June 26, 2023 Planning Commission

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Based on the context provided and the content of the meeting, here is the formatted transcript with speaker identifications. [0:19] **Alissa Olson:** EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 26, MY NAME IS ALISSA OLSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE CITY WILL BE RECORDING AND POSTING THIS MEETING TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL AS A MEANS OF INCREASING PUBLIC ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY. [0:36] **Alissa Olson:** THIS MEETING IS PUBLIC AND SUBJECT TO MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. **City Clerk:** COMMISSIONER FORD WILL BE ABSENT THIS EVENING. COMMISSIONER ALPER. [0:52] **Commissioner Alper:** PRESENT. **City Clerk:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY. **Commissioner Baxley:** HERE. **City Clerk:** CAMPBELL. **Commissioner Campbell:** HERE. **City Clerk:** CONLEY. ABSENT. EMERICK. **Commissioner Emerick:** HERE. **City Clerk:** KOSKI. **Commissioner Koski:** PRESENT. **City Clerk:** MARWAH, ABSENT. [1:07] **City Clerk:** MEYER. **Commissioner Meyer:** HERE. **City Clerk:** CHAIR OLSON. **Alissa Olson:** HERE. **City Clerk:** THAT IS SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT. **Alissa Olson:** WE HAVE A QUORUM. WITH THAT WE'LL PROCEED TO THE AGENDA, A COPY OF WHICH WAS POSTED TO THE CITY'S LEGISLATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AVAILABLE AT LIMS.MINNEAPOLIS MN.GOV. [1:28] **Alissa Olson:** THERE ARE COPIES BY THE CLERK THERE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 12. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SO MOVED. **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SECOND. [1:44] **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** AYE. **Alissa Olson:** ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES. AND THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ORGANIZE THE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA FOR THE EVENING, WHICH, AGAIN, IS AVAILABLE AT LIMS.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV. [2:05] **Alissa Olson:** I'LL READ THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND STATE WHETHER THEY'RE SLATED FOR CONSENT, DISCUSSION OR CONTINUANCE. CONSENT WILL BE ADOPTED WITHOUT DISCUSSION. WE'LL BE ADOPTING STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE ITEMS. DISCUSSION WILL BE DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED ON BEFORE WE VOTE. IF YOU AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHEN I READ THE NUMBER, YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AN ITEM AND YOU DISAGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL PUT THAT ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. [2:42] **Alissa Olson:** ITEM 4, IS 2300 CHICAGO AVENUE; 710 EAST 24TH STREET; 2205 PARK AVENUE AND 2215 PARK AVENUE. THIS IS THE HOPE ACADEMY PROJECT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 4? [3:03] **Alissa Olson:** SEEING NONE, WE'LL PUT ITEM 4 ON CONSENT. ITEM 5, IS 2 36TH AVENUE NORTH AND 51 36TH AVENUE NORTH. [3:18] **Alissa Olson:** THIS IS THE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL PROJECT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 5. SEEING NONE, WE'LL PUT ITEM 5 ON CONSENT. AND ITEM 6 IS 1860 28TH STREET, 2717 LONGFELLOW AVENUE AND 1901 26TH STREET EAST. [3:43] **Alissa Olson:** THIS IS THE HIAWATHA MAINTENANCE FACILITY PROJECT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS BE CONTINUED TO JULY 17, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND WAS CLOSED AT OUR MAY 8 MEETING, SO THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. [4:01] **Alissa Olson:** SO WE HAVE ITEMS 4 AND 5 ON CONSENT. AND ITEM NUMBER 6 RECOMMENDED TO BE CONTINUED TO JULY 17. [4:17] **Alissa Olson:** COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED? **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SO MOVED. **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SECOND. **Alissa Olson:** ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** AYE. **Alissa Olson:** OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION PASSES. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. [4:34] **Alissa Olson:** SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ITEMS 4 AND 5. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 4 AND 5, COME TO THE PODIUM NOW, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS. [4:53] **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEMS 4 AND 5 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION? **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SO MOVED. **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SECOND. [5:08] **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. **Commissioners:** AYE. **Alissa Olson:** OPPOSED. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR 4 OR 5, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. [5:26] **Alissa Olson:** AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM, OUR CONTINUANCE ITEM LEFT. SO ITEM 6 IS UNDER CONSIDERATION TO BE CONTINUED TO THE MEETING ON JULY 17. THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AT OUR MAY 8 MEETING, SO WE'LL NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. [5:43] **Alissa Olson:** COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 6 TO JULY 17? **Commissioner (Unspecified):** [OFF MIC] SO MOVED. **Alissa Olson:** IS THERE A SECOND? **Commissioner (Unspecified):** SECOND. **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [5:59] **Commissioners:** AYE. **Alissa Olson:** OPPOSED. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES. SO ITEM 6, THE HIAWATHA MAINTENANCE FACILITY WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON JULY 17, 2023. [6:16] **Alissa Olson:** THAT COMPLETES ALL OUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF? **City Staff:** JUST A NOTE, OUR JULY 17 MEETING WILL HAVE A MORE ROBUST AGENDA, AND THAT IS THE LAST AGENDA WHERE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE PREVIOUS ZONING CODE. [6:32] **City Staff:** FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, STAFF REPORTS WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE'LL BE ANALYZING THINGS UNDER THE NEW CODE, WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, PLEASE REACH OUT TO STAFF AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP. ONE MORE MEETING UNDER THE OLD CODE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. [6:47] **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE ADJOURN? [7:08] **Commissioner (Unspecified):** COULD I ADD SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST MEMBER, COMMISSIONER EMERICK. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. [7:31] **Alissa Olson:** ALL RIGHT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS JULY 17, BUT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING IS WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 AT 4:30. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.