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B
Afternoon,
welcome
to
the
regular
meeting
of
the
business
inspections,
housing
and
zoning
committee
for
today
january
18th,
I'm
lisa
goodman
and
I
am
chair
of
this
committee.
As
we
begin
I'll
note
for
the
record.
This
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
city,
council
and
staff
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statute,
section
13d
.021
as
a
result
of
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency,
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
the
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
to
increase
public
access
and
transparency.
B
C
B
Let
the
record
reflect
we
have
a
quorum
for
this
meeting.
I
want
to
take
an
opportunity
to
welcome
council
members
chavez
shagtai
and
rainville,
as
new
members
of
the
committee
were
really
excited
to
have
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you
and
thank
you
for
getting
on
the
call
on
time
today.
I'll
note
too,
for
members
of
the
committee
at
any
time
should
you
want
to
be
called
on?
Please
add
your
name
to
the
chat
under
the
item
that
we
are
currently
discussing.
The
agenda
for
today's
meeting
is
before
us
I'll
begin
with
the
consent
agenda.
B
It
includes
items
four
through
23
on
the
agenda
item.
Four
are
liquor
license
approvals.
Five
are
liquor,
license
renewals
six?
Are
the
gambling
license
approvals
items?
Seven
and
eight
are
rental,
license
dwelling
reinstatements
item?
Nine?
Is
the
minneapolis
pathways
grant
agreements
item
10
is
a
local
historic
landmark?
Is
a
designation
at
6
14
to
626,
9th
street
south
and
item
11?
Is
a
local
landmark
designation
for
fire
station
number
24.
B
B
D
Wonderful,
just
I'm
so
sorry,
madam
chair,
just
I'm
making
sure
that
I'm
understanding
this
this
section
correctly.
This
is
for
discussion
on
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
Yes,
ma'am!
Thank
you.
I
just
you
know
I
I
will
I've
spoken
with
with
a
few
folks
here
today
about
this
and
I'll
just
add.
I
I
know
that
we
are
looking
at
some
rezoning
items:
number
17,
18,
19,
20,
21
and
22
for
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority.
I
understand
that
this
is.
D
D
Right
now-
and
you
know
I
I
would
I
want
to
just
you
know-
let
folks
know
here
that
I
am
working
on
on
connecting
with
director
wersamy
at
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority
and
in
the
implications
of
this
rezoning
and
just
something
that
that
I
want
us
to
be
thinking
about
and
looking
at.
B
E
B
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
I'm
michelle
harbett
lead
licensed
inspector
of
licenses
and
consumer
services,
I'm
presenting
an
application
from
badex
throwing
owned
by
badax,
throwing
usa
inc,
and
I
prepared
this
report.
They
are
located
at
611,
hennepin
avenue
in
the
third
ward.
They
are
currently
operating
with
the
food
restaurant
license.
F
F
On
december
29th
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
450
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
the
downtown
minneapolis
neighborhood
association,
the
warehouse
district
business
association
and
council
member
rainbow
thaddex,
throwing
is
located
at
street
level
within
the
minneapolis
city
center.
There
is
no
outdoor
area.
There
are
no
concerns
for
operating
at
this
location.
F
I'm
sorry,
I'm
not
sure
why
that's
repeating
they
are
also
a
franchise
company
with
multiple
locations
in
the
united
states,
canada
and
the
uk.
The
licenses
and
consumer
services
division
recommends
approval
of
an
on-sale
liquor
with
sunday
sales
no
live
entertainment
license
for
badax
throwing.
This
concludes
my
presentation
at
this
time.
I'm
available
for
any
comments
or
questions.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
miss
harvey,
we'll
see
if
there
are
any
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
seeing
none.
I
will
thank
you
for
your
report
and
proceed
to
open
the
public
hearing.
I
know
there
are
two
speakers
in
queue.
I
have
ben
boudreau
and
taissa
cleveland
I'd.
Ask
either
of
you
to
turn
on
prestar
six
to
turn
on
your
microphone
and
feel
free
to
say
a
bit
now,
if
you'd,
like.
E
B
I
B
I
I
completely
understand
I
would
like
to
address
any
safety
concerns
mixed
with
our
potential
liquor
license.
We
have
served
alcohol
at
other
locations
also
here
in
minneapolis,
with
zero
injuries
reported,
we
take
safety
extremely
seriously,
and
it
is
something
that
we
strive
to
do
better
and
better
and
better
every
single
day.
So
that
is
really
everything
that
I
would
like
to
add.
Currently.
J
C
B
K
Thank
you,
chair
goodman
members
of
the
committee
item
number
two
on
the
agenda
today
is
a
an
appeal
of
the
decision
of
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment
from
their
december
8th
2021
hearing,
which
was
to
deny
two
variants.
Applications
at
5550
clinton
avenue.
The
requested
variances
were
to
reduce
the
side,
yard
setback
from
seven
feet
to
three
feet
and
to
increase
the
allowed
impervious
coverage
from
60
to
61.7
percent.
To
allow
an
addition
already
substantially
constructed
to
remain.
K
During
the
permitting
process,
the
appellant
team
submitted
a
survey
that
they
had
received
from
a
previous
property
owner
which
incorrectly
identified
the
location
of
the
property
lines
and
did
not
reflect
some
improvements
that
had
been
made
to
the
property
in
the
intervening
years,
including
a
larger
garage
and
driveway
as
well
as
a
pool.
Hence
the
discrepancy
in
the
amount
of
impervious
coverage
on
the
property.
K
When
the
appellant
team
staked
the
property
lines
for
the
inspection
by
their
building
inspector,
they
noticed
that
the
state
property
line
was
significantly
closer
to
the
addition
than
they
had
anticipated
and
was
reflected
in
the
drawings
they
did
reach
out
to
the
city.
K
E
K
The
survey
then
showed
that
there
were
only
three
feet
from
the
property
line
to
the
addition
and
then
also
reflected
those
the
new
driveway
garage
and
pool
the
impervious
coverage
with
regards
to
the
variance
findings
next
slide,
please,
so
here
is
a
copy
of
the
survey
that
they
submitted.
That
was
done
for
this
application
on
the
top
and
then
at
the
bottom.
K
There
is
the
previous
survey
showing
where
the
edition
was
proposed
to
go
the
document
that
they
submitted
for
for
their
building
permit
application
next
one
please,
with
regards
to
the
fair
the
variance
findings,
staff
and
the
board
of
adjustment,
found
that
there
were
no
practical
difficulties
on
the
site
related
to
this
particular
request.
K
Staff
and
the
board
of
adjustment
also
found
that
neither
variants
met
the
spirit
and
intent
of
the
zoning
ordinance
staff
and
the
board
of
adjustment
did
find
that
the
variants
would
not
alter
the
essential
character
of
the
locality,
be
injurious
to
the
use
or
enjoyment
of
this
property
or
neighboring
properties
or
be
detrimental
to
health
safety
or
welfare
staff,
and
the
board
of
adjustment
also
found
that
all
of
the
variances
for
or
all
of
the
findings
for
variances
in
the
shoreland,
as
required
by
state
statute,
were
met
and
just
very
quickly.
K
Those
are
that
the
construction
won't
present
any
danger
of
pollution
of
diamond
lake,
that
the
project
not
be
visible
from
the
lake
and
that
it
not
generate
watercraft
in
excess
of
the
capacity
of
the
lake
to
accommodate
staff
recommends
that
this
committee
uphold
the
decision
of
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment
and
deny
the
appeal,
and
I
am
available
for
questions.
B
B
L
L
Yep
yep
sounds
good,
so
the
second
slide
is
just
a
picture
of
our
family,
so
we
live
with
our
five
children
on
clinton
avenue
in
south
minneapolis,
and
we
started
this
project
with
the
intent
of
expanding
the
most
used
part
of
our
house,
that
being
the
kitchen
and
the
family
room,
and
also
to
give
more
direct
access
to
our
pool,
as
well
as
to
improve
the
flow
of
our
house,
which
I'll
share
in
more
detail.
The
third
slide
is
the
site
plan,
which
you
probably
already
saw,
as
I
believe
alyssa
was
alluding
to.
L
This
is
what
we
obtained
from
the
previous
owners.
That
shows
that
the
addition
would
have
been
nine
feet
from
what
we
thought
was
the
property
line.
You
might
ask,
can
you
see
the
pictures?
Well,
the
fence
doesn't
appear
to
be
nine
feet
from
your
property
line.
Why
did
you
think
or
from
your
house?
Why
did
you
think
the
property
line?
