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DEVELOPERS ARE PLANNING A $190 MILLION REDO OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE’S HISTORIC HOME By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com

evelopers are proposing to breathe new life into the former Dayton’s building as a future retail and entertainment hub of downtown Minneapolis. The building’s new owner, New York-based developer 601w Cos., recently announced its plan to invest $250 million to buy and renovate the three-building complex on Nicollet Mall. The project would turn the approximately 1.2 million square feet of high-profile real estate into retail on the lowers levels, a festival food hall in the basement and offices with large floorplates by 2019. “It’s a rare find in our business to discover such an historically significant building in a such a prized location. We fully understand its historical and cultural significance to the City of Minneapolis and the generations of Minnesotans who have experienced great memories

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Bidding reopens for Southwest LRT construction The Met Council rejected all four civil construction bids it received this summer By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Bidding on the civil construction contract for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project reopened Oct. 30, about six weeks after the Metropolitan Council rejected all four bids offered in a previous round. The bids ranged from $796.5 million to nearly $1.1 billion and were rejected for being too costly. The agency also cited “responsiveness issues” in its explanation. The decision delayed work on the $1.9 billion, 14.5-mile extension of the METRO Green Line by about four months, pushing the projected opening date into 2022. “I think we would not recommend pursuing this path if we didn’t think it was absolutely necessary,” said Met Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff at the time. Met Council now plans to award the civil construction contract in April and break ground on the project next construc-

Local elected oﬃcials toured the future SWLRT corridor in September. Submitted image tion season. Included in the scope of the contract is all double track for the entire

route between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie, cut-and-cover tunnels, bridges and light rail

stations, among other project components. Although it wasn’t clear to many observers at the time, the “responsiveness issues” Met Council cited when it rejected the four previous bids had to do with the inclusion of firms that had been involved in either the advanced design or preliminary engineering phases of the SWLRT project. Three of the four previous bids relied on subcontractors who had worked with AECOM, the firm hired for advanced design work, a violation of Federal Transit Administration rules meant to ensure fair competition in bidding. Tchourumoff referred to it as a “conflict of interest” at a SWLRT Corridor Management Committee meeting. The invitation for bids the agency released in October lists the three-dozen off-limits firms previously involved in SWLRT work by name. SEE LIGHT RAIL / PAGE 9

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It’s game over for Byte, a geeky bar and restaurant that opened earlier this year in the Warehouse District. Owners Travis Shaw and Mark Lowman closed the restaurant at the end of October with a Halloween-themed closing party. The two chefs said while the restaurant garnered a loyal customer base, Byte didn’t bring in enough business to make its location on First Avenue work out. “Opening Byte has been a roller coaster of an adventure but the love you all show for our food, concept, and staff is what keeps us going day in and day out,” they said in a statement. Shaw and Lowman left corporate cooking posts to go out on their own and open Byte, a concept that combined a café, a fast-casual restaurant and a bar. Core to the concept was its embrace of games, TV shows and other things geeky, from its reference-laden wallpaper to the mound of board games available behind the bar. Byte’s happy hour had diners rolling 20-sided dice to get discounts.

The two started Byte with a $15 minimum wage for all its employees. Nothing on its menu — an eclectic mixture of Mexican, Indian and American options — was priced over $10. Shaw said in an email that they have no immediate plans to relocate Byte to another area, though they are open to the idea if they find “the right place and the right team.” In the meantime, they’ll take a much-needed break. “I’ve learned a lot through this whole process and at this point plan to just bide my time and see what happens,” he said. The nearly 3,000-square-foot location near 4th & 1st and across the street from the Fine Line Music Café was last home to Insomnia Nightclub. Byte’s last day was Oct. 28. The restaurant got a farewell with a Halloween cosplay with an all-night happy hour, party games and a costume contest.

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PNC Lounge at the Hennepin Theatre Trust IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The Hennepin Theatre Trust recently announced it has entered into a multi-year naming rights agreement with PNC Bank to brand a lounge in its new headquarters as the PNC Lounge. The partnership includes the build out and naming of a first-level lounge inside the nonprofit’s building at 9th & Hennepin for non-ticketed events with guests, donors and sponsors. President and CEO Mark Nerenhausen, who took the helm of the organization earlier this year, said the partnership goes beyond naming rights and will create a relationship between the two organizations. The money will go toward payments for the building and will support renovations like the lounge and a performance space on the third floor. “It gives us a completely different tool than we’ve had with just the theaters,” he said. “This gives us a different way to interact with the community, to engage with the community and gives us a different visibility on Hennepin.” Nerenhausen and a PNC Bank spokesman declined to discuss terms of the agreement, such as how much it is worth and how long it will last. They confirmed it is a multi-year deal. The nonprofit, which owns and operates Hennepin Avenue’s three historic theaters — the Orpheum, State and Pantages — moved from City Center to the former Solera restaurant building earlier this year. Offices for staff occupy the second floor. The lounge is expected to open later next year. Nerenhausen said they’re still working on the design of the space and whether it

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will include a bar. Because the building was last home to a restaurant and an event space it has several commercial kitchens. The space could be used to entertain guests around shows — the Orpheum is located just next door — or for private events. Nerenhausen said he doesn’t expect the lounge to host ticketed events. On the third floor, the organization plans to create a performance space for community arts groups and education programs like FAIR School across the street. PNC, one of the largest financial services firms in the country, has a downtown Minneapolis office that offers services like treasury management and international banking services to large and midsize firms. Nerenhausen, who came to the organization after holding positions at several large performing arts venues across the country, said PNC has a history of supporting arts organizations. The partnership is a “leap of faith” on PNC’s part, he said, because of the nonprofit’s recent efforts to reinvent itself with a new building and programming beyond its three venues. “I think they saw an institution with a track record of helping the community,” he said. Kate Kelly, PNC regional president for the Twin Cities, said in a statement that a thriving arts community drives employment and tourism and will attract businesses. “Hennepin Theatre Trust is one of the great cultural resources across Minnesota and we look forward to building a long-standing relationship,” she said. Steve Cramer, CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District, said partnerships between the arts and business communities are important for a thriving downtown. “[The] Hennepin Theatre Trust is a key actor bringing these worlds together,” he said. The agreement could be the first of multiple partnerships in the organization’s future. Nerenhausen said the agreement doesn’t preclude them from entering partnerships with other businesses or banking institutions. Bank of America is the title sponsor of the theaters’ Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin seasons.

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FROM DAYTON’S / PAGE 1 here,” said Brian Whiting, President of The Telos Group, a partner on the project. “We are honored to be charged with the revival of the Dayton’s building, which we believe will once again take its place as the cultural and entertainment heart of Downtown for generations to come.” Before it was Macy’s and before it was Marshall Field’s, the building at 7th & Nicollet was Dayton’s, and it has stayed that way in the memories of many Minnesotans across the original building’s 115-year-history. The redo, known as “The Dayton’s Project,” will bring back the store’s name to the building. The Bachelor Farmer and Askov Finlayson owner Eric Dayton, whose great-greatgrandfather founded the department store, described it on Twitter as an “important and exciting project.” “I’m proud to have our name attached,” he said. Once complete in a couple years, the project will be one of the largest adaptive reuse developments in the country. Two sights in the building that may stick out in many a Minnesotan’s memory, the Art Decostyle women’s bathroom on the fourth floor and the original JB Hudson space on the first floor, will be preserved in the redevelopment. About 80 construction workers led by general contractor Gardner Builders are already on the site daily to do the preliminary demolition and abatement work. Whiting called this time a “discovery phase” to uncover much of the aging infrastructure building. The development team estimates the project will create about 400 construction jobs. The basement and first two floors will be home to dozens of fashion retailers, restaurants and entertainment companies across more than 200,000 square feet. The Dayton’s building is no stranger to restaurants, having been home to the Oak Grill, the 12th-floor Skyroom and Signature Kitchen on the lower level. Under the new proposal, the building will be home to a “dynamic” festival food hall on the lower level that the developers say will be home to artisanal food purveyors. Unlike many buildings downtown that are closed on weekends, Whiting said they envision the skyway-accessible building being a venue open all week, including evenings. Food halls are a trend nationwide and are growing locally. Minneapolis has had the

