Oh no way. I'm shocked. Absolutely shocked.Yes, at least from the Facebook comment threads I've been seeing that involve squabbles between park commissioners.
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I do not understand what is going on. Which is one reason why I do not like the Park Board set up.
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Here's some background: https://www.minnpost.com/politics-polic ... ign=buffer
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The mayor's concerns (which Bender and Quincy, at least, share) seem pretty legitimate to me. The funding is uncertain, and could lead to cuts in other areas.
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I don't know; reading the article, her reasons for the veto seem completely appropriate to me. While there are some good ideas in the proposed funding model, at this point it's entirely half-baked.
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Hodges and Quincy have a separate plan for tackling parks funding in conjunction with street improvements.
http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/pa ... vestments/
http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/pa ... vestments/
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So, in each case, her plan would allocate dramatically (a third!) less to parks and streets than either department actually needs.
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Hold on to your hats, but would you believe that government units sometimes overestimate what their budgetary needs actually are?
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Radical idea: Maybe America's habit of giving government agencies dramatically less than they say they need has something to do with America's crisis of deferred maintenance.Hold on to your hats, but would you believe that government units sometimes overestimate what their budgetary needs actually are?
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Quite a few threads this could go in, Bike Infrastructure, Northeast, etc. But construction on .75 miles of East Bank river trail is being started.
https://www.minneapolisparks.org/news/2 ... bank_trail
https://www.minneapolisparks.org/news/2 ... bank_trail
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It's not clear to me, are they still planning to run it under the Plymouth bridge right against the river, or are they going to make us cross Plymouth at grade up by Sibley St NE? It looks like the original plan included both crossings of Plymouth, but the changed segment cutting across the Scherer Bros. site strongly implies the traffic only coming from the at-grade crossing since it would produce a hairpin turn for the traffic from the other crossing. It seems an odd choice to lay the trail diagonally across the Scherer Bros site, thus making the trail incompatible with redevelopment of that plot, and *NOT* then routing the trail under the Plymouth bridge along the river. Maybe there isn't enough vertical clearance there? I run through here many times a week, and a grade-separated crossing would be a big improvement.
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Ending pumping at Lake Hiawatha could end golf, flood basements
http://www.startribune.com/ending-pumpi ... 382959171/
http://www.startribune.com/ending-pumpi ... 382959171/
CM Johnson wins most inappropriate pun of the week.The homeowners were advised that the data is preliminary, and that planners working on the issue would like to meet with them individually. "I don't want people to have financial anxiety over this," area Council Member Andrew Johnson said. "It is hard for me to imagine where homeowners would be left high and dry."
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So. Rather than pay for permits to eternally drain a swamp, plus the energy and maintenance costs... How about install sump pumps in affected homes instead?
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I will be happy to accept a check from MPRB to pay for the drain tile and sump pump I plan to install in 12 to 18 months.
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Timely, given yesterday's heavy rain. Thankfully, it did not seem to be in to our house (might be the first really big rain since we moved).
It's kind of shocking how much water runs off of people's yards and into alleys, thus into the storm sewer system. Would be nice if there was way less impermeable surface, but there is so much concrete.
It's kind of shocking how much water runs off of people's yards and into alleys, thus into the storm sewer system. Would be nice if there was way less impermeable surface, but there is so much concrete.
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Thinking through this whole process, would we even know the golf course was grossly violating DNR regulations on pumping water if it weren't for the freak flooding that closed the courses?
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I've been wondering about this since last night.
You are telling me that at no point somebody said, "Hey, these pumps run 24-7-365. Is that legitimate?" Nobody from the park board ever looked at this? Whose job is it to monitor this stuff if not the park board?
Shut down the golf-course, return it to wetland and create a "MAC"-like system that pays for excavation, waterproofing/drainage plane, fabric lined drain tile at the footings, detention tanks (if needed), gravel backfill at the perimeter of the houses should be investigated. I'm guessing this won't be cheap...
You are telling me that at no point somebody said, "Hey, these pumps run 24-7-365. Is that legitimate?" Nobody from the park board ever looked at this? Whose job is it to monitor this stuff if not the park board?
Shut down the golf-course, return it to wetland and create a "MAC"-like system that pays for excavation, waterproofing/drainage plane, fabric lined drain tile at the footings, detention tanks (if needed), gravel backfill at the perimeter of the houses should be investigated. I'm guessing this won't be cheap...
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That wetland wilderness preserve costs more than zero to maintain and doesn't get you anything in revenue to pay it back. Unlike, say, a golf course.
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Got to read up thread a year. In addition to closing the golf course they'd sell half the land (in a flood plain nonetheless) to pay for it. And winter sports something something.
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From what I've heard they would not need to sell land. There may be a way to reallocate the FEMA money since it's an outgrowth of that process. This is also part of Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park, which opens up regional funding sources.
That said, I do hope they sell select parts of it for development. The area near Longfellow Ave / Minnehaha Pkwy is a prime spot for senior housing and significant infill, something my neighborhood's housing/development committee is exploring since senior housing is a major concern for our neighborhood. There was a big proposal for the parking lot west of Longfellow Ave back in the 00s boom. Maybe it could be resurrected.
Otherwise, if we need more money, why not just sell Meadowbrook to pay for it?
That said, I do hope they sell select parts of it for development. The area near Longfellow Ave / Minnehaha Pkwy is a prime spot for senior housing and significant infill, something my neighborhood's housing/development committee is exploring since senior housing is a major concern for our neighborhood. There was a big proposal for the parking lot west of Longfellow Ave back in the 00s boom. Maybe it could be resurrected.
Otherwise, if we need more money, why not just sell Meadowbrook to pay for it?
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