Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered his fourth annual State of the
City Address tonight at Plaza Verde, the recently renovated Antiques
Minnesota Building. Once a blighted eyesore, Plaza Verde is now home to
seven Latino-oriented businesses, Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask
Theater, and the
Today the Minneapolis City Council Intergovernmental Relations Committee
called for a complete Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the plan
proposed by Northwest Airlines (NWA) to expand the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
identifies the
Laborers' Local 563 and the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA)
reached agreement on the labor dispute just before midnight last night.
Mayor Rybak and Bill McCarthy, President of the Central Labor Union
Council reconvened negotiations at 11:30 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday), and
a tentative
A couple things on MAC's actions yesterday to curtail the Sound
Insulation Programs and the City's lawsuit: today's Star Tribune story
and the press release:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/5087789.html
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today the City will take legal
action
NEWS RELEASE
September 3, 2004
Minneapolis votes for Bus Rapid Transit on 35W
Mayor Rybak says 13-0 Council vote shows support for a balanced approach
of roads and transit
In a resolution that cited the need for a balanced approach of roads and
transit, the Minneapolis City Council passed
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak today delivered his third annual budget
address and presented his 2005 City budget to the City Council.
My two biggest priorities are to continue to restore the City's
financial health while avoiding layoffs and minimizing force reductions
in the Police Department,
List members,
I wanted to pass on this response I got from the Park Board on milfoil
removal strategy. I passed on Tim David's post from a few weeks ago to
inquire if the strategy employed in Bald Eagle Lake was viable in our
Minneapolis lakes. The City, Park Board and Watershed Districts are
I would like to see the Mayor's office bring this
candidate through the same sort of community
engagement he did when Chief McManus was appointed as
Police Chief. If this is a new policy in determining
final endorsement of the Mayor's appointees than the
policy should be applied across the board
Mayor announces $40 million for housing on North Side
Following through on his commitment to 'put down the checkbook and pick
up the phone,' Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak today announced several new
partnerships, including $40 million for housing on the North Side.
Rybak's third State of the City
The public is invited to join Mayor R.T. Rybak, Park Board Commissioners
and City Council Members to help kick-off the tree planting season this
spring by planting boulevard trees and announcing progress on the
campaign to plant 5,000 trees in the City this year, including both
public and private
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak testified with St. Cloud Mayor John
Ellenbecker yesterday at the State Legislature on a bill to create a
statewide airport strategy. The bill (SF 2709) would direct the
Minnesota Department of Transportation to develop a statewide Airport
Advisory Board to review and
From today's Star Tribune:
R.T. Rybak: When the buses aren't running
March 10, 2004
Hard work, public money, sacrifice and genuine suffering were all
disregarded by David Strom of the Taxpayers League when he made the
remarkable statement last weekend: Transit just isn't that important to
the
Mayor Rybak attended a rally on the proposed school reorganization
that's just wrapping up at City Hall. This is a summary of his remarks
this afternoon.
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
Standish-Ericsson
Statement of Mayor Rybak on school reorganization
I have communicated with many
This op-ed by Mayor Rybak on the conversion of the Riverside Coal Plant was published
yesterday (Dec. 7) in the Star Tribune. I've posted information on upcoming hearings
at the end of this e-mail. Mayor Rybak will open the testimony on December 16.
This month Minnesota's Public
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak today named William P. McManus his choice for Minneapolis
Police Chief. McManus is currently Chief of Police in Dayton, Ohio and was previously
Assistant Police Chief in Washington, D.C., where he spent 26 years in the department.
I've spent two years - in City Hall
Don't know if folks saw it, but sometimes corrections are easy to miss. The Star
Tribune ran this correction today to yesterday's story on Mayors Rybak and Kelly
(although it's not online): A quote in the story Sunday was incorrectly attributed.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, not St. Paul Mayor
The Minneapolis City Council tonight passed Mayor Rybak's proposed 2004 City budget on
an 11-2 vote.
