I am only posting on this to clarify that Prospect Park did not violate any NRP rules. There is no policy or law that exists within the NRP that requires any individual neighborhood to meet the 52.5% housing requirement.
Again I will state that as a program NRP has a legal obligation to meet 52.5% over the LIFE of the program. The program is only half way over if the original commitment to this program is kept by the politicians. In fact, there have been no neighborhood plans approved by the city council for Phase II of this program at this point. NRP fully expects that there will be neighborhoods that will invest well over the 52.5% on housing activities during Phase II of this program if it is allowed to proceed. There will also be some that do not. NRP has built in "insurances" to guarantee that the program meets this goal by placing hold-backs on discretionary spending until such time as the 52.5% threshold has been met. The more a neighborhood invests in housing for their Phase II action plan, the lower the hold-back percentage. There will be many neighborhoods that will have hold-backs on discretionary spending based on Phase I and Phase II numbers. This policy is no mystery. You can retrieve it from the NRP web-site at www.nrp.org. Feel free to e-mail me off-list with any questions. Barb Lickness Whittier NRP Staff to Prospect Park ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com 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