Was
we
had
been
told
by
the
previous
owners
that
the
actual
property
line
was
on
the
neighbor's
side
of
the
fence?
L
That
obviously
turned
out
to
not
be
true
either,
but
that
was
the
information
that
we
were
going
off
of.
We
certainly
had
zero
intention
of
building
within
the
setback,
and
I
can
assure
you
that
this
was
a
very
honest
and
unfortunate
mistake
and
just
asking
for
your
support
in
our
request
for
a
variance
approval.
L
Moving
on
to
slide
four
we're
showing
the
layout
of
the
addition,
you
can
see
what
I
was
alluding
to
just
increasing
the
the
traffic
through
the
house.
Rather
than
having
the
bottleneck
at
the
back
of
the
house.
The
traffic
would
come
from
multiple
different
points.
We
also
thought-
and
I'm
certainly
no
zoning
expert
or
construction
expert,
but
when
building
it
that
there
wouldn't
be
any
issues,
because
it's
no
wider
than
the
existing
house.
L
L
Is
that
that's
only
true
if
the
maximum
width
of
your
house
represents
a
majority
of
the
length
of
your
house
and,
unfortunately
for
us
due
to
the
unique
nature
of
our
130
plus
old,
victorian
home,
our
maximum
width
currently
only
represents
21
of
the
length
of
our
house,
and
so
therefore,
we
are
still
out
of
compliance
with
the
setback.
Variance
moving
on
to
slide
five,
you
can
see
a
couple
pictures
of
the
views
of
our
house
so
from
head
on.
L
You
cannot
see
the
addition,
as
the
the
maximum
width
part
of
the
house
is
covering
it
up.
When
you
move
to
the
side,
you
can
see
the
addition
in
white
back
there
at
the
on
the
bottom
picture.
But
again
you
can
see
that
it
is
no
wider
than
the
width
of
the
original
house
and
and
very
much
in
keeping
with
the
design
intent
of
the
house
that
we
love
so
much
that
you
might
ask
why
we
didn't
on
the
other
side.
Well,
for
one
we
didn't
know
there
would
be
any
issues.
L
Two,
the
other
side
of
the
house
presents
many
obstacles
for
building,
including
a
parking
pad
a
shared
driveway.
Our
air
conditioner
side
entrance
garbage,
so
this
really
was
just
not
an
option
that
we
considered
moving
on
to
slide.
Seven,
we
think
a
very
important
part
of
this
story
is,
is
our
neighbors,
and
so
mike
logan
and
jen
gallis
have
been
very
supportive
of
this
project.
L
We've
been
in
constant
communication
with
them,
even
before
we
realized
we
were
building
within
the
setback
and
then
went
on
to
they
wrote
a
letter
and
there's
in
support
of
the
project,
even
even
after
it
was
known
that
we
had
in
fact
built
within
the
variants,
and
so
we
think
that's
that's
very
important.
L
L
L
So,
even
though
there's
windows
along
their
side
of
the
house
in
the
new
space,
there's
not
the
traffic,
so
the
traffic
comes
out
the
new
sliding
glass
doors
immediately
to
the
pool
and
and
actually
leads
to
more
privacy
for
mike
and
jen.
Well,
mike
and
jen
have
been
very
supportive
of
this
project.
We
also
did
approach
them
about
buying
four
feet
of
their
land,
because
the
the
land
in
between
our
two
houses
is
enough
for
us
both
to
be
in
compliance
with
the
setback.
L
If
we
were
to
move
the
property
line,
mike
and
jen
are
not
open
to
selling
a
portion
of
their
land,
and
so
that
is
not
an
option
for
us
at
this
time,
but
are
still
supportive
of
the
project
and
are
hoping
that
we're
able
to
obtain
variance
approval.
L
Moving
on
to
the
east
side,
this
is
just
a
timeline
of
the
events
that
went
down.
We
were
given
a
permit
in
august
and
started
construction
later
that
month.
The
first
inspection
was
done
on
september
14th,
where
the
inspection
was
signed
and
the
contractor
was
given
verbal
approval
to
proceed,
and
second
inspection
happened
three
weeks
later
on
october
5th,
at
which
point
the
inspection
was
not
signed
and
the
contractor
was
told
to
verify
setbacks.
L
At
this
point,
we
immediately
halted
construction
and
would
have
done
so
whenever
the
issue
was
brought
to
our
attention
and
construction
has
been
on
hold
ever
since
october
5th.
We
then
did
obtain
the
survey
we
obtained
the
letter
of
support
from
our
neighbors.
When
the
survey
came
back
in
november.
It
did
in
fact
indicate
that
we
had
built
in
the
setback,
which
was,
of
course
devastating
to
us,
and
so
we
proceeded
with
the
variance
request.
L
That
month,
we
presented
to
the
zoning
board
as
elissa
alluded
to
on
december
9th,
and
here
we
are
at
the
appeal
we
do
want
to
bring
to
the
attention,
as
we
move
on
to
the
impervious
variance
request
that,
as
as
we
studied
the
survey
in
more
detail
and
looked
at
the
calculation
of
the
impervious
coverage,
we
saw
that
our
parking
pad,
which
is
noted
in
the
spot
in
the
picture
on
slide
nine,
our
parking
pad,
was
actually
considered
impervious
when
in
fact
it
is
made
of
pavers,
and
so
it
should
not
have
been
considered
impervious.
L
L
This
was
something
that
we
realized
following
our
presentation
to
the
zoning
board,
so
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
your
attention
if,
in
fact,
it
is
confirmed
that
we
are
out
of
compliance
with
the
regulation,
we
are
absolutely
open
to
exploring
creative
solutions,
including
replacing
a
front
sidewalk,
adding
gardens
so
on
and
so
forth
to
ensure
that
that
we
are
in
compliance
with
this
regulation
as
well,
but
we
just
wanted
to
call
out
the
calculation
and
ask
that
we
just
double
check
and
make
sure
that
we
truly
are
out
of
compliance,
as
we
think
about
you
know
the
passport
of
the
project.
L
This
truly
is
is
our
last
hope
on
the
variance
request.
Like
I
said,
we've
explored
a
lot
of
other
options,
including,
but
not
limited
to
asking
our
neighbors
if
they
would
be
open
to
selling
us
land,
and
so
we
truly
feel
like
we
have
turned
over
every
rock
to
try
and
make
this
happen
and
eliminate
the
waste
and
financial
burden.
That
would
happen
if
we
had
to
rebuild
and
so
on
the
last
slide
just
to
show
we've
already
had
an
exterior
wall
torn
down.
L
That's
in
the
middle
picture,
we've
had
the
structure
built.
There's
you
know
floor,
joist,
roof,
footings
and
walls
would
all
need
to
be
rebuilt
and
would
result
in
waste.
Basically,
the
only
thing
that
would
be
able
to
be
reused.
If
we
did
have
to
resize
the
structure
would
be
the
windows.
The
patio
door
would
not
be
able
to
be
used,
as
that
would
be
too
large
for
the
new
wall.
We
would
also,
then,
in
addition
to
having
to
bring
in
the
sidewall
along
the
neighbors
property
line.
L
We'd
also
have
to
bring
in
another
wall,
because,
with
the
decreased
width,
our
steps
would
then
infringe
on
our
pool
cover
and
we
need
our
pool
cover,
because
we're
obviously
concerned
about
safety
with
our
kids
around
the
pool,
so
that
wall
would
have
to
come
in
as
well,
resulting
in
a
total
project
square
footage
reduction
of
over
40
percent
and
we've
calculated
that
the
total
cost
to
rebuild
would
be
approximately
48
000.
L
So
we
truly
want
to
express
you
know
our
heartfelt
apologies
for
the
inconveniences.
That
said
cause.
This
was
by
no
means
our
intent,
and
we
truly
hope
that
we
can
work
together
on
a
path
forward
to
a
variance
approval
and
I'll
be
happy
to
take.
B
Any
questions,
thank
you.
So
much
for
your
testimony.
We
don't
take
questions
to
applicants,
but
I
appreciate
you
offering
we'll
see
if
there's
anyone
else
who's
on
the
line
to
speak
to
this
issue,
I
don't
believe
there
is,
but
we
will
just
give
anyone
who
is
an
opportunity
to
speak
up
now.
B
I
feel
that
the
applicant
has
done
everything
in
their
power
to
look
at
all
possible
options.
I
believe
the
impervious
papers
should
be
considered
part
of
the
impervious
part
of
the
project
and
I
think
they've
met
the
criteria,
so
I'm
going
to
move
to
grant
both
appeals.
Are
there
other
comments
or
questions.
