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A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
business
housing
inspections
and
zoning
committee.
For
today,
May
16th
I
have
been
joined
by
all
members
of
the
committee
that
includes
council
member
chagtai,
Ellison
Osman,
rainville
and
Chavez,
which
are
all
members
I
am
going
to
start
our
meeting
today
by
the
consent
agenda
item
five
is
the
liquor
license
approvals
and
six
of
the
renewals
item?
Seven
is
a
legislative
directive
and
item.
Eight
is
a
grant
agreement
for
sprinkler
installation
at
a
number
of
public
housing.
A
A
Sorry
item
number
13
is
a
bond
issuance
at
620,
Olson
Memorial
Highway
item
number
14
is
setting
a
public
hearing
for
changes
to
our
mold
ordinance
item
15
is
setting
a
public
hearing
with
regard
to
administrative
enforcement
and
the
hearing
the
administrative
hearing
process
other
than
item
number
nine.
Are
there
any
items
anyone
would
like
to
pull
from
the
consent
agenda,
seeing
none
I'll
move
the
consent
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
Those
items
are
approved.
We'll
now
start
with
our
public
hearing
agenda.
A
B
Licensed
inspector
Keisha
Campagna
was
licensed
and
consumer
services
I'm
presenting
an
application
for
snack
bar
LLC
doing
business
as
snack
bar
located
at
800
Washington
Avenue
North,
Suite
101.
The
applicant
is
requesting
a
permanent
expansion
in
The
Sidewalk
Cafe
license,
if
approved,
they
will
add
24
outdoor
seats
with
no
music
or
outdoor
speakers.
B
I
was
of
operations
are
Tuesday
through
Thursday
5
to
10
pm
Friday
and
Saturday
4
30
to
11
pm
on
April
21st
81
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
Property
Owners
within
350
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
the
north
loop
neighborhood
association,
the
warehouse
District
Business,
Association
and
council
member
rainville.
We
have
not
received
any
comments
from
the
community.
A
review
of
3-1-1
calls
and
police
calls
found
no
significant
issues
related
to
this
business.
B
A
B
A
C
My
name
is
Isaac
Becker
I'm,
one
of
the
owners
and
operators
of
snack
bar
and
I'm
just
here
to
be
the
face
of
our
company
and
say
that
we're
excited
to
open
this
patio
space
and
I
think
it'll
be
a
prettier
addition
to
that
little
stretch
of
Washington
and
with
planting
and
everything
we
plan
on
doing
I,
I
think
it'll
be
a
good
good
addition.
Thank.
D
And
Mr
Becker
I
want
to
thank
you
for
coming
down
today.
Thank
you
for
investing
and
look
forward
to
with
you
working
with
you.
You
know,
as
you
can
see,
the
new
pedestrian
crosswalks
outside
your
so
I've
been
working
with
the
North
Loop
neighborhood
group
on
that,
and
we
hope
to
slow
down
the
traffic
at
that
corner
and
beautify
it
and
we'll
have
to
include
you
in
the
discussion.
D
A
Any
opposed
that
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
for
taking
time
to
come
down.
Mr
Becker,
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
two,
which
is
the
state
of
Minnesota's
financial
assistance
for
the
modular
Innovation
Solutions
project
at
415,
royalston
Avenue
in
the
Fifth
Ward
I'll
ask
Miss
Moses
to
give
her
a
report.
Please.
E
E
E
They
plan
to
convert
an
existing
200
000
square
foot
Warehouse
into
a
manufacturing
plant.
The
projected
cost
of
the
building
improvements
and
equipment
is
approximately
19
million
dollars.
The
company
aims
to
hire
individuals
primarily
between
the
ages
of
18
and
24,
who
are
under
unemployed
or
underemployed,
as
well
as
dislocated
workers
who
need
retraining.
E
They
expect
to
hire
133
new
full-time
employees
over
the
first
two
years.
The
average
wage
is
expected
to
be
thirty
one
dollars
an
hour
plus
benefits
and,
if
approved
by
the
state,
the
mif
loan
would
be
partially
forgivable
if
the
company
meets
the
hiring
goals
that
are
set
by
the
state
over
the
first
two
year
period.
E
The
loan
is
a
business
subsidy
and
is
pursuant
to
state
law,
will
require
a
business
subsidy
agreement
requiring
certain
wage
and
job
goals.
The
company
also
is
seeking
assistance
from
the
state
through
their
job
creation
fund
program.
The
jcf
assistance
would
be
awarded
directly
to
the
company
from
the
state
contingent
upon
meeting
job
goals
and
capital
Investments.
A
Great
any
other
questions,
any
questions.
So
much
for
your
pen
item
number
towarding,
the
state
of
Minnesota's
financial
assistance
to
George
modular,
innovative
solutions.
I
see
we
have
three
people
signed
up
to
speak.
You
know
who
you
are,
but
we'll
start
with
Mr
McConnell
welcome,
followed
by
Mr
English
and
Mr
Solomon.
G
H
H
H
H
Somebody
to
tell
you
that
today,
for
me
this
is
a
dream.
I
started
this
dream
it's
almost
seven
years
ago
and
I
didn't
even
know
what
margin
housing
meant
and
I
called
the
guy
I
read
a
research
report,
I
called
a
guy
in
New
York
and
asked
him.
Would
he
be
interested-
and
he
said,
I
got
enough
business
on
the
east
coast
to
keep
me
for
the
next
50
years.
Where
is
Minnesota
so.
H
Way,
but
it's
thanks
to
the
Carlson
School
of
Management.
We
got
it
passed,
but
this
work
is
not
done
by
Bill
English
alone.
One
of
my
executive
committee
members
here
is
Jill.
Steven
zeitman,
raise
your
hand
Jill
she's
here,
former
principal
at
one
of
the
large
consulting
firms.
I
can't
remember
the
name
at
88.
You
sometimes
forget
names,
but
one
at
large.
She
was
a
former
principal
there,
but
she's
been
with
the
njct
since
its
conception,
and
she
has
stuck
with
us
when
she
could
have
left
early
as
so
many
other
people
did.
H
But
we
have
over
40
members
who
made
this
happen,
then
JCT
is
more
than
Bill
English
I'm,
just
the
face
of
it,
but
this
project
that
that
Devin
George
has
invested
in
a
young
man
who
grew
up
in
North
Minneapolis,
a
young
man
whose
mother
worked
at
the
first
planet
controlled
data
that
I
brought
to
North
Minneapolis
more
than
30
years
ago,
Senator
Champions
mother
worked.
There
is
about
his
mother,
worked
there's
so
many
others
are
architect.
H
Mother
worked
at
that
plan
and
they
created
a
middle-class
neighborhood
of
African-American
people
over
200
jobs
for
more
than
20
years,
and
so
we
can.
We
have
a
chance
now
to
reinvest
in
the
new
North
Minneapolis
thanks
to
councilmember,
Ellison
and
Vito.
This
is
going
on
this
is
this:
has
their
support
and
I
want
to
tell
you
we're
going
to
be
hiring
people
from
there,
but
it's
going
to
be
more
than
just
people
from
there.
It's
going
to
be
people
from
all
over
the
city
who
need
jobs.
H
H
All
of
you
say
this
I'm
preach,
I'm,
appreciated,
I,
believe
this
is
divine
intervention.
I,
don't
care
where
you
are
spiritually,
I
know
where
I
am
and
you
don't
you
don't.
The
city
didn't
even
know
about
this
building.
Nobody
in
the
city,
I,
remember
Tabitha
Fisher
from
the
city
said
Bill.
How
did
you
find
the
building
thanks
to
Jamil
Ford?
H
So
I
want
to
thank
the
Selman
family
for
that,
and
so
finally
I
would
say
this
and
it
would
be
no
njct
without
Reverend
Jerry
McAfee.
When
Mark
Dayton
came
to
North
Minneapolis
to
seek
votes
when
he
was
running
for
governor,
he
asked
Jerry
at
our
church.
What
can
I
do
if
I'm
elected
Jersey
hold
a
job
Summit
in
North
Minneapolis?
H
B
H
H
A
A
I
As
you
should,
I've
only
got
a
few
things
to
say
first
I'd
like
to
thank
Mr
English
for
his
leadership
and
all
this
and
remind
everyone
that
he
didn't
just
bring
that
semiconductor
plant
to
Minneapolis.
He
brought
those
plants
to
dozens
of
cities
across
the
country
and
Mr
Lockwood
who's
sitting
on
the
other
side
of
Devon
George
has
brought
these
modular
plants
to
many
cities,
so
we've
got
a
great
team
here.
I
The
only
thing
I
know
is
what
I've
learned
from
being
on
that
site
day
in
and
day
out,
since
my
dad
and
I
first
renovated
it
in
2005..
The
best
thing
for
that
neighborhood
is
having
as
many
people
as
possible,
employed
proud
of
their
employment,
making
good
money,
because
that
makes
it
safer.
It
makes
it
more
vibrant.
It
makes
it
a
place
that
you
want
to
be.
I
We
were
empty
for
the
first
couple
of
years,
then
we
moved
Target
in
and
then
Target
expanded,
then
Target
expanded
again
and
eventually,
when
they
had
350
400
people
work
in
there.
It
was
a
great
neighborhood
to
be
in
every
day
Monday
through
Friday,
not
just
when
the
farmers
market
was
open.
On
the
weekends
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
even
better
and
I'm,
really
looking
forward
to
all
the
people
that
we
can
make
a
part
of
this.
Thank.
A
F
You,
madam
chair,
I'll,
keep
my
statements
brief,
but
I
do
want
to
just
commend
Bill
English
on
not
only
your
leadership
on
this
project,
but
the
amount
of
credit
that
you
gave
to
every
single
person.
Who
is
a
part
of
this?
So
often
people
come
up
and
you
know
don't
always
give
that
that
breadth
of
credit,
including
thanking
City
staff,
who
you
know,
work
incredibly
hard.
Obviously
these
things
are
Community
Driven
right.
F
These
projects
do
not
happen
without
Community,
they
do
not
happen
without
your
Innovation
and
they
do
not
happen
without
the
project
team,
but
knowing
that
the
city
has
a
PHD
in
being
user
friendly,
as
you
put
it
and
that
they're
improving
that
system
and
they're
improving
that
every
single
day.
It's
it's
it's
it's.
F
We
know
it's
good
for
our
staff
to
hear
it's
one
thing
when
it
comes
from
us,
but
when
it
comes
from
a
project
team
that
they've
helped
put
put
some
real,
you
know
stake
in
the
ground
that
that
that
that
that
goes
so
much
further.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
There's
like
a
who's
who,
in
the
room
of
like
innovators
and
business
folks
and
labor,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
guys,
all
for
being
here.
F
It's
incredible
to
see
you
support
in
this
project.
I'm
really
excited
to
see
Northside
residents
employed
here,
making
housing,
affordable
housing
is
huge.
We're
doing
two
things
at
once
here.
So
thank
you
and
with
that
Madam
chair
I,
will
move
approval
of
this
item.
D
On
thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
Just
Want
to
Thank,
You,
Mr,
English,
I,
see
Mr
McConnell
here
Reverend
and
Mr
George.
Thank
you
for
investing
in
the
north
side
and
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
and
Mr
English.
Our
sole
correct
jobs
are
very,
very
important.
You
cannot
underestimate
the
dignity
that
comes
with
the
wall,
paying
job
and
Mr
George
is
going
to
provide
that.
