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From YouTube: July 20, 2015 City Planning Commission
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Minneapolis City Planning Commission
A
Good
afternoon,
I
think
we'll
get
started
now.
Thank
you
for
your
patience,
we're
going
to
call
to
order
the
July
twentieth,
2015
regular
meeting
of
the
Minneapolis
Planning
Commission.
My
name
is
John
slack
I
serve
as
the
vice
president.
The
Planning,
Commission
and
I
will
be
sharing
this
meeting
in
the
absence
of
president
brown
today
so
today,
we're
joined
by
commissioners,
cron,
zur,
bender,
gissel,
minh
and
horny.
A
A
Actions
are
approved
next
order
of
business
is
to
approve
the
agenda
for
this
meeting
there
for
agendas
out
on
the
table
and
the
hallway,
if
you'd
like
to
follow
along.
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
actually
go
through
and
sort
the
agenda
define
which
items
will
be
continued,
which
will
be
discussed
today
and
then
which
will
be
put
on
the
consent
agenda
so
going
through
item
number
one
target
field,
505
sixth
avenue,
north
and
5435
fifth
street
north-
will
be
on
consent.
Unless
somebody
is
here
to
speak
in
opposition
or
modify
the
staff
recommendation.
A
A
Thank
you
item
number
4,
27
24
and
through
27,
28
first
avenue
south.
Is
anybody
here
to
speak
on?
This
item
speak
in
opposition
to
our
modify
staff
recommendation
moving
on
item
number
five:
elevated
beer,
wine
and
spirits
expansion.
4135
hiawatha
avenue
will
be
put
on
consent
agenda
unless
anybody's
here
to
speak
in
opposition
to
or
modify
staff
recommendations.
A
A
Item
number
10,
Girard,
Avenue
apartments,
2809,
2815,
2817,
2821,
girard
avenue
south.
Is
there
anybody
here
to
speak
in
opposition
to
our
modified
staff,
recommendations?
Okay,
we
will
put
that
upon
to
the
regular
agenda
and
then
item
number
11
zoning
code
in
text
amendments.
Is
there
anybody
here
who
wants
to
speak
in
opposition
to
or
modify
staff
recommendations.
A
B
A
A
Any
discussions,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed
abstentions.
So
the
agenda
is
approved
committee.
The
whole
consent
agenda.
We
had
one
item
that
we
reviewed
2
weeks
ago
was
a
land
sale,
4822
Girard,
Avenue
North.
The
recommended
motion
at
that
meeting
was
to
approve
the
staff
report
that
the
item
was
consistent
with
the
Minneapolis
plan.
So.
A
A
A
All
right
item
is
approved
all
right
on
to
the
public
hearing,
so
the
process
for
the
public
hearing
is
as
follows:
we're
going
to
act
on
any
of
the
items
that
we
have
identified
to
be
continued,
then
we'll
act
on
the
consent
agenda.
Once
a
consent
agenda
is
approved,
the
Planning
Commission
is
done
with
those
items.
After
the
consent
agenda
items
are
approved,
we'll
take
the
remaining
items
in
order
and
then
the
process
for
that
is
we'll
have
staff.
A
Give
us
a
brief
presentation
where
commissioners
can
ask
questions
and
then
subsequently
will
have
the
applicant
update
us
with
a
brief
presentation
as
well
and
then
after
that,
we'll
have
like
the
public
to
come
up
and
comment.
If
you
wish
to
speak,
please
sign
in
the
sheet
in
the
hallway
and
then.
Secondly,
when
you
come
up
to
testify
just
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record
after
the
public
comment
period
is
complete,
will
close
the
public
hearing
for
those
items.
A
A
D
E
A
B
C
Evening,
vice
president
slacking
commissioners
project
before
you
tonight
is
a
four-story
apartment,
building
with
40
dwelling
units
located
at
28
09
and
between
28
09
and
28-21
girard
avenue
south
located
in
the
r5
zoning
district.
The
subject
site
is
approximately
half
an
acre
and
can
tighten
contains
four
parcels.
There
are
currently
three
single-family
homes
located
on
the
site,
which
would
be
demolished
as
part
of
the
project.
Girard
Avenue
is
a
dead
end
on
this
block,
as
it's
adjacent
to
the
Midtown,
Greenway
and
flux.
