This transcript is for a meeting of the **Minneapolis City Planning Commission**. Based on the context provided and the dialogue within the transcript, here are the speaker identifications. [0:23] **Chris Meyer:** WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024. MY NAME IS CHRIS MEYER AND I’M CHAIR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PLANNING COMMISSION. AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM. [0:39] **Clerk:** COMMISSIONER BAXLEY. [0:41] **Commissioner Baxley:** HERE. [0:41] **Clerk:** CHOWDHURY. [0:42] **Commissioner Aurin Chowdhury:** PRESENT. [0:43] **Clerk:** CAMPBELL. [0:44] **Commissioner Campbell:** HERE. [0:45] **Clerk:** CONLEY IS ABSENT. YES. EMERICK IS ABSENT. JONES IS ABSENT. MEYER. [0:58] **Chris Meyer:** HERE. [0:58] **Clerk:** OLSON. [1:00] **Commissioner Olson:** HERE. [1:01] **Clerk:** THOMPSON IS ABSENT. WAGNER. [1:03] **Commissioner Wagner:** HERE. [1:04] **Clerk:** WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. [1:06] **Chris Meyer:** LET THE RECORD SHOW A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WITH THAT WE’LL PROCEED TO THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 3, 2024. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? [1:16] **Chris Meyer:** SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [1:19] **Commissioners:** AYE. [1:21] **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS? THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL ORGANIZE OUR AGENDA. I’M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM. AND IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THEN I WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN PULL THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING ALL ITEMS TO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION YOU’LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT LATER. I KNOW WE HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE RENAMING ON HERE SO IF YOU CAME TO SPEAK TO THAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WHEN WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WITH THAT I’LL GO THROUGH THE ITEMS FOR ITEM NUMBER 4, THE PUBLIC LAND SALE 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, THAT WILL NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. FOR ITEM NUMBER 5, THE STREET NAME FOR ANIYA ALLEN AVENUE, IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM 5? WE’LL PUT THAT ON CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER 6, UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST, IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 6? ALL RIGHT. WE’LL PUT THAT ON CONSENT AS WELL. ITEM 7, 1626 THROUGH 1628 WASHINGTON STREET NORTHEAST, IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 7? THAT’LL BE ON CONSENT. AND ITEM 8, 5005 LYNDALE SOUTH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ON CONSENT. [3:10] **Chris Meyer:** ITEMS 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 WILL BE ON CONSENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT AGENDA AS I STATED? [3:16] **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. [3:17] **Commissioner:** SECOND. [3:18] **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [3:20] **Commissioners:** AYE. [3:21] **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. SO FIRST WE’LL GO TO OUR ONE ITEM THAT DOESN’T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT WILL HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE. SO THAT IS THE 2933 THROUGH 2937 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 4? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 4 AS CONSISTENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS 2040 PLAN OR I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION? WILL SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4 AS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 PLAN? [4:03] **Commissioner:** CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 PLAN. [4:04] **Chris Meyer:** IS THERE A SECOND? [4:05] **Commissioner:** SECOND. [4:06] **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIG. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 4 SAY AYE. [4:13] **Commissioners:** AYE. [4:14] **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 4 IS APPROVED. I’LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS, ITEMS 5 THROUGH 8, SO IF YOU CAME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ANY OF THOSE ITEMS YOU CAN DO SO NOW. ANYONE? I SEE ONE PERSON. YEP. GO AHEAD AND COME TO THE LECTERN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK TO YOUR ITEM. [4:42] **Lucas Anderson:** MY NAME IS LUCAS ANDERSON. I LIVE ON THAT BLOCK, SO SPEAKING TO THE ANIYA ALLEN AVENUE. I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR COMING UP ON EIGHT YEARS WITH MY WIFE RAISING OUR THREE YOUNG BOYS. I LOVE THE NORTH COMMUNITY, AND I FOUND MANY NEIGHBORS WILLING TO BE PEOPLE WILLING TO STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER AND HELP ONE ANOTHER. BUT THROUGH THE TIME THAT WE’VE LIVED IN THAT