D
So
thank
you
all
for
coming
down
today
to
show
your
support
and
thanks
for
the
the
great
Union
backing
and
to
help
get
this
project
off
the
road
foreign.
A
He
knows
what
he's
doing
and
he
is
very
supportive
of
projects
in
his
Ward
and
I'm,
really
proud
of
seeing
council
members
be
more
active
on
economic
development,
seeing
no
further
comments
or
questions
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today.
A
J
Chair
good
meeting
committee
members,
Andrew
Franz,
cped
planning
the
moratorium-
that's
in
front
of
you
today
is
to
address
some
changes
that
are
happening
in
the
zoning
code
with
the
land
use
rezoning
study
as
we'll
discuss
later
this
afternoon.
There
are
a
number
of
uses,
primarily
High,
polluting
uses
that
are
permitted
under
the
current
code
that
are
proposed
to
be
banned
under
the
land
use
rezoning
study
at
council
member
Ellison's
request.
J
A
You
for
being
here
today,
Mr
friends,
are
there
any
questions
with
regard
to
item
number
three,
seeing
none
I'm
going
to
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
three,
which
is
the
passes
of
passage
of
an
ordinance
with
regard
to
moratorium
on
certain
high-packed
industrial
uses?
I
have
two
people
who
are
here
to
speak:
Mr
Mulholland,
correct,
yes,.
K
Mr
Holland
Evan
Mulholland,
here
attorney
with
Minnesota
Center
for
environmental
advocacy
I
understand
that
this
has
already
been
adopted
essentially
by
announcements.
I'll
be
very
brief,
but
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
in
the
Coalition
were
a
part
of
with
community
members
for
environmental
justice
are
very
much
in
support
of
this
interim
ordinance.
We
thank
City
attorney
and
staff
and
Council
for
putting
this
together,
and
we
should
make
this
permanent.
We
should
make
no
expansion
of
legal
non-conforming
uses
allowed
in
the
city.
Thank.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
council
members.
All
I
see
as
I
was
here.
I
couldn't
help
myself,
but
talk
on
this
issue
as
well.
Obviously
we
I've
oftentimes
they're
here
advocating
for
jobs
and
obviously
nobody
wants
to
live
in
a
city,
that's
polluted,
but
hopefully
we'll
end
up
with
a
policy
that
allows
people
to
look
at
each
project
Case
by
case
for
the
totality
of
the
project
and
the
impacts
as
well.
So
the
comment.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
really
excited
to
be
moving
this
forward.
I
want
to
thank
staff,
for
you
know,
as
a
council
member
we're
not.
F
Experts
on
on
on
WE
rely
on
a
subject
matter,
experts
to
really
help
us
bridge
that
gap
between
what
we
know
and
what
we
don't
know
sort
of
the
your
instincts
as
a
community
servant
with
all
this
technical
stuff
that
that
can
be
hard
to
parse
through
I
feel,
like
I've,
gotten
a
real
huge
education
on
this
stuff
and
I'm
happy
to
be
moving
this
forward.
F
I
want
to
thank
Mr
Mulholland
for
all
of
his
advocacy
and
I
know,
he's
part
of
a
broader
Coalition.
That's
been
advocating
on
this
stuff
as
well,
and
so
happy
to
move
approval
of
this
item
and
and
just
want
to
thank
all
of
the
community
members
and
our
city
staff,
who
have
helped
me
understand
this
issue.
A
lot
better.
A
Councilmember
Ellison's
motion
to
approve
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
and
he
opposed
that
item
is
approved.
We'll
now
move
to
our
quasi-judicial
public
hearings.
We
have
one
quasa
judicial
today.
That
is
a
variance
appeal
by
Mark
Michael
Margolies
on
behalf
of
Armory
Holdings
and
I,
would
invite
Alyssa
Brandt
to
come
up
and
give
her
a
report.
Ms
Brant
welcome
good.
L
Afternoon,
chair
Goodman
members
of
the
committee
as
noted
this
is
an
appeal
of
the
decision
of
the
zoning
Board
of
adjustments
related
to
a
variance
application
to
reduce
the
required
glazing
in
the
pedestrian-oriented
overlay
district
and
the
required
40
percent
to
30.8
percent.
This
variance
is
being
requested
in
order
to
legalize
windows
that
have
been
removed
without
a
permit.
L
You
say
in
question:
is
2910
Hennepin
Avenue
part
of
the
Uptown
Theater
Redevelopment
project,
it's
located
on
the
southwest
corner
of
Hennepin,
Avenue
and
Lagoon
with
a
future
land
use
designation
of
destination.
Mixed
use.
Hennepin
on
Lagoon
are
goods
and
services
corridors
as
well
as
Lake
Street,
which
is
one
block
to
the
South.
The
windows
as
noted
fall
below
the
required
40
in
the
pedestrian-oriented
overlay
District.
The
requirement
is
proposed
to
remain
in
effect.
Should
the
city
council
keep
into
that
portion
of
the
land.
Use.
L
Rezoning
study
hopefully
heard
a
little
bit
later
on
this
afternoon,
so
this
is
intended
to
be
a
requirement
that
remains
in
the
code.
Overall
glazing
variances
are
not
permitted,
except
when
they
are
part
of
overlay
standards
such
as
the
application
before
you,
the
current
facade
does
meet
the
30
required
for
all
facades,
not
in
the
PO,
but
it
does
not
meet
the
pedestrian-oriented
overlay
standard.
L
L
The
removed
windows
were
proposed
to
be
retained
and,
in
some
cases,
even
expanded
in
the
initial
approval
for
the
renovation
of
the
space,
they
are
separated
from
the
viewing
area
as
well
by
walls
and
stairways,
and
so
do
not
affect
visibility
inside
the
space.
If
I
could
get
the
document
camera
to
show
on
the
screens,
please.
L
We
can
see
here,
zoomed
in
highlighted
in
yellow,
are
the
windows
that
were
removed
and
the
Highlight
in
blue
are
walls
which
separate
the
proposed
glazing
from
the
balance
of
the
space
staff
on
the
board
of
adjustment
found
that
the
application
is
not
in
keeping
with
the
spirit
and
intent
of
the
ordinance
or
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
The
intent
is
not
only
to
provide
views
in
and
out
of
buildings,
but
also
to
improve
The
Pedestrian
experience
by
limiting
blank
walls
and
creating
more
architectural
interest.
L
Comprehensive
plan
specifically
calls
out
renovation
of
existing
developments
as
being
required
to
conform
to
this
standard
staff
on
the
board
of
adjustment
found
that
this
does
not
meet
the
essential
character
of
the
area.
As
you
all
know,
uptown
is
a
substantial
commercial
hub
for
retail,
dining
and
entertainment.
The
existing
building
stock
in
the
area
has
considerable
ground
floor
glazing
staff
on
the
board
of
adjustment
found
that
this
proposal
is
not
detrimental
to
health
safety
or
welfare
staff
recommends
that
the
committee
deny
the
appeal
upholding
the
decision
of
the
board
of
adjustment.
A
M
M
Let's
see
of
the
part
of
the
legaros
building,
which
is
adjacent
to
the
Uptown
Theater,
and
these
two
buildings
are
being
combined
for
the
purpose
of
creating
an
entertainment
venue
and
hopefully,
in
purpose
of
revitalizing,
the
the
Uptown
neighborhood
I'm,
going
to
take
about
seven
minutes
to
tell
you
why
I
think
this
variance
should
be
approved.
M
The
reason
we're
here
before
you
today
is
because
we
have
a
conflict
between
two
two
policies.
Both
are
good,
but
I
think
we
have
to
figure
out
which
one
is
going
to
be
the
overarching
one.
So
the
first
policy
in
place,
as
you
know,
is
the
fact
that
in
a
pedestrian
overlay,
District
40
of
the
first
floor
area
has
to
be
Windows
has
to
be
glazed,
and
this
building
in
the
underlying
zoning
only
has
to
have
30
percent,
and
this
would
qualify.
M
The
40
ordinance
is
to
ensure
that
the
building
presents
an
active
use
to
The
Pedestrian
experience.
Staff
report
relies
upon
the
comprehensive
plan
policy.
Six
that
says
we
should
have
pedestrian-oriented
design
calls
for
Windows
that
allow
clear
views
in
and
out
of
building.
This
is
the
so-called
eyes
on
the
street
policy
and
in
this
instance,
the
first
floor
of
the
lagaros
building
achieves
the
30
percent,
doesn't
quite
make
the
40
percent.
M
But
if
you
look
at
the
two
buildings
together
and
they
are
combined
in
terms
of
use
and
appearance
and
function,
and
so
the
whole
purpose
of
going
forward,
the
combined
glazed
area
far
exceeds
the
40
threshold.
So
in
essence,
we
achieved
the
we
achieved.
The
the
results
of
policy.
Six
is
trying
to
get
us
we're
asking
for
a
variance,
because
the
nature
of
the
buildings
would
result
a
hardship
would
result
if
the
ordinance
were
applied
here.
M
M
Moreover,
even
if
we
achieve
technical
compliance
with
this
requirement
by
putting
in
more
windows,
the
policy
still
wouldn't
be
achieved,
because,
in
order
to
Abate
the
window,
light
we'd
have
to
put
up
black
curtains.
We'd
have
to
put
up
some
opaque
measures
so
that
you
couldn't
have
the
eyes
of
the
street
going
in.
M
In
addition,
the
other
area
where
the
city
would
like
us
to
put
Windows
is,
quite
frankly
where
a
staircase
goes
from
the
first
to
the
second
floor.
So
if
we
had
a
window
opening
up
on
that
area,
all
the
hours
of
the
street
could
see
is
the
staircase
going
up.
M
So
technically
we
could
comply
with
the
policy,
but
we
wouldn't
provide
the
real
result.
The
policy
seeks.
So
we
have
a
conflict
of
policy
goals
and
I
told
you
what
the
first
one
is
and
the
second
one
is
policy.
Eight
out
of
the
comprehensive
plan
guide
and
I
think
that's
a
little
bit
more
important.
In
this
case.
It
asks
us
to
repurpose
existing
buildings.
It
asks
us
to
reuse
them.
It
asks
us
to
redevelop
existing
buildings
and
not
tear
them
down,
so
that
we
can
Revitalize
neighborhoods,
and
so
we
can
make
neighborhoods
safer.
M
The
Uptown
neighborhood
is
struggling
at
the
moment.
The
default
by
the
movie
theater
operator
really
impacted
this
neighborhood
and
the
neighborhood
isn't
anywhere
as
vibrant
as
we
want
it
to
be,
nor
where
it
can
be,
and
it's
simply
not
as
safe.
The
owner
of
the
theater
has
come
up
with
a
plan
that
I
think
repurposes
the
building
properly.
M
But
when
you
take
the
repurposing
of
this
old
building
and
one
that's
historic
in
the
first
specific
use
like
this,
sometimes
accommodations
have
to
be
made.
You
have
you
have
to
work
with
the
building
that
you
have
so
very
quickly.
The
three
requirements
for
a
variance
does
it
create
a
hardship?
Yes
and
it's
a
hardship,
that's
not
been
created
by
by
the
owner,
and
the
the
hardship
is
simply
that
we
can't
use
the
building
as
intended.
M
Second,
the
variance
needs
to
be
consistent
with
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
city
policies.
Here
we
have
the
two
conflicting
policies.
In
fact,
the
building
satisfies
the
eyes
on
the
street
objective.
