Minutes #2011-1 Meeting Date: January 12, 2011 Location: Koreatown Northgate CBD Offices - 2633 Telegraph Avenue

#107, Oakland, California Time: 4:30 pm Board Members Attending: Phil Porter, President Keun Bae Yoo, VP Linnea Graff Byoung Joo Yu Mohsin Sharif Suk Hee Yoo Jack Beallo, Treasurer Alex Hahn Sheila Katz, Secretary Board members absent: Monrelle Williams Jonathan Bae Staff present: Darlene Drapkin Lathan Hodge & Kyle Franklin Safety First Shari Godinez - Assistant Guests: Gene Hazzard, Oakland Black Caucus Tina Dillman, Art Murmur William David Nelson, Oakland Problem Solving Officer

I.

CALL TO ORDER & ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM Call to Order The meeting was call to order at 4:35 once a quorum was established.

A. B.

Agenda Adjustments There were no adjustments to the agenda. II. PUBLIC FORUM COMMUNICATIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Persons wishing to speak to any item NOT listed on the agenda may do so at this time in Public Forum. Please complete a speaker card if you wish to comment on either an agenda item or at public forum. Guests are allowed to speak for three minutes on a particular topic. Board Member Linnea Graff announced that she will be serving on the Community Advisory Board CAB to provide oversight for the Parole Reporting Center, to be located at 3333 Telegraph and serve as a liaison to the KTONG CBD Board. She will be stepping down from her Board position this year. Officer Willie Dave Brown introduced himself as the new Problem Solving Officer assigned to the area. He anticipates getting a phone assigned to him soon. He can be reached through email:

wbrown@oaklandnet.com. He will focus on concerns raised at the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council meetings held the second Thursday of the month. III. CONSENT ITEMS A. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 8TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES Motion: to approve the December minutes was seconded and passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 5TH SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Motion: to approve the January minutes from the special meeting was seconded and passed unanimously. IV. UPDATES/ACTION ITEMS A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS UPDATE

Darlene Drapkin

Organization
Spearheading a meeting with Mayor Quan to strengthen support for the district particularly after her mention of Art Murmur in her inaugural speech and her visit to last Fridays Art Murmur event Working on next election and annual meeting; sending out New Years letter to property owners and including nomination form. We seek engaged stakeholders willing to serve and chair committees as well. Setting up email communications system on Constant Contact

Safety
Maintaining regular communications with Ambassadors; focusing on Top Concerns document, stay away nuisance offenders, and potential solutions; prioritizing CPTED strategies Holding Merchant Mixer January 12th regarding strategies to address transient and panhandling issues. Attending meeting on January 12th with Capt. Allison with other BID Managers to review plans for reinitiating Community Policing including Problem Solving Officers and dedicated Foot Patrol. Allison shared that he was meeting with a new homeless agency looking for projects, other than the usual Operation Dignity, regularly enlisted to support such efforts. He wanted to speak with Safety First, to share some pressing KTONG projects with this new Agency. Action taken: 1-13-11, sent email to Kyle and Latham with contact info for Captain Allison and cc Allison.

Design
The NPI tree will be transferred to the CBD for implementation; it will be heard by the City Council CED Committee agenda on January 11. Waiting on proposals from two vendors including Urban Releaf to implement grant; seeking a third vendor to submit proposal. This item did not need to go to council because the City was given the authority to enter into contracts with third parties in the original resolution. The City thus awaits comments from the city attorney on the City contract language for this project. Meanwhile we will begin getting property owner permission for the trees. Reinitiating Utility Box project identifying three potential artists to submit concepts, coordinate City approvals to move project forward; met with Steve Huss, City Cultural Arts who is enthusiastic about the project. Darlene is approaching several artists, including Oakland Green Youth Arts, located in the neighborhood at 2781 Telegraph to gauge interest to participate in utility box project. Meting for merchants with AC Transit/BRT to discuss proposed program is scheduled on Thursday, January 13, at 6 pm at CBD offices

Economic Development
Finalized and listed vacancy listings with locations, availability, size, price, contact info, amenities, lease type on website after making extensive contact with property owners. We have a 37% vacancy rate. Working on business recruitment neighborhood profile sheet which should be completed by the end of January. Continuing to follow up with Crucible Director and BJ to explore activating Dollar Store building; spoke with Quan Aide who is interested in assisting in any way possible to encourage this partnership. Met with John Protopappas to assess the vacancy inventory with intention to hold monthly meetings; exploring possibilities for Sycamore Street as an economic development opportunity.

