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From YouTube: August 14, 2017 City Planning Commission
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Minneapolis City Planning Commission Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
I
will
call
to
order
the
August
14th
meeting
the
Minneapolis
City
Planning
Commission.
My
name
is
Matt
browning
service.
President
commission
I'm
joined
today
by
commissioners,
ma
green,
oh
slacks,
Weezy,
looky,
here
Breeland
and
Rockwell.
Our
first
sign
of
them
business
is
to
approve
the
actions
from
the
July
31st
meeting.
Commissioners
may
have
a
motion
to
approve
those
actions
motion
and
a
second
all
in
favor,
and
that
motion
carries
our
next
item.
A
Business
is
to
sort
through
the
agenda
you
can
find
hard
copies
of
the
agenda
in
the
hallway
will
determine
which
items
will
be
considered
on
the
consent
agenda
which
we
will
discuss
and
which
will
be
continued
to
another
meeting.
So
starting
at
the
top
of
the
agenda
item.
One
is
a
registered
land
survey,
24
University
Avenue
Northeast.
Today
we're
wishing
to
speak
in
opposition
to
or
modify
the
staff
recommendation
on
item
1.
No
one
will
put
item
1
on
consent.
A
Item
2
is
an
Islamic
Center
at
2824,
13th
Avenue
South
several
applications
there.
We
will
continue
that
item
to
the
August
28th
meeting.
So
if
anyone
is
here
for
that,
it
will
be
considered
on
August
28th
item
3
is
the
3100
Lake
Street
Apartments
at
3100
West
Lake
Street?
We
will
continue
that
item
to
the
September
18th
meeting,
while
we
wait
for
some
more
information
there.
So
if
anyone
is
here
for
that
will
be
considered
on
September
18th
item
4
is
at
38
450
grand
avenue
south.
That
is
a
rezoning.
A
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
in
opposition
to
or
modify
the
staff
recommendation
on,
item
4c
no
one
will
put
in
for
on
that's
at
34
fifty
grand
Adam
okay,
you
are
here
so
we
can
discuss
item
for
item
5
is
the
indeed
parking
lot
of
1403
Quincy
Street
northeast
and
814
14th
Avenue
North
East
to
applications
for
parking
lot.
There.
Then,
in
wishing
to
speak
in
opposition
to
her
modify
the
staff
recommendation
on
item
5c,
no
one
will
put
that
on
consent.
A
Moving
along
item
7
is
that
2201
Blaisdell
Avenue
several
applications
for
a
new
multi-family
building
there.
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
in
opposition
to
or
modify
the
staff
recommendation
on
item
7c,
no
one
will
put
item
7
on
consent
and,
finally,
item
8
is
at
80
Broadway
Street
northeast
several
applications
for
a
new
multi-family
building.
There
will
discuss
item
8,
although
just
so
I
have
a
sense
as
anyone
here
to
speak
on
item
8
all
right.
So
we
do.
You
do
have
someone
so
we'll
discuss
item
8.
A
C
B
The
first
item
was
a
series
of
land
sales
located
at
4800
Colfax
Avenue
North,
34:39,
Fremont,
Avenue
North
37:34,
Fremont
Avenue,
north
and
43:38
Knox
Avenue,
north.
The
second
item
was
a
series
of
land
sales
at
53:48,
River,
View,
Road,
53,
64,
River,
View,
Road,
5368,
River
Road
and
5118
East
54th
Street.
The
recommended
motion
is
to
approve
the
staff
report
that
the
items
are
consistent
with
the
Minneapolis
plan.
B
A
A
We
have
a
motion
and
second
all
in
favor
and
that
motion
carries
next
we'll
move
on
to
the
public
hearing
portion
of
the
meeting
and
at
this
time
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
for
the
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
Again,
that
is
items
1,
5
and
7,
and
you
are
wishing
to
speak
on
any
of
those
items
again:
1,
5
or
7.
Seeing
no
and
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
may
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
A
D
President
Brown
commissioners
I
will
discover
this
quickly.
This
project
is
a
proposal
to
rezone
a
personal
at
thirty
four,
fifty
Grand
Avenue
South-
and
this
is
a
vacant
parcel
that
was
created
through
the
minor
subdivision
of
the
property
to
the
north
34:46
Grand
Avenue
South,
and
that
was
that
was
approved
at
the
February
that
was
approved
by
the
Planning
Commission
in
February
and
so
on.
D
Here's
the
site
and
here's
another
view.
So,
as
you
can
see
it's
currently
vacant,
so
that
applicant
is
proposing
to
sort
of
triplex
that
has
the
same
footprint
of
the
initial
duplex.
It
was
proposed
in
February
with
the
addition
of
a
third
unit
in
the
basement
that
the
project
was
has
a
received,
a
letter
of
support
which
you'll
find
in
your
packets
from
the
lyndale
Neighborhood
Association,
and
it
was
at
their
request
that
the
applicant
is
applying
for
the
rezoning
to
add
some
additional
rental
units
for
families.
D
So
here
are
some
renderings
of
the
proposed
building,
and
so
the
applicant
had
applied
to
result
from
our
to
be
to
our
three
and
staff
signs
that
that
would
be
appropriate.
