Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Minneapolis’ Vision Zero Action Plan–comments due by October 16

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The Vision Zero Action Plan focuses on preventing traffic deaths and severe injuries on City streets 

The City of Minneapolis has released a draft of the Minneapolis Vision Zero Action Plan, which outlines key steps for the next three years to advance the City’s goal of ending traffic deaths and injuries on City streets by 2027. The City is taking public comment on the plan through Oct. 16.

The draft Vision Zero Action Plan includes 16 strategies and 68 actions to be implemented between 2020 and 2022. Read highlights of the Plan here: https://kingfield.org/event/minneapolis-vision-zero-action-plan/

update for the I-35W@94 project: Weekend Closures Cancelled

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The I-35W closures Thursday and Friday are cancelled. Crews finished the work Wednesday and do not need tonight’s closure. The Friday closure to paint the 40th Street pedestrian bridge is postponed because of weather.

Please check www.511mn.org for real-time updates and the project web page. All closures are weather permitting and subject to change.

MPS Comprehensive District Design Survey

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MPS Comprehensive District Design Survey

Understanding the values of the Minneapolis Public Schools community is vital to creating the best possible Comprehensive District Design. We invite anyone who has students enrolled at our MPS schools to complete a survey that focuses on the student placement process. The deadline to complete the survey is October 7th. 

MPS is also engaging with other key stakeholders, including students, teachers, and school leaders to understand how they navigate the student placement or student request process. This project is one way we are digging deep to better understand our systems and structures as we create a Comprehensive District Design. The information gathered from this project will be shared at the November 26th Board of Education meeting.

Stay tuned as there will be other opportunities to engage in conversations about the Comprehensive District Design process this fall. Broader input on Comprehensive Design elements will become available in October and throughout the school year.

Click here to take the enrollment survey.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING Center Performing Arts (located at 3754 Pleasant)

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Monday, September 23, 4:30 PM

City Hall, 350 S. 5th St. Room #317

Stahl Construction and Hayes Properties have submitted the following applications to allow for site modifications and a building addition to the Center for Performing Arts Building at 3754 Pleasant Ave in the OR2/High Density Office Residence District:

  • Conditional use permit to allow a building to exceed 4 stories or 56 feet.
  • Rear yard setback variance for the proposed building.
  • Corner side yard setback variance for the proposed building addition, canopy and walkway.
  • Front and interior side yard setback variance for a proposed community garden.
  • Variance to reduce the required off-street parking.
  • Variance to allow loading and parking spaces in the rear yard setback.
  • Variance to reduce the width of a drive aisle.
  • Site plan review.

The City Planning Commission will meet on Monday, September 23, 2019, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 317 City Hall, 350 S. 5th St., Minneapolis, MN. Interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. Planning Department staff will issue a recommendation to the Planning Commission. After hearing from the public, the Planning Commission will make a determination based on required legal findings of fact. Please visit www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/planningfor the agenda with staff reports (web page will be updated by the end of the day Wednesday prior to the meeting date).

In accordance with the Zoning Code, all property owners within 350 feet of the subject property are notified of this public hearing.  If you have questions about the project, please contact the City staff person listed below.  If you would like to submit comments, you may make them verbally at the meeting or submit them in writing to:

Aaron Hanauer, Senior Planner – 250 S 4th St Room 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone (612) 673-2494 E-mail: Aaron.Hanauer@minneapolismn.gov.

For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact 612-673-3710. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-673-2157 or 612-673-2626.

News from the 5th Precinct Regarding Individual with Firearms in SW Minneapolis

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This info was provided from the 5th precinct:

On August 2, 2019 at about 5:00 pm, officers responded to a 911 call about a suspicious vehicle parked in the 900 block of 42nd Street West.  When they arrived, they spoke with a man inside the parked car and observed that there were also firearms inside the vehicle.  They took possession of the firearms while they spoke with the man.  Ultimately, they retained the firearms and inventoried them in the MPD Property & Evidence Unit for safekeeping.  No one was arrested at the scene and there is no information that the firearms were obtained unlawfully.

There is no known connection to the Barton School building or to Barton students or personnel. There was also no threats made regarding anyone by the man.  The supervisor of the school resource officers working in Minneapolis schools has reviewed the information about this incident.  We have talked with the Minneapolis Public Schools Office of Emergency Management, Safety & Security and the officers in the 5th Precinct and the MPD School Resource Officers will continue to work with Minneapolis Public Schools to respond to safety concerns.

Additional details:

  • The owner will need to be able to pass a firearms background check or obtain a court order before the firearms will be released to him.
  • A combination of Federal and State laws outline who may or may not be in possession of a firearm, what conditions disqualify someone from firearm possession, and limits on what types of firearms can be possessed.  MN law also sets out the processes for a resident to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm from a firearms dealer and for residents to obtain a permit to carry a gun.  For further information about MN laws related to purchasing and carrying guns, please see:  https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Pages/firearms.aspx
  • This background check will find any disqualifying conditions that would prohibit the owner from possessing a firearm.  A list of disqualifiers can be found here:     https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/624.713
  • We have circulated the details of this incident among officers in the precinct so they will also be aware of this incident and able to keep an eye out for the vehicle that was involved.
  • Investigators in the Weapons Unit are reviewing the incident in more depth including tracing the firearms.
  • We encourage anyone in the neighborhood to call 911 if they see someone behaving in a way that raises concerns that a crime has been or is about to be committed or that the person may need medical attention or crisis intervention.

MPS has robust emergency plans in place to prevent, mitigate and respond to safety incidents.  Please let us know if you have questions.

Jennifer Waisanen, Crime Prevention Specialist, City of Minneapolis- MPD 5th PCT

612-673-5407 | Jennifer.waisanen@minneapolismn.gov

Crime prevention resources: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-prevention/

Crime maps and statistics: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/