meeting regarding maintenance and safety regulations are:

      • 728 Eighth Avenue SE
      • 729 Eighth Avenue SE
      • 810 Eighth Street SE
      • 814 Eighth Street SE
      • The building across the street from 719 Sixth Avenue SE (no street number was evident)

      Other properties that have had licensing violations in the past and have appealed to the Board of Adjustment include:

      • 1100 Fifth Street SE
      • 628 Fourth Street SE
      • 421 Sixth Street SE

      The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Land Use Committee supports Council Member Gordon’s efforts to enforce some of the issues involved with non-owner occupied rental properties.

  3. Old Business:
    • 500 Central Avenue: have heard nothing new
    • Developers Checklist: There was much discussion. Several improvements were noted and Arvonne will work on introductory phrasing. The goal is to sound open to discussion with developers, but still be able to streamline the time the committee spends on the development once the developer finalizes his/her plans.
    • Robinson project (Fourth Avenue SE and University Ave SE): Members of the committee will follow-up on the process to make sure that neighborhood voices are heard in the most effective manner.
    • Housing subcommittee and impact of the University on the neighborhood: There was much discussion regarding ways to get the University to step up to the plate and make investments in the neighborhood to alleviate some of its problems, particularly with rental housing. It is, to a large extent, due to the failure of the University to provide on campus housing that the neighborhood has such a problem with student housing.There was also emphasis on the parking problem. This issue is the only issue with specific requirements in the Marcy-Holmes Master Plan.
    • It should also be noted the Melissa Bean and Jo Radzwill will be meeting with our designated planner, Jennifer Jordan, regarding the demolition of single family housing and replacing it with triplexes containing five bedrooms in each unit – a trend we are seeing more and more often in our neighborhood. Hopefully, there is some way we can work with the City to curb this trend.
    • Mill Trace Condominiums: Committee members noted that developers worked with the neighborhood to ultimately arrive at a design for a project that will be an asset to the community.Action: The Marcy-Holmes Land Use Committee recommends the MHNA Board write a letter commending the developer, Niles Schultz, for working with the neighborhood on Mill Trace Condominiums to arrive at a project that will be an asset to the neighborhood.
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Safety and Livability Committee: October 2006 Minutes

Chairperson: Thomas Lincoln
Meetings: 1st Monday of the Month 7:00 PM
First Congregational Church

MEETING MINUTES

Monday, October 2, 2006

Attendees:

Deb Girard Gordon Kepner
Casey Briscoe Norman Lynskey
Marnie Loven-Bell Kendre Turonie
Leonard Parades Brian Muldoon
Paula Buchta Tom Lincoln
  1. No Restorative Justice apologies were made tonight. Restorative Justice Community, Inc. has modified the community conference process. The conferences are larger, which community service following the conference. Participants donate $20 to Restorative Justice and $20 to an organization within the neighborhood. It is not clear if a public apology is required. Although it was difficult to schedule and time consuming for this committee, we fell the public apology is an important component part of the program. The MHNA Safety and Livability Committee could modify its process to deal with more apologies. Tom Lincoln will send and e-mail to Gena Girard about the apology issue. Tom Lincoln will also try to line up other community service activities for the 15 RJ’s that will be assigned to First Congregational Church (west side trash pick-up and flyering)
  2. Reviewed the unofficial September CODEFOR Crime Stats gathered from MPD maps for August 29 – September 25:
    Violent Crimes
    Rape 0
    Aggravated Assault 2
    Robbery of Person 2
    Robbery of Business 0
    Domestic Agg. Assault 1
    Other Crimes
    Burglary of Business 2
    Burglary of Residence 10
    Motor Vehicle Theft 6
    Recovered Motor Vehicle 0
    Theft from Motor Vehicle 7
    Larceny 9
    Narcotics Arrests 1
    Arson 0
    Total 40
  3. Kendre Turonie mentioned that the University is very concerned about the recent violent assaults and robberies. There was an article in the MN Daily today. No descriptions have been, which is frustrating. The University is trying to pull together a University neighborhood-wide meeting on these crimes. James DeSoto of Como is also trying to organize. Tom Lincoln will follow-up with James DeSoto.
  4. The window of opportunity is now with the impact study being prepared as a part of the football stadium funding. The consultant preparing this study will be at the next MHNA General Membership meeting in October. The consultant will solicit input. This will be good time to raise these issues.
  5. The full City Council concurred with the Rental License Board of Appeals and the PS&RS Committee to revoke the rental license at 729 8th Avenue. A letter was sent on Friday or Monday giving the occupants 30 days to vacate the property. It is not clear if the building will be sold or whether the owners will try to reinstate the license. I have requested an update. I attempted to call Terry Kanis, the company manager.
  6. The Tita house, 501 4th Street SE, was brought up as an ongoing problem property. Many suspicious characters are hanging out at the Tita house. Very little work being done to the property. Leonard Paredes will follow-up on the parole issues. We agreed to make this a priority, and have it be presented the October 18, 2006 Care Committee meeting. Tom Lincoln will work with the Third Ward to ensure this is on the agenda for the October CARE meeting. Paula and Norman will get data (911 calls, 311 calls, and open housing violations) and assemble package. Norma will check in on the federal laws relating to drugs in and around a school.
  7. A party house list and a vacant property list are being maintained. We will share this data with the MPD and UMPD when they conduct the saturation patrols.
  8. A CARE (Community and Resource Exchange) Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Tom Lincoln and Norman Lynskey attended a meeting that was mostly organizational. The Committee will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. We need to work with CM staff to get on the agenda with 501 4th Street SE and 813 5th Street SE.
    • October 18, 2006 — Eastside Neighborhood Services
    • November 15, 2006 — Eastside Neighborhood Services
    • December 20, 2006 — Eastside Neighborhood Services
    • Safety and Livability Committee may move more quickly on Tita and Eichens
  9. The changes of Chapter 64.110 – Dangerous Animals – was reviewed and discussed. Not certain why the ordinance was changed and who voted on the changes. The Committee agreed with Leonard Paredes and Casey Briscoe that the changes diminished the ordinance. Leonard Paredes will draft a letter from the S and L Committee to CM Hofstede to express our concern about the changes with the hope of changing back to the previous language.
  10. We ran out of time to fully discuss the Housing Initiatives in Marcy-Holmes:
    • MHNA NRP has done research on similar university housing issues
    • MHNA NRP is conducting a housing survey
    • University Relocation Services
    • Safety and Livability Committee’s marketing efforts
    • Contact of well-managed properties – business model
    • Crime-free multi-housing
  11. Kendre gave some Fall saturation patrols data that she received from the UMPD. The first four nights this fall yielded 245 tags. This past weekend there were 100 tags on Friday night and 408 tags on Saturday night. There will be four more patrols this fall. Remember this when the consultants ask for input about the impact of the University on our neighborhood.
  12. Paula Buchta, Norman Lynskey, and Deb Girard will attend the 2PAC Meeting on Monday at 6:00 PM at 2nd Precinct (Central Avenue). Tom Lincoln will attend if he doesn’t have a soccer game.
  13. Reminded the Committee about the upcoming Third Ward Summit – Report to the Community. Interim Police Chief Tim Dolan and Director of Regulatory Services Rocco Forte will be present. It will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2006 from 8:30 AM – 12:00 Noon at Eastside Neighborhood Services
  14. The MHNA Citizen Patrol continues on Thursday form 7-9, Saturday mornings from 8-9, and various late evening bike patrols. Additional “ticketing” of the east side of the neighborhood will occur soon. It was suggested to flier the neighborhood about burglary information. Kendre mentioned that the fraternity and sororities may be interested in a Citizen Patrol on the east side. Kendre will contact Eric Naumann in a few weeks.
  15. Dinkytown was hit pretty hard with graffiti. Gordon Kepner will call 311 on all 34 locations. Tom Lincoln will forward list to Oosterhuis, Skomra, DeLugo, and Donna Olson (donna.olson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us) , the MPD Graffiti Inspector.
  16. It was suggested that the University adopt the 5th Street Pedestrian Bridge. It could be painted as a gateway to the U. The lighting could be improved. Kendre will look into.
  17. 2nd Precinct Crime Prevention Specialist
  18. Next Meeting – Monday, November 6, 2006
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