As
you
can
see
from
the
zoning
map,
the
site
is
adjacent
to
directly
adjacent
to
to
our
five
districts
and
there's
another
on-site
district.
D
Just
a
couple
of
personal
delay
and
the
mix
in
the
neighborhood
is
single-family
homes,
duplexes
and
the
family
homes
in
the
immediate
vicinity,
and
so
this
project
to
add
an
additional
rental
unit
would
be
what
fit
in
with
the
character
of
the
neighborhood
Jeff
does
recommend
approval.
Is
there
any
question.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
Are
there
any
questions
of
staff
if
there
none
I'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
this
item
and
I,
don't
know
if
the
applicant
is
in
attendance,
if
there's
anything
you'd
like
to
add,
feel
free
to
come
to
the
microphone
and
add
that,
and
if
you
don't
mind
stating
your
name
and
address
for
the
record,
my.
E
Name
is
Bruce
Brunner,
and
this
initially
came
about
through
the
lyndale
neighborhood
association.
At
the
first
meeting,
numerous
people
said
well
since
you're
building
units
that
are
more
than
the
one
or
two
bedroom
units
that
a
lot
of
the
new
construction
is
you're
building
family
type
of
units,
because
originally
building
four-bedroom
units
they
said.
E
Is
it
possible
to
add
more
units
because
there's
a
lack
of
units
available
to
families
and
I
said
well,
it's
our
difficulty
that
would
go
through
zoning
I
said,
but
it
may
be
possible
to
do
three
three-bedroom
units
so
essentially
I'm
keeping
the
exact
same
footprint,
exact
same
above-ground,
size
and
just
having
a
garden
apartment
added.
It
passed
unanimously
twice
at
window,
Neighborhood
Association
with
over
20
people,
I.
A
F
I'm
suzanne,
remington,
loud,
lovely
and
I
live
next
door
at
34:44,
Grand,
Avenue,
South
I,
do
have
objections
to
this
unit
being
developed
as
it's
currently
situated.
I.
Don't
believe
that
Miss
Wallace
is
comment
that
the
character,
the
structure
of
that
particular
building,
will
fit
into
the
character
of
the
neighborhood
I
live
on
that
block.
I
live
right
next
door
in
between
34th
and
35th.
It's
primarily
single-family
dwellings.
There
are
a
lot
of
rental
units
north
south
of
us
and
behind
us,
but
that
Street
is
primarily
what
appears
to
be
single-family
homes.
F
The
duplex
that
is
currently
next
door
looks
like
a
single-family
home.
Although
it's
a
duplex
I,
think
the
character
of
our
neighborhood
will
be
changed
irreparably
and
we'll
never
get
that
back.
I
have
I
mean
III
now,
I'm
understanding
that
the
rezoning
and
a
lot
has
already
been
approved
by
the
city.
I
have
some
concerns
over
the
lot.
It's
not
a
flat
lot.
F
The
the
lot
is
on
a
hill,
and
there
is
a
small
retaining
wall
and
I
just
can't
visualize
how
another
building
of
a
similar
size
could
actually
fit
on
the
lot
that's
being
developed
without
some
massive
retaining
wall
being
built.
Those
are
the
my
two
least
concerns.
My
biggest
concern
is
this:
is
we've
got
a
small
city
lot?
All
the
Lots
in
Minneapolis,
South
Minneapolis
are
small
and
now
we've
divided
it
into
two
and
we
are
going
to
create
in
a
very
very
small
area
in
incredibly
high
density
of
people.
F
My
building
is
a
four-plex,
it's
a
hundred-year-old
four-plex
and
that's
what
the
character
of
the
buildings
are
on
that
block.
There's,
certainly
any
new
buildings.
There
might
be
one
there's
one
apartment
structure
down
at
the
end
of
the
block
near
the
wind
ale
school
that
is
not
a
hundred
years
old,
but
other
than
that
all
of
these
houses
that
are
currently
on
there,
but
on
this
block,
our
old
turn-of-the-century
homes.
F
So
in
my
four-plex
there
are
only
five
people
who
live
in
that
unit
or
live
in
the
entire
building.
We
have
four
offsite
parking
spots
in
this
one
city
block
or
one
city
lot,
there's
going
to
be
a
duplex
and
a
triplex.
The
triplex
is
going
to
have
three
bedroom
units,
so
that
could
have
anywhere
between
nine
to
fifteen
people
living
in
that
structure,
the
next-door
building
that's.
F
Currently,
there
is
a
duplex
and
I've
never
been
inside,
but
that
could
probably
house
anywhere
from
four
to
eight
people,
so
right
next
door
to
a
building
that
only
houses,
five
people
and
the
rest
of
the
community
is
single-family
dwellings.
We
can
have
anywhere
between
12
and
24
people
living
on
these
two
Lots.
That
used
to
be
one
city
lot,
I'm
incredibly
concerned
about
the
volume
of
people.
I
think
it
will
again
I
think
it's
just
going
to
completely
change
the
character
and
nature
of
that
block.
F
I,
think
everybody's
home,
the
values
of
the
homes
on
that
block
are
going
to.
It
will
be
devalued.
They
will
not
increase
in
value
by
making
that
block
a
high-density
rental
place.
That
will
be
clearly
visible,
that
it
will
be
a
rental
units
and
I'm
speaking
for
all
the
units
for
all
the
owners
at
34:44,
Grand
Avenue.
