Connie-
Like you I'm a supporter of this project and am concerned that the
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (who are a state, not a Minneapolis,
entity) has expressed concerns about it. I'm working with the project's
backers (like the American Indian Housing and Community Development
Corporation) to keep the project moving forward. Thanks, City Councilmember
Jim Niland
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> Subject: Fw: AIHCDC Many Rivers Project
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> Councilman Niland,
>
> This evening I attended the monthly Ventura Village neighborhood meeting,
> and heard some disturbing news about the progress of the AIHCDC Many
> Rivers project.
>
> (For those from other neighborhoods, this is a development project for
> the 14-1500 blocks of Franklin Avenue which would be consistent with the
> Ventura Village Master Land Use Plan, and provide eighty-some units of
> housing for Native Americans and others.)
>
> Councilman, the presenters told us that "downtown" (forgive me for not
> recalling the particular agency's name... it had something with finance
> in it...) was reconsidering funding due to the fact that over half of
> Many Rivers' proposed units would be three-bedroom. The reason given was
> that Many Rivers would be "too dense" and it wouldn't be good to have
> that many families (children) so close to Franklin Avenue.
>
> Clearly, the members of my neighborhood found this appalling. Reason
> number one is that this project has been in the works for quite some
> time, and it's only now - when we look toward groundbreaking - that the
> density concern comes up. Reason number two is that the Near-North
> project is lauded while they plan larger ("family-friendly") development
> just a stone's throw from Olson Memorial Highway. Reason number three is
> that the Many Rivers project is nearly prototypical of the entire Ventura
> Village Master Plan. What implication does this situation have for the
> outcome of our entire neighborhood?
>
> I look forward to your insight,
>
> Connie Sheppard
> Ward 6 - Ventura Village
>
> CC: mpls-issues
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