Midtown Global Market — similarly built in a former department store space — for more than a decade. St. Paul will get its own downtown food hall with the Keg & Case Market next year in the former Schmidt brewery. On the upper levels, the Dayton’s complex will have 750,000 square feet of first-class office space with “a style and amenities not seen prior in Minneapolis,” Whiting said. The office floors, once home to the original Dayton’s offices, have large floorplates not found in other buildings in the city. Tenants may occupy as much as 90,000 square feet on some floors. Office workers will have access to a rooftop outdoor terrace with an indoor winter lounge, a quiet “library” space and a 10,000-square-foot full-service fitness center. Erin Fitzgerald Wendorf, a principal at Transwestern, a firm managing the project, said these floors will be a “statement space” in attracting innovative tenants. While none have publically signed on to the project yet, Whiting said discussions with prospective clients are “very active” and the interest has been “extreme.” Construction is expected to begin next March. The office portion of the project is expected to open at the beginning of 2019, although early tenancy may start late next year. The commercial floors could open as soon as the second or third quarter of 2019. Majority owner 601w Cos. purchased the building for $59 million earlier this year. The development team includes Nicollet Mallbased United Properties and Telos Group of Chicago. Architecture firm Gensler Minneapolis designed the project. “This project reflects the historical significance of the building while adding a respectful but progressive design to create dynamic and relevant environments for today’s workforce and the downtown Minneapolis community,” said Steve Bieringer, a senior design manager at Gensler. Now vacant, the building may eventually be home to an estimated 4,000 employees. Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District, said the Dayton’s project and the redesigned Nicollet Mall may lead to more interest in the heart of the city. “To me, this one-two punch is going to tremendous for our downtown and send a signal that we’re open for other retail and other entertainment business along Nicollet,” he said.

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Government

Volume 48, Issue 22 Publisher Janis Hall jhall@journalmpls.com Co-Publisher & Sales Manager Terry Gahan 612-436-4360 tgahan@journalmpls.com Editor Dylan Thomas 612-436-4391 dthomas@journalmpls.com @DThomasJournals Assistant Editor Eric Best ebest@journalmpls.com @ericthebest Staﬀ Writers Michelle Bruch mbruch@journalmpls.com @MichelleBruch Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb Contributing Writers Jahna Peloquin Jenny Heck Ethan Fawley Client Services Delaney Patterson 612-436-5070 dpatterson@journalmpls.com Creative Director Valerie Moe 612-436-5075 vmoe@journalmpls.com

CIVIC BEAT

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No changes to wage ordinance for nursing homes A city staff report delivered in October noted nursing homes and other non-hospital residential care enterprises face “unique challenges” in meeting Minneapolis’ new municipal minimum wage ordinance, but the report stopped short of recommending changes to the ordinance. The authors noted it’s not the only local industry that could face some difficult adjustments when the wage floor begins to rise next year. They added that the non-hospital residential care sector “is closer to meeting some of these challenges” because the average local nursing home or home healthcare worker salary already exceeds the state minimum of $7.75 an hour. It’s more than double that rate at some large nursing homes. The City Council, which requested the report in June when it passed the municipal minimum wage ordinance, took no action in October to make special accommodations for the industry. Whether nursing homes and similar businesses should be granted some flexibility was one of several key issues still under debate as the Council neared a vote on the ordinance four months ago. The businesses rely heavily on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and there is a time delay in receiving those reimbursements that can stretch to 18–27 months. City staff met with industry representatives to prepare the report, and their dive into reimbursement rates revealed just how “varied and

complex” the system is, Deputy City Coordinator Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde told the Council’s Committee of the Whole on Oct. 18. “All of them were really supportive of our municipal minimum wage policy,” RiveraVandermyde said. “Their concern was mostly how it affected them in a place where they did not always have control over their … reimbursement rates, because they’re lagged.” Before the June vote on the ordinance, Council President Barb Johnson proposed categorizing all non-hospital residential care enterprises as small businesses, regardless of size. Under the ordinance, small businesses with fewer than 100 employees get seven years to reach a minimum wage of $15 an hour, while larger businesses only get five years. Johnson’s proposal wasn’t included in the final ordinance. Instead, the Council voted in October to add improvements to the reimbursement system to its legislative policy agenda. “The question on (this report) was … whether that would prompt a change to the ordinance, and I think any time you have such intense scrutiny around the time you actually take your vote, having an additional change is probably unlikely, in my opinion, with the same set of people,” said Ward 8 City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden. Glidden noted that the city plans to closely monitor the effects of the ordinance on all

Minneapolis businesses, and in mid-December is expected to award a contract for what “essentially will be the first really city-funded major study of impacts.” Proposals to conduct the study are due Nov. 22. Outside groups are expected to monitor the impacts of a rising minimum wage in Minneapolis, as well. “My belief is there may be several outside organizations that also may wish to do this kind of work,” Glidden said. The report on non-hospital residential care enterprises was one of two assigned to staff by the Council when they approved the municipal minimum wage. The second, also delivered in mid-October, detailed the criteria internship or apprenticeship programs must meet to pay teen workers a reduced rate — set in the ordinance at 85 percent of the minimum wage during the first 90 days of employment. The programs will have to go through a city approval process run by the City Planning and Economic Development Department. Only programs on a CPED-approved list will be allowed to pay the reduced wage, and they must have supervisors complete a training course and also demonstrate how the internship or apprenticeship will impart job skills. Programs that receive local, state or federal grants are automatically added to the approved training program list.

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Council to consider occupancy limits A proposed amendment to the city zoning code that would allow for more unrelated individuals to live in one house or apartment is slated to get a public hearing in November. Late last year, the City Council voted to allow so-called “intentional communities” of unrelated adults to live together in a singlefamily home, as long as they meet certain requirements. The new proposed amendment, introduced in January by Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey and referred to staff at a February meeting of the Zoning and Planning Committee, would broaden the definition of “family” in the city’s zoning code, potentially allowing for “a certain number of unrelated individuals to be considered a family,” according to a staff report. Frey, who is running for mayor, listed increased maximum occupancy limits in a

section of his campaign website dedicated to the issues of affordable housing and homelessness. “More people should be allowed to live together than currently are allowed by city law,” it states. “Restrictive occupancy limits based on outdated conceptions of what a ‘family’ is supposed to look like often make life challenging for immigrant families, and I support changing these laws.” The staff report on the proposed amendment notes “Minneapolis is fairly unique” among big cities by regulating occupancy in both the zoning code and housing maintenance code. Occupancy limits in the zoning code are based on the city’s definition of a family, while the housing maintenance code limits — designed to promote health and safety — are based on the square footage of the dwelling.

One result is that there are some residential structures in the city that could safely accommodate more people but aren’t allowed to because of the zoning code restrictions on the number of unrelated individuals living together, the report notes. Zoning code allows up to three unrelated individuals to live together in low-density residential districts; in high-density residential districts, as many as five unrelated individuals can share a dwelling. In no residential district can the number of family members plus unrelated individuals exceed five, although families of more than five people are allowed to share a dwelling. The ordinance was scheduled to receive a public hearing Nov. 13.

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GREENING 3RD AVENUE

he downtown Minneapolis street that was supposed to become a pleasurable green promenade for pedestrians is falling well short of that goal so far. No, we’re not talking the Nicollet Mall, the street that the big cigars of downtown try to reinvent every 25 years or so at considerable public and private expense. Rather, it’s 3rd Avenue, one of the few downtown streets to bridge both the Interstate 94 freeway chasm and the river. That made it the preferred choice for those who wanted to route a north-south protected bike lane through downtown. They planned to keep the calming, landscaped medians that marked the street, putting traffic on a road diet. That plan didn’t fly after the big cigars caught the ears of a scant majority of the City Council. It mandated four through traffic lanes for most of the avenue’s path through downtown, which meant sacrificing the medians and scrapping plans to shield cyclists from traffic with colorful planters. But the payoff was supposed to be a street that offset those lost medians with flora and other greenery along the sidewalks used by pedestrians, at least shielding them from passing cars. At the end of the 2017 street work season, that greenery remains a mirage. The meager greening that’s been added to this redesigned street so far falls short of what’s been taken away. The city has added a few unspectacular planting beds at top-of-curb level. They total about 2,100 square feet. That’s far short of the size of the wide, raised medians of grasses, flowers and ornamental trees that were subtracted. The banners, movable planters and the vegetated baskets hanging from light poles mentioned in redesign layout sheets? They’re nowhere in sight. The thousands of square feet of privately planted greenery and flora that were supposed brighten the street? Not much has been added.

