City of Minneapolis, MN 2022 Minneapolis Boards & Commissions, 31 Mar 2022

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From YouTube: March 31, 2022 Zoning Board of Adjustment

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The regular meeting of the minneapolis zoning board of adjustments from march 31st 2022 will now begin.

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Good afternoon, everyone welcome to this live broadcast of our virtual meeting today march 31st 2022.

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This meeting includes the remote participation of members as authorized under minnesota statute, section 13d .021, due to the declared local health pandemic for the record, my name is matt matt perry and I'm chair of the zoning board of adjustment.

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I will now call this meeting to order and ask the clerk to call the role so that we may verify the presence of quorum.

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Board member finland uh will not be joining us this evening, board member frias here board member hutchins.

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Board member hudsons.

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Did I come through yeah I'm here.

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Okay, wonderful thank you board member johanneson hi.

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Member sandberg.

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Board member wayne.

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Eight members present.

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So we do have quorum and thank you for that. We will proceed to our agenda, a copy of which was posted for public access. The city's legislative information management system available at lims, that's lims.minneapolismn.gov,.

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Is there a motion to approve this agenda.

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So move this is sandberg.

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A second second softly, it's moved and seconded. Is there any discussion.

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Will the clerk please call the roll.

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Board member frias hi board member hutchins hi, I'm virgil, hannahsen.

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Chair perry.

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Board member sandberg.

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That motion passes and the agenda is approved. I believe all the board members have seen a copy of the minutes from the march 3rd 2022 zoning board of adjustment meeting. Is there a motion to approve.

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Someone this is sandberg.

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Second softly it's moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on the motion?

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Hearing none will the clerk? Please call the rule.

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Board member frias hi board member hutchins.

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Joe henderson.

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And that motion passes so the minutes from the zoning board of adjustments march 3rd 2022 meeting are approved. Mr verkota, are there any petitions or communications.

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uh Chairperry members of the board, the staff has no petitions or communications at this time.

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Right. Thank you.

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Let's review the agenda I'll, read the agenda number and address of the project and state whether it's slated for consent, continuance, withdraw return or discussion I'll. Just talk a little bit about what consent items are. These are items that will be passed without discussion by the board. We will be adhering to the staff recommendation found on your agenda under the item's recommended motion. Section importantly, any applicable conditions will be listed in the same section.

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If you agree with this recommendation, including any applicable conditions, you need to do nothing and the board will pass. It is recommended, please check in with a staff member assigned to that item. If you have any questions following the decision, if you disagree with the recommendation, please indicate you'd like to speak against the item. When I ask and we'll put it on the discussion agenda.

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So, let's review the recommended disposition of our four land use. Request items today: agenda item number five: this 2406 riverside avenue staff is recommending this item for consent. Is there anyone to speak against this item?

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If you'd like to speak against an item um and want to indicate so now just press star six on your phone and say you'd like to speak against the item.

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I'm not hearing anyone so agenda. Item number six is 715 12th avenue. Southeast staff is recommending this item for consent for variance a variance b is being returned, and adoption of the agenda acknowledges this and no further action on this variance. Request on the part of the board is required. Is there anyone to speak against variance a.

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I'm not hearing anyone agenda. Item number seven is 3251 6th street. North staff is recommending this item for consent. Is there anyone to speak against this item.

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I'm not hearing anyone and lastly, agenda item number eight is 2901. South wayzata boulevard staff is recommending this item for consent. Is there anyone to speak against this item.

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I'm not hearing anyone on that either. So, let's review the items on the agenda for consent, they are five six, seven and eight. Is there a motion to adopt these items on consent.

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Symbol, this is sandberg, sir.

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Second, second softly it's moved and seconded, and is there any discussion on the motion.

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Hearing none will the clerk. Please call the role.

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Board member frias hi.

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Hutchins hi remember johanneson, I board member sandberg.

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Five stringer softly.