Promotion

Business Directories have been distributed to all the merchants and at Art Murmur. Darlene introduced guest Tina Dillman, Art Murmur Executive Director. Tina thanked the Board for their past support of the Murmur. She shared the current budget. She invited Board members to join her for a tour on the next 1st Friday, February 4, at 6:30 at Johansen Gallery, so they can experience the success of the event as it attracts people from all over the Bay Area and should be considered a showcase event for the neighborhood. The Art Murmur has cultivated a unique art scene. NY Times has written about it. Other cities want to replicate the event.

B.

Annual Meeting and Election on February 9th to be held at the Koreatown Northgate CBD offices.

Six positions are available on the 2011 Koreatown Oakland Association Board. Three current members seeking reelection and three positions are vacant on the thirteen member Koreatown Oakland Association Board of Directors. The nomination process is an open process. Interested property owners and business owners are encouraged to participate. B. SAFETY 1ST AMBASSADOR UPDATE
Lathan and Kyle a fourth month assessment of their patrols in the area and strategies for moving forward to address chronic issues They shared the largest concern to be Sycamore Street (Drug Operation) since it is the root of 40% of the problems in the area. They encouraged Board members to unite and attend the upcoming NCPC meeting that Thursday to prioritize this issue.

C. BUDGET
Phil explained that we have reserve funds and need to spend the reserves wisely. $11,500 will supplement the existing $13,500 in the budget to fund Culturefest. We must keep track of the reality that weve underspent in previous years and we will overspend in the next two years. Grants will be pursued to supplement the budget. Phil proposed that the Board approve the budget proposed. Then Jack will finetune it as is necessary. Motion: to approve 2011 with proviso to look at the details was introduced by Phil and seconded by Jack; it passed unanimously.

D. STAFFING
The sub-committee consisting of Jack, Alex, Keun Bae and Sheila met prior to the Board meeting in order to review the received resumes. The Board will interview each candidate for 20 minutes. 2-3 candidates

total are being considered. In the meantime, the subcommittee will conduct longer hourly interviews. Each candidate will receive the same questions.

E. CULTUREFEST , SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011

5:40 5:45 Keun Bae Yoo shared an Update on the Event. Claudia Briones has been hired as Coordinator for $8,000.There is concern about the date to ensure it does not conflict with other existing events. The Culturefest banners should be rehung. Action: We need to determine the whereabouts of the banners. Darlene has confirmed All Signs is storing the banners and will hang them up in early February. The event will span this year from 27th to 24th from 11:30 to 5. It is important for the Board to commit to pursue sponsors for the event to be partners. That way we can scale back the budgetary support provided. Each Board member shall commit to soliciting $250 to $500 in an effort to make the event sustainable. If all thirteen board members get involved to get garner sponsors, then the budget can be reduced from its current $25,000 commitment. A good Culturefest event can lift the Koreatown Northgate name. This creates value. Phil will invest more time on publicity. The Board agreed to step up to the plate to cultivate its contacts to build up the event. The Board agree to give Art Murmur vendors a similar rate for Culturefest like they got for Art Murmur. We need quality vendors at Culturefest in order to improve event. Keun Bae would like to piggy back off Art Murmur to invite its attendees to Culturefest. Branding is the key to the event per Tinas recommendation

G.

NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS FOR 2011 Phil invites the Board to look at specific projects for implementation in 2011. IV. ADJOURNMENT - Next Board Meeting Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at 4:30 pm