City of Minneapolis sent this bulletin at 03/26/2025 11:26 AM CDT
Council Member Linea Palmisano
March 26, 2025
Dear Neighbor,
It's starting to feel like spring—perfect weather for the 13th Ward Neighborhood Safety Walks! These walks are a great opportunity to appreciate our beautiful city, connect with neighbors, and foster a sense of safety in every neighborhood. Pictured above are neighbors from East Harriet on the last Safety Walk along Kings Highway. Together, we appreciated a beautiful sunset, brought a little bit of light to these dark paths, and even saw two eagles at dusk!
I’ve focused the last three walks in areas in the 13th Ward that have been impacted by copper wire theft: Lake Harriet Parkway, Minnehaha Parkway, and Kings Highway. Public Works is currently in the process of finalizing their 2025 Repair Plan. I continue to hear from many of you who are frustrated by the outages and will share specific timelines for repairs in our area as soon as they are available.
At the request of a resident with concerns about dangerous driving, our next walk will be along Upton Avenue starting at 44th St. Stay tuned for more details soon.
Now is the time to be carefully reviewing your valuation notice and connecting with your assessor to get your questions answered. Friday, April 4 is the final day to contact the assessor named on your valuation notice and resolve any issues administratively. If you do not come to an agreement before April 4, your changes must be heard by the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization (LBAE).
This lunch is meant to be a broad overview and is not for individual questions. It's important to understand how our City's Assessing Department does their work and to that end, I've invited Assessor Malmquist to join us for lunch!
Lunch with Linea with Rebecca Malmquist, City Assessor
Friday, April 11 | 12:00-1:00 PM Pershing Park Rec Center – 3523 W 48th St. Light lunch from Broders’ will be provided. Click here to RSVP!*
PROPERTY VALUATION 101 Join me and City Assessor Rebecca Malmquist to learn about your property valuation statement, options to appeal, and how your value impacts your property taxes.
*RSVPs before April 8th are appreciated (but not required) to help appropriately plan space/food
While the MPD holds weekly internal “MSTAT” meetings to update leadership on what’s happening in the city, it also hosts quarterly community MSTAT meetings to keep residents apprised of department operations and crime trends. It is also an opportunity to meet Chief O'Hara, command staff, and the new Fifth Precinct Inspector, James Novak. Parking is available, and a meal will be served starting at 5:30 PM. RSVP today!
Fifth Precinct MSTAT Thursday, April 10 | 6:00-8:00 PM Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church - 5025 Knox Ave. S.
The City of Minneapolis is moving forward with a plan to create the Minneapolis Democracy Center at 3000 Minnehaha Ave., the former 3rd Precinct police building. The Minneapolis Democracy Center will house Elections & Voter Services as well as a large, ground-floor space for community use.
Progress on Cleanup
City crews are cleaning up the site. Fences are now off the sidewalk, and the razor wire is gone. Cleanup inside the building includes selective demolition before a complete building renovation. More work will include building systems updates, replacing windows and doors, and rebuilding the front entry at Lake and Minnehaha. Work will continue through the summer.
Minneapolis is making history by becoming the first city in North America to own and operate a biochar facility. The City will process wood waste from Xcel Energy’s tree trimming around power lines. The facility will transform the wood waste into biochar, a specialized charcoal that holds onto carbon dioxide. This helps clean the air while also serving as an extremely powerful soil amendment for growing plants and trees.
National Night Out is a time for City residents to come together and celebrate with neighbors. Many blocks in Minneapolis take this opportunity to reconnect, eat and build relationships while kids play and bike freely in the closed street.
Registration is now open and is free. Pro tips:
Include neighbors in your organizing efforts.
Register only one event per block (appoint one neighbor to register).
Consider whether you want your street blocked off to traffic.
Checking the box for 75% approval is fine if you plan to notify every household of the event.
Call 311 to request a fire truck, MPD K9, and/or MPD Mounted Patrol.
One of the best parts of my job is getting to meet with my constituents, learn more about you and hear your questions, concerns, hopes and dreams for our shared community.
If you'd like to schedule a time to meet with me, send me an e-mailand my staff will help get it scheduled. Please let me know what you'd like to talk about and a convenient place to meet—a coffee shop, a park, your home, my office, etc. I try to reserve Fridays for constituent meetings, but can work them in other times, as necessary, too.
We've moved while work is being done in City Hall. Our office is in:
Room 100, Public Service Center 250 South 4th St. Get directions
For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact 311. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-263-6850. Para ayuda, llame al 311. Rau kev pab, hu 311. Hadii aad caawimaad u baahantahay, wac 311.
