2011 Community Engagement Allocation
On Wednesday the City Council Ways and Means committee approved trimming $6.1
million from the proposed 2011 city budget. This recommendation includes
freezing and taking back all NRP money that is not under contract. The Seward
neighborhood was allocated a total of $457,939 and has $359,600 under contract.
The Seward neighborhood will lose $98,339. This includes $53,700 for Home
Improvement Programs and $44,639 for Commercial Development. The full City
Council will vote on this next Monday, December 13 at 6:05pm in Rm 317 of City
Hall.
Two important things to note about this proposal:
1. This proposal to address the city's budget problems was made public just
this past week and without input from neighborhood groups.
2. The cuts proposed to neighborhoods will have zero impact on people’s 2011
property taxes.
A decision that impacts so many citizens that have worked to improve our City
should not be made so quickly, and definitely should not be made without
talking to the public.
We encourage you to contact the Mayor and City Council immediately to let them
know how important neighborhoods are to Minneapolis and how important SNG’s
work is to you (contact information below).
All best,
Mike Rollin
Seward Neighborhood Group
I will also forward in another message a letter from city staff with more
details about the proposal.
R.T. Rybak (612) 673-2100
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/forms/mayor-opinion/
Ward 1 Kevin Reich (612) 673-2201 <email obscured>
Ward 2 Cam Gordon (612) 673-2202 <email obscured>
Ward 3 Diane Hofstede (612) 673-2203 <email obscured>
Ward 4 Barbara Johnson (612) 673-2204 <email obscured>
Ward 5 Don Samuels (612) 673-2205 <email obscured>
Ward 6 Robert Lilligren (612) 673-2206 <email obscured>
Ward 7 Lisa Goodman (612) 673-2207
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-goodman.asp
Ward 8 Elizabeth Glidden (612) 673-2208
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-glidden.asp
Ward 9 Gary Schiff (612) 673-2209
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-schiff.asp
Ward 10 Meg Tuthill (612) 673-2210 <email obscured>
Ward 11 John Quincy (612) 673-2211 <email obscured>
Ward 12 Sandra Colvin Roy (612) 673-2212
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-roy.asp
Ward 13 Betsy Hodges (612) 673-2213
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-hodges.asp