Excellent work by Michelle Hill. Please, keep up your investigation! Most important, voters need to start asking some questions to current and former public officials.
Minneapolis' October 1998 Application This was submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The application was successful and Minneapolis received an Empowerment Zone (EZ) designation in January 1999. The application is being used as the 1999 - 2000 Minneapolis EZ strategic plan. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ez/application.asp The Minneapolis Empowerment Zone (Main website with lots of info) The Minneapolis Empowerment Zone (EZ) Governance Board makes recommendations on the use of EZ funds and other leveraged resources to the Mayor and City Council. The Minneapolis EZ (1999 - 2009) is a federally funded holistic economic development initiative designed to help develop sustainable communities in the City's most economically distressed areas. The EZ has 2 primary goals (economic development and housing) and 3 support goals (community-based services, education, and safety). The Governance Board makes recommendations on the use of EZ funds to Minneapolis' Mayor and City Council and monitors the development of funded projects. Funding decisions are a result of a 3-year EZ strategic plan (2002 - 2005), annual city goals, staff recommendations and citizen recommendations. 30 voting members + ex-officio members 13 of the 30 members are appointed by the City Council, using the open appointment process. Of the 13 members appointed by the City Council, 7 must be EZ residents and 6 must be EZ business persons. One EZ resident appointed must also be a young person (age 14-20). The Governance Board is also made up of 6 mayoral appointments, 6 council president appointments and 5 agency appointments. Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