Sure, you can find pockets of decorative plants. The Carlyle tower is artfully planted with chartreuse sedum, ornamental kales, hibiscus and prairie grasses that screen the drive-up entrance. Ditto for the splashes of color at the former Milwaukee Depot, with its hotels and event center. But they were there before the city promised a greener street. Too many blocks remain drab, offering blank concrete walls or unscreened parking lots. The Ameriprise Financial building at 901 3rd Ave. has a delightful water wall with grasses, birches and shrubs near its entrance, but the north half of its block is devoid of landscaping. A parking lot across the street offers more greenery in the form of weeds than from its struggling trees. Even some park-like settings could be improved. The south half of the Hennepin County Government Center site, with its circular park set within a square block, at least offers shade and a place to eat a food truck lunch. But its three city-installed planting beds offer little floral color. One block to the south at Accenture Tower, groves of trees offer a respite from the urban heat island, but it needs a refreshing of mulch at corners where foot traffic has packed the bare earth. Some previous efforts at landscaping seem just plain tuckered out. The federal courthouse offers its grassy drumlin-like hummocks, finally looking healthy after years of effort, plus some whimsical sculptural figures. But the few gingko trees at the building’s back corner show signs of stress. One block north, the meager plantings beside the Eastside restaurant appear not to have been tended since they were planted, a few token plants surviving in a sea of mulch. Perhaps the valets the eatery boasts of could water the survivors occasionally. Nearby, two other recent projects, one public and one private, seem more serious about greening two streets that intersect 3rd Avenue. Hennepin County’s recent recon-

Looking south down 3rd Avenue toward 9th Street. Photo by Dylan Thomas

struction of five blocks of Washington Avenue offers proof that a public body can integrate concrete with plants that soften a streetscape. The Mill City Quarter complex similarly brightens 2nd Avenue with new greenery. Don Elwood, the city’s director of transportation engineering and design, said the 3rd Avenue plantings aren’t yet complete. He said that the city and the Downtown Improvement District still are talking about what additional types of greenery will be added in future years. For example, the City Hall corner where 3rd Avenue intersects with 4th Street will likely be expanded for the benefit of pedestrians when the latter street is reconstructed in 2019. The city also hopes to add additional planting beds at the old federal building, the one north of Washington Avenue, sometime in the future. But the lag in getting these added public and potential private investments nailed down reflects the hurried nature in which the 3rd Avenue project arose. It first emerged as part of the mayor’s 2016 budget, bypassing the normal capital budgeting process. (Disclaimer: I now sit on the capital budgeting revised committee but didn’t join

Plantings outside of the Carlyle, 100 3rd Ave. S. Photo by Steve Brandt until this year.) The original design caught by surprise some property owners concerned about access to their buildings. Thus the project looks like a hurried-up, muddled street, rather than the grander boulevard it had the potential to be. Can someone at least stencil the bike lanes?

Steve Brandt retired from a 40-year career at the Star Tribune in 2016. He lives in Southwest Minneapolis.

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SUPER BOWL COUNTDOWN

DAYS REMAINING UNTIL KICKOFF

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Nicollet Mall will host 10-day Super Bowl festival Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis are putting together a Minnesota-centric lineup

It wouldn’t be a Minnesota Super Bowl without Prince. A tribute to the late music star, free shows and ice sculptures are among the sights promised at Super Bowl LIVE, a 10-day festival that will bring locals and visitors to the south end of Nicollet Mall before the big game next February. The Super Bowl Host Committee marked 100 days until the game with an announcement that Minneapolis songwriting icons Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis will be behind a Minnesota-focused lineup of programming and concerts, which will include a tribute to the Purple One. The lineup is just one part of the pre-game festival, which committee officials promise will have food and outdoor fun in order to showcase the region and the Twin Cities as the “Bold North.” Maureen Bausch, CEO of the host committee, said the festival is an “opportunity to showcase the best of Minnesota” — including the weather. “From our ‘Minnesota Sound’ and outdoor winter sports to our creative cuisine and nightlife, Nicollet Mall will be a shining example of our Bold North lifestyle. With a northern city hosting the Super Bowl, we are leaning into what makes Minnesota unique. We created Super Bowl LIVE to intentionally invite our visitors to spend time outdoors and enjoy an unforgettable and quintessential Minnesota experience,” she said in a statement. The festival will take over six blocks of Nicollet Mall from 6th to 12th streets with each block offering its own unique events and programming. The festivities will connect to the Super Bowl Experience Driven by Genesis, the NFL’s interactive theme park inside the Minneapolis Convention Center. The main attraction will be the “Verizon Up Stage at Ice Mountain” on the corner of 8th & Nicollet. That’s where free daily concerts, including a Prince tribute on the first day, will take place each day, as orga-

Visitors will be able to take photos inside walk-in snow globes at Super Bowl LIVE. Submitted image

nized by Jam and Lewis. Each night, Native American groups from around the state will “drum down the sun.” “From Bob Dylan to Prince, Minnesota’s musical legacy is like no other. We’re happy to be a part of bringing our local folks and fami-

lies together to share in this celebration of our iconic music community,” the two said. Welcoming visitors on each block will be roughly 17-foot-wide ice sculptures. Guests and families will be able to warm up on warming benches and take photos inside

giant snow globes. While much of the festivities will be outside in the cold, visitors will be able to relax inside the former Macy’s building, which has become the Dayton’s Project under new ownership. Super Bowl LIVE is expected to draw about 1 million visitors to the renovated Nicollet Mall, which will be fully completed by the time the Super Bowl comes on Feb. 4. Richard Davis, co-chair of the committee, touted the potential of the Super Bowl — “the world’s largest stage” — to boost local business and tourism and support the region’s brand as the Bold North. “It’s an exciting opportunity for our worldclass companies and all Minnesotans to come together and celebrate the good life in Minnesota as a proud and vibrant community,” he said.

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journalmpls.com / November 2–15, 2017 9 FROM LIGHT RAIL / PAGE 1 After rejecting the first round of bids, Met Council officials also said they would search for ways to trim costs from the project. Tchourumoff wrote in an Oct. 30 email to Met Council members that those adjustments included changes to the construction timeline meant to limit overtime costs and “modifications to increase risk-sharing with the contractor.” “Over the past month, the Council and Hennepin County worked with project partners to identify potential modifications and surveyed the contracting community for ideas,” she wrote. “We have taken that input

and adjusted the Civil Contract documents and specifications.”

Public input on crash wall The Met Council in October also scheduled a public open house on a 1.4-mile crash wall added to the project in August. The wall, which will separate light rail and freight rail traffic along much the SWLRT route through Minneapolis, was the result of negotiations over a shared-use agreement between Met Council and BNSF. BNSF owns a portion of the future SWLRT corridor extending from roughly Interstate 394 to the North Loop.

Describing it as a “significant and substantial change” in a letter to the Met Council, Mayor Betsy Hodges and other local elected officials demanded that the agency “promptly” conduct and environmental review of the wall. That environmental review was underway in September, SWLRT Project Director Jim Alexander said. Alexander told members of the SWLRT Corridor Management Committee in September that the Minnesota Department of Transportation would also require a historic review of the wall. Its proposed location in the Wayzata Subdivision places it in a stretch of railroad corridor the agency views as potentially historically significant, he said.

The corridor runs through the Bryn Mawr neighborhood, and in October the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Organization passed a resolution noting that the wall “raises questions and concerns over the impact … on wildlife, sound and visual separation.” The resolution also called on Met Council to conduct an environmental review. Alexander said the FTA was expected to review the Met Council’s study of the wall’s potential impact and decide by December whether a deeper study was necessary. The public open house on the crash wall is 5 p.m.–7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Bryn Mawr Elementary School, 252 Upton Ave. S.

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New St. Anthony Parkway Bridge opens By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com The new St. Anthony Parkway Bridge in Northeast Minneapolis has opened to traffic after two years of construction. The $31.6 million project closed off a connection over the BNSF Northtown rail yard and Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Traffic was on the new three-span bridge, which replaces a five-span bridge built in 1925, in late October. The project pays tribute to its predecessor with a historic interpretive plaza. The more modern bridge features updated amenities for pedestrians and bicyclists. “This new St. Anthony Parkway Bridge honors the history of this corner of our city while at the same time providing for an innovative design that is safe and accessible to motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists,” said

A new St. Anthony Parkway Bridge connects drivers and cyclists over the BNSF Northtown rail yard in Northeast Minneapolis. Submitted photo Mayor Betsy Hodges in a statement. “Thank you to everyone — residents, business owners and visitors for your patience. Today we celebrate the fruit of all that time and work, a structure that will serve us well into the future.”

