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David Rubedor City of Minneapolis Neighborhood and Community Relations. International Downtown Association Visioning Downtown: Finding Success in Community Engagement September 23 rd , 2012. NCR Vision. 2. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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David RubedorCity of MinneapolisNeighborhood and Community Relations
International Downtown AssociationVisioning Downtown: Finding Success in Community EngagementSeptember 23rd, 2012
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NCR VisionMinneapolis is a model City for engaged residents, vibrant neighborhoods, and responsive government.
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Why do Community Engagement? Better, sustainable results
Partnership opportunities to help achieve city goals
Transparency and accountability
Community acceptance of a project or decision
Previously unknown special needs may be accommodated;
Post-implementation costs are avoided for agencies and departments (Instead, education occurs early in project life-cycle.);
Mutual respect among stakeholders;
Increased project efficiency
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Core Principles of Community Engagement
1. Right to be involved
2. Contribution will be thoughtfully considered
3. Recognize the needs of all
4. Seek out involvement
5. Participants design participation
6. Adequate information
7. Known effect of participation
Adopted by the City Council, December 2007
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Neighborhood and Community Relations (NCR) Department
NCR
Access andOutreach
Office to EndHomelessness
EnterpriseSupport
NeighborhoodSupport
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Access and Outreach Building connections to
underrepresented communities
Identifying and eliminating barriers to participation
American Indian Memorandum of Understanding
Boards and Commissions
Latino Engagement Task Force
Hello Neighbor Initiative
ADA compliance and awareness
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Access and Outreach LEP and Interpreting Services
Ensuring access to non-English speaking residents
Somali Amharic Oromo Hmong Spanish American Sign Language
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Office to End Homelessness
Joint Office with Hennepin County
St. Stephen’s Street Outreach Team
Project Homeless Connect
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Neighborhood Support Wide range in scale and work of neighborhood
organizations:
Populations from ~800 to more than 20,000 per organization (2000 Census). (145 to 1)
Revenues from ~$1,800 to more than $575,000 Neighborhoods are vastly different in racial,
ethnic and economic diversity. Neighborhood organizations have widely
varying missions. Some neighborhood organizations are purely
volunteer run and managed, some have part-time staff, while others have one or more full-time employees.
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Neighborhood Diversity, Income and Population
$(20,000)
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$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
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Diversity Index
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Neighborhood SupportCommunity Participation Program
New program starting in 2011
Support for neighborhood organizations to: Identify and act on neighborhood based priorities Inform and influence City decisions and priorities Increase resident involvement in community Support neighborhood planning as the basis for enhanced
governmental cooperation and coordination for the planning and delivery of public services.
Allocate $3,800,000 annually to neighborhood organizations
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Neighborhood SupportChanging Models
NCR Model Neighborhood based
priority setting and planning
Collaborative model of shared responsibility forimplementation
Greater engagement and inclusion
Less funding
Positive relationship between City and neighborhoods
NRP Model 20 Year, established program
Investment-based program
Neighborhood-based priority setting, planning, and implementation
Provides resources to neighborhood organizations to plan and implement programs
Over $300,000,000 investment
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Neighborhood SupportCommunity Participation Program
Neighborhood Organization Training, Support and Oversight Building collaborations Board training and strategic planning assistance Conferences and networking Information sharing (Minneapolis inTouch newsletter) Community building support Outreach and diversity Insurance and audits Compliance with contracts Directors and Officers Insurance (2012) Legal support
+Minneapolis’ Downtown Neighborhoods
Elliot Park
Loring Park
North Loop
Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association
Neighborhoods Map
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David RubedorCity of MinneapolisNeighborhood and Community Relations
International Downtown AssociationVisioning Downtown: Finding Success in Community EngagementSeptember 23rd, 2012