Rework the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

let's keep our city interesting & affordable

I like my old house and neighborhood just the way it is. That is why I live here. I do not agree with the Minneapolis 2040 plan.

We should beware of extremism & controlism. Some people want to control our borders and our bodies. Other people want to control our neighborhoods and way of life. Shame on both!

Minneapolis far left liberals will destroy this city. It will be like the white flight Detroit experienced with no one let to pay the taxes.

Ms Worthington, A Mpls resident asked you at the ward 10 meeting how many rental units and fourplexes the city will need to meet the 40,000 new residents with the expected population growth. Your answer, "I don't know that answer. We have not done any data analysis on that." REALLY Heather? If you are proposing a density plan as radical as this one, I think there Should. Be. Analytics. Done. No. Exceptions!!! Mayor Frey, This is not acceptable! I feel our neighbors have not been represented by you. You told us that you were for density, but you were sneaky how you added the proposed SFH new zoning in the 2040 plan and didn't include that into your campaign. You had the most votes from SW Minneapolis, so I am hoping you will listen to us and represent us with a plan that works for us and all Minneapolis neighborhoods. Ms. Worthington, please do data analysis on how many units you will need for the proposed growth before completing this plan. There are plenty of places to add density before you need to resort to taking down historical homes. CM President Bender, you stated at your meeting that your ward has 80% rental and 20% SFH and that everyone loves it, and that we will be just fine if our neighborhood turns out like that. One size fits all? Please do not take away homes in Minneapolis neighborhoods to add density. This will take away character, integrity and charm from our neighborhoods that our city planners designed way back in the early 1900's. They created different types of neighborhoods across the city because they knew ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL.

The author of The Law of Unintended Consequences foresaw the 2040 "plan". Has any city benefited from this exercise in ruining neighborhoods?

I whole-heartedly agree with every word in this petition. Our home is located in Corridor and the plan allows 6 story apartment buildings in that area. How shameful of the City to force this plan upon a well- kept, well maintained and valued neighborhood. This plan will devalue all that we have worked for. Shame, shame, shame!

This plan has not taken the citizens and business owners of Minneapolis into consideration. We live in the neighborhood, work in the city and raise our families here. This plan takes our neighborhood away.

Our neighborhood, Linden Hills offers a unique atmosphere and village feel within the city - the primary reason we chose to live and invest in the city. This plan would put this unique experience at risk.

I am against the new plan and zoning. Byrn Mawr.

Our city council is meant to represent us, but not without our input on issues. Increasing housing density with no respect for parking, roads, etc. is not responsible leadership.

I understand that we are going to have growth and I am pleased that we are trying to be thoughtful but this plan does NOT offer a path to the supposed goals, not without extraordinary disruption.

When I bought a house in Minneapolis, it was based on certain circumstances and needs. It was a contract with the city for those circumstances. With 2040, you are breaking your end of the contract. Unacceptable!

Please do not ruin our neighborhood’s unique charm, character and safe resident, family environment; sidewalks, traffic level, stop signs vs stop lights, small businesses etc. Many, many, many of the owner-occupied Bryn Mawr residences bought their properties to avoid the entanglement of densly populated high-rises, raging traffic, lack of green spaces and connection to neighbors. The beautiful, unique charm and sense of small-town community would be forever changed if major developments/developers are allowed into our neighborhood to wash away all that has been established and fought for over the years! Tearing down homes to make way for 4-plexes and high-rises would destroy our neighborhood. We want to protect our investment and not see it go down the drain.

Similar to other plans developed by bureaucrats, it always misses a main component the citizens. We don't live Boston, NYC or LA, even if our population is growing this plan makes zero sense.

I agree in principle with the general objectives, but I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH the housing, and commercial, and transportation ZONING CHANGES PROPOSED. The very fabric of neighbor/ neighborhoods and community will be irretrevably lost. I feel property taxes, municipal sewer and water rates need to be reduced, they are simply NOT affordable nor sustainable for low and middle income residents of Monneapolis.

This should never happen around our lakes. The traffic is already a mess on lake street.

Reducing disparities, providing affordable housing, and conserving our environment are very important goals. But it seems the greatest beneficiaries of the 2040 plan would be developers. Much more work needs to be done on this plan, with input from your constituents, including families who love that Mpls has neighborhoods and green space.

We really need to elect some Libertarians to the Minneapolis City Council. They would never pull anything like this on the citizenry.

This is too rushed, given the extensiveness of the proposed changes and the impact on people who made their housing investments based on existing rules. I'm opposed in its current form: too drastic and arbitrary.