Singularly
and
in
combination
with
the
Uptown
Theater
building,
creating
Windows
looking
into
this
at
us
at
a
closed
staircase
or
into
a
dark
performance
space
does
nothing
to
advance
the
policy
goal.
M
Similarly,
the
project
as
a
whole,
combined
with
the
Uptown
Theater,
creates
a
facade
that
satisfies
the
eyes
on
the
street,
creates
that
that
Synergy
and
energy
that
you
want
satisfying
the
overall
intent
of
policy
six
now
one
of
the
policies
that
was
noted
by
in
the
staff
report
is
to
create
safe
neighborhoods.
Installing
these
unneeded
windows
actually
has
increased
the
opportunities
for
vandalism
and
so
reducing
them
during
the
renovation
process.
The
applicant
installed
a
lot
of
Windows
and
we
found
that
sometimes
within
days
or
even
hours,
those
windows
were
destroyed.
M
Given
the
historic
nature
of
the
Uptown
Theater,
the
building
has
to
remain,
but
I
think
we
figured
out
a
way
to
properly
repurpose
and
in
turn,
help
Revitalize
the
neighborhood
creating
more
pedestrian
activity,
which
in
turn
makes
the
neighborhood
safer
and
continuing
that
positive
Loop.
So
the
primary
goal
and
conclusion
of
policy
6
and
8
isn't
to
create
Windows
it's
to
create
a
safer,
neighborhood
and
I
think
that
we
I
think
that
we
achieve
that
in
a
more
revitalized
neighborhood.
M
If
we
agree
that
this
is
a
unique
and
important
use,
then
we
should
also
acknowledge
some
minor
flexibility
as
needed
in
order
to
achieve
that
use.
The
final
requirement
is
that
nothing
that
we
do
is
injurious
to
the
neighborhood
and
I.
Don't
think
I,
don't
think,
there's
any
question
that
this
variance
poses
any
any
risk
of
the
neighborhood
in
Converse.
What
it
does
is
it
gives
this
neighborhood
a
chance
to
come
back
and
be
as
strong
as
it
once
was.
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
you
have.
A
A
That's
why
the
windows
are
covered
in
the
location
that
they
are
with
the
unfortunate
situation
with
the
stairway.
So
that
would
be
the
second
finding.
Is
it
the
historic
portion
of
the
theater
can't
be
modified
itself
and,
lastly,
staff
found
no
significant
issues
with
regard
to
potentially
granting
an
appeal,
so
I
would
move
to
Grant
the
appeal
and
direct
staff
to
consider
those
findings.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'm,
excited
to
to
support
this,
to
support
your
emotion
and
think
this
is
the
best
way
for
us
to
move
forward
in.
In
our
longer
term,
efforts
of
of
revitalizing
the
the
Uptown
community.
A
Thank
you
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye.
Any
opposed
that
item
has
been
approved.
Of
the
appeal
has
been
approved.
We'll
then
move
on
to
our
discussion
item,
which
is
discussion,
item
number,
16
and
I
understand.
Miss
Geisler
is
going
to
be
giving
the
report.
I
will
just
note.
Mr
Port
is
not
able
to
be
here
today
as
a
result
of
a
death
in
his
family,
and
we
wish
his
family
well
during
this
very
difficult
time.
Miss
Geisler
welcome.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
members
and
I'm
Amy
Geisler
I'm,
the
manager
of
the
residential
Finance
team,
and
we
are
here
today
and,
as
you
mentioned,
Alfred
would
normally
be
with
us
if
he
was
available
we're
here
today
to
share
an
update
to
our
way
home
report,
which
is
an
annual
report.
We
do
on
the
housing
team
to
share
outcomes
of
our
various
housing
programs
and
it's
the
primary
way
that
we
share
those
outcomes.
O
So
our
housing
program
tools
include
long-standing,
very
successful
programs
like
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
in
Minneapolis
homes,
as
well
as
new,
newer
programs
and
initiatives,
and
we'll
be
talking
about
those
a
little
bit
later.
So
again.
This
annual
report
is
a
format
that
we've
used
over
the
past
couple
years,
but
we
are
exploring
kind
of
maybe
different
kinds
of
formats
going
forward
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started.
O
So
our
first
slide
just
remind
everyone.
What
are
our
housing
values
that
drive
our
strategies,
priorities
and
our
programs,
and
they
are
listed
here
on
the
screen?
Advanced
racial
Equity
expand
opportunity,
prevent
displacement,
prioritize
resources
and
develop
sustainably.
These
housing
values
are
informed
by
the
various
policy
documents
that
inform
our
housing
programs
in
the
city,
including
the
2040,
comprehensive
plan,
the
Strategic
racial
Equity
action
plan,
the
city's
work
with
the
anti-displacement
policy
Network
and
other
policy
documents
that
guide
our
programs
and
these
housing
values
inform
our
strategies
which
are
listed
here
on
the
next
slide.
O
So
we
have
seven
key
housing
strategies
in
the
way
home
report
and
we're
going
to
walk
through
each
of
these,
and
just
give
you
a
couple
of
examples
of
each
one
kind
of
our
progress
in
each
of
these
areas,
so
the
first
strategy
increasing
housing,
Supply
diversity
and
affordability
in
all
neighborhoods
of
the
city.
This
is
a
strategy
that
is
really
driven
in
large
part
by
the
update,
the
2040,
comprehensive,
Plan,
update
and
and
other
new
built
form
regulations
and
the
land
use
rezoni
policies
which
are
later
on
the
agenda.
O
So
one
project
that
closed
in
2022.
That
is
a
great
example
of
implementation
of
this
strategy,
is
mpha's
family
Expansion
Project,
which
has
84
deeply
affordable,
large
family
units
in
a
scattered
site
development
throughout
the
city.
So
this
these
are
four
to
six
unit
apartment
buildings
that
were
constructed
on
either
vacant
Lots,
or
lots
that
had
Obsolete
and
dilapidated
single-family
or
duplex
properties
on
them.
O
O
One
other
examples
include
the
zoning
code
updates
in
2021
to
allow
more
shared
housing
and
single
room,
occupancy
or
SRO
type
housing,
and
then
also
the
adoption
of
the
inclusionary
zoning
ordinance
and
the
annual
report
on
our
inclusionary
zoning
program
will
be
coming
forward
at
the
next
Biz
meeting
so
strategy.
Two.
O
This
strategy
is
all
about
production
and
preservation
of
affordable
rental
housing
in
the
city
and
really
it's
it's
being
driven
by
our
largest
programs,
which
are
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
our
long-com
housing
tax,
credit
program
and
inclusionary
zoning
and
increased
City
investment
in
the
affordable
housing.
Trust
fund,
in
particular,
is
resulting
in
a
very
significant
increase
in
production,
which
I'll
just
walk.
You
briefly
through
this
chart
here
so
starting
on
the
left,
the
bar
you
see,
there
is
what
our
average
annual
unit
closings
an
affordable
rental
units
was
between
2011
and
2018..
O
O
So
that's
the
bar
on
the
left.
The
next
bar
over
the
one
with
349
on
top
is
our
met,
Council
goal.
So
all
cities
in
the
metro
area
that
participate
in
the
Met
council's
livable
communities
program
receive
an
allocation
of
affordable
housing
need
in
the
city,
and
so
the
goal
that
my
Council
has
assigned
us
is
349
units
again
with
those
affordability
breakouts
that
you
see
and
then
the
next
bar
over
is
our
average
annual
unit
closings
between
2019
and
2021..
O
You
can
see
in
that
three
year
period
we
were
doing
634
units
a
year.
You
know
quite
a
bit
more
over
our
earlier
production
and
over
the
my
Council
goal
and
then
that
last
bar
on
the
right
shows
the
units
that
we
closed
in
2022,
which
was
919
units
very
large
number.
The
most
we've
ever
done
on
our
team
helps
us
understand
what
we
all
felt
so
busy
in
2022
when
we
see
that
bar
chart
but
you'll
see
there.
O
So
we
did
a
lot
of
new
production
in
2022.
We
also
did
preservation
work
and
the
largest
of
those
was
financing
that
we
closed
on
to
install
critical,
Life
Safety
sprinkler
systems
in
952
public
housing
units
in
partnership
with
mpha,
some
of
our
deepest
affordability
that
we
have
in
the
city
and
then,
in
addition
to
just
general
production.
We
also
incentivize
homeless
units,
in
particular
through
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
in
2022.
O
O
So
moving
ahead
to
strategy
three,
this
next
one
is
all
about
preserving
unsubsidized,
naturally
occurring
affordable,
housing
or
NOAA.
This
is
another
area
of
our
housing
program.
Where
we've
seen
a
lot
of
success,
the
city
we
launched
our
NOAA
preservation
strategy
in
2018.
It
includes
a
mix
of
property,
tax
incentives
and
acquisition
financing
designed
to
prevent
displacement
of
low-income
tenants,
and
we
do
that
across
three
programs.
Our
no
preservation
fund,
which
provides
acquisition,
financing,
our
4D,
affordable
housing
incentive
fund
program
which
provides
those
property
tax
benefits,
and
then
our
small
media
multi-family
Loan
program.
O
So
in
2021
kind
of
towards
the
end,
you
may
recall,
we
approved
some
updates
to
the
NOAA
preservation
fund
program
guidelines
to
encourage
participation
by
new
and
emerging
developers
in
that
program,
and
that
has
been
very
successful.
In
2022,
we
closed
on
six
NOAA
Acquisitions
to
preserve
96
units.
All
six
of
those
projects
were
led
by
new
and
emerging
developers,
and
five
of
the
six
self-identify
as
bypoc
4D
program,
has
also
been
very
successful.
O
Since
2018
we've
preserved
over
2
000
units
knowing
units
and
over
500
500
buildings
across
the
city,
again
across
all
Wards
of
the
city.
So
that's
another
program
where
we've
seen
success
in
parts
of
the
city
where
we
haven't
seen
as
much
in
the
past
and
with
that
I
am
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Roxanne
to
share.
P
Thank
you
very
much
chair
Goodman
members
of
the
committee
I'm
Roxanne
young
Kimball,
I'm,
the
manager
of
residential
real
estate
development
services
and
I'm,
going
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
strategy.
Four
through
the
Minneapolis
homes
program.
The
city
provides
a
suite
of
products
that
aim
to
help
residents
access,
create
and
sustain,
affordable
home
ownership.
P
In
2020,
the
city
made
a
significant
shift
in
its
homeownership
investment
strategy
to
better
Center
black
indigenous
people
of
color
renters
and
our
program
design
and
meaningfully
impact
our
goal
of
serving
13
000
bypoc
renters
by
2040
to
eliminate
the
racial
disparities
in
home
ownership
present
in
2020..
Some
of
our
key
highlights
to
help
people
access
homeownership.
The
city
was
an
early
investor
in
build
wealth,
Minnesota's
9000
Equity
program,
our
500
000
contribution
was
leveraged
to
create
a
10
million
dollar.
P
First
mortgage
lending
pool
focused
on
black
renters
since
its
launch
in
2021,
9000
equities
has
served
487
home
buyers,
regionally
and
86
were
black
home
buyers
in
Minneapolis.
We've
continued
support
of
our
homebuyer
education
and
the
home
ownership
opportunity,
Minneapolis
down
payment
assistance
program
and
new
in
2021.
We
funded
stabilization
programs.
All
of
these
programs
provide
home
buyers
with
the
support
needed
to
purchase
a
home
anywhere
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
which
is
key
to
a
city-wide
homeownership
strategy
to
create
new
homeownership
units.
