Moving all flood plain housing
From:
Pat Byrne
Date:
Jul 05 20:18 UTC
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The Centrex site is no longer in the flood plain. However it will flood
eventually, and more often than stated, and indeed lacks appeal that a
functioning multi use community could have had.
However the Tilsner building also isn't in a flood plain, but should be, (as
well as the areas along Kellogg), and has flooded during the last 15 years.
As for the barge cleaning business, I think if St. Paul wants a class act
along the river that does bring a mixed used as well as, you know, people,
they are going to have to find a way to blend the industrial site look into
something else. I feel Minneapolis has been able to do this along their
river front thru downtown (and upstream and downstream), but we haven't been
able to. Yes it will cost more, but I also don't think the area's real
potential will be realized until that site and similar sites are moved
elsewhere (or adapted)
Its odd to see the river valley look so desert like (no people, little joy).
-----Original Message-----
From: M Charles Swope [mailto:mcswope@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:13 PM
To: St. Paul Issues Forum; Grace Kelly (nicknamed Kelly)
Subject: Re: [SPIF] Moving all flood plain housing
But Kelly, if you moved people off the floodplain, how would you pay off all
the TIF bonds that support all the subsidized housing the city just built on
the floodplain? I refer, of course, to the odious Centex development along
Shepard road.
Charles Swope
Ramsey Hill, Ward 2, St. Paul
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