October 20, 2025 Planning Commission

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[0:17] **Chris Meyer:** Welcome everyone to the regular meeting of the Minneapolis Planning Commission for October 20th, 2025. My name is Chris Meyer and I'm chair of the commission. At this time, I will ask the clerk to call a roll. [0:30] **Clerk:** Commissioner Baxley is absent. Chavey is absent. Connley. [0:35] **Connley:** Here. [0:36] **Clerk:** Gordon. [0:37] **Gordon:** Here. [0:38] **Clerk:** Jones is absent. Meyer. [0:41] **Chris Meyer:** Here. [0:42] **Clerk:** Sheffy is absent. Shepard is absent. Wagner. [0:46] **Wagner:** Here. [0:47] **Clerk:** And Forny. [0:48] **Forny:** Here. [0:50] **Clerk:** We have five members present. [0:53] **Chris Meyer:** We have a quorum. Welcome back to Commissioner Forny. Uh she has been on this planning commission before, but would you like to reintroduce yourself? [1:03] **Forny:** Oh my. Well, thank you. Um delighted to be here. Although seems strange not being in the uh council chambers. Whatever. That's where I was whatever 10 years ago. So, whatever. Yeah. Should I acknowledge anything else? [1:18] **Chris Meyer:** Oh, that's great. [1:20] **Commissioner:** Oh, no. I was just going to acknowledge that somebody's birthday's today. [1:24] **Chris Meyer:** Thank you. Yes. My 40th birthday today. [1:27] **Commissioner:** Happy birthday. [1:29] **Chris Meyer:** I am. [1:31] **Commissioner:** And he's buying a car. [1:34] **Chris Meyer:** No. What would I do with it? Decoration. All right. Uh we'll now proceed um to the minutes for October 6, 2025. Is there a motion to adopt those minutes? [1:51] **Commissioner:** Move approval. [1:52] **Chris Meyer:** Is there a second? [1:53] **Commissioner:** Second. [1:54] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any discussion? All in favor say I. [1:57] **Commissioners:** I. [1:59] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed? Absent? The minutes are adopted. Uh we'll now organize the agenda. Uh staff are recommending that all four of our items be put on the consent agenda. Um so I'm going to read through them. If you came here to speak against the staff recommendation, uh raise your hand when I call out your item. Um if you came to speak in support of one of these, and I imagine there might be some people who came for the renamings that are on the agenda, um we can have that um on the consent agenda. [2:30] **Chris Meyer:** Uh, so first, was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for item number four, Knox Avenue North between 26th Avenue North and 27th? That's the Xi Jang Memorial Way. All right, we'll keep that on consent. Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for item number five, Logan Avenue North, the Kirk Washington Junior Way? [2:52] **Chris Meyer:** All right, we'll have that on consent. And item six, uh, 2011, 217, and 229 West Broadway Avenue. Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for that? And how about item number seven? Uh 2933 Pleasant Avenue. Anyone speak want here to speak against the staff recommendation on that one? [3:12] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Uh seeing none, uh then we'll have all four items on our consent agenda. Is um would anyone like to move adoption of that agenda? [3:18] **Commissioner:** So moved. [3:19] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Is there a second? [3:20] **Commissioner:** Second. [3:21] **Chris Meyer:** Any discussion? All in favor say I. [3:25] **Commissioners:** I. [3:26] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed. That is adopted. All right. So, I'll now open the consent agenda. So, if you came here to speak in favor of one of the items, uh, now is your chance to do so. Would anyone like to speak? Anyone? All right. Not seeing anyone. So, I will close the consent agenda. [3:46] **Chris Meyer:** Commissioners, is there any discussion about any of our consent items? All right. Would anyone like to move the consent agenda? [3:50] **Commissioner:** So move. [3:51] **Chris Meyer:** Is there a second? [3:52] **Commissioner:** Second. [3:53] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any less discussion? All in favor say I. [3:59] **Commissioners:** I. [4:02] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed. Abstentions. That is adopted. It concludes our business for the day. Uh our next planning commission meeting will be November 3rd and there's no committee of the whole uh this week. So we'll see you on the 3rd. All right. We are adjourned. Thank you everyone.