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Committee approves $80,000 increase to Better Futures contract for city property maintenance
Summary
Minneapolis committee authorized an $80,000 increase to a contract with nonprofit Better Futures to cover occasional maintenance on city-owned vacant lots, citing rising costs for illegal dumping removal and post-camping cleanups.
The Minneapolis Administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee on Sept. 29 authorized an $80,000 increase to a property maintenance contract with the nonprofit Better Futures to fund occasional maintenance services on city-owned properties.
The vote followed a presentation from Narin Sehavong, supervisor with Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) Real Estate Services, who said the series of contracts covers services such as illegal dumping and rubbish removal, securing and boarding vacant structures, and fence installation and repair. Sehavong told the committee CPED manages about 370 properties, roughly 95% of which are vacant lots, and that the…
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