Rework the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

THIS IS SO WRONG!!! Plenty of empty commercial space to build multi family housing. Please do not disrupt our single family home neighborhoods!

I disagree with the 2040 plan.

Stop the 2040 plan.

Windom Park spoke out loud and clear that we don't want our neighborhoods rezoned to multi-family. Listen to us.

This plan does not guarantee developers will build low income housing.

I do NOT support this proposal - it needs major overhaul before it can even be considered as a plan. Instead of ripping up this city and doing irreparable damage to neighborhoods and areas that are special and individual for what they are, consider them as individual areas and don’t approach all with a “one size fits all” plan. • Some areas of the city are already overpopulated/overdeveloped and traffic is congested. • Some of these areas are also some of the reasons we live here – the lakes area, for example. • Find a smarter way to approach development vs. considering every part of the city as the same - an opportunity for development and profit for the city and developers. • Maybe apply a recycling sensibility – reduce and resue. Density is good in the right areas and for the right reasons - there was a good article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on 7/21 that addressed this angle. • Consider developing undeveloped, underdeveloped, and under used declining properties (K-Mart on Lake Street, for example). • Clean up waste sites and use those. • Did the city ever get North Minneapolis back on track after the tornado a few years ago? Fix what is broken first. Some of the statements in your plan sound more idealistic vs. realistic. Minneapolis isn’t going to fix the pollution issue alone. Not everyone is able to ride a bike or wants to ride a bike everywhere. You also mention affordability and diversity for all. Not all areas of the city will be “affordable” - what is affordable to one won’t be affordable to another. Rental and home owner costs continue to rise, and most probably will in the future. Taxes will most likely increase because of the density. This plan won't promote affordability or diversity as it claims.

Please do not remake our city into Chicago or NYC, if that is what you like, please move your family there!

The 2040 plan gives our City over to developers, with virtually no accountability to citizens. We need to know what if any, system of regulations and fees are currently in place or what new such regulation is anticipated. In order to mitigate the broad de-regulation (up-zoning) of development outlined in the proposed plan, the Mayor and Council need to establish a balance between developer and communities/neighborhoods. In order to reduce the economic burden that new development can place on existing tax payers, developers should be responsible for infrastructure improvements (roads, water, open spaces). Such impact fees would force developers into dialog with communities. Please address the question regarding legal regulations and fees currently established for developers.

Consider using the 20% vacancy rate of commercial real estate throughout Mpls as possibilites of high density housing, not creating new housing by bulldozing single family homes. What could be a greener solution? Recycle.

The plan is regressive not progressive.

I have been a Minneapolis homeowner, taxpayer, and registered voter for thirty-five years. I strongly oppose your plan and respectfully ask that you do not move forward with it. Just say NO. Thank you.

The plan in its current form will not achieve the goal of affordable housing. Small homes will be torn down and replaced with more expensive housing. Affordable housing has to mandated.

After sitting through a couple of community events, it became clear that the outcome of the plan would not meet the stated goals. In addition, the plan has such sweeping changes, that by the time the negative impact of the unintended consequences is realized, it will be too late.

I support and advocate the rework of this bill.

We love owning a home in historic Linden Hills and don’t want to see our neighborhoods torn down. I appreciate the city council reviewing their proposal & focusing on real ways to achieve the stated objectives. Thanks for listening to the current residents!

Where to start?... VOTE NO ON THIS FLAWED PROCESS. Having a certification in Six Sigma process planning leaves me tearing my hair out regarding the way 2040 plan has been developed. Having taken place in a vacuum, the 2040 plan is being justified under the guise of being a comprehensive goal developed after speaking with “thousands of residents over two years”. This is patently false. This process has not been publicized, apparently was developed under a targeted focus group agenda and was developed around the premise that the 2040 plan should be a “goal” for all as opposed to dealing with existing economic and demographic realities of the city. This process represents incompetence at its core. Vote NO until this process will become representative of all constituents and residents. Your City Council seat will depend on it for the next election.

Not for the new city proposal!

Minneapolis should learn from other cities' mistakes, not repeat them.

keep mpls the same no new developments put people before plans

The 2040 plan moves one of Minneapolis' most beloved experiences (enjoying the city chain of lakes) toward a Miami style experience that erodes the character of our city. Rich or poor we rely on our natural spaces to decompress from urban living - see people of all types walking and riding around the lakes and consider the impact urbanization of this area will have on this experience (less parking, less relaxation, less experience of nature, reduced water quality). More and more we need to protect these spaces, not exploit them.