§ 419.50. Neighborhood revitalization program process.

(a) The neighborhood revitalization program is a long-term commitment to give priority to neighborhood needs in the city. Service planning and delivery will focus on neighborhood needs, as defined by residents from each of the city's neighborhoods, working through neighborhood organizations and the staff and policy officials of the agencies represented on the policy board.

(b)

The neighborhood revitalization program will provide financial resources to neighborhood groups to work with residents to identify the most important existing and anticipated needs in their neighborhoods. Identified needs may be for services, rehabilitation, development or capital improvements. They may be for neighborhood-based activities, programs and projects of the city, Special School District No. 1, the park and recreation board, the library board, or Hennepin County, among others.

(c)

Needs will be identified in neighborhood action plans. Neighborhood revitalization program staff and other agencies will provide technical assistance. Additional funds will be available for groups to purchase their own technical assistance when appropriate. In recognition that the neighborhood revitalization program broadens the scope of citizen participation in the planning and the implementation of neighborhood action plans, financial support will be provided to ensure effective citizen participation in the neighborhood revitalization program. The nature, level, and means of allocating such support shall be developed consistent with the purposes of the neighborhood revitalization program.

(d)

The neighborhood planning process will be designed to ensure that all neighborhood interests are adequately represented in the identification of needs and preparation of neighborhood action plans. Neighborhood planning organizers shall take affirmative steps to assure that participation in the planning process is inclusive of all populations and interests in the neighborhood, including renters, homeowners, people of color, businesses, institutions, socioeconomic groups, youth, elderly people and people with disabilities.

(e)

The neighborhood revitalization program process, including actions by the policy board, the city council and mayor, as described below, will determine the use of city neighborhood revitalization program funds. Where applicable, the city will conduct redevelopment activities in a manner consistent with neighborhood priorities and encourage the reallocation of existing resources to fund the specific program priorities determined by Minneapolis neighborhoods.

(f)

All neighborhood revitalization activities that are funded with city neighborhood revitalization program funds require approval by the city council and the mayor after receipt of recommendations from the policy board. (90-Or-157, § 1, 6-15-90)