Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote: > ...the word has come out in our neighborhood that only > a small predetermined, preselected group of people > would be involved in the 10-year Transportation Plan. > One person has already appointed/annointed himself to > represent the south area. This is the first formal > printed information that I have seen about it. > Interesting....
Dorie, I'm sorry that you haven't seen word of this yet. And I'm a bit surprised. A write up about the 10-year transportation plan along with the meeting notice was in the October Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger delivered to you on 9/29. The City's press release was first placed on your neighborhood's website, http://www.nokomiseast.org, on 9/22. The dedicated "Access Minnesota" page containing a summary of the plan, support documentation, and a contact list of the steering committee/consultant members was published 9/30 and last updated 10/4 - the day after receiving the latest documents from the City. We haven't received minutes for the Sept meeting yet, but the Aug 2 minutes are up on our site. I thank Darrell Gerber for pointing out that the Steering Committee is not a small, self anointed group. There are 29 regular members, 4 alternates, and at least 8 consultants and staff on the committee. The citizen reps were appointed by the City Council and approved on July 1st (RESOLUTION 2005R-396). The initial notice announcing the plan and asking for committee applications ran on the City's website and on www.nokomiseast.org for at least a month prior to the application deadline. I just don't know what else we could do to help you. Hmmm. Perhaps you are thinking of the much smaller Station Area Master Plan committee that is being formed by CPED to work on a development plan for the 50th St and VA station areas. Although that committee hasn't been formed yet, the application form and cover letter were finalized on Friday and will be mailed out starting tomorrow, Monday, Oct 10. Let us know if you would like a copy. The membership of this group, expected to be about 12 people, will be appointed by CPED, the City Council and NENA. You can look for more information and the application form for the Station Area planning process on www.nokomiseast.org later this week. I'd get it up today, but family comes first--sorry. Or feel free to stop by the office this week. After all, we're only a few doors away from your house. Doug Walter Minnehaha/Nokomis East 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
