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.
----- Original Message -----From: Gregory D. LuceSent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:27 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [Mpls] Goodman, Lane, Benson Commentary NRP Resolution[I'll try this again in plain text--sorry, Mr. List]
Thanks for the answers from Jack Kryst. Here's a related and interesting
issue that came out of my conversation with a council member yesterday (who
graciously invited me to call and was immediately available to answer my
questions):
NRP is obviously governed and controlled by a joint powers board made up of
reps from, among others, the school board, park board, and Hennepin County.
The schools and parks have apparently given up a share of TI funds to NRP,
thus explaining their seats on the board (not to mention the benefit both
receive from NRP spending).
With that in mind, why is the City, and more specifically its council
members and Mayor, taking all the hits and heat on
this? Shouldn't the fire be spread to those also with the power of
governing and/or potentially funding NRP; i.e., the schools, the parks, and
the County? Not sure what the answer is, but it is worth discussing if we
are to be candid about the whole shebang.
Gregory Luce/Project 504
St. Paul
Jack Kryst wrote:
[In 1990 a number of tax increment districts were refinanced in a way that
deferred a significant portion of the debt service and allowed the tax
increment stream to be used for other community development purposes. The
most significant of those purposes was the first phase of the NRP Program.
Although It was never expected that there would be sufficient TI to
completely fund the twenty years of both phases, it was also not anticipated
that legislative property tax changes would severely reduce that TI stream
and that this would occur at the same time that the deferred debt became
due. The result is not an NRP deficit but reduced resources that need to be
allocated between NRP and other community development priorities in a way
that negatively impacts both.]
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