COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER JANUARY 22ND COLLABORATIVE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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JANUARY 22ND COLLABORATIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING

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COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER

• 1. Our Team
• 2. Overview of Venue
• 3. Community Benefjts
• 4. Next Steps
• 5. Questions for Discussion

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OUR VISION

A cultural destination that builds repeatable and sustainable economic and social capital for current Northside residents, and provides the catalyst for connecting North Minneapolis communities to their River.

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OUR TEAM

SHoP Architects - Lead Design LSE - Architect of Record Eric Won - Economic Adviser MZA+Co. - Government Relations and Public Affairs Alissa Luepke Pier - Career Pathways Program Facilitator Coen+Partners - Landscape Architect Discussion: Who should join the team?

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VENUE LOCATION: CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL

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Concept Plan Parkway Alignment and Music Venue Location

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19.5 acres of park area

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VENUE LOCATION: AUGUST 2019 UPDATE

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Alternate Parkway Alignment and Music Venue Location

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Venue Location Parkway Location

19.5 acres of park area

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DESIRED COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE HEARD IN AUGUST

• Entrepreneurship opportunities and

creation of generational wealth

• Youth education/training
• Open park space/views to river
• Public programming, building social

capital

• Access for local Northside musicians

and artists, and the whole Twin Cities Arts community

• Economic benefit for the community
• World Class/high design/destination
• Generating taxes for the City and anti-

displacement initiatives

• Environmental/conservation (Cleaning

the river, Clean energy, LEED, etc….

• Jobs on site / Union/career building
• Community Preparedness Training

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS

First Avenue is committed to creating a cultural destination for North Minneapolis that pays dividends directly back to the community for generations. First Avenue is committed to doing development differently. Acknowledging systemic divestment, focusing on equitable processes and outcomes for the Northside community, and making Minneapolis a better place for ALL its residents. First Avenue is committed to establishing a sustainable, repeating revenue source that invests in North Minneapolis youth, businesses, cultural amenities, and residents for generations to come. First Avenue is committed to a community ownership model that supports deeper community connections, builds social capital, and becomes a source of civic pride. First Avenue is committed to the following Community Benefjts in combination with City procurement requirements and seeks to share in further developing these ideas with community. This is just the beginning… *These Community Benefjts are organized by Key Values from the City’s Equitable and Resilient Inclusive Development Matrix

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: ECONOMIC INCLUSION, JOBS AND CAREERS

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Jobs, Training and Career Pathways Desire for high-paying jobs with career trajectories.

• We will implement First-Hire Procedures for current

Northside residents at all levels

• We have launched a Career Pathways: Music and Theater

Industry Career Development Initiative that brings together venues, unions, schools and community orgs to expose youth to music in schools, provides training in the field, and partners with venues to offer apprenticeship and mentorships.

• We will establish goals for on-site construction hours for

pre-apprentices

• We need input on best community providers of job training
• programs. Once identified, partner to add venue-specific

job training curriculum for: Carpentry, electrical, IT, financial services, marketing, web design, sound & lighting

• We will generate 559 initial construction jobs & 269
• perations jobs at the venue

Youth Employment Northside youth need access to entry-level jobs and exposure to long- term career options and mentorships.

• We will hire as many as 70 Step-Up interns each year for

entry level positions that will provide both employment and exposure to careers in music (carpentry, electrical, sound mixing, accounting, marketing), as well as resume and interview training.

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: ECONOMIC INCLUSION, JOBS AND CAREERS

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Intentional Procurement Practices Financial opportunities (sub and prime contracting, consulting

• pportunities) associated with the

project should support local businesses.

• We will implement Intentional

Contractor Capacity Development practices – partnering large contractors with smaller to provide technical support and mentoring on bidding and subcontracting for new MBE/WBE businesses

• We will develop scopes of work

in ways that allow local MBE/WBE businesses to win contracts

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: WEALTH CREATION

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Increase prosperity for Northside residents Investments in Northside businesses that employ Northside residents.

• We will give priority to Northside businesses for

any venue contracting , e.g., food and beverage services, security, textile and poster printing,

• peration of on-site market
• We will support Northside-initiated program

specifically to support BIPOC small businesses in the Northside resulting and benefitting from UHT. This program will offer wrap-around services for new and scaling businesses, not limited to: ideation, start-up support, mentorship, continued education, and seed funding for new businesses that will benefit from Upper Harbor Terminal.

• We will provide legal, technical and financial

support to create a Northside Community Development Corporation (CDC) or appropriate vehicle/model led by Northside residents with historic ties. Affordability of Events Events need to be affordable and accessible to residents, particularly youth.