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Board members me karova hi, remember wang hi at seven years and zero days.

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That motion passes so for those of you who are here for agenda items, five, six, seven or eight your land use requests are approved. Good luck with your projects!

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Is there any new business or old business from staff.

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I did think I do think we have an announcement on uh whether we will be returning back to uh in-person meetings. Maybe we'll get an update on that.

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Hello, can you hear me? Yes, sir? um Yes, I I wish to speak um against the variance.

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Could you I you got cut off? Could you start again.

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Mr chair, uh this is ken taylor from the clerk's office. The the caller has been muted, since the uh public hearing is is complete.

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Let's move on, they have the option they have other options to pursue. um uh Given that the public hearing has been closed and we have voted on that matter, so we're not going to re re-review it. I wish to speak again, sir. You are the we've already voted on that item.

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You do have other options. You can talk to staff about what those options are. Sir, we've already voted on that item and it has been approved. You do have other options and you can talk to the staff member assigned to that project to determine what those options are.

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Let's move on with new business or old business, I don't think we have any old business, but we do have some new business. Mr dollar,.

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Yes, thank you, chair perry, uh ken daler from the clerk's office. um As some of you may know, I don't know if planning staff has already uh given you an alert, but uh the city council. Last week at its meeting on march, 24th uh did approve a transition plan to return to in-person meetings. uh The council is beginning its own return on april 11th.

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All of its meetings will be in person uh from that point forward and directed the city clerk to uh develop a plan to transition back uh the remainder of the uh various independent bodies, including yourselves, um and all the appointed boards and commissions that the city operates.

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The clerk has identified april 18th as the day that planning bodies will return to in-person meetings. So that's monday april 18th. uh So that will mean that the zoning board of adjustments next meeting, which I believe is scheduled for thursday april 21st, uh will will be an in-person meeting great.

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um Just a quick question on that: um is there any? uh Was there any thought given to hybrid meetings, or will we just be doing in person.

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So there there has been much thought and must as much discussion about hybrid meetings. um At this point we will be 100 in person and it's simply due state statute puts a quite a few requirements and limitations on hybrid meetings and the city does not have the resources uh to and the ability to transition to hybrid meetings. At this point, um I think it's a possibility in the future.

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I will note that, even if the city does take advantage of that option, the hybrid options will mostly be available for members of the public and staff to participate in the meetings.

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But members of the body themselves are really only allowed to not participate in in a meeting at the meeting location, except for military exemptions and health exemptions, um and in that hybrid setting. Any any location that a member would participate in would need to be uh available to the public uh to join you. So um at this point, because the city isn't ready to take that step, um all of our meetings will be 100 in person.

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Thank you, mr taylor. Are there any questions, mr daler, from from the board members.

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Yeah I was curious if there are um specific health protocol, given it's still a pandemic that um we are supposed to follow or if how that has changed.

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So that that, thank you uh board, member wang, um we, we are still kind of working on some of the details around that uh we are working on, um as, as you will remember, um or as many of the board members will remember, I should say um that our meetings, the zoning board of adjustment meetings, are in council chambers, but there are a few adjacent rooms right next to it.

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So we are working on preparing some adjacent rooms that will have more space for members of the public and the staff members to participate in the meeting, without necessarily being in chambers, and that would allow for meetings that are well attended to have people kind of coming in and out, but still being able to see a live feed of the meeting.

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While it's happening, we will have a limit on the number of people allowed in chambers at any given moment, but we're still working on kind of the specific details around um where everyone will be and how that flow will work.

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Great any other questions I I have a quick one to follow um on ms wang's question are masks gonna, be required.

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At this point, my understanding is that we will follow the mask requirements that are in the building and at this point there is no mask requirement.

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Okay, great any other questions.

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Thank you, mr taylor. So I think we are done with our meeting. um Our next meeting is on the 21st. As mr taylor said of april, and without objection I will deem this meeting adjourn. Thank you all for your time today.

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