So
all.
F
I
do
have
another
concerns
along
here.
I
might
as
well
say
it
is
that
the
way
that
the
property
is
kept
right
now
is
is
awful
and
I'm
not.
You
know
that
I
have
concerns
about
to
the
quality
of
care.
That's
been
put
in
that
building
since
it
was
bought,
has
been
none,
and
if
that
is
going
to
continue,
I'm
sure
everybody
else
on
the
block
has
concerns
about
that
as
well.
All.
A
G
Yeah
I,
you
know
I
hear
the
concerns
I'm
familiar
with
this
area
since
I
live
on
35th
Pillsbury
I
get
the
boss
on
this
corner
and
I
think
there.
This
is
an
area
which
has
seen
a
lot
of
commercial
development.
Recent
years
you
know,
is
a
commercial
spot
down
the
street
on
36th
and
grand,
which
you
know
has
had
some
struggles
with
with
filling
a
vacancy
for
a
couple
years.
G
I
think
because
there
hasn't
been
the
identity
to
support
that,
and
now
you
know
it's
filling
up
and
we're
seeing
some
increase
density
and
I
do
think
that
this
particular
Street
is
is
a
good
Street
for
adding
density.
In
fact,
there's
a
bus
there
there,
multiple
buses
on
that
street
is
you
know
potential
for
alleviating
some
of
the
possible
traffic
from
this
development
and
I.
Think
it's
a
good
move
for
the
city
and
is
from
my
own
observations
of
the
neighborhood.
G
You
know
it
is
a
real
mix
on
these
blocks
in
between
34th
and
35th
of
apartment,
buildings
of
duplexes,
triplexes
and
I
think
that
this
will
don't
blend
in
it
will
be
a
newer
construction.
That's
certainly
true,
but
when
you
know
what
are
the
goals
from
the
comprehensive
plans
and
the
city
is
to
grow,
grow
the
city?
So
that's
why
I
have
Clerk
emotional
group,
commissioner.
D
I
H
Site
I
just
asked
as
I
note
in
the
fact
that
the
one
thing
I
did
see
was
that
the
front
elevation
had
a
roof
pitch
that
had
a
could
be
612
could
be
1012.
A
question
and
I
didn't
know
whether
that
made
a
difference,
but
it
seemed
his
over
talked
about
appropriate
context.
The
higher
pitch
might
be
more
architectural
II
appropriate
for
the
area
as
opposed
to
a
tall
building
like
that.
J
J
A
A
You
know,
while
neither
35th
Street
nor
Grand
Avenue
as
a
designated
corridor.
They
are,
you
know,
relatively
busy
streets
and
have
some
characteristics
of
corridors
that
can
accommodate
a
little
bit
more
density
and
I
certainly
understand
the
speaker's
concerns
about
the
design
of
the
building
for
a
rezoning
application.
We
don't
actually
have
the
ability
to
tie
this
sort
of
approval
to
the
architecture
of
a
building,
or
is
it
or
anything
else,
so
that
is
really
there
simply
bound
by
the
zoning
code.
A
A
K
Good
evening,
commissioners,
Peter
Crandall
senior
city
planner
with
seabed
land
use.
The
project
that
we'll
be
discussing
tonight
is
located
at
80
Broadway,
Street
northeast.
This
is
in
the
scene,
Antony
West,
neighborhood,
adjacent
to
the
Sheridan
neighborhood.
Current
zoning
on
the
site
is
c2.
The
project
is
located
on
a
somewhat
triangular
shaped
block
that
sits
at
the
intersection
of
Broadway
Street,
northeast
and
Marshall
Street
northeast,
both
of
which
are
adopted
community
corridors
in
the
main,
a
post,
comprehensive
plan.
It
shares
the
block
with
a
small
business.
K
Currently
restaurants
and
the
site
is
also
located
within
the
Grain
Belt
activity
center
and
adopted
activity
center
with
the
Minneapolis
Comprehensive
Plan.
This
map
identifies
the
community
corridors
in
the
area
which
include
the
to
Broadway
and
Marshall
at
the
intersection
of
the
site,
as
well
as
2nd
Street
northeast,
which
is
a
high-frequency
transit
corridor.
The
project
qualifies
for
the
parking
reduction
due
to
its
proximity
to
high
frequency
trans
it.
It
also
identifies
a
nearby
neighborhood
commercial
node.
K
The
project
itself
is
a
98
unit,
residential
building,
it's
functionally
a
six
story
building,
but
because
of
the
way
that
the
zoning
code
measures
height
and
specifically
the
height
of
the
elevator
overrun
and
mechanical
equipment
on
the
roof,
it's
considered
an
eight
story.
Building
for
the
zoning
code
at
89
feet,
the
applicant
is
proposing
49
parking
spaces
that
meets
the
0.5
ratio,
parking
requirement
for
the
site.
Those
spaces
are
accommodated
in
one
level
of
underground
parking
and
one
level
of
at-grade
parking,
both
of
which
are
accessed
off
of
11th
Avenue
Northeast.
K
Staff
has
consulted
as
a
part
of
the
project
analysis
with
the
scene,
Anthony
West,
small
area
plan.
