It is true - Last night at the Park Board meeting they actually told us
they were putting in the ffence posts. It's about damned time - if I must
say so myself.
Annie Young
Ward 6 - East Phillips
Citywide at-large Park Board Commissioner
Working to build a sustainable community
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Jan:
I'm a resident in South Minneapolis, who read an unrelated article in the
Strobe today regarding the stadium. Although I realize there are 1000s of
out
FYi
A small crew was out yesterday putting up fence posts for the new fence going in
for the dog park here in Seward right at the end of our little street on
Franklin Terrace. Looks like this one will be completed by 2001.
In peace and cooperation,
Cam Gordon
914 Franklin Terrace
Mpls
Jan Del Calzo wrote:
>It was also enlightening to read about the shift of money to the Park Board
by the City so that the Park Board would not do a referendum too. That one
might have run into problems with the voters as well. Is there a pattern
here - the City Council members are an easier sel
Okay, so say the library referendum passes and there will be a wonderful new
facility. I am going to start lobbying right now that it should be called
the Gratia Countryman Library. I don't know much about this woman who really
was a driving force behind the Minneapolis Library, but from what
[EMAIL PROTECTED] replied to David Brauer:
>Kathy Mottl is a prosecutor in Wright County and is very well regarded,
both by prosecutors and by the defense attorneys. Minnesota Women Lawyers
endorsed her.
>
>MWL did not endorse her opponent, Judge Patricia Kerasov, 6 years ago and
did not endors
The postings on this subject have been so interesting and helpful to those
still wondering how to vote on this important issue.
I certainly concur with Wally Swan in that the City should not over extend
its financial obligations. On the other hand, I share the frustration of
those writers w
I am glad that you like dogs Sheldon. And I agree that we are far more
blessed with green space than San Franscisco. However, building a fence
around one's personal yard, and staying in one's personal space does not
really afford one the opportunity to commune with one's neighbors the way a
The whole idea goes down the tubes when you talk roof. We have paid with
our eternal baseball souls for playing indoors. Never again.
Craig Miller
Rogers MN
Former Northsider To.
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In a message dated 10/18/2000 8:42:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< This is legitimate recreation and I guarantee you, with 90M dogs (compared
with 45M school aged kids) this has tremendouse public support.
If the Park Board can't get its act together to implement th
City Pages looks at a proposed upscale housing development for Lyn-Lake. No
city subsidy, and perhaps no affordable housing. Check it out at:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1037/article9062.asp
David Brauer
List manager, Minneapolis-issues
PS For newcomers - I post information, stories to
Re: Sheldon's rant
I might make the same observation about children which I don't have and
still pay the school and park system freight for, but the logical
conclusion of that track is the end of community and I'm not ready to go
there.
I'm very sorry Sheldon's dogs didn't have a place to run i
When the feds conveyed Little Earth of United Trives housing to the Indians a few
years ago, it was with the stipulation that they could not use the land to build a
casino--this I never understood because had the Indians been able to build a
casino, it would have improved their lives a bunch. So,
Not having any background in library science, my question is why only 50%
available to the public? Why not 60% or 70%?
>A new Central Library building will be designed for better security with a
>security system, cameras and monitoring throughout the building . Even
>though more items (a li
Before I start my rant, let me say I like dogs, we have three dogs, and
live on a small lot in Seward. We've had a variety of dogs, including a
Field Irish Setter who needed A LOT OF Exercise.
Why do we need leash free parks?? This is a movement that started in San
Francisco. In San Francisco,
Russell went over his past connection to the library pretty quickly but I
think that's an important part of this project's history to remember.
Those of us on the list know Russell as dad, anti-graffiti vigilante,
etcbut in a past life he was a very good architect working on the
Landmark dev
I have been ruminating over RT and Sara's recent arguments regarding the
library referendum. I too believe it is necessary for a new library. I
knew it over 10 years ago and persuaded my design team to include it in a 4
block development project that used TIF for the library and some other
publi
Oops, I was having so much fun I forgot to sign my
post.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
Ward 6
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Thanks David for bringing a little light humor into
the mix of the ball park discussion. I didn't have
time to read the paper this morning before I left and
got to work to find a long line of calls from people
in Phillips.
In fact, East Phillips is meeting tonight to discuss
their planning eff
Who said anything about alternating usage at this dog park?
I say, come the seventh inning, cue the Baja Men, open the gates and
fertilize the infield.
Instead of the Broadway/River Road location, you move north a little, do the
stadium at Lowry so it is 365 down the left field line and 190 do
Craig Miller wrote:
> 'bout time!!!
