Mayor R.T. Rybak on Tuesday outlined his goals for his administration's last 350 days in office.
It's a long list, which Rybak presented on a large white board, but the mayor himself acknowledged that it doesn't include any new or unexpected items.
"What we're really doing right now is laying out a very aggressive agenda, but it's one that's really about doing some work that completes the work that we've already started," Rybak said.
The mayor didn't winnow the list down, except to say that his top development priorities would be the Nicollet Mall redesign, developing the district around the new Vikings stadium and reconfiguring the intersection of Nicollet Ave. and Lake Street.
So for posterity's sake, here is what the Rybak administration hopes to accomplish in 2013.
Safe Place to Call Home
Youth Violence Prevention
- Luger Report (Jan.)
- Launch Yr. 6 Committee (Jan)
- Connect w/ Fed Partner (March report / Fall convene)
-Community engagement (structure / Events)
- Youth Victimization Data Share
Chief Yr. 1
- Helping [Chief] build community partners.
Gun - State, local legislation. Where did gun come from? Who's giving [to] our kids?
Groundwork for Next Generation
Engage School Board
Generation Next
- Refine Outcomes
- Build Partnerships
- Advocate Policy
Minneapolis Promise
- STEP Up Expansion (sustainability / growth plan)
- College/career center refinement
Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
- Active board engagement
Grow: More people, more jobs
Infrastructure
- Streetcar (finance plan, fed lobby, regional operating plan)
- Integrate for Nicollet Mall
Light Rail
- Central open, SW impt, Bott. plan
Bus Rapid Transit (Lake Station Funding)
Nicollet Mall
- Design (w/DTC), implement plan
Projects
Target Center
- Project scope, finance plan, deal, design, start
- Public realm + district
Stadium
- Bus design (partner of commission)
- District design (lead)
- Plaza, park (?), connection, transit
- Energy
- Attract development
Nicollet/Lake
- Access funding strategy
- Development / infrastructure financing + plan
Surly - Help w/ grants, break ground
Resourcer
- Identify long-term $ growth tools
- Commercial corridor, small biz
- Sustainable organizational + $ plan
One Minneapolis
Workforce Development
- METP 3.0
- Step Up (Expansion/Sustainability)
- Inclusionary hiring
- Target Center, stadium, Green Homes, Fair Hire
Housing
- Foreclosure prevention (bgt sp. follow)
- Homeless 2.0
North Minneapolis
- Green Homes North
- Emerge Technology Center
- Emerson/Broadway Youth Partner
- Penn Corridor (w/ County)
- Penn / Broadway, Capri expansion/Artspace
- DEED
- Upper Harbor
A City That Works
Compacts
Budget - Short/Longterm
Complete CPED - Reg Services Reorg
-Integrate biz growth/license
Fire Dept. Hiring
Results 2.0
Workforce tsunami planning
Green City
Complete Climate Action Plan
Homegrown Sustainability
- Farmers Market 2.0
Green, Clean, Cheap energy
- Franchise 4 Excel, Centerpoint
Airport
- Lobby statewide aviation governance
- City views in expansion
Asian Carp (congress gives authority to local officials)
Upper River Terminal
- Temp user / Long range plan
Legislative Priorities
Property tax relief
LGA: restore/reform
Transit bill
Nicollet Mall in bonding
Statewide aviation plan