The City is a heat sink. Every piece of concrete or asphalt that is exposed to the sun will help heat up the city. Every tree that can shade the same will help keep the air in the City cooler. Also, concrete and asphalt slabs keep rainwater from soaking into the earth, but instead tend to fill up our already over used storm sewers, thus making flooding more frequent.
Education is the only real answer. Dean Zimmermann Mpls City Council - Ward 6 673-2206 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: [Mpls] Environmental Concerns > Hello everyone, > I wanted to bring to everyone's attention a disturbing trend I have noticed > at least in South Minneapolis and wanted input from those on the list. What > I am seeing is homeowners taking down perfectly healthy and mature trees and > taking out their grass to put in cement "parking lots" in their back yards. > I'm no environmental wiz but I see a potential danger to the environment > with fewer trees and cement for back yards instead of grass. In addition to > the environmental impact doesn't this practice reduce the value of the > property by taking out the trees that are an asset and grass? Are these > practices in compliance with current housing/inspections ordinances? If not > what can we do to stop this practice? > > I welcome any comments anyone might have. > > Karen Forbes > Central neighborhood > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