P
We
funded
over
90
units
a
year
through
our
Minneapolis
homes,
financing
program,
which
is
triple
our
pre-2020
production
rate.
Two-Thirds
of
the
units
created
are
perpetually
affordable
through
a
shared
Equity
homeownership
model
over
half
serve
households
below
60
percent
of
area.
Median
income
and
more
projects
are
multi-unit
than
single-family
homes.
Pictured
here
is
the
groundbreaking
of
Harrison
Townhomes,
a
17
Unit
perpetually,
affordable
housing
development
by
Twin,
Cities
Habitat
for
Humanity,
that's
serving
home
buyers
between
41
to
60
percent
of
area
median
income.
A
portion
of
our
staff
team
is
also
included
in
this
picture.
P
To
sustain
home
ownership,
we
launched
a
new
direct
payment
assistance
program
for
homeowners,
impacted
by
the
covid-19
pandemic
and
assisted
141
homeowners
with
keeping
their
homes.
We
also
launched
changes
to
our
home
improvement
programs
Midway
through
2022.
In
six
months.
We
processed
245
intakes
and
closed
on
19
loans
across
all
of
these
home
ownership
strategies.
Our
rate
of
service
is
over
75
percent.
To
Black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
households,
whose
income
range
is
typically
between
30
to
60
percent
of
area
median
income.
Q
No
Minneapolis
is
a
majority
renter
City,
with
approximately
53
percent
of
Minneapolis
households
renting
their
homes.
The
city
has
many
policies
and
programs
in
place
that
are
intended
to
support
renters.
The
report
we're
presenting
today
covers
initiatives
that
cped
takes
the
lead
on
it's
important
to
acknowledge
and
appreciate,
though,
the
vast
amount
of
critical
work
led
by
the
department
of
regulatory
Services,
the
Department
of
Health
Department
of
Civil
Rights
and
others
that
also
support
renters
in
Minneapolis
in
their
areas.
Q
Q
In
2021,
the
city
passed
a
right
to
council
ordinance,
establishing
City
support
to
ensure
that
low-income
renters
have
access
to
legal
representation
in
eviction
court
cases,
the
city
designated
Mid-Minnesota
legal
aid
as
the
service
provider
to
fulfill
this
commitment
from
the
city
in
2022.
Over
200
families
were
represented
in
eviction
cases
because
of
the
city's
partnership
with
Mid-Minnesota
legal
aid
and
the
volunteer
lawyers
Network
also
in
2022.
Over
200
families
received
legal
services
for
help
with
repair
or
health
and
safety
issues
in
their
rental
homes.
Q
Finally,
the
city
also
supports
the
tenant
research
Resource
Center,
which
is
a
collaborative
across
Hennepin
County,
to
provide
access
and
information
about
resources
to
renters
in
need.
There's
a
virtual
website
component
as
well
as
a
phone
component
over
6
000
visits.
There
have
been
over
6
000
visits
to
their
Virtual
Tenant
Resource
Center
in
the
last
year.
P
P
P
P
Cped
manages
city-owned
property,
that's
suitable
for
development,
including
managing
the
acquisition
disposition
and
Lease
of
property
working
in
close
collaboration
with
Planning
and
Zoning
to
encourage
denser
middle
missing
middle
development
of
city
property.
We
also
closely
collaborate
with
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
to
lease
cped
development
property,
as
Community
Gardens
2022
outcomes
are
highlighted
on
this
slide
and
pictured
is
the
2022
groundbreaking
for
628
East
Franklin,
the
longest
vacant
building
in
Minneapolis
that
is
being
rehabilitated
as
seven
perpetually
affordable
homeownership
units.
P
The
event
was
an
important
opportunity
to
highlight
our
partnership
with
HUD
and
was
attended
by
Hud
secretary
Marcia
fudge,
along
with
Federal
and
City
Representatives,
due
to
City
efforts
to
ease
the
purchase.
The
process
of
purchasing
city-owned
land
that
started
in
2018
over
half
of
the
developers
building
homes
on
city-owned
land
are
led
by
people
of
color.
A
third
are
led
by
women
and
a
quarter
are
led
by
Community,
meaning
that
low
and
moderate
income
residents
are
directly
building
or
leading
the
organization
that
are
building
homes.
P
A
Thank
you
so
much
Miss
Kimball
Miss
Dobson
Miss
Geisler
for
all
of
your
hard
work.
It's
quite
impressive
to
see
everything
in
one
spot.
I
also
appreciate
that
you
were
willing
to
take
the
time
to
come
to
committee
today
and
give
us
a
sense
of
it,
because
I
think
everyone
has
a
sense
of
what
we're
doing,
but
they
don't
see
the
entirety
of
all
of
the
work
of
people
in
your
department.
I'll
ask
if
there
are
any
comments
or
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
council
member
rainville,
followed
by
councilmember
Osman.
D
I
do
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
for
all
the
hard
work
and-
and
this
report
is
great
I-
look
forward
to
writing
my
newsletter
this
week,
because
I
will
highlight
all
this
information
provided
as
council
member
Goodman
said
to
have
it
all
in
one
place
is
truly
astounding
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
city
in
the
United
States
of
America
that
spends
more
money
in
their
time
on
helping
people
with
homes
here.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
helping.
R
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation
and
great
work.
I'm
happy
that
we're
moving
forward
and
628
was
mentioned.
It
was
a
vacant
and
sitting
there
for
a
long
time.
R
We
do
have
a
public
city-owned
partials
that
are
similar
to
628
and
I,
especially
in
ward
6
District.
This
628
I'm
glad
it
came
that
it's
finally
getting
built
it
will
be
owned,
but
why?
Why
did
it
take
that
long?
R
Also,
no,
how
do
we
prioritize
this
city-owned
empty
lots
and
is
it?
What
is
the
public
engagement?
What
is
the
Community
Partnership
or
Business
Partnership
or
developers
partnership?
You
know
engaging
in
those
things.
R
One
of
the
conversations
that
I
had
with
the
staff
and
and
the
seabed
leadership
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
pushback
when
I
come
when
it
comes
to
my
district,
and
one
of
the
things
I
hear
is
that
oh,
this
is
not
a
priority
to
us
and
it
is
kind
of
frustrating
for
me
to
you
know
I
understand
that
we
have
very
important
work
that
we're
doing.
But
how
do
we
prioritize?
Those
kind
of
work
I
represent
the
district
that
that's
not
getting
much
attention.
P
I'm
happy
to
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
councilmember
Osman,
chair,
Goodman,
628,
East
Franklin,
was
subject
to
multiple
City
rfps.
It
certainly
wasn't
through
lack
of
effort
that
that
property
was
a
vacant
building
for
as
long
as
it
was
the
city,
the
city
there's
actually
a
lovely
timeline
that
hope,
communities
and
city
of
Lakes
Community,
Land
Trust
have
put
together
that
walks
through
some
of
the
history
connected
to
that
parcel.
That
I
can
provide
to
you.
P
The
city
has
rfp'd
that
property
multiple
times.
We've
actually
purchased
it
multiple
times
because
of
developers
not
being
able
to
perform,
and
this
final
opportunity
was
made
possible
in
part
because
of
the
arpa
Investments
that
came
through
with
the
American
Rescue
plan
Act
for
prioritizing
Lots.
P
Generally
speaking,
generally
speaking,
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
marketing
our
property
is
a
larger
development
sites,
require
some
significant
staff
capacity
in
order
to
manage
the
RFP
process
and
work
in
partnership
with
our
Planning
and
Zoning
staff
to
end
with
community
in
order
to
put
in
RFP
together
in
the
case
of
our
Minneapolis
homes,
projects
that
are
less
dense
that
are
1
to
20
unit.
We
we've
done
that
work
comprehensively
in
partnership
with
the
Planning
and
Zoning
staff,
and
we
do
regularly
Market
the
1
to
20
unit
Parcels.
R
Yes
or
just
one
follow-up
question,
I
I
understand
the
staff
capacity
is
always
difficult
and
prioritizing
I
understand
it
that
way,
but
some
of
the
partials
that
are
conversation
with
the
leadership
is
that
we
have
partials
that
have
been
empty
for
19
years
example:
Daniel
Hall,
who
has
been
sitting
there,
collecting
dust,
that's
creating
problem
in
the
community
and
if
the
doctor
can
answer
this
is
that
two
years
ago,
I
talked
to
the
leadership
and
I
was
told
that
there's
not
a
staff
capacity
for
that
and
it's
been
collecting
dust
for
19
years
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
I
represent
this.
R
This
district
and
I'm
their
spokesperson
and
residents
are
feeling
like
is
Staff
prioritize.
You
know
outside
their
districts.
I,
don't
agree
with
that.
I
think
stuff
is
doing
a
phenomenal
job,
but
it's
kind
of
also
question
it's
questionable
when
you
have
a
location
that
has
burned
down
for
19
years
ago,
that's
still
sitting
there
and
when
you
talk
to
the
leadership,
says
that
we
don't
have
a
time
staff
time.
S
Miss
Brennan
sure
chair,
Goodman,
councilmember
Osman.
Well,
what
I
could
say
is
that
we
I
don't
have
the
number
off
the
top
of
my
head.
We
can
certainly
get
that
for
you
and
the
rest
of
the
committee
members,
but
yes,
cped
is
responsible
for
managing
hundreds
of
lots
throughout
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
Actually,
councilmember
Ellison
and
councilmember
Vita
probably
have
the
most
empty
vacant
Lots
in
their
wards,
more
so
than
we
have
in
Ward
6..
S
We
absolutely
would
love
to
be
working
on
all
of
those
hundreds
of
lots,
but
we
frankly
do
not
have
the
staff
capacity.
Nor
does
the
city
has
the
city
appropriated
the
financial
resources
necessary
to
fully
develop
all
of
these
Lots
right
now.
So
we
certainly
the
work
that
we
put
into
getting
the
628
Franklin
development.
S
For
example,
we
staff
could
have
proposed
that
kind
of
development
on
any
of
our
vacant
Lots
throughout
the
entire
city,
and
we
we
dedicated
probably
more
time
to
getting
that
vacant
parcel
getting
that
vacant
building.
I'm
sorry
back
into
production
with
key
Community
Partners
and
that's
another
key
element
here,
is
that
when
there
are
really
strong,
Community
Partners
like
there
were
in
the
case
of
628
Franklin
with
Hope
Community
and
the
land
trust
it
makes
it
a
lot
easier.
S
But
as
as
Ms
young
Kimball
said
earlier,
without
the
huge
influx
of
federal
funds
that
we
got
through
the
American
Rescue
plan
act,
we
would
not
have
had
the
resources
either
to
move
that
project
into
active
production
right
now.
So
again,
we're
happy
to
provide
a
report
on
the
vacant
Parcels
that
we
have
throughout
the
city.
During
the
Foreclosure
crisis,
the
city
used
federal
funds
to
acquire
a
lot
of
properties.
S
The
other
thing,
I
would
add
is
that
we
went
through
a
process
of
of
around
our
disposition
policy
and
and
heard
or
I'm
sorry,
this,
the
council
approved
a
policy
that
prioritized
vacant
properties
that
are
designated
for
housing,
prioritize,
those
being
law
for
long-term
affordability
and
deeper
affordability,
and
so
again,
if,
if
the
council
wants
to
move
to
a
different
process,
where
we
just
sort
of
make
properties
available
to
anybody
who
wants
to
pay
fair
market
value
for
them,
we
we
could
look
at
a
different
process
than
trying
to
get
the
most
public
benefit
and
meeting
maximizing
the
city's
goals.
