[Mpls] Cataract Mill site, Mpls Park Board parking lot.

[Jason C Stone]

Jeff, silly to blame the dissenting commissioners for a lack of risk and perception management on
the part of project proponents.  Perhaps if they had proven that risk was adequately managed, it
would have tipped the scales.  

Regards,
Jason Stone
Diamond Lake

--- Jeff Fellows <jfellows at att.net> wrote:
> An opportunity gone down the river.
> 
> Commissioners Walt Dziedzic , John Erwin, Annie Young, Rochelle Berry Graves and
> Vivian Mason voted against Crown Hydro.
> 
> ( Nina Archabal, Director Minnesota Historical Society) "Archabal called it
> premature for the Park Board to sign a lease. She wants the Park Board itself to
> do the archeological review, not Crown Hydro, she said.  "That is the kind of
> vision that produced Mill Ruins Park," Archabal said. "Why would we expect less
> of [Park Board Commissioners] now?  They are the owners. They are the ones with
> the responsibility." excerpt from:
> http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2004/05/17/news/news12.txt
> 
> Having denied Crown Hydro the responsibility for the archeological review of the
> Cataract Mill site, have these commissioners taken up the responsibility?
> 
> Or, will it remain an asphalt parking lot for the indefinite future?
> 
> Remember the vote the next time the MPRB votes down your neighborhood request
> for $100,000 ( the down payment from Crown Hydro ) of lighting for your park.



	
		
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