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1 Minneapolis2040.Com | Emailed Comments Received As of 6/22/18 Minneapolis 2040 Emailed Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Minneapolis 2040 Emailed Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Respondent Date of Topic Comment Comment 1 3/23/18 Content “The one issue I have heard the most frequently from Camden community members was easily “problem properties,” (most often) rental properties with chronic criminal activity on the premises, which lowers safety and livability of whole blocks. While I frequently hear from both homeowners and renters impacted by this issue, I have seen how it has continued to put a significant strain on the relationship between homeowners and renters in our community due to increased negative perception of and frustration at renters.” Lifetime Ward 4 resident. Recently a house on my block has become a rental property / “hotel." Mind you, the block it’s on has 3 houses on it and it is the smallest one (Building area plus basement 1856) on the block in a low density neighborhood. His rental property now has 3 SUV’s, 2 cars and a boat at the property. 1 SUV is parked in the driveway while 4 vehicles park on the street. Now you want to include multi-family buildings in neighborhoods????? Single family? rental houses are already multi-family buildings; you just want to make them bigger with even more vehicles and parking issues—along with issues stated above. This, along with Bike lanes, is one of the WORST polices this city can do! Way Way too much social engineering destroying the quality of life in this city! 2 3/23/18 Content I am trying to understand the difference between the two maps. My address (3733 – 42nd Ave S) yields: Proposed Future Land Use as Urban Neighborhood and Proposed Built Form as Corridor 4. 1. What is the difference between the two maps? On rereading I really can’t figure it out. 2. Please don’t use such analogous color schemes – contrasting colors are much easier. I believe it’s on the Built Form map the colors are close and do not match up at all with the color rectangle of the descriptions above. Thank you! 3 3/23/18 Content I do not support building a four plex anywhere people want to. Thank you. 4 3/23/18 Content, The plan will turn Minneapolis into a Detroit. It focuses on blaming planning society for the ills of the individual and repeats the mistakes of LBJ's process Great Society and War on Poverty. I know that even before you get started I will probably have moved out of the city that can't provided the basic services but fans the class-warfare that shouldn't exist at all. Quit while you are ahead---forget who everyone identifies as and where they came from and focus on individual responsibility and the goal of the Founding Fathers for the Country as listed out in the Common Sense 1 Minneapolis2040.com | Emailed Comments Received as of 6/22/18 Minneapolis 2040 Emailed Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) pamphlets and other writings that explained the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the citizens of the Republic. You of course will not listen to anyone who thinks the concepts are horrid, but if I don't say my piece I won't be at peace. 5 3/23/18 Content Where is education in your 2040 plan?? 6 3/24/18 Content Minneapolis must address the broken public education system. Unsustainable budget deficits for the last 5 years, the average high school building on the south side is over 90 years old, incompetent leadership on the board and in the administration. Now we are facing draconian cuts at Washburn and Patrick Henry while the student population grows. This is crazy and we will lose families as a result. If you want to grow the city you must address the failing public educational system. New leadership and oversight is critical. We must rethink how school board members are selected and find experienced leadership to develop a strategic plan to provide every student in the city with a high quality education. 7 3/24/18 Content I live in the senior building called Nokomis Square at 5015 35 Ave. When I was married in 1979 we lived on 5221 36th Ave. Nokomis are of Mpls. is not a big money place. The airport noise is a negative although it is better now than it was in 1979. The small houses are the norm in this community <1000 sq feet is normal. This makes them affordable and really easy to run them into the ground. We have a lot of drugs in the neighborhood now. There is a special blight around 36th and Hwy 62. The crime rate has gone up and I believe some is coming from that area. I am still working and have been panhandled many time at 6:00 AM at the Super Americal on 34th Ave and 51th Street. These patrons are pretty strung out. We have had multiple armed robberies this year. I have seen a mother bring her kids in at 6:00 AM and purchase chips w melted cheese, salsa and soda for breakfast for her 4 kids. She is trying to make it work. My concerns is that the area could be in trouble. The Falls and the park land around it is a wonderful place as is Nokomis lake and associated parks. We are loosing Hiawatha Golf course. We see very few police in our hood. Park police a bit more often. That helps. The woods could turn into a very scary place in the future.... Us seniors may choose to be else ware.... We need customers for our only local grocer. It rivals Byerly's and others but for.... 2 Minneapolis2040.com | Emailed Comments Received as of 6/22/18 Minneapolis 2040 Emailed Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Super America's problems recent were threatened by the city to revolt there license if the issues persist. That could become a really nasty trend. This area has a lot of history. It would be a shame for the larger Minneapolis community to have this neighborhood become a slum. I have no problem with minorities living here and anticipate that we will have more ethnic diversity in our building soon. It can be a wonderful thing. It won't happen if the neighbor hood falls apart. Any efforts to bring the community together is a great thing. The cost to live here is a great plus for families, but only if the community stays politically active for it's self. 8 3/25/18 Content, Hi Andrew, I found out from Nextdoor Standish that the zoning for my planning home is proposed to change to 'Corridor Mixed Use'. I am very concerned process that my home will suddenly become non conforming zoning and will only be good for tearing down for a development. Am I losing all of my equity? Why are we not being notified about this change? It is one thing to loosen up zoning to allow additional building types, it is quite another to change zoning completely. We keep hearing 'no one will be forced' but this type of change would remove options for me. The Minneapolis 2040 website has lots of goals and aims but I could not find an answer to my questions. 9 3/25/18 Content I am writing to express my opposition to the current proposal for fourplex zoning. I have two specific concerns: 1) the need for appropriate design standards to mitigate the negative effects of increased density and 2) the likelihood of a proliferation of poorly managed and maintained absentee landlord rental units. With a background in Urban Planning, I do not believe that increased density necessarily diminishes the quality of life in single-family neighborhoods provided that appropriate design standards are required. I am concerned that the current proposal requires no off-street parking and does not address requiring setbacks consistent with existing single- family homes. Fourplexes should not be a large, plain box, but should have the architectural trim and façade variations common among existing older homes. My primary concern, however, is that the new fourplex units will be attractive investments for non-professional absentee landlords. Let me be clear - I am not opposed to rental housing. We have a large apartment development two blocks away and a public housing unit across the alley. Both are well-managed and cause no problems for neighbors. We likely have many additional single-family rentals in the neighborhood of which I am unaware because they cause no problems. Having lived adjacent to an absentee-landlord owned, problem property for years, however, I know the detrimental effect that these properties have on a neighborhood. 3 Minneapolis2040.com | Emailed Comments Received as of 6/22/18 Minneapolis 2040 Emailed Comments (Phase 5: 3/22/18 - 6/22/18) Large rental developments (200+ units) tend to attract institutional investors which use professional management to maintain the investment. Smaller apartment complexes do not have the monopoly of scale to attract institutional investors, and are more commonly owned by independent investors. Minneapolis has a long and troubled history with absentee landlords. Although having an on-site owner/landlord would solve many problems, I doubt than can be legally required, and I am certain it would be impossible to enforce over time. In short, before further consideration of the fourplex proposal, Minneapolis should demonstrate that it has the ability and willingness to effectively address code enforcement and nuisance issues that affect quality of life and neighborhood stability.
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