C
B
Six
eyes
that
motion
is
approved,
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
three,
which
is
also
a
quasi-judicial
public
hearing.
This
is
an
appeal
submitted
by
charles
bloch
regarding
the
decision
of
the
planning
commission
to
prove
to
approve
a
conditional
use
permit
to
allow
for
an
emergency
shelter
for
30
people
in
the
or1,
located
at
2400,
stevens
avenue,
subject
to
conditions
I'll
ask
mr
hanauer
to
please
give
that
report.
M
Thank
you,
chair
goodman,
on
november
15th,
the
city
planning
commission
unanimously
approved
the
condition
use
permit
to
allow
for
an
emergency
shelter
at
2400
stevens
avenue
on
november
23rd,
charles
block,
the
neighbor
appealed.
The
application
next
slide,
please
built
in
1909.
The
building
at
2400
stevens
is
a
contributing
building
to
the
washburn,
fair
oaks,
historic
district.
M
Next
slide,
please
the
surrounding
properties
and
neighborhood.
The
subject
property
is
zoned
office,
residential
or
r1.
The
light
purple
with
the
dot
in
the
middle.
The
areas
of
mixer
uses
in
zoning
institutional
uses,
like
the
minneapolis
institute
of
arts
and
minneapolis
college
of
art
and
design,
are
to
the
east.
Large
historic
mansions
surround
washburn
ferris
park,
often
converted
those
mansions
are
often
converted
to
different
uses
than
their
original
single-family
use
and
apartment
buildings
and
single-family
uses
are
throughout
the
area.
M
Two
blocks
to
the
west
is
nicolette
avenue
a
goods
and
services
corridor
that
has
a
large
amount
of
commercial
uses,
as
well
as
a
high
frequency
network
that
provides
great
transit
access
for
the
area
and
the
city.
So
the
project
description
next
slide.
Please
hennepin
county
has
a
purchase
agreement
for
2400
stevens,
and
the
proposal
is
to
convert
from
a
bed
and
breakfast
to
an
emergency
shelter
for
a
maximum
of
30
individuals.
M
M
The
goal
is
to
provide
a
safe
and
stable
space
for
30
individuals
for
up
to
six
months
at
a
time
which
complies
with
the
zoning
code
definition
of
a
zoning
of
an
emergency
emergency
shelter,
and
that
is
any
facility
that
provides
sleeping,
accommodations
and
restroom
facilities
on
a
day-to-day
basis
to
persons
without
permanent
housing
for
periods
of
greater
than
24
hours.
In
less
than
six
months
next
slide,
please,
the
zoning
code
outlines
six
specific
development
standards
for
an
emergency,
shelter
and
I'll
quickly
go
through
those
first.
M
M
M
So,
in
the
second
development
standard
to
all
new
that
all
new
construction
or
additions
to
an
existing
building
shall
be
compatible
with
the
scale
and
character
of
the
surroundings
and
the
third
one.
An
appropriate
transition
area
between
the
use
and
adjacent
properties
shall
be
provided
by
landscaping,
screening
and
other
site
improvements
consistent
with
the
character
of
the
area.
M
M
The
fourth
development
centered,
a
minimum
allowed
area
of
325
square
feet
per
bed,
shall
be
provided
in
the
or1
district.
The
lot
is
11
400
square
feet
which
allows
actually
for
35
beds,
but
the
proposal
is
only
for
30
beds.
M
M
The
number
of
employees
that
they
will
have
that
there
will
be
employees
there
at
all
times.
Food
delivery
and
the
services
such
as
health,
mental
well-being
and
chemical
dependency
and
six
the
applicant
has
committed
to
on
a
regular
basis,
inspect
and
remove
later
on
the
premises,
all
adjacent
streets,
sidewalks
and
alleys
within
100
feet.
M
I'll
just
quickly
go
through
the
conditional
use,
permit
findings
and
conclude
the
presentation
we
as
staff
and
the
planning
commission
saw
that
this
establishment
does
meet
all
six
findings
and
thank
you
for
flipping
to
the
next
slide,
this
just
showing
the
location
of
the
other
emergency
shelters,
2201
clinton,
27,
41st
avenue
and
that
nearby
property
at
17,
east
24th
street.
So
six
findings.
First,
one
the
establishment
operation,
the
emergency
shelter
for
30
people
will
not
be
detrimental
to
detrimental
to
or
endanger
the
public,
health,
safety,
comfort
or
general
welfare.
M
M
The
conditions
will
not
be
injurious
to
the
use
and
enjoyment
about
the
property
in
the
vicinity.
Facility
staff,
as
I
noted
before,
will
be
on
premise.
Whenever
shelter
is
open,
on-site
services
will
be
for
residents
only
and
the
occupancy
is
only
for
referral.
Only
guests
will
not
be
allowed
to
show
up
on
site
to
wait
for
a
space.
They
will
have
to
go
through
a
system
that
hennepin
county
has
established.
M
Adequate
measures
have
been,
or
will
be
taken
to
minimize
traffic
congestion
in
the
public
streets.
The
applicant
is
is
committed
to
supporting
mass
transit
and
bicycle
infrastructure
on
site
to
provide
to
to
promote
alternative
modes
of
transportation
number
five.
The
condition
use
is
consistent
with
the
applicable
policies
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
M
B
Seeing
that
no
one
has
questions
for
mr
hannah
or
I'm
going
to
proceed
to
open
the
public
hearing
with
this
type
of
hearing,
we
give
the
appellant
an
opportunity
to
make
their
case
first.
I
see
that
mr
block
is
on
the
call
along
with
mr
smith
and
ms
will.
I
would
give
the
three
of
you
a
total
of
eight
minutes,
and
then
we
will
have
the
appellant
team
speak,
and
then
we
will
ask
each
person
in
line
to
speak
for
no
more
than
two
minutes.
B
N
Wonderful,
thank
you
slide
one
please,
honorable
council
members,
my
name
is
charles
block.
I'm
the
appellant
and
I've
been
a
renter
and
homeowner
in
whittier
for
13
years.
Speaking
after
me,
our
paul
smith
and
paul
at
will,
as
you
consider
your
recommendation
to
approve
or
deny
this
conditional
use.
Permit.
Please
ask
questions
of
the
applicant.
The
application
for
trade
2400
stevens
is
an
in-use
58-person
hotel.
This
is
false.
N
This
falsehood
influenced
the
planning
commission.
Commissioner
marwa
voted
in
favor
of
the
permit.
After
stating
you've
been
able
to
live
with
57
people
coming
in
and
out,
I
don't
see
how
going
to
a
30
unit.
Shelter
would
be
a
giant
step
in
a
different
direction.
Please
ask
the
city:
planner,
does
an
approved
or
could
an
approved
license
or
evidence
of
hotel
use
beyond
an
expired
11
bed
bmp
license
even
exist.
N
Please
ask
when,
and
by
whom
was
the
property
identified?
Who
accepted
a
value
of
over
4
million
dollars
asked
because
minneapolis
is
paying
for
it
with
little
oversight.
Consider
these
nearby
properties
observe
the
wild
variation
in
price
per
square
foot.
Larger
pillsbury
mansion
is
in
excellent,
move-in-ready
condition
and
could
not
sell
for
a
fraction
of
the
price.
N
Why
is
minneapolis
paying
4
million
or
more
for
a
building
that
is
assessed
at
895
000?
The
current
owner
has
made
improvements
and
the
scope
of
work
can
be
seen
by
reviewing
their
building
permits.
Can
it
honestly
be
claimed
that
their
improvements
are
worth
three
million
dollars?
Is
a
high
value
based
on
the
fictional
58
bed
hotel?
Please
ask
the
city
planner
slide
two,
please.
The
council
first
read
the
ordinance
creating
a
new
emergency
shelter
category
in
july
2020
and
it
passed
on
july,
23
2021.
N
Approving
this
conditional
use
a
maximum
capacity
allowed
nowhere
else
in
city
code,
including
the
fictional
hotel,
would
ensure
a
maximum
profit
for
the
seller,
a
private
developer
at
taxpayers
expense.
This
is
textbook
predatory
capitalism,
please
recommend
denial.
We
were
further,
let
down
by
the
city
staff
who
neglected
to
survey
the
area
for
existing
temporary,
supportive
and
indus
institutional
housing,
essential
information
for
the
planning
commission
for
when
considering
yet
more
temporary
housing.
Please
note
the
mission,
statements
and
purpose
of
nearby
existing
housing
ignored
by
city
staff.
N
We
want
and
need
the
city's
help
with
more
permanent,
affordable
housing
in
this
area
of
whittier
slide.
Three,
please.
