November 12, 2024 Planning Commission
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[0:44] **Chris Meyer:** WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PLANNING COMMISSION FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2024. MY NAME IS CHRIS MEYER AND I'M CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY A QUORUM.
**Rachel (Clerk):** APOLOGIES. COMMISSIONERS I JUST NEED A MOMENT. OKAY.
[1:16] **Rachel (Clerk):** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY IS ABSENT. CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. CAMPBELL.
**Commissioner Campbell:** HERE.
**Rachel (Clerk):** CONLEY IS ABSENT. EMERICK IS ABSENT. JONES.
**Commissioner Jones:** HERE.
**Rachel (Clerk):** MEYER.
**Chris Meyer:** HERE.
**Rachel (Clerk):** OLSON.
**Commissioner Olson:** HERE.
[1:31] **Rachel (Clerk):** THOMPSON.
**Commissioner Thompson:** HERE.
**Rachel (Clerk):** WAGNER.
**Commissioner Wagner:** HERE.
**Rachel (Clerk):** WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS PRESENT.
**Chris Meyer:** LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO THE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28, 2024.
**Commissioner:** SO MOVED.
**Commissioner:** SECOND.
**Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
**Commissioners:** AYE.
**Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS? THOSE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
[1:50] **Chris Meyer:** WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO ORGANIZE OUR AGENDA. AND JUST A NOTE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS AND ASKED STAFF ABOUT THIS AND THOUGHT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW ABOUT IT. TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT ZONING LOTS THEY ARE SPLIT INTO DIFFERENT ONES SO I HAVE TO READ THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS. BUT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DIFFERENT ZONING LOTS. SO I'LL BE READING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ITEMS, IF ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IS HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THESE, THEN RAISE YOUR HAND. THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT ALL THE ITEMS GO ON CONSENT. SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN PULL THOSE OFF CONSENT AND DISCUSS [2:35] THEM. SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM. WE HAVE 716 SOUTH 7TH STREET IN WARD 6, WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. ON CONSENT. NEXT IS 715 SOUTH 8TH STREET. ANYONE. [2:56] 800 SOUTH 8TH STREET. NEXT IS 730 SOUTH 8TH STREET. NUMBER 8 IS 600 PARK AVENUE. NUMBER 9 IS 2720 16TH AVENUE SOUTH. IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAR 2720 16TH AVENUE SOUTH? [3:21] AND LAST IS 2724 16TH AVENUE SOUTH. WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO, ALL OUR ITEMS WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT AGENDA?
**Commissioner:** SO MOVED.
**Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:37] **Commissioners:** AYE.
**Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. BEFORE I MOVE TO OPENING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL HAS SAID THAT HE NEEDS TO ABSTAIN FOR ITEMS 4 THROUGH 8. ALL RIGHT. [3:58] OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR ANY OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS?
[4:15] **Commissioner Thompson:** HI. THANK YOU. I JUST WAS CURIOUS. WERE ITEMS NOT, IS IT 9 AND 10 WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE CREDENTIAL CARE FACILITY JUST FOR MY OWN LOGIC, WAS THAT UNDER THE SAME HEADING AS THOSE CONTROVERSIAL ONES IN LYNDALE OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT THING?
[4:37] **City Staff:** COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I BELIEVE THE OTHER APPLICATIONS YOU ARE REFERRING TO WERE EMERGENCY SHELTER APPLICATIONS FOR RECUPERATIVE CARE. THIS IS A DIFFERENT USE CATEGORY.
**Commissioner Thompson:** PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH BUT I WASN'T SURE. I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.
[4:56] **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. RACHEL, FOR THE ABSTENTIONS. YOU'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, THAT HE'S ABSTAINING FROM THOSE?
**Rachel (Clerk):** IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE SINCE WE WERE VOTING ON THEM AS A SLATE AS I UNDERSTAND, IF YOU WOULD JUST, IF WHOEVER CHOOSES TO ABSTAIN ABOUT ANY GIVEN ITEM IF THEY SAY ABSTAIN FROM THESE ITEMS, BUT APPROVE ON THE OTHERS. WE MIGHT HANDLE IT DIFFERENTLY IN OTHER MEETINGS BUT FOR EXPEDIENCY TODAY, THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[5:27] **Chris Meyer:** SO WE SHOULD TAKE SEPARATE VOTES ON THEM.
**Rachel (Clerk):** NO. ANOTHER DAY WE MIGHT HANDLE THINGS DIFFERENTLY BUT TODAY IF YOU ARE CALLED ON AND HAVE ABSTENTIONS IF YOU SAY ABSTAIN ON ITEMS XYZ AND YAY ON.
[5:42] **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, I'M GOING TO LET YOU SAY THAT AFTER WE TAKE THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA SAY AYE.
**Commissioners:** AYE.
**Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS?
[5:58] **Commissioner Campbell:** SO I'M ABSTAINING TO ITEM 4, ITEM 5, ITEM 6, ITEM 7 AND ITEM 8 AND VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 9 AND ITEM 10.
**Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. THOSE ABSTENTIONS NOTED, THAT IS ADOPTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY. ARE THERE UPDATES FROM STAFF? I GUESS THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING REGULAR MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 2. WE HAVE NO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS WEEK.
[6:27] **City Staff:** CORRECT. I WAS ALSO JUST GOING TO MAKE A NOTE, WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE 2025 CALENDAR AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. NOTHING REALLY TO KNOW ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY TUESDAY MEETINGS NEXT YEAR. WE MANAGED TO GET ALL OF OUR MEETINGS SCHEDULED AROUND HOLIDAYS. SO WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT. IT'S LOOKING LIKE OUR FIRST MEETING IN 2025 WILL BE ON JANUARY 13TH. SO WE WILL HAVE A BREAK FROM DECEMBER 2 TO JANUARY 13TH.
[6:59] **Chris Meyer:** WHEN DO WE MOVE BACK OVER THERE?
**City Staff:** THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT I WILL PROBABLY DEFER TO RACHEL ON. FOR NOW LET'S CALL IT MID-2025 WITH THE POTENTIAL TO STAY HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IF NEEDED.
[7:18] **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF OR COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.