As Cam Gordon commented about the Heritage Park issues and Dave Stack's comments... Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:49:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "Cameron A. Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Clearing up Heritage Park Misperceptions David Stack wrote: ..my long term vision for the area is to have the full > normal flowing Bassett Creek daylighted all the way to the Mississippi River > again... CAG--I think that this should also be the long term vision of the City and I hope that David and others do consider it hopeless in light of all the concerns, costs and problems...I know there is a Bridal Veil Pond (very polluted) in the South East Como industrial park and a Bridal Veil Falls (rather attractive actually, especially when seen from the river) that flows into the Mississippi just north of the Franklin Ave Bridge on the East bank...Now it seems a real shame that we have lost it almost completely. Maybe, once we daylight Bassett Creek (and I hope I live to see it) we can turn our attention to Bridal Veil and other smaller creeks that may be out there. Does anyone know of others? Cam Gordon =================================================== JLS--Ryan Creek flows through CP Rail property from Ryan Pond situated in the vicinity of 49th Ave. N. and Osseo Road in Northwest Minneapolis close to Robbinsdale and Brooklyn Center. I cannot recall the exact history, but Ryan Creek has been channelized into a pipe or culvert that runs along 49th Ave. N. and empties into Shingle Creek. Camden Community residents and neighborhood organizations in Shingle Creek, Lind-Bohanon, Webber-Camden, and Victory with assistance from CM Barbara Johnson have undertaken a 2-year planning, visioning and greening process for Humboldt Industrial that abuts Ryan and Shingle Creeks. Plans are available on Mpls. Planning's web site.
Regarding Cam Gordon's comment about the Bridal Veil Falls, the Capital Long-Range Improvement Committee (CLIC) on which I serve has a comment in its pending report to Mayor Rybak and the City Council about the proposed Public Works' capital project BR102 proposed for 2004 to replace the bridge at East River Parkway over Bridal Veil Falls. The bridge is in a deteriorated condition. While not at liberty to provide details in advance of this report going to the public officials, needless to say CLIC was concerned with enhancing the environment, aesthetics and public view of the falls presently mostly obscured by the road ledge aka bridge deck. The timing for federal project dollars is critical, but this yet may be an example of enhanced environmentally sensitive design for the implementation of our city's capital projects. I suspect Daylighting is going to be very costly. Assuming funding from the city's sewer fund and in the current budget context, I would say it's unlikely millions of $$$ for new projects can be found when other existing, needed programs and projects like combined sewer overflow improvements, implementation of US-EPA storm water regulations, flood mitigation, storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation, and Park Board capital storm drain replacement have projected total costs in the $30-40 million range over the 2004-2008 period. I'm all for residents and stakeholders continuing to identify areas for potential future improvements through our existing Neighborhood Revitalization Program structure as well as the enhanced community planning resources that the CPED supporters promise. Jeffrey L. Strand Shingle Creek Ward 4 TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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
