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Description
Minneapolis Economic Development & Regulatory Services Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
economic
development
and
regulatory
Services
Committee.
For
today,
February
5th
we've
been
joined
by
a
quorum
of
the
committee
that
includes
councilmember
Fletcher,
Ellison,
Gordon
and
Cunningham,
which
is
a
quorum.
There
are
a
handful
of
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
They
include
the
liquor
license
approvals
and
the
liquor
license.
Renewals
gambling
license
renewals
business
license
operating
conditions
for
a
property
in
the
Third
Ward,
as
well
as
a
rental
license,
condition
for
property
in
South
Minneapolis,
actually
for
two
properties
in
south
and
southeast
Minneapolis.
A
An
item
8
is
extending
the
closing
date
for
the
Alden
Smith
house.
With
that,
are
there
any
items
anyone
would
like
to
pull
on
the
consent
agenda?
That's
items
2
through
8,
seeing
none
I'll
move
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
all
right.
Any
opposed
that
item
is
approved.
I
will
note
that
we
have
one
public
hearing
which
we
will
take
first,
followed
by
the
great
streets,
facade,
improvement,
program,
funding,
Awards
and
then
item
number
10,
which
is
the
upper
harbour
terminal
concept
plan.
A
Approval
I
will
note
that
I
as
the
chair
I'm,
going
to
be
moving
to
postpone
the
upper
harbour
terminal
concept,
plan
approval
for
one
cycle
and
scheduled
this
to
be
on
the
meeting
on
February
19th
I
want
to
note
mr.
Hanson,
if
you
have
something
to
say
on
this
I'm
happy
to
hear
it.
But
I
want
to
thank
council
members,
Cunningham
and
Ellison
for
having
a
community
meeting
on
Sunday.
A
There
was
a
very
good
turnout
at
that
meeting
and
a
lot
of
feedback
was
provided
to
the
council.
Members
of
the
ward,
as
well
as
the
city
staff
and
the
development
team.
I
think
it
would
be
disingenuous
to
move
forward
until
we
were
able
to
absorb
some
of
that
feedback
and
incorporate
it
as
possible
into
the
plan.
So
the
purpose
of
a
public
community
listening
session
or
public
hearing
is
to
get
feedback
and
then
not
just
to
go
ahead
and
do
what
we
were
doing
but
try
to
use
that
public
feedback
in
a
positive
way.
A
Therefore,
I'm
going
to
move
to
postpone
this
one
cycle
so
that
the
councilmembers,
the
development
team
members
of
the
community
and
the
community
engagement
groups
can
converse
about
what
kinds
of
changes
can
and
should
be
made
to
further
improve
the
plan
and
bring
it
forward
for
our
consideration
on
the
19th.
I
will
note
that
we
have
some
deadlines
with
regard
to
state
funding,
as
well
as
other
deadlines
that
need
to
be
made,
and
so
time
is
of
the
essence,
but
there's
certainly
time
for
a
two-week
postponement.
A
B
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
making
this
motion.
Thank
you
for
everybody
for
being
here
today.
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
folks
who
showed
up
to
our
public
community-based
public
hearing
on
Sunday.
There
was
a
sports
ball
game
apparently
happening
that
day.
So
thank
you
for
such
an
amazing
turnout.
B
We
definitely
heard
what
was
said
and
also
I
tried,
really
hard
to
work
all
night
for
the
past
couple
nights
to
be
able
to
pull
together.
All
of
the
amendments
necessary
based
on
the
conversations
that
were
had
and
unfortunately
was
not
able
to
fully
achieve
all
of
that
by
today
and
I
also
wanted
to
incorporate
it
and
get
it
out
in
the
public.
B
B
You,
madam
chair,
so
and
I
will
share
this
as
well
with
the
clerk
so
Steve
had.