PROPERTY, WE’VE HEARD SHOOTING AFTER SHOOTING. SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK. AND WE’RE AWOKEN TO THE SOUND OF GUN VIOLENCE AS IF IT WERE RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS. WHEN WE HEARD THE SHOTS AND FOUND OUT ABOUT ANIYA’S DEATH, WE WERE HEARTBROKEN. THE GREAT INJUSTICE OF HER KILLING CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. HOW MANY TIMES HAD I DRIVEN MY BOYS PAST THAT BLOCK AT THE EXACT SAME TIME OF DAY? IT COULD’VE BEEN THEM. AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE STREET SECTION—ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLESOME SECTIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD—BEING PROPOSED TO BE NAMED ANIYA ALLEN AVENUE, I HAD VERY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT. I WANT ANIYA’S NAME TO BE HONORED, BUT IF YOU TRAVEL TO THE VERY SECTION THAT WE’RE CONSIDERING CHANGING TO ANIYA ALLEN AVENUE, YOU WOULD SEE BOARDED UP BUILDINGS, TAGGED WITH SPRAY PAINT, YOU’D SEE PEOPLE SOMETIMES BRANDISHING GUNS, SELLING DRUGS, YOU WOULD SEE THE STREETS COVERED WITH TIRE SKID MARKS FROM PEOPLE DOING DONUTS THERE, LIQUOR BOTTLES STREWN OUT. SO THE PLACE WE WOULD BE MEMORIALIZING AS ANIYA ALLEN AVENUE IS A PLACE THAT MY BOYS HAVE NEVER WALKED EVEN THOUGH IT’S HALF A BLOCK NORTH OF US. IT’S A PLACE WHERE MY WIFE DRIVES BY WHITE-KNUCKLED ON A WAY TO OUR HOUSE. SO I JUST—IT'S BECAUSE I DON’T WANT ANIYA’S NAME TO BE DISHONORED BY PUTTING IT ON THE VERY SITUATION THAT BROUGHT ABOUT HER DEATH. IF WE PUT ANIYA’S NAME ON THE SIGN AND ANOTHER CHILD IS MURDERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT SIGN, WHAT USE IS IT? THIS SIGN SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH ACTION TO MAKE THIS PLACE WHERE MY SON AND I COULD WALK TO THE BUS STATION ON THAT CORNER WITHOUT THE FEAR THAT WE MIGHT BE SHOT. NEVERTHELESS I DON’T KNOW ANIYA’S FAMILY’S THOUGHTS ON THIS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT LATRISHA HAS SAID ON THIS, BUT I DEFER TO ANIYA’S FAMILY AND SAY IF—I WANT THEIR WISHES TO BE HONORED, IF THEY FEEL IT’S BEST THAT THE BLOCK BE RENAMED, I’M FULLY FOR THAT. [7:45] **Chris Meyer:** THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. I’M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE SO WE’LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE—ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 5 THROUGH 8? [8:06] **Commissioner:** SO MOVED. [8:08] **Commissioner:** SECOND. [8:09] **Chris Meyer:** ALL RIGHT. YES. [8:11] **Commissioner Aurin Chowdhury:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MEYER. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR COMING UP AND GIVING YOUR TESTIMONY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ENSURE SAFETY AND LIVABILITY IN BLOCKS ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE. WE’RE WORKING ACTIVELY TO ADDRESS THOSE BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT: IT’S IMPORTANT TO COMMEMORATE A LIFE BUT IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT LED TO THAT LOSS OF LIFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN HERE TODAY. [9:05] **Chris Meyer:** THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY AYE. [9:24] **Commissioners:** AYE. [9:25] **Chris Meyer:** OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS? THAT IS ADOPTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH AND WE’LL HAVE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM STAFF OR COMMISSIONERS? [9:44] **Staff Member:** YES, JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. I THINK I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD THE TWO EMERGENCY SHELTERS MOVING FORWARD THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR THE EMERGENCY SHELTER AT 918 WEST LAKE STREET WAS HEARD BY THE BIZ COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS CONTINUED ONE CYCLE. THE APPLICANT WAS ENCOURAGED TO REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAD WRITTEN IN AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS, SO THAT IS CONTINUED ONE CYCLE TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BIZ COMMITTEE, WHICH DATE IS SLIPPING MY MIND RIGHT NOW. AND THE EMERGENCY SHELTER AT 1801 NICOLLET AVENUE WILL BE AT THE NEXT BIZ MEETING AS WELL APPEAL THAT GOT PUSHED OUT ONE CYCLE. SO I’LL REPORT BACK WHEN WE HAVE ACTIONS ON THOSE TWO. AND IT IS OPEN APPOINTMENT SEASON FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE TWO SEATS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT THIS CYCLE. I’VE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE IN THOSE TWO SEATS, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO APPLY FOR REAPPOINTMENT. IF NOT, THOSE SEATS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH SO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING OR LISTENING YOU CAN GO TO LIMS.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV AND SEE HOW TO APPLY FOR THOSE OPEN SEATS. [11:10] **Chris Meyer:** COMMISSIONERS, ANY UPDATES? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.