This budget represents a significant investment in affordable housing and maintains
our core City services. At the same time, we're addressing long-term debt, following
through on our five-year
Multiple parties, including Xcel Energy and environmental groups, announced today they
reached a settlement on converting two metro-area Xcel Energy coal plants to natural
gas. The Riverside Coal Plant, the single largest source of pollution in the City of
Minneapolis, would be converted to
Actually, the City of Minneapolis has (and may still be considering) tow around the
corner. I'm not an expert on this issue, but some may remember the Mayor initiated an
analysis of snowplowing practices and potential innovations shortly after he took
office. I remember this idea included in
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, other elected officials and officials from the Hotel
Employees Restaurant Employees Union, Local 17, will meet tomorrow morning to ask
the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to amend the concessions plan it has put
forward to accommodate and retain current
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will hold four more Community Budget Meetings in
community centers across the City. The meetings are opportunities for citizens to talk
with the Mayor and City Finance officials about the City's 2004 budget. Information
about the Mayor's proposed budget is available
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak appointed a citizen committee to advise him on the
selection of the Minneapolis Chief of Police. The committee consists of people with
diverse personal and professional backgrounds, including criminal justice policy,
business and management, police-community
Today Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak signed the ordinance that creates a new Department
of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED).
They said it couldn't be done, but we've done it! said Mayor Rybak, who has made
reform of the City's planning and development functions a centerpiece of
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will deliver his second budget address Thursday, August
14 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Room 317 City Hall, 350 S. 4th St. The
City's 2004 budget will be released at that time. The public is welcome and encouraged
to attend.
The address will be
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Fire Chief Rocco Forte today met with the 32
firefighters who were laid off last spring in the face of state Local Government Aid
(LGA) cuts to announce they are working on a plan to hire them back. Council President
Paul Ostrow, Ways and Means Chair Barbara
1. Top Managers appointed to CPED.
2. Year-to-date accomplishments in
housing.___
1. Top managers appointed to CPED.
Today we announced that Lee Sheehy, Interim Executive Director of the City's new
Office of Community Planning
Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today that Step-Up has created 268 jobs so far this summer
for Minneapolis teens.
This is great progress, but we've still got a ways to go, Mayor Rybak said. It's
not too late yet for this summer. I challenge every Minneapolis business and others to
create a job for
I'm deeply disappointed about Target's decision to close their West Broadway store in
north Minneapolis, however I remain committed to developing Broadway's potential as a
prime retail center. Over the past 48 hours, I've been in in-depth conversations with
Council Members, Target and other
It seems pretty clear the Guthrie money was approved. Earlier reports
indicated the Children's Theater cash was in there. But the story leaves =
me
a bit confused about Planetarium and Empowerment $$ - I thought they =
were
out. Can anyone tell me (and the list) for sure if they passed or were =
NEWS RELEASE, Office of Mayor Rybak
March 21, 2003
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a new Code of Ethics today, which was
proposed by Mayor R.T. Rybak's Ethics Task Force.
I've made the case for a long time that the City needs commonly agreed upon rules of
conduct. We
Mayor Rybak encourages all interested citizens to attend a public hearing on
Minneapolis' Code of Ethics in the Ways Means Committee on Monday, February 24 at
2:30 p.m. (time certain).
Click on Proposed Changes at a Glance at
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/priorities/ethics/
to see the
Mayor Rybak encourages all interested citizens to attend a public hearing on
Minneapolis' Code of Ethics in the Ways Means Committee on Monday, February 24 at
2:30 p.m. (time certain).
Click on Proposed Changes at a Glance at
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/priorities/ethics/
to see the
David,
The Mayor has been talking with the Chief, communications staff (and other relevant
department heads) about consolidating City communications functions for over a year.
This directive was in the budget footnotes that came out last year, and it will
eventually include CPED (former MCDA
Press Release:
The Minneapolis City Council today passed Mayor R.T. Rybak's proposed Five-Year
Financial Direction on a 8-4 vote.
