[Mpls] Re: Police beef up North Side patrols with helicopter

2004-08-13 Thread Dave Stack
and injured every year due to police chases? How many deaths and injuries would be avoided by using helicopters like this? Dave Stack Harrison (where I hardly feel the aches anymore from the crash 25 years ago in which I was hit by a car being chased by the police. This downtown Mpls crash smashed

[Mpls] Water Quality

2004-07-20 Thread Dave Stack
in mind is that grit chambers do nothing to remove smaller sized pollutants such as phosphorus, nitrogen, e-coli, fecal coliform, silt or clay. Stormwater treatment ponds, vegetated swales, and rain gardens are some of the practices that work much better at removing these smaller sized pollutants. Dave

[Mpls] Crown Hydro planning to take Mill Ruins Park site via eminent domain

2004-07-18 Thread Dave Stack
technologies that are going to be more economically feasible in more locations. Dave Stack Harrison 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

[Mpls] Roundabouts

2004-07-18 Thread Dave Stack
Maybe some roundabouts with rain gardens in the middle? Just a thought. -- Dave Stack, Harrison Allen Graetz wrote:Overall, I would like to see them incorporated into the city. It would have to be a commitment over a long period of time though given the change in the right-a-ways

[Mpls] Crown Hydro

2004-05-29 Thread Dave Stack
large urban areas in the nation. Income segregation is closely related to racial segregation. Is there public policy that can help to mix more low income people into middle and upper income neighborhoods? And are there ways to mix more middle income people into low income neighborhoods? Dave Stack

[Mpls] MPRB Arbor Day Celebration 2004

2004-05-28 Thread Dave Stack
://www.mninter.net/~stack/arbor Many thanks again to Paul Domholt, Carrie Juntunen, John Uban, Greg Lecker, Abby Schrader, Tina Markeson, Ralph Sievert and everyone else who made this happen. Dave Stack Harrison REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Crown Hydro

2004-05-22 Thread Dave Stack
Thought I would post the Sierra Club's comment letter submitted to MPRB concerning Crown Hydro. Thanks again to Annie Young, Vivian Mason, John Erwin, Rochelle Berry Graves and Walt Dziedzic for voting to stop this plan in this particular location. Dave Stack Harrison

[Mpls] Warden Oil superfund site cleanup story on MPR

2004-05-09 Thread Dave Stack
and put warden in search. Dave Stack Harrison - Where the annual MPRB Arbor Day Celebration will be held Saturday 15 May. Please join us - check it out at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=710 - Or, join the MCNC River Cleanup at the Harrison site, or at one of the other locations

[Mpls] Spring Minneapolis Park Clean-up Saturday 17-April 9:30

2004-04-16 Thread Dave Stack
.. For futher info see web page: http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=709 Hope to see you there, Dave Stack Harrison 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

[Mpls] Fw: Forums in Mpls on environmental issues

2004-02-16 Thread Dave Stack
: Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition 612-331-4738, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 18748, Minneapolis, MN 55418 Thought some list members would be interested in these forums. --- Dave Stack, Harrison (where a group of robins

[Mpls] Eco-psycology

2004-01-21 Thread Dave Stack
that having greenspace interspersed in the urban landscape is not only nice for nature and nature lovers, but actually improves human mental and physical health. --- Dave Stack, Harrison --- - Forwarded Message - From: Philipp Muessig [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Affordable housing

2003-12-02 Thread Dave Stack
and Denmark have much fewer problems with troubled low income neighborhoods, partly at least, because they have implemented more intermixing of low, middle, and high income housing. Dave Stack Harrison REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Walking Tour along Bassett Creek in Mpls, (Sun, 2-pm, Cedar Lk Rd bridge)

2003-11-13 Thread Dave Stack
Metal Processors property, and the superfund sites of Chemart and Warden oil. If we are real lucky we may even see the ten point buck or the wild turkey that hang out here. Please feel free to email or call me for more information 612-377-4096. Dave Stack Harrison Neighborhood, Minneapolis REMINDERS

[Mpls] Buckthorn bust along Bassett Creek Luce Line Trail.