This
plan
was
received
and
filed
by
the
City
Council
in
spring
of
this
year
was
not
formally
adopted,
as
most
small
area
plans
are
due
to
its
proximity,
to
the
worth
of
being
done
on
the
Comprehensive
Plan
and
at
staffs
recommendation
that
it
be
more
of
an
advisory
document
and
the
formal
amendment
to
the
current
comprehensive
plan.
K
But
staff
did
weigh
some
of
the
recommendations
in
the
plan
in
our
analysis,
one
of
which
is
that
the
future
land
use
for
the
site
plan.
That
recommends
be
maintained
as
mixed
use,
and
it
does
call
for
some
storefront
retail
on
the
site,
but
typically
at
the
corners
of
Broadway
and
Marshall
and
11th
and
Marshall.
K
So
the
applications
before
you
with
the
project
the
applicant
is
seeking
rezoning
from
c2
to
c3.
A
a
conditional
use
permit
is
required
to
increase
the
maximum
building
height.
A
variance
is
required
to
increase
the
minimum
or
the
maximum
fer
from
three
point,
two
four
to
four
point:
four:
eight
and
then
a
variance
to
decrease
the
minimum
rear
yard.
In
this
case,
the
rear
yard
is
considered
the
yard
between
this
project
in
the
adjacent
restaurant
site.
The
applicants
seeking
a
reduction
of
that
yard
from
15
feet
to
10
feet.
G
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
maybe
this
is
getting
into
a
question
for
the
applicant
as
well,
but
we
in
Judge
about
retail,
with
staff,
so
you
know
I'm,
looking
at
the
the
first
floor
layout
plan
and
there's
a
yoga
room
in
an
exercise,
room
which
are
presumably
and
if
I
remember
from
committee
the
whole
for
the
residents-
and
we
talked
to
committee
of
the
whole
on
a
different
project
last
week
or
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
it's
a
senior
housing
project.
They
had
a
yo
beauties
so
on.
G
It
was
for
the
residents
so
as
an
internal
thing,
what
they
had
a
door
to
the
outside
to
allow
for
programming
with
outside
vendors
as
well,
which
is
interesting
kind
of
split
splitting
the
difference
where
it's
a
little
bit
of
both
I
mean
what
what
were
their
discussions
of
what
exactly
we
mean
by
retail,
because
I
remember
this
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
in
particular.
We
talked
about
you
know:
what
do
we
mean
by
activating
the
street
in
today's
retail
environment?
Not
you
know,
I,
don't
know,
but
was
that
a
subject
for
a
staff
discussion.
K
It
was,
to
a
certain
extent,
I
think,
and
we've
also
discussed
with
the
applicant.
The
possibility
of
maintaining
some
of
those
proposed
ground
floor
uses
that
would
have
been
kind
of
more
resonant,
focused
and
making
them
a
public
facing
function.
So
a
public
publicly
accessible
yoga
studio,
for
example.
But
we
were
these
that
up
to
the
applicant
in
terms
of
you
know
how
marketable
the
space
is
for
different
kinds
of
uses.
Basically,
it's
it's
become.
K
The
practice
of
staff,
particularly
considering
significant
FA,
are
variances
to
encourage
applicants
or
require
them
to
provide
for
public
facing
neighborhood
surveying
commercial
and
retail
uses
that
would
be
served
by
the
increased
population.
That's
resulting
from
approved
projects
in
the
area
and
to
facilitate
the
development
and
full
fruition
of
the
activity
center
that
the
project
is
located
in
I.
G
The
yoga
studio
is
open
for
one
hour
a
week
for
a
public
class
like
is
that
public
facing,
or
does
it
have
to
be
twenty
hours
or
right
and
so
I
just
I,
or
does
it
have
to
be
designed
so
that
if
there
is
a
market
for
that,
it
can
be
segmented
off,
but
there's
not
a
requirement
that
it
be?
These
are
I.
Think.
K
G
I'm
asking
from
I'm
not
asking
for
a
mosaic
perspective,
I'm
asking
that
from
a
policy
perspective
mm-hmm
mr.
Wittenberg
do
you,
which
is
you
know,
I
mean
this?
Is
we're
all
going
to
have
different
answers
here?
But
since
you
had
a
detailed
discussion
about
this
with
staff,
I'm
asking
you
you
know
at
what
what's
the
tipping
point
between
a
private
use
and
a
public
use,
or
is
it
a
design
feature
and
I'm,
not
asking
for
you
to
reference
the
zoning
code,
I.
K
Think
that's
a
very
interesting
question.
I,
don't
know
that
we've
come
to
define
what
that
tipping
point
is
I,
think
it's
becoming
a
bigger
topic
among
staff
and
other
planners
that
retail,
in
particular,
as
a
commercial
function,
is
constructing,
and
that
is
something
that
we've
relied
on
a
lot
to
activate
ground
floor
from
the
ground
floor
in
mixed-use
projects,
and
so
we
may
need
to
you
know,
address
in
our
thinking
about
how
we
activate
buildings
in
these
districts
and
on
these
corridors
in
new
ways.
But
right
now,
commercial
space
is
kind
of
the.