The
applicant
and
staff
cut
multiple
procedural
corners,
including
deeming
their
application
complete
prior
to
full
board
of
county
commissioners
approval
they
admitted
to
violating
public
notice
law
and
submitted
a
demonstrably
false
application.
Please
recommend
denial.
Thank
you
and
I'll
turn
over
to
paul
smith.
B
Okay,
before
I
call
on
mr
smith,
mr
block,
it
would
be
good
if
you
could
try
to
use
your
time
to
talk
about
why
this
allowed
use
in
this
zoning
district
shouldn't
be
allowed.
B
N
I
I
believe
they
will,
but
it's
important
to
note
that
there
is
no
permit
for
a
58
unit
hotel.
That
is
a
fiction
that
was
stated
in
the
application
and
that
is
highly
relevant.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
you
slide
four,
please
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
council
members.
My
name
is
paul
smith,
my
wife
and
I
live
at
2
2418
stevens.
My
wife
has
owned
our
home
for
45
years.
Our
house
was
built
in
1883
and
is
a
contributing
structure
to
the
washburn,
fair
oaks,
historic
district.
We
lift
less
than
100
feet
from
the
county's
shelter.
O
I've
been
a
zoning
inspector
for
21
years
and
a
city
employee.
Since
1987.
our
donated
department
receives
many
complaints
from
citizens
regarding
high
intensity
uses
adjacent
to
residential
properties.
That's
why
it's
important
to
gradually
transition
from
residential
to
more
intense
uses.
To
avoid
such
complaints,
we
agree.
More
homeless
shelters
are
needed,
it's
imperative.
They
be
carefully
placed
for
the
benefit
of
the
shelter
residents,
as
well
as
our
neighborhood,
which
is
already
on
the
edge
because
of
the
numerous
institutions
located
near
our
homes.
O
O
O
O
O
O
We
didn't
know
at
the
time
of
the
planning
commission
hearing,
but
we
later
found
out
the
city
is
a
co-applicant
which
explains
the
favorable
review
of
the
application
and
the
rush
to
approve
madam
chair
members
of
this
committee.
Please
consider
if
you
fail
to
keep
our
neighborhood
strong
by
serving
the
needs
of
the
people
who
live
here.
Our
neighborhood
will
be
less
attractive
to
those
who
might
be
willing
to
take
care
of
these
historic
homes
in
the
future.
O
B
P
Madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
paulette.
Will
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
whittier
and
a
renter?
I
have
served
on
the
minneapolis
advisory
committee
on
aging.
As
the
10th
ward
representative
for
six
years,
I
learned
about
the
conditional
use
permit
for
this
shelter
from
tom
george,
my
neighbor,
and
not
through
a
public
notification
process.
P
I'm
particularly
concerned
about
the
lack
of
due
process
on
the
part
of
the
city
and
the
part
of
the
county
and
seeking
the
conditional
use
permit
for
the
this
emergency
shelter.
There's
been
a
false
narrative
on
the
part
of
the
city
and
county
and
executing
transparency
due
process
adherence
to
public
notification,
all
of
which
raise
several
questions,
including
under
what
authority.
The
city
has
committed
a
transfer
of
4
million
dollars
of
american
rescue
plan
funds
to
hennepin
county
for
what
is
essentially
a
real
estate
transaction
slide.
P
Number
five
minneapolis
receives
271
million
dollars
through
the
coronavirus
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
plan,
otherwise
known
as
the
american
rescue
plan.
All
funds
must
be
obligated
by
december
31st,
2024
and
all
funds
must
be
spent
by
december
31st.
2026
35
million
dollars
still
remain
to
be
obligated
by
the
first
quarter
of
2022..
B
Okay,
so
that
ended
the
eight
minutes
and
I
I
have
to
keep
everyone
on
track.
Unfortunately,
miss
will
so
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
the
appellant
team,
because
you
only
have
two
people
on
the
appellate
team.
I'd
ask
you
to
keep
your
comments
to
six
minutes,
mr
hewitt,
please,
and
if
you
can
address
some
of
the
concerns
brought
up
by
the
appellants,
that
would
be
great.
B
Q
Thank
you,
charity
and
council
members.
My
name
is
david
hewitt,
I'm
the
director
of
housing
stability
at
hennepin
county,
I'm
happy
to
provide
some
further
information
and
context
for
this
proposal
in
2019,
hennepin
county
developed
a
new
vision
for
the
single
adult
shelter
system,
focused
on
lowering
barriers,
improving
outcomes
and
increased
capacity
for
underserved
populations.
Q
The
backdrop
for
this
was
the
alarming
growth
in
unsheltered
homelessness
and
encounters
in
our
community,
as
well
as
the
ongoing
strain
and
demand
upon
existing
shelter
programs.
Specific
recommendations
are
created
in
partnership
with
shelter
providers
and,
in
particular,
the
advocacy
group
street
voices
of
change,
which
is
comprised
of
people
who
are
experiencing
or
have
experienced
homelessness.
Q
They
included
reforms
to
existing
shelters
that
have
since
been
implemented,
including
dramatically
increasing
the
number
of
housing
case,
managers
moving
to
24,
7
opening
and
adding
storage
and
other
physical
improvements.
The
recommendations
also
included
establishing
three
new
shelter
programs.
The
first
was
for
a
culturally
specific
shelter
focus
on
the
needs
of
the
native
american
community
and
a
new
permanent
50
bed.
Shelter
was
opened
last
month
by
the
american
indian
community
development
corporation
in
the
cedar
franklin
corridor.
Q
Q
The
third
was
a
small-scale
30-bed
standalone
shelter
for
female-identified
individuals,
and
this
was
in
response
to
excess
demand
that
had
led
to
some
being
turned
away.
The
higher
vulnerabilities
experienced
by
those
going
unsheltered
and
the
absence
of
any
existing
female,
only
shelter
program
in
our
community
salvation
army
was
competitively
selected
to
operate
this
new
shelter
and
provide
on-site
services
again
with
people
with
lived
experience
of
homelessness
involved
in
that
process.
The
program
began
as
a
temporary
location
in
the
northrop
neighborhood
in
december.
Q
I
will
note
that
neither
hennepin
county
nor
salvation
army
received
a
single
complaint
from
any
neighbour
about
the
program.
Several
sites
across
the
city
were
considered
to
the
permanent
sites.
The
site
under
discussion
today
was
prioritized
because,
firstly,
the
building
is
turnkey
having
been
rehabilitated
as
a
youth
hostel.
It
is
already
near
perfectly
fitted
out
for
offering
a
safe,
dignified
space
for
people
to
stay.
Q
Q
B
Mr
hewitt,
that's
all
great,
but
can
you
speak
to
the
cup?
Please
I'm
losing
my
patience
that
the
issue
at
hand
here
is
not
do
we
think
shelter
is
good
or
bad
or
should
it
be
in
this
neighborhood
is
a
shelter
allowed
in
this
zoning
and
are
you
entitled
to
a
conditional
use
permit?
Can
you
make
that
case.
Q
Thank
you
chairman,
my
apologies.
When
I
made
the
point
about
stevens
and
the
simpson
shelters
that
is
specifically
in
reference
to
the
requirement
that
the
nearest
shelter
be
located
at
least
350
feet
away.
That
simpson
shells
are
at
approximately
half
a
mile
away.
If
my
mass
is
right,
that's
a
little
over
two
and
a
half
thousand
feet
away
so
that
meets
the
stand
for
the
cup.
Q
The
other
piece
around
the
occupancy
central
to
our
application
here
is
that
this
is
a
30
bed,
shelter
and
that
is
allowable
for
a
facility
in
a
building
of
this
size.
That,
like
I
say,
is
also
perfectly
kitted
out
and
wonderfully
situated
and
useful
buildings
for
this
purpose.
So,
yes,
we
100
believe
this
meets
all
the
requirements
of
the
cup.
B
B
B
To
add,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
We
have
an
additional
14
people
signed
up
to
speak.
They
are
in
the
following
order:
jay
goodmanis
tyra,
thomas
katie
dillon.
I
think
we'll
start
with
three.
At
a
time,
I'm
gonna
give
you
each
two
minutes
to
speak
and
the
timer
will
cut
off
when
your
two
minutes
ends
so
we'll
see.
If
mr
goodmanis
is
ms
or
mr
is
on
the
call
followed
by
tyra
thomas
and
katie
dillon.
B
S
S
S
The
school
there's
a
there's,
a
publix
there's
a
school
that
is
two
blocks
away:
the
children
from
that
school
use
the
park,
which
is
kitty
corner
from
20
400
stevens
daily.