The project was a collaboration between the state, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, BNSF, U.S. Department of Transportation and the Columbia Park, Marshall Terrace and Holland neighborhood groups. The City of Minneapolis, state and BNSF contributed

funds toward the new bridge. “It was a major engineering feat to construct this bridge over an active rail yard. This new bridge honors the history of the area and has new amenities for pedestrians and cyclists. It’s a project we all should celebrate,” said Ward 1 Council Member Kevin Reich, who chairs the Council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee. City Council President Barb Johnson, whose Ward 4 includes the northwest corner of the city, said now that the Lowry, Camden, Plymouth and St. Anthony Parkway bridges have been repaired or replaced, Minneapolis is better connected. “We have great connections between the wonderful communities of [N]orth and [N] ortheast Minneapolis,” she said.

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Streetscape / By Ethan Fawley

DOCKLESS BIKE SHARE MAY BE ON THE DOCKET FOR 2018

ccess to a working bicycle is one of the biggest barriers to people biking. It might become easier to access bicycles in 2018 as Nice Ride Minnesota — operator of the green bike-share bikes since 2010 — is considering private proposals for thousands of new bike-share bikes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Their vision is many more bikes available at much lower costs — likely $1 a trip, or even less with discounted rates. This shift has the potential to change the local landscape for biking and support hundreds of thousands more bike rides.

Dockless bike share Fundamental to the shift will be a move away from the current docked Nice Ride model where you get a bike at a station and have to return it at a station. Instead, the proposals are for “dockless” bike share, where customers locate, access and lock bikes using a smartphone app. Without stations, bike share is less expensive and can potentially serve areas where stations are not viable today. Dockless bike share has taken off in China in recent years — with the amazing impact leading some to call it one of China’s “four great new inventions” — and is expanding around the world. In the United States, dock-

less bike share has opened in Seattle, Dallas and Washington, D.C. this year, with many more systems expected soon. The rapid expansion is being fueled by private companies that have attracted more than $1 billion in venture capital. Seattle, Washington, D.C and several other U.S. cities have created regulations for dockless bike share and then opened it up for competing companies. Seattle has at least 3 competing bike share companies.

with that company and, ideally, the City of Minneapolis, City of St. Paul, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to transition bike share to dockless over the next couple years. Nice Ride plans to retain their station system and bikes in 2018, so renewing your membership is still a great idea. To that, they would transition in thousands of new dockless bikes from their new partner.

Hear from the finalists Nice Ride’s proactive approach Rather than waiting for dockless bike share companies to come knocking on the door in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the non-profit Nice Ride Minnesota has taken a very proactive approach. They determined they can better serve their customers and advance their mission by transitioning to a dockless system funded by a private company. “It is great to have the possibility of 10,000 more bikes and being able to support many more people biking,” said Nice Ride Executive Director Bill Dossett. In August, Nice Ride issued a request for proposals for the “transition of the Twin Cities bike share system.” From that RFP, they have narrowed down to two finalists: Lime Bike and Motivate. In either case, Nice Ride would be working

In partnership with Nice Ride, Our Streets Minneapolis and the St. Paul Bicycle Coalition are co-hosting a public opportunity for people to hear from the two bike share finalists on their visions for bike share on Monday, Nov. 6 from 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. at Macalester College Campus Center, 3 Snelling Ave. S., St. Paul. Both LimeBike and Motivate will present on their proposals at the event. People can offer feedback at the meeting or by sending an email to proposals@niceridemn.org before 5 p.m. on Nov. 7. For more information, go to niceridemn.org.

Questions remain

Nice Ride’s Dossett recognizes that “our big ask is that the cities, University of Minnesota and Park Board work together with us” for shared vision of future of bike share. Each entity has to determine whether they want to work with a single vendor or how they want to regulate bike share. There are questions about where bikes will be available and whom they will benefit; where bikes can park and how they are dealt with if they are parked poorly; maintenance; and long-term sustainability. Nice Ride is making the case that all these questions can be best answered by working together. Regardless of the final choices, bike share in the Twin Cities will likely be changing soon. There are a number of private bike share companies looking at the Twin Cities, and most observers think that dockless bike share will be here, one way or another, starting in 2018. It’s exciting to think how that will continue to support growth in biking locally. Our Streets Minneapolis and Nice Ride Minnesota hosted a happy hour on the future of bike share in September. You can learn even more about that at ourstreetsmpls.org/ dockless_bikeshare_coming_to_minneapolis_in_2018.

There is a lot of local excitement about the future of dockless bike share, but there are also questions.

Ethan Fawley is executive director of Our Streets Minneapolis.

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Park Board to begin construction to restore Hall’s Island Five decades after being dredged, the island is making a return to the riverfront The Park Board’s next major river-related project isn’t on the Mississippi River. It’s in the river. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will begin construction next month on the restoration of Hall’s Island, a landmass upriver of Nicollet Island that was dredged half a century ago, filling in the channel that once separated it from the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront. The board’s vision is to reopen the channel, giving eagles, mussels and other wildlife a natural habitat and to give Northeast residents a park where they can enjoy the river. “Our area has always dreamed of access to the water, to nature and to new trails — amenities that other parts of the city take for granted,” said state Rep. Diane Loeﬄer, DFL-Minneapolis, at an event at the project site. “This has been a dream decades in the making.” The restoration comes after years of planning since 2010 when the Park Board purchased the 11-acre Scherer site, a former lumberyard just upriver from the Plymouth Avenue Bridge. In recent years the large lawn has served as a trail connection and even a venue for concerts and festivals in the park. The history of Hall’s Island is unclear, but it’s visible on the earliest known survey of the river from around the end of the 19th century.

The City of Minneapolis operated a bathhouse for swimmers on the site a century ago. In 1963 the island was sold for $95,000 to the Scherer Bros. Lumber Co., which connected the island to the shore three years later in an effort to expand its operations. The first phase of construction, a $3.5million project, will see the creation of a back channel stretching approximately 120–150 feet wide, a softer shoreline and a gravel beach for paddlers. Michael Schroeder, the board’s assistant superintendent for planning, said tons of soil will be brought in to regrade the shore and build the island. Once rebuilt, the proposed island would stretch from the northern end of the Scherer site to just south of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge, roughly mirroring its historic shoreline. The island itself won’t be accessible to park visitors until the board completes future phases, which will include two bridges to the island, an observation platform and a third bridge connecting the site to Boom Island Park. Schroeder said park staff are in the initial planning stages on these improvements. In the meantime, the site will serve as a refuge for wildlife. The back channel, with an average depth of 6 feet, will provide a habitat for native mussels. By next spring, the board will begin planting native grasses, shrubs and

trees on the site. A sandy habitat beach and rock ledges are expected to draw animals to the island. Stephanie Johnson, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization’s outreach director, said Hall’s Island will improve local ecology in the “heart of the city.” “We look forward to seeing an island teeming with birds, fish, turtles, mussels and other wildlife,” she said in a statement. Superintendent Jayne Miller said funding for the project is coming from the board’s Parks & Trails Legacy Fund and a $1.5-million grant through the MWMO. The project comes within a six-year window of time that the Legislature approved in 2013 for the board to rebuild the island. The Park Board will look for bonding money from state lawmakers to further improve the park. TLS Landscape Architecture and Barr Engineering are the board’s contractors on the project. The board expects the first phase of construction to last about eight months. The Park Board had previously looked to find a development partner for a corner of the Scherer site that it has set aside for private development. Revenue generated from leasing the property is expected to go toward operations for the rest of the site. A potential deal with industrial abrasive manufacturer Graco — the company that

lies just north of the Scherer site — failed to move forward in 2015. Schroeder said they aren’t actively working to find another partner at the moment. The effort to rebuild Hall’s Island is a destination project under a larger vision for the city’s upper riverfront called RiverFirst, a joint effort between the Park Board and other groups like the Minneapolis Parks Foundation — its philanthropic partner — to better connect North and Northeast Minneapolis residents to the river. District 1 Commissioner Liz Wielinski, who represents Northeast Minneapolis, said the project will catch the East Side up to other parts of the city. “We want to reclaim the riverfront on this side of the river, north of downtown, for the citizens, just like it is on both sides of the river south of downtown,” she said. The board is making progress on several large-scale riverfront projects, including preliminary work with a development team to transform the city’s 50-acre Upper Harbor Terminal site on the North Side and demolishing the Fuji-Ya Building to make way for Water Works, new park and restaurant destination near the Mill District.