This is a historic decision -- a complete overhaul of the way we make budgeting
decisions in City Hall. Instead of making decisions year by year, we've designed a
Homelessness issues are important to the Mayor and he will participate in and
encourage the policy discussion. The Mayor has a busy schedule, and unfortunately we
can't accommodate every scheduling request. As I mentioned in my phone conversation,
Mayor Rybak intends to attend the campout on
This message is from David Fey, Deputy Mayor of Minneapolis (Seward neighborhood):
There is an email currently circulating that contains misinformation about the 5-Year
Financial Direction now under consideration by the Minneapolis City Council and its
potential impact on the Neighborhood
Press Release from the Office of Mayor Rybak: December 16, 2002
The Minneapolis City Council today unanimously passed Mayor R.T. Rybak's proposed
budget on a 12-0 vote.
The 12 Council Members and I come from very different circumstances, and we have come
together today. We're in a tough fight
In reference to the posting by G.R. Anderson, from the City Pages, with the
questionable headline mayor getting hard:
The City Pages and other weekly and monthly publications provide great perspective
that daily reporters can't sometimes provide when they are filing stories every day.
It's
December 10, Press Release
The annual City Council budget mark-up revised the budget in record time today - one
hearing that lasted 4.5 hours, as opposed to multiple, divisive, time-consuming
sessions (averaging nearly 20 hours per year, over the past four years).
This was a big event today
Mayor R.T. Rybak this afternoon announced the launch of MOSAIC: Celebrating the Arts
and Cultures of Minneapolis, a multicultural arts celebration scheduled to run from
June 1, 2003 through end of the Minneapolis Aquatennial Celebration in July 2003.
The project's steering committee is being
Statement of Mayor Rybak on the Biernat Conviction
The legal process has run its course. Council Member Biernat has had his day in court
and been found guilty. His actions betrayed the public trust and he will leave his
office.
Our work in City Hall has continued while the trial was underway
Why doesn't cub move to block-e? It sounds like the Mayor might kick in
some money. It seems like a much better idea than a Cub on Central.
I was in the interview with the Mayor for this story. He did not suggest he was
willing to kick in any money (I don't think the story alleges this
Mayor Rybak is holding a press conference this morning to give an update on housing
production in Minneapolis. I've pasted an excerpt from the press release and a
production report detailing housing numbers that will be distributed at the event.
Laura Sether, Office of Mayor Rybak,
LA Times: Orange County Rodent Problem in Minneapolis?
The photo of Mayor Rybak in mouse ears with Twins mascot T.C. (same as Strib B-section
photo) ran in the LA Times today with the caption: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak keeps
his promise to wear Mickey Mouse ears and Angels jersey if Anaheim
Get in the Gutter with the Mayor
WHAT? Join Mayor R.T. Rybak on Sept. 29 as he Gets in the Gutter to protect
Minneapolis' lakes.
WHEN? 10:30 a.m., Sunday Sept. 29
WHERE? Lake Harriet Bandshell (northwest portion of Lake Harriet Parkway)
WHY?Leaves are natural ... yet if you rake
Mayor Rybak's Ethics Task Force presented their report in a City Council Study Session
this morning in the Council Chambers.
Ellen Trout, chair of the task force, said, These recommendations will bring
Minneapolis's code in line with the best practices of other cities that have done a
We sent the following press release late yesterday afternoon:
Mayor Hears Green City Report; Outlines Sustainability Plan
Mayor Rybak and Council Members Zimmermann, Colvin Roy, Niziolek and Zerby heard a
progress report today from Minneapolis' Environmental Coordinating Team (ECT) on the
This is text from Mayor Rybak's veto message issued today.
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
August 28, 2002
President Bob Fine
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
400 South Fourth Street, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1097
Park Board President Bob Fine and Park Board Members:
I have
Mayor Rybak will receive a progress report from Minneapolis' Environmental
Coordinating Team on his Green City Initiatives at Currie Maintenance Center at 3:30
p.m. on Tuesday, August 27. The public is invited to attend to hear the report, along
with Mayor Rybak and available City Council
This is the response I received from the Finance Department in reply to the
question posted earlier below. Using more recent data would likely increase
the amount saved:
In 1998, the a team consisting of Park Board and City representatives
estimated that the savings to the MPRB could be at least
The Mayor's proposed budget is now posted in full on the web at:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/city-coordinator/finance/services-b
udget/recommended-budget2003.html
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
350 S. 5th St., Room 331
Minneapolis, MN 55415
This is a copy of the letter that was delivered to the Park Board earlier
this afternoon. It explains the reasoning behind the Mayor's veto.
