I'm not yelling--I actually hadn't thought through the equation yet, and perhaps the bigger question is the one you raise--non-funding. But non-funding from whom, and who decides non-funding? Can the city unilaterally determine not to fund NRP? Or is it merely an equation of leftover TI money no longer being there and thus, voila, no funding? I don't know, but I bet someone closer to it does know or at least has an educated opinion.
If the city decides to "fund" the program, the question becomes, in my mind, how or why do others get a seat at the joint powers table if they aren't also contributing financially in some way or figuring out how to financially contribute? What's in it for the city to say to the other joint power folks "hey, pull your chair up to the table and help us spend our money." It's my understanding that the financial contribution in the past was the foregoing of certain TI money that would otherwise go to the schools, parks, and county. Thus, they got a seat at the table. What now happens once the TI funds are no longer flowing into the coffers, and parks, schools and county are no longer foregoing revenue that isn't there. Gregory Luce St. Paul Lisa McDonald wrote: The bigger question is has the joint powers board agreed to the non-funding of NRP. Don't yell at Park, School Board and County folks unless they are agreeing to this. Plus I still think the bottom line is that with reduced resources, most council members would rather control those resources then let the neighborhoods have control. Lisa McDonald East Harriet. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
