Forwarded on behalf of Steve Minn. -- David Brauer, list manager -----Original Message----- From: Steve Minn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:03 PM
David Polaschek is one of the more reasonable people on the Marcy Holmes board, but he has a few factual errors in his last post. We never proposed to put student in affordable units. They are not eligible. They may rent the market rate units if they want. $1450 for a 2BR/2BA is below the GrandMarc, Melrose, Pinnacle, Falls, and Heritage Landing rates. We prefer bike/walk residents working downtown. We purchased the track rights to the south ADM track, guaranteeing is discontinuation. We are simply negotiating a price for track removal. The north tracks get four cars a day in and four cars a day out. Not exactly a freight yard operation. Metal-Matic had the enormous petroleum spill in 1995 and only did minimal clean up under relaxed state standards. Their pollution goes to the water table, so close to the river. Our clean-up grant is designed to reclaim the riverfront, provide natural vegetation and eliminate most of what Metal-Matic left below. Shame on them, good for us! We will have fully operable windows in the units. Dave must be referring to our agreement to provide upgraded noise insulation in our building, reducing exterior to interior noise by 40db(A). That's just a tenant amenity. Actually, our site is about 200% less noisy that the North Star/Humbolt/Washburn Lofts location across the river, where $1mil townhomes have been selling out. The site is actually very quiet. Drop by and check it our for yourself. The working riverfront IS the amenity. There is this enormous park right across the street, walking trails, the lower bluffs are just beautiful. If Metal-Matic is so dangerous, how come a daycare center on the other side of the street from Metal-matic has existed for ten years without a peep? How come other industrial land-come residential projects like Lourdes Square, Winslow House, LaRive, all high-end stuff are okay, but suddenly this "industrial site" is not okay for affordable development? -Steve Minn _______________________________________ 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