G
G
No
and
I
agree,
you
know,
but
I
think
there's
also
I
mean
there
are
increasingly
gray
areas
like
that
beauty,
parlor
or
the
cafe
on
that
so-called
owner
off
of
Washington
Avenue,
which
has
a
lot
of
90-degree
parking
stalls
for
a
winner.
But
that
is
I
think
also
a
cafe
that
you
know
closes
at
5:00
p.m.
G
and
is
and
is
supposed
to
be
their
part
kind
of
as
a
dining
hall
for
what
I
believe
another
senior
housing
complex,
but
they
sell
coffee
so
yeah,
you
know,
I
wasn't
as
necessarily
for
a
hard
answer,
but
I'm
just
trying
to
start
this
thought
process,
because
it's
one
we're
seeing
more
and
more
and
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
hear
from
the
applicant
shortly
up
this
balance
as
well
and
what's
possible
and
what's
not
and
so
I
want
to
ask
you.
First
beer
thanks,
n
Jason
I
also
want
to
give
all.
A
Right
are
there
any
further
questions
of
staff
if
there
are
none
I'll
open,
the
public
hearing
and
I'd
like
that,
the
applicant
to
speak
first
come
to
the
microphone
and
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record.
You
know
I
think
that
scientists,
oh
I,
have
a
sense.
How
many
of
you
would
like
to
speak
on
the
side?
I
think
so
we
just
we
just
have
a
couple
speakers
that
that's
fine.
We
can.
We
can
go
off
all
our
border,
then
so
yeah
and
please
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record.
C
I
am
hostas
6/10,
Ramsey
Street.
It's
good
to
be
back
in
front
of
this
robust
group
of
people
asking
very
good
questions
about
our
community
I'm
here
to
talk
about
eighty
West
Broadway,
the
st.
Anthony
West
neighborhood
is
agreeing
with
the
particular
proposal
I
and
the
variances
that
were
requested,
and
in
response
we
have
some
requests
of
our
own
I,
as
you
may
be
aware
that
this
is
a
very
active
corner,
I
with
twenty
six
thousand
vehicles
that
pass
through
Monday
through
Friday
I
and
fifteen
thousand
on
Marshall
Street.
C
So
one
of
our
concerns,
of
course,
is
the
amount
of
traffic.
So
the
question
of
retail,
as
you
suggest,
mr.
Rockwell
was
a
comment
that
was
not
discussed
at
our
meetings,
because
we
believe
that
it
is
really
a
difficult
corner
to
have
any
kind
of
retail
that
would
involve
movement
of
vehicles
and
pedestrians
to
the
area.
We
do
have
a
request,
a
number
of
them,
in
fact,
fourteen
of
them.
C
That
they
do
not
find
any
issues
with
the
fourteen
items
that
we
have
asked
for
we're
very
concerned
about
security,
traffic
and
and
our
neighbors,
and
we
consider
our
neighbors
to
be
1029
bar
and
I,
and
we
would
like
to
see
them
continue
at
their
existing
location
and
be
able
to
provide
parking,
I
and
convenience
for
not
only
our
community
but
people
who
want
to
come
into
our
neighborhood.
We
have
a
nice
ride,
station
adjacent
to
this
location
and
we'd
like
to
keep
it
it's
very
well
used.
We,
of
course,
are
encouraging,
is
miss.
C
Bender
may
note
a
much
more
use
of
not
only
pedestrian
but
biking
in
the
area
and
so
having
the
nice
ride.
Station
has
actually
helped
us
for
that.
We
are
looking
forward
to
having
community
space
I
within
the
building
so
that
we
can
hold
our
numerous
meetings
within
the
building
and
I
would
welcome
any
questions
if
there
are
any.
C
But
I
would
just
add
that
we
did
not
discuss
the
commercial
or
retail,
because
it
was
an
addition
to
the
information
after
we
conducted
our
three
neighborhood
meetings,
I,
and
so
that
was
not
part
of
our
discussion.
But
in
previous
discussions
with
other
kinds
of
proposals,
we
did
not
encourage
or
request
that
retail
be
allowed
on
this
corner
because
it
already
is
active
I
and
the
impact
of
the
tremendous
amount
of
traffic
as
I
suggested.
So
people
have
questions
I'd
be
glad
to
answer
all
right.
M
Hello,
my
name
is
Sarah
Klein
I
work
with
sole
helping
companies
and
I
am
a
Minneapolis
resident.
They
live
at
5:29,
Pleasant
Avenue.
That's
why
I!
Thank
you
for
your
time
today,
commissioners,
so
we're
in
agreement
with
the
the
city
recommendations.
Aside
from
item
D
number
one
incorporating
commercial
space.
M
We
have
a
few
concerns
with
this
and
after
meeting
with
the
neighborhood
three
times,
emailing
back
and
forth,
and
it's
clear
to
me
that
the
the
parking
and
pedestrian
traffic
on
this
intersection
is
quite
challenging,
and
that
was
their
biggest
concern
with
any
part
of
our
project
was
the
parking
and
added
traffic
from
more
residents
in
the
neighborhood.
So
we
do
support
the
neighborhood
voice
as
Diane
spoke
to
not
adding
retail
to
this
location.
I
get
some
more
notes
here.
M
M
And
I
think
we're
really
concerned
to
element
Pizza
does
or
the
commercial
space
that
is
currently
on.