Staff
is
directed
to
collaborate
with
community-based
groups,
organizations
as
well
as
philanthropic
and
cross-jurisdictional
partners
to
identify
and
select
an
organization
such
as,
but
not
limited
to,
policy
link
and
democracy
collaborative
to
develop
a
racial
equity
framework
on
which
the
development
can
be
based,
embraced,
equity
goals
can
be
defined,
measured
and
monitored
within
the
next
six
months.
B
Further
CPI
staff
is
directed
to
work
with
the
upper
harbor
terminal,
community
planning
and
engagement
committee
to
1
review
the
concept
plan
and
make
any
report
back
and
report
back
any
amendments
within
the
first
60
days
after
the
first
convening
of
the
committee.
The
second
is
collaborate
to
develop
collaborate
to
develop
three
scenarios
to
assess
for
financial
feasibility
and
environmental
impact.
Three
collaborate
with
NCR
to
support
the
committee
to
lead
more
in-depth,
long-term
community
engagement.
B
The
fourth
is
to
support
the
community's
participation
in
and
centering
of
Delap
deliberative
democratic
strategies
and
eco
district
protocols,
and
the
last
direction
is
further.
C.
Ped
staff
are
directed
to
report
back
to
the
EDRs
committee,
a
cost-benefit
analysis
of
keeping
or
replacing
the
warehouse
currently
housing.
Mississippi
mushrooms,
if
possible,
include
this
analysis
in
the
staff
direction.
On,
February,
19th,
2019,
okay,.
A
So
those
staff
directions
will
come
up
again
on
the
19th,
but
they're
out
there
for
public
consideration
right
now,
so
I
will
consider
them
friendly
to
the
motion
to
postpone.
So
this
would
include
the
staff
directions,
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
hi
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
We'll
then
move
on
to
item
number
1,
which
is
our
public
hearing.
Mr.
Hanson
welcome,
madam.
C
Chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Eric
Hanson
I'm,
the
director
of
economic
policy
and
development
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
I
mean
up
here
for
Linda
Roberts
who's,
an
interim
license
manager
who
couldn't
make
it
today
to
introduce
this
next
item
and
I
want
to
bring
up
the
lead
inspector
for
this
application,
Mohamed
Ishmael
to
introduce
it
and
go
through
the
questions
that
you
have
so
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
and
the
public
hearing.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
her,
he
or
I
will
be
happy
to
answer
them.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
I
present
an
application
from
seed
cafe
owned
by
a
Moksha
Yoga
Minneapolis
LLC.
Their
address
is
32
52
West
legs
straight
in
Ward
7.
The
current
license
is
an
on-set
wine
with
the
strong,
we're
classy.
The
applicant
is
requesting
an
upgrade
for
an
unsettled
liquor.
Sandy
cells
with
no
life
entertainment,
the
seer
cafe,
has
been
operating
at
this
location
since
November
2018.
D
There
is
a
slightly
change
about
their
hours
of
operation
is
just
the
licensee
not
told
me
that
the
hours
will
be
Monday
through
Saturday
9:00
a.m.
to
9:00
p.m.
and
Sundays
will
be
9:00
a.m.
to
4:00
p.m.
it's
less
than
what
we
had
before.
They
have
an
indoor
seating
for
50/50
seats
and
outdoor
for
10:00
on
a
private
property
on
January
17th,
a
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
a
six
hundred
feet
of
the
premises.
The
multi
buildings
were.
D
Posted
notices
were
also
sent
to
zero
Isles
Dean
neighbor
associations,
Calhoun
area
resident
action.
The
legs
did
cancel
and
cancel
and
Alyssa
Goodman.
We
have
not
received
any
comments
from
the
community
seat.
Cafe
is
located
in
the
Calhoun
square.
Solving
Center,
although
both
3-1-1
and
Minneapolis
calls
were
received
from
the
shopping
center
seat.
Cafe
has
not
had
any
complaints,
3-1-1
or
our
police
reports,
and
they
do
not
have
any
operating
conditions
for
their
license.
