Barbara Lickness wrote: > NRP does not have rules on citizen participation > requirement. We yield that scrutiny to the MCDA and > whatever group in a neighborhood is the recipient of > the MCDA Citizen Participation contract is also then > charged with planning and implementation activities > for the NRP.
However, state statues require citizen participation in the NRP. Yielding scrutiny to the MCDA mean that there is no scrutiny because the MCDA denies that they are responsible for the NRP. Yielding scrutiny to neighborhood groups also means there is no scrutiny because these groups cannot be expected to report or correct their own abuses. Which means that ultimately there is no effective oversight of the NRP. Hopefully the budget crisis will solve this problem because the NRP shows no interest in reforming itself. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ 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