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Dayton’s Project The historic home of the Dayton’s department store is set to be redeveloped into a office, retail and food hall complex under new ownership. New York-based 601w Cos. and partners United Properties of Minneapolis and Telos Group of Chicago are proposing to transform the Nicollet Mall landmark, previously a single-tenant building, into a multi-use hub. In the basement there would be a festival food hall with varying restaurant and entertainment options. The first and second levels would house retail. The rest of the 12-story complex would house office tenants and amenities like a central park green space, a winter lounge, a full-service gym and a library. The team is proposing to preserve and restore several iconic elements, from an Art Deco-style women’s restroom on the fourth floor to the well-known façade.

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The Armory The Heritage Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness and a historic variance for Swervo Development’s lighting and signage plan for its redevelopment of the Minneapolis Armory. The building, which will simply be known as the Armory under the developer’s rebrand, will get a series of new and improved lighting, from original fixtures rewired with LED lights to new entrance signs with the new brand. The local landmark will see its first event following the renovation at the end of the year. During the Super Bowl, the Armory will host concerts organized by Nomadic Entertainment Group.

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The North Loop’s latest development is opening for residents. Variant, a six-story mixed-use building from Greco Properties and Opus Group, will open Nov. 19. The project replaced the one-story ABC Industrial Storage building on 7th Avenue. The roughly 140-unit apartment building Variant about 14,400 square feet of retail space, two levels of underground parking and walk-up units. Greco President Josh Brandsted could not disclose tenants.

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Ironclad Kraus-Anderson celebrated the oﬃcial groundbreaking of Ironclad on Oct. 23. The luxury apartment, hotel and retail complex is now rising at Washington & Chicago. The project developed by Graves Hospitality and owned by the Kharbanda family features a 14-story residential section with 172 high-end apartments, an eight-story Moxy branded hotel with 139 rooms, 10,000 square feet of retail space and a 3,300-square-foot restaurant space. Ironclad includes 411 underground parking stalls. The development team expects to complete construction in the spring of 2019. St. Paul-based Collage Architects designed the high-end building, which will feature residential amenities like outdoor terraces, a pool, electric vehicle charging and a sauna.

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The scene that birthed a Prince Andrea Swensson’s new book documents “the rise of the Minneapolis Sound”

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com One of the great chroniclers of Prince during the final decade of the musician’s life, journalist Andrea Swensson made it her mission to reveal the man behind the self-cultivated myth of the Purple One. “He liked to have that air of mystery, but at the end of the day he is a man who was born in a specific time and place, and that’s really what I wanted to explore,” said Swensson, who does just that in her new University of Minnesota Press book, “Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound.” Writing for City Pages and later 89.3 The Current, where she hosts “The Local Show,” Swensson was perfectly positioned to document Prince’s return to the Twin Cities from L.A. in 2009. She caught Prince’s attention with a sketch of his band on stage at a no-cameras Dakota show in 2010, and within a year Swensson was invited to meet with him at Paisley Park, his Chanhassen headquarters — the beginning of a friendly backand-forth that would continue until Prince’s death at age 57 in April 2016. “Got to be Something Here” serves as an extended prologue to Prince’s breakout 1981 performance at Sam’s, the downtown Minneapolis nightclub that became First Avenue. It opens in the year of Prince Rogers Nelson’s birth, 1958, the same year a 45 by the Big M’s became Minnesota’s first R&B record. Through research and interviews with the musicians who lived it, Swensson traces the evolution of a music scene and two Twin Cities that shaped both Prince and the Minneapolis Sound, a fusion of genres and influences that broke through the color line. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

having white and black players and women in his bands, and I think he picked up a lot of that from being able to wander through the city a little bit as a teenager and see it through a lot of different perspectives.

You make the case that segregation and the struggles black artists went through to play in front of white audiences shaped what would eventually become known as the Minneapolis Sound. It’s funky, it’s based in R&B and jazz and black music, but it’s also inﬂuenced by the popular, largely white rock acts that were being played on Twin Cities radio in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

Dean Constantine stands under the awning for King Solomon’s Mines, which was located at the base of the Foshay Tower off Ninth Street in downtown Minneapolis. Courtesy of the family of Dean Constantine.

I was taking frequent breaks from “Got to Be Something Here” to Google artists like Maurice McKinnies so I could hear the music you were writing about. What is your advice for readers for how to build a soundtrack for this book?

The Journal: You asked to meet at Key’s Café in the Foshay Tower. Why is this an important location? Swensson: In the late 1960s, this was an R&B club called King Solomon’s Mines, and it was very short-lived. It was only about a year and eight months that it was active. Even though it’s a really short period of time it ends up being so pivotal and inﬂuential for a whole community, and I really just felt like the story of King Solomon’s Mines was the perfect microcosm of what a lot of African-American musicians had to go through to play. It was the first club downtown to welcome bands with all black musicians, which was unheard of at the time. It grew in popularity, and the scene was very mixed. It was black and white, it was rich and poor. It was people that were very high class — who played for the Vikings and ran big businesses — and then it was people who were maybe more troubled and scraping by in life. And they all came together around the music. Pretty quickly it became branded this trouble spot, even though there weren’t really any crimes being committed in the club. The city had its eyes on this space, and eventually the police raided it and took 10 people to the police station saying that they were underage. When they got to the police station, they call could produce identification, which (meant it) was just kind of a bogus raid, but they were able to use that to suspend the liquor license and put the club under investigation.

I was surprised by your description of how long and how strictly segregated Minneapolis music venues were, and even local radio stations dragged their heels for years before they would play black artists. How aware of that history were you when you started researching this book?

It’s partly a survival technique, that they had to play top-40 songs in order to play for white teenagers. I think there’s some creative choices there, too, especially for Prince and André (Cymone) and Jimmy (Jam) and Terry (Lewis). They saw that music was starting to come together, like Sly and the Family Stone and all these bands that were integrating these different styles. And then Prince took it a step further and adamantly refused to be categorized as a black artist or an R&B artist because he knew what that did to people’s careers. You get kind of quarantined in a certain section of the music industry. I think that’s how he and Michael Jackson ended up being the first black artists to get played on MTV. They broke down these barriers because he said no, and he said I demand you represent me in this way.

I found YouTube is a great place to find those 45s. I put together a playlist, which I should post publicly. Gwen Matthews sings with the Blazers at King Solomon’s Mines, 1968. Photograph by Mike Zerby, Minneapolis Tribune. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Maurice McKinnies performs in a pinstriped leisure suit with epic lapels in 1972. Photograph by Charles Chamblis. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Otherwise, I’ve been directing people to go to the Secret Stash Records compilation (“Twin Cities Funk & Soul,” 2012). I think they did such a really nice job.

Pretty much everything I knew was in the context of Prince. I knew that other radio stations around the country embraced him before he was embraced here. I knew “Funkytown” (the 1980 hit by Minneapolis band Lipps Inc.) had become a national hit before they would play it here. But, for me, the curiosity came in because I know there are still issues now, and they had to come from somewhere.

lives and thrive.

The “Purple Snow” compilation (released by Numero Group in 2013) is great, but it’s a little bit later. And it’s artists who, some of them had an impact on the scene and some of them are more obscure. The Secret Stash one just gets into that history I’m so interested in: Where did this begin?

I feel that our music community is still very segregated, and I wanted to know why. How did it get that way? Has it always been this way? It just seems like it’s a lot harder for minority musicians to be taken seriously and to be spoken of in the same way, the same depth, as other musicians.

You dedicated the book to North Minneapolis and Rondo, and you write extensively about how midcentury freeway construction was so destructive to the African-American neighborhoods in those communities. Can you talk about how geography plays a role in this book? Absolutely the construction of (Interstate) 94 not only displaced residents in Rondo but destroyed music clubs, like the Western Lounge. It started slicing up North Minneapolis, which would also get cut by 394. It’s just another example of all these barriers we seem to throw up in front of black people who are just trying to live their

But it also seemed to cut off North Minneapolis from the rest of the city in a way that strengthened the music community, even though it was harming the overall community. People were very close together, and it almost turned into an incubator. It’s really interesting how Prince and Andre Cymone and Morris Day all lived within blocks of each other. It’s not like it’s good that it happened to this neighborhood, but it’s interesting to me that they almost had no choice but to look within the area that they were, because it was hard to get downtown, even though it was close by.

