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Minneapolis Zoning & Planning Committee Meeting
A
Good
morning,
everyone
I'll
call
to
order
our
regular
meeting
of
the
zoning
and
planning
committee.
Our
first
of
the
new
year
today
is
January
fifth
2017,
I'm
lisa
bender.
I
chair
the
committee
and
we
have
our
whole
committee
here
with
council
members,
Reich
Goodman,
Andrew,
Johnson,
council
president
and
councilmember
or
sunny.
We
have
six
items
on
our
agenda
today.
Item
number
one
so
for
the
more
on
consent
item
one
is
the
appointment
of
six
heritage
preservation:
commission
members
I
believe
many
of
them
are
here
and
we
would
like
to
invite
you
up
to
speak.
B
C
Good
morning,
I'm
Anna
dice
di
would
lucky
wait.
A
neighborhood
of
Minneapolis
and
I
currently
work
at
common
bond
communities
and
affordable
housing
developer
based
out
of
st.
Paul
and
I,
received
a
graduate
degree
from
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
heritage
preservation
and
content,
and
conservation
and
I
am
excited
to
join
the
Commission
and
have
experience
working
on
historic
properties
in
Duluth
and
Des
Moines,
and
also
on
reviewing
potential
developments
in
Minneapolis,
st.
Paul,
Milwaukee
and
other
neighborhoods.
Thank
you.
D
Hi
I'm
Barbara,
Mitchell,
Howard
and
I
work,
I
live
in
East,
Calhoun
and
I
just
started
my
own
business
last
summer
doing
online
education
for
heritage
preservation
before
that
I
was
at
the
State
Historic
Preservation
Office
for
almost
five
years
and
then
down
in
Iowa
City
store
Preservation
Office
for
about
15
or
about
ten
years.
So
I.
E
I
mean
stadi
been
on
the
Commission
for
about
four
years:
I
live
in
tangletown,
a
public
librarian
and
I'm,
really
honored
to
be
hopefully
reappointed
and
looking
forward
to
all
the
work.
Great
work
we've
been
doing
with
the
tills
and
built
and
the
homewood
historic
districts
and
there's
there's
just
a
lot
of
great
stuff
going
on
with
historic
preservation,
I'm
happy
to
be
part
of
it.
Thank
you.
F
B
F
A
G
You,
madam
chair,
as
we
discussed
via
email
yesterday,
this
was
an
incredible
pool
of
applicants.
When
I
look
at
the
people
who
were
not
chosen,
it
makes
me
even
more
impressed
with
the
group
that
was
I
had
the
opportunity
to
read
all
of
the
applications.
I'm
just
really
really
thrilled
to
see
such
a
great
group
of
people.
Volunteering
is
community
activists
and
educators
and
people
who
are
practitioners.
It's
really
pretty
amazing
and
I,
never
one
shake
in
their
head,
so
they
know
that
the
people
that
didn't
get
chosen
are
really
impressive
too.
G
A
You
and
thanks
to
staff
would
took
the
time
to
interview
all
of
the
applicants
and
that
took
a
lot
of
time.
So
I
really
appreciated
that.
So
moving
on
to
item
number
two:
that's
a
vacation
application
for
1203
washington
avenue.
South
item
number
three
is
improving
the
rezoning
for
the
address
at
861,
Hennepin
Avenue,
to
add
the
industrial
living
overlay
district
to
allow
for
some
commercial
uses
there.
An
item
number
four
is
the
rezoning
at
2601
lyndale
avenue
south
to
allow
for
a
new
mixed-use
development
there.
A
Anyone
want
to
discuss
or
pull
any
of
those
items.
I
will
move
items
one
through
four,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
and
those
four
items
carry
the
last
two
items
are
each
actually
I
start
preservation
issues.
If
anyone
wants
to
stay
and
we
were,
we
wanted
to
have
a
brief
presentation
from
staff
on
each
of
them.
H
B
H
Start
of
this
community
dates
back
to
the
early
1920s
when
african-americans,
who
were
former
slaves
and
children
of
former
slaves,
moving
from
southern
states
to
Minneapolis
seeking
a
better
life.
This
map
shows
the
geographic
isolation
of
african-americans
in
minneapolis.
In
1930,
each
dot
represents
five
people,
the
african-american
community,
the
shingle
creek,
is
noteworthy
for
its
size
and
how
isolated
there
were
from
other
communities
in
the
city,
while
their
isolation
disconnected
them
from
other
communities.