2003-09-16 Thread Dave Stack
Bassett Creek Luce Line Trail) Volunteers helping out for an hour or two will be greatly appreciated. This would be a good way to get some exercise, enjoy the outdoors, and help to improve greenspace for native plants and animals. Dave Stack Harrison Neighborhood, Mpls ( ps

[Mpls] Mini-Monarchs in the yard/What are they named?

2003-09-12 Thread Dave Stack
These may be Red Admirals. My New England Asters have come into full bloom today, and I must have 30 or more Red Admiral butterflies fluttering around on them in my front yard - quite a pleasant sight. Dave Stack, Harrison --- ( where we will have a Buckthorn Bust along Bassett Creek on Sat

[Mpls] Inaccessable City Sponsored Housing- the Next Holman?

2003-09-03 Thread Dave Stack
Here is a brief email update on the Heritage park pollution issue sent on 27-Aug to the Harrison Nhbd Ass'n by an MPCA staffperson. --- Dave Stack, Harrison -- From: Carlson, Katherine Date: 27 Aug 2003 ... * Heritage Park: My colleague Mike

[Mpls] Are we too soft or too harsh on criminals?

2003-08-29 Thread Dave Stack
of the wrong people are not being incarcerated? Dave Stack, Harrison (where the cleanup of the Warden Oil superfund site may actually begin in a couple of months) Jordan Kushner wrote: ... What is wrong with making life a little easier for a group that is much more harshly targetted by the criminal

[Mpls] Is Rental Property the Issue?

2003-07-29 Thread Dave Stack
question is very simple. Where do children have a better chance of succeeding? Do they generally succeed better growing up poor in a poor neighborhood, or do they generally succeed more often growing up poor in a middle income neighborhood? Dave Stack Harrison TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed

[Mpls] Fulton rain garden tour(self-guided), July 31 - Aug 3

2003-07-28 Thread Dave Stack
told that this particular rain garden was improperly designed and/or improperly constructed. Dave Stack Harrison (where some years ago my son's dog had a fateful encounter with a racoon. The dog had taken off chasing a racoon in Bassett Creek Park and then the racoon ran into Bassett Creek Pond

[Mpls] Clearing up Heritage Park Misperceptions

2003-07-22 Thread Dave Stack
Garden which has been proposed for some time by Harrison neighborhood resident Dave Stack. . I am not sure which pond Zack and Annie are referring to, but as Corrie Zoll mentioned earlier, properly designed and built rain gardens should not have standing water ponds for very long after

[Mpls] NW-BRT

2003-07-03 Thread Dave Stack
using Lowry and Lyndale Avenues en route to the downtown area. Dave Stack Harrison (Quite close to Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, of which a schedule of July events can be found at http://www.calsnet.net/env or http://www.minneapolisparks.org ) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore

[Mpls] Northwest Corridor BRT

2003-06-28 Thread Dave Stack
- Broadway, Lowry, and Hwy-100/394. Also, as I understand it, the Lowry Avenue rebuild project will extend easterly across NE Mpls, east of any NW-BRT corridor bus traffic. And is pretty much a separate project that would still go forward with or without the BRT. Dave Stack, Harrison (where

[Mpls] Is there still free compost in Mpls ?

2003-06-01 Thread Dave Stack
that I had heard about. There I found a notice telling me I should go to the Pierce Butler site. Does anyone happen to know of any place in or near Mpls where a gardener can still get free compost? Also, I would like to know where I can get some free, or almost free, shredded wood mulch? Dave Stack

[Mpls] Target Closing in North Minneapolis

2003-05-29 Thread Dave Stack
in the neighborhood. Dave Stack Harrison From: Bill Dooley Subject: Another Blow to North Minneapolis The West Broadway Target store to close. Target says it is too small. ... TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here

[Mpls] Air Toxics Environmental Justice talks in Mpls

2003-03-17 Thread Dave Stack
-20 Thu -- 6-8 pm . 2100 Plymouth Ave N .Sponsored by: Minneapolis Urban League ( http://www.mul.org ) .http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/calendar.cfm Dave Stack -- Harrison (with 3 polluted superfund sites, and is one of the poorest neighborhoods of Mpls) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send

Re: [Mpls] The Mississippi River in Minneapolis

2002-11-19 Thread Dave Stack
for mussels, fish and other critters. Dave Stack Harrison -Original Message-From: Lisa McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Dave Stack [EMAIL PROTECTED]; forum issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:06 AMSubject: Re: [Mpls] The Mississippi River

