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April Community 1-1s
Sign up for a 1-1 time to talk with Council President Payne about any questions or issues you're having.
When: Tuesday April 30th 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Where: Pilllar Forum 2300 Central Ave Ne
Transit: Route 10
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29th Avenue resurfacing is happening in 2024. There is a pre-public hearing informational meeting this Tuesday at 6:30 PM at Audubon Park. The poor condition of 29th along with the speeding and truck traffic have been very big issues in our community. I'm glad that because of our resident's advocacy there will be some increased improvements along with the resurfacing and am looking forward to this meeting where everyone can learn more and share their voice. To learn more about the project, check out the project webpage.
Project staff will hold an informational meeting about the project.
- Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
- 6:30 p.m.
- Audubon Park, 1320 29th Ave NE, Minneapolis.
The City and engagement team (4RM+ULA and the Cultural Wellness Center) are holding the first visioning workshop for George Floyd Square April 30. Topics will focus on memorial locations and the Peoples Way site. This event will continue the discussion to create a community-centered vision for the area.
Visioning Workshop on the future of George Floyd Square 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 The Square at the Chicago Ave Shops, 3736 Chicago Ave. S. RSVP.
Food and refreshments will be served.
Read more about the event on the City website.
Future visioning workshops will be held from June through the fall.
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To learn more about the City's efforts at George Floyd Square, visit the City website.
The Minneapolis City Council unaminously passed a comprehensive amendment to the tobacco ordinance authored by Council Member Vetaw. The amendment makes the minimum per-pack price of cigarettes one of the highest in the country and ends price discounts. It focuses on reducing health disparities and on youth initiation of commercial tobacco products, and it protects the health of the city’s residents as a whole. The ordinance includes:
- Increasing the minimum per-pack price of cigarettes and other commercial tobacco products to $15.
- Ending price discounts and coupons for commercial tobacco products.
- Increasing the penalties for licensees that violate City policy.
- Ending the sampling “loophole” for any new commercial tobacco products shop.
An increase in prices is known to decrease commercial tobacco use.
- For every 10% increase in the price of cigarettes, adult smoking decreases by 3-5% and youth smoking decreases by 6-7%.
- An increase in price leads to more attempts to quit.
- Calls to quit lines increase when prices increase.
- A study that looked at raising the state-level minimum price of cigarettes by an average of $2 per pack projected a resulting reduction in cigarette consumption by 15.9%.
Read more on the City website.
The City is recruiting members for a newly formed African American Heritage Work Group. This body will serve as an advisory board to the City Council to document and honor African American history.
The work group will advise on the selection of 25 properties associated with Black history in the city to be surveyed for inclusion in a Minneapolis African American Historic and Cultural Context Study. At least three properties will eventually be nominated by the City for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Community members who are knowledgeable on the topic of African American heritage are encouraged to apply by May 12.
Read more on the City website.
The draft 2024 Minneapolis Consolidated Action Plan is posted for public comments through May 21, and the public hearing will be held May 14. The plan describes the City’s housing and community development strategies for residents with low and moderate incomes.
Goals of the Minneapolis Consolidated Plan
- Provide decent affordable housing.
- Develop housing and services for people experiencing homelessness.
- Provide special needs housing.
- Expand economic opportunities.
- Improve neighborhood conditions.
2024 Consolidated Plan Action Plan public hearing 1:30 p.m. before the Business, Housing and Zoning Committee Tuesday, May 14 Public Service Center, 250 Fourth St. S., Room 350
Find out how to participate in a public hearing on the City website or call 311.
If you’re unable to attend this public hearing, you can send written comments by May 21 to Rachel Kennedy Boehm at rachel.kennedy@minneapolismn.gov.
See the draft plan and learn more on the City website.
Phase 1 of the Lowry Ave reconstruction has begun. This is a Hennepin County road and project that the City is helping support the work of. You can find the project page here.
When complete, this section of Lowry Avenue will feature:
- A shared-use path along the northern side of the corridor for people walking, biking and rolling
- A repaved road with a three-lane design, including one lane of traffic in each direction and a center turn lane
- Wider boulevards that provide more space between traffic and people walking or rolling
- Center medians at Madison, Quincy and Fillmore streets
- New signals including improved crossings with pedestrian-activated flashing beacons at Washington and Fillmore street intersections to help people walking and rolling
My office has received a lot of outreach since construction started and we were able to share resident feedback about increased traffic and speeding on 26th and 27th Ave since construction started with County & City staff working on the project. Staff has agreed to implement pinch point traffic calming measures on select locations of 26th & 27th Ave to help with issues of increased speeding and traffic in those areas. This will be similar to the measures put in place on Lincoln street when Johnson was closed for reconstruction.
For any other issues you can continue reaching out to my office and we will help connect you with the appropriate staff, or else the best contact at Hennepin County is Construction Sr. Professional Engineer Amanda Shotton. She can be reached at amanda.shotton@hennepin.us or 612-384-8819. Her information along with the rest of the project staff can also be found here at the project page.
 
The City of Minneapolis has issued a request for proposals seeking event organizers for two of the 2024 Open Streets events. Proposals are due May 10.
