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Do not fill this in! === Services and utilities === [[File:Minneapolis DID Ambassador.JPG|thumb|upright=.7|alt=Waist high portrait of young woman wearing electric green shirt and navy blue baseball cap standing on Marquette Av downtown|Downtown Improvement District ambassador]] [[Xcel Energy]] supplies electricity,<ref name=CEP>{{cite web|title=About the Partnership|url=https://mplscleanenergypartnership.org/about/|access-date=April 19, 2023|publisher=Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419195348/https://mplscleanenergypartnership.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[CenterPoint Energy]] provides gas.<ref name=CEP /> The water supply is managed by four [[drainage basin|watershed]] districts that correspond with the Mississippi and three streams that are river tributaries.<ref>{{cite report|date=December 14, 2021|pages=3-11, 3-25|title=Water Resources Management Plan|url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/media/content-assets/www2-documents/departments/Water-Resources-Management-Plan-Report.pdf|publisher=City of Minneapolis|access-date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406224257/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/media/content-assets/www2-documents/departments/Water-Resources-Management-Plan-Report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The city has nineteen [[fire station]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/fire/fire-station-locations/|title=Fire station locations|access-date=July 20, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|archive-date=July 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720152748/https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/fire/fire-station-locations/|url-status=live}}</ref> Requests for non-emergency information or service requests can be made through Minneapolis [[3-1-1|311]]. The call center operates in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali, and offers 220 language options.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stories.opengov.com/y0fJMflmU/published/undefined|title=311|publisher=City of Minneapolis|via=OpenGov|access-date=September 6, 2023|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906180902/https://stories.opengov.com/y0fJMflmU/published/undefined|url-status=live}}</ref> Email, TTY, text, voice, and a mobile app can access the center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.minneapolismn.gov/contact-us/|title=Contact 311|access-date=September 6, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906181135/https://www.minneapolismn.gov/contact-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Minneapolis Department of Public Works is responsible for services including snow plowing, solid waste removal, traffic and parking, water treatment, transportation planning and maintenance, and fleet services for the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/public-works/info/|title=What we do|access-date=August 20, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|archive-date=August 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820143820/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/public-works/info/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among its engineering functions, the department was increasing the capacity of a {{convert|4200|ft|m|adj=on}} [[storm drain|storm water tunnel]] system {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=off}} under Washington to Chicago Avenues, and had completed 97 percent of the excavation phase and 41 percent of the lining phase as of August 2023.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPLS/bulletins/3698229|publisher=City of Minneapolis|via=Granicus|access-date=August 20, 2023|title=Minneapolis Central City Tunnel: Project overview|date=August 7, 2023|archive-date=August 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820143820/https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPLS/bulletins/3698229|url-status=live}}</ref> Designed for downtown's concrete landscape, the system will drain runoff into the Mississippi in case of a [[100-year flood|100-year storm]].<ref name=Vue>{{cite news|url=https://www.startribune.com/a-peek-down-into-the-new-tunnels-below-minneapolis/600196305/|last=Vue|first=Katelyn|date=August 6, 2022|access-date=August 20, 2023|title=Underground army tunnels under downtown to expand Minneapolis stormwater system|work=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-date=August 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820151954/https://www.startribune.com/a-peek-down-into-the-new-tunnels-below-minneapolis/600196305/|url-status=live}}</ref> Downtown Improvement District ambassadors, who are identified by their blue-and-green-yellow fluorescent jackets, daily patrol a 120-block area of downtown to greet and assist visitors, remove trash, monitor property, and call police when they are needed. The ambassador program is a [[public-private partnership]] that is paid for by a special downtown tax district.<ref>{{Cite news |last = St. Anthony |first = Neal |date = May 2, 2020 |title = 'Ambassadors' ready downtown for gradual return of workers with long list of projects |work = [[Star Tribune]] |url = https://www.startribune.com/mpls-downtown-ambassadors-prepare-for-gradual-return-of-workers-visitors/570101112/ |access-date = February 22, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129011120/https://www.startribune.com/mpls-downtown-ambassadors-prepare-for-gradual-return-of-workers-visitors/570101112/ |archive-date = November 29, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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