• We will offer discounted tickets for Northside

resident and highly discounted/free ticketing for Northside youth through Tickets for Kids.

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Community Ownership Public/community ownership of land, developments, units

Two ownership options for land 1. Community Entity w/governing board

• Structure? Governance?
• New or existing?
• Role of City/MPRB? Law/ordinance change needed?

2. Community + First Ave.

• Structure? Governance?

Community Space Residents & community see themselves reflected in the space; create a sense of belonging

• We will work with Juxta, Recast Project, and other Northside
• rgs and artists to create permanent and temporary art

installations at the venue that reflect the honest past, present & future of the Northside and the site.

• We will convene an advisory group of community members

to facilitate a public process to evolve the design of the venue.

Community Voice & Decision Making Programming at venue needs to be

• f interest to community residents
• We will create a Youth Advisory Committee to advise First
• Ave. on use and design of venue and provide stipends
• We will convene an community working group of to

provide input and accountability mechanisms for the development of free community events

• Feedback from North Minneapolis residents will inform

artist selection for some performances/events

• Free space for programming will be provided to the

community when the venue is not in use.

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Considerations:

• Options must be “State Bond Approved”
• FACE = First Ave. + Community Entity

Guthrie Community Option 1 Community Option 2

Operations & Program

FA FA FA+CE

First Ave = Facility Operator + Major Concerts CE = Community Programming

Facility Control

City City City

Fee Ownership (Land)

FA FA+CE Community Entity

OWNERSHIP OPTIONS

COMMUNITY BENEFITS: DISRUPTING GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Anti-Displacement Need to support proactive anti-displacement strategies. Concern that neighborhood will see turn over due to increased property values/taxes

• We will support policy solutions from the City’s Anti-

Displacement/Right-to-Return Pilot Program for residents displaced from targeted neighborhoods

• Programs financially supported by UHT could include: CLCLT,

Tenant Opportunity to Purchase, Down Payment Assistance, and other Community Development Corporation (CDC) Community needs continued roll in this process

• nce CPC work is finished
• We will provide legal, technical and financial support to

create a Northside CDC if desired.

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY

COMMUNITY ASKS FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS Sustainability

• We are working with the City project team and the Mississippi

Watershed Management Organization on innovative stormwater strategies on/adjacent to green space on the venue parcel Urban agriculture

• We will require vendors on site to use produce farmed on UHT

site and in Northside in our food Sustainability certification – LEED for Cities and Communities

• Venue will be LEED certified

Solar power – community solar

• Venue will explore all potential ways of integrating solar power
• r solar community gardens
• Per ticket fee fund to support solar and other climate change

investments for neighborhood homes and businesses

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS: COMMUNITY DIRECTED FUND FROM TICKET FEES

FIRST AVENUE COMMITMENTS HOW COULD THE PROCEEDS FROM TICKET FEES BE USED? We will charge a $3 per ticket fee for a fund to invest back into the

• community. The goal is to generate

enough fees to fund approximately $500,000 - $1,000,000 annually for community priorities that will be determined by the CDC or other community based vehicle/model.

• Specific uses of these funds will rely on the organization or entity

that is the receiver & administrator of the funds, but could include:

• Down payment and security deposit assistance
• Home improvements
• Energy Efficiency Improvements
• Neighborhood associations support
• Small business development
• Technical assistance, mentoring, capital investments
• Solar and other climate change investments for

neighborhood homes and businesses

• Youth urban agriculture programs, urban agriculture

providers

• Community Events
• Other ideas?

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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

• 1. Community ownership
• What community ownership option – what “ownership” does the community want?
• Ownership of the land via a community-based entity that is TBD?
• Who is this entity?
• Community-owned share of an entity?
• 2. Ownership as part of governance
• What organization or entity (existing or to be created) should be the recipient and administrator of the

ticket fee fund?

• Who should be on the community working group which will control community programming? What

skill sets should be prioritized?

• 3. Ticket Fee
• What could the ticket fee fund be used for?
• Do you agree that we should explore the ability of the fund to support the community uses on the list

provided?

• What management company will control the funds?
• 4. Design
• As we begin a design process, is the advisory group the best way to facilitate community input on

design? What skill sets should be prioritized?

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• First Ave to begin negotiations for a Community Benefjts Agreement with the Northside neighborhoods

through a partnership with the McKinley Neighborhood Association that will include its commitments to assist in the formation of a CDC to manage the proceeds of the ticket fees and other community benefjt commitments

• First Ave/City to draft the community benefjts that can be included in a Redevelopment Agreement
• Form and select members for a Community Advisory Committee to provide feedback as the First

Avenue team starts to begin the design process

• First Ave/City to advance discussions of ownership options for the venue

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