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Please join the Waite Park Community Council for the Annual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Waite Park Community Center (1810 34th Avenue NE).  We will be adopting the 2010 budget and electing a president, vice president, and seven board members.  

The meeting will focus on housing.  Holly Holt, a Waite Park resident and a realtor with Keller Williams, will discuss the neighborhood real estate market and the number of homes in foreclosure.  Cheryl Hoban, a loan officer with Residential Mortgage Group, will speak about available credit and mortgage programs.  The council plans to allocate funds for a low-interest revolving loan program, and Denise Eloundou, of Northeast Housing Resource Center, will explain the program.  

Two of our local representatives will also be present at this meeting: Kevin Reich, Ward 1 City Councilman, and Doron Clark, Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission Representative.

You are invited to a meeting with us to discuss your concerns and questions.  The meeting will be on March 10th at 6:30 p.m. at Waite Park, 1810 34th Ave NE to meet and converse with the Lieutenant and the Crime Prevention Specialist who work in your neighborhood.

Lt. Whisney, who supervises officers who work in your neighborhood, will provide information on:

• How you can help the police,
• Staffing in the precinct, and
• Crime trends.

Carol Oosterhuis, the Crime Prevention Specialist for your neighborhood, will also present information about some programs, including:

• Community Impact Statements and Crime Alerts
• 311
• Youth Crime Prevention in Northeast

We are inviting individuals from the neighborhood boards and individuals who have helped coordinate block events recently and other concerned community members in Audubon, Columbia, and Waite Park Neighborhoods to this meeting.

If you have a specific concern, such as a problem address on your block, please call your Crime Prevention Specialist at (612) 673-2874 to discuss the issue, before the meeting.  We ask you to do this for two reasons.  First, we do not want you to wait for the meeting to report concerns; and secondly, we want to research information, so we can answer your questions and at the meeting.

We thank you for your commitment to building a safer community for yourself, your family and your neighbors.

For questions, contact:

Carol Oosterhuis, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, 2nd Precinct
(612) 673-2874
carol.oosterhuis@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

You are invited to a public meeting to discuss proposed changes to identify bicycle boulevards on 22nd Avenue between Central Avenue and Arthur Street, as well as Tyler, Polk, and Fillmore Streets between 37th Avenue NE and East Hennepin Avenue. The proposed route of the Fillmore/Polk/Tyler Street bike boulevard through the Waite Park neighborhood would be along Tyler Street from Saint Anthony Parkway to 36th Avenue NE.

The next public meeting is:
Wednesday, February 17th, 6:00pm
Windom Park Recreation Center, 2251 Hayes St NE

You can find out more information about bike boulevards and the Fillmore/Polk/Tyler Street project at the City of Minneapolis' bicycle boulevard website. You can download the flyer and more information below.

Fillmore22ndPublicMeetingFlyer.pdf

On Wednesday, February 3, Jeff Lohaus from the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) will be at the Waite Park Community Council meeting to discuss the Arts in Northeast Minneapolis and upcoming NEMAA events. The Waite Park Community Council will also discuss neighborhood participation in the upcoming residential energy saving program through the Center for Energy and Environment.

Waite Park Community Council meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Waite Park Community Center at 1810 34th Ave. NE. All Waite Park meetings are open to the public. We hope to see you there!

Several meetings for residents in the City of Minneapolis will be coming up in the next few weeks.

The Eastside Bike Task Force will be meeting to discuss plans for the Fillmore/Polk Street bike boulevard and the 18th Street bike path on Saturday, January 9, at the Ritz Theater (345 13th Avenue NE) from 10:00 - 11:30am.

The Second Police Precinct will be holding Training for Block Club leaders on January 27 starting at 6:00pm at the Second Precinct Police Station (1911 Central Avenue NE). For questions and reservations, please call (612) 673-2874.

The Second Precinct Advisory Committee will be hosting a program on housing inspections with Angie Hugen, Supervisor of Housing for the City of Minneapolis, on Monday, January 11, at Monroe Village (1900 Central Avenue NE) at 6:00pm.

Join your neighbors to discuss constructive solutions for addressing the impact on our community from the rail yard, distribution center and rail lines in northeast Minneapolis related to the 230-acre Shoreham Yards and its adjacent train tracks.

 

Federal laws govern most of what goes on at sites like Shoreham Yards and on its tracks.

 

• Noise
• Proximity to schools, homes, businesses, parks
• Toxic/hazardous materials storage and cargo
• Hours of operation
• Track maintenance
• Inspections and training
• 2009 vs. 1889: what a 21st-century rail yard neighbor really means to us
• Health, safety and quality of life
• International cargo distribution center issues
• Buffering and property upkeep
• Workable solutions    
• Derailments

 

 

Special Community Meeting with aide to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (also invited: offices of U.S. Senator Al Franken and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison)

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at 1900 Central Ave. NE, Suite 108 at the Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association office.

 

More information can be found at the Shoreham Area Advisory Committee (SAAC).

On December 2, the Waite Park Community Council will be welcoming John Harriss of Harriss Architects and Christine Levens of the Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce to our general meeting. Harriss Architects is one of Waite Park's newest tenants and Mr. Harriss will be on hand to meet with neighbors and discuss the progress they are making on their new office at St. Anthony Parkway and Central Avenue. Christine Levens will also be on hand to discuss all the new initiatives and successes of Northeast businesses in the past year.

The Waite Park Community Council meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m., in the Waite Park Community Center at 1810 34th Ave. NE. We hope to see you there!