They
do
outdoor
classrooms,
they
go
sledding,
it's
it's!
It's
just
a
bad
place
to
put
a
homeless
shelter,
plus
the
fact
that
your
the
city
is
paying
4
million
for
a
property
that
is
comes
out
to
six
hundred
dollars
per
square
foot,
which
is
ridiculous.
S
It
just
makes
no
sense
plus,
given
the
fact
that
I
this
is
the
first
I
heard
about
this
project
three
or
four
days
ago.
I
was
never
publicly
noticed.
I,
I
had
no
notice
no
warning
of
this
and
I
feel
like
I'm
just
being
railroaded
here-
spending
public
money
frivolously
on
a
building
that
is
great
building,
but
it
should
not
be
used
for
this.
That's.
B
T
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
so.
As
I
said,
my
name
is
katie
dillon,
I'm
the
director
of
align
minneapolis.
We
are
an
interfaith
coalition
working
to
address
homelessness.
A
line
minneapolis
is
made
up
of
17
member
congregations
of
various
faith
traditions
in
minneapolis.
We
also
support
street
voices
of
change.
A
group
of
people
with
lived
experience
of
homelessness
working
to
make
impactful
change
in
the
community,
including
advocating
for
safe
and
dignified
shelter
options.
T
We
know
that
shelters
that
serve
women
are
meeting
a
critical
need
for
our
neighbors
to
access
shelter
that
fits
their
needs
and
shelter
like
this
allows
our
neighbors,
who
are
unhoused
to
have
a
safe,
dignified
place
to
stay
while
they
work
on
whatever
next
steps
are
right
for
them.
Maybe
that's
working
a
job
to
save
for
an
apartment.
Maybe
it's
accessing
services
and
resources
in
the
communities
and
a
number
of
other
things
that
might
be
right
for
them.
That
can
be
incredibly
difficult
to
do
when
people
don't
know
where
they
will
be
sleeping
each
night.
T
I
would
also
like
to
note,
on
the
personal
side
that
I
have
not
found
it
to
be
true
in
the
slightest
that
housing
status
be
indicative
of
a
person
of
if
a
person
would
be
a
good
neighbor
or
not.
In
fact,
the
people
I've
met
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
have
proven
to
be
some
of
the
most
caring
kind
and
gracious
people
and
the
exact
type
of
people
that
I
would
want.
As
my
neighbors.
T
B
U
You,
okay
thanks.
I
live
at
2520,
stevens
avenue
and
I'm
calling
in
opposition
to
the
conditional
youth
permit.
I
have
a
number
of
concerns.
I'm
a
long
time
resident,
we
own
our
house
and
we've
owned
for
seven
years
now
before
that
I
rented
for
four
years
around
the
corner
at
25th
street
for
four
years.
I
know
the
neighborhood
very
well
also
I
walk
everywhere,
except
to
the
grocery
store,
pretty
much
I'm
on
foot
to
go
to
work.
U
I'm
on
foot
to
take
my
daughter
to
her
daycare
and
I
go
past
2400
stevens
all
the
time.
Some
days
many
times
a
day,
I'd
like
to
say
that
I
don't
think
that
suddenly
having
up
to
30
people
there
with
all
of
the
infrastructure
that
that
requires,
for
example,
delivery
trucks,
just
bringing
food
for
three
meals
a
day
for
all
those
people,
folks
gathering
outside
to
smoke
at
all
hours
of
the
day,
traffic
that
might
be
added
to
our
already
very
busy
neighborhood.
U
That
in
no
way
reflects
the
reality
of
that
property.
Now,
or
at
any
time
of
the
last
dozen
plus
years
I
have
lived
here,
I
feel
that
we're
being
sold
a
bill
of
goods
in
terms
of
the
fact
that
this
in
any
way
reflects
what's
been
going
on.
So
that
is
simply
not
true.
I
also
am
concerned
over
the
high
ticket
price
of
the
property,
I'm
sort
of
mystified
by
four
million
dollars.
U
That
seems
like
a
lake
of
the
isles
mansion
price
to
me,
so
I
have
a
number
of
concerns
and
I
really
appreciate
the
council's
attention
for
this
really
disturbing
sale.
Thank
you.
B
W
V
That's
okay,
my
name
is
gregory
berry.
My
address
is
2534
stevens
avenue.
V
Not
only
that
each
street,
another
of
the
city's
top
two
or
three
attractions
is
only
two
blocks
away.
Whittier
is
clearly
one
of
the
most
important
neighborhoods
to
this
city.
Minneapolis
would
not
be
minneapolis
without
each
street,
and
yet,
rather
than
working
to
revitalize
the
neighborhood,
the
city
is
allowing
each
street
to
languish
in
a
two-block
stretch
of
nicolette.
Just
two
blocks
from
the
property
in
question
are
a
dozen
of
the
coolest
restaurants
in
the
city
and
at
the
street
is
covered
in
graffiti
and
filled
with
abandoned
storefronts.
A
walk
down.
V
Nicolette
today
gives
one
the
impression
not
of
a
vibrant
nightlife,
but
of
a
neighborhood
that
is
dying
rather
than
supporting
and
encouraging
the
continued
vibrancy
of
one
of
the
most
important
neighborhoods
in
the
city.
We're
here
today
discussing
an
emergency
proposal
to
make
the
property
a
2400
stephen
into
yet
another
homeless,
shelter
in
this
neighborhood.
That
is
already
overcrowded,
with
support
facilities.
V
There's
a
problem
with
how
these
decisions
are
being
made.
Even
when
we
first
discussed
this
issue
in
november,
it
was
obvious
the
planning
commission
were
attempting
to
hold
the
city
council
hostage,
approve
this
sale
or
risk
homeless
people
dying
in
the
frigid
cold,
and
indeed
several
of
the
counter
council
members
noted
the
coming
winter
in
their
decision.
V
The
city
should
not
be
making
four
million
dollar
decisions
like
this
at
the
last
moment.
If
supporting
those
in
need
were
actually
the
concern
here,
there's
an
obvious
way
to
do
so:
rent
rooms
in
a
hotel
for
the
winner
that
would
cost
four
less
far
less
than
four
million.
Indeed,
the
property
we're
discussing
is
already
a
hostel
renting.
The
17
rooms
for
the
winter
would
have
been
the
easiest
thing
in
the
world
to
do.
Instead,
the
planning
commission
presented
this.
B
R
I
I
live.
I
live
on
stevens
avenue
and
I've
lived
there
for
over
40
years
side
by
side
with
many
of
these
facilities.
When
many
that
we
have
in
our
neighborhood,
I
believe
we
have
more
than
our
fair
share
and
have
been
good
neighbors.
Although
I
can't
say
that
I
know
anyone
who
lives
there
and
that's
the
problem.
The
people
who
occupy
these
facilities,
which
I
have
a
great
sympathy
for
most
likely,
will
not
engage.
B
R
R
I
bought
my
house
over
40
years
ago
under
a
program
to
revitalize
this
rundown
crime
neighborhood.
That
was
an
eyesore
in
the
center
of
the
city
across
from
the
cost
in
the
art
institute,
two
blocks,
2400
and
2500
block
were
sold
by
the
city
with
the
promise
and
commitment
to
upgrade
to
code
and
basically
save
from
further
deterioration
that
renovation
spilled
out
into
the
neighborhood.
We
have
more
than
fulfilled
our
agreement.
We
helped
in
creating
a
vibrant
business
friendly
neighborhood.
We
breathed
new
life
into
the
city.
R
We
bought
brought
businesses
onto
nicklett
avenue
developed
each
street.
There
was
no
whittier
park,
there
was
no
whittier
school.
This
was
done
with
the
help
and
the
vision
of
the
whittier
alliance-
and
I
know
the
president
alliance
has
approved
this
proposal.
But
one
thing
I
want
to
say
is
how
disappointed
I
am
in
the
present
alliance.
These
people
inherited
all
the
good
work
of
the
past
40
years.
They
don't
seem
to
realize
how
much
hard
work
went
into
stabilizing
this
neighborhood.
They
didn't
live
here
when
nicholas
avenue
was
a
hotbed
of
prostitution.
R
Almost
every
other
house
was
a
drug
house
owned
by
absentee
landlords.
We
do
need
balance
and
right
now,
this
purchase
proposal
of
a
historic
building.
The
balance
is
tipping
towards
the
past,
a
neighborhood
overwhelmed
by
recovery
facilities,
people
who
are
people
who
don't
have
a
stake
in
the
neighborhood
they
haven't
put
their
sweat
into
the
neighborhood.