The
block
does
act
as
the
mixed-use,
which
fits
into
our
our
development
as
far
as
being
an
amenity
and
addition
additional
customers
for
this.
This
mix
use
the
minimum
parking
availability
on
those
two
streets
and,
to
be
honest,
what
is
the
economic
viability
of
a
business
in
that
location
with
so
much
traffic?
Moving
at
fast
rates?
A
J
B
M
We
only
have
some
antidotal
evidence
asking
small
small
business
owners,
particularly
small
coffee
shops.
Would
you
choose
to
be
in
this
location?
They
said
no
there's
not
enough
parking
and
it's
not.
The
traffic
isn't
slow
enough
for
cars
to
pull
off
and
comfortably
park
and
come
into
a
business.
There
was
city
planner.
J
K
The
city,
as
far
as
I'm
aware,
has
not
done
any
market
analysis
in
this
location.
I,
don't
know
if
any
was
done
as
a
part
of
the
small
area
plan.
I
will
say
that
that's
one
tool
that
we
use
and
considering
recommendations
like
this,
but
we're
also
planning
for
a
condition
that
may
not
yet
exist,
and
that
might
mean
a
different
configuration
for
Broadway.
J
C
I
can
answer
the
question
about
the
small
area
plan:
okay
and
development
along
University
and
and
Marshall,
so
they're
Catholic
elder
care
will
be
doing
an
expansion,
and
so
that
will
include
a
coffee
shop
in
some
more
retail
along
that
area,
not
directly
on
Broadway
but
on
second,
and
so
it
would
add,
more
I
think
more
pedestrian
traffic,
at
least
along
second
Street,
and
maybe
that
might
explain
or
add
some
vitality
within
it
in
that
neighborhood.
All.
A
Right,
thank
you
and
all
right.
Are
there
any
of
questions?
Commissioner
Vreeland?
We,
commissioner
of
reelin,
we
should
include
the
public
hearing
before
it
work
before
we
move
into
a
motion.
I
might
just
ask
and
I
don't
know
if
this
is
a
question
for
you
or
for
your
architect,
but
have
you
looked
at
all?
Are
either
the
spaces
along
the
Broadway
or
Marshall
frontage,
designed
in
a
way
that
at
a
future
date
they
could
be
converted
like
those
walk-up
units,
is,
is
the
design
such
that
that
that
could
happen
at
a
future
date.
M
N
Commissioners,
my
name
is
Craig
Hartman
I'm,
the
architect
of
record,
with
momentum,
Design
Group,
all
along
both
Broadway
and
Marshall.
We
have
a
lot
of
glass.
You
know
the
idea
was
that
we
wanted
that
building
to
share
in
the
activity
between
the
street
front
and
the
inside,
both
in
both
directions.
Frankly,
both
the
activity
within
our
building,
as
well
as
the
activity
in
the
street,
the
units
along
Marshall.
N
We
have
three
units
there,
they're
designed
as
live
work
units
where
they
could
house
a
photographer,
potentially
an
architect,
something
where
they're
not
necessarily
selling
retail
merchandise,
but
yet
it'd
be
a
great
sort
of
access
directly
from
the
sidewalk.
Somebody
can
walk
up
visit
their
small
business.
You
know
single
proprietor
type
product.
Those
are
those
all
three
of
those
units
are
designed
in
that
way
to
sort
of
facilitate
that
use.
I.
G
N
Lighting
lighting,
yes,
it
unbolt
the
again
Marshall
and
Broadway
facades.
We've
got
these
long,
linear,
porches,
we've
got
kind
of
column,
porches
indoor
outdoor
space,
both
in
front
of
the
live
work
units
as
well
as
in
front
of
our
common
space.
They
have
sort
of
deeps
a
fits
over
them,
so
we'll
have
recessed
lighting
along
both
of
those
facades
in
addition
to
along
11th
lighting
along
that
along
that
corridor,
as
well,
based
probably
like
an
uptown
lighting
I'm
in
that
area,
as
well
as
landscape
lighting.
All
the
way
around
right.
Thank.
A
I
I
Their
small
area
business
plan
over
the
last
couple
of
years
at
a
time
and
energy
and
money
went
into
developing
a
program
that
that
took
a
look
at
the
future
of
our
neighborhood
and
what
we'd
like
it
to
look
like,
and
no
sooner
was
the
ink
dry
on
that
that
document
than
you
know
we
had
identity,
developer,
come
in
and
basically
want
to
I
guess:
go
in
conflict
with
with
the
SA
P.
Well,
I
wanted
to
just
have
a
few
seconds
to
read
a
letter
that
I
had
given
to
the
st.
I
Anthony
Board
this
past
Thursday
at
a
board
meeting
and
and
I
did
want
to
make
a
comment
from
one
of
my
neighbors
who
was
on
the
board
for
many
years,
and
he
wanted
to
I
guess:
challenge
the
Commission
to
see
a
show
of
hands
and
how
many
people
had
actually
taken
a
look
at
this
malaria
plan.
But
does
he
was
had
developed
I
wonder
if
I
could
see
a
show
of
hands.
I
Thank
you,
I'll
start
out
here.
It
says.
Dear
organization
board
members
attendees
at
mundane,
Monday's
land
use
meeting,
were
asked
to
convey
their
thoughts
to
our
board
on
the
proposed
development
located
at
the
intersection
of
Marshall
and
Broadway
streets.
