Rework the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

Under the proposed 2040 plan, when a lower-cost (affordable) single family home changes hands, there will be great financial incentive to demolish and replace it with a market rate 4-plex apartments or condos. This helps developers and investors, but does nothing for families with children.

This will not accomplish the stated goals of afford ability and will only allow developers to profit and destroy the character of neighborhoods as they have already done with "monster" houses on city lots. How many of the apartment buildings in Uptown are affordable housing?

You can do better. It is citizens and small businesses that build a community, not developers, corporate interests – or local governments in many cases. Public service comes with its own way of viewing the world – thus its own set of blinders, that can subsequently give a miss guided or distorted vision and solution. This needs more direct community participation, input, and respect. When one looks at increasing health care costs, the student debt ratio of those coming up – and further changes in the types of jobs people will get, housing costs are radically out of scale with the needs of the majority of city residents. When one looks at increasing health care costs, the student debt ratio of those coming up – and further changes in the types of jobs people will get, housing costs are radically out of scale with the needs of the majority of city residents. The majority of individuals now under 30 will not be able to justify purchasing housing from those who are aging out and selling homes now 10 to 20 times more valuable than when they purchased them. And the type of housing stock being billed is not satisfying single families, no more students, nor honestly boomers Looking to downsize from the same homes. You folks can do a whole lot better than Ness, I know it. But not by yourselves.

I can’t agree more.

Residents in our SW Mpls neighborhood were caught blindsided by these proposals, which few were aware of until the past 6-8 weeks. The city may say they consulted residents over the past several years, but it doesn't seem that the polling was representative of various ages of residents, nor of various living circumstances. Polling seems to have been intentionally cursory and is therefore not valid. Residents and neighborhoods deserve to be fully involved in and have a voice for or against proposals for massive change to the city we have loved and cherished. It's no wonder that residents feel betrayed and mistrustful of our city officials.

This plan has no basis in proven experience, research -- or, even, reality. It toys recklessly with the our city's character, our quality of life and our investments in our homes. Be careful, city leaders. The mistakes you appear poised to make very likely will lead to damage that cannot be undone. Please slow down and seek strategies that could achieve the 2040 goals with steps that are based in solid research and experience rather than in wishful thinking.

totally agree with the concerns

The 2040 plan is a brilliant idea for developers... but has the potential to lay waste to our neighborhoods. 6+ story buildings in large areas of S MPLS is RIDICULOUS. Nothing else around is that big, so housing shouldn't be either.

Hello traffic? An utterly stupid plan!

Our small close knit neighborhoods are special to Mpls! Do not alter our single family home neighborhoods!

I’ve lived on East Calhoun Parkway for 4 years now. Currently, a developer wants to knock down the home I’m living in to put in high income living. Once this happens, I’ll get kicked out of this beautiful area. Please say no! I vote no!

This plan will destroy my neighborhood. The city leaders have been catering more and more to developers over the past 10 years and this plan takes it way over the top. You need to start caring about the best interests of the residents who have been paying taxes and giving more to the city on a daily basis. I have lived in Minneapolis for 33 years and in my current home for 25 years but, if this current plan goes through, it will drive me out of the city I love.

Please rework the 2040 plan. I have never felt less represented by my city government than recently. Our property taxes rise, yet there are no improvements is streets or traffic. Bike lanes and higher density are not the answer. Fourplexes do not equal affordable housing.

This proposed plan does not serve our city needs. You must rework the plan, and residents should have the opportunity to vote on the revised plan.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

This is a very ill-conceived plan which should be scrapped!

The city will not get a do-over once this is done!

I believe that affordable housing can be achieved in a less developer driven way. There is no guarantee that any of the proposed units will be "affordable". My children are all recent college graduates. They cannot afford to live in SW. They are not whining about it. They live where they can afford and are working towards what they want.

The southern half of my block will be zoned for 3 and 4 story buildings, including my house built in 1920.

Why do we get the feeling that this is going to shoved down our throats, like the public funding for the Twins and Vikings stadiums?