Personally,
I
feel
deceived
by
the
city
that
is
willing
to
spend
four
million
dollars
not
to
improve
the
neighborhood,
but
to
regress
it
back
to
the
70s.
Thank.
B
B
X
X
If
you
look
at
the
specific
conditions
of
the
conditional
use
permit,
I
really
don't
see
how
the
points
raised
today
actually
raise
any
effective
challenges
to
those
specifically
the
use
of
the
shelter
and
relevant
nearby
sites.
It
is
sufficiently
distinct
away.
It's
actually
also
coming
after
the
loss
of
the
shelter
the
community,
so
it
is
a
net
decrease
in
total
shoulder
beds,
not
a
net
increase.
I
don't
think
the
comparisons
on
the
hostile
grounds
in
covid
and
rehab
conditions
are
are
reasonable
comparisons
to
bank.
X
It
seems
to
me
that
the
county's
proposal
meets
all
the
necessary
standards.
Commentary
about
the
price
of
the
building
alternative
locations
are
not
actually
ground
for
an
appeal,
and
so
I
would
ask
that
you
support
the
conditional
youth
department
and
deny
the
appeal
so
that
we
can
bring
this
much
needed
additional
housing
to
the
neighborhood.
Thank
you.
B
Y
Thank
you.
My
name
is
nate
broadbridge
and
I
live
over
on
411
west
25th
street
in
the
whittier
neighborhood.
Y
I
first
heard
about
the
project
through
an
announcement
or
meeting
I
can't
really
recall,
but
from
the
whittier
alliance
back
in
october
and
november
of
last
year
and
I've
been
following
the
project
because
it
seems
like
a
pretty
unique
and
specific
need.
That's
fulfilled
not
anywhere
else
in
the
neighborhood.
I
think
one
of
the
previous
speakers
mentioned
the
closing
of
a
shelter
not
too
long
ago,
and
the
fact
that
we
are
down
beds
and
this
wouldn't
even
bring
us
back
up
to
where
we
were
less
than
a
year
ago.
Y
I
think
for
all
the
points
made
about
the
zoning
logic.
I
think
it
makes
sense
and
there
is
not
really
a
grounds
for
denying
based
on
the
zoning
and
then,
as
far
as
you
know,
hostiles
and
and
the
sort
of
occupancy
of
the
building
goes.
I've
been
to
plenty
of
hospitals
all
over
the
world
and
can
pretty
much
unequivocally
say
that
this
would
be
less
rowdy
and
less
noisy,
probably
fewer
people
coming
and
going
and
certainly
less
smoke
than
many
of
the
hospitals.
Y
So,
for
all
those
reasons,
I
think
people
should,
you
know,
maybe
check
themselves
for
elitism,
and
you
know
not
judge
people
before
they've
arrived.
I
I
pretty
much
have
nothing
else
to
say,
so.
B
G
Wonderful
thanks
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
kaylee
brown,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
whittier
alliance,
neighborhood
organization,
we're
located
at
10,
east
25th,
street
and
ward
10..
G
I'm
also
speaking
today
to
share
support
for
the
project
and
just
wanted
to
very
briefly
highlight
some
of
the
engagement
that
the
county
has
done
in
the
neighborhood.
So
far,
staff
from
the
county
and
salvation
army
presented
and
took
in
community
questions
at
our
october
19th
housing
and
land
use
committee
meeting.
G
G
Great
thank
you.
55.7
said
they
would
like
to
see
their
properties
in
this
way.
40
said
they
would
not.
4.3
said
they
were
not
sure.
The
vast
majority
of
the
respondents
listed
a
home
address
within
three
to
four
blocks
of
the
site
and
all
the
neighbors
who
submitted
written
comments
for
today's
public
record
and
many
of
those
who
have
spoken
so
far
today
in
support
of
the
appeal
were
able
to
submit
responses
to
that
survey
indicating
they
had
sufficient
notice.
B
H
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
alex
stein
and
one
thing
that
people
are
overlooking
that's
so
important
about
this
property
and
the
cultural
importance
of
this
place.
This
shelter
actually
homed
george
floyd
for
a
little
bit,
and
I
know
george
really
well,
I'm
actually
an
adult
content
producer
and
I
use
george
in
a
few
of
my
films,
and
I
know
that
he
stated
this
place.
We
actually
filmed
a
few
adult
videos
at
this
place
and
I
can
see
what
the
neighbors
problem
is.
H
There
is
a
little
bit
of
fentanyl
use
near
there,
but
it's
really
it's
gotten
much
better.
Actually,
in
a
few
years
since
he
passed
away,
that
area
has
actually
been
cleaned
up,
but
at
one
point
yeah
there
was
a
high
use
of
fentanyl,
but
we
have
to
realize
that
this
is
a
cultural
monument.
I
mean
this
is
a
place
where
you
know
the
biggest
civil
rights
icon
of
our
generation
lid,
so
this
place
should
be
used
in
his
honor
as
a
shelter,
because
I
mean
guys
if
we
really
like
about
it.
H
H
Now
everybody
has
needles
like
I
could
just
imagine
him
doing
something
like
creating
some
sort
of
vaccine
clinic
on
2400
stevens
avenue,
and
he
could
vaccinate
all
the
other
homeless
people
because
that's
the
type
of
guy
he
was
like
he
would
give
his
needles
if
he
had
fentanyl
and
stuff
he
was
always
like
you
know
very
sharing.
He
was
always
very
caring,
he's
one
of
the
most
magnanimous
people
in
the
world.
H
So
when
we
look
at
the
representation
of
our
city,
we
have
to
use
the
cultural
icons
like
george
boyd,
and
we
had
to
realize
this
property
is
going
to
go
down
in
history
as
one
of
the
greatest
places
you
know
in
the
entire
world
and
a
lot
of
the
people
that
want
to
appeal
it.
Let's
just
be
honest,
they're
racist,
you
can
tell
on
the
line
that
they're
all
white
people-
and
you
know
I
haven't
heard
any
black
people
speak
against
it
because
you
know
they're,
just
a
bunch
of
racists
and
like
they're
anti-george
fully.
H
Z
Hi,
my
name
is
tammy
wong.
I
can't
hear
you.
Can
you
hear
me?
We
can
hear
you
oh
hi,
and
I
welcome
my
city,
new
council.
Lady.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I
am
tammy
wong.
I
live
and
own
a
business
in
meaning
in
rydia
alliance,
neighborhood
rainbow
chinese
restaurant,
I'm
the
chef
and
the
owner
there.
I
also
live
on
2628
garfield
avenue,
south
hi.
Z
Z
Okay,
and
so
my
my
elderly
parents,
lived
here
for
over
30
years,
we
delight
and
committed
to
live
in
the
neighborhood.
Z
To
beautify
serving
our
community
and
we
need
help
of
keeping
neighborhoods
safe
and
welcoming
not
intimidating
in
the
back
of
rainbow
chinese
restaurant
there's
a
simpson
homeless
shelter
we
can't
keep
up
with
cleaning
littering
people
are
pooping
in
a
parking
lot,
even
in
the
state
like
hand,
handling
sleeping
in
the
back
of
the
restaurant
and
and
on
nicolas,
and
each
street
is
known
for
many
for
decades.
Z
That
man
will
come
to
nicolas
and
pick
up
prostitutes.
You
know
drug
feeling
in
the
neighborhood
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
clean
up
and
keep
our
neighborhoods
safe.
I
am
all
for
helping
homeless
women
shelter,
I
don't
think,
is
a
safe
neighborhood
at
the
moment
for
those
women
in
a
vulnerable
life,
they
deserve
much
better
peaceful,
beautiful
place.
AA
Council
councilmember
goodman:
this
is
hallie.
Can
you
holly
norman?
Can
you
hear
me
we
can
ma'am.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
goodman
and
council
members.
My
name
is
holly
norman,
I'm
a
renter
at
302,
east
26th
street
in
whittier,
and
I
want
to
speak
in
support
of
the
cup
for
the
shelter
and
recognition
of
the
ongoing
housing
crisis.
That
minneapolis
is
facing.
AA
Shelters
are
not
a
perfect
solution,
but
do
continue
to
be
necessary,
given
the
lack
of
long-term,
supportive
and
affordable
housing
in
minneapolis,
as
the
city
of
minneapolis
continues
to
clear
encampments
in
our
communities,
it
offers
shelter
resources
that
do
not
exist.
There
are
not
adequate
beds
nor
adequate
resources
for
the
people
being
evicted
from
these
encampments
and
many
of
the
beds
offered
when
they
are
available.
