Gary: I think this would be something to propose to neighborhood organizations and block clubs. I know someone had suggested it is Powderhorn Park, but I never saw anything happen.
Matthea Little Smith Powderhorn Park --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Proposed Free Solution > > I believe it would make sense to organize snow removal > teams to clear snow > and ice on street corners as well as to help elderly or > infirm neighbors who > cannot shovel. Not only is this a method which can build > community, but it > also costs no money. Furthermore, as neighbors walk the > streets to check the > corners for ice and snow, neighborhood safety is > enhanced. > > In terms of snow removal, this inexpensive method is > customized and > location-specific. Only as much work is exerted on > specific corners as is > needed. > > As for liability issues, my thought is that city lawyers > could finesse some > wondrous document that would make this an acceptable > practice. > > Like any solution this one is not perfect, but it is a > direct > citizen-involved solution to what I percieve as a > widespread problem I have > observed over 20 years as a Minneapolis resident. > > Any thoughts? > > Any takers? > > Mayor and Council people - would this be a topic to take > up when considering > how to plan for next "snow season" - if we really get > one? > > -Gary S. Hoover - aka "Earth Friend" > > Kingfield > Ward 10 > > PS. -- > > As an HPV trike rider, I've had little or no problem > getting around the > streets of Minneapolis during the past short 'bouts of > winter-like weather. > I have stopped numerous times to help folks "unstick" > cars or trucks from the > snow and ice. > > I am astounded at how many people are dumbstruck when I > appear - an > apparition from another planet? - help them get unstuck - > then ride away, > undisturbed by snow, ice, or wind and cold. > > We are indeed shaped by our choices about technology -- > especially > transportation technology and infrastructure. Our > perceptual fields are so > altered by our behaviours, and our choices slowly grow us > into ill and > illness-dealing monstrosities that we do not notice the > evolution, and are > unable even to see this when looking in the mirror. > > We need collectively and individually to look in the > mirror, to look at our > city, and then to get on with the work of transformation. > One step at a > time. A neighborly hand here, a snow-shoveling hand > there at the street > corner. > > This is as much about urban citizenship as any policy or > program - perhaps it > is at citizenship's heart. > > GH - EF - KF - W10 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.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
