--- Elizabeth Wielinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Gurban was at the legislature (with I am sure the legislative > committee chair Walt Dziedzic and lobbyist Brian Rice) asking for > money > to rebuild Parade Stadium. Thank you Councilperson Goodman for > asking > if they had approached the community.
[TB] Last time I looked at the City's bonding priorities, I didn't see anything about Parade Stadium (or any stadium for that matter) What I did see was: (at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/legislativeaffairs/ ) 1. Minnesota Planetarium and Space Discovery Center: $24 million to complete design, construct, furnish and equip the planetarium 2. University Research Park, in cooperation with the University of Minnesota: Funding for the Bioscience Development Fund so that infrastructure improvements of $13 million to the University Research Park can proceed in a timely manner 3. Former Sears store Project: $5 million to be used at the site of the former Sears store near Chicago and Lake Streets to pre-design, design, acquire, construct public infrastructure, and support development 4. Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center: $10 million to construction, furnishing and equip the center I'd certainly rate any of those above Parade Stadium. Even the Shubert would eliminate a public eyesore although we might do just as well to simply take a wrecking ball to the thing. We certainly aren't going to see it in a bonding bill. These conflicting priorities are one reason in favor of having a single elected body in the city. Fortunately the Library Board is filled with qualified people, the Park Board is a few members short of being able to make that same claim. Terrell Brown Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