R
No
just
thank
you,
I
think,
19
years
too
long
and
I
appreciate
the
work
you
guys,
but
there
are
Community
Partners
that
are
ready
to
work
with
the
city,
and
maybe
we
will
revisit
and
see
what
direction
Council
can
take
to
make
sure
that
the
neighbors
that
are
the
most
needy
are
getting
the
priority
in
the
city
direction.
Thank
you.
Miss.
A
S
Sure,
chair,
Goodman
I,
yes,
our
programs
are
both
in
home
ownership
as
well
as
in
in
the
rental
Housing
Programs.
You
know
we
have
we
through
the
way
home
report.
We
talk
about
multiple
programs
policies,
Investments
that
the
city
makes
and
all
of
those
programs
do
have
prioritization
that
focuses
on
again
longer
term
deeper
affordability
and
on
addressing
racial
disparities
on
preventing
involuntary
displacement.
S
So
our
our
program,
you
know
we
make
recommend
staff,
makes
recommendations
for
program
and
policy
criteria
that
that
are
intended
to
do
that.
So
that
is,
that
is
the
goal.
That
is
how
the
programs
and
Investments
are
designed,
and
that
is
what
we
try
to
accomplish.
A
S
Yes,
chair
Goodman,
basically
the
the
city
has,
you
know
we
are
maintaining
our
existing
portfolio
of
properties
for
the
purpose
of
meeting
City
goals,
and
so
if,
if
the
goal
was
to
just
get
vacant
properties
developed
as
quickly
as
possible,
then
we
would.
We
would
be
probably
looking
at
a
different
set
of
strategies.
A
A
R
A
Perhaps,
with
the
pigeon
building
I
like
to
call
it
since
I've
been
around
for
every
one
of
those
19
years
since
there's
already
a
timeline,
we
could
have
that
in
committee
next
month,
so
we
can
see
I'm,
pretty
sure,
I
know
of
at
least
five
developers
who
have
been
involved
that
we
have
paid
to
help
us
with
this
project.
Right.
A
Hearing
that
the
Franklin
property
that
councilman
brosman
speaks
of
that's
been
our
nightmare
for
19
years,
we
could
have
walked
away
from
it
and
just
let
someone
buy
it
and
tear
it
down
right.
F
You
madam
chair
I,
wanted
to
speak.
I
know
that
several
my
colleagues
sort
of
spoke
to
the
housing
portion
I
did
just
want
to
commence
staff
for
the
amount
of
tenant
protections
tenant
assistance
that
we've
engaged
in
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
I
know
that
it's
been
a
lot
of
work
and
I
feel
like
my
day,
one
so
to
speak
on
the
council.
We
were
doing
things
a
lot
differently
right
and
that's
not
for
better
for
work.
F
I
mean
you
know,
I
think
that
we've
improved,
but
it's
not
out
of
any
sort
of
malice
or
anything
like
that.
We
just
were
doing
things
really
differently
when
it
came
to
tenant
protections
and
and
the
way
that
we
serve
tenants
and
I
will
never
forget
talking
to
a
lot
of
the
inspectors
and
Direct
Services
and
they
said
hey
look.
If
you
want
us
to
not
be
a
hammer,
you
got
to
fund
us
differently.
F
You
got
to
give
us
different
directions
so
that
we're
not
a
hammer
and
to
see
reg
Services
sort
of
steering
into
the
the
kind
of
tenant
advocacy
role
that
they
play.
We've
seen
that
time
and
time
again
how
that's
played
out
I
I
feel
like
very
early
on
facing
down
the
Michael
Khan
situation.
I
know:
Roxanne
Kimball
was
a
big
part
of
that
Rec
Services,
which
played
a
huge
part
of
that,
and
so
just
wanted
to
highlight.
F
I
just
saw
that
that
was
in
the
presentation,
really
want
to
appreciate
staffs
willingness
to
really
get
Hands-On
and
change
the
way
that
we
engage
with
with
tenants,
I
real,
quick
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
acknowledge
councilmember
Osmond
as
well.
You
know
I
think,
even
though
it
is
undeniable,
the
amount
of
effort
that
staff
has
put
in
to
make
a
lot
of
changes.
F
You
know
a
lot
of
us
represent
communities
where
the
the
the
the
the
amount
of
disinvestment
that
we're
coming
from
is
steep
the
amount
of
disinvestment
that
they're
coming
from
that
that
they
they
expect
us
to
undo
in
a
short
amount
of
time
is
decades
long
right,
and
so
it's
sort
of
our
job
to
to
be
kind
of
insatiable
when
it
comes
to
progress
and
Improvement,
no
matter
how
Innovative
and
well
staff
is
doing,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
hold
both
right
to
say,
staff
is
doing
an
incredible
job.
F
We
we
are
changing
the
direction
that
we're
going.
We
recognize
that,
but
that
also
it's
okay
for
council
members
to
say,
hey,
look!
F
The
the
depth
of
the
problem
that
I'm
dealing
with
is
is
is
aggressive
and
it's
in
its
long
and
it's
deep
and
and
I
really
need
your
help
to
undo
it,
and
so
I
think
that
there's
room
for
both
and
I
just
want
to
commend
staff
I
also
want
to
commend
councilmember
Osmond
for
being
an
advocate,
because
you
know
he
we
were
elected
to
do
that,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
hold
both
those
things
and
thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
A
Thank
you,
councilor
umbrellas
and
I'm
glad
you
mentioned
that,
because
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
mayor
this
morning
about
my
budget
priorities
and
I
bet.
Everybody
is
in
the
process
of
doing
that,
and
perhaps
one
of
the
solutions
would
be
to
give
cpad.
A
You
know
like
10,
more
people
in
Economic,
Development
and
10,
more
people
in
housing
and
then
they'd
have
a
lot
more
capacity
to
do
a
lot
and
I
haven't
known
anyone
to
bring
forward
an
amendment
that
would
address
the
fact
that
I
think
that
the
Economic
Development
Division
has
like
16
staff.
People
total
that
and
housing
is
probably
about
30
or
somewhere
doing
all
of
this
work.
So
should
we
want
them
to
do
more,
we
should
probably
have
more
of
them.
A
We
should
also
perhaps
not
pass
as
many
legislative
directions
and
staff
changes
to
their
current
work
because
they
can't
get
what
they
need
to
get
done
done,
because
we're
constantly
asking
them
to
do
more.
So
I'm
happy
to
work
with
anyone
on
a
budget
amendment
that
would
increase
the
Staffing
at
cped,
because
that
seems
to
be
the
biggest
hold
up
right
now
is
not
having
enough
staff
to
do
even
more
work.
And
anyone
who
wants
to
work
with
me
on
that
is
welcome
to
talk
to
me
after
the
meeting
I'm.
A
It
you
are
always
here
that
is
true,
further
comments
or
questions.
I
would
guess
that
we
would
receive
and
file
the
report
with
a
note
of
thanks
to
staff
for
all
of
the
hard
work
it's
really
great
to
see,
and
hopefully
everyone
will
have
the
opportunity
to
put
that
out
in
their
newsletters.
The
city
focused
newsletters,
yet
this
month
on
the
motion
to
receive
and
file
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
K
A
Any
opposed
that
item
is
approved.
Then
we
will
move
on
to
item
number
17..
The
land
use
rezoning
policies
as
it
pertains
to
the
2040
ordinance
I
will
say
to
begin.
This
has
been
a
massive
amount
of
work
by
a
very
small
But
Mighty
team
of
Staff
people
in
the
planning
department.
I
know
this
because
I've
spent
at
least
12
hours
meeting
with
them
myself
and
they've,
probably
put
in
10
times
that
amount
of
time
to
get
us
to
this
point.
I
want
to
thank
you
in
advance.
A
I
know
you've
been
working
on
a
timeline,
it's
not
always
easy
or
non-controversial
work,
and
it's
really
great
that
you
have
this
in
front
of
us
today,
and
it
is
my
intent
as
the
chair
to
get
this
taken
care
of
today,
so
that
we
don't
have
more
variances
and
cups
and
Zoning
changes
that
will
free
up
staff
and
planning
to
do
some
more
proactive
planning
rather
than
having
to
constantly
be
dealing
with
land
use
changes
that
could
have
been
resolved.
Should
this
portion
of
the
plan
be
approved
with
that
Mr
Wittenberg?
T
Thank
you,
chair
Goodman.
We
really
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
committee
members
for
having
us
today,
I'm
Jason,
Wittenberg
planning
manager
in
cped.
We
are
really
happy
to
bring
forward
the
land
use.
Rezoning
study
for
your
consideration
today,
I'll
be
joined
in
today's
presentation
by
Jeanette,
Whitmire,
Joe,
Bernard
and
Andrew
friends.
T
The
land
used
to
be
zoning
study
is
a
really
critical
piece
of
the
implementation
of
Minneapolis
2040.
It
will
have
the
effects
of
eliminating
the
overt
conflicts
that
we
have
been
living
with
between
our
land
use
policies
and
our
regulations.
T
We've
been
bringing
forward
and
you've
been
adopting
incremental
changes
along
the
way
to
move
us
in
the
direction
of
alignment
between
our
plan
and
our
rules,
but,
as
chair
Goodman
alluded
to,
we've
been
operating
in
a
situation
to
some
degree
that
has
been
a
source
of
Chaos
in
the
development
review
process
that
it's
been
a
strain
on
staff
resources
that
has
caused
a
lot
of
confusion,
caused
a
lot
of
rezonings,
a
lot
of
appeals
and
other
applications
that
have
resulted
in
unnecessary
time
and
expense
for
those
who
are
seeking
to
invest
in
our
city
in
a
way.
T
I'm,
really
proud
of
the
work
that
this
team
has
done,
and
the
the
the
staff
in
both
cped
and
other
departments
who
have
been
a
critical
part
of
this
as
well.
Thank
you
to
the
partnership
with
the
city
attorney's
office,
who
has
also
put
a
great
deal
of
time
into
the
land,
use
resilience
study
as
well
the
mayor's
office,
as
well
all
of
the
committee
members
who
have
met
with
us
and
provided
feedback
and
guidance
along
the
way.
Much
appreciated.
T
This
is
a
summary
of
the
presentation
we're
going
to
give
for
you
today,
unless
we
stop
for
questions,
I
I
think
we're
looking
at
about
a
20-minute,
maybe
up
to
30
minute
presentation,
for
you
we're
going
to
review
a
background,
a
background
of
how
we
got
to
today
the
timeline
and
process
a
little
bit
more
information
about
what
the
land
use.
T
Rezoning
study
is
a
summary
of
key
recommendations
as
well
as
changes
that
have
been
made
to
the
recommendations,
since
we
first
released
a
draft
for
public
comment
and
review
back
in
January
and
then
again
we'll
cover
some
some
key
topics
and
go
over
some
changes
that
we
understand.
Community
members
would
like
to
bring
forward
today
with
that
I
will
hand
it
over
to
Joe
Bernard.
U
Chair
Goodman
committee
members,
I'm
Joe,
Bernard,
cped
planning.
We
want
to
start
off
this
presentation
by
going
over
a
quick
timeline
of
the
events
that
have
gotten
gotten
us
here
prior
to
2019,
the
city
spent
three
years
engaging
with
stakeholders
on
the
future
of
Minneapolis
as
part
of
our
comprehensive
Plan
update
process.
