 I am pleased to announce that I was selected for the Senior Executives in State and Local
Government program at Harvard Kennedy School. For the next three weeks, July 9-27, I will
be working in Boston to further develop my leadership in governance skills on
behalf of the City.
The Eighth Ward Office will continue to be staffed by my very
capable Senior Policy Aide Sara Lopez and Policy Aide Deebaa Sirdar, who have
over 8 years of combined experience serving Eighth Ward residents. Our office will continue to be available to
you, and I will continue to consult with my staff and colleagues while at
Harvard.
I am deeply honored to be chosen to participate in what will
be an inspiring and challenging learning environment and curriculum. I believe this experience will be an asset to
the ward, the City Council and the City of Minneapolis.
Early voting has begun for the Aug. 14 primary election, and
Minneapolis voters may cast their ballots at the Early Vote Center, 217 S.
Third St., in downtown Minneapolis. Standard hours throughout the absentee
voting period are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. During the final two weeks
before each election, these hours will be extended and will include weekend
times. All early voting hours are posted on the Elections website: vote.minneapolismn.gov.
Any voter can vote early; no reason is needed. Early in-person
voting is convenient. It especially helps voters who need special
accommodations, such as language support, that the extra time, attention and
onsite resources of early in-person voting afford more readily than the polls
might on the day of the election.
You can also vote early (with an absentee ballot) by mail. This
option can take longer than seven days due to additional mail processing time.
Absentee ballot applications are available at vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/absentee
and may be submitted anytime throughout the year.
The primary election will determine which candidates advance
to the general election in November. The 2018 election includes races for
governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Minneapolis School Board, among other
offices. Go to vote.minneapolismn.gov
for more information or call 311.
Election judges
needed
Election judges are needed for the primary election Aug. 14
to serve voters in local polling places. Election judges are paid $14 per hour
($15.75 per hour starting July 1, 2018) for their service, which includes
training. Depending upon schedule and preferences, people can choose which
elections they work in, and whether they want to be at a polling place close to
where they live or anywhere else in Minneapolis.
Serving as an election judge provides an opportunity to
learn about the election process and is an important service to our community.
Judges who are fluent in a second language are especially needed to provide
additional language support in the polling place, including Spanish, Somali,
Hmong, Oromo, Lao, Vietnamese, Russian and American Sign Language.
Find out more about this opportunity at vote.minneapolismn.gov/judges
or call 311.
A new mural depicting the experiences of immigrants and
refugees is now on display in City Hall. “El Camino del Corazón,” Spanish for
“The Journey of the Heart,” can be seen on the building’s third floor of City
Hall outside of City Council Chamber.
ReCAST
Minneapolis (Resilience in Communities After Stress & Trauma) partnered
with Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
(CLUES) to create the mural, which depicts the real-life experiences of
immigrants and refugees who came to this country.
To get the imagery, GoodSpace
Murals hosted seven sessions with 10 community members to get their
experiences for incorporation into the artwork. City staff participated in the
last four sessions to help paint the mural alongside the community members.
This process also made it possible for the City to learn better ways to help
immigrant and refugee communities and get a deeper understanding of their
experiences.
Lane closures
June 18, 2018 through fall 2021
NB I-35W is reduced to three
lanes from 43rd St. to downtown Minneapolis
Note: one northbound I-35W lane
will be a MnPASS lane
View
map of all lane closures (PDF)
June 18, 2018 through fall 2019
SB I-35W is reduced to
two lanes from downtown Minneapolis to 43rd St.
View
map of all lane closures (PDF)
Ramp closures
June 15, 2018 through fall 2020
SB I-35W to 35th St. is
closed
Detour: Continue
on I-35W and take the 46th St. exit to Nicollet Ave (PDF)
June 8 through fall 2018
NB I-35W to 31st St/Lake
St is closed to traffic, but remain open to buses
Detour:
36th St. to 3rd Ave. (PDF)
June 8, 2018 through fall 2021
31st St. to SB I-35W is
closed to traffic, but remain open to buses
Detour: Nicollet
Ave. to 46th St.
35th St to NB I-35W is closed
Detour: Nicollet
Ave. to E. Diamond Lake Rd (PDF)
March 2, 2018 through fall 2021
36th St. to SB I-35W is
closed
Detour:
Portland Ave. to 46th St. (PDF)
March 2 through early July 2018
38th St. bridge is closed
over I-35W
EB Detour: Nicollet Ave. to 36th St. to 3rd
Ave. S
WB Detour: 3rd Ave. S to 35th St. to
Nicollet Ave.
Bicycle Detour: 1st Ave. S (NB)/Blaisdell
Ave. (SB) to 40th St. pedestrian bridge to 3rd Ave. S
Pedestrian Detour: 1st Ave. S to 40th St.
pedestrian bridge to 3rd Ave. S
View
map for all 38th St. bridge detours (PDF)
May 17 to mid-August 2018
Stevens Ave. is closed
between 38th St. and 39th St.
March 2 to early August
2018
Intersections of Stevens
Ave. and Second Ave. S are closed between 37th St. and 38th St.
Access
Routes map (PDF)
Note: Residents will be able to access Stevens Ave. and 2nd
Ave. S from 37th St. or 39th St. During the closure, two-way traffic on Stevens
Ave. between 37th St. and 38th St. will be allowed.
Get the most
updated info related to the 35W@94 Downtown to Crosstown project
- To learn more about this
project, including all current traffic impacts and detour routes, click here to visit the MNDOT website.
- Metro Transit bus routes will
be impacted as a result of construction. For updated route information,
and to sign up for Rider Alerts, click here.
- Follow MNDOT on Facebook
at facebook.com/mndot and
Twitter: @mndotnews
- Email the MNDOT project team
at: info@35w94.com
- Call the
project MNDOT hotline at: 612-284-6125
- For real-time travel
information anywhere in Minnesota visit http://www.511mn.org/or dial 5-1-1.
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