Carol raised the question concerning the proposed new park that the real question for everyone involved with this is "where is the money going to come from to operate yet another park?" When considering the economics of this proposal you also need to remember that the city will be loosing income from the current commercial tenant.
I am concerned with how the Park Board looks at the increased levy negotiated with Sharon and approved by the Board of E&T. That increase was designed to allow the Park Board to properly finance their claimed infrastructure gap. If they are already beginning to invest in new Parks before they are even fully receiving the money to catch up on their gap, what will they be doing when they are receiving the full annual gap amount? In an earlier post Dean Zimmermann seemed to claim that the Park Board would have no problem buying and setting up a new park. I asked Dean at the time if the Park Board has changed their financial policy that states "It will be the policy of the Board that new or expanded programs or facilities can only be added to the system when additional funds are assured for their operation or an off-setting reduction in another cost center can be accomplished in order to provide for the increased costs?" The question still stands. If indeed the Park Boad is so flush with cash that they can be purchasing new park land and budgeting to pay for its operations, we need to keep that in mind when they next submit their capital requests to the city. Perhaps on closer examination if they are so flush with cash, they really do not need the increased levy they are currently scheduled to receive. Bob Gustafson CLIC, 13th Ward __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