U
The
adoption
of
the
city's
comprehensive
plan,
which
is
listed
here
at
the
top
of
the
the
slide
kickstarted
a
focus
by
staff
on
implementing
the
vision,
goals
and
policies
found
in
the
plan.
Since
then,
the
city
is
adopted,
an
inclusionary
housing
ordinance.
We've
allowed
one
to
three
unit
residential
development
in
former
single-family
exclusive
areas
of
the
city
completed
a
city-wide
built
form,
rezoning
study
and
eliminated
minimum
parking
requirements.
U
As
of
right
now
there
are
a
number
of
conflicts,
as
Mr
Wittenberg
mentioned
that
exists
between
what
our
zoning
code
does
or
does
not
allow,
and
what
Minneapolis
says
should
be
Minneapolis
2040
says
should
be
allowed.
This
is
a
problem
that
state
law
requires
us
to
remedy,
and
so
this
proposal
in
front
of
you
today
is
intended
to
satisfy
that
requirement.
U
What
informs
the
recommendations
before
you
are:
the
visions
of
vision,
goals
and
policies
found
in
Minneapolis
2040.
So,
during
those
three
years
where
we
conducted
public
Outreach
to
shape
the
plan,
we
conducted
over
150
meetings
and
received
over
20
000
points
of
feedback.
We
looked
at
the
policies
in
the
plan,
for
example,
shown
here
regarding
Banning
the
establishment
of
heavy
polluters
in
the
city
as
guidance
for
how
recommendations
are
made
in
the
in
the
project.
U
U
Are
we
making
it
easier
for
users
to
navigate
the
code
and
we're
considering
what
are
the
racial
Equity
impacts
of
these
decisions,
with
that,
I
will
I
think
turn
things
back
over
to
Mr
Wittenberg
to
cover
some
of
our
draft
regulations.
T
As
Mr
Bernard
mentioned,
this
is
an
opportunity
to
overhaul
the
structure
of
the
code,
which
really
hasn't
been
done
since
1999
best
practices
around
zoning
code
and
structure
have
changed
during
that
time.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
most
excited
about
is
the
consolidation
of
uses
into
one
table
that
are
currently
distributed
through
about
five
different
tables
throughout
the
code
and
consistent
with
some
of
our
best
newer
codes
in
peer
cities.
The
this
use
table
won't
include
every
use
that
we
can
imagine.
T
T
People
will
also
get
more
information
out
of
this
use
table
compared
to
the
use
tables
that
have
historically
been
in
the
in
the
zoning
ordinance,
for
example,
where
you
see
a
10p,
for
example.
That
means
that
that
particular
use
is
limited
to
ten
thousand
square
feet
for
that
individual
use
and
it's
a
permitted
use
there
will
be
some
uses,
will
have
an
asterisk
in
the
embedded
in
the
table.
T
T
T
The
the
downtown
area
covering
many
different
contexts
was
largely
under
one
future
land
use
category
which
we
have
created
a
little
bit
more
Nuance
that
aligns
with
to
some
degree
built
form
boundaries,
and
that
we
think
is
a
little
bit
more
consistent
with
the
intent
of
the
plan
to
get
into
some
of
the
specific
districts
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Ms
Whitmire.
V
Good
afternoon,
chair
Goodman
committee
members,
I'm
Janelle
woodmire,
with
secret
planning,
so
getting
into
the
new
District's
15
primary
districts
are
proposed
that
are
replacing
the
existing
23
primary
zoning
Districts
The
District's
shown
on
this
slide
are
the
proposed
residential
districts.
The
urban
neighborhood
districts
are
intended
to
be
primarily
residential
in
nature,
but
also
allow
some
institutional
and
public
uses.
V
There
are
three
districts
proposed
for
areas
with
the
urban
neighborhood
future
land
use
designation
with
these
districts.
The
built
form
designations
did
play
a
role
in
how
they
were
mapped.
This
was
done
to
ensure
allowed
uses,
are
consistent
with
the
scale
allowed
in
the
built
Farm
districts
and
to
ensure
consistency
with
some
land
use
guidance
found
in
the
built
Farm
policies.
Therefore,
un1
is
mapped
to
align
with
interior
one
built
Farm
district
and
a
lot
of
joins
with
up
to
three
units.
V
Un2
is
mapped
to
align
with
the
anterior
two
and
interior
three
built
form
districts.
In
addition
to
uses
allowed
in
un1,
un2
also
allows
drawings
with
four
or
more
units,
and
then
un3
is
mapped
to
align
with
the
remaining
built-form
districts,
and
that
allows
some
additional
residential
uses.
As
well
the
distinctions
in
built
form
policy
and
why
the
UN
and
un2
districts
are
proposed.
This
way
will
be
covered
in
more
detail
in
a
later
later
in
the
presentation
moving
on
to
the
residential
mixed-use
districts.
These
are
also
intended
to
be
primarily
residential
in
nature.
V
There
are
three
proposed
districts
and
again
these
are
mapped
to
correspond
with
specific
future
land
use
guidance
arm.
One
is
proposed
to
apply
to
properties
that
are
designated
Urban
neighborhood
with
the
future
land
use
that
also
front
it.
Goods
and
services.
Corridor
arm
two
is
applied
where
the
future
land
use
this
neighborhood
office
and
services
and
rm3
to
the
Future
land
use
those
public
office
and
institutional
outside
of
the
downtown
core.
V
The
next
slide
contains
the
proposed
commercial
and
Industrial
districts.
Commercial
mixed-use
districts
are
intended
to
provide
a
range
of
goods
and
services
and
to
promote
employment
opportunities.
The
four
proposed
commercial
excuse
districts
each
correspond
with
a
future
land
use
designation,
so
cm1
applies
to
Neighborhood
mixes
cm2
to
Corridor
mixed
use,
cm3
Community
mixed
use
and
then
cm4
applies
to
destination
destination.
Excuse
these
districts
allow
a
wide
range
of
uses
that
include
residential,
but
notably
here
in
the
cm3
and
cm4
District,
specifically
non-residential
uses
are
required
on
the
ground
floor.
V
V
Dt1
is
applied
where
we
primarily
have
public
office
in
an
Institutional
downtown
and
then
dt2
is
applied
where
the
future
land
use
is
mixed
use,
destination
excuse
rather,
something
notable
here
is
like
with
the
cm4
district.
The
dt2
district
requires
commercial
uses
on
the
ground
floor.
Next
are
the
production
districts.
These
are
intended
to
primarily
create
opportunities
for
employment,
Focus
development
and
to
accommodate
production
uses
that
are
vital
to
functioning
and
growing,
functioning
and
growing
city,
and
here
again
we
have
two
districts
that
are
proposed.
These
are
replacing
the
existing
industrial
districts.
V
Some
notable
things
about
uses
that
are
are
not
allowed
in
these
districts.
Residential
uses
are
allowed
in
pr1,
but
not
PR2.
Likewise,
only
select
Marshall
uses
are
allowed
in
PR2
to
ensure
these
areas
are
available
for
production,
focused
uses
and,
lastly,
heaviest
the
heaviest
polluting
uses
are
proposed
to
no
longer
be
allowed
in
either
of
these
districts.
Then.
Lastly,
we
have
the
transportation
district
tr1.
V
V
With
the
updates
that
are
proposed
to
the
zoning
code,
other
city
ordinances
are
requiring
updates
as
well
to
reflect
these
changes.
The
other
ordinances
with
proposed
the
proposed
updates,
are
all
shown
on
this
Slide.
The
updates
are
largely
technical
in
nature,
such
as
updating
District
names
and
section
references
when
needed.
We
worked
with
our
partners
in
other
departments
to
that
Implement
these
ordinances,
to
make
sure
that
the
appropriate
changes
were
made
and
with
that
I
will
be
turning
it
over
to
Joe.
Next.
U
We
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
aware
of
the
major
points
of
public
feedback
that
we
received
during
the
public
review
period,
so
that'll
Encompass,
the
next
few
slides
here.
The
first
example
we
have
is
that
we
received
a
fair
amount
of
comments
requesting
that
the
un1
district
be
applied
to
areas
where
staff
recommended
un2
zoning,
which
is
something
Miss
widmeyer
covered
a
little
bit
a
few
slides
ago,
but
Ezra.
We
want
to
cover
this
one
again,
just
to
make
sure
we're
all
on
the
same
page.
U
The
key
difference
between
un1
and
un2
in
in
this
case
is
that
un1
limits
residential
development
to
no
more
than
three
units,
while
un2
allows
four
plus
unit
development
on
larger
Lots.
The
decision
about
where
to
apply
un1
versus
un2
is
determined
by
a
Minneapolis
2040
policy
language
in
the
interior,
one
and
interior
to
built
form
districts
you'll,
see
in
the
language
here.
U
Interior
2
clearly
states
that
multi-family
buildings,
with
more
than
three
units,
are
permitted
on
larger
Lots,
so
to
eliminate
conflicts
between
our
comprehensive
plan
and
our
zoning
code
AS
required
by
state
law
these
locations.
They
need
to
have
a
primary
zoning
District
that
allows
up
to
four
or
allows
four
plus
unit
development.
U
Another
issue
that
staff
receive
feedback
on
was
allowing
small
scale
commercial
uses
in
the
urban
neighborhood
districts.
We've
got
the
key
policy
language
from
Urban
neighborhood
from
Minneapolis
20
highlighted
here.
The
only
commercial
uses
that
are
intended
to
be
allowed
by
Minneapolis
2040
in
urban
neighborhood
areas
are
those
uses,
commercial
uses
that
already
exist,
and
the
language
goes
on
to
state
that
expansion
of
those
existing
commercial
activities
beyond
their
existing
properties
is
not
encouraged.
U
So
this
policy
is
it's
staff's
position
that
this
language
does
not
support
the
establishment
of
new
commercial
uses
in
urban
neighborhood
areas.
U
The
next
point
of
public
feedback
that
we
received
is
that
we
got
a
fair
number
of
comments
from
folks
highlighting
the
importance
of
food
access
as
an
issue.
The
the
land
use
rezoning
study
has
some
influence
over
and
indeed
policy
63
from
Minneapolis
2040
addresses
this
issue
with
a
variety
of
potential
action
steps.
You
see
one
of
those
action
steps
highlighted
here
on
the
slide.
Ms
woodmeier
will
be
coming
back
up
here
to
cover
some
of
the
changes
that
we
made
as
staff
in
response
to
the
public
comments
on
this
issue.
U
U
Initially,
when
we
did
this
mapping,
we
we
used
a
process
of
grabbing
a
buffer
from
those
streets
to
identify
the
properties,
and
the
result
is
shown
on
these
images
here
on
North
South
corridors.
This
meant
that
just
one
parcel
was
included
in
that
rm1
zoning,
but
on
East-West
corridors.
Sometimes
many
Parcels
were
grabbed.
So
when
we
went
back
to
the
policy
language
and
we
reconsidered
it,
we
decided
in
the
April
draft
to
interpret
that
language
more
literally
properties,
immediately
adjacent
to
goods
and
services.
Corridors.
U
The
next
slide
we've
got
tobacco
products,
shops
and
off
sale.
Liquor
uses
due
to
the
way
in
which
the
new
commercial
zoning
districts
were
applied.
The
January
draft
expanded
the
area
where
both
tobacco
product
shops
and
off
sale,
liquor
stores
could
be
established
during
the
public
review
period.
