Chris Meyer

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Chris Meyer

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Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1

Successor: Billy Menz

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Chris Meyer was a member of the City of Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in Minnesota, representing District 1. Meyer assumed office on January 1, 2018. Meyer left office on December 31, 2021.

Although park and recreation board elections are officially nonpartisan, Meyer was endorsed by the DFL.

Biography

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Meyer attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota.

Meyer's professional experience includes work for the Minnesota Daily and on election and advocacy campaigns for progressive candidates and organizations, including AFSCME, Clean Water Action, Democracy for America, and Working America. His experience also includes service as a Democratic National Convention delegate for 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a member of the DFL State Central Committee, and a board member for the Chateau Housing Cooperative, the DFL Environmental Caucus, the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association, and the University District Alliance.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.

Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1, 2017, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Chris Meyer - Winner	55.3%	7,210	852
Billy Menz	44.7%	5,831	761
Mohamed Barre - Eliminated	0%	0	−2,793
Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated	0%	0	−82
Exhausted		1,262	1,262
Total Votes		14,303	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1, 2017, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Chris Meyer - Most votes	44.5%	6,358
Billy Menz	35.4%	5,070
Mohamed Barre	19.5%	2,793
Undeclared Write-ins	0.6%	82
Exhausted		0	0
Total Votes		14,303	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2017

Meyer's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE The year 2016 was the hottest year in global recorded history. 2015 was the hottest year on record before that, and 2014 was the hottest year on record before that. This is a clear and terrifying trend, and we have a moral obligation to do everything we can to fight it. If elected, I will work to leverage Park Board resources to: Transition Park-owned fleets to electric vehicles Improve energy efficiency of park board buildings Install solar panels on Park-owned property Support urban agriculture and fruit-bearing trees to produce food locally Improve winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance, to make it easier to bike/walk in the winter Support improved recycling efforts and add composting facilities to the parks INVEST IN OUR YOUTH By investing resources in our children we can improve graduation rates, reduce crime, and help children grow into thriving adults. I will work to: Improve collaboration with the School Board on the use of park spaces and resources Fully staff recreation centers Restore funding for youth athletics Establish youth programs centered on music, science, and the arts Make youth programming automatically free for any child who qualifies for free or reduced-cost school lunch PRO-LABOR POLICIES As a field manager for Working America, I have spent a great deal of time advocating for pro-labor policies, and you can count on me to do so on the Park Board as well. I will: Implement a $15 minimum wage for Park employees Oppose the Park Board's current trend of outsourcing contracts to non-union labor Reduce the levels of hierarchy between supervisors and regular employees Support a 'Chop from the Top' plan to reduce 6-figure administrative salaries for Park Board management BAN TOXIC PESTICIDES The Park Board continues to use glyphosate, a toxic pesticide that the World Health Organization identified as a 'probable carcinogen.' It is being used to kill plants like dandelions, which are one of the earliest pollinator food sources to emerge in the spring. Numerous countries around the world have banned this toxin, and it's time for the Minneapolis Park Board to follow suit.	”
—Chris Meyer's campaign website, (2017)

Endorsements

2017

Meyer received endorsements from the following in 2017:

• AFSCME
• Minneapolis Professional Employees Association
• Minnesota DFL
• Minnesota Young DFL
• Our Revolution
• Stonewall DFL
• Minnesota Sen. Scott Dibble
• Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark
• Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar
• Minneapolis Councilwoman Lisa Bender
• Minneapolis Councilman Andrew Johnson

See also

Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minnesota	Municipal government	Other local coverage

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