Please join us for the next meeting of the
CIDNA Board.        

      

Wednesday, October 9
6:00 p.m.
Jones-Harrison Residence
3700 Cedar Lake Avenue  Map

Agenda includes:

• Council Member Lisa Goodman, Ward 7
• Commissioner Anita Tabb, District 4, Minneapolis Park
  & Recreation Board

Click here to view the full meeting agenda.

The Southwest LRT project staff is recommending keeping freight in the Kenilworth corridor and running the LRT in shallow tunnels (see illustration below). The bicycle/pedestrian trails would remain in the corridor. Click here to read the full News Release.






Project staff presented their recommendation to the Southwest LRT Corridor Management Committee (CMC) on October 2nd. The CMC Corridor is an advisory body made up of mayors of corridor cities, Hennepin County commissioners and others. The committee requested another meeting to further discuss the recommendations prior to voting on a resolution. The meet is tentatively scheduled for October 9 (time and location to be confirmed).

The Metropolitan Council is scheduled to  vote on the scope
and budget of the Southwest LRT on Wednesday, October 9,
3:00 p.m., Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N, St. Paul.

If approved by the Council, project staffers plan to submit LRT plans in mid-October to the five cities and Hennepin County for municipal consent by late 2013. The following items will be in the municipal consent plans:

• Station locations
• Location of LRT tracks above, below or at ground level
• General dimension, elevation or alignment of routes and crossings
• Location and length of the LRT line

On Tuesday, October 1, Peter Wagenius, Mayor Rybak's transportation policy aide, gave members of the City Council's Ways & Means/Budget Committee a guided history of planning for the Southwest LRT route through Minneapolis. Most members of the Transportation & Public Works Committee participated as well. Wagenius gave Council members a preview of what is likely to happen once Municipal Consent is requested for the project.
Click here to watch this informative and unusually frank presentation and discussion. (The Southwest LRT portion of the meeting starts at 59:20.)

Tuesday, October 8
1:00 p.m.
Park Siding Park
West 28th Street at Dean Court  Map

Light rain or shine!
*Heavy rain date is Saturday, October 12, 9:00 a.m.

No gardening expertise necessary. Show up when you can and stay for as long as you can. Bring work gloves and hand clippers
if you have them.

Contact Monica Smith at info@cinda.org or 612-821-0131 for
more information.

   

 

W. 28th St. (between Dean Court and Xerxes Ave S), and Xerxes Ave S. (between W. 28th St and W. 29th St) have been repaved.

W. 29th St. (between Xerxes Ave S and Dean Parkway) is anticipated to be repaved in the next few weeks. This work may require later working hours than usual.

Park Siding Park restoration is ongoing and anticipated to continue through the next week.

 

Storm sewer work on Depot Street has started and will continue for the next few weeks. Depot Street is anticipated to be repaved by the end of October; final sidewalk restoration will likely occur next spring.

 

Work along westbound Sunset Blvd. will also continue for the next month or more, weather permitting. Concrete pavement restoration work on westbound Sunset Blvd. (between Depot St and Chowen Ave S) begins this week, and will continue through the next week. Temporary evening work is anticipated to begin Tuesday, Oct. 1 and continue for several days as the concrete is poured. Pipe installation will continue west of Drew Ave S towards France Ave S Depending on weather, concrete pavement restoration west of Chowen Ave S may need to occur next spring (temporary paving would occur before the winter months). Boulevard restoration is also anticipated to occur next spring.

 
Hwy. 7 South Service Rd. Closure at Joppa Ave. S.
Hwy. 7 South Service Rd. is currently fully closed just west of Joppa Ave. S. All driveway access to businesses will be maintained. The roadway is anticipated to reopen late this week
or early next week, weather permitting.  

 

If you have questions about the sewer project please contact
Tim O'Donnell, the project's Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Citizen Liaison, at 651-602-1269 or tim.odonnell@metc.state.mn.us.
 
For more project information, visit the project website at www.metrocouncil.org/sewerconstructionupdates.

To sign up for project email updates, please send an email
to bgrand@zanassoc.com stating that you would like to receive Cedar Lake Area Sewer Improvements email updates.

It is especially important for commuters--both cyclists and motorists--to plan ahead in order to avoid delays and accidents in this high-traffic section of the Grand Rounds. During the  construction period, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board encourages pedestrians, recreational and commuter cyclists, as well as motorists to be aware of the upcoming trail closures and detours and to plan their routes accordingly.

Click here to view the Project map. 

 

 

"No Parking" signs will be posted at least 24 hours before sweeping any streets. Parking will be banned from 7 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. on the day a street is swept.

Visit the City's Street Sweeping webpage for more information.

Reminder: do not rake leaves into the street. Yard waste will be collected through November 18th.

Monday, October 21
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
5th Precinct's Community Room
3101 Nicollet Ave S  Map

Current and incoming 10th ward neighborhood and business organizations will exchange ideas and showcase current projects.
All are welcome.

Meet with Meg is held the third Monday of every month.

Tuesday, October 22
6:30 pm
5th Precinct Community Room
3101 Nicollet Ave  Map

Learn:

• Helpful tips when calling 911
• Simple steps to prevent burglaries
• What burglars look for in homes

View the presentation flier for all the details. 

Calhoun Square - Chino Latino, a Parasole Restaurant -
Great Clips - Hennepin Lake Liquor

 
You can help protect voters' rights, serve your community,
and be paid to do so by serving as an election judge.

For more information:
www.vote.minneapolismn.gov/judges/index.htm
Click here for the election judge application.
  

Minneapolis voters will use ranked-choice voting in the
November 5 election.

Voters will be asked to pick their top three choice for each
office. The lines may be long so plan accordingly.

Check out this short video to learn how to vote this fall using ranked-choice voting and to see how votes will be counted.

Options have been narrowed to the following:

• Enhanced bus on Lake St
• Streetcar on the Midtown Greenway
• Dual option of enhanced bus on Lake St and streetcar on the Midtown Greenway

Click here for details of the three options. Read the project newsletter published on September 18 here.  
 
Mark your calendars for the final opportunity for public input:

Public Open Houses
Wednesday, November 20
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S  Map

Thursday, November 21
Colin Powell Center
2924 4th Ave S  Map
 
Both open houses are from 6 - 8 p.m., with a presentation starting at approximately 6:30 p.m. The key results of the analysis will be presented, including cost, projected ridership and travel time changes.

Your attendance is important, as Metro Transit seeks public input on which of the three alternatives should move forward for more detailed design, engineering and construction.

Please visit the project website, www.midtowntransitway.org,
for more information.

The Tree Planting is now scheduled for next spring.

 

CIDNA resident Donald Willeke reported that the Minneapolis
Park Board and University of Minnesota officials thought it was
just too risky to plant this fall, since many of the planned trees are rare varieties. Willeke said that based upon excavations in Dean Park and surrounding areas there is almost no sub-soil moisture down to at least 8 feet. The soil is just "powder dry," he said. The recent rains have been minimal, providing only about 0.3 inch of moisture in all.

 

Willeke urged everyone to water their presently existing trees, especially every kind of evergreen, or the losses of trees will be much greater over winter. Evergreens must go into winter adequately hydrated, he said, and at present that is definitely not the case.

 

Thank you for reading this newsletter. If you are interested in volunteering in the neighborhood, please let me know how you would like to help.