City of Minneapolis, MN 2017 Minneapolis City Council and Committee Meetings, 10 Aug 2017

Previous Meeting Next Meeting

⏯

youtube image

►

From YouTube: August 10, 2017 Zoning & Planning Committee

Description

Minneapolis Zoning & Planning Committee Meeting

A

Good morning, everyone, my name, is Andrew Johnson I am the councilmember for Ward 12 and the chair of today's meeting. We do not have quorum for today's meeting, so we will be adjourn it, but I do know that there are a number of folks here to speak on the beacon, interfaith housing, collaborative and I would love to give them the opportunity to please speak and we can go ahead and have them come up to the microphone. I will mention that we do have a public hearing sign-in sheet as well.

A

So if you could say your name for the record in your address when you speak or and or sign up on this sheet over with our clerk afterwards,.

A

We're also joined by councilmember fry.

A

Please welcome good morning good.

B

Morning I believe last executive, director of beacon, interphase housing collaborative, and we really appreciate the opportunity to speak today, but I think we're so excited to be here. On the day the vote happens so I think. If it's all right with you, we will return when the vote is scheduled. Absolutely.

A

That would be great I, don't know. Would anyone like to speak today or would you prefer to wait until.

B

Yeah, well, those were really few. So thank you for the opportunity, but we will. We will be back all.

A

Right, thank you. Thank you. Everyone for coming out of my apologies that were we lost a councilmember right at the very end here. So we're very sorry about that, but appreciate you being here, come on Fry, do you want to say anything now or yes, please. Well.

C

Thank you, mr. chair, and although I am NOT on this committee, technically I did want to speak to all of you and just give a gigantic. Thank you. Everybody is for affordable housing. At the macro level, everybody is for affordable. Housing is from a symbolic stance, but as soon as you start getting into the details, how are you going to pay for it and where are you going to put it?

C

That's when suddenly people start pushing back I mean they may have, you know voted for Barack, Obama or Bernie Sanders and the all for affordable housing, but as soon as you start talking about it in your own backyard, there is pushback, and you know, I'm really proud to have worked all of you to ease the tension to build community to bring seemingly divergent opinions together in to what will ultimately be I. Think a massive community emblem I mean this is really what everything that our city should stand for.

C

I mean our city should stand for diversity. Our city should stand for second chances. Our city should stand for building community among a diverse group of people and I. Think in this instance we're most definitely doing it. I think that the North Loop neighborhood association will benefit tremendously. The North Loop neighborhood will benefit tremendously from Great River, Landing I. Think the people in Great, River Landing will benefit tremendously from the North Loop neighborhood, and it will be the beautiful symbiotic relationship where you know everyone comes together and ultimately, everyone succeeds and I.

C

You know, I just can't tell you how much I appreciate your work on this project, I to beacon interfaith to you know those involved with the housing development recruiting the funds I mean this was a this is a mammoth project also would like to thank David Frank as well, not in his city role, but in his role as the Neighborhood Association chair at the time.

C

This is this is a success story and you know I will repeat what I'm telling you now when we actually take the vote, but to all of you thank you and and to our hopeful new community members in North Loop. We can't wait to have you.

A

Thank You councilmember fry we'll go ahead and turn the meeting to next Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. thank you.