March 18, 2024 Planning Commission
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[0:38] Alyssa Olson: WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2024. MY NAME IS ALYSSA OLSON AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE CITY WILL BE RECORDING AND POSTING THE MEETING TO THE WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL AS A MEAN OF INCREASING PUBLIC ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY.
[0:58] Alyssa Olson: THIS MEETING IS PUBLIC AND SUBJECT TO THE MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
[1:01] Clerk: COMMISSIONER BAXLEY IS ABSENT. CAMPBELL.
[1:05] Commissioner Campbell: HERE.
[1:07] Clerk: CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. CONLEY IS ABSENT. EMERICK.
[1:15] Commissioner Emerick: HERE.
[1:16] Clerk: JONES.
[1:17] Commissioner Jones: HERE.
[1:18] Clerk: MEYER.
[1:19] Commissioner Meyer: HERE.
[1:20] Clerk: OLSON.
[1:21] Commissioner Olson: HERE.
[1:22] Clerk: THOMPSON.
[1:23] Commissioner Thompson: HERE.
[1:24] Clerk: WAGNER IS ABSENT.
[1:26] Alyssa Olson: WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA, A COPY OF WHICH WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AT LIMS.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:55] Commissioners: [AYES RESPOND]
[1:57] Alyssa Olson: ALL OPPOSED. ANY ABSTENTIONS. I WILL ABSTAIN. I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES. AND THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. THERE ARE COPIES ON THE TABLE BY THE DOOR. I WILL READ THROUGH THE AGENDA NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES AND STATE WHETHER THEY'RE SLATED FOR CONSENT OR DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHEN I GET TO THAT ITEM, RAISE YOUR HAND, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT ITEM. IF YOU AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING, AND WE WILL PASS THOSE ITEMS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. SO WITH THAT WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. ITEM NUMBER 4 IS 700 AND 790 NINTH STREET EAST. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION ITEM 4? SEEING NONE, WE'LL PUT ITEM 4 ON CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER 5 IS 2400-2406 MCNAIR AVENUE. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 5? SEEING NONE, WE'LL PUT ITEM 5 ON CONSENT. ITEM 6 IS 1111 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 6? SEEING NONE WE'LL PUT ITEM 6 ON CONSENT. ITEM 7 IS 4 SOUTH TENTH STREET. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 7? SEEING NONE I'LL PUT ITEM 7 ON CONSENT. SO TO REVIEW WE HAVE ALL THE ITEMS, 4, 5, 6 AND 7 ON CONSENT. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED?
[4:01] Commissioner: SO MOVED.
[4:03] Commissioner: SECOND.
[4:06] Alyssa Olson: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4:15] Commissioners: [AYES RESPOND]
[4:17] Alyssa Olson: ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION PASSES AND THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS 4, 5, 6 AND 7 ON CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 4, 5, 6 OR 7? IF SO YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED WITH COMMENTS. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEMS 4, 5, 6, AND 7 ON CONSENT? ALL RIGHT WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5:15] Commissioners: [AYES RESPOND]
[5:17] Alyssa Olson: ALL OPPOSED. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEMS 4, 5, 6 OR 7, THOSE ITEMS ARE COMPLETE. AND THOSE WERE ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ELECTION. AND I WILL -- I'LL PASS IT OVER.
[5:38] Kimberly Holien (Staff): THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER OLSON. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA IS THE ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THIS BODY. AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THIS BODY ON MARCH 4TH, THE COMMISSION RECEIVED NOMINATIONS FOR ALL THREE OFFICES. THE NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED ARE AS FOLLOWS: COMMISSIONER MEYER FOR PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL FOR VICE PRESIDENT, AND COMMISSIONER BAXLEY FOR SECRETARY. CONSIDERING THAT THE BODY HAS ONLY MADE ONE NOMINATION FOR EACH SEAT, I WILL FIRST JUST BE SURE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS AND IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE NOMINATIONS AS A SLATE. SO AT THIS POINT, JUST TO CONFIRM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR ANY OF THE OFFICES? AND I AM SEEING NONE. SO AT THIS POINT, AS I SAID, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ELECT COMMISSIONER MEYER AS PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL AS VICE PRESIDENT, AND COMMISSIONER BAXLEY AS SECRETARY.
[6:39] Commissioner: SO MOVED.
[6:41] Commissioner: SECONDED.
[6:43] Kimberly Holien (Staff): THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS?
[6:47] Alyssa Olson: I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR TAKING OVER. I WILL BE SITTING ON THAT END AND THEY'LL BE HERE.
[6:56] Kimberly Holien (Staff): FANTASTIC. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL.
[7:04] Commissioner Campbell: AYE.
[7:05] Kimberly Holien (Staff): CHOWDHURY.
[7:06] Commissioner Chowdhury: AYE.
[7:07] Kimberly Holien (Staff): EMERICK.
[7:08] Commissioner Emerick: AYE.
[7:09] Kimberly Holien (Staff): JONES.
[7:10] Commissioner Jones: AYE.
[7:11] Kimberly Holien (Staff): MEYER.
[7:11] Commissioner Meyer: AYE.
[7:13] Kimberly Holien (Staff): OLSON.
[7:14] Commissioner Olson: AYE.
[7:15] Kimberly Holien (Staff): THOMPSON.
[7:16] Commissioner Thompson: AYE.
[7:18] Kimberly Holien (Staff): THERE ARE SEVEN AYES. THAT MEANS THE MOTION CARRIES AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU CHAIR OLSON.
[7:23] Alyssa Olson: THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL OF OUR ITEMS FOR THE EVENING. ARE THERE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF?
[7:26] Kimberly Holien (Staff): I INTRODUCED HER TO ALL OF YOU ALREADY, I BELIEVE, BUT WE ARE JOINED BY OUR NEWEST CITY PLANNER THIS EVENING, ASPEN FLANZ, AND SHE JOINED THE PRESERVATION TEAM AS OF LAST MONDAY. WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AND EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD AND YOU WILL START SEEING HER BRING ITEMS FORWARD PROBABLY LATER THIS SPRING. I WANTED TO SEND OUT A REMINDER -- OR I SENT OUT A REMINDER BUT I WANTED TO NOTE IT HERE, WE WERE GOING TO DO A STUDY SESSION OF THE BODY AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS THURSDAY BUT DUE TO SOME SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT OUT TO OUR FIRST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING IN APRIL. THAT MEETING WILL ACTUALLY BE HELD OVER ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING. WE'LL SEND OUT SEVERAL REMINDERS ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE MEET. BUT NO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS THURSDAY.
[8:26] Alyssa Olson: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF OR FROM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ALL RIGHT, IF NOT, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, AND OUR NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WILL BE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.