C
This
is
a
copy
of
the
site
plan
and
also
the
first
floor
plan.
The
applicant
is
requesting
variances
very
experiences
and
I
can
point
them
out.
So
first
there
there's
a
variance
to
allow
to
ground
floor
patios
exceeding
50
square
feet
on
either
side,
and
this
this
front
lot
line
is
adjacent
to
girard,
avenue
self
or
faces
Girard.
Avenue
self
there's
also
a
variance
request
for
an
area
well
to
the
north
and
to
the
rear
to
the
east,
and
this
would
be
next
to
the
public
alley.
C
There's
a
variance
request
to
allow
fourth
floor,
balconies
exceeding
50
square
feet
in
area
and
then
there's
also
a
transformer
in
the
south
interior
side,
yard
setback
and,
finally,
there's
a
variance
request
to
allow
a
loading
area
along
the
rear
which
is
adjacent
to
the
alley.
The
building
also
requires
site
plan
review
the
front.
Let's
see,
though
applicant
is
proposing
53
parking
spaces
which
would
be
located
on
the
first
level
and
also
underground
the
primary
exterior.
C
The
primary
exterior
materials
would
be
primarily
stucco,
brick
metal
panel
and
glass,
and
no
no
one
elevation
would
contain
more
than
three
total
materials.
The
applicant
is
proposing
balconies
patios,
a
small
courtyard
along
the
back
and
rooftop
space
to
get
of
residents.
Access
to
the
outdoors
for
the
variances
staff
is
recommending
approval
of
all
all
requests
for
the
previously
mentioned
front
side
and
rear
yard
encroachments.
C
Based
on
the
findings
that
you'll
find
on
pages
3
through
6
of
the
staff
report,
staff
is
recommending
to
conditions
of
approval
for
the
variances.
Alcon
is
stated
that
the
area
well
along
the
north
wall
would
be
for
intake
only
into
the
the
garage.
The
lower
level
garage
and
staff
recommends
adopting
this
as
a
formal
condition
of
approval.
Secondly,
stuff
recommends
that
the
applicant
provide
a
revised
ground
level
plan
that
would
provide
a
shorter,
unobstructed
route,
leading
from
the
loading
area
to
the
elevators,
to
provide
more
ease
of
access
for
residents
and
regret.
C
Regarding
the
site
plan
review
standards,
the
submitted
plans
require
require
alternative
compliance
for
two
items:
the
blank
wall
requirement
and
screening
for
the
loading
area,
the
loading
areas
across
from
residential
uses,
so
that
should
that
would
be
screened
as
part
of
site
plan
review.
Staff
believes
that
it
would
be
practical
to
require
compliance
with
just
the
blank
wall
restriction
and
is
proposing
this
as
a
condition
of
approval.
C
Since
the
printing
of
the
staff
report,
we've
received
four
comments
from
the
public,
one
of
which
is
in
support
and
three
which
express
concerns
for
the
project.
The
concerns
range
from
general
congestion
in
the
area
there's
a
lot
of
development
in
the
area,
so
people
are
concerned
with
just
all
all
of
the
activity.
C
A
F
F
The
important
thing
on
the
front
of
the
building
was
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we're
staying
the
small
use,
pedestrian
orientation
of
the
project.
That's
why
we're
proposing
the
patio
areas
there,
some
of
the
area
wells
were
more
for
mechanical
needs,
we're
perfectly
fine
having
an
air
intake
on
the
north
side.
That
works
very
well
with
our
design.
The
loading
dock
on
the
alley
side
are
the
loading
space
on
the
alley.
F
Side
was
really
in
response
to
the
neighborhood's
neighborhood
concern
right
after
the
cow
meeting,
some
of
the
neighbors
came
up
to
us
and
asked
us
how
we
could
address
the
problems
that
they've
been
experiencing
with
the
flux
and
I
don't
mean
to
discredit
the
flux
at
all,
but
you
know
they
are
parking
there.
Loading
are
they're
moving
Dan's
in
the
alley
and
blocking
the
alley.
So
that's
why
we're
proposing
to
you
know
just
like
a
turn-off
lean
in
our
with
our
development.
F
F
A
C
G
On
colfax
avenue
south
I'm,
the
current
chair
of
the
lower
Hill
East,
Neighborhood,
Association,
zoning
and
planning
committee,
and
for
the
month
here,
I'm
also
the
chair
of
the
lean
abhorred
temporarily
so
loaded
I've
got
all
this
Authority
anyway
I'm
here,
I,
don't
want
to
take
up
a
lot
of
your
time.
My
involvement
in
the
neighborhood
over
the
years
has
been
to
do
my
best
to
help
people
achieve
a
good
quality
of
life
in
the
neighborhood
and
there's
a
lot
of
development
going
on.
G
As
you
know,
and
this
is
a
project
that
came
to
us
in
February-
and
we
were
given
a
description
of
the
project
at
that
time-
and
I
quote
from
that
description
at
the
end
of
the
I
think
it
was
a
single
page.
It
states
here
the
building
fits
within
the
required
setbacks
and
heights
of
the
Minneapolis
owning
code
and
will
require
no
variances.
G
Today,
you're
being
asked
to
grant
for
variances
and
I
have
comments
about
each
one.
I
will
quickly
try
and
state
them
the
variance
to
reduce
the
required
15
foot,
front
yard
setback
in
my
mind
and
in
the
minds
of
a
lot
of
people
who
have
come
to
me
and
spoken
with
me,
it's
it's
a
bad
precedent
to
start
doing
this
for
one
thing,
because
everyone
else
is
going
to
want
to
do
it
and
it
can
result
in
some
things
down
the
line
that
I
don't
think
you
want
to
have
happening.
G
The
other
part
here
is
that
I
just
did
a
quick
overview
and
they're
referred
to
as
fourth
floor
or
I
mean
I,
guess
their
rooftop
private
spaces.
This
is
a
four-story
building,
but
there
is
an
occupancy
on
its
roof.
That
makes
it
five
storeys
effectively
when
you
load
that
roof
up
with
people
having
parties
on
their
private
patios
into
the
night,
and
the
question
is:
how
does
that
affect
the
quality
of
life
of
people
in
the
immediate
area?
G
I
thought
the
rooftop
bar
scene,
rooftop
parties
we're
going
to
be
restricted
more
to
the
along
laguna
avenue
and
lake
street
and
so
forth,
but
this
is
pulling
it
into
the
neighborhood.
So
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
little
tough
for
immediate
neighbors.
The
allowance
of
a
side
yard
setback,
encroachment
for
the
air
intake
area
way
is
I.
Think
that
should
be
modified
to
include
the
requirement
that
sound
remediation
be
considered
because
these
things,
these
air
intakes
on
buildings,
I'm
an
architect
I
know
if
they're
small
enough
and
the
volume
is
high
enough.
G
They
can
sound
like
a
747
every
time
they
kick
in
and
if
you're
living
right.
Next
to
that
and
that's
outside
your
bedroom
window,
that's
something
you
don't
want
to
have.
Finally
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
alley.
Use
I,
understand
the
need
for
a
loading
area
with
this
building,
but
to
simply
make
the
space
back
in
the
alley
I
and
not
have
any
further
measures
taken
to
assure
that
the
users
of
that
space
know
how
to
park
their
truck
trailer,
most
people
moving
into
these
buildings.
G
You
see
them
right
now,
driving
around
in
the
Uptown
area,
with
their
you
know,
gizmo,
to
find
out
how
to
get
to
the
building,
let
alone
how
to
park
there
and
I
think
some
accommodation
should
be
made
for
people
who
live
on
the
block
for
all
those
times
that
that
Ellie's
going
to
be
blocked
and
I.
I
seriously
just
caution
everybody
to
require
some
some
further
study
here
and,
and
some
you
know
for
thought
before
we
sign
it
away.
So
that's
all
I
have
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
C
B
E
Have
a
question
for
the
applicant:
my
understanding
with
a
garage
exhaust
is
that
yeah,
the
exhaust
fans
are
associated
with
the
exit
point
of
they
are
not
the
intake
of
the
air.
So
the
comment
from
that
we
just
heard
at
the
intake
would
be
a
mechanical
lieu
of
rent.
The
exhaust
would
be
mechanical
over
with
a
fan
at
that
exhaust
point.
Is
that
correct
both.