Northeast
I'd
like
to
open
this
communication
by
asking
board
members
board
members
whether
or
not
the
function
of
neighborhood
organization,
is
to
represent
the
collective
thoughts
of
its
members
or
is
it
the
responsibility
to
speak
to
the
community
at
large
over
the
past
couple
of
years?
I
Looking
back
retrospectively,
we
can
all
we
all
should
call
the
first
and
most
important
element
of
the
small
area
plan
was
community
outreach.
With
that
challenge
in
hand,
our
committee
had
set
out
with
an
expressed
neighborhood
goal
of
engaging
all
residents
in
a
citywide
effort.
They
helped
plan
and
define
our
futures
over
a
period
of
many
months.
We
collectively
wrestled
with
many
elements
involved
in
this
project,
but
eventually
we
birthed
the
collective
plan
that
reflected
a
input
from
an
aggregate
of
active
and
involved
Sainath
us
neighbor,
neighborhood
residents.
I
Today
we
might
ask
the
board
members
to
seriously
and
honestly
review
the
expressed
concerns
brought
by
our
neighbors
over
this
project.
We
might
ask:
where
is
the
commitment
to
follow
through
on
our
communities,
to
your
effort,
developing
a
business
plan
that
addressed
our
needs
and
not
the
needs
of
builders
and
developers?
I
What
will
the
future
hold
in
store
for
our
unique
residential
area
under
the
guns
of
aggressive
developers?
If
we
abandon
our
plan
look
no
further
and
down
the
road
at
our
neighbors
of
Marcy
homes
that
have
spent
well
over
$150,000
in
individual
contributions,
attempting
to
defend
their
rights
for
a
liveable
riverfront
community,
free
of
a
planned
series
of
25
to
40
storey,
office
office,
buildings
and
residential
towers?
Sincerely
Bob
Merrill.
So
that's
my
concern.
I
Other
many
but
I
think
the
biggest
thing
that
really
sticks
in
my
craw
is
the
fact
that
we
put
all
the
time
and
energy
to
take
a
look
at
the
future,
and
only
they
have
that
it
seems
as
if
everyone's
back
was
collectively
turned
on
that
on
those
efforts,
so
without
a
host.
Thank
you
very
much.
Hi
thank.
A
A
A
A
P
I'll
just
speak
briefly
to
the
last
comment:
who
spoke
there,
that
that
does
sound
frustrating
that
the
city
encouraged
you
to
do
that
for
a
couple
years
and
then
ultimately
just
filed
it.
Instead
of
adopting
it
I
think
we've
talked
a
lot
about
small
area
plans
in
the
past
couple
years
since
I've
been
on
the
Commission,
and
it
does
seem
to
be
source
of
frustration
that
we.
E
P
G
G
If,
if
warranted,
we
can
maybe
redraft
that.
But
might
the
intent
that
I'm
getting
at
here
is
to
have
a
space
that
can
be
used
by
residents
by
the
public
if
there
is
a
use
for
the
public
and
I
could
see
that
use
being
a
commercial
use,
a
community
gathering
use,
but
with
a
separate
entrance
from
the
outside
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
the
architect
on
this.
G
But,
for
example,
as
the
ground
floor
plan
is
currently
drawn,
one
could
simply
put
door
into
the
yoga
space
from
the
outside
and
that
I
presumably
has
a
door
from
the
inside
as
well,
and
so
that
would
be
accessible
directly
from
the
street.
It
would
be
accessible
from
within
the
building
and
could
respond
to
an
evolving
neighborhood.
All.
G
Q
You
my
concern
about
that
kind
of
an
amendment.
Is
that
it's
a
little
bit
big
and
it
leaves
it
all
up
to
the
property
owner
to
manage
the
the
space
the
Commissioner
Rockwell
mentioned
in
the
I.
Think
it's
in
the
a
baton
building
you
know,
that's
a
really
good
model
of
that.
Cafe
is
open
till
about
5:00
and
then
the.
J
Q
And
all
three
of
those
things
are
very
much
open
to
the
public
that
might
work
for
a
senior
housing
development
in
the
way
that
it
might
not
for
something
like
this,
but
I'm.
Actually,
supportive
of
the
staff
recommendation
I'm
reminded
of
the
other
buildings
when
we
had
heard
from
members
of
the
public
further
down,
Marshall
Street
and
one
of
the
things
that
they
talked
about
was
not
having
anything
that
they
could
walk
to
for
commercial
space.
Q
So
I
don't
know
if
the
right
thing
is
a
nail
salon
or
a
subway
place
or
I'll
leave
that
to
other
people.
But
I
do
think
that
at
this
busy
intersection
in
this
busy
corridor
with
all
these
apartments
coming
online
in
that
area,
that
there
will
be
a
need
for
some
things
and
I
think
900
square
feet.
I
think
is
the
recommendation
and
to
me
that
makes
sense
all.
O
B
I'm
in
support
of
the
motion-
obviously
I
second
did
it.
You
know
I
think
that
the
challenge
here
is
collectively.
We
all
need
to
rethink
what
commercial
is
going
to
look
like
in
the
future,
and
we
know
the
challenges
that
are
out
there
now,
but
I
think
I
go
back
to
the
conversation.
