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Scott

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Quick tap temp check: 42.9°F in Longfellow

The pickleball guy is a former Dairy Queen CEO.

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@deborahc

Jan 28

Replying to @WedgeLIVE

This is his property, too! He has a mansion, a pickleball court, AND an Edgewater penthouse. bizjournals.com/twincities/new

"It's not really a legend though. It's pretty real."

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taylr

@taylr

Jan 27

this lady on the latest @WedgeLIVE just casually drops that there’s a mermaid in bde unma?? and her dog is sacred to the mermaid? lmao what

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A fun and enriching conversation. Listen on your preferred podcast app or watch on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=WQpUl9

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Tomorrow on the podcast: Wake up early and listen to my conversation with Mitra from St Paul about what classic TV shows can teach us about local candidates who appear to have no core beliefs.

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Activists fight Roof Depot demolition to keep urban farm dream alive

More history: In March, the council voted to halt the city's plans. The city would've had to pay back $14 million in water funds already spent on the project. Mayor Frey vetoed that action, after which the first memorandum of understanding was agreed to. lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2021-00461

Johnson: This is about the community having a say, however he doesn't believe the city plan adds any significant pollution. Wonsley talked about city complicity and environmental racism. Payne highlighted opportunity for change now that the DFL runs the state legislature.

Chavez asked for a delay of one council cycle (two weeks) which failed on a 6-7 vote. He added, "There is still a lawsuit that my community would like to have an answer to, which is why I cannot support demolition."

Council Member Chavez who represents the neighborhood, explaining some of the recent history and pollution at the site.

These revisions are in addition to the already approved terms giving EPNI exclusive development rights for a portion of the site. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV

Just before voting to approve the contract, the council unanimously approved revised settlement terms with EPNI. Including things like construction/remediation updates, traffic calming and tree planting commitments, public works fleet electrification. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV

The neighborhood organization, East Phillips Neighborhood Institute, is currently suing the city.

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The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute wants to delay the demolition of the Roof Depot site. The city of Minneapolis wants them to pay.

The meeting was disrupted by neighborhood activists who have fought for years against the city's plans, and would like to see an urban farm on the site instead.

City Council approved a contract for demolition of the polluted former Roof Depot site, as part of city plans to build a public works facility in the East Phillips neighborhood. 7-6 vote to approve the contract. lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2023-00088

State budget news for those of us in the path of constantly circling police helicopters. mprnews.org/story/2023/01/

Walz proposes funding new $7 million police helicopter.

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The Art Shanty edition of the Ice Cast is available now across all platforms. Thank you to Wedge LIVE lifestyle producer

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Employee discussion for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific...

City of Minneapolis CFO Dushani Dye and planner Rattana Sengsoulichanh share experiences as "individuals with roots in Sri Lanka and Laos" in a conversation recorded for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - May 2022.

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*Conversation recorded May 12, 2022*In recognition of City of Minneapolis AANHPI employees, City employees and MAPE members Dushani Dye and Rattana Sengsoul...

The Battle Over Bike Lanes Needs a Mindset Shift

Update: Mayor's favorite North Loop bar is Cuzzy's.

Anonymous: Many remarks prerecorded thus uncontroversial. O'Haras had a corny but fair-game crack about winter- but then said "I'm looking forward to summer" in a way that was not super convincing

Wedge LIVE: They were on video?

Anon: Yes. Though frey and Rainville made personal appearances as well. Alexander made no show, despite being on the program

Frey said his favorite business in North loop was cuzzys bar. Said he spent multiple birthdays there. Good to see him widening his outreach to exclusively blond 20 somethings from eden prairie, the demographic of that bar."

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The data is in. Removing some car parking for bikes, buses and pedestrians is good for local business. You can stop pretending otherwise.

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Installing protected routes tends to boost local shops. But many store owners remain attached to their street parking—and fight to protect it.

It pains me to say it, but it's probably for the best that they've been draining the lake because I'd feel somewhat responsible if people started submerging themselves in parking lot juice. m.facebook.com/events/5852701

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I would've settled for a car free bus lane on Hennepin.

Overheard at tonight's North Loop neighborhood organization annual meeting, currently in progress.

Screenshot of a message sent to the Wedge LIVE tip line: Jacob Frey said he's going to propose a Downtown Entertainment District which would be a car-free zone that they're going "Program the living shit out of."

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On the bright side, attending an elite university usually means test scores in the 75+ percentile, so despite the rejection letters, just think of yourselves as living on the "Harvard of hazardous city streets."

The funding got a bump to 15-30 projects.

