This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------86E141681D3F6B27ABDC6E8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------86E141681D3F6B27ABDC6E8A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 11:52:39 -0600 From: Jenny Heiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boards. References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While there may still be parks left in Minneapolis after one decade, how about after two or three decades? I, for one, endorse the concept of making decisions with the 7th generation in mind. The park system in Mpls. is the envy of other major metro cities and it is one of our greatest assets, if not THE greatest asset. It adds immeasurably to the enhanced quality of life in our fair city. One issue among many that the MPRB deals with is the pressure to sell MPRB land to private developers. Given the propensity of Mpls.' City Council members to go to "bed," so to speak, with developers, I shudder to think about the City Council having the power to make such decisions. An independent MPRB is worth every cent we pay. Another example is the recent posting about Mpls. no longer emptying public garbage cans -- when, other than after unusually heavy usage following a major park event, have you seen garbage cans overflowing in a city park? Again, I can't help but tremble at the thought of the city being responsible for even this sort of minor upkeep. I have lived in the city of Minneapolis for over 30 years and watched, warily, as the infrastructure has deteriorated. There is no doubt in my mind that this is due in large part to the overuse of TIF. Twenty-five years ago I served on the Economic Development Task Force to CLIC from NE Mpls. and TIF was just coming on the scene as a "development leveraging tool." At that time a number of us publicly expressed our concern that this "tool" could be mis-used. And here we are now, reaping the benefits of this tool, too often used by a City Council in love with the idea of transforming Minneapolis from a minne-apple into a Big Apple. Enough already. I think you get my point. Jenny Heiser East Phillips/Ward 6 Russell Wayne Peterson wrote: > Does anybody really believe that after a decade of merging the Park Board > and City Council that there would be no parks in this city? I find that > hard to believe by any stretch of the imagination. > > Russell W. Peterson > Ward 9 > > R U S S E L L P E T E R S O N D E S I G N > "You can only fly if you stretch your wings." > > Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID > Founder > > 3857 23rd Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55407 > > 612-724-2331 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clark C. Griffith > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:09 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Boards. > > It appears to me that one of the great strengths of our city is the > balance of power that exists. If the Park Board were to be merged into > the City Council, there would be no parks after the first decade. > Remember the Parade/Guthrie fiasco of a year ago. The city council > leadership had agreed to give the Parade grounds park to the Guthrie. > It was the independent Park Board and independent members of the > council, who saved that park for us. Let us continue with our balanced > system. The idea to merge the Park and Library Boards with the City > Council is simply absurd. > Clark Griffith, > 7th Ward, --------------86E141681D3F6B27ABDC6E8A--
