Katie here. Finally getting a City permit is worthy of a post from each of us. This has been such a long time coming. And this process has further cemented my run for city council.
Minneapolis has a number of challenges - two major ones being housing and climate change. We cannot meet either if every innovative sustainable development takes 18 months from permit application to approval. Just two examples of barriers we encountered, but should be easy to overcome:
Our experience is what is it is. But it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, the City claims to want better. A goal in the 2040 Plan aims to: "k. Help secure and fund demonstration projects of emerging or underutilized technologies, concepts, designs and methods." This means that at a high level innovation is welcome and encouraged. However, that spirit has not reached all levels of the City enterprise. My goal is to make sure that it does. Our project demonstrates that breaking through red tape is painful, yet possible. It just shouldn't be this hard. Our City processes can and must evolve if we're to meet our goals. We now have our permit. It's time to figure out the rest of the timeline to get this thing up before the snow flies!
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