Rework the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

Not well thought out plan

I oppose the Minneapolis 2040 plan. This will not create the city in which I want to live. I think other options must be explored. This plan gives free rein to developers. They will benefit, prices will remain un-affordable, and quality of life will disintegrate. This plan will ruin existing neighborhoods and yet not accomplish density goals. This plan does not have my support.

If you want people who have lived in Minneapolis their entire lives, or have chosen to move into Mpls and invest in the public school system, neighborhoods, etc, to move to Edina, move forward with this idea. Seems like this is a plan to push those who have worked hard to invest in Mpls out, with those who have not yet. As with every major metropolitan area, with demand, price increases. Basic economics to me. Don’t start destroying beautiful S minneapolis.

We love this city let’s make sure it stays the best city ever!

I vote NO

Yes, to affordable housing in Minneapolis, but involve citizens and neighborhood organizations in discern process and planning. Hold elected to account given none of them talked about the 2040 plan during campaign. The 2040 plan has great implications for current residents and the future livability of Minneapolis.

The key driver for my support of this petition is that 2040 needs to be reworked . Understanding the need to address "social goals" I feel it will impact our neighborhood disproportionately with the largest benefits going to developers and banks. 2040 needs to be reworked!

With minimal discussion from the city council about the true impact this type of construction will do to existing neighborhoods I absolutely oppose the 2040 plan.

The 2040 plan is way too radical and does not address the very real problem of housing affordability in an effective way. My brother lives in Seattle, and I have seen how the upzoning has damaged neighborhoods without doing anything to increase affordability of houses. This will put neighborhoods at the mercy of developers. Problems exist and need to be planned for, but this plan is not the way

I have lived in this neighbourhood for over 30 years and I intend to live through my old age here. It is a wonderful area and it would be a travesty to have 4 plexes or 6 plexes dot the landscape. This is a terrible idea!

I think the plan, as currently written, will destroy what we love about our city and does not accomplish what it set out to do, create more affordable housing.

There should be more thoughtful consideration of all the elements of this plan. There should be discussion of building new structures that reflect the character of the neighborhood and street it will be on rather than the one design that fits all currently going up in the city. Rent at any multi unit in any neighborhood will reflect that neighborhood’s market rate—not necessarily affordable housing. Residents of this city should have been involved from the beginning—we should have been actors not reactors.

I’m in total agreement with this!!

I oppose the rezoning of single family home neighborhoods that would encourage even more tear downs and even larger developments. My Fulton neighborhood is much less diverse with the tear down epidemic, excluding new buyers and small, young families when it was a well kept diverse neighborhood. Adding large, expensive multi-plexes will not improve availability, affordability, or diversity.

This needs to be considered carefully to all concerns stated by the many residents. The city’s future is at stake.

The Met Council needs elected officials not appointees. They need to be reined in!

I am pro density, and realize how vibrant NYC is with high density, but that does NOT mean the same formula can be applied in every city and every nbhd. Please rethink this plan with nbhd. involvement. I'll be ashes by the time it's enacted, and our children don't live here, so it won't have a direct impact on me, but it will drastically alter the adopted city I love.

I am wholeheartedly against this plan as it stands. My neighborhood has already been hit hard by developers taking over lots and building home (single and multi family) that do not fit the charm or characteristics. I also believe that the plan to reduce main thoroughfares like Hennepin will only expound the traffic problems we have in the city. People are just not going to be willing to bike or take the bus when it is snowing or 10below zero. The plan is flawed and skewed to benefit developers not residents.

I agree with these comments so well articulated by another Minneapolitan: "This plan will not create a Minneapolis that works for everyone. It will create much more of what we’ve already seen--teardowns, expensive Oversized new apartments/condos, and more and more people and traffic in a city that has already taken on more than its fair share to accommodate the density goals of the Met Council. But for the people who want to make money off of speculative real estate developments--it will never be enough. There is no way this will create more “affordable“ housing. Trickle down didn’t work during the Reagan era and it won’t work now. I love Minneapolis. But this plan will turn it into something unrecognizable and Unlivable. "

There are no policies in this plan that directly deals with affordable housing - only carte blanc to developers to raze intact neighborhoods