City Votes to Tell State of Minnesota to Butt Out - Crown Hydro Update #NoCrownHydro
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 11:56AMThe Minneapolis City Council voted today on an amendment to the City of Minneapolis 2011 State Legislative Agenda authored by Council Member Glidden in response to the State House bill to force the Minneapolis Park Board to approve the ill-conceived Crown Hydro Project. The amendment reads as follows:
Local Control:
Minneapolis opposes any legislation that usurps local authority or control and opposes any legislation that attempts to regulate a local issue or affect a local land use matter without the express consent of the city or an appropriate local approval clause.
Link to the Council Meeting Minutes...
We'd love to hear from anyone who'd like to help organize opposition to this taking of parkland.
IMPORTANT ALERT - PLEASE ATTEND THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD MEETING TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THE PROPOSED CROWN HYDRO PROJECT:
Wednesday, May 4
5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. The meeting will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
“It is simply outrageous that the Legislature would even attempt to override the decisions of local government, in this case the Park Board, and compel both the sale of public land and the planning approvals required for a private developer for their private development”
- City Council Member Lisa Goodman (7th Ward)
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