The Walker Library Task Force came to the conclusion that there is no money no matter how you slice, dice, price and tif. The short term patch would be for 10 years at a price of $134,000.00. The long term patch including strengthing structure and placing membrane..$675,000. Short term seems the most sensible to me. That little parcel of Uptown dirt shines like gold and it is only a matter of time. How much did this task force cost? What do we know now that we did not know a year ago?
A two day open house was held at the Sheraton in Saint Paul pertaining to the Bureau of Mines. The DNR wants to relinquish stewardship. Some of the area is well protected... but not all of it as one would think. Having the road built through the area damaged the *integrity of condition* since it altered the the surroundings. Supposedly, over 100 purposals have been looked at for development. It was interesting as to what makes it historical... spelled out in the Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties by the US Department of the Interior. The formation of the land, the spring, the history of the Natives and the settlement of the fort were the items that I deemed of historical importance. Wrong..according to Government employee John....it is the Bureau of Mines that holds fast to the primary rank. So toss hundreds of years of cultural significance into the cool clear Mississippi and whip out the experiments and testings of the 40's and 50's in Aqua sheet metal. Whatever it takes! People that I have spoken to seem to have strong negative feelings about the Minneapolis Park Board, possible the next stewards of the land....perhaps with good reason but perhaps premature... Dorie Gallagher Nokomis REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