Their
small
number
enable
them
to
live
in
a
quiet
area.
H
This
community
had
higher
rates
of
homeownership
and
literacy
among
African
Americans
than
European
settlers.
This
community
is
significant
to
Minneapolis
is
history,
as
it
is
symbolic
of
a
community
as
5
and
achieved
success
during
a
period
of
harsh
racial
discrimination
and
segregation.
Pilgrim
rest
was
significant
to
the
to
the
community,
not
only
as
a
place
of
worship,
but
as
a
social
gathering
space
and
a
community
anchor.
H
For
these
reasons,
the
church
meets
criteria
number
one
and
three,
as
noted
in
the
study
established
in
1923,
the
oldest
pilgrim
rest
is
the
oldest
and
only
african-american
church
associated
with
the
shingle
creek
community
in
1929.
The
church
was
formally
organized
and
incorporated
and
they
bought
two
lots
at
the
corner
of
fifty
first
avenue
and
james
avenue
north,
where
the
church
is
currently
located.
The
first
official
building
used
by
the
church
was
a
converted
garage
in
the
1920s
through
the
40s
in
1953.
H
The
church
had
plans
to
build
a
new
building,
but
the
funding
ran
out
once
they
built
a
foundation
for
14
years.
They
used
that
basement
as
a
place
of
worship
until
the
existing
church
building
was
donated
in
1968
by
hope,
lutheran
church
only
few
blocks
from
the
current
site
enclosing
the
church
retains
its
historic
integrity
and
it
is
continued
to
be
used
as
a
church.
H
A
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
for
the
great
report.
This
is
a
building
that
is
really
significant
in
the
history
of
North
Minneapolis.
You
know,
people
think
North,
Minneapolis,
african-american
population,
lyst
kit
was
contained
in
in
closer
to
downtown
in
as
I
was
growing
up.
I
grew
up
about
longest,
maybe
four
blocks
away
from
this
church.
We
had
a
fairly
integrated
neighborhood
when
I
was
growing
up
and
some
of
the
people
that
lived
in
this
in
this
community.
Actually,
we
did
some
history.
I
Look
when
we
did
the
humble
Greenway,
because
we
had
some
federal
funds
were
involved
in
that
neighborhood
included
relatives
of
someone
that
we
all
know
I
think
Mary
Merrill
anderson,
who
was
the
superintendent
of
the
park
board.
Her
family
lived
up
in
that
shingle
creek
neighborhood,
and
so
we
did
some
documentation
at
the
time
of
this
community
and
when
olsen
height
olsen
middle
school
was
built,
some
of
those
homes
were
lost
at
that
time.
So
this
is
really
a
great
celebration.
I
Pilgrim
is
a
is
a
wonderful
community,
they've
been
there
for
so
very
long
in
other
church,
another
Lutheran
Church,
which
I'm
sure
was
a
Scandinavian
lutheran
church.
You
know
donated
their
their
permanent
home
now
to
just
and
they
moved
it.
They've
got
pictures
of
that
going
on,
but
anyway
it
just
shows
that
we,
we
have
had
a
really
I,
think
integrated
community
when,
for
a
very
long
time
in
the
far
corner
of
North,
Minneapolis
and
you're,
correct,
shingle,
creek
neighborhood
is
really
changing.
I
A
lot
of
Asian
families
have
on
bought
homes
up
there,
so
it's
very
different
than
when
I
grew
up,
but
great
housing
stock.
It's
also
interesting.
That's
a
post-world
war,
two
neighborhood,
almost
everything
that
was
built
in
there,
with
the
exception
of
these
really
older
small,
were
built
after
World
War
two
so,
and
there
used
to
be
truck
farms
up
here
and
everything
one
when
in
the
30s,
so
I'm
delighted
that
we're
doing
this
designation
and
I
think
staff
for
a
great
work
on
this.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
that's
what
I'll
move
up
to
approve
the
designation
of
the
pilgrim
rest
baptist
church.
Any
further
discussion.
Did
you
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
hi,
you
know
Matt
carries
and
then
we
have
item
number
six,
which
is
the
local
historic
designation
of
the
Tilson
built
homes,
historic
district.
