109 Duplicate Postcards received via US Mail. 109 Duplicate Postcards received via US Mail. From: [email protected] To: Neighborhoods 2020 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Neighborhood funding Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:02:49 PM Hello I heard from my neighborhood association today that their funding is apt to get cut by two-thirds! No doubt the City has incurred more than normal expense this year, but cutting neighborhoods is a terrible way to do it. My association is excellent at keeping us informed of looming events and issues. And it is a wonderful way of connecting neighbors. Let the neighborhoods share some of the budget pain, but do not try to balance the budget on the neighborhood’s back. Al Giesen 45 E Minnehaha Parkway [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Weinmann, Karlee To: Neighborhoods 2020 Subject: FW: Neighborhood Association funding Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:53:11 AM Good morning, Please add the below comments received by Council Member Schroeder to the public record on Neighborhoods 2020. Thanks, Karlee Karlee Weinmann Policy Aide Council Member Jeremy Schroeder, Ward 11 City of Minneapolis – City Council 350 S. Fifth St. -- Room 307 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Office: (612) 673-2211 Cell: (612) 240-2129 [email protected] she/her/hers Subscribe to the Ward 11 email newsletter here. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:19 PM To: Schroeder, Jeremy <[email protected]> Subject: Neighborhood Association funding Hello Jeremy I heard from my Tangletown Neighborhood Association that their funding is apt to get cut by two- thirds! No doubt the City has incurred more than normal expense this year, but cutting neighborhoods is a terrible way to do it. It will essentially mute the local voice. While your informative newsletters are helpful – they are not everything residents need to know. My association is excellent at keeping us informed of looming events and issues. And it is also a wonderful way of connecting neighbors. Case in point – it was the Association that first brought the Park Board’s plan about the limiting access to the Parkway to my attention. Whether or not you agree with me on that issue, there are plenty of your constituents who were pleased that I found out and pulled together with others to protect their interests. Let the neighborhoods share some of the budget pain, but please do not try to balance the budget on the neighborhood’s back. The practical effect of that would be the Council stifling community input. (I know at least some Council members would prefer that based on the sneaky way 2040 gathered momentum with limited community knowledge about the magnitude of the change.) Al Giesen 45 E Minnehaha Parkway From: Alice Lubeck To: Neighborhoods 2020 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Comment on Neighborhoods 2020 Date: Sunday, September 27, 2020 3:08:33 PM To whom it may concern, It has come to my attention that many Southside neighborhood organizations face a drastic cut in funding with the Neighborhoods 2020 Program Guidelines. I ask that you revise the guidelines and keep funding at the current level with any adjustments needed for inflation. It is vital that neighborhood organizations be able to maintain their current funding to foster vitality and connectedness within the neighborhoods. I live in the Corcoran neighborhood, and just moved to Minneapolis two years ago. The events and discussions the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization put on helped me connect to my community in a way no other organization could have. Thank you, Alice -- Alice Lubeck she/her/hers M.S. Resource Conservation cell: 605-940-2385 [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Alina Trukhina To: Neighborhoods 2020 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Neighborhoods 2020 public comment Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:20:03 PM Hi, I wanted to make a comment for the neighborhood association funding changes proposed. The equitable funding proposal is a great one, and would really help the neighborhoods that need it most. Please, I encourage the council to pass this plan. I was surprised that council Members Anderea Jenkins and Cam Gordon voted against it. I live in Midtown Phillips, and there are many things that this could fund that other neighborhoods do not need. Sharps containers program, for example, so that people doing drugs outside don't throw their used needles everywhere. I got stabbed with one while gardening in the back yard. How about some grants for community gardens? Many people are poor and healthy food is expensive. How about violence prevention? These issues are pretty unique to the neighborhoods, and city money should go to where it is really needed, not to putting up a fountain while blocking affordable housing. -Alina [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Allison Hunt To: Neighborhoods 2020; Schroeder, Jeremy Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please Cut Funding for Tangletown Neighborhood Date: Friday, June 12, 2020 1:49:47 PM Hello, I was recently asked by my neighborhood association to speak out against a proposed funding cut to Tangletown. (See Below.) This is my public comment. As a resident of Tangletown, I am frankly appalled at the Tangletown Neighborhood Association's request that we speak out against this proposed change in neighborhood funding. The casual disregard of the “focus on equity” in favor of this affluent neighborhood receiving funds is abhorrent, given the blatant and deadly inequality our city is attempting to rectify. I do not need a free churro on the 4th of July. I need my neighbors in Southeast and North Minneapolis—and in underfunded neighborhoods throughout the city—to feel safe in their homes. To have food on the table for their families. To have thriving libraries and community spirit. To breathe. To live. I have no doubt that there are residents of Tangletown who are facing hardships right now. But I have walked these beautiful streets full of its beautiful homes and I know in my bones that this neighborhood could support itself and its residents without any city funding whatsoever. An institution has no right to funding. Human beings have a right to survive. And if this funding change will help more of our Black and Indigenous neighbors not just survive but thrive, it is a human rights violation to oppose it. Sincerely, and with the heartbroken acknowledgement of my city’s suffering, Allison Hunt ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tangletown Neighborhood Association <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 3:24 PM Subject: Tangletown June E-News -Fourth of July Updates To: <[email protected]> It's been a VERY hard several weeks. We acknowledge the isolation, struggle, anger, and heartache our residents have felt through the pandemic and more recently through the murder of George Floyd and the resulting protests and destruction. Please stay tuned for updates related to actions our neighborhood may take after our upcoming board discussion on June 15 (see below for more details). [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. Fourth of July Plans For years, Tangletown has celebrated the Fourth of July in community at Fuller Park. And while we can't do that this year, we do want to offer an opportunity for our neighborhood to honor this annual tradition in a new way this year. Last year was one of our largest Fourth of July celebrations yet, so we're proud to dedicate revenue from last year's event towards supporting our local businesses this year. By participating in this year's events, the first 50 entries will receive a voucher for churro donuts at El Jefe and all entires will be entered to win $400 worth of gift cards to local business favorites like Sun Street Breads, The Foundry Home Goods, Simply Jane, Órale, Cafe Ena, and more. There are multiple ways for all ages and abilities to participate: Decorate your sidewalk/window/yard/home Complete our neighborhood scavenger hunt (we'll provide both easier clues for our young friends and more challenging ones for adults) Walk the neighborhood to enjoy the decorations (a map of registered locations will be provided) Please register here by July 1 to participate and receive additional information. In order to enter to win the voucher for churro donuts and $400 worth of gift cards, participants must submit photos of their decorations or scavenger hunt by July 7. Register Here CALL TO ACTION: You could lose your neighborhood association. We need your help. The way neighborhoods are funded is changing in 2021. Under the proposed neighborhood funding plan (ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ncr/2020), many neighborhoods in Southwest Minneapolis would drop to just 1/3 of their current funding level. For Tangletown, we would decrease from our current $31,708 in annual funding to a $10,000 base plus a possible $3,477 in equity funding which is not guaranteed. We support the focus on equity in this plan, however, neighborhoods like Tangletown will see a dramatic cut in programs and services if our funding is cut this drastically. We're asking Tangletown residents to submit public comment in support of our neighborhood association. We've even put together a template email you can copy and paste to keep things simple for you. Click below to learn more and submit your public comment. Learn More and Submit Your Public Comment Tangletown Board Meeting June 15 7:00pm A primary agenda item for our June board meeting will include how we as a neighborhood association can best support Minneapolis businesses and neighbors impacted by the recent destruction.