Based on the context provided and the content of the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker names identified. [0:20] **Chris Meyer:** WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PLANNING COMMISSION FOR OCTOBER 28. MY NAME IS CHRIS MEYER, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL. **Clerk:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY. [0:37] **Commissioner Baxley:** HERE. **Clerk:** CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** HERE. **Clerk:** CONNELLY IS ABSENT. EMERICK IS ABSENT. JONES. **Commissioner Jones:** HERE. **Clerk:** MEYER. **Chris Meyer:** HERE. **Clerk:** OLSON. **Commissioner Olson:** HERE. **Clerk:** THOMPSON IS ABSENT. WAGNER IS ABSENT. WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. [0:54] **Chris Meyer:** LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST WE'LL GO TO THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 15, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? **Commissioner Baxley:** SO MOVED. **Chris Meyer:** IS THERE A SECOND? **Commissioner Olson:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION TO THOSE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [1:09] **Commissioners:** AYE. **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL ORGANIZE THE AGENDA. WE HAVE JUST ONE ITEM, 800 TYLER STREET NORTHEAST. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 4, 800 TYLER STREET NORTHEAST? [1:29] **Mr. Anderson:** NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. SO WE WILL OPEN UP HEARING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE, WERE YOU HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? [1:48] **Public Speaker:** AGAINST IT, BUT [OFF MIC] AGAINST ANY SORT OF [OFF MIC] POPULATION OF [OFF MIC] **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. SO. **Public Speaker:** PARKING. [2:03] **Chris Meyer:** LET'S SHUT THAT DOWN. NO. YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH MEANS WE'LL HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ABOUT IT. AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FILL IN THOSE DETAILS AND BE ABLE TO COMMENT AFTER THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO WE WILL PUT ITEM NUMBER 4 ON OUR DISCUSSION. SO THAT'S OUR FULL THING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AGENDA? [2:32] **Commissioner Baxley:** SO MOVED. **Commissioner Olson:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer:** ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** AYE. **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS. SO THAT IS OUR AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT TO IT. ITEM NUMBER 4, TYLER STREET NORTHEAST, STAFF IS MAE-LING SMITH. [2:51] **Mae-Ling Smith:** GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND PRESIDENT MEYER. THIS IS A VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S LOCATED BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND TYLER STREET NORTHEAST. IT'S AN EXTENSION OF CEMETERY STREET NORTHEAST. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY IN THE RED HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SCREEN, THAT WOULD BE VACATED, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. [3:18] SO THE APPLICANT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE TWO PARCELS DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS SECTION OF RIGHT OF WAY. AS A RESULT OF THE VACATION IT WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO AND SPLIT IN HALF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEIR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH. [3:39] I THINK THIS PICTURE IS PRETTY INTERESTING. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. THERE WAS CURB AND GUTTER ADDED. SO WHEN AN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY LINE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT IS NOT. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST IN THE NEAR TERM, THEY ONLY PLAN TO HAVE THIS USE THIS OPEN SPACE. AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [4:05] **Chris Meyer:** COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER JONES. **Commissioner Jones:** SO. **Chris Meyer:** INTO YOUR MIC. **Commissioner Jones:** SO IT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO PARCELS, THE ADJOINING PARCELS AND BE KEPT AS GREEN SPACE? [4:22] **Mae-Ling Smith:** THAT IS -- SO AFTER THE VACATION, IF IT IS APPROVED, THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BY DEFAULT. IT'S JUST A SPLIT TWO WAYS TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT WHERE THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT, IN THE NEAR TERM THERE'S NO PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT. [4:42] **Commissioner Jones:** THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY. GREEN LIGHT ON. **Commissioner Baxley:** OH, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. **Chris Meyer:** NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE, I WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. WILL THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? [5:08] **Cody Fischer:** YES, SURE. COMMISSIONERS, CHAIR MEYER, CODY FISCHER. I'M A DEVELOPER. THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS WAS INDICATED BY STAFF. AND AS WAS ALLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHERE THE FENCE WAS, WAS ACTUALLY WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE WAS. AND I'M GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CLARIFYING RIGHT NOW [5:27] LIKE WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPERTY. BUT I DO ULTIMATELY HAVE THE INTENTION AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE TO CREATE A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. ON THE SMALL SCALE DEVELOPER. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO KIND OF PURSUE LAND USE APPLICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO DOING THAT WITHOUT HAVING CERTAINTY OVER KIND OF WHERE THE ACTUAL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES ARE IS NOT PRACTICAL, BECAUSE THAT WOULD INVOLVE REENGAGING IN THOSE DESIGN COSTS IF THE VACATION OF RIGHT OF WAY ULTIMATELY WERE DENIED IN A FUTURE STATE. SO IT'S NOT AN IMMINENT PROJECT BUT JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT LAND IS POTENTIALLY PART OF THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO THAT'S [6:14] IT. THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer:** DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? **Commissioners:** NO. **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. THANK YOU. WAIT, CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, FOR THE RECORD? **Cody Fischer:** MY NAME. **Chris Meyer:** YEP. **Cody Fischer:** CODY FISCHER. YEAH. AND I'M THE APPLICANT. [6:31] **Chris Meyer:** OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE REST OF YOU CAN SPEAK FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, TELL US YOUR NAME AND NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU'D LIKE. **Mr. Anderson:** MY NAME IS ANDERSON, I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED VACATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. [6:50] APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR. FISCHER FOR THE APPLICATION, BECAUSE I WAS AWARE THAT WASN'T PART OF MY PROPERTY, I JUST ASSUMED IT WOULD ALWAYS BE LEFT AS IT WAS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK CEMETERY STREET IS GONE THROUGH TO CENTRAL IN PROBABLY A HUNDRED YEARS, MY GUESS. ANYWAY, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE UP FRONT ABOUT THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT. [7:11] I OF COURSE FIGURED THAT OUT BASED ON WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST. I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE A HUGE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NEXT TO ME, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE TIME AND PLACE FOR DISCUSSING THAT AS THERE IS NO CURRENT PROPOSAL. SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP I'VE GOT BE. IS IT MAE-LING? YOU'VE BEEN SO HELPFUL, EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY PEACE. APPRECIATE IT. [7:40] **Chris Meyer:** THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. **Public Speaker:** I GOT NOTHING TO SAY SINCE THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT YET. **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. **Public Speaker:** MY LONG-TERM NEIGHBORS. **Public Speaker:** WE JUST LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ALL OF THIS. [7:56] **Public Speaker:** 38 YEARS. **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OR MOTION? COMMISSIONER OLSON. **Commissioner Olson:** I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. **Commissioner Baxley:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer:** THE MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM COMMISSIONERS? [8:16] I'LL JUST SPEAK TO IT, SAYING THAT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING BEFORE US TODAY IS JUST THE VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE ARE ANY ANYWAY NEEDS FOR PRESERVING THAT AS RIGHT OF WAY AT THIS TIME SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE. NOT SEEING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [8:38] **Clerk:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY. **Commissioner Baxley:** AYE. **Clerk:** CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** AYE. **Clerk:** JONES. **Commissioner Jones:** AYE. **Clerk:** OLSON. **Commissioner Olson:** AYE. **Clerk:** MEYER. **Chris Meyer:** AYE. **Clerk:** WE HAVE FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS. [8:53] **Chris Meyer:** THAT IS ADOPTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 12, THAT'S A TUESDAY AFTER VETERANS DAY. AND WE HAVE NO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS THURSDAY. THERE ARE ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF OR COMMISSIONERS? [9:10] **Mae-Ling Smith:** NO UPDATES FROM ME TODAY. **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.