When I asked you about geography, there’s even — and I think it’s still true today — the diﬀerences between North and South Minneapolis. Yes, and that is a huge thing I learned about (Prince), that he was a product of busing to integrate schools. He started in North Minneapolis but then would get bused down south for high school and some of junior high. And I think that totally shaped his approach to music and culture, where he didn’t see it as a black scene and a white scene. He wanted to experience the world as someone who could move between these worlds. Central High School was very diverse, and I think you saw that in the bands that Prince formed. He was very intentional about

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Schools

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Minneapolis Public Schools releases budget survey Minneapolis Public Schools leaders are asking community members to take a “values survey” as they grapple with a projected $33 million budget deficit for 2018–2019. The survey asks community members to rank the six goals in the district’s strategic plan, Acceleration 2020, in their preferred order of importance. It also asks them which programs and services they’d like to see the district prioritize in terms of allocating resources. The district hopes to get feedback from more than 3,000 people, Superintendent Ed Graff said at the Oct. 10 School Board meeting. “It really is a way to try and capture some of those values out in the public,” Graff said of the survey. Graff announced the projected $33 million budget shortfall for 2018–2019 earlier this fall. District leaders are attributing the projected deficit in part to the inflationary costs of annual salary increases and associated increases in salary benefits. The district also expects this school year’s $16.5 million

deficit to continue into 2018–2019. District leaders managed a projected $28 million deficit for 2017–2018 with a 10-percent cut to central services and a 2.5-percent cut to school allocations. In June, the School Board gave district leaders authorization to use up to $16.5 million in reserves, or fund balance, to cover the remaining deficit. Graff has said his team is trying to find efficiencies and manage vacancies so they don’t have to use that entire amount. The use of fund balance is off the table for 2018–2019, however. The district’s fund balance has dipped below the School Boardmandated minimum of 8 percent of the district’s operating budget. It’s projected to dip further below the board-mandated minimum this year with the additional usage. The district would risk going into statutory operating debt if it used fund balance again in 2018–2019. Graff and his team haven’t committed

Superintendent Ed Graff. Submitted photo

to any program changes or staff reductions at this point. At the Sept. 28 School Board Finance Committee meeting, Graff laid out expenditures that district leaders have prioritized over the past few years, such as class-size ratios, additional school days and seven-period days for middle schools and high schools. On Oct. 10, Graff asked the board members if they had any priorities when it came to those “big-ticket” items. Board members

didn’t offer specifics but rather stated the values they’d like to see incorporated into the budget, such as transparency and equity. “My takeaway is we’re going to move forward with a survey,” Graff said after the discussion. “… And then my takeaway is that we aren’t really limiting the conversation to saying ‘no’ to these things. We’re really just putting it out there and trying to get as much feedback as possible.” Graff ’s goal is to balance the district’s budget by the 2019-20 school year. The survey window is scheduled to close Nov. 10, according to Julie Schultz Brown, the district’s executive director of marketing & communications. A draft report of the findings for district leadership is scheduled for Nov. 29. Visit mpls.k12.mn.us/mps_budget for more information on the district’s budget and mpls.k12.mn.us/get_involved_4 to learn how to get involved in school budgeting.

MPS to study feasibility of district farm Minneapolis Public Schools is looking to study how it could create a district-wide farm. The district is seeking a consultant to do a study on the infrastructure and resources it would need to create a farm. The district also wants the consultant to identify potential funding streams and research other local and national models. The farm would be part of the district’s broader efforts around fresh and local food, leaders say. “The farm just sort of takes us to that next level,” said Julie Danzl, student wellness manager in the district’s Culinary & Wellness

Services Department. The farm was originally a dream of the department’s director, Bertrand Weber, who took over the position in January 2012. Weber implemented a “true food” philosophy, eliminating high fructose corn syrup, trans fats and artificial colors and preservatives from district meals and snacks. He also led efforts to install salad bars in all schools, create a farm-to-school program and provide elementary students with a daily fresh fruit or vegetable snack. Weber said he always envisioned a farm as part of the approach but that he didn’t know

what it would look like. The feasibility study came about when Target reached out to the district about an initiative for social responsibility, he said. The company ended up giving his department a grant to write a request for proposal for the study. As part of the study, the consultant will identify strategies to develop the farm and implement it over the next three to five years, according to the RFP. The consultant will also gain a “thorough” understanding of the existing and potential gaps to provide an “enhanced” learning environment for students through development of the farm,

the RFP says. “We really do see this as a first step, but a critical first step, in realizing this dream of an urban farm,” Danzl said. Danzl and Weber both stressed that the farm would be more than just a way for the district to grow locally sourced food. The goal, they said, is to use agriculture as a way to tie in other components of learning. The farm could include multiple locations, Danzl said. She said her department is hoping to have the study wrapped up by the end of the school year.

News

County plans to use iPads at the polls Hennepin County announced it planned to use iPads to check in voters at the polls for the municipal election on Nov. 7, replacing the familiar pen-and-paper system for the first time in Minneapolis. “The great thing about these devices is they really speed up the check-in process on Election Day,” Ginny Gelms, the Hennepin

County elections manager said in a video announcing the change. The process will look slightly different to experienced voters. Instead of sorting themselves into one of several check-in lines based on their last names, voters will now be able to simply choose the shortest line to complete the process as quickly as possible.

As usual, voters are required to provide a signature affirming they are eligible to vote. Instead of signing in a book, voters will sign a small slip of paper resembling a receipt. “It’s more efficient, it’s more accurate, it saves us money and time,” Gelms said. Paper records will be available as a backup at all polling locations. The county also noted

that the e-poll book system is not connected in any way to the ballot-counting machines. Although the e-poll book system hasn’t previously been used in Minneapolis, the county reports it was successfully used by more than 356,000 voters in 44 cities in the 2016 election.

—Dylan Thomas

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Council condemns Mogadishu bombing The City Council on Oct. 20 passed a resolution condemning a terrorist attack in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, estimated to have killed more than 350 people and injured hundreds more. “The bombings … were some of the most horrific and most devastating in decades, and I know many of our community members are just in complete shock,” City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden said. The resolution noted an estimated 35,000 Somalis live in Minnesota, the largest concentration outside of Somalia. Many live

in Minneapolis, which has cultivated sister city ties with Bosaso, Somalia since 2014. “The heart of Minneapolis is broken given the violence and the death and the destruction those bombs created in Mogadishu,” Mayor Betsy Hodges said. “There is a relationship between Somalia and Minneapolis that is clear and bright and constant and beloved, and we grieve when anyone anywhere is … killed by such horrific violence, but there is a special pain in Minneapolis now because of the incredible relationship that we have with Somalia and the people of Somalia

and because there are so many people from Somalia here in Minneapolis.” Council Member Abdi Warsame described the Oct. 14 truck bombing as “Somalia’s 9/11.” The Ward 6 alderman became the first Somali-American to win a municipal election when he won his seat in 2013. Warsame said seven of his cousins and 60 of his “mother’s kinfolk” were killed in the blast. They owned a hotel targeted in the attack, he said. “I’ve been numb for a couple of days,” Warsame said in a brief speech before the

Council passed the resolution Oct. 20. “I called my mom to console her, but she consoled me because she’s very strong and very tough.” The Council’s resolution called on the U.S. to increase its aid to Somalia. Another bombing on Oct. 28 killed an estimated 23 people and injured 30, according to several news reports.

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News

GREEN DIGEST

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

City Council approves community solar garden subscriptions agreements The Minneapolis City Council agreed Oct. 20 to subscribe to two proposed community solar gardens. The council approved 25-year agreements with two companies, Renewable Energy Partners and ReneSola, for their proposed gardens. The agreements are for up to 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, including 310,000 kWh from Renewable Energy Partners and 680,000 kWh from ReneSola. One million kilowatt-hours is enough electricity for approximately 109 Minnesota residential customers for one year, based on 2015 U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates. Community solar gardens allow utility customers in Minnesota to support solar energy and save money on their electricity bills. Customers typically “subscribe” to a portion of a solar garden and pay the garden’s operator for electricity their portion of the garden generates. Utilities hook up the gardens to their electric grids and credit the customers for the electricity generated by their portions of the gardens. “There’s a spread between the credit and what you have to pay the garden operator,” said Brian Millberg, energy manager for the City of Minneapolis. “That’s how the subscribers make money.” Millberg estimated that customers could save 5–10 percent on their electricity bills by subscribing to a garden. Customers can only subscribe to gardens in their home county or an adjacent county, per state law. Before the latest agreements, Minneapolis had already signed subscriber agreements for 24 separate gardens for an annual total of 7.5 million kWh. The city estimates it will save $1 million–$4.7 million over the 25-year terms of the agreements. The latest agreements are different, however, because they require the garden