We
reconsidered
this.
U
This
approach
and
the
areas
where
tobacco
product
shops
are
allowed
was
reduced
in
the
recommendations
that
we
presented
in
our
April
draft
to
the
Planning
Commission
and
is
reflected
in
the
version
you
see
in
front
of
you
today,
and
we
did
that
to
be
more
in
line
with
where
they
are
allowed.
U
Today,
this
in
part
came
from
acknowledgment
of
all
the
work
the
city
has
done
in
the
recent
past
to
address
concerns
about
tobacco
product
shops
off
sale,
liquor
stores
are
in
a
similar
situation,
however,
staff
did
not
make
a
change
to
where
they
are
allowed.
During
the
public
review
period.
The
Proposal
in
front
of
you
shows
an
increase
in
areas
where
off
sale,
liquor
stores
are
allowed,
and
some
of
those
areas
are
highlighted
on
this
slide.
Here.
U
The
last
item
that
I'm
going
to
cover
here
as
far
as
changes
that
we've
made,
we
wanted
to
highlight
that
a
change
in
approach
to
zoning
our
parks,
which
the
change
was
made
largely
as
a
result
of
feedback
from
Park
Board
staff
planning
staff
and
and
discussions
with
our
city
attorney's
office.
We
initially
recommended
a
specific
zoning
district
for
parks
that
would
have
limited
the
uses
allowed
on
properties
guided
for
parks
in
Minneapolis
2040
quite
severely.
U
However,
concerns
about
Regulatory
takings
and
the
ability
of
the
park
board
to
operate
some
of
their
non-park
functions
resulted
in
our
recommended
approach,
which
is
applying
zoning
to
match
the
adjacent
future.
Land
use
guidance
from
from
the
maps,
so
Parks
remain
a
permitted
use
in
all
districts
and
an
additional
list
of
uses
allowed
as
accessory
to
Parks,
were
added
to
the
April
draft
and
those
I
think
that
covers
all
the
changes
here
in
our
approach
to
parks.
V
Thank
you,
Joe.
The
next
two
slides
are
related
to
increasing
food
access
that
we
received
in
the
public
feedback.
So
generally,
the
staff
recommendation
was
drafted
to
increase
access
to
retail
sales
and
services
uses
in
a
way
that
achieves
the
Minneapolis
2040
goal
of
complete
neighborhoods
and
grocery
stores
specifically
stood
out
as
a
retail
use
in
the
public
feedback
as
being
essential
to
achieving
land
goals.
V
We
were
size
allotments
for
those
structures
that
are
more
generous
than
what
would
typically
be
allowed
for
accessory
structures
and
then,
lastly,
a
change
was
made
to
allowed
hoop
houses
to
stay
up
longer
when
building
permits
are
attained.
An
example
of
a
hoop
house
is
in
the
bottom,
photo
there
to
discuss
the
next
slide,
I'll
be
turning
it
back
over
to
Andrew
friends,.
J
We
received
significant
feedback
from
a
number
of
environmental
organizations,
as
well
as
from
quite
a
few
individuals
that
the
spacing
requirement,
as
proposed
in
the
January
draft,
was
insufficient.
We
significantly
increased
that
spacing
requirement
up
to
a
quarter
mile
and
we
modified
that
spacing
requirement
changed
the
structure
a
little
bit
so
that
we
were
spacing
not
only
from
where
residential
uses,
schools
and
child
care
centers
are
today,
but
everywhere
that
a
new
residential
use,
school
or
Child
Care
Center
could
be
established
in
the
future.
J
We
also
made
some
changes
to
some
specific
uses:
Forge
and
Foundry,
metal
plating,
Recycling
and
Commercial
laundry.
Those
changes
were
primarily
data,
driven
based
on
conversations
with
the
health
department
and
our
Public
Works
staff
in
solid
waste
and
recycling.
To
make
sure
that
we
are,
you
know,
regulating
these
impactful
uses
as
best
as
we
can
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
Jason.
A
So
I
I
feel,
like
people
are
glazing
over,
and
this
is
a
long
meeting.
So
I
would
urge
you
to
go
through
the
staff
chairs
amendments
quickly.
We
can
vote
on
those
and
we
can
take
the
four
amendments
brought
by
members
of
the
committee.
We
can
vote
on
those
and
we
can
move
on
I
find
it
totally
fascinating
right,
so
I'm
kind
of
weird
and
geeky,
but
I
can
get
a
sense
of
the
room
too.
T
Thank
you,
chair,
Goodman,
I'll
I
will
move
through
these
relatively
quickly.
The
first
amendment
that
we
are
aware
of
would
restrict
the
areas
where
a
new
liquor
store
could
offsell
liquor
store
could
be
established.
As
Mr
Bernard
mentioned,
the
draft
regulations
had
substantially
expanded
the
zoning
districts
where
that
use
could
be
established.
We've
had
discussions
since
then
that
have
resulted
in
a
recommendation
that
would
be
probably
a
slight
contraction
compared
to
the
current
situation.
T
So
a
planning
commissioner,
worked
with
us
to
make
a
motion
that
made
several
changes
that
would
allow
art,
studios
and
arts
education
uses
to
have
a
very
small
scale,
Forge
and
Foundry
use
as
part
of
their
activity
motion
number
three.
It
also
comes
out
of
the
City
Planning
Commission.
The
Planning
Commission
recommended
that
in
those
districts
where
staff
was
recommending
a
maximum
size
of
grocery
stores
of
less
than
20
000
square
feet
that
that
number
would
be
bumped
up
to
20
000
square
feet.
T
There
would
remain
districts
that
have
a
limit
greater
than
that
and
and
some
districts
that
have
no
limit
on
the
particular
size
of
an
individual
grocery
store.
T
A
number
numbers,
four
and
five
are
simply
something
that
staff
forgot
to
include
in
the
draft,
and
that
was
an
effective
date
of
July
1st
we've
worked
with
our
city
attorney's
office
to
suggest
a
date
that
makes
it
clear
to
everyone
when
these
new
rules
take
a
place
to
take
effect,
and
if
you
have
some
reason
to
get
your
use
established
before
these
new
regulations,
you
have
until
that
date
to
submit
a
complete
application
for
for
a
permit
in
order
to
take
advantage
of
current
rules
if
that's
beneficial
to
a
property
owner
in
some
way.
T
Number
six
is
a
package
of
additional
technical
amendments,
sections
where
we
forgot
to
add
a
title
for
example,
or
or
technical
changes,
there's
a
graphic
where
we've
forgot
to
change
the
fence.
Height
regulation
within
you
acted
on
a
there'd,
be
zoning
application
earlier
today.
That
is
included
in
that
technical
change.
The
one
map
amendment
that
we're
recommending
as
part
of
a
technical
change
to
be
consistent
with
the
action
that
you're
taking
today
on
a
property
on
42nd
Street
motion
number
seven
would
come
from
councilmember
Chavez
to
ban
establishments
where
this
the
primary
activity
is.
T
The
sale
of
fur
motion
number
eight.
There
was
some
discussion
about
unintended
consequences
around
certain
districts
that
require
ground
floor
retail
uses
and
what
the
impact
would
be
on
public
safety
and
Welfare
facilities
like
a
new
fire
station
or
our
police
station.
For
example,
we
have
drafted
an
amendment
that
would
allow
those
Public,
Safety
and
Welfare
uses
to
fulfill
the
ground
floor
commercial
requirements
rather
than
requiring
a
separate
retail
use.
A
R
R
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation
and
I
met
your
staff
and
prior
and
discuss
some
of
them,
but
I
so
Franklin.
It's
mixed
used
area.
My
district.
Some
of
the
questions
that
my
resident
phrase,
that
does
the
city
council
still
get
to
review
conditional
use
appeals.
Can
you
talk
about
that?
What
is
the
effect
in
this
process
in
this
proposed
conditional
use,
feels.
T
Sure
councilmember
Osman,
chair
Goodman,
there
are
a
number
of
uses
that
currently
require
conditional
use
permits
that
are
heavily
regulated
by
our
licensing
team.
Some
of
those
uses
we're
proposing,
would
remain
conditional.
Some
would
would
be
moved
to
permitted
in
those
situations
where
they
are
recommended
to
be
permitted.
T
It's
staffed
staff
view
that
the
conditional
use
permit
offers
very
little
value
or
benefit
for
a
two-month
process
that
also
has
significant
expense
and
that
the
real,
meaningful
regulation
and
enforcement
action
takes
place
on
those
uses,
such
as
off
sale
liquor
through
our
our
licensing,
ordinance
and
Licensing
staff,
rather
than
through
the
zoning
code
and
conditional
use
permit.
I.
T
R
Okay,
I
know
that
in
that
part
of
the
licensing,
but
does
the
licensing
departments
have
a
public
hearing
process
or
I
know
the
when
there's
I
know
they
notified
that
you
know
300
feet
whatever
it.
R
Yeah
yeah,
have
you
received
any
comments
on
I've,
been
getting
comments
on
the
sauna
Asana,
it's
I
believe
permitted
most
of
the
districts
and
people
have
questioned
about
concerns
about
the
sauna
being
permitted
in
in
this
everywhere
in
the
city.
R
T
There's
still
work
to
be
done
with
our
licensing
and
public
health
staff
around
updating
their
ordinances
as
well,
and
to
include,
for
example,
ensuring
that
the
sauna
runs
on
electric
heat
rather
than
wood
burning
heat,
which
was
a
source
of
complaints
for
a
use
that
that
had
been
unlawfully
established.
So
my
understanding
is
that
there
is
more
work
to
be
done
on
that.
You
use
I,
can't
answer
the
question
about
the
exact
process
that
a
license
for
Asana
would
go
through
and
whether
that
involves
a
public
hearing
or
would
involve
a
public
hearing.
A
We
could
talk
about
this
after
the
meeting.
I
think
the
general
gist
of
the
problem
is
has
just
been
a
history
of
illegal
saunas
being
used
as
covers
for
prostitution
and
sex
trafficking,
and
then
there's
like
the
Finish
use
of
sauna,
which
is
like
a
beautiful
one
and
councilman's
rainville's
word
that
I
go
to
Watershed
and
the
pop-up
saunas
at
Malcolm
yards
is
an
example
being
a
totally
different
thing,
and
so
we
kind
of
have
to
Grapple
with
that
as
we
grow
and
learn
as
a
city.
So
we
should
probably
talk
about
this
afterwards.
A
I,
don't
know
that
we
should
call
them
all
the
same
thing,
but
I
appreciate
you
bringing
up.
We
can
put
it
on
our.
What
do
they
call
it
parking
lot
of
issues
that
we
can
talk
about
between
now
and
the
council
meeting,
not
at
not
just
so
that
those
that
have
had
problems
with
illegal
sauna,
use
that
lead
to
sex
trafficking,
don't
accidentally
become
legal
uses
under
the
auspices
of
a
Finnish
sauna,
which
I
think
we're
going
to
see
more
of
and
hope
hope
we
do.
That's
a
good
question.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
W
A
Okay,
thank
you,
Mr
Wittenberg,
you
can
stay
right.
There
I'm
going
to
move
the
main
motion
to
get
us
going
because
I
think
we
have
to
have
something
in
front
of
us
and
then
move
amendments,
one
through
eight,
which
are
essentially
staff
amendments
that,
since
my
name
is
on
them,
I
also
agree
to
them,
and
so
we'll
start
with
those
amendments.