[Mpls] Restoring the Mississippi River in Minneapolis

2002-10-31 Thread Dave Stack
rapids also - much more beauty than I usually find in artificial stream impoundments behind concrete. Dave Stack Harrison Karen Cooper wrote : I expect that's not possible. It's not the construction projects that have been the most damaging (although that tunnel under the river that collapsed

[Mpls] Restoring the Mississippi River in Minneapolis

2002-10-22 Thread Dave Stack
from moving up- and down-river by the original natural falls. Dave Stack Harrison (where I sometimes have crazy dreams of someday being able to kayak down Bassett Creek all the way to the Mississippi River) ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

[Mpls] A Minneapolis Father's Plea

2002-10-12 Thread Dave Stack
for or against any particular policy or program. Dave Stack Harrison -- ( where, at Chestnut Av Morgan Av N, there will be a dedication ceremony at 1-pm today to honor the opening the Bassett Creek Trail, which is the Mpls section of the Luce Line Trail

[Mpls] Things to do with kids

2002-09-27 Thread Dave Stack
of the woods. Dave Stack Harrison ___ 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] Mpls loses W. Broadway case

2002-09-26 Thread Dave Stack
enters at an odd angle into one of the busiest intersections in the City. Penn Ave. and West Broadway form four legs; McNair makes it a 5-way intersection. Dave Stack Harrison David Brauer wrote: Street barricades unfairly harmed business; Supreme Court rejects city's appeal; Cherryhomes pushed

[Mpls] Embrace Open Space Sat. 2-pm, Glenwood Xerxes Av

2002-09-24 Thread Dave Stack
city's poor, and not so poor, in such areas as better race relations, higher high school graduation rates, better police/community relations, lower drug usage, and less violence. Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E

[Mpls] Luce Line Bike Trail coming into Mpls

2002-07-25 Thread Dave Stack
. There is a Golden Valley centric story on this saga in the Sun newspaper at : http://www.mnsun.com/archive.asp?display=story2year=2002storyID=86319 Dave Stack Harrison (where a section of the Luce Line Trail (Bassett Creek Trail) is currently under construction

[Mpls] Nuclear power rad waste transport thru Mpls

2002-07-14 Thread Dave Stack
- traveled next to Willard-Homewood, then between Harrison and Bryn Mawr, proceeded thru the Warehouse District, across Nicollet Island, and on to towards Red Wing. Was this true a few years ago, and if true, is it still occurring? Dave Stack Harrison Neighborhood (ps : could anyone send me, off

[Mpls] Bombies

2002-05-19 Thread Dave Stack
it, the show will be repeated on tpt-17, Thursday May-30, 9:00 pm. Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e

[Mpls] Kids Suspended in MPS

2002-05-14 Thread Dave Stack
as a lazy, callous, judgmental or punitive reaction. Do suspension programs result in more kids becoming productive adults, or don't they? Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL

[Mpls] Living water gardens

2002-05-13 Thread Dave Stack
of our rivers, lakes, creeks and wetlands. Living Water Gardens are a unique arrangement of water treatment ponds that blend the disciplines of science, engineering, art, landscaping, education and community. More information can be found at : http://www.mninter.net/~stack/living . Dave Stack Harrison

[Mpls] FW: To those of you in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine area

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Stack
Moth caterpillars in the spray areas. However, BT does a pretty good job of also killing most of the other butterfly and moth caterpillars - outside of this, BT is supposedly not too much of a concern - but I do not know much about this. Maybe someone else can add to this. Dave Stack Harrison http

[Mpls] Re: Mpls Arbor Day/Interpretive Center DedicationCelebration

2002-04-28 Thread Dave Stack
: http://www.calsnet.net/env http://www.mninter.net/~stack/bassett/events.htm Dave Stack Harrison From: Mark Snyder Date: Apr 28 2002 Yay! I want to thank Candy for posting this as well as the many sponsors who have worked so hard to organize what sounds like a great family-friendly event

[Mpls] Earth Day parks clean-up event Saturday morning 9:30 a.m.

