Mark Snyder suggests a proposed development near his neighborhood rather than one in the Southeast Industrial Area that I described:
> Projects like the industrial area surrounded by my neighborhood, SE Como, > Marcy Holmes and the U got short shrift for quite some time because of a > narrow, perhaps a lack, of focus on anything else but pet RT projects "Such as? Can you provide examples of these worthy projects because I try to follow what goes on in this area due to both personal and professional interest and I can't say I've heard too much about proposed projects in the Mid-City Industrial Area. In fact, the last one I remember was a Sam's Club proposed for the area just off 35W at Industrial Blvd that was shot down because the developers were trying to fudge their way around the zoning. Can't say I shed too many tears about that one." Bill Kahn racks his poor memory: For almost as long as I've lived in Minneapolis, I've sat in on meetings of the Southeast Economic Development Committee (SEED Committee), a group of business, neighborhood, and government representatives from St. Paul and Minneapolis in this border area of the Metro. The SEED Committee and their land use plan for the Bridal Veil Industrial area (formerly known as the SEIA, the SE Mpls Industrial Area) was spawned partly out of a study done as an NRP strategy from my neighborhood's first action plan. Because the SEED plan area spans a few TIF districts established under the previous administration as well as some eminent domain disputes, it has been actively ignored by Rybak until it became associated with the fairly new "biotechnology zones" state wide. There have been several successful developments in Bridal Veil: all the various phases of Westgate business parks (I think it's at four), another one on a former Superfund site just south of North Star Foods, and the biotech incubator and business park in progress just to the west and all the way to the border of the area near the U of MN campus looks to be just as successful later on. Frankly, as it is one of the largest brown field redevelopment areas going in the city, I'm surprised Snyder knows so little about it. The Bridal Veil plan has incorporated sustainability guidelines that have in turn been incorporated into the Minneapolis Plan. It can't be said that Rybak has ever been an effective supporter of these developments and at times he has hindered them; Hennepin County has been actively involved in these efforts. Despite Mark Snyder's red herring of a Sam Wall invasion thwarted well north and west of the area I described thrown in by Green Minneapolitan Mark Snyder, I think list readers should ask themselves why he is so pro-Rybak and anti-McLaughlin. Could it be that he has another candidate in mind? On to the next Snyder red herring: "Question: I know a number of Hennepin County staff members who have done some great work regarding sustainability issues, but where is Hennepin County's sustainability plan and how has that been integrated into their master planning efforts? I mean, at least Minneapolis has these things even if you're not wholly satisfied with them. "Aren't you risking taking a step backwards by supporting the guy who's had how many years on the Hennepin County commission to propose these kinds of efforts and apparently hasn't done so or if he has, hasn't managed to get anywhere with them?" I would call Snyder's attention to the fact the the county is much more "a creature of the State" than the city. If by posing these questions Snyder is suggesting that those Hennepin County staffers whom he knows are working on sustainability issues through his work as a state employee do not have the full support of Supervisor McLaughlin, Why doesn't he just say so? I suspect that they do have that support and this is but the second smelly fish Snyder is tossing out. As long as the thread is about endorsements, Who is Snyder supporting for the office of mayor? It certainly sounds like it is Rybak to me, or Is this yet another red herring? Bill Kahn Prospect Park 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:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