The City is looking for event organizers to coordinate and implement Open Streets events at portions of Central Avenue Northeast and on Franklin Avenue from Portland/Park avenues to 26th Avenue South. The City will provide up to $50,000 for each event as well as in-kind services to support event planning and execution. If an event organizer is awarded both events, the contract would be up to $100,000.
Three 2024 Open Streets event dates and vendor organizations have been finalized and are pending City Council approval:
- Uptown Association: Lyndale on Aug. 24.
- West Broadway Business and Area Coalition: West Broadway on Sept. 21.
- Lyndale Neighborhood Association: Nicollet Avenue on Sept. 28.
Open Streets Minneapolis events give local businesses, artists and community groups a one-day opportunity to transform the streets into a place where people can gather and celebrate the diversity and creativity of the city while walking, biking and rolling. From the first event in 2011 through the 2022 season, Open Streets events have drawn more than 677,000 people.
Read more about the proposals wanted on the City website.
Garden tool swaps are coming up May 11. Stop by one of the seven garden tool swap locations to drop off your garden tools you don’t use anymore or to pick up garden tools you need. You do not need to bring anything to take something.
Garden tool swaps 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 11 Seven parks around the city:
- North: Folwell and Harrison parks
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**Ward 1** Northeast: Logan Park
- Southwest: Martin Luther King and Armatage parks
- South: Longfellow and Lake Hiawatha parks
See what's accepted and find the park addresses.
Join and share the Facebook event.
Clean your tools
To prevent the spread of bird flu and invasive species such as jumping worms, please clean your tools and bird feeders before bringing them to a swap or before using items you took home.
Wash bird feeders, bird houses, bird baths and all tools with hot soapy water and spray them with a bleach solution or let them soak in a bleach water solution for 10 minutes. Let them completely dry before using them.
Cleaning guides will be available at each of the garden tool swap sites.
The City of Minneapolis is proud to provide city residents and businesses with safe, high-quality drinking water. You can look at monthly water quality reports at the City’s website or watch a video about how the City’s water is brought from the river to the tap.
On April 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the federal agency responsible for regulating drinking water, issued new standards for several per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water. Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, are a large group of human-made chemicals.
PFAS are used in many products, including:
- Nonstick cookware
- Food packaging
- Stain-resistant carpets
- Fire-suppressing foam
Unfortunately, research suggests that exposure to PFAS may result in adverse health impacts. The good news for Minneapolis residents is these regulated compounds have not been detected in the Mississippi River, which is our water source, or in the finished water that we send out to your tap.
The City of Minneapolis has been monitoring for PFAS for nearly 10 years. Minneapolis tap water has always met and continues to meet the new federal standards.
For continued information about Minneapolis drinking water, watch for our annual Consumer Confidence Report. This report has data and information about various water quality metrics we provide to customers and state and federal regulators. The new Consumer Confidence Report will be posted by the end of May on the City website.
Love parks? Make them your office. The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board is hiring for summer and beyond.
Job opportunities include
- Sports league staff
- Market staff
- Youth club lead
- Park lead
- Pop-up dog park staff
- Sound technician
- Event attendant
- Ambassador
- Water Works staff
More jobs with Minneapolis parks
See a full list of seasonal, temporary and year-round job postings and apply for any opening on the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board website.
Park Board job fair Drop in 9 a.m.-7 p.m. May 1 Water Works Pavilion, 425 W. River Parkway
Plan to join in Neighborhood Day May 11. Neighborhood Day is an annual day set across the city to increase resident participation in local civic engagement through one of the city’s 70 recognized neighborhood organizations. Neighborhood organizations host a neighborhood engagement activity and or board elections to increase resident participation in their neighborhood organizations.
Picture the neighborhood you want to live in and then help make that vision a reality by becoming involved in your neighborhood organization. Learn more about your neighborhood organization by attending a Neighborhood Day event. Examples of 2024 Neighborhood Day events include neighborhood meet and greets, garden tool swaps, youth choir concerts, happy hours and neighborhood cleanup.
Your voice is important
Neighborhood voices are important for equity, but typically fewer than 1% of eligible people vote for neighborhood organization boards. Neighborhood boards are important local forces for change; they make investments and decisions about the community. Voting in board elections can help make sure the board members making these decisions and setting priorities for neighborhood organization activities represent voters on the most local level.
Neighbors are invited to come find out how they can help make their neighborhood better – including neighbors who haven’t been involved before. This will help neighborhood organizations better represent their neighborhoods for more equitable, accessible services.
Look up your neighborhood organization to find updated listings and see if your neighborhood is holding an event or an election this year.
If you don't know which neighborhood you live in, you can look it up by address.
Find more information about neighborhood board elections on the City website.
Find more information about Neighborhood Day on the City website.
Connect with Elliott and Ward 1 Staff
Elliott Payne was re-elected in 2023 to represent Ward 1
Elliott serves on the President of the Minneapolis City Council, Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Public Health & Safety Committee, Budget Committee, Intergovernmental Relations Committee, and Committee of the Whole.
Contact the Ward 1 Council Office
Elliott Payne, Council Member - Email
Ben Carrier, Policy Aide - Email
Liam Davis Temple, Policy Aide - Email
Ikram Mohamud, Policy Associate - Email
Office Phone - (612) 673-2201
Visit: minneapolismn.gov/ward1
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