2002-04-17 Thread Dave Stack
will be at the Bassett Creek area : http://www.mninter.net/~stack/bassett/cleanup.htm Dave Stack Harrison (Where I've seen loons on Wirth Lake in the past week) ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Public hearings on transit cuts

2002-04-09 Thread Dave Stack
Forwarding this message from the Met Council. --- D. Stack, Harrison --- PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TRANSIT CUTS Budget reductions mandated by the 2002 Legislature will force Metro Transit to cut some bus routes and reduce service on portions of other

[Mpls] Camp Coldwater Springs preservation efforts supported by Sierra Club webpage

2002-03-12 Thread Dave Stack
It is interesting to notice that the Sierra Club has put up an 'Action Alert' webpage in support of Camp Coldwater Springs in Minneapolis. Below is the some of the text from that webpage. - Dave Stack, Harrison From webpage: http

[Mpls] Re: Star Tribune naming neighborhoods in shooting deaths ?

2002-03-01 Thread Dave Stack
fulfilling. I certainly hope that the Star Tribune, and other major media outlets, treat all neighborhoods consistently when reporting crime. Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

[Mpls] Star Tribune naming neighborhoods in shooting deaths ?

2002-02-28 Thread Dave Stack
or Phillips. However, you did not print the shooting location neighborhood of Linden Hills in the recent story titled Edina student was killed by acquaintance, police say. --- Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic

[Mpls] Riverview supper club and Skyline Park site

2001-12-02 Thread Dave Stack
I think it is quite arguable that the larger 5.3 acre park, without JADT, could actually cause 'more' nearby redevelopment in the long term, than the smaller 3.4 acre park with JADT. Dave Stack, Harrison On Nov 26 Keith Reitman wrote : ... river front types and naturalists should support

[Mpls] Twins breaking Metrodome contract

2001-12-01 Thread Dave Stack
, against this corporation? Dave Stack Harrison ___ 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] Ward 5 Shocker!?!

2001-11-14 Thread Dave Stack
. This lawsuit was for the purpose of improving the lives of poor people. If Jackie was hurt by Hollman, then it may be because there was, in the minds of many, a perception that the emphasis had changed from 'helping the poor' to 'doing the redevelopment deal'. Dave Stack Harrison

[Mpls] Re: Jordan Housing Demolition

2001-11-12 Thread Dave Stack
to know what became of my old home in Phillips: 1919 Columbus?) Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e

[Mpls] Re: account of Hollman

2001-10-28 Thread Dave Stack
, and has come to overshadow any good that may have been intended. Dave Stack Harrison Date: Oct 26, 2001 From: Robert Poormon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] account of Hollman ... Seems like any big project wades through absurdities (tearing down houses when they're already

[Mpls] Re: City of MPLS Housing

2001-10-27 Thread Dave Stack
to let the city off the hook by stating this. I strongly feel that we should save as many old building as possible, and we should learn to deal with the extra difficulties of rehab. Dave Stack Harrison From: Kim Goodman Subject: City of MPLS Housing I am angry. I am disappointed. And I

[Mpls] Re: account of Hollman

2001-10-26 Thread Dave Stack
or unusually long. I would guess that most people involved with this deal will be dead before the contract comes up for renewal. Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Hidden Lake update

2001-09-15 Thread Dave Stack
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: [Mpls] Re: addendum to g,gg

2001-05-13 Thread Dave Stack
that there is no other housing project that even comes close to these numbers. My comments here have been focused on details of the Hollman project. The shortage of affordable housing is a huge problem in the entire Twin Cities area, and I applaud those working to help the poor on this issue. Dave Stack

Re: [Mpls] Proposed Changes to Creek Corridor

2001-05-10 Thread Dave Stack
into the ground, instead of flowing into the creek. With some careful planning, near zero-runoff into the creek should be attainable. Small raingardens could be strategically placed in areas where sheet flow infiltration may be inadequate. Dave Stack Harrison, Ward 5

Re: [Mpls] New ball pk debate

2001-05-02 Thread Dave Stack
studied if garbage odor will ever be a problem for the fans in the stands? Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org

[Mpls] Mpls Parks Clean-up Sat. 21-Apr 9:30 am

2001-04-19 Thread Dave Stack
.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=NOT12date =12-Apr-2001word=bassett Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e

[Mpls] Re: 35W/62 Watershed Permit

2001-04-13 Thread Dave Stack
s. Many thanks to Pam Blixt for her concern and work to improve water quality in Minneapolis. Dave Stack Harrison ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option