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Josh Martin

@JoshMartinMpls

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This came up in the budget process (see page 26 in the document below). The funds are projected to pay for 15-30 projects - and that's after the funds were increased with a budget amendment. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV

The new process comes with an allocation of City dollars to pay for these measures. In 2023, the Operating Costs budget in the Public Works General Fund has $100,000 allocated to pay for these measures, which is projected to pay for 10-20 projects. This change item allocates an additional $50,000 from within the Public Works General Fund Operating Costs budget to pay for an additional 5-10
projects. If adopted by the City Council, this would mean a total of 15-30 projects would be completed across the City in 2023.

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If you got one of those traffic calming rejection letters from the city saying you were in the 90+ percentile, and wondered how your terrible street didn't make the cut, the program was only given enough funding for 10 to 20 projects.

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Aug 26, 2022

Out of the typical 2500 resident requests, the plan is to select 10 or 20 traffic calming projects each year. Council Member Payne wants to know how the council can provide more money or staff to bump it up to 50 or 100.

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I submitted a

traffic calming request for a corner near my kids’ elementary school where the infrastructure encourages cars speeding. I’m glad to see it ranked high (94th percentile) but bummed it won’t be funded. Clearly the needs outpace the budget.

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Mine was rejected in the 92nd percentile

Luna “Long Shot (2019)” Brekke

@LunaStarGays

Got my rejection today, my application ranked in the 90th percentile out of 753 which means they're moving forward with at most 75 traffic calming applications. There's probably a way to find the exact number but I haven't looked into it yet.

Request ID number REQ-000433-2022

Dear Luna Brekke,

Safety Group staff has completed the initial screening and preliminary scoring of your neighborhood traffic calming application. Your application scored 95 points out of a possible 130. Of the 753 neighborhood applications received, your application ranks in the 90 percentile. Unfortunately, this did not rank in the top scoring selections to move forward to the next step. The Safety Group will process the application next year and automatically resubmit. If your application does not rank in the top scoring selections next year, you will be required to resubmit for future considerations. September 1, 2023 will be the cutoff date for submissions to be considered for 2024 implementations. Please click here to submit a new traffic calming application.

Please click here for more information on the process and the traffic calming request map viewer showing all the applications submitted to date.

Thank you,
Minneapolis Public Works

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Bring some traffic calming to a problem spot in your neighborhood. Applications to the city are being accepted through November 1 www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/dep

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When someone told me there was a great big transit debate happening today, I knew it would be my pure-hearted friend Jonathan Ahn proposing something like more frequent bus service as an anti-smoking campaign.

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Jonathan Ahn

@urbanahnjo

One “unconventional” way to discourage this behavior is probably to… put more, frequent service?! Much less likely that you’ll light up if your bus is coming in 5 mins instead of 15 mins.

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If you're wondering about that new substance in your snowbank: At a certain temperature public works officials recognize the futility of salt or other chemicals and plow trucks just start throwing down waffles for traction.

Experience the power and majesty of Wedgie ha ha falls.

Apartment building gutter clogged with incredible amount of ice. Looking sort of like a water fall.

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Fireball whisky dark chocolate candies.

Uptown art scene is alive.

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Mike Norton

@NortonMpls

Beyond aesthetics, part of the response art evokes is its context. Excited to add this one of a kind piece to my collection.

A framed portrait of a fish partially covering a woman’s face in front of now closed Stella’s Fish Cafe in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.

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The 86 year old transit dependent woman recovering from a brain injury will be relieved to hear we solved the problem by making it easier to park your car right out front.

Also in today's letters to the editor: severe injuries suffered while navigating poorly maintained bus stops and sidewalks aren't actually about fixing those problems, it's about calling off the 2040 plan until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

Wouldn't have had the problems of the last few years if they hadn't closed the Uptown Arby's.

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Soup for my Family

@soupformy_fam

@WedgeLIVE, This you? m.startribune.com/readers-write-

Normally we could ignore Nancy Ford, but it's important to disqualify crank candidates before they're at risk of a Star Tribune endorsement.

Nancy Ford has returned to seek the Ward 12 City Council seat in 2023. Here's a thread with a series of clips showing how she performed in 2021.

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Oct 14, 2021

At an LWV candidate forum. Asked about what changes she'd like to see from MPD during traffic stops, Nancy Ford takes a long winding road describing her own experience during traffic stops. Then advises "the passenger shouldn't be making any unnecessary sudden movements."

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A fun and enriching conversation. Listen on your preferred podcast app or watch on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=WQpUl9

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Tomorrow on the podcast: Wake up early and listen to my conversation with Mitra from St Paul about what classic TV shows can teach us about local candidates who appear to have no core beliefs.

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