We
had
a
committee
of
the
whole
and
and
talking
about
the
North
Loop
as
it
started,
develop
and
the
fact
that
as
a
Neighborhood.
B
Zoning
committee,
we
we
absolutely
adamantly
required
commercial
in
every
building
that
women,
absolutely
you
know,
can't
do
without
commercial,
and
you
know:
I
lived
across
from
a
building
that
didn't
have
commercial
for
seven
years.
It
finally
got
commercial
and
there's
not
commercial
there
now,
and
this
is
maybe
12
years
ago.
B
So
if
we
want
commercial
and
we
want
activation,
we're
going
to
have
to
live
with
the
fact
that
there
may
not
be
anything
there
in
the
short
term
or
in
the
long
term,
which
I
don't
think
goes
to
the
intent
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
I
do
think,
having
flexibility
to
allow
commercial
or
to
allow
public
use
or
to
allow
you
know
the
residents
to
just
take
over
the
space
or
to
allow
public
meetings
is
a
good
way
to
think
about
it.
What
what
are
the
exact?
B
What
does
that
look
like
from
a
design
standpoint?
What
does
that
look
like
from
a
function,
functionality
standpoint?
How
do
you
program
and
use
the
space
like
that?
I'm
not
sure,
but
in
this
specific
case
I
feel
like
that's
a
better
way
to
go
than
to
require
commercial,
because
this
is
this
is
this
is
a
challenging
intersection
even
across
the
street,
going
down.
Marshall
is
more
commercial
friendly
than
this
corner.
To
me,
elements
there
element
does
a
good
business
they're,
a
small
business.
It's
not
really
a
walkable
business.
B
Unfortunately,
you
know
I
think
a
lot
of
people
that
go
there
actually
do
drive
there,
and
so
I
would
see
commercial
really
struggling
here
now
it
looks
like
that
long
term,
you
know:
are
there
opportunities
for
redevelopment
along
this
quarter?
There's
a
lot
of
residential.
You
know,
I
think
we'd
be
challenged
to
take
out
residential
to
do
redevelopment.
There
is
a
bank
across
the
street
that
seems
like.
B
Maybe
in
the
long
term,
a
good
redevelopment
site
and
I
do
see
commercial
working
there,
but
this
site
is
just
challenging
for
me
to
think
about
commercial
in
the
first
one,
plus
it's
not
really
first
floor.
Everything
is
elevated,
I
think
up
a
sidewalk
level
upon
that
mistaken.
So
so
I'll
support
the
motion
and.
O
G
Just
wanted
to
echo
a
what
Commissioner
slack
was
saying:
yeah
and
say
you
know,
I
see
a
number
of
the
and
add
to
it.
I
see
a
number
of
the
projects
that
we
have
seen
recently
as
sort
of
experiments
in
motion
and
I
I
am
going
to
be
looking
at
how
they
all
operate.
We've
had
a
few
of
these
live
work
suggestions.
We
can
we've
allowed
some
of
these
spaces
in
place
of
commercial
and
I'm
curious
to
see
how
they
work.
We've
got
these
here.
G
But
I
you
know
that's
I,
guess
I
am
just
saying
this
on
the
stand
for
the
applicant
to
say
you
know
I'm
looking
at
this
we're
looking
at
this
and
hoping
this
works
and
I
and
and
does
activate
the
community
and
act
as
a
community
asset,
and
that
is
a
something
that
brings
energy
to
the
neighborhood
and
increases
the
pedestrian
accessibility
to
other
places.
And
then
maybe
this
can
be
transferred
to
something
that
that
is
more
even
more
vibrant
and
accessible,
but
we're
a
little
bit
of
an
experimentation
phase
and
it's
a
tough
one.
G
H
I
think
this
one
is
a
tough
on
the
night
and
wonder
Anna
question
that
I
had
in
the
back
of
my
mind
is:
is
it
just
a
matter
of
having
kind
of
a
critical
mass
of
things
for
people
to
want
to
watch?
You
I
mean
I
am
over
at
the
library
with
kitty
corner
from
this.
All
the
time
with
my
kids
in
darkness
would
be
awesome.
If
there's
an
ice
cream
shop,
we
could
walk
to
after
dropping
off
a
stack
of
books.
H
H
They
always
have
to
get
in
their
car
and
drive
somewhere
to
get
a
meal,
so
I
feel-
and
so
maybe
that's
the
bigger
issue
here
and
if
we're
cutting
ourselves
short
in
that
perspective,
in
the
long
run
by
looking
at
this
the
conditions
today
and
and
businesses
who
are
so
used
to
relying
on
automobiles
for
their
clientele
that
they
can't
envision
what
a
different
clientele
might
look
like
so
I
I
guess
I
think.
That's
that's
why
I'm
kind
of
wrestling
with
this
issue
right
now.
R
D
M
D
R
A
Thank
you.
So
again
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
item
D.
The
FA
are
variants
striking
the
condition
that's
listed
in
the
staff
report
and
replacing
it
with
a
condition
that
a
space
is
designed
on
the
ground
floor
that
is
accessible
to
the
public.
Has
a
street
facing
entrance
you
know
can
be
adaptable
to
commercial
in
the
future.