|
MONUMENT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MCP Sustainability Meeting Notes March 30, 2007, 9-11:30 am The Keller House -1760 Clayton Road, Concord
Mtg
goals: - Review strides
made by our major projects - MCP
infrastructure development, as presented to Board - Review work on
training plan developed by sub-group - Review work
formal Partnership / Membership development Announcements:
-
Lakeside Apartment survey completed. It is one of the largest
affordable housing projects RCD has done.
Located at Oakmead and Galindo. Grand opening celebration set for
Wednesday, May 16, 4-6:00 pm. Will
celebrate beginning of programmatic and community building phase. -
June 9, 11-4:00 pm: Pride
celebration -
Education taskforce: Shar
Bhatia and Raquel Gonzales resigned as chairs. Need to discuss how to use $2,500 Wells
Fargo good-will grant. NATS to review
the last 6-7 months of Education Taskforce minutes -
Lisa working with meeting individually with Guides and Managers of
Service Network to better understand business and intakes, tracking. -
12 applicants for 2 Community Host positions, but only 2 were Monument
residents and therefore the only ones qualified. At the next meeting, the two new community
hosts will be hired. Lisa will work
with Guides and Managers on interview process. -
Traveling Court for homeless persons to clear outstanding traffic
violations to connect with immigration meetings on Friday. MCP to link with traveling court in order
to be the medium through which traffic violations can be cleared through
community service. Homeless can be the
definition for someone if he/she is living with another family. -
Mental health prevention /Proposition 63 money will be primary
prevention money, rather than for treatment. Lisa will get on mailing list
and will follow up in September when money is released. -
Youth Violence and Parent Engagement to be covered at next meeting. -
Molly met with Patricia on SAMSA, drug free community project. New Connections is undergoing a major
transformation away from community-driven work to become more business
oriented – focused on state contracts.
Patricia leaving in 6 weeks. Key
discussion points: Major
projects -
The next transportation taskforce meeting will be on Thursday, April
26, 7-8:30 pm, loc: Police Dpt. Will focus on transportation element in
Monument Development plan. Will market
new shuttle by taking residents on shuttle tour with assistance from
Amigos. County Connections and Amigos
will go to schools and speak to the parents about shuttle service. Kathy will make flyer before April 26
Transportation meeting and mail out to community. -
Urban Habitat plan – future embellishes coming -
HEAL: March 24 walkability
workshop went well. Local Government
commission went on walking tour. Other
attendees were a multicultural mix of residents, business owners of various
ages. Upcoming workshops on April 19
(5-8:00, Spanish, Cambridge), and April 21 (9:30-12:30, English,
Meadowhomes). The Built Environment
project is key to MCP’s 10-year goal.
Kathy will send a letter with flyer to all MCP’s close partners asking
them to attend one session. MCP
infrastructure development, as presented to Board Executive
Director open position -
Molly will step down as Executive Director of MCP in the next few
months. Goal to have someone in place
by July. Molly may still do some grant
writing for MCP as needed. -
Search Committee for Executive Director position: Mark, Lynn, Kathy, Lisa, Mary Lou, Molly,
Carmen. Molly will email the
committee the current job description.
The committee is tasked with drafting the job description, search and
recruitment process, screening and interview process. The actual screening and interviewing may
not involve the same people. The
committee will email the job description to Sustainability group before the
next meeting on May 4. -
Other groups that should review job description are: the Board, Service network (lead partners),
NATS. -
Molly is in contact with funders about this 4-6 month thoughtful
process, and will communicate that this positive shift reflects growth on
MCP’s part. -
Will officially acknowledge Molly at next month’s meeting Organization
chart -
Molly reviewed flowchart of MCP showing reporting relationship / lines
of accountability. -
Discussed chart issues: new
color for partners, give chart a title (eg:
MCP Organization Accountability Chart), indicate short term vs long
term efforts, reflect volume of work accurately, show number of volunteers
and partners in each box. -
Organizational structure questions and issues: evolving role of NATS, clarify reporting
and accountability relationships for NATS, will rename NATS “Advanced
Community leaders”, Taskforces: need
to rethink responsibility and restructure, define cons, volunteers, staff,
management team approach, where do project events fit, how do we determine
project Review
work on training plan developed by sub-group -
did not discuss due to lack of time. -
Ongoing working groups: Evaluation
and strategic direction working group:
Lisa, Mary Ann, Teri will develop tool and report back; Development of
training plan for partnership working group: Judith, Martha, Lisa, Luz, Mary
Ann MCP
membership model -
Skipped topic due to lack of time -
Working group developing definitions for members/partners types,
member benefits and expectations Next Step -
next sustainability meeting will be on May 4, 9-11:30 am -
Youth Violence and Parent engagement -
Taskforces future -
Resource network, new staff, etc -
SAMSA / Mental Health in Monument -
Boundaries of Monument -
Recognition of Molly -
Partnership / membership Meeting
evaluation / Wrap-up comments
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||