operators to earmark at least 20 percent of the gardens’ electricity for low-income households in Minneapolis. Those households haven’t typically been able to subscribe to community solar gardens because garden operators typically require subscribers to have high credit scores, Millberg said. “A lot of the companies that are financing these solar arrays are traditional financing organizations,” said Dan Thiede, communications manager for Clean Energy Resource Teams, a public-private partnership. “They see participant credit score as a way to be able to avoid risk in their investments.” Millberg said the city is trying to prove to the marketplace that low-income people can be trusted when it comes to these subscriptions. “We’re willing to take that risk, because we think the market is unfairly keeping these people out of saving some money,” he said. The city required the developers to say how they plan to attract low-income subscribers as part of their requests for proposal. As part of the agreements, the city said it would pick up any lapsed subscriptions, provided its total stays under 40 percent of the garden’s generation. State law limits subscribers to no more than 40 percent of a garden’s generation. Renewable Energy Partners, a North Minneapolis-based firm, is in talks with Minneapolis Public Schools about installing its garden on the North High School roof, according to founder and President Jamez Staples. The company would offer MPS a 10-percent subscription at no cost and would offer the district another 10-percent subscription at a cost, Staples wrote in a memo. It plans on offering the remaining 60–70 percent of subscriptions to low-

and moderate-income customers of Xcel Energy, focusing first on residents of North Minneapolis, he wrote. The firm’s proposed financing model is different than the model for a typical community solar garden. Renewable Energy Partners doesn’t plan on charging subscribers for their subscriptions, Staples wrote, but plans on having subscribers pay 75–80 percent of their bill credits back to the firm. The St. Paul Port Authority has offered financing for the project from a special fund that supports energy projects benefitting low-income communities and business development for small women- and minority-owned businesses, according to Staples. Renewable Energy Partners will solicit subscribers in conjunction with Community Action of Hennepin County and Pillsbury United Communities, he wrote. He wrote that the company could have the project operational late in 2018, assuming all goes well with MPS and/or other host sites. A representative of ReneSola didn’t respond to a request for information about its project. Millberg said subscribers of both projects likely wouldn’t receive bill credits until 2019. The Minnesota Legislature created the community solar garden program in 2013 as part of a broader bill to expand the use of solar energy. The program has contributed to the rapid growth of solar capacity in the state. Minnesota’s solar capacity was just one megawatt as recently as 2009, according to the state Department of Commerce. The state had an estimated capacity of 579 MW as of Oct. 1, according to department Director of Communications Ross Corson. The department is forecasting that Minnesota may add a total of 550 MW of new

solar capacity in 2017, Corson said. Community solar gardens appear to be a significant portion of that capacity. As of Sept. 31, Xcel Energy had 42 community solar gardens that were interconnected to its grid, with those gardens having a capacity of 140 MW, according to Lee Gabler, senior director of customer solutions for Xcel Energy. He said another 475 MW worth of projects are in the design or construction phase. Xcel is hoping to have a capacity of 250 MW through community solar gardens by the end of the year, Gabler said. Minnesota had a capacity of 143.4 MW of community at 69 sites available from 30 utilities as of the end of the third quarter, Corson said. Community solar gardens aren’t cheap for Xcel, Gabler said. Solar energy from the gardens costs the company 12.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, almost twice as expensive as utility-scale electricity. Xcel passes those additional costs onto all of its consumers by charging them more for fuel. For every 100 MW of community solar that comes online, it costs customers an additional $17 million, Gabler said. The 2013 legislation also stipulated that 1.5 percent of public utilities’ retail electricity sales must come from solar energy by 2020. It also increased the total percentage of public utilities’ retailelectricity sales that must come renewable sources by 2020 and 2025. Xcel will probably exceed the 1.5-percent solar requirement by the end of 2017, Gabler said. He said he believes the company has already surpassed its renewable standard, which are 25 percent for 2020 and 30 percent for 2025.

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Voices

Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DONALDSON’S

onaldson’s Department Store, located at 6th & Nicollet, pulled out all the stops to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 1931. While the timing was unfortunate from a marketer’s perspective — the nation had entered the Great Depression and most families were watching their pennies carefully — the store made the best out of the opportunity. Its extended celebration kicked oﬀ in August 1931, when Minneapolis Mayor William A. Anderson turned on the first “jeweled,” or colored, moving exterior lights, on a building west of Chicago. An additional seven spotlights lit up the skies, while a Northwest Airways plane ﬂew overhead. A series of special events continued the celebration for months, including the first — and last — “Golden Jubilee Donaldson’s Day” in November. Donaldson’s survived the depression and remained a familiar part of the local department store landscape until being purchased by Chicago-based Carson Pirie Scott in 1987.

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Mill City Cooks / By Jenny Heck

APPRECIATE SQUASH FOR MORE THAN THEIR LOOKS

eautiful orange, blue and speckled green squash of all shapes and sizes are everywhere this time of year — and they’re not just for decorating! Varieties like butternut, acorn, delicata, spaghetti and kabocha are bountiful at the Mill City Farmers Market, which moves inside the Mill City Museum on select Saturdays November through April. Contrary to most recipes, there is no need to peel winter squash, especially organically grown thin-skinned varieties like delicata, butternut and acorn. Squash skin is completely edible and adds color, texture, nutrients and fiber to your dishes. Before cooking, thoroughly wash the outside of the squash to remove any dirt. To prepare, cut the squash in half length-

wise and scoop out the seeds. Keep in mind squash seeds can be saved and roasted for snacking just like pumpkin seeds. If desired or if cooking a squash with tough skin, peel the squash after it has been partially or completely cooked. Winter squash has a nutty and sweet flavor, and it is commonly used in hearty winter soups, sautéed or roasted like in the squash gratin recipe here, a perfect and elegant Thanksgiving side dish. You can find locally and organically grown winter squash at the Mill City Farmers Market’s Thanksgiving Harvest Markets Nov. 11 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. Find more information and recipes at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Squash gratin with cilantro pesto Recipe by market chef Jenny Breen Serves 8 Ingredients For the Gratin 1 large or 2 small butternut or other meaty squash (like kabocha or buttercup) peeled and cut into slices 1⁄2 inch thick and 2 inches wide (cut butternut squash in half lengthwise, then slice; for rounder squash, cut in quarters lengthwise and then slice) 3 carrots, sliced diagonally, long and thin 3 medium gold beets, peeled and sliced 3 medium parsnips or turnips or a combination, peeled and sliced 1 red onion, peeled and sliced 1⁄4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1⁄2 teaspoon salt For the Cilantro Pesto 1⁄4 cup olive oil 4 cloves garlic, peeled 1 bunch cilantro or a combination of fresh herbs 1⁄2 cup toasted almonds or pecans 2 teaspoons salt Optional Toppings 1⁄2 cup feta or blue cheese, crumbled 1⁄2 cup asiago or other hard cheese, grated chopped pitted olives chopped or sliced tomatoes

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In this two-person show of new work, Andrew Mazorol and Ryan Fontaine put their distinct yet complimentary styles on display at new contemporary art gallery, HAIRandNAILS. “The Reality of Repeatability” marks the sixth time the two artists have shown together and showcases the growth of each respective artist since their time as roommates and bandmates living and working in the now-defunct Minneapolis underground punk venue, Medusa. The newest works by Fontaine, who recently moved back to Minneapolis to co-found HAIRandNAILS, features a blend of abstract imagery and object representation in complex, two- and three-dimensional structures. Lacking a straightforward narrative, the works leave the viewer with a lingering sense of unease. Mazorol, now based in Brooklyn, returns to his hometown with a series of abstract scenes that feature an eye-popping explosion of colorful, collaged patterns. It’s a must-see show for contemporary art fans.

