Your District Council

Board Of Directors
Cleveland Adams	Robert “Bob” Klicker	Virginia Rybin	Mike Venem
Darlene Adams	Janice Lafloe	Sheldon Schwartz	Buzz Wilson
Roy Evans, Sr.	Andrew D. Noble	Kerry Stone	Sharny Vue Yang
Antwan Flowers	Al Oertwig	David Syers	Bill Zajicek
Ted Hecht Sr.	Regina Rippel	Dave Theisen

Staff
Leslie McMurray, Executive Director/ Lead Organizer (FT) Patty Lammers, Neighborhood Safety Organizer (PT) Fardosa Mahad, Office Program Assistant (PT Youth Job Corps)	All staff and board members and officers may be contacted at Payne Phalen District Five Planning Council Office: 506 Kenny Road, Suite 130 Saint Paul, MN 55130 651-774-5234 Fax: 651-774-9745

Agendas/Minutes/Announcements Meeting Calendar All standing meetings are held at (unless otherwise noted on the website calendar) 6:30 PM at: Saint Paul Police Department Eastern District Offices Community Room 722 Payne Avenue (Minnehaha and Payne) CPED Meetings   1^st Tuesday of month (Community Planning & Economic Development) NAC Meetings     3^rd Tuesday of month (Neighborhood Action Committee) Board Meetings    4^th Tuesday of month Railroad Island Task Force   4^th Thursday of month (Eastern District Police Department, 722 Payne Ave.) All Board and Standing Committee meetings are public and all are welcome to attend and fully participate.  Board of Directors meetings will occasionally be preceded by informational workshops or discussions. Check What’s Happening Calendar for updates or changes in standing meetings.

Committees:

Board of Directors: President, Al Oertwig. 4^th Tuesday of month. The 20 member resident elected Board provides leadership and oversight to the Council.

CPED: Chair, David Syers. Community Planning and Economic Development Committee
This committee is responsible for 1) notifying the community about upcoming land use and licensing issues, 2) hosting a monthly meeting to review and learn about these land use and licensing issues, 3) inviting the public and relevant officials/government staff/others to the monthly meeting, and 4) making recommendations to the Board of Directors on specific matters. This group typically deals with land owners who are requesting support for zoning matters, business owners who are seeking support for licenses or license changes, residents who are concerned about a particular issue in the neighborhood such as the environment or traffic, and housing and economic development issues in general. The committee meets at 6:30 at the Arlington Hills Library, Check the Calendar.

NAC: Co-Chairs, Kerry Stone and Sheldon Schwartz. The Neighborhood Action Committee, NAC, is responsible for addressing quality of life and community issues. This Committee’s current focus is on crime prevention, and addressing critical vacant housing and problem property issues. The committee discusses and responds to needs and issues residents and block clubs bring forward, and works to facilitate solutions. Furthermore, the committee helps neighbors become more acquainted with and connected to the “system” of resources and information that allows citizens to solve problems at the block, neighborhood, district and public policy level. NAC encourages neighbors to work together across racial, economic, lines to organize a more unified neighborhood. To this end, NAC coordinates voluntary community projects and programs including Community Gardens, Neighborhood Clean Ups, Neighborhood Issue and Policy Dialogues, Neighborhood Honor Roll, Facing Race Dialogue, NAC is the hub of Payne Phalen Neighborhood Leadership Network for more info., email nac@paynephalen.org

Railroad Island Task Force: Chair, Linda Arnesen 4^th Thursday of each month. Check the new neighborhood website at http://www.railroadisland.org

Other Committees:

• Personnel Committee: Personnel policies and procedures, staff hiring/evaluation/compensation issues, including the annual evaluation of the Executive Director.
• Finance Committee: Provides oversight of fiscal/financial policies and issues including the annual audit, the budget, fund-raising, grants and contracts, etc.
• Nominating Committee: Meets before each Annual Meeting to discuss recruitment and plans for the annual election.
• Executive Committee: Meetings are conducted per by-laws to address issues falling outside of the full board meeting schedule and to assist the President.

Governance

By Laws
Standing Rules
Good Neighbor Organizing Values
Election Rules
Directors’ Code of Conduct
St. Paul’s District Council System Learn more about Saint Paul’s Citizen Participation Process (courtesy of MN League of Women Voters