This is my current state of evolution on this idea. Community groups maintain a list of neighborhood priorities and works on them much like they did for NRP Phase 1. In addition the city council produces a list of priorities, probably from the "Minneapolis Plan" and presents them to the community groups. The neighborhoods discuss the city and neighborhood priorities in partnership with all jurisdictions and presents to the NRP Board Scopes of Service for implementation. Much like many communities do now for zoning issues, the city council could override, but a vote would be required to do so. MCDA could still function as the financial arm of the process, especially on projects that require multiple funding sources with different restrictions on allowable expenditures.
What is really important is giving the residents a formal forum to voice their ideas and concerns. Community meeting give people a chance to see and hear how others feel about projects and a opportunity to network with a larger group. It has been my experience through these past 40yrs of trying to figure out how a neighborhood work that it is really true that people closest to the problem often have the best ideas. Not hearing those ideas is a travesty to all of us. > Yesterday, neighborhood folks attending the city council committee of the > whole had an opportunity to sit down with Mayor and talk about our shared > perception about what is happening to NRP funding. > > One piece of the discussion -- and the Mayor talked about this-is: > > How can we incorporate the kind of community planning process that happens in > neighborhoods currently on NRP projects into the whole city budget and agency > expenditures? > > I am trolling for good ideas of how that actually might happen. -- DeWayne Townsend 3222 39th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55406 612-724-7010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ 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