J
Morning,
chair
vendor
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
Andrew
Franz
before
you
this
morning
is
the
designation
of
the
Tilson
built
homes,
historic
district.
This
district
was
nominated
last
year
by
councilmember.
Glidden
includes
32
single-family
homes
located
along
fourth
and
fifth,
avenues
between
39th
street
and
forty-seventh
Street.
J
The
homes
were
among
52
homes
that
were
developed
between
1954
and
1956
as
part
of
the
first
integrated
commercial
housing
project
in
Minnesota
on
this
map,
you
can
see
that
the
the
contributing
properties
of
the
district
are
shown
in
red
non-contributing
properties
in
green,
and
the
properties
indicated
in
blue
are
those
Tilton
built
homes
that
are
not
included
in
the
district.
As
you
can
see,
these
homes
were
built
on
scattered
sites
in
a
neighborhood
that
was
already
partially
developed
and
as
such,
the
district
is
discontinuous.
J
The
Heritage
Preservation
Commission
has
found
the
district
to
be
significant
under
two
of
the
criteria
listed
in
the
preservation
ordinance.
The
district
is
significant
under
criterion,
1
association,
with
significant
events
or
with
periods
that
exemplify
broad
patterns
of
cultural,
political,
economic
or
social
history.
Due
to
its
position
as
one
of
the
first
integrated
housing
projects
in
the
country
and
its
association
with
the
civil
rights
movement,
this
was
the
first
privately
developed
integrated
housing
project
in
Minneapolis
and
came
at
a
time
when
housing
discrimination
was
commonplace
and
african-americans
in
Minneapolis
were
particularly
affected.
J
The
chosen
built
homes,
together
with
other
early
integrated
housing
projects,
help
to
demonstrate
that
integrated
housing
could
be
successful
and
paved
the
way
for
future
projects
to
reduce
discrimination
in
housing.
The
district
is
also
also
significant
under
criterion
to
association
with
significant
persons
or
groups
due
to
its
association
with
Edward
Tilson
and
Archie
Gibbons
Edward
Tilson
developer
of
the
Tilson
built
homes
is
significant
for
the
role
that
he
played
in
building
the
first
privately
developed
integrated
housing
in
Minnesota.
J
In
addition
to
this
project
in
1947,
he
also
developed
the
first
private
or
the
first
privately
developed
integrated
rental
housing
in
the
entire
country.
A
series
of
row
houses
on
carroll
avenue
in
st.
Paul
Archie,
given
senior
realtor
for
the
Tillsonburg
project,
is
significant
for
the
role
that
he
played
in
some
of
the
first
interracial
housing
projects
in
Minnesota,
as
well
as
his
prominence
as
a
developer
and
philanthropist.
J
When
the
FHA
and
Urban
League
first
met
with
a
group
of
african-american
realtors
in
1953
in
an
attempt
to
help
kick-start
adem
demonstration,
integrated
single-family
home
project
in
Minnesota,
Gibbons
committed
himself
to
the
project.
Success,
identifying
a
builder
financing
and
location
for
the
project,
Gibbons
would
go
on
to
develop
the
first
integrated
nursing
homes
in
Minnesota,
develop,
affordable
housing
throughout
the
state
and
create
a
foundation
devoted
to
the
preservation
of
african-american
cultural
artifacts
and
the
development
of
the
young
black
writers.
J
A
K
We
had
the
Bryant
neighborhood
and
the
field
Regina
Northup
neighborhood
were
very
involved,
as
was
st.
Peter's
AME
Church.
We
had
a
whole
series
of
community
members
and
community
meetings
in
this
church
and
I
think
it's
kind
of
interesting,
because
many
of
the
original
homeowners
were
connected
in
one
way
or
another,
with
st.
Peters
AME
Church,
either
they
were
parishioners
there
or
some
of
the
homeowners
were
referred
from
parishioners
at
st.
Peter's,
AME
Church,
so
a
big
kind
of
the
community
connection
there.
K
We
also
had
some
participation
in
some
of
our
meetings
from
the
Tilson
family
and
I
guess:
I
had
not
known
just
how
big
and
brought
the
Tilson
family
is.
Almost
anybody
that
I've
run
into
seems
to
be
a
member
of
this
Tilson
family,
but
a
very
influential
family
and
they're
all
very
proud
of
their
association
with
the
Builder
family
and
also
from
Roxanne
and
Archie.
