Based on the context provided and the internal dialogue of the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker identifications. **Note on Identifications:** * **Chris Meyer** identifies himself as the Chair. * **Commissioner Aurin Chowdhury** (Ward 12) is mentioned as absent, confirming the overlap between the City Council list and the Planning Commission. * The **City Clerk** (or committee clerk) conducts the roll call. * **City Staff** refers to the departmental representative providing technical clarifications. * **Commissioners Jones, Correa, Shepard, and Baxley** are identified via the roll call. *** [0:14] **Chris Meyer:** Welcome everyone to the regular meeting for the Minneapolis Planning Commission for January 20th, 2026. My name is Chris Meyer and I'm the chair of the commission. At this time, I will ask the clerk to please call the roll. Commissioner Chowdhury is absent. Conley is absent. Correa. [0:31] **City Clerk:** Here. Gordon is absent. Jones. Here. Shefte is absent. Shepard. Here. Wagner is [snorts] absent. Vice President Baxley. Here. President Meyer. Here. There are five members present. We have a quorum. [0:47] **Chris Meyer:** Uh first we'll go to the minutes for January 5th, 2026. Is there a motion to adopt those minutes? [0:53] **Commissioner Jones:** So moved. [0:54] **Commissioner Shepard:** Second. [0:55] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any discussion? All in favor say I. [0:59] **Commissioners:** I. I. [1:00] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed? Abstentions? The minutes are adopted. Uh next we'll organize our agenda. We have four [snorts] public hearing items. Staff is recommending that all four items be put on the consent agenda. I'm going to read through each item. If you came to speak against the staff recommendation, then raise your hand when I call on that item. So first we have 716 South 7th Street in Ward 6. [1:22] **Chris Meyer:** Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for item number four? All right. We'll keep that on consent. Uh second we have 1914 Washington Avenue North in Ward 5. Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation on number five? [1:42] **Chris Meyer:** All right. We'll keep that on consent. Next is 2116 Nicollet Avenue. Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for item number six? [1:52] **City Staff:** Uh Chair Meyer, just a clarification. Item number six is a— [1:56] **Chris Meyer:** >> sorry. [1:57] **City Staff:** >> two-cycle continuance. [1:58] **Chris Meyer:** >> I Yes, thank you. Okay, so we will continue item number six. Item number seven is 2500 Elm Street Southeast. Was anyone here to speak against the staff recommendation for item number seven? [2:15] **Chris Meyer:** All right. We will have that on consent. So to review, we'll have four, five, and seven on consent. Number six will be continued. Is there a motion to adopt that agenda? [2:24] **Commissioner Jones:** So moved. [2:25] **Commissioner Shepard:** Second. [2:26] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any discussion? All in favor say I. [2:29] **Commissioners:** I. [2:30] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed? That is adopted. Um can someone remind me, do we have to have a separate vote on the continuance, or is that all part of the same? Okay. Uh so I will open the consent hearing. If you wanted to speak about one of these items, you can do so now. Would anyone like to speak to any of our consent agenda items? [2:51] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Not seeing any, so I will close the hearing. Commissioners, are there any questions or discussion on our consent items? Is there a motion to adopt our consent agenda? [3:05] **Commissioner Jones:** So moved. [3:06] **Vice President Baxley:** Second. [3:07] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any last discussion? All in favor say I. [3:11] **Commissioners:** I. [3:12] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed? Abstentions? That is adopted. And then we have the calendar. Um would someone like to move the 2026 Planning Commission calendar? [3:20] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Commissioner Jones moves the calendar. Is there a second? [3:23] **Commissioner Shepard:** Second. [3:25] **Chris Meyer:** All right. Any discussion about the calendar? All right. I All in favor of adopting the calendar, say I. [3:33] **Commissioners:** I. [3:34] **Chris Meyer:** Opposed? Abstentions? That is adopted. Uh so that concludes our business for the day. Um Committee of the Whole is canceled for this Thursday. [3:41] **Chris Meyer:** And our next regular Planning Commission is February 2nd. Are there any updates from staff or commissioners? [3:48] **City Staff:** No updates from staff. [3:50] **Chris Meyer:** All right. That's it, everybody. Thank you. [3:52] **Commissioners:** Thank you.