Re: [Mpls] City of MPLS & Housing
Hi, Annie Young! On 10/27/01 2:09 AM, you wrote: > And if nothing else shoudn't The City should have contracted with The Green > Institute's DeConstruction program to take all that is salvagable out of > the house first? Gross! What is so difficult about understanding this > issue. It seems so basic. Yes, it does. And I spoke with Vickie Brock and Dorie Mead Sept 18th about another historic 6-plx that was taken down without salvaging. At that time I asked why our neighborhood request for deconstruction/salvaging was ignored. I raised a flag about this duplex at 3648 Columbus and the plan to tear it down and asked about salvaging and our "Central Neighborhood Policy" to utilize the Green Institute. Evidently, the city has a hard time finding time to encourage salvage during the six weeks that followed. And now the home is gone. Which one is next in the City? Is there one in your neighborhood? I think this might make a good media story. I'm ashamed to admit that those are my tax dollars that tore that home down. What a city I live in! I wonder why the rest of the world sees America the way they do. -- Kim Kimberly GoodmanPhone: 612-823-4488 3700 Park Avenue Fax: 612-823-3194 Minneapolis, MN 55407 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] City of MPLS & Housing
And if nothing else shoudn't The City should have contracted with The Green Institute's DeConstruction program to take all that is salvagable out of the house first? Gross! What is so difficult about understanding this issue. It seems so basic. In a sustainable community policies would be set that would have decisions made using a balance between the economics, the environment, and the social equity. It seems in the case Kim presented none of these three factors were thought about before the bulldozer came. Maybe we need some new folks at City Hall that will present more sane methods for making these kinds of decisions in order to make Minneapolis an eco-city. We're part of the way there with our parks, lakes and trees. It is time to go the rest of the way in setting new policies for the city and establishing Minneapolis as an eco-city. In my eco-city dream thinking first about reusing and recylcing would be part of this new direction of thinking about what we are doing to our fair city. It means we would have to do business differently - but isn't it about time? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Annie Young Phillips, Ward 6 ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] City of MPLS & Housing
I am angry. I am disappointed. And I am not surprised. Yesterday afternoon a backhoe was delivered to tear down a turn of the century home on my block to make way for a flood park. It was not much to look at on the outside, but inside the woodwork was all original varnish, oak and maple. The duplexing had been done with beauty and craftsmanship. The house was structurally and mechanically sound. Inside the floors were maple and in perfect condition. It was a 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom: 2 family duplex. The house needed nothing. Many original windows, many replacement double-pane insulated windows. Picture rail, full turn of the century moulding and crowns, a clawfoot tub, you all know what I'm talking about. And yet the city deemed it cost-prohibitive to move. AND NOTHING WAS SALVAGED. Okay, that is an overstatement. Someone took the balusters and rail and a few door knobs. Nothing else. Why are we tearing down perfectly good houses? Replacing this duplex with a similar quality building must cost at least a $225,000. Why not sell it for $10,000 with the condition it must be moved by owner by a set date? Why not save the cost of demo and collect a purchase price at the same time. Where are those two affordable housing units being built in Central Neighborhood to replace this duplex? Lots of why questions, I know. But I cried as this home came down and now sits as a pile of rubble on my corner. And it is not the first home to meet this fate at the hands of the City. When will it be the last? --Kim Rev. Kimberly Goodman Phone: 612-823-4488 3700 Park Avenue Fax: 612-823-3194 Minneapolis, MN 55407 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