Gibbons
personally
have
been
involved
in
giving
their
advice
and
support
to
the
project.
K
K
As
many
other
types
of
projects
in
the
city
has
just
the
greater
need
for
engagement,
that
is
being
called
for
in
many
different
efforts
all
over
the
city,
whether
it's
public
works
projects
or
other
types
of
development
projects,
and
so
I
thought
that
was
kind
of
an
interesting
thing
that
was
kind
of
a
learning
from
this.
Is
it
and
it
takes
time
and
attention
to
do
that?
K
A
second
that
I
thought
was
a
learning
was
that
you
know
this
is
a
very
specific
process,
this
historic
designation
process
and
it
doesn't
necessarily
cover
all
the
things
that
end
up
sort
of
touching
in
sort
of
historical
context.
These
homes,
which
are
important
for
a
very
and
being
designated
for
a
very
specific
reason.
K
So,
as
an
example,
I
thought
the
work
that
has
been
recently
highlighted
in
the
Star
Tribune
by
the
history
apolis
project
of
volunteer
historians
and
historians
doing
work
to
uncover
throughout
the
city
a
history
of
racial
covenants
that
prohibited
home
buyers
from
who
were
not
light
from
buying
homes
throughout
the
city
and
various
neighborhoods
actually
is
an
important
context
to
what's
happening
with
these
homes
and
what's
happening
around
these
homes.
So
I
just
thought
I
would.
I
would
mention
that
I
also
thought
another
piece
that
was
interesting
is
what
this
highlights
in
terms
of
work.
K
That's
left
to
do
so
again.
This
is
our
staff
has
resources
to
do
a
certain
piece
of
the
project,
but
I
would
love
to
see
this
continued
with
finding
some
resources
to
work
on
the
oral
histories
that
are
associated
the
personal
stories
of
these
homeowners,
which
are
really
very,
very
fascinating
and
very
important
to
the
whole
context
of
the
work
around
this
historic
designation.
There
were
a
lot
of
the
mixture
of
feelings
from
residents
around
this
project.
There
were
both
feelings
of
pride
from
some
original
homeowners
that
they
lived
in
this
project.
K
That
was
one
of
the
first
in
the
nation
to
be
an
integrated,
racially
integrated
housing
project,
and
they
were
also
some
very
definite
feelings
of
anger
of
the
context
in
which
these
families
grew
up
and
the
fact
that
they
were
forced
to
live
in
just
this
small
area.
So
whole
mixture
of
feelings
that
came
out
of
this
project
that
I
just
thought.
It
was
important
to
acknowledge
the
complexity
that
comes
with
working
on
important
projects
like
this
about
the
racial
history
of
Minneapolis.
A
Thank
you
for
those
comments.
I
just
want
to
note
a
couple
of
things,
one
just
my
thinks
that
council
member
glyn
for
all
of
your
leadership
on
really
some
of
the
few
cultural
designations
that
we
have
in
the
city
and
I
think
in
particular
just
reinforcing
the
need
for
our
historic
preservation
to
acknowledge
some
of
these
more
painful
histories
in
our
city,
council,
member
Reich
and
I
had
the
chance,
as
part
of
the
comp
plan
steering
committee
to
see
staffs
early
work.
A
That's
incorporating
some
of
the
research
that
councilmember
glidden
referenced
about
the
history
of
racial
covenants
in
our
city
and
the
maps
of
that
work.
If
you've
seen
them,
it's
pretty
easy
to
draw
conclusions
from
today,
even
anecdotally,
where
you
can
see
where
folks
weren't
able
to
get
mortgages
or
you
can
see
the
red
line
that
goes
along.
Fourth
Avenue.
That
then
became
the
35w
freeway,
so
I'm
really
glad
that
our
staff
is
working
to
incorporate
this
now
into
our
future
planning
efforts.
A
Think,
as
so
many
of
our
new
and
and
returning
appointees
here
for
the
HPC
are
here,
I
think
that's
such
an
opportunity
to
be
proactive
about
how
ur,
how
we're
preserving
history
and
how
we're
engaging
communities
all
across
the
city
and
in
in
documenting
and
preserving
all
of
our
histories.
So
it's
really
exciting
and
meaningful
work
with
that.
Any
further
discussion
and
item
number
five,
seeing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
I'm,
sorry,
item
6,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed,
and
that
item
carries.