Based on the context provided and the dialogue within the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker names assigned. [0:24] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR MARCH 24, 2025. MY NAME IS CHRIS MEYER AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE FIX THOSE TECHNICAL ISSUES. NOW WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED SO I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [0:40] **Clerk:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY IS ABSENT. CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** HERE. **Clerk:** CHOWDHURY. **Commissioner Chowdhury:** PRESENT. **Clerk:** CONLEY. **Commissioner Conley:** PRESENT. **Clerk:** GORDON. **Commissioner Gordon:** PRESENT. **Clerk:** JONES IS ABSENT. [0:55] **Clerk:** MEYER. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** HERE. **Clerk:** SKJEFTE IS ABSENT. THOMPSON IS ABSENT. WAGNER IS ABSENT. WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST WE'LL TAKE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 10, 2025. [1:11] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES? **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL ORGANIZE THE AGENDA. STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED ALL OF OUR ITEMS GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH EACH OF THEM. [1:29] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IF YOU WERE HERE TO OPPOSE ONE OF THE ITEMS AS I READ THROUGH THEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW WHEN I MENTION THAT ITEM. FIRST, FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THERE WILL NOT BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE. AND THEN FOR NUMBER FIVE, 1111 WEST RIVER PARKWAY, WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? [1:55] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** NOT SEEING ANY, ITEM FIVE WILL GO ON CONSENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, SIR? **Public Speaker:** HOW DO YOU FIND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? [2:16] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** WERE YOU HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST AN ITEM? **Public Speaker:** I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OKAY. FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX WE HAVE 2704 29TH AVENUE SOUTH. [2:32] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS? OKAY, WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER SIX. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS 6001 PENN AVENUE SOUTH. YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? [2:48] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS WELL. SO TO REVIEW, WE WILL HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON CONSENT AND DISCUSS 6 AND 7. [3:03] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT AGENDA? **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** CHAIR MEYER, I APOLOGIZE. I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE LAST WEEK AND SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PUT ON THE AGENDA ABOUT FINALIZING ELECTIONS FOR THIS EVENING. IF WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THIS EVENING, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE IT, HOWEVER IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO POSTPONE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING. [3:28] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH POSTPONING IT IF YOU PREFER. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** NO, LET'S GET IT DONE WITH. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA ALREADY. **Commissioner:** I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE THE ELECTIONS. [3:43] **Commissioner:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THAT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. FIRST WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH HAS NO PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS THE SNELLING YARDS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN. [4:01] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** DOES ANYONE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ALL RIGHT SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [4:16] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? ITEM FOUR IS ADOPTED. NOW I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR ONE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE 1111 WEST RIVER PARKWAY. [4:36] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM, YOU CAN DO SO? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM FIVE? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? [4:52] **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. **Commissioner:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM. [5:09] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** 2704 29TH AVENUE SOUTH. [5:34] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** THANK YOU, CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS LOCATED AT 2704 29TH AVENUE SOUTH. IT IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PR2 IN THE INTERIOR THREE AND IS 17,784 SQUARE FEET. [5:58] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** THE PARCEL IS JUST SOUTH OF THE MIDTOWN GREENWAY. THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING TO SPLIT UP THAT PARCEL A FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE EXISTING PARCEL. THAT PARCEL A WILL BE RETAINED