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‘Cirque du Soleil Crystal’ Ice skating and acrobatic feats come together for “Cirque du Soleil Crystal,” the famed acrobatic troupe’s first-ever show on ice. The new show, which comes to Minneapolis for its sixth production, is the latest from the innovative, 35-year-old circus company as it continues to reinvent itself. “Crystal” follows its protagonist, Crystal, on a story of self-discovery as she explores a surreal world inside her imagination, transforming the Target Center arena into a wonderland on ice. The show promises the unexpected, innovative acrobatics for which Cirque du Soleil is known, as well as state-ofthe-art production and world-class ice skating performances that explore the artistic possibilities on ice. When: Nov. 9–12 Where: Target Center, 600 N. 1st Ave. Cost: $33–$140 Info: targetcenter.com

When: Nov. 3–Dec. 3; opening reception: Friday, Nov. 3 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Where: HAIRandNAILS Contemporary Art Gallery, 222 1/2 E. 35th St. Cost: Free Info: hairandnailsart.com

Zenon Dance Company fall performance The award-winning Zenon Dance Company celebrates its 35th anniversary with a show highlighting new works created by up-and-coming New York choreographers, as well as classic, beloved pieces spanning the celebrated contemporary dance company’s repertoire. New works include Michelle Boulé, a Bessiewinning, Brooklyn-based dance artist known for her unique movement choreography; Alex Springer and Xan Burley, a collaborative performance duo from Brooklyn whose work examines movement through mimicry and embodiment; and local choreographer Penelope Freeh, whose work explores and diverges from the ballet tradition. The company will also highlight a few audience and critic favorites, including the popular “Ezekiel’s Wheel,” an emotional journey through modern and jazz dance that explores race relations in America and the civil rights movement. When: Nov. 10–19 Where: The Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $34 Info: thecowlescenter.org

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Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” has been called the greatest American novel. In this new stage adaptation of the book, Minneapolis company Theatre Coup d’Etat highlights America’s values of diversity, inclusion and hard work. The play follows a racial- and gender-diverse crew of sailors working during the height of the whaling industry as they hunt the whale that took the leg and destroyed the mind of Captain Ahab. As told through the eyes of the inexperienced seafarer, Ishmael, the production offers a lens into a world of cultural unity, moral and ethical conﬂict, and what it means to depend on the person next to you in a dangerous world. Judging by a preview of the show — and the awardwinning company’s critical acclaim — expect an immersive, highly stylized performance full of striking imagery, strong dramatic performances and impressive sound and stage design.

Considered the most significant exhibition of Cuban art shown in the U.S. in more than 70 years, “Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950” explores how Cuba’s revolutionary aspirations for social utopia, and subsequent disillusionment, has inﬂuenced 65 years of Cuban art. Initiated by collector Ella Fontanals-Cisneros through her foundations and organized by a team of independent Havanabased curators, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the project brings together more than 100 of the most important painting, graphic design, photography, video, installation and performance works by more than 50 Cuban artists and designers. “Adiós Utopia” explores key events in Cuban history, particularly those surrounding Fidel Helena Serrano, “Día del Castro’s 1959 revolution, and how these events have Guerrillero Heroico (Day of the Heroic Fighter),” 1968. impacted Cuban artists’ attempts to find harmony in Submitted image challenging circumstances. The exhibition kicks off with the Walker’s signature After Hours preview party on Friday night, which offers the first look at the show, live Cuban-infused music by Charanga Tropical, Malamanya and DJ Don Cuco, a silk-screen printing workshop, a photobooth, drinks and small bites. When: Nov. 11, 2017–March 18, 2018. After Hours Preview Party: Friday, Nov. 10 from 9 p.m.–midnight Where: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Pl. Cost: $9–$14 gallery admission; $15 for party Info: walkerart.org

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Minneapolis’ annual film-and-music festival, Sound Unseen, has been showcasing some of the world’s best music documentaries and concert films for the past 18 years. The one-of-a-kind fest has grown from its humble beginnings with a handful of screenings to include more than 20 rock docs, music–infused feature-length films, short films, parties and other programming, primarily taking place at the newly expanded and renovated Trylon Cinema.

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‘Every Everything: The Music, Life and Times of Grant Hart’: Without a doubt, a major highlight at this year’s festival is this 2013 documentary about the famed Hüsker Dü drummer/singer and St. Paul punk rock pioneer, who passed away this past September from liver cancer. It’s followed by a Q-and-A with producer Jan Radder and special guests.

When: Nov. 8–12 Info: soundunseen.com

‘The Decline of Western Civilization’: Penelope Spheeris’s groundbreaking documentary trilogy, which was released between 1981 and 1998, is the opening-night event of this year’s Sound Unseen festival. The series chronicles the L.A. punk scene of the early ’80s, the heavy metal scene of the late ’80s and the lifestyles of gutter-punk teens in the late ‘90s. Screenings will be followed by Q-and-As with Spheeris. When: Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. (with Q&A) and 9:30 p.m. (with director intro); Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. (with Q-and-A) Where: Trylon Cinema Cost: $12 advance, $15 door (each screening)

When: Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Where: Trylon Cinema, 2820 E. 33rd St. Cost: $10 advance, $12 door

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This documentary-concert film hybrid features musicians from soul label Daptone Records headlining the Apollo Theater in 2014 for a threenight musical revue. Featured performers notably include the dynamic soul singers Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley, both of whom passed away earlier this year.

After a brief hiatus, Jake Rudh’s weekly dance party returns to help kick off Sound Unseen at its new home at VFW in Uptown, playing a mix of new wave, indie rock and classic punk. (21+)

When: Sunday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Where: Trylon Cinema Cost: $10 advance, $12 door

When: Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 10 p.m. Where: James Ballentine VFW, 2916 Lyndale Ave. S. Cost: Free

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For the past year actress Meghan Kreidler has been working on her next role as the frontwoman in a rock band. The singer, a regular face in the Twin Cities theater scene, describes the band Kiss the Tiger as “energetic,” “loud” and “infused with a lot of character.” This character, however, comes from its members, not a script. “I spend so much time listening to myself, and what I learn mostly from playing in this band is how to abandon all of that internal selftalk and things that inhibit you from totally releasing,” Kreidler said. Kiss the Tiger is made up of Paul DeLong (bass), Andrew Berg (guitar), Jay DeHut (drums) and Kreidler’s partner, Michael Anderson (guitar, vocals). The gritty, old-school rock group dropped its debut self-titled album last year and is preparing to release an EP this November. With the new music, Kreidler has taken on a larger role in leading the band, singing lead vocals across its four or so tracks. Music puts her in a similar place to her acting, she said, but the confines aren’t as small. “I find a lot more freedom in playing music and performing in a band setting than I do doing theater. It’s a little more immediate, a little more accessible,” she said. With a vigorous, charismatic lo-fi sound, Kiss the Tiger tells tales of dark figures and people looking for love, from the debut album’s “Preacher” to “Girl Never Had a Chance.” The band named the EP after Elliot Park because, apart from conveniently sharing the initials “EP,” it has a spirit they’re trying to reflect in their music. “It’s tried to go through waves of gentrification and they haven’t really worked,” she said. “[Elliot Park is] something that is just so inherently what it is. A trendy coffee isn’t going totally change the landscape.” Kiss the Tiger will debut the batch of new songs with a free show at the Viking Bar on Friday, Nov. 10. The lineup includes openers Little Man, Pelicant, Renee Copeland and Andy Ebling. Naturally, Kreidler will be coming to the show after tech rehearsals for “The Christmas Carol” at the Guthrie Theater where she’ll be performing as “Mrs. Cratchit” this season. For readers, Kreidler suggested checking out the harmonies of Twin Cities-based surf rock band Lavender Daughter, which she said reminds her of The Alabama Shakes. The group is working on its debut record. “I think they’re really great songwriters and musicians,” she said.

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Northeasters can try the barbecue from Travail Kitchen & Amusements before the team opens their barbecue joint in the area next year. Chef Kale Thome and the Travel team of Mike Brown, Bob Gerken and James Winberg will be at Able Seedhouse + Brewery serving smoky barbecue alongside the brewery’s cold beer on several Wednesdays in November (Nov. 1, Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 from 5 p.m.–9 p.m.). If you get hooked, it might be worth driving to the restaurant out in Robbinsdale to order smoked meats a la carte in the bar or dining room. For patient palates, Minnesota BBQ Co. is targeting a 2018 opening for its Northeast Minneapolis restaurant.

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Food and beverage magazines near and far have been clamoring to name non-alcoholic drinks a new trend, and restaurants are adopting N/A drinks that don’t sacrifice on taste or complexity. You won’t have to look much further than the newly opened NOLO’s Kitchen & Bar to find a few. NOLO’s, located in the Maytag Building — also known as the former Gardner Hardware building — is the latest eatery to adopt the main-level restaurant and basement-level bar approach. In fact, its sister

concept below is simply called Basement Bar. On the first ﬂoor, however, there’s a corner of the expansive drink menu with a selection of $6 mocktails. The Melody Ginger combines melon, lemon and honey with ginger to create a spicy tonic. The Montana is the tropical choice with pineapple and coconut. Garden Party is light and summery thanks to cucumber and mint. In the best possible way, Summer’s End tastes like an apothecary’s brew with a complex sour ﬂavor. Instead of wining and dining, these drinks are a fun way of going out without feeling like you just went out. Plus, for $6 —

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