Focus Minneapolis Status Report An Item from the City Council's Web Site:
2002 Meeting Schedule Standing Committee of the Minneapolis City Council Community Development Committee Agenda Regular Meeting Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:00 p.m. - Room 317 City Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota Committee Members Goodman, Benson, Biernat, Lilligren, Ostrow, Zimmermann (Quorum-4) Council Committee Coordinator: Jan Belsaas (612) 673-3132 Receive and File Item City Coordinator Time Certain: 3:00 p.m. 1. Focus Minneapolis Initiative: Receive and file status report, including update on customer service improvements, project and plan approval processes, personnel transition issues and legal options for reaching Focus Minneapolis goals. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ An Item excerpted from an earlier post from "Keith Reitman NearNorth" on the Mpls. Issues Forum: " (JG) Tom Fulton seems to have a knack for saying what the purpose of this group is and how they have feelings that neighborhoods and residents are the "Enemy". The question is which elected officials is Tom Fulton speaking about? They must have been talking to him. My question is where have the RT Rybak and Council we elected on neighborhood "Empowerment" and "Input" issues gone? If they have been truly participating in this effort? Keith says: I am still looking for the RT who spoke clearly of the need for the private sector in the circle of affordable housing providers. He left us, the small businessman called landlord, the only providers of ACTUAL affordable housing,out in the cold. Clearly we are supposed to join our former tenants "under the new flyover". Now, I sit around the campfire, along with those left out in the cold. I am surprised to be joined by our neighborhood/community leaders/activists. The rest of the community will be here soon. But I'm not worried, we can just throw another tax levy log on the fire. The Mayor's office will continue to provide us with drivel, the NonProfiteers at the Mayor's Table get the fine wine, meat and potatoes." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (JLS) I have been reading these public participation process questions of concern along with so many comments from Minneapolis residential property owners who are "benefiting" from "The Big Plan" tax reform. I hope you all have stayed tuned to the ongoing change process down at City Hall. I urge all list members, especially the neighborhood activists, to carefully monitor and follow the Mayor/City Council actions regarding implementation of the McKinsey & Co. plan for our fair city. I am going to urge the Mayor and Council advocates to commit to a well publicized, fair and full community-wide review of the municipal changes envisioned and moving toward implementation as contained in Focus Minneapolis (Resolution No. 2002R-303). I assert that these proposed changes are so important that they merit a thorough public review and community input process PRIOR TO ENACTMENT equivalent to or greater than the public process the NRP Policy Board sponsored relative to the Phase II Framework development. I am not alleging that the proposed changes are bad ideas or unnecessary, but rather that the Minneapolis Voters who are usually shown atop city organizational charts deserve to review proposed changes that were not even (please do correct me if I'm wrong) specifically debated during the last mayoral/council elections cycle. Is our free press reporting on these processes? Jeffrey L. Strand Shingle Creek/Fourth Ward _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