License
and
consumer
service
division.
Recommend
its
approval
for
our
own
sell
liquor
would
send
a
cells
with
no
live
entertainment.
A
B
D
A
E
E
A
Is
there
anyone
else
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Anyone
anyone
sing,
none
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
I
will
move
approval,
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
We'll
move
to
our
remaining
item,
which
is
item,
number
nine,
which
are
great
streets,
facade,
improvement,
grant
program,
funding,
Awards,
good.
F
Afternoon,
madam
chair
and
committee
members,
I'm
Judy
Moses
we've
had
business
development,
presenting
a
recommendation
to
authorize
staff
to
execute
agreements
with
eight
community
organizations
who
will
administer
the
great
streets,
facade
improvement,
grant
program.
The
total
amounts
of
funding
recommended
is
three
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
the
great
streets
program
was
created
in
2007
to
promote
vibrant
commercial
districts.
The
program
has
three
parts:
the
real
estate
redevelopment
gap,
loans,
business
district
support
grants
and
the
facade
improvement
matching
grants.
The
facade
grants
are
the
subject
of
this
report.
F
F
The
types
of
improvements
ranged
from
items
such
as
paint
signage,
awnings
to
larger
scale,
rehab,
which
might
include
tuckpointing
new
windows
and
doors
in
2018.
The
program
funded
ninety
nine
projects
that
leveraged
770,000
and
private
funds.
During
the
program's
11-year
history,
we
have
assisted
nine
hundred
and
twenty
two
projects
worth
nearly
nine
million
dollars
in
property
investment.
In
October,
we
issued
the
annual
RFP
and
received
proposals
from
east
organizations.
F
F
Staff
is
recommending
funding
to
all
eight
organizations,
and
these
new
Awards
would
join
seven
existing
agreements
from
prior
years
which
serve
other
areas
of
the
city.
In
addition,
cpad
staff
will
continue
to
serve
the
supports
and
intervene
areas
of
great
streets
that
do
not
have
a
community
partner.
Administering
the
program
I
didn't
happy
to
take
any
questions
are.
B
F
In
the
application,
one
of
the
questions
that
we
asked
is
based
on
the
amount
of
businesses
that
they
have
spoken
with.
It
might
be
interested
in
applying.
There
was
not
a
lot
of
information
there
and
it.
They
are
an
organization,
that's
still
kind
of
in
the
beginning
stages
of
forming
and
they
have
submitted
their
application
along
with
the
way
Broadway
Coalition.
F
So
it
is
an
annual
program
that
we
we
we
put
it
out
there
for
review
each
year.
So
if
they
have,
you
know
gone
through
their
funding,
they
are
welcome
to
apply
again
just
as
many
of
the
other
organizations
do,
but
it
was
just
the
number
of
nodes
that
are
in
the
area
and
the
amount
of
funding
that
we
think
they
could
distribute
in
the
time
period.
What's
the
reasoning
great.
B
Thank
you,
I
very
passionate
about
being
able
to
support
our
commercial
stock
and
improving
it
and,
as
you
mentioned,
there's
a
lot
of
nodes,
but
not
many
corridors,
and
so
that's
really
where
we're
gonna
have
the
opportunity
to
develop
and
get
some
activation
in
the
community.
The
4th
Ward
doesn't
have
a
lot
of
commercial
spaces,
and
so
we
do
have
quite
a
few.
B
A
Seeing
none
I'll
move
approval
and
thank
you
for
your
work
on
this
and
it's
really
been
a
good
use
of
funds
over
a
long
period
of
time.
The
fact
that
we
don't
have
hundreds
of
applications
probably
says
everyone
has
a
little
bit
of
something
and
they're
out
there
working
on
various
projects
at
this
time
for
their
comments
or
questions
sing,
not
on
the
motion
to
approve
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
Okay,
any
opposed
that
item
is
approved,
seeing
no
further
business
before
us.
We
are
adjourned.