Thanks for your response Barb. I know that the concern in your part of town is particularly about supportive housing projects. On the north side the concerns that I hear are more general. Neighborhoods there feel they already have more than their share of affordable housing, and are concerned about taking a bunch more. Both concerns are valid.
No changes to the regulations on supportive housing have been proposed yet. If and when they are introduced by the City Council I guarantee you there will be an adequate period of time to have a full discussion about them. Personally, I think there are reasonable ways to see our way through the issues involved. Tom Leighton City Planner Seward > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Lickness [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:22 AM > To: Leighton, Thomas J; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Development in Mpls > > The discussion on this list lately has been specifically tuned not to affordable >housing, but, to supportive or transitional housing. They are significantly >different. Affordable housing is simply housing that is affordable to a population >with a specific income. Supportive or transitional, shelter care or whatever other >label you want to place on it is the kind of housing that requires services to be >provided as part of that housing. > > No one has raised any issues in my neighborhood, Ventura Village or Stevens Square >regarding proposals for mixed use development that includes an affordable component >to the project. In fact, people in these neighborhoods have been the brainchild and >biggest cheerleaders for this type of development project. > > It does cause concern to read the meeting minutes from the Shelter Advisory Board >and see the comments made by representatives from the Mayors office and the Council >Member who happens to be the chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee encouraging >them to develop a laundry list of legislative requests that would help their industry >and offering assistance to ensure it's passage. > > Especially, when these same people never offered to meet with any neighborhood >groups to develop a laundry list of legislative requests to help our neighborhoods. >We all know that the real deals aren't made on the floor during the public hearings. >In most cases, the deals are made behind the scenes in the backroom and by the time >the public hearings take place it's all over but the shouting. It's happened time and >time and time again to us. > > I hope the Planning Commission works independently to ensure that ANY Zoning changes >are made with full public disclosure and review with plenty of time for input before >they are carved into stone. I hope they aren't manipulated into passing legislation >that has not had time for public debate and comment. > > Barb Lickness/Whittier > > > > > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the >world. Indeed, > it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead > > > > _____ > > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH <http://rd.yahoo.com/launch/mailsig/*http://launch.yahoo.com/u2> - >Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