>
> How about on W. Broadway and the River. Broadway Pizza Can charge me $40.00
> for a pizza. Tony Jaro's can charge me $6.00 for a "Greeny".Close
> access to I-94, River view. Few homeowners to complain (Sorry Fran
> Guminga). This will accelerate
Dave Dix posed a number of good questions regarding the security of the
Central Library's collections. Please be assured that the Library staff
takes its responsibility to protect library materials very seriously. As
you know, the Central Library does have security gates and staff in place to
ch
'bout time!!!
How about on W. Broadway and the River. Broadway Pizza Can charge me $40.00
for a pizza. Tony Jaro's can charge me $6.00 for a "Greeny".Close
access to I-94, River view. Few homeowners to complain (Sorry Fran
Guminga). This will accelerate residential renewal on the river.
David, This is a great idea. Of course, dragging the infield will be
hazardous duty.
Clark Griffith
7th Ward, site of many ball/dog parks.
Posted as a public service:
Supporters of the Vote YES 4Kids referendum will be out in force this
Friday and Saturday, October 20th and 21st raking lawns and building
support for this Novembers school referendum.
Volunteers, along with students from Minneapolis Public schools who will
be
earning
Here's a modest proposal to make it fly, Andrew:
The most important thing is the name: Not Nicollet Field. Not King Field
(wink, wink). Not even The Ballpark At Phillips.
No, it must be called Dog Park.
Every neighborhood has dog owners, but no one wants to cede park space for
their dogs. So we
I have talked to library staff several times about theft ,vandalism and
unreturned material at the Central library.
I was consistently given estimates of 10% of the collection being lost
each year as a result these behaviors. Won't opening the stacks make this
situation much worse? The only w
This morning I responded to one of Lisa McDonald's questions; having spoken
with the Mary Lawson, the Library Director, I think I can now answer the
second.
One of the reasons to rebuild the Central Library is to make more of the
collection accessible to the public. Today, only about 15% is on p
Allow me to use R.T. Rybaks query about the lack of a Park Board referendum
to segue to a discussion of the Park Board in its current form. Why, with
all the previous discussion of the charter reform, has no one brought up the
Park Board?
Last nights WCCO piece on the delayed openings of
If the list is finally recovering from yet another bout of "Ballpark fatigue", I offer
this up..
As a member of this Ballpark Committee, I bring to the list's attention the article in
today's Strib and a little backgrouond information from last night.
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine
Financial issues and bond ratings are Minneapolis issues. Therefore, I
hope that the List Manager will permit the following cautionary tale
about Indianapolis excerpted from a recent issue of The Bond Buyer:
"Citing shortfalls in the city budget and in the police and firefighter
pension fund,
At 04:34 PM 10/17/00 -0500, McDonald, Lisa M wrote:
>Two questions I would like answered on the referendum. If indeed having all
>these books accessible means less librarian time inolved in finding them,
>will we be able to make some staff adjustments, ie. less staff or will we be
>able to extend
Eric Riese never has trouble parking in the central library's little lot.
I rarely find on-street parking within three blocks, whether on weekdays
or on Saturdays. I can park in the lot once out of every 30 visits. There
is usually a car or two waiting for a space to open up. I am usually
with
CAn anyone help???
A mature, professional working woman is seeking a one bedroom apartment,
basement space, room in a house, mother-in-law's apartment by Nov. 1 for
$500 or less, preferably in south Minneapolis but can be whole city.
Anyone on this e-list got any leads - with the housing crisi
Lisa McDonald raises two excellent questions. I'll try to answer one (about
computers), and leave the other to the library administration.
I'm in 100% agreement that simply making more computers available is not
enough, or at least not enough for everyone. Most of us struggled when we
first tri
A number of questions have been posed in the last few days about the
downtown library project and the associated referendum. Many of the
answers can be found in the several dozen articles the Star Tribune
has published on this topic in the last two years. These are
available online for free * at
Wizard & Russ - I've seen the info piece that the Minneapolis Public Library
will soon send out. According to it, the tax bite from years 5-30 (when the
tax is on fully) is the following:
Ward 8 Median Home Value: $87,000 Tax: $49.34 per year (Wizard's ward, I
think)
Ward 9 Median Home Value: $89
I hope someone can answer Russell Peterson's first question, I'd like to know the tax
bite from building the new library.
As to his second question, the notion of merging Hennepin County and Minneapolis
Public libraries has been discussed for years. The conclusion seems to be that
Minneapolis lib
attended the northeast forum last night hosted by the
northeast business association. it was a great
opportunity to talk to my neighbors, and two points
were made in almost every conversation.
1. the artists are here. the forum had workshops
hosted by local artists, and many businesses
represe
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