HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 9.18.23CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
Community Engagement Commission
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
MINUTES
September 18 2023 at 6:30 P.M.
A. CALL TO ORDER: 6:40 PM
B. ROLL CALL:
Cooley-Kistler_X_ Ebbesen_X_ Lindstrom_X_ Stockford_X_
COUNCIL LIAISON:
Councilmember Wehyee___
STAFF PRESENT:
Van der Werff_X_
C. PRESENTATION:
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
1. July 17, 2023 Community Engagement Commission Meeting Minutes
Ebbesen motions to approve minutes; approved 4-0
E. AGENDA:
Stuckford suggest to add a recap of Night to unite to the Agenda. He believes it’s the most important community builder event and a very successful one. There were 17 block parties this
year. He adds, he would like to add more neighboring streets to his block party next year.
Van der Werff suggest more involvement from the City next year, by for example providing sidewalk chalk for children and also possibly having staff stop by block parties.
Neighborhood Liaison Handbook and List
Ebbesen is suggesting changes to the handbook. A number of items are not up to date anymore or were set up by previous commissioners, such as the CERT program.
Stockford explains that there is still crisis control programs with the County and probably with the surrounding fire departments.
Ebbesen brings up the idea of having a CPR training at City Hall instead, that could be used as an opportunity to get more commissioners and more neighborhood liaisons.
Stockford recalls having community conversations and wonders if this could be brought back again. Such as coffee with the mayor or donut with a deputy. Would be a good way to reach out
to the apartments and get more renters engaged.
Van der Werff agrees and states she is able to contact property managers and share events and a call for commissioners.
Van der Werff and Ebbesen suggest to keep the liaison role simple and not divided up in groups as there are not many liaisons left.
Stockford adds that people are always aware of what happens in their neighborhood or in their street and are also welcoming to new neighbors, it might not me as formalized as neighborhood
liaisons anymore.
Commissioners discuss what the current role of a neighborhood liaison would look like and how much work goes into it. They also discuss that with current data privacy laws it can cause
issues sharing contact information. They also discuss how to further update the neighborhood liaison list.
Human Rights Day
Van der Werff reached out to Principal of Falcon Heights Elementary School to check availability for Human Rights Day. She also created a general task list for Human Rights Day and asked
the commissioners about ideas for speakers and tasks. The time for the event will be 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Van der Werff will start creating a flyer and update the City website, once
more details are known Lastly, she is exploring options for a flu shot clinic with Ramsey County.
Ebbesen will check for speakers for the event and bring names to the next regular meeting.
Cooley-Kistler will check with the U of M for recommendations on speakers.
Commissioners discussed that speakers should have a maximum time of 30 minutes.
F. INFORMATION/ANNOUNCEMENT
Ebbesen will write a short paragraph to be included in the weekly newsletter about what the Community Engagement Commission does in an effort to get more commissioners.
G. ADJOURNMENT: 8:08 PM
Next scheduled meeting is Monday October 16, at 6:30 PM