City of Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development Department, Planning Division The Minneapolis Plan Volume 1 Policy Document Printing: October 2006 A Publication of The Minneapolis Plan Choosing our future Celebrating our present Honoring our past
The Minneapolis Plan In order to serve the needs of the City of Minneapolis and to meet the conditions of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act, the City of Minneapolis has developed a comprehensive plan entitled The Minneapolis Plan. The plan consists of four volumes, a Policy Document and three Technical Appendices. Two additional documents Downtown Minneapolis 2010 and Minneapolis Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area Plan are also components of the comprehensive plan but are limited in their geographic scope. These documents may be obtained from the Community Planning and Economic Development Department, Planning Division. This version of The Minneapolis Plan has been adopted by the City Council and the Mayor. Seven amendments have been made to the plan since original adoption. Comments may be directed to the Community Planning and Economic Development Department, Planning Division. 350 South Fifth Street Room 210 Minneapolis,MN 55415-1385 2000 Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton City Council Jackie Cherryhomes, President Paul Ostrow Joan Campbell Joe Biernat Barbara Johnson Jim Niland Lisa Goodman Brian Herron Kathy Thurber Lisa McDonald S. Dore Mead Sandra Colvin Roy Barret Lane City Planning Commission Judy Martin, President Tim Baylor Randall Bradley Mary Doty Julie Idlekope Ann Kaari (Former) Dan Kenney (Former) Richard Little Diane Marsh Vivian Mason Sandra Miller Lisa McDonald Planning Director Chuck Ballentine 2006 Mayor RT Rybak City Council Barbara Johnson, President Paul Ostrow Cam Gordon Diane Hofstede Don Samuels Robert Lilligren Lisa Goodman Elizabeth Glidden Gary Schiff Ralph Remington Scott Benson Sandra Colvin Roy Betsy Hodges City Planning Commission David Motzenbecker, President Walid El-Hindi Sharon Henry-Blythe Lauren Huynh Rod Krueger Robert LaShomb Tom Nordyke Lara Norkus-Crampton Gary Schiff Theodore Tucker Planning Director Barbara Sporlein (612) 673-2597 TTY (612) 673-2157 October 2006 If you need more information or have special needs, please call the Planning Department at (612) 673-2597. Please allow a reasonable amount of time for special needs accommodation.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Community Building
Chapter 2 The Market in the City
Chapter 3 Marketplaces: Growth Centers
Chapter 4 Marketplaces: Neighborhoods
Chapter 5 Learning
Chapter 6 Leisure and Culture
Chapter 7 Natural Ecology
Chapter 8 Movement
Chapter 9 City Form
Chapter 10 Afterword
Chapter 11 Amendments
Chapter 12 Small Area Plans Amended Into Comprehensive Plan
Acknowledgements 2000 Minneapolis Planning Department: Chuck Ballentine, Director Robyn Adolphson-Huspek Neil Anderson Geoffrey Batzel Sally Benjamin Marlena Bromschwig Jack Byers Gary Dorek Blake Graham Kristin Harley Ingrid Holley Kristi Jensen Sue Jensen Dan Jones Laura Lambert Mike Larson Thomas Leighton Amy Lucas Monique MacKenzie Greg Mathis Phil Meininger Mary Murphy Fred Neet Michael Orange Julia Paulsen Pamela Sherman Thavisack Sok Silaphet Amy Stegora-Peterson Daryl Stokesbary Kimberly Strutz Amy Tibbs Jerry Vandelac Jim Voll Hilary Watson Jason Wittenberg Former staff of the Planning Department: Rudayna Abdo Francis Aihe Julie Anderson Tara Buckner Tracy Cramer Andrew Dresdner Lois Eberhart Denise Erickson Paul Farmer, Former Planning Director Rick Johnson Kellie Rose Jones Sharon Mechavich Rita Rademacher Brenda Shepherd Stacy Sorenson Heidi Teeter Perry Thorvig Leslie Wintheiser Liz Van Zomeren City Coordinator: Kathleen O Brien Charter Department Heads: Rocco Forte, Fire Chief Chuck Ballentine, Planning Director Jay Heffern, City Attorney David Doth, Comissioner of Health Merry Keefe, City Clerk Cora McCorvey, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, Executive Director Robert Olson, Police Chief Scott Renne, City Assessor David Sonnenberg, Public Works Director and City Engineer Kenneth White, Civil Rights Director Steve Cramer, Minneapolis Community Development Agency, Executive Director Assistant City Coordinators: John Bergquist, Assistant City Coordinator (Operations and Regulatory Services) Ann Eilbracht, Human Resources Director Andrea Hart Kajer, Government Relations Director John Moir, Finance Officer Don Saelens, ITS Director Mary Small, Communications Director Public Agencies: Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) staff Minneapolis Public Schools, Special School District 1 Minneapolis Board of Education Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and staff Minneapolis Public Library Minneapolis Public Library Board Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Minneapolis Public Housing Authority Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) staff Metropolitan Council staff Members of The Minneapolis Plan Working Groups: Neighborhood Quality and Variety The New Economy Neighborhood Design and Preservation Natural Systems and Resource Use Neighborhood Commercial/Density Moving People, Goods and Information Lifelong Learning/Arts/Culture/Recreation Community Form and Land Use Minnesota Multi-Housing Association, Minneapolis Committee Urban Ecology Coalition Attendees of The Minneapolis Plan workshops, open houses and city-wide meetings: too numerous to list but whose contributions of time, talent and thought form the basis of so much in this plan and so much of our optimism about Minneapolis future. Plan Production Minneapolis Planning Department: Monique MacKenzie, principal author Graphics Division: Robyn Adolphson-Huspek Marlena Bromschwig Ingrid Holley Dan Jones