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
August 13, 2002
President Bob Fine
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
400 South Fourth Street, Suite 200
I'm posting this because someone asked for the Mayor's entire statement.
What was excerpted here was accurate; the last two sentences were, however,
left off:
While it is appropriate to express sympathy to any family that has lost a
loved one, it is not appropriate to equate these two deaths.
Tim,
Funny you should mention storm sewers. Mayor Rybak is actually planning an
event for Sunday, September 29 called Get in the Gutter with the Mayor, to
call attention to sewer obstructions and the hazards of raking leaves into
the gutters. We're going to walk the streets of the city -- sending
We got a call today saying that the Skyway News reported that the Mayor was
going to eliminate the city's Health Department and the Civil Rights
Commission, due to budget reasons. That is not true, and neither has been
considered in budget talks. Incidentally, the Civil Rights Commission has a
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Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:10 PM
To: Sether, Laura S; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Civil rights commission
This is an interesting subject, complete with an interesting statement by
Ms. Sether.
Can someone articulate why we need the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department?
When
This information is from the City's Finance Department:
The City's Certified Annual Financial Report is available in hard copy by
calling the Finance department at 612-673-2577. The report will be
available on-line Monday July 15th (you should be able to access it by
following the same link
Can anyone tell me WHO are the 10 council members that support this? And
were the other 3 asked, and declined to support this, or have they just not
been contacted yet? (If they are opposing this, it would have seemed
appropriate to have included something of their viewpoint in the story.)
Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today that Minneapolis' comprehensive housing
strategy is becoming a model for the nation. Mayor Rybak took a leading role
on housing at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual meeting this weekend in
Madison.
People at the street-level have understood the housing crunch
Management consultants to present recommendations to Mayor and City Council
to streamline City's development functions
Recommendations reflect more than $1 million in pro-bono time from McKinsey
and input from over 1,200 leaders and citizens
WHAT: City Council Study Session, where Minneapolis
Mayor Rybak meets with St. Cloud Mayor on Airport Issues
Group Seeks Win-Win on Increase in Air Cargo Traffic
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak met with St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker and
other local government and business leaders to discuss the potential for
expanding air cargo flights in the St.
Hi all,
Just wanted to let folks know I talked with Becky this morning -- there was
a miscommunication here and we thought we had the wrong number.
The recommendations haven't actually been finalized or released yet. Steve
Brandt's article was based upon preliminary information. McKinsey has
Mayor Rybak Hails Xcel Decision to Convert Riverside Coal Plant to Natural
Gas
Asks Citizens to Support Plan at Public Utilities Commission
Mayor Rybak today hailed Xcel Energy for its plan to convert two
plants from coal to natural gas. Rybak called the decision a big
environmental
Mayor R.T. Rybak yesterday afternoon laid out a set of budget principles
that will be the basis for the Mayor's 2003 budget, to be presented to the
City Council in August. The principles were developed by the Mayor's Finance
Work Group, comprised of Council President Paul Ostrow, Ways and Means
Rybak Makes Final Appointment in Mayor's Office
Mayor Rybak appointed Todd Barnes to an executive assistant position in his
personal office. Barnes will be primarily responsible for scheduling the
Mayor. He was most recently president of Options Unlimited, a
community-building consulting
NEWS ADVISORY
March 28, 2002
Mayor R.T. Rybak will deliver the State of the City Address on Tuesday,
April 2 at 10:30 a.m. The speech will be delivered at the new People Serving
People facility, which is located at 614 South 3rd St. The center will open
April 20 and will
The Mayor's office received approximately 60 tickets to see the President
this afternoon. I know this is short notice, but we just got them this
morning. We're giving them away on a first-come, first-served basis. Please
stop by the Mayor's office and see Julie at the front desk if you want
I just wanted to correct some erroneous information that was reported in the
Star Tribune this morning. The mayor's report listed $1,000 in donations
from Gerald VanAmerongen
This is not correct. The reporter misread the report and added two
total-contributions-to-date columns. This is an
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