AA
Do
not
give
people
what
they
need,
whether
that
is
privacy
in
a
pandemic
space
that
feels
safe
for
those
who
have
experienced
trauma
or
one
that
grants
the
resources
and
support
services
that
they
need.
Yes,
whittier
supports
a
disproportionate
number
of
shelter
beds,
but
as
a
neighborhood
with
some
of
the
easiest
access
to
resources
like
public
transit,
healthcare
and
basic
shopping,
we
also
are
one
of
the
best
equipped
to
do
that.
AA
AB
AB
Army
now
staff.
I'm
sorry
sorry,
I
heard
the
background
noise.
We
haven't
had
any
issues
with
clients
we
haven't
had
any
concerns
from
the
community.
Where
we've
been
placed,
it's
been
just
a
very
peaceful
calm.
Warm
experience
for
the
women
who've
been
involved
in
the
program.
AB
We
are
committed
to
keeping
the
area
clean
and
to
providing
services
to
these
folks
as
they
stabilize
so
that
they
can
then
move
into
their
next
level
of
housing.
We're
just
really
excited
about
the
potential
opportunity,
and
we
hope
that
we
have
that
chance
to
to
bring
the
women
into
this
really
welcoming.
B
Space,
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
testimony.
That
concludes
the
list
of
people
who
are
here
for
the
public
hearing.
So
I'm
going
to
close
the
public
hearing,
I
have
a
question
for
staff
and
I
don't
know
if
other
members
of
the
committee
also
have
questions
for
staff,
but
I
have
just
a
simple
question
for
mr
hannower:
is
an
emergency
shelter
allowed
in
this
zoning.
B
M
B
D
Just
a
couple
of
things
chair,
goodman
first,
I
I
just
want
to
disclose
that
on
friday
of
last
week
I
was
just
returning
constituent
phone
calls
and
on
my
list
of
calls,
was
charles
block,
who
spoke
here
today
regarding
this
appeal-
and
I
I
just
I
wasn't
aware
at
the
time
until
we
started
the
conversation
that
that
he
was
the
person
who
was
attached
to
this
appeal,
and
you
know
just
returning
a
constituent
call.
D
I
know
that
a
part
of
the
quasi-judicial
function
that
we
have
and
the
responsibility
that
we
have
here
is
is
to
come
to
these
hearings
and
and
throughout
the
the
full
scope
of
the
argument.
I
did
speak
with
one
of
our
city
attorneys.
D
Following
that
conversation
with
mr
block
and
clarified
that
I
had,
I
hadn't
violated
any
of
my
responsibilities
and
then
I
did
disclose
the
that
conversation
to
the
planner
who
has
been
working
on
this
project,
so
just
wanted
to
state
that
again
here
for
the
public
record
that
you
know
like
I.
I
know
that
it
matters
a
lot
that
we
listen
to
the
full
scope
of
the
arguments.
D
So
that's
one
piece
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
also
make
a
motion
to
deny
this
this
appeal
and
to
uphold
the
planning
commission's
approval
of
the
conditional
use
permit
at
2400
stevens
avenue.
B
C
B
We
have
two
today,
members
of
the
committee,
the
first
discussion
item
our
recommendations
from
our
amazing
staff
person,
carrie
goldberg
who's,
going
to
talk
about
a
year's
worth
of
work,
analyzing,
our
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
prop
program
and
project
and
then
make
recommendations,
and
after
we
act
on
that,
we
will
hear
from
amy
geisler,
also
incredible
staff
in
the
housing
division.
Talking
about
the
preliminary
reservation
of
our
2022
9
tax
credits,
so
I
will
first
call
on
ms
goldberg
to
give
her
report.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
your
patience.
AC
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
for
that
wonderful
introduction,
madam
chair,
and
welcome
members
of
the
committee.
It's
nice
to
be
in
front
of
you,
I'm
carrie
goldberg
and
I'm
with
the
cped
residential
finance
team
and
I'm
very
pleased
to
present
the
recommendations
for
the
2021,
affordable,
housing
trust
fund
round
next
slide.
AC
AC
Projects
qualify
for
thirty
thousand
dollars
per
affordable
unit
at
or
below,
50
percent,
ami
to
incent,
larger,
deeper
affordability.
The
program
allows
for
a
unit
to
qualify
for
40
000
per
affordable,
two-bedroom
plus
units
that
are
at
30
percent
ami
are
below
and
we
also
have
an
award
amount
for
single
room
occupancy
beds
and
the
program
allows
for
15
000
per
sro
bed
at
or
below
30
ami
next
slide.
Please.
AC
The
affordable
housing
trust
fund
budget
is
determined
during
the
annual
budget
review
process
and
consists
of
three
sources:
local
funds,
federal
community
development,
block
grant
funds
and
federal
home
investment
partnership
program
funds.
The
federal
dollars
which
is
cdbg
and
home
have
differing
policy
objectives
and
differing
restrictions
on
where
and
how
those
funds
can
be
used
in
housing
projects
and
the
city
must
adhere
to
those
requirements
next
slide,
please.
AC
The
trust
fund
program
is
an
annual
cyclical
process
that
begins
with
program
updates.
In
the
spring,
the
notice
of
funding
availability,
also
known
as
the
nofa
is
issued
early
summer.
Applications
are
due
late
summer
and
awards
are
made
typically
before
the
end
of
the
year,
due
to
a
full
agenda
at
the
end
of
2021.
AC
In
the
2021
round,
we
received
19
applications
with
a
total
funding
request
of
34.6
million
dollars.
The
program
has
established
selection
criteria
to
assist
in
reviewing
and
scoring
applications
staff
evaluated.
All
these
proposals,
based
on
the
adopted
underwriting
standards,
financial
feasibility,
geographic
location
project
readiness
likelihood
to
close
on
the
financing
within
the
program's
timeline
requirements,
compliance
with
design
guidelines,
support
service
plans,
ability
to
secure
necessary
funds
from
other
funders,
emerging,
emerging
developer
status
and
additional
criteria
described
in
the
nofa
and
that's
quite
a
mouthful.
AC
All
applications
are
then
scored
and
ranked
according
to
the
trust
fund
criteria,
and
it's
important
to
note
that
scoring
alone
is
not
the
only
thing
that
staff
is
looking
at
when
making
a
recommendation.
AC
There
are
sometimes
instances
when
a
lower
ranking
applicant
application
may
be
recommended
for
funding
over
a
higher
ranking
application
based
on
the
project's
readiness,
a
prior
award
or
other
criteria.
That's
stated
in
the
nofa
next
slide.
Please,
the
2021,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
budget
totals
17
million
dollars
this
year,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we
received
34.6
million
in
requests.
AC
This
budget
is
2
million
more
than
the
actual
15
million
that
was
budgeted
in
the
annual
budget
process
due
to
some
prior
relinquished
funds
that
got
added
back
into
the
budget
staff
is
now
recommending
10
projects
totaling
just
over
15.7
million.
Any
unawarded
funds
do
remain
available
on
a
pipeline
basis
for
applications
that
qualify
and
for
additional
contingency
pool
resources.
AC
There's
a
packet
that's
attached
to
the
rca
that
contains
what
we
call
a
project:
data
worksheet
for
every
single
project
that
applied
in
2021,
and
you
all
have
access
to
that
next
slide.
Please
these
next,
several
slides
are
the
highlights
of
the
projects
that
are
being
recommended
today
and
they
are
fully
described
in
the
rca.
AC
This
first
project
being
recommended
is
for
calvary
apartments.
This
is
a
historic
preservation
and
adaptive
reuse
project,
creating
41,
new,
deeply,
affordable
housing
units
for
homelessness
and
families.
Next
slide,
please,
the
next
project
is
for
kyle
garden
square.
This
is
also
an
adaptive
reuse
project,
creating
55
new
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing,
with
deep
affordability
for
high
priority
homelessness.
AC
Next
slide,
please,
curry.
Commons
is
187
units
of
mixed
income,
housing
with
five
high
priority
homeless
units,
18
units
of
supportive
housing
for
families
and
13
units
serving
people
with
disabilities.
This
project
received
a
prior
partial
trust
fund
award,
and
this
award
is
now
the
remainder
of
what
they
qualified
for
their
project.
Next
slide.
Please
plymouth,
avenue
apartments
is
a
project
that
qualified
for
the
senior
housing
policy
and
consists
of
a
total
of
63
units
with
7
high
priority
homeless
units
and
14
supportive
housing
units.
AC
This
project
also
received
a
prior
partial
award
and
is
now
today
receiving
the
remainder
of
what
they
qualified
for
30
30
nicolette
is
a
mixed-use
building
with
110,
affordable,
family
housing
units.
