Rework the Minneapolis 2040 Plan

Upzoning is damaging to homeowners and neighborhoods, is a handout to developers and irreversibly changes the city in many negative ways without solving the issues the plan aims to fix.

Some of the 2040 plan is good but much of it needs to be reworked. This is redlining in a whole new manner. It is not enough to create affordable rental housing, naturally occurring affordable housing needs to be maintained and affordable homes need to be maintained.

This would create a developers' Wild West in our neighborhoods. It is a developer scam to capitalize on the housing shortage. Minneapolis is not for sale!

I strongly oppose the 2040 Plan.

This plan insults the intelligence of Minneapolis residents. That it facilitates affordable housing is disappointingly misleading.

When I (belatedly) learned of MPLS 2040, I felt obligated to dig into a bunch of old texts and studies to become somewhat coversant with the issues involved. One of the most useful things I learned was that the Twin Cities did a generally better job at "urban renewal" than a lot of other metro areas because it consistently incorporated a strong neighborhood component within the planning process. So what's with this top-down, one-size fits-all plan? Did anybody in the 2040 Plan group do any homework? The same question for the mayor and city council. Revive the NRP to tackle this very complex issue, and at least some of the current set of MPLS public officials might get to serve another term....

Density does not create affordability in housing. Look at what has happened to Uptown over the past 25 years... a huge increase in density and sky high rents!

We are already affected by mega houses and tear-downs that we can't do anything about, despite our repeated attempts. Now the city is proposing to do the same thing and further change the homes and neighborhoods many of us bought into. Where do our voices get heard? Where do we get a say on where we live and what we want? Isn't it our money that is paying the ever increasing taxes?

Residents have a right to know more about the plan and the opportunity to provide input. Neither of these have been adequately offered.

I am already seeing a large tax increase due to the numerous new homes being built in my neighborhood. While I like that older homes in disrepair are being addressed I also fear being taxed out of my own home that I have fought to hold onto during all of the recent economic issues. I DO NOT support the plan!!!

Re: Minneapolis 2040 Plan THE OPENING STATEMENT IN THE 2040 PLAN: “Over the past two years, the people of Minneapolis have told us a lot about their vision and hopes for the future of our city. A main theme we heard is that as the city grows, everyone must benefit from that growth. Historically, not everyone has. This draft plan is one opportunity to undo barriers and overcome inequities created by a history of policies in our city that have prevented equitable access to housing, jobs, and investments.” NOTE: Not “everyone” will benefit from the policies in the 2040 Plan, because the stated purpose of the 2040 Plan, which is repeated in goal after goal, is to help “communities of color and indigenous and low-income communities,” not to protect and improve the vitality and economy of the city itself. The fact is, the plan will impose damages on some while helping others. And although most people in Minneapolis will support a plan to help “communities of color and indigenous and low-income communities,” if that is the objective, then the plan’s policies and actions should help reach those goals. They do not. The problem is, the policies, most of which are repetitions of previously failed actions, will not help communities of color, indigenous and low-income communities, current home owners, or the future economy of the city. For example, there is the repeated and misleading policy or goal of “affordable and accessible housing.” It is misleading, because the fact is, every house in Minneapolis is affordable to someone. The problem is not a lack of affordable housing, but a lack of housing that is affordable to low-and even middle-income families. No one is concerned about those who can afford a million dollar house, but not a four million dollar house. And attacking zoning by claiming zoning is a racist policy will not make housing more affordable to those the plan promises to help. A better solution is to increase incomes and reduce or elim

Who is responsible for this undeniably bad plan. I cant believe this is even a topic of discussion. There is a total need of review and revamp, adjusted to develop prosperous future for MPLS.

Affordable housing is a matter of urgency in our city, but this plan will not address real needs of the people who need it. Rents that reflect "what the market will bear" will result in more expensive and upscale (and unaffordable) units like the ones that are sprouting all over Uptown.

I strongly oppose your plan and am shocked at the lack of concern for our city.

We strongly oppose the current 2040 plan.

As a homeowner and resident of Southwest Minneapolis I am incensed that our elected officials would have so little common sense and be unable to see the natural consequences of the actions they are contemplating. This plan will increase density by putting a bullseye on any smaller / affordable homes in the neighborhood. Developers will be enriched building luxury condos and apartments, and any dream that a First time homebuyer has of living in this neighborhood will disappear. This density will come at the expense of livability as streets are clogged with cars with no where to park, an already fragile infrastructure is stressed beyond its limits, schools, which have no plans to increase capacity and already have waiting lists are stretched to the limit, and congestion makes this part of the city less livable than it is today. NO AFFORDABLE housing is created - as mentioned earlier it is destroyed. Eventually people with the means to flee do, creating a hole in the tax base that can only be filled by ever increasing density. This plan will DESTROY our neighborhood and destroy an investment in my house that I have worked my entire life to build. It is poorly though out and sure to be as poorly executed or worse. You may think that you can ram this through but we will fight you every step of the way in the courts, at the ballot box, and in the public arena. Rather than doing something constructive and actually figuring out how to address the real issues in the city you choose to hoist this absolutely I’ll conceived plan with clear alterior motives to satisfy special interests that will destroy rather build up our neighborhoods. In the process you are already putting neighbor against neighbor and ripping the fabric of this neighborhood apart. We will not forget at election time.

I oppose the 2040 development plan for Minneapolis. I believe this plan would primarily benefit developers, and would not greatly help with affordable housing. There are inadequate plans for traffic and parking at this density, and remember, the population is aging and folks are unable to use public transportation effectively if they cannot walk/stand/balance well. The density is too much for so many areas. You should pick a few major streets for development with better parking and traffic flow plans. Right now my block would go from single family homes to 3 story apartment buildings. The entire character of entire neighborhoods would be eliminated. It would become Chicago...I do not want to live in Chicago and I do not want to see Minneapolis become this densely built.

Too much density with little thought to livability. Despite the goal of fewer cars most still have them, even if they bike or train to work. New development needs parking.

I am retired and I am being taxed out of my neighborhood. Instead of letting developers raze my house for an apartment building, how can a different plan help seniors stay in their homes? And give up my car? Every friend I know who bike as transportation has had an accident. My boss broke his shoulder and pelvis and was out of work for 2 months. When I drive to a homeless center each week where I volunteer, I drive down Park and see bumper to.bumper cars, and only one bike. Same for the way home on Portland. When parking is taken away from businesses, we will go elsewhere.

This plan totally disregards homeowners who have made major investments to live in Minneapolis and keep it a wonderful place for families. Furthermore, it won't achieve the plan's stated goals . It also doesn't in any way take into account how the public schools fit into the overall vision of the city. I realize the city doesn't control the schools, but a plan with this amount of radical residential change should at least consider how it would impact the schools.