BY THE CITY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT -- THAT WOULD BE TO THE PARCEL TO THE SOUTH. [6:29] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** THE PARCEL THE CITY WOULD RETAIN WILL BE JUST UNDER 5,000. AGAIN THE REST OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL GO THROUGH A PROPERTY SALE TO THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS. I'LL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. [6:49] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS? **Commissioner Conley:** THANK YOU, CHAIR. ONE QUESTION, THE PARCEL TO THE SOUTH, THAT SECOND PARCEL, DO WE KNOW THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT ONE, PARCEL B? **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** PERHAPS THE APPLICANT COULD LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT OWNERSHIP. [7:05] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** I AM NOT FAMILIAR. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND JUST TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. [7:22] **Lisa (Applicant - CPED):** HELLO MY NAME IS LISA. I'M SENIOR PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH CPED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. WE CURRENTLY OWN THE PROPERTY AT THIS LOCATION. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO KNOW THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, IT IS HILLCREST LLC. [7:39] **Lisa (Applicant - CPED):** THERE IS POTENTIALLY, WE WOULD DO A SALE IF THE SPLIT GETS APPROVED SO THAT THE OWNER COULD HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF LAWN MAINTENANCE. [7:55] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. NEXT UP, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. **Jeff (Public Speaker):** HELLO. [8:12] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** MY NAME IS JEFF. I'M AT THE PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS LOCATION. WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO THE ARRANGEMENT FROM WHAT I'VE TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHANGING -- I'VE BEEN WITH THE PROPERTY FOR 19 YEARS. [8:33] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** BOUGHT IT 19 YEARS AGO AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, IT WAS A HUGE PARKWAY. THE WHOLE OTHER SIDE OF THE BLOCK FROM US. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT IT IS A SUPER SITE FOR HYDROCARBON POLLUTANTS IN THE COMMUNITY. [8:56] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** WE GOT VERY UPSET BECAUSE WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALISTS. THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH HAS NO ONE IN IT RIGHT NOW, IT USED TO BE A GEAR COMPANY. THEY CUT DOWN THE TREES AND THEY PAVED OVER EVERYTHING. [9:11] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** THEY HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SOME MONEY ON THE PROPERTY, IT HAD SPECIAL CHANNELS IN IT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GARAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE WAS USED FOR COLLECTING AND MONITORING. THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAD FOR THE PLANNERS, HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED AND IS THAT ON THE PROPERTY IN THE GARAGE. [9:34] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PLANNING REPORT ABOUT THAT QUESTION. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IS IF IT DOES GO UP FOR SALE, I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY TO MAKE A COMMUNITY GARDEN. [9:57] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, THE HILLCREST FOLKS HAVEN'T COME OUT TO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OR BLOCK MEETINGS. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY BLOCKED OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET THERE RIGHT AT THE GREENWAY WHERE THE TRAIN GOES THROUGH. THEY DO THAT TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC FROM THE SCHOOL. [10:16] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** BUT IT CREATED A CUL-DE-SAC ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESSNESS. AND NOW JUST RECENTLY WE'RE ADDING 100 BED SITE. [10:35] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** BUT THAT CUL-DE-SAC RIGHT THERE IS A VERY DIFFICULT LOCATION FOR US WITH DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION AND HOMELESS FOLKS. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO HELPING THE HOMELESS WE try TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM OUT. [10:52] **Jeff (Public Speaker):** I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THE RESIDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THE PROPERTY IF THE INTENTION IS JUST TO KEEP IT A GREEN SPACE. THAT'S ALL I THINK I HAVE TO SAY. [11:08] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THANK YOU. **Jeff (Public Speaker):** THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TESTIFY? NOT SEEING ANY, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, IF YOU CAN COME BACK UP. [11:28] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THIS IS UNUSUAL, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A CONTESTED SUBDIVISION COME BEFORE US. FIRST, FOR KIMBERLY WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM? IS THIS THE TYPE OF THING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD JUST CHOOSE TO DENY OR WOULD IT NEED FINDING? [11:45] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** CHAIR