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Minneapolis 2040 Website Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Comment Number Topic Comment Timestamp 1 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ great. The policy does not really make clear how parking requirements will be eased to encourage more non-car use of businesses. 3/27/2018 15:45 2 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Could the city make provisions for live/work ADUs or other type of home businesses with smaller visitors/customers? 3/28/2018 4:26 3 Why not allow more mixed use by right along all transit corridors? 3/28/2018 4:26 Apparently there is a requlation on the number of liquor stores that a grocery store chain can operate in the city. I think this should be 4 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ revised. 3/28/2018 4:30 I'm not sure where exactly this fits, but it would be nice if the city were to find a way to allow/encourage smaller commercial spaces as well as bigger ones. It seems like a lot of newer mixed use buildings have really big commercial spaces in them that can be hard for a small business to afford. The most dynamic spaces are often in smaller footprints in older buildings. If we allow older buildings to be redeveloped into large mixed-use buildings, we should try to ensure that these new buildings allow local small business owners a chance to stay in the 5 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ area. 4/16/2018 19:24 Everyone needs a full service grocery and hardware store nearby. However it is not possible for everyone to walk or take public transportation to work. My daughter used to walk to work, but her company merged and moved out beyond the suburbs, while her husbands work was in the other direction. The other daughter takes public transportation to multiple jobs while her husband commutes to another 6 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ town. 4/21/2018 18:18 More density and more amenities please. This looks great! Let's become a real city, not what a Minnpost author stated in the past, Minneapolis reminds me of a 100 year old suburb in New Jersey. Let's be the new Denver, the new Portland, the new Austin. Someplace where people are like, gosh, I should live in Minneapolis. That is is so 7 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ cool! 5/7/2018 20:53 8 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Don't understand exactly what is being proposed here 5/12/2018 2:17 How will you ensure that rent for commercial spaces in areas with high densities will remain low enough to support small businesses (most of 9 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ which may be specialty businesses) so that they are able to stay in business? 5/14/2018 19:26 10 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Excellent ideas. I think that the City should work hard to bring a vibrant retail environment into the downtown core. It lacks it now! 5/22/2018 21:35 There needs to be credits and or incentives for locally owned and small businesses to be installed in new commercial developments. Many 11 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ times the rent from large property management companies is exorbitantly high as to be cost prohibitive except for large chain businesses. 5/31/2018 11:23 Mixed commercial is a great idea however don’t underestimate the need for a car in extreme cold with snow and ice. 12 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Plans to simply not allow access for cars, parking and repair shops is shortsighted. 6/3/2018 19:20 I agree with everything in this policy. Higher density all around, to actually provide enough people within walking distance of local businesses to support them staying open, is key. Having small-scale mixed-use buildings would work great in neighborhood interiors at transit stops, and mid-rise mixed-use along corridors. Buildings should be oriented to the sidewalk, and either have no off-street parking, or have parking tucked behind the building. I think it's very important to have a variety of small businesses inside neighborhoods, so enable car-free living. You can paint as many bike lanes as you want, you're only going to be able to get so many people biking, unless you allow useful destinations within a short, practical distance to where people live. Same goes for walking. We have sidewalks, but most people can't use them to get groceries, simply because 13 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ the nearest grocery store is just too far away to walk easily. 6/6/2018 2:32 I like the idea of complete neighborhoods with walkability. Where I see a huge opportunity for completing neighborhoods and growth is over in the Northside. I live in Folwell neighborhood (near Humboldt and dowling.) From what I can see, the availability of business to walk/bike to, as well as proper/safer pedestrian and biking spaces are far lacking compared to other places in the city. North is a beautiful area with historic homes, many large parks and a population eager for the same amenities and opportunities provided on South Mpls or other neighborhoods that seem to have historically received more attention and/or funding. 14 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Thank you. 6/12/2018 13:08 Online Comments Received as of 6/22/18 Minneapolis 2040 Website Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Dear City, Get out of the way of business. Trade should be as free as people demanding a product and someone providing it at a price the consumers will agree to pay. The city doesn't need to step in unless an act of fraud, force, or coercion occurs. Get out of the way. Don't be a barrier to 15 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ economic improvement and trade. 6/20/2018 18:18 This is perhaps my favorite policy on this plan. It is fantastic! Increasing walk-ability/bike-ability throughout the city will make this city such an 16 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ amazing place to live! 6/21/2018 5:07 Please allow the large commercial marked buildings in NE Minneapolis to remain commercial. Several of these are used as art production buildings. These should remain used for art production. Tax benefits should be given to the owners to keep the owners from selling out. Maybe mark the buildings as historic and significant to the arts community. The arts community NEEDS to have the space to produce art. College and University accreditation requirements require that art is offered. Artists do graduate and after working out of their home, they 17 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ grow to need the space. Business is not brisk, but it's consistent. We cannot work out of a house anymore. 6/22/2018 15:23 18 /policies/access-to-commercial-goods-and-services/ Access to the studio requires HAULING art supplies and materials. This cannot be done on a bike. 6/22/2018 15:29 19 /policies/access-to-employment/ Increase access to infant and toddler childcare. 3/23/2018 17:13 20 /policies/access-to-employment/ Sounds good. perhaps clarify point d. to explain what "grow within their existing footprint" means. Upward? 3/27/2018 15:40 I just want to write in to support this part of the plan. Anything the city can do to discourage employers from locating jobs in far-flung, not- transit-connected suburban spaces seems like a good idea. Obviously this isn't always possible for large-footprint industrial uses, but for 21 /policies/access-to-employment/ offices and services, there's no reason not to be near a transit node in Mpls. 4/16/2018 19:27 We need to give local transit routes that serve job centers, especially downtown, more priority and greater frequency on our city streets. We should have more bus-only lanes (both 24 hour bus-only and peak-time bus-only) on streets like Hennepin and Central. For transit to be a 22 /policies/access-to-employment/ viable option for more people, buses cannot be held up by single-occupancy (or possible future zero occupancy) vehicles. 5/10/2018 16:59 Why is the focus outside of the downtown area only applicable to "non-production" jobs currently served by public transportation since MN 23 /policies/access-to-employment/ is primarily an agriculture state with limited transit options in those ag areas. 5/14/2018 12:54 Action step (a) is particularly important. We are running out of undeveloped land downtown, and we should be requiring new development to be significant in scope. Likewise, new development in areas like Lake Street (near where I live) should be dense, with mixed commercial- 24 /policies/access-to-employment/ residential uses. 5/21/2018 1:18 Minimum wage laws, insane regulations and high taxes continue to drive business out of Minneapolis. Your projections seem unlikely. More 25 /policies/access-to-employment/ than likely you will need to convert office space downtown to housing. 5/26/2018 2:20 I definitely agree with having minimum development densitites downtown, where land needs to be utilized as efficiently as possible. As far as outside downtown, I would love to see more opportunities for small businesses and offices to find a place in our neighborhoods.

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