[DMNA] DMNA Code of Conduct Survey

[Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association]

DMNA Code of Conduct Survey
The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA) is soliciting input
from persons who live, work and play in downtown Minneapolis to assist it in
developing Standards of Behavior for our Downtown community. Once input has
been secured from the community, DMNA will compile the Standards and will
communicate them to you and to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges
and our other local elected officials.
Why should we develop these Standards? There are at least four reasons to do
so:
1.	Developing these Standards provides an opportunity for all of us who
participate in life in downtown Minneapolis to articulate what we think is
important for a safe, exciting and inviting Downtown. By participating in
this survey, you can help to define the culture of our city's center. 
2.	The creation of Standards will make it clearer what behavior is and
what behavior is not acceptable to us. The streets of downtown Minneapolis
belong to those of us who care about our city and participating in this
survey is an opportunity to take a stand in favor of making Downtown kind of
place we want it to be. 
3.	Once developed, we will communicate the standards to broadly to law
enforcement personnel, elected officials and others to inform their
decision-making. For instance, if the community determines that loud
mufflers are a major concern, DMNA can work with the police department to
develop strategies for reducing that disturbance. If maintaining
unobstructed walkways is a standard, we will work with the police and others
to ensure that sidewalks are kept clear. We will also develop strategies for
broadly communicating these standards to those who live, work and play
Downtown so that, through their own behavior, they can become enforcers of
the Standards. 
4.	By developing Standards of Behavior, we can focus on the behavior of
individuals.what the individual is doing as opposed to who the individual
is. We hope that this will create a system of enforcement based on
observable behavior.whether or not the behavior is technically a crime. 
Take the Survey - http://www.thedmna.org/survey.html


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Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA), Inc.
Hennepin Center for the Arts
528 Hennepin Ave. S., Suite #310
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1810
(612) 659-1279
info at thedmna.org
http://www.thedmna.org/



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