MEYER, AGAIN THE ONLY APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO DENY THIS MINOR SUBDIVISION, THEN YES, YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE FINDINGS IN ORDER TO DO SO. [12:05] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OKAY. I GUESS THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CONLEY. **Commissioner Conley:** THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CAN YOU PUT THAT MAP UP AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME? [12:22] **Commissioner Conley:** OKAY, SO THE PART IN THE RED IS WHAT WOULD BE FOR SALE? **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** THAT'S THE ENTIRE SITE. AGAIN THE GREEN BOX THERE INDICATES THAT RED BOX ON THAT PREVIOUS SCREEN. [12:38] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** WE SEE THAT DIAGONAL LINE. THAT DIAGONAL LINE, THAT PARCEL A AREA, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE RETAINED BY THE CITY. ESSENTIALLY MAINTAINED AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE WOULD THEN BE SOLD. [12:59] **Commissioner Conley:** OKAY, THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY THOUGHTS ARE IT'S A POLICY DECISION FOR THE CITY TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO DO THIS, BUT THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS JUST ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY BASIS TO DENY THE SUBDIVISION ASPECT OF THIS. [13:22] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** SO MY POSITION WOULD BE TO VOTE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR MOTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** MOVE TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [13:38] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [13:53] **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT, MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 6001 PENN AVENUE SOUTH. [14:20] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE TWO APPLICATIONS FOR A PROPOSED GAS STATION REPLACEMENT AT 6001 PENN AVENUE SOUTH. THE TWO APPLICATIONS ARE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO MODIFY A GAS STATION EXISTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE AND SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR A NEW GAS STATION INCLUDING A CONVENIENCE STORE AND CAR WASH. [14:41] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PENN AND 60TH STREET. THE SITE IS ZONED CM2 AN CORRIDOR FOUR. JUST OVER 12,000 SQUARE FEET. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH AN EXISTING TWO-STORY GAS STATION AND MINOR AUTO REPAIR USE. [15:03] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN USE AS A GAS STATION AND MINOR AUTO REPAIR FOR 70 YEARS. SO IT CURRENTLY HAS THIS EXISTING TWO-STORY BUILDING SORT OF TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN A SERVICE CANOPY WITH EIGHT PUMPS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THAT. [15:20] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS THREE EXISTING CURB CUTS AND THEN ALSO HAS VEHICLE ACCESS BETWEEN THE GAS STATION AND THE ADJACENT PUBLIC ALLEY. THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE EXISTING GAS STATION AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW GAS STATION AND CAR WASH. [15:36] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** GAS STATIONS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW GAS STATIONS IS NOT PERMITTED IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY. GAS STATIONS EXISTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, SO PRIOR TO THE LAND USE REZONING STUDY IN 2023 ARE CONDITIONAL USE IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT. [15:51] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** CAR WASHES CAN BE ALLOWED AS ACCESSORY USES TO GAS STATIONS AND IN THIS CASE THE SCALE OF THE CAR WASH AND GAS STATION IS SUCH THAT THIS CAR WASH WOULD BE TREATED AS AN ACCESSORY USE HERE. [16:06] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** WITH THIS PROPOSED PROJECT, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND THE CONVENIENCE STORE PORTION OF THE USE AND TO RELOCATE THAT BUILDING UP TO THE INTERSECTION SO IT HAS FRONTAGE ON THE STREET TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FUEL PUMPS FROM 8 TO 6 AND TO MOVE THAT TO THE CENTER OF THE SITE, AND THEN TO PUT THE NEW CAR WASH ON THE EASTERN END OF THE SITE. [16:27] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** WITH THE PROJECT, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO RETAIN TWO EXISTING CURB CUTS, THE ONE ON PENN AND THE EASTERN ONE ON 60TH. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THE WESTERN CURB CUT ON 60TH AS WELL AS TO ELIMINATE VEHICLE ACCESS BETWEEN THE CAR WASH AND THE ALLEY. [16:45] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE SETS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. THOSE ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN YOUR PACKETS TODAY. THERE WAS ALSO A STAFF MEMO, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL ON THE C.U.P., AFTER DISCUSSING WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT, STAFF DID HAVE SOME REVISIONS TO THAT FINDING TO REFLECT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE VISIBILITY AND POTENTIAL NOISE FROM THIS USE AND IT'S PROMINENT VISIBILITY TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTHEAST. [17:32] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** AND I CAN RUN THROUGH, SO THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THERE ARE A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANS AS SUBMITTED. I'M NOT GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF SOME AND DENIAL OF SOME WITH ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. [17:51] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** IF THERE ARE ANY OF THOSE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE. BUT THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 20 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ON THE SITE PLAN REVIEW APPLICATION. [18:07] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** HERE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS HERE IS THE AMENDED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT ADDED CONDITION OF APPROVAL. AND THEN ALL OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION. [18:22] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? NOT SEEING ANY, SO I WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. [18:47] **Applicant Spokesperson:** HI, I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNER HERE. WE ARE EXCITED TO REDEVELOP THE SITE. I THINK IT'S OVERDUE FOR SOME REFRESH. WE ARE MOVING THE, AS ANDREW SAID, MOVING THE BUILDING UP TO THE CORNER TO ALLOW FOR MUCH BETTER PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, A BETTER STREET SCAPE WITH GLASS FRONTING BOTH SIDES. [19:16] **Applicant Spokesperson:** THE ADDITION OF THE CAR WASH NEXT TO THE ALLEY KIND OF HELPS SCREEN THE ALLEY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE. [19:33] **Applicant Spokesperson:** AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE GAS CANOPY WOULD REDUCE FROM EIGHT FUELLING STATIONS TO SIX AND WE'RE SQUEEZING IN AS MUCH LANDSCAPING AS WE CAN. I THINK IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY PAVED RIGHT NOW. [19:50] **Applicant Spokesperson:** I THINK THIS WILL BE A NICE ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? **Commissioner Chowdhury:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US TODAY. MY QUESTION IS JUST COULD YOU CLARIFY WHERE THE SCREENING WILL BE IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE THE CAR WASH IS AND JUST SITUATED WITH THE NEW DESIGN OF THE GAS STATION? [20:19] **Applicant Spokesperson:** YES, IF YOU HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE SITE PLAN UP THERE, SO BETWEEN DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE CAR WASH, YOU'LL SEE A SMALL BOX IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE. [20:36] **Applicant Spokesperson:** THAT IS OUR TRASH ENCLOSURE WHICH WILL BE COMPLETELY SCREENED. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME FENCING BETWEEN THE CAR WASH DOWN TO THE TRASH ENCLOSURE. AND THEN FROM THE TRASH ENCLOSURE RUNNING WEST, WE WILL ALSO CLOSE OFF THAT OPENING WITH FENCING. [20:54] **Applicant Spokesperson:** THAT CURRENTLY, THE ADJACENT SITE TO THE SOUTH IS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, BUT THAT EASTERLY PORTION OF THAT SITE IS A PARKING LOT. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THAT OPENING SO THAT RESIDENTS IN THE ALLEY CAN'T SEE IN THERE AND THERE'S NO GLARE FROM HEADLIGHTS AND SO FORTH. [21:14] **Commissioner Chowdhury:** THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY, SO THANK YOU. **Applicant Spokesperson:** THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** NEXT TESTIFIER. GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR TESTIMONY. [21:30] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** MY NAME IS SHERRY AND I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE GAS STATION. I'M NOT ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO IT AS LONG AS IT IS NOT ANY WORSE THAN IT IS NOW. [21:46] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** I WAS NOT AWARE OF ALL OF THESE SUBMISSIONS FROM OTHER NEIGHBORS, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED -- SOME OF MY CONCERNS MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. [22:03] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE IS WITH LIGHTING. IT'S DIRECTLY INTO MY FAMILY ROOM. I CAN SEE IT NOW. SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE ALL NIGHT OR ARE THE LIGHTS GOING TO BE ON ALL NIGHT, THAT'S A CONCERN. [22:18] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** IT WASN'T A PROBLEM UNTIL THE GAS STATION EXTENDED THEIR SERVICE HOURS UP TO 24 HOURS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO OR 15 YEARS AGO. AND SO WE HAVE LIGHTS IN OUR HOUSE ALL THE TIME IN THE EVENING. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOURS OF OPERATION. [22:37] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THEFT INCIDENTS AT THE CORNER MINI MART ACROSS THE STREET. THERE HAVE BEEN PARTIES OUT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE EXISTING GAS STATION WHEN THEIR HOURS ARE CLOSED LIKE SATURDAY EVENING. [22:55] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** HE TALKED ABOUT FENCING, I'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE I WOULD BE ENTIRELY APPROVING OF IT. I DON'T WANT TO BE SEEING CAR WASHES AND THAT SORT OF THING. I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE CAR WASH IS GOING TO EXIT. IS IT GOING TO EXIT IN THE ALLEY? [23:14] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** MY GARAGE IS RIGHT ON THE ALLEY, WE PRACTICALLY SHARE THE SAME -- WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE GAS STATION IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SHARE THE SAME PROPERTY. [23:30] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LOT SMALLER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER SIMILAR PROPERTIES. THERE'S A GAS STATION DOWN THE STREET THAT HAS A CAR WASH AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON A BIGGER PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAR WASH AND THE STORE, THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION. [23:51] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** AND WHO'S GOING TO BE HANGING OUT THERE? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF KIDS HANGING AROUND IN THE PARKING LOT. SO THAT'S A CONCERN TO ME TOO. AND NOISE. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A BETTER RENDERING OF THIS OPERATION. [24:17] **Sherry (Public Speaker):** THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TESTIFY TO THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US YOUR TESTIMONY. **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PHILLIP RUCE. [24:34] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** I'M HERE IN A COUPLE OF CAPACITIES, I GUESS. THE FIRST IS I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON AND OFF SINCE I WAS SEVEN. MOVED AWAY FOR COLLEGE, CAME BACK WITH MY FAMILY IN 2018 AND WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY, LOVE BEING A RESIDENT OF ARMITAGE. WE LOVE IT ENOUGH, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO EXPAND MY BUSINESS, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY JUST SOUTH OF RICK'S WHICH IS 6009 PENN. [25:00] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLANNING THERE, DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THAT OVERHANG IS OUR BUILDING. SO I OWN THE BUILDING AND THE FIRM WITHIN IT. AS A COMMERCIAL TENANT, WE BENEFIT A GREAT DEAL FROM A VIBRANT COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. [25:16] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** SEEING THAT BUILDING GETTING REHABBED, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR ANYWAY, BUT SEEING THAT GET REHABBED AND APPROVED WOULD BE A BIG BENEFIT FOR US. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WITH THE PROJECT ITSELF THAT IS BOTHERING US. BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUIBBLES WITH THE DESIGN ITSELF THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION. [25:38] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT PROPERTY, OUR BUILDING GOES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE 1962. IT'S NOT A NEW THING, IT'S JUST THE PROPERTY LINE AND THEN IT'S OUR CONCRETE BLOCK COVERED IN PLASTER AND PAINT WALL. [25:54] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** WHEN WE REHABBED THE BUILDING, I CAN'T IF YOU CAN SEE IT HERE, ON THE VERY LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER, THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THERE. AND I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO GET DAMAGED, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THIS BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AT ALL. [26:11] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** BUT WHEN I PUT THAT RETAINING WALL IN THERE IN FRONT OF A COUPLE OF PARKING SPOTS, I KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME LOVE TAPS FROM THE CARS PARKING THERE AND I WOULD HAVE SOME DAMAGE TO MY RETAINING WALL. THAT'S FINE THE PARKING WAS THERE FIRST. MY POINT IS EVEN IN A LOW TRAFFIC AREA THERE'S BEEN SOME DAMAGE TO THE AREA THERE. [26:32] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** BUT MY CONCERN IS WITH A CAR WASH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT OVERHANG, ON ANOTHER SLIDE I BELIEVE I SAW A MEASUREMENT OF 12 FEET FROM THE OVERHANG TO OUR WALL. SO IF YOU'RE STANDING AT THE OVERHANG LOOKING AT OUR WALL, YOU'VE GOT 12 FEET. AND IF YOU WALK BACKWARDS I SEE THERE'S A PUMP THAT'S SORT OF ANGLED, I CAN'T TELL FROM THE MEASUREMENT BUT I'M EYEING THAT AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S LESS THAN SIX FEET. [26:54] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** SO I'M THINKING THERE'S 18 FEET BETWEEN THAT PUMP AND OUR WALL. ANYONE WHO PARKS THERE IS GOING TO BE TAKING UP SOME SPACE. YOU LOOK AT THE TRUCKS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING NOW, FORD F150 WITH ITS MIRRORS OUT IS LIKE EIGHT FEET WIDE AND IT'S ALSO ANGLED. [27:10] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** SO PART OF THAT TRUCK OR VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO OUR WALL. IT'S GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO DRIVE VERY CLOSE TO OUR PAINTED, STUCK UP WALL. AND IF THE BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFUL AND I HOPE IT IS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN SOMEONE DRAGS THEIR MIRROR ACROSS MY WALL AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN A LOT BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS. [27:32] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. EVERY CAR WASH YOU GO TO, IT'S USUALLY LINED WITH CONCRETE STANTIONS OR SOME SORT OF BUMPER. THERE'S THESE CONCRETE SPHERES THAT SORT OF LINE THE WAY. [27:48] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** AND A CAR WASH THAT USED TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET, IF YOU GO THROUGH THAT CAR WASH AND YOU COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S SOME CONCRETE STANTIONS TO PROTECT THE FENCE OVER THERE. MY POINT IS I DON'T SEE ANY CONCRETE STANTIONS TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY. [28:05] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** MY CONCERN IS WHEN THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY WELL, MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING TO BE CONTACTING HIS INSURANCE COMPANY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE THING. I'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN ALONG REALLY WELL WITH RICK, HE'S A GOOD NEIGHBOR. [28:20] **Phillip Ruce (Public Speaker):** BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE BEING IDIOTS IN THEIR CAR. THANK YOU. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TESTIFY? NOT SEEING ANY, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANDREW, CAN YOU ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THE HEARING ABOUT WHERE THE CAR WASH WILL EXIT? [28:43] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** AND ALSO DOES THE NEW CONDITION THAT YOU ADDED IN WOULD THAT HELP MITIGATE THE LIGHTING ISSUE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING TESTIMONY? **Andrew (Planning Staff):** YEAH, CHAIR MEYER AND COMMISSIONERS, SO THE CONCERN ABOUT THE CAR WASH EXITING, SO TODAY THIS PROPERTY HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE ALLEY, BOTH IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND BEHIND THE BUILDING, YOU CAN DRIVE BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE VEHICLE MANEUVERING SPACE ON THIS PROPERTY. [29:10] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CLOSE OFF THE ACCESS BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE ALLEY. SO THERE WILL BE CURBING AND LANDSCAPING BETWEEN BOTH THE CAR WASH ENTRANCE AND THE CAR WASH EXIT AND THE ALLEY. THERE WOULD BE NO ACCESS AT ALL BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND THE ALLEY. [29:27] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THE WAY THAT CARS WOULD TYPICALLY EXIT THE PROPERTY WHEN LEAVING THE CAR WASH WOULD BE ONTO 60TH STREET. AND IN THIS PLAN, THAT IS JUST SHOWN AS A LANDSCAPED AREA. WE HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE RECOMMENDED THAT REQUIRE A 6-FOOT, 90% OPAQUE FENCE IN THAT AREA BETWEEN THE MANEUVERING AREA AND THE ALLEY. [29:52] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THE ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS PROVIDING A 15-FOOT SITE TRIANGLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE ALLEY AND THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ON 60TH STREET. THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WAS ADDED ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THAT IS THE FENCE ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING AND THE TRASH ENCLOSURE. [30:14] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THE SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE SCREENING BETWEEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. SO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS DON'T REQUIRE SCREENING THERE. THE ISSUE ABOUT LIGHT AND NOISE FROM THE PROPERTY THAT WAS RAISED BY A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORS CAUSED STAFF TO RETHINK THAT AND CONNECT IT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FINDINGS AND RECOMMEND PROVIDING A FENCE IN THAT LOCATION. [30:40] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMMENTS ABOUT LIGHTING AND GLARE FROM THE EXISTING LIGHTS. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE EXISTING LIGHTS AT THE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR LIGHTING AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SUBMITTING A LIGHTING PLAN TO US IF THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH A FORMAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. [31:01] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAVE EVER BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LIGHTING SUBMITTED REGARDING THE LIGHTING THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO US AND INVESTIGATED. BUT WE DO HAVE STANDARDS ABOUT MAXIMUM ILLUMINATION AT PROPERTY LINES BOTH FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. [31:16] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** SO FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WE DO REQUIRE AS PART OF THEIR FINAL PDR A SUBMISSION OF A LIGHTING PLAN AND THAT INCLUDES SHOWING THE ANTICIPATED ILLUMINATION THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND THEN AT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINES. [31:34] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** AND WE HAVE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO SUBMIT THAT LIGHTING PLAN. AND THERE IS A MAXIMUM ILLUMINATION AT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES OF HALF OF A FOOT-CANDLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS ALSO A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDAL RELATED TO LIGHTING IN SERVICE AREAS -- DEVELOPMENT STANDARD RELATED TO LIGHTING IN SERVICE AREA CANOPIES ABOUT THE MAXIMUM ILLUMINATION THERE AND THAT'S MEASURED IN LUMENS PER SQUARE FOOT. [31:59] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** AND IT ALSO PROHIBITS LIGHTING FIXTURES ON SERVICE AREA CANOPIES THAT EXTEND BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE CANOPY WHERE THE LIGHT WOULD BE SPILLING OUT TO THE SIDES RATHER THAN JUST DOWN. AND WE HAVE THAT REFLECTED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL HERE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE SHOWN ON THEIR LIGHTING PLAN BEFORE THEIR PDR WILL BE APPROVED. [32:18] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** AS TO THE CONCERN ABOUT VEHICLES HITTING THE ADJACENT BUILDING, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR ZONING CODE THAT ADDRESSES THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A RATIONAL NEXUS TO ADD A CONDITION OF APPROVAL ADDRESSING THAT. [32:37] **Andrew (Planning Staff):** BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO PROPOSE ADDING BULLARDS THERE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT OPPOSE THAT. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY OTHERS. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** SORRY, YOU'RE SAYING YOU DO NOT THINK WE COULD INCLUDE BULLARDS AS A CONDITION? [32:56] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING -- **Andrew (Planning Staff):** THAT'S MY INITIAL THOUGHT AND KIMBERLY IS WELCOME TO JUMP IN TOO. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S NECESSARILY, I THINK LIKE ANTICIPATING RECKLESS DRIVING, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE INHERENT TO THE SITE DESIGN AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS. [33:14] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I'LL SHARE MY THOUGHTS FIRST. I DO THINK THIS IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT FROM THE STATUS QUO. IT LOOKS A LOT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND WITH A LOT MORE LANDSCAPING. [33:31] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IT DOES SEEM LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO MITIGATE LIGHTING AND I HOPE THE APPLICANT WILL BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR ON THAT. [33:46] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** AND TRY TO AVOID DAMAGING HIS NEIGHBOR'S RETAINING WALL. BUT I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MEYER. MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM. [34:06] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** THAT'S INCLUDING THE CONDITION, THE ADDED CONDITION REGARDING THE SCREENING, RIGHT? **Andrew (Planning Staff):** YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR MEYER. SO IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL UNDER THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE 20 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL UNDER SITE PLAN REVIEW. [34:29] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THAT YOUR MOTION? **Commissioner Campbell:** YES. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? HEAR A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GORDON. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? [34:46] **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT. THAT IS ALL OF OUR ITEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NOMINATIONS FROM LAST TIME. [35:03] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THE SLATE OF NOMINATIONS WHICH WAS -- KIMBERLY? **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** SURE, I CAN RECAP. SO WE HAVE OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS HAPPENING TODAY. SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION AS COMMISSIONER MEYER FOR PRESIDENT. [35:19] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY FOR VICE PRESIDENT. AND COMMISSIONER WAGNER FOR SECRETARY. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THAT SLATE? **Commissioner:** I WILL MOVE THE SLATE, MR. PRESIDENT. **Commissioner:** SECOND. **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE **Commissioners:** [CHORUS OF AYES] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** OPPOSED? [35:38] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** ABSTENTIONS? THAT IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T HAVE A SPEECH, SORRY. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE, WHAT IS IT APRIL 14TH, I THINK? [35:59] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** IS THAT CORRECT, KIMBERLY? FOR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. AND THEN WE HAVE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS THURSDAY THE 27TH. ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF OR COMMISSIONERS? **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** JUST ONE UPDATE REGARDING THE PROJECT AT 1302 DOUGLAS AND FREEMONT AVENUE SOUTH. [36:16] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** I THINK I TOLD YOU LAST TIME WE RECEIVED AN APPEAL FROM THE APPLICANT ON THE COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF THE F.A.R. ON THE SITE PLAN REVIEW. THAT WENT TO THE BIZ COMMITTEE AND THEY UPHELD THE PLANNING COMMITTEE'S ACTIONS. SO THAT WILL GO TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL THIS THURSDAY. [36:33] **Kimberly (Planning Staff):** CHAIR MEYER, IF I MAY TAG ALONG AND POINT OUT BECAUSE COUNCIL TAKES A WEEK DURING MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPRING BREAK, THERE'S THREE WEEKS BETWEEN TODAY AND THE NEXT MEETING, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. [36:49] **Chris Meyer (Chair):** GREAT. WE WILL ENJOY OUR EXTRA LONG VACATION, I SUPPOSE. ANY OTHER UPDATES FROM ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.