This
project
is
located
on
the
former
wells
fargo
site
and
is
part
of
the
recovery
effort
along
lake
street
house
for
on
lake
street
next
slide.
Please
northrop
king
residential
is
a
historic
preservation
and
adaptive
reuse
project
with
84
units
of
mixed
income,
housing
with
26
3-bedroom
units.
AC
This
project
also
received
a
prior
partial
trust
fund
award
and
is
now
receiving
today
the
remainder
of
their
qualified
project
award
snelling
yards
workforce
housing
is
the
second
phase
of
a
city
owned
site.
This
is
a
mixed
income
building
with
a
total
of
89
units,
including
family
units,
of
which
13
are
reserved
for
homeless
veterans.
AC
AC
Lastly,
this
is
the
st
stevens
housing
project,
and
this
is
a
100,
affordable,
low
barrier,
housing
project
with
a
total
of
48
units
for
persons
experiencing
long-term
homelessness
with
mental
illness
and
co-occurring
addictions.
This
project
also
has
an
associated
shelter
component,
which
is
being
financed
separately.
This
project
received
a
2020
trust
fund
award,
but
did
relinquish
that
award
due
to
the
project
moving
to
a
new
location
unless
this
project
is
being
re-awarded
next
slide.
AC
B
You
kerry:
this
is
a
really
terrific
report
and
we'll
see
if
anyone
has
any
questions
or
comments
about
the
report,
the
number
of
units,
the
projects
etc.
I'll
note
that
staff
has
agreed
to
brief
anyone
on
the
committee
or
the
council
about
the
work
that
goes
into
this
kind
of
program.
If
you're
interested
seeing
that
there
is
no
one
in
line
to
speak,
I'm
going
to
move
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
back
talk
about.
B
Well
we're
doing
all
these
great
projects,
but
here
are
all
the
terrible
things
that
are
happening.
Let's
just
have
one
day
where
we
say
this
is
incredible:
work
the
council
put
together
the
program,
the
mayor
and
council
funded
the
program
and
the
staff
in
the
housing
division
led
by
kerry
and
alfred
and
others
have
done
a
massive
amount
of
work
to
analyze,
20
plus
million
35
million
dollars
worth
of
requests
to
make
choices
that
fund
project
based
voucher
programs,
as
well
as
units
available
to
people
leaving
homelessness.
B
J
I
vote
I,
and
I
too
want
to
thank
you,
kerry
and
all
your
staff.
This
is
a
great
vote
to
take.
Thank
you.
C
B
W
Thank
you,
chair,
goodman
and
council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
kind
words
I'm
amy
geisler,
I'm
the
manager
of
the
residential
finance
team
and
here
in
cped,
and
I'm
here
today
to
present
this
year's
recommendations
for
allocation
of
nine
percent
housing.
Tax
credits
within
the
city
of
minneapolis
next
slide.
Please
so
a
little
bit
about
the
tax
credit
program.
It
is
a
federal
program
that
is
administered
by
the
irs.
W
It
provides
a
reduction
in
federal
tax
liability
to
investors
in
qualified
low-income
rental
housing
and,
unlike
the
trust
fund
that
kerry
just
talked
about
the
city,
does
not
directly
award
funds
to
projects
with
the
tax
credit
program.
Instead,
we
allocate
tax
credits
which
developers
can
then
use
to
seek
investors
for
their
projects.
W
Minnesota
housing
is
the
primary
tax
allocator
for
the
state
of
minnesota,
and
we
work
closely
with
them
to
administer
our
program.
Minneapolis
is
a
credit
sub-allocator
through
our
role
in
the
minneapolis,
st
paul
housing,
finance
board
and
nine
percent
tax
credits
are
approved
by
the
city
council
on
an
annual
basis.
That
coincides
with
our
trust
fund
approvals.
W
W
According
to
our
qualified
allocation
plan
or
qap,
the
nine
percent
scoring
in
our
qap
prioritizes
supportive
housing
projects
that
provide
the
deepest
affordability
for
the
longest
period
of
time
and
the
qap
for
this
funding
run
was
approved
in
last
may
of
2021.,
and
then
finally,
projects
must
be
able
to
meet
financial
feasibility
and
timeline
requirements
that
are
established
by
the
irs
for
the
tax
credit
program.
W
Next
slide,
please,
for
year,
2022
the
city
has
about
1.45
million
and
nine
percent
tax
credits
available
for
allocation.
We
received
six
applications
requesting
just
over
nine
million
in
credits.
The
applications
were
reviewed
and
scored
according
to
our
approved
qap
and
scoring
results
are
included
as
an
attachment
to
your
to
the
rca
and
next
slide.
Please,
and
this
year
our
top
scoring
nine
percent
tax
credit
application
is
calgary
apartments
which,
as
you
know
from
kerry's
report,
was
also
our
top
scoring
trust
fund
proposal.
W
It
also
includes
a
large
number
of
three
and
four
bedroom
units,
which
is
a
high
priority
for
city
housing
programs
to
finance,
with
the
trust
fund
award
that
was
just
considered
by
the
committee.
This
allocation
will
provide
a
large
majority
of
the
projects
needed
financing,
putting
it
on
a
path
to
close
and
start
construction.
W
So
you'll
see
on
the
slide
that
this
project
we
are
recommending
to
receive
just
over
1.1
million
in
tax
credits.
This
leaves
about
330
000
in
remaining
credits
for
this
round,
which
staff
is
recommending
that
we
return
to
minnesota
housing
for
use
in
the
state's
nine
percent
credit
pool
and
given
the
remaining
balance,
the
remaining
projects
that
we
received
are
lower
scoring
and
have
large
tax
credit
requests.
W
Awarding
this
small
balance
will
not
enable
another
project
to
proceed,
feasibly
to
full
funding,
and
we
just
would
note
that
minnesota
housing
themselves
as
a
tax
credit
allocator,
also
declines
to
award
small
credit
amounts
in
situations
like
this
and
then
finally
cher
goodman.
I
just
like
to
echo
your
comments
a
little
bit
about
all
the
work
that
goes
into
both
of
these
programs,
both
the
tax
credit
and
the
trust
fund
program.
W
B
Seeing
none
I'm
going
to
move
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation
and
again
thank
everybody
for
their
hard
work.
It
it
takes
over
a
year
to
get
to
this
point,
we
decided
to
leave
this
for
the
new
council
to
approve
I'm
very
happy.
We
did
because
it
gave
a
little
snapshot
into
all
of
the
work
that
happens
throughout
the
year
council
member
ellison.
AD
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
on
both
presentations
and
just
and
thanks
that
for
all
their
work
it
it
does
take
a
lot
of
work,
and
I
know
that
there's
a
huge
need
for
us
and
there's
a
huge
demand
for
the
city
to
meet
the
need
of
affordable
housing
and
and
in
and
whenever
there's
a
huge
need.
AD
There's
always
a
lot
of
people
who
are
going
to
be
frustrated
and
who
are
going
to
push
us
to
do
better
to
do
more,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
staff
time
and
again
has
has
has
met
that
call
with
without
frustration
and
has
continued
to
to
to
do
more
to
get
creative.
And
I
just
really
appreciate
that.
I
see
some
some
projects
who
are
funded
in
my
ward,
who
have
been
incredibly
noisy
and
and
insistent,
and
I
think
that
they
come
from
a
good
place.
AD
And
so
I'm
appreciating
staff
for
for
saying,
hey,
look.
Any
project
with
merit
is
going
to
be
awarded
and
I
think
that's
what's
in
front
of
us
here
today.
So
thank
you
all.
Thank
you
for
the
tremendous
amount
of
work
that
you
do
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
tremendous
drop
on
both
presentations.
So
thank
you.
B
Eyes,
thank
you
very
much
to
lisa
brock,
our
clerk.
I
do
want
to
just
thank
all
of
the
members
of
the
committee,
including
our
newest
colleagues.
I
really
love
that
you
guys
have
your
cameras
on.
I
very
much
miss
these
in-person
meetings,
it's
very
hard
for
me
to
tell
if
who's
engaged.
If
I
can't
see
everyone-
and
so
I
appreciate
that-
and
I
appreciate
the
clerk
allowing
that
to
happen-
I
I
wish
we
had
been
11
minutes
sooner.
B
I
tried
to
keep
our
meetings
to
90
minutes,
but
it
felt
like
there
were
many
things
that
needed
to
be
said.
I
I
think
everyone's
done
a
great
job.
I
appreciate
your
engagement
and
it's
given
that
we
have
no
further
business
before
us
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone.