Residents of Minneapolis' Jordan neighborhood
told city leaders Wednesday night what is good
about the neighborhood they are proud to call
home.
Those leaders -- including Mayor R.T. Rybak,
Police Chief Robert Olson, City Attorney
Jay Heffern and City Council Members
Natalie Johnson Lee
Steve Cross writes, of the Strib's Wednesday Block E story:
To the contrary, I don't think it connects any dots regarding the
city's development process. At a minimum, it's inconsistent with the
recommendations of the McKinsey Report. The whole point of that
report
is that we gotta do
Has anyone disclosed how much McCafferty is paying himself in developer's
fees? And what about the ongoing property management fees? And then the
recurring asset management fees? And so on and so on.
Has anyone disclosed how much the MCDA is paying itself in underwriting,
administrative, and
In the article R.T. stated that the people were brave, that they didn't run.
He talked about how they could be doing something else but they were there.
Excuse my ignorance but I fail to see the greatness and/or brilliance in
this observation? How often do neighborhood folks hear this sentiment?
I read an interesting article in yesterday's Chicago Sun Times
concerning that city's stepped-up efforts to collect more than $8
million allegedly owed by its top 1000 parking ticket scofflaws.
According to the article, City Hall will attempt to collect the unpaid
fines through waves of lawsuits
In Minneapolis if you don't pay your tickets, the
price tag grows very large. Then they become a
summons. Bench warrants are issued for your arrest and
the next time you're pulled over, you go to jail. It
then gets sorted out in court. I don't know whether
they ever really collect all that is
The
light rail system -much as so many people 'railed' against it- willmake
the populace less subject to such parking and traffic
tickets.
And
there is a new thing now in traffic court, the judgedoesn't even come
intocourt, a pedestrian type announcesthat people get in line to
talk to
Does anyone know if there is any talk about creating the
position of City Manager...? ... Barbara Nelson
I asked that very question at the Zurah meeting on McKinsey.
Dan Niziolek, I believe, brought it up in a Council discussion.
The McKinsey team's response was to define that discussion
Vickie Heller asks:
Has anyone disclosed how much McCafferty is paying himself in
developer's
fees? And what about the ongoing property management fees? And
then the
recurring asset management fees? And so on and so on.
Steve Brandt:
MCDA's project files are open to anyone willing to do the
Nary a mention of the large amount of prostitutes roaming the streets at all
hours. Or is that just in Cleveland neighborhood? This summer the presence
of independent contractors du jour is especially prevelant, all along Lowry
from Lyndale to Penn and on Penn too by the new school. I wonder
James E Jacobsen wrote:
The light rail system -much as so many people 'railed' against it- will make the
populace less subject to such parking and traffic
tickets.
This is assuming that a substantial number of drivers will be leaving their cars at
home and hopping on the train instead.
-Original Message-
From: Lilligren, Robert W
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:31 AM
Subject: list
To clarify Ms. Young's statement that
Eva Young:Robert also said that he would consider trying to remove Joe
from his position as committee chair of liscensing.
Conor Donnelly wrote:
James E Jacobsen wrote:
The light rail system will make the populace less subject to such
parking and traffic tickets.
This is assuming that a substantial number of drivers will be leaving
their cars at home and hopping on the train instead. What's the
consensus
Schapiro wrote:
Does anyone know if there is any talk about creating the
position of City Manager...? ... Barbara Nelson
So, if others think it worthy of discussion, and as Lisa
McDonald notes, it would take a charter change, the question
is, how do we begin the conversation before
The Block E fiasco and Chuck Leer's recent development experience (as
highlighted in recent Strib editorial) are good examples of why the
planning process needs to be fixed. I don't completely agree with how
the McKinsey plan reorganizes the departments, but it's on the right
track.
I find it
Scott McGerik wrote:
Conor Donnelly wrote:
James E Jacobsen wrote:
The light rail system will make the populace less subject to such
parking and traffic tickets.
This is assuming that a substantial number of drivers will be leaving
their cars at home and hopping on the train instead. What's
Minneapolis Empowerment Zone to make $ 1 million in Small Business
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I shall remain stifled no longer!
I'm neither a neighborhood activist nor a politician. A hack possibly, but
only when I'm weeding or trimming the schnauzers, neither of which is a
particularly political venture.
I imagine we'll get to see how apolitical the process is when McKinsey's
Any reconfiguration of Block E was done to improve its public function. . .
Dan McCaffery
But that's not the point! (Even if we all believed that those are
improvements.)
The point is that we had a legally binding agreement between the City
Council and the developer. You can't
When I worked at Mn/DOT, many moons ago, I was told that the research
showed that the difference in traffic would be 2%. Everybody wants
light rail
to get drivers off the road, but it turns out that it is always other
drivers, not themselves, who are expected to ride the rails.
Barbara Nelson
Steve Brandt wrote:
MCDA's project files are open to anyone willing to do the hard work of
finding the answers, as opposed to just being satisfied with posing
questions...Try it sometime.
Vicky Heller replies:
Actually I have tried it. I've been waiting for six months for answers from
Ruben
J Harmon,
I'm writing in response to your post regarding the numbers of prostitutes
along Lowry Avenues. I too see these girls working Lowry on a daily
basis. It is not unusual to drive up and down Lorwy Avenue, morning, noon
and night and catch a glimpse of prostitution in full force. In
At 01:50 PM 08/01/2002 -0700, Terrell Brown wrote:
-Original Message-
From:Lilligren, Robert W
I told Ms. Young that Biernat's position as a committee chair was an
idea
worth discussing. Actually I don't think he should be removed from
the
council or from his chair. We
Jim Jacobsen is right. Hiawatha light rail will be an attractive choice for people
who want a fast, convenient commute to downtown Minneapolis. No hassles with road
rage, plugging meters or getting parking tickets.
Conor Donnely asked about Hiawatha ridership and the number of passengers who
Thanks, Dennis Shapiro, for doing some homework on this. As Steve Brandt
pointed out, it's very easy to spout off on this list, but much harder
to do some research.
My un-researched spout: Maybe it makes sense to change the city's
organizational chart and make the city coordinator, in essence, a
In a message dated 8/1/02 10:01:21 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Question: has this naming committee met and has it
proposed any further names? If not, has a meeting been
set?
This question should be posed to Natalie Lee Johnson, or to Sandy Colvin Roy who is Chair of
In a message dated 8/1/02 3:51:32 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually I'd rather have the city pay for such programs than have them
paid for by campaign contributors (which I'm not suggesting happened in
this case, but it would probably be a legal use of campaign funds).
Actually the change occurred to not take it out of office budgets because
peopl did it to pad their resumes or went right before they left office or
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] FW: Clarification from Lilligren
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002
Actually the change occurred to not take it out of office budgets because
peopl did it to pad their resumes or went right before they left office or
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] FW: Clarification from Lilligren
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002
Actually the change occurred to not take it out of office budgets because
peopl did it to pad their resumes or went right before they left office or
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] FW: Clarification from Lilligren
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002
Steve Brandt wrote:
Victoria Heller responds: Actually I have tried it. I've been waiting
for six months for answers from Ruben Acosta and Cynthia Lee concerning
the Riverside Plaza closing statement. Based on my experience, they just stonewall
inquiries.
This is why I am investigating a
Lisa McDonald wrote:
Actually several years ago the council decided to not allow it to be taken
out of office or council budgets because people took the course often to pad
their own resumes or right before they left office or the employment of the
city. In fact in makes perfect sense since
Ya know, Robert posted on this issue just to clarify
some comments Eva Young made.
I spoke with Robert before, during and after he went
to Harvard. I don't think he ever expected or asked
for the city to pay any portion of this. Quite
frankly, I don't even think he checked into it. He
told me
Michael Atherton writes:
I must be missing something here. You mean to say there are employers
out there that will be impressed that someone has taken an extension
course at Harvard, when many of these course are open to anyone
willing to shell out the necessary fees?
One might think
Rosalind Nelson wrote:
This is not the time to quibble about the location of Block E's
bathrooms...
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3134087.html
No one can accuse her of lacking nerve.
After reading this, I can't believe the mayoral election was as close as it
was.
I don't know
Neal St. Anthony writes, For critics of the city-led Block E project,
including me, it's time to shut up and hope this baby flies.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3135842.html
David Brauer
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