Are
there
any
questions
to
a
motion
about
motion
one
through
eight
in
front
of
you
in
a
packet
with
all
of
the
detail
behind
it?
A
A
This
is
I
had
talked
to
councilmember
Ellison
about
it.
Maybe
staff
have
this
correct,
and
so
perhaps
you
could
just
read
it
read
the
change
you
want
to
make
and
and
I
just
want
to
get
Mr
wittenberg's
reaction
to
it.
Is
it
something?
Staff
is
supportive
of.
F
Yes,
and
so
this
is
amending
section,
five
to
Five
Point,
four,
two
zero,
which
is
related
to
the
expansion
or
alter
alteration
of
non-conforming
uses,
and
so
it
mostly
keeps
the
segment
the
same
except
under
on
item
three
you'll
see
in
the
middle
of
the
page.
The
original
reads
and
the
original
text
is
still
there.
The
enlargement,
expansion,
relocation
or
intensification
will
not
result
in
significant
increases
of
adverse
off-site
impacts
such
as
motor
vehicle
traffic,
noise
dust
and
odors
that
pertains
and
I'll.
F
Let
staff
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
to
all
non-conforming
uses,
regardless
of
what
type
of
non-conforming
use
they
are
and
I
wanted
to
add
something
that
got
at
those
high
impact
uses,
and
so
we
have
the
language
here
that
is
added
when
the
non-conforming
use
is
a
high
impact,
production
and
processing
use
or
a
post-consumer
waste
producing
use,
treatment,
expansion,
relocation
or
intensification
will
result
in
an
appreciable
decrease
of
adverse
off-site
impacts
such
as
motor
vehicle
traffic,
noise,
dust
and
odors.
F
This
language
gets
at
that
high
impact
production,
and
it
is
not
sort
of
my
understanding,
does
not
sort
of
bleed
out
into
every
single
type
of
non-conforming
use
that
that
might
fall
under
that
category.
F
So
that's-
and
it's
really
tough
for
us
to
make
sure
that
that
you
know
we
know
that
a
lot
of
these
polluting
uses,
for
example,
are
in
communities
that
are
that
are
experiencing
environmental
justice
issues,
climate
justice
issues.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
if
folks
are
making
any
sort
of
changes
to
their
property
that
those
changes
address
and
minimize
that
adverse
use,
so
that's
the
best
way.
I
could
summarize
it.
A
Great
council,
member
Allison,
would
you
like
to
move
your
Amendment.
F
C
A
A
X
I'm
also
with
drawing
number
two,
so
the
second
one
is
not
gonna
happen,
anymore.
I'm.
X
Oh
sorry,
I'll
look
through
it.
These
are
just
it's
a
timeline
that
we
worked
with
staff
on
and
it's
basically
gonna
I
can
walk
through
the
first
one,
maybe
at
least
okay,
so
the
first
one
I
just
want
to
thank
staff
for
helping
with
this
writing
this
amendment
there's
a
legislative
directive
that
will
examine
an
amendment
to
a
comp
plan
that
would
authorize
neighborhood
serving
commercial
uses
in
areas
guided
for
residential
use.
X
This
effort
would
include
a
public
engagement
process
as
well
as
potential
regulatory
changes
that
would
Implement
any
updates
to
a
comp
plan,
and
the
goal
with
this
is
to
make
sure
that
when
it
comes
to
the
council
in
the
future
for
deloration
that
would
help
residents
utilize
their
neighborhood
and
increase
import.
The
importance
of
a
convenience
of
commercial
districts
making
sure
that
people
can
more
easily
wipe
rock
and
roll
to
their
local
establishments.
So
this
is
just
legislative
directive.
It
would
help
us
work
with
staff.
It
isn't
changing
any
policy.
A
T
A
You
guys
are
good
with
that
timeline.
Yes,
okay,
so
given
is
everyone
understanding
I
apparently
was
not
what's
being
suggested.
Are
there
further
comments
or
questions
on
what
I
will
call
amendment
number
two,
because
we
already
passed
one
all
right.
Let's
see
we
did
one
through
eight,
so
the
last
one
was
nine,
so
this
would
be
ten
okay,
further
comments
or
questions.
Seeing
none
on
that
comp
plan
study
situation,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
A
X
A
F
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
can
talk
about
this
one.
This.
There
was
a
lot
of
discussion
from
community
members.
F
There's
a
lot
of
discussion
among
staff
around
how
we
could
you
know
and
I'll
speak
as
a
layperson
here,
I,
don't
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
Staff
get
at
what
community
members
are
calling
a
cumulative
impacts,
how
we
could
incorporate
Community
feedback
into
into
potential
uses
and
how
we
could
have
a
consideration
of
environmental
justice
issues
in
relation
to
that,
and
so
this
is
really
to
I.
F
Think
through
that
conversation,
it
was
determined
that
it
would
be
better
for
us
to
pursue
policy
that
could
help
us
do
that,
as
opposed
to
trying
to
instill
that
into
the
zoning
code.
Somehow,
and
so
this
is
for
us
to
to
start
moving
on
what
I
hope
will
eventually
be
code,
changes
that
will
allow
us
to
create
some
kind
of
environmental
justice,
checklist
or
worksheet
or
assessment
that
we
could
then
apply
broadly
to
projects
that
could
have
adverse
impacts
on
on
on
impacted
communities.
F
So
that's
the
that's.
The
best
description
I
can
give
of
this,
and
and
and
I
I,
think
that
this
has
staff
support.
I
think
that
this
is
this
was
also
a
similar
thing
was
passed
by
the
Planning
Commission
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
ratified
that
idea
here
on
the
council
and
could
move
forward
officially
as
a
body
as
well.
So.
T
Councilman
Ellison
noted
that
language
does
align
with
the
what
the
planning
City
Planning
Commission
asked
for
as
well.
We've
been
working
closely
with
our
our
colleagues
in
public
health,
who
are
definitely
going
to
have
to
take
a
leadership
role
on
this
and
I
think
are
excited
to
do
so.
They
have
the
skill
set:
that's
better
tailored
to
analyzing
the
types
of
information
that
is
going
to
go
into
that
type
of
review.
But
yes,
there's
there's
support
from
sheep
head
and
and
the
public
health
staff
fantastic.
Y
F
I
would
I
would
like
to
keep
it
this
year.
This
is
for
a
policy
change
and
not
necessarily
a
comp
plan,
Amendment
and
so
I
think
that
perfect
I
think
the
timeline
if
yeah.
A
Okay,
great
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
X
A
And
he
opposed
that
is
approved.
Are
there
any
further
amendments
to
the
land
use,
rezoning
policies
of
Minneapolis,
2040s,
ordinance,
okay,
seeing
none
I
will
just
again
thank
Meg.
Welcome
to
being
the
planning
director
I
think
you
and
your
team
have
done
a
really
excellent
job
and
I
guess
that
would
be
a
lot
coming
from
me.
Given
the
dismay
and
distress,
I
was
under
for
two
years
of
my
life
when
we
passed
the
2040
plan
and
I
really
feel
like
staff
listened
to
the
public,
the
Planning
Commission,
the
council
members.
A
To
get
to
this
point,
you
have
a
great
team
of
people,
I've
Had,
The,
Good
Fortune
to
meet
with
them
many
times
and
I
really
feel
like
they
understand
what
the
vision
is
from
the
plan
and
how
to
get
from
here
to
there
I
think
the
work
has
been
really
incredible
and
the
fact
that
there's
this
level
of
consensus
by
elected
officials
says
you're
on
the
right
track.
I
didn't
get
everything
I
wanted.
A
There
were
plenty
of
things
that
I
was
slapped
on
the
hand
and
told
you
can't
do
this
in
this
process
and
I
think
other
people
potentially
had
a
similar
slap.
But
that's
okay,
I
understand,
what's
legal
and
what's
not
during
this
process
and
I,
think
everybody
approached
it
from
that
point
of
view
and
I
really
appreciate
you
educating
me
as
well
as
my
constituents
and
ever
everybody
else
of
what
would
be
appropriate
during
this
process
and
what
would
not
and
I
feel
like.
A
We
came
to
a
really
good
place,
so
I
am
going
to
move
the
land
use
rezoning
policies
along
with
all
of
the
Amendments
that
have
taken
place
today
and
see
if
anyone
else
would
like
to
comment,
if
not
all,
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
opposed.
That
is
approved
and
thank
you
all
for
your
great
work.
We'll
then
move
on
to
item
number
nine,
which
was
on
the
consent
agenda.
This
is
the
affordable,
housing
trust
fund.
A
In
that
what
will
be
noticed
in
the
no
far
the
notice
of
funding,
availability
and
I'll
ask
Miss
Flack
to
come
forward
all
right.
I
can't
help
myself
I
go
by
everybody's
previous
name,
I'm.
Sorry,
it's
called
America
that.
W
Was
you
you
are
allowed?
You
are
allowed,
it's
a
tough
change
for
myself
every
now
and
again,
when
you're
in
the
office
after
having
been
here
for
so.
W
No
no
worries
at
all
no
worries
at
all.
Thank
you,
council,
member
Goodman,
chair
members
of
the
committee
before
you
today
is
the
2023
updates
to
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
program
and
nofa,
which
is
our
notice
of
funding
availability,
which
is
also
the
RFP.
That's
been
a
new
acronym
for
me
to
get
used
to,
but
so,
if
you're
not
familiar,
that
is
the
RFP.
It's
called
Nova.
W
There
are
a
number
of
technical
Updates
this
year,
as
well
as
some
changes
we're
proposing
for
the
program
I'm
just
going
to
hit
a
few
highlights.
Since
we've
been
here
for
a
while
I
know,
you
have
a
staff
report
that
outlines
those
first
I'd
like
to
highlight
that
we
are
adding
new
program
goal
language
that
specifically
addresses
priority
for
deeply
affordable
units
at
30
percent
Ami
units
that
are
accessible
to
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
at
risk
of
experiencing
homelessness.
W
We
continue
to
prioritize
units
for
large
families
that
are
three
bedrooms
and
plus
and
units
that
have
rental
assistance.
The
other
big
change
we
are
proposing
this
year
is
the
award
amounts.
There
is
a
table
in
the
staff
report.
Those
are
kind
of
hard
to
highlight
and
it
gets
to
be
a
lot
of
tongue
twisters
when
you
start
going
through
all
the
Amis,
but
essentially
we're
proposing
a
five
thousand
dollar
increase
per
unit
that
qualifies
for
trust
fund
Awards
if
you're
a
larger,
deeper,
affordable
unit.
W
Those
units
are
getting
a
ten
thousand
dollar
bump,
and
if
your
unit
is
designated
homeless,
it
gets
a
five
thousand
dollar
bump.
The
other
big
changes,
then
are
in
the
nofa
and
they
are
to
the
some
a
couple
scoring
categories,
most
notably
in
our
large
family
category.
We
are
reducing
the
Ami
Point
level
for
from
60
Ami
to
50
Ami
incentivizing
points
be
earned
in
that
category.
W
If
you're
a
large
unit
and
at
50
percent
Ami,
we
are
increasing
the
number
of
30
Ami
units
and
project-based
rental
assistance
units
that
are
committed
and
required
to
actually
receive
those
points.
So
right
now,
there's
a
sliding
scale
there
and
we
are
moving
the
numbers
up
to
incentivize
production
in
that
category
and
then
in
the
homeless
category.
We
are
updating
language
there
and
also
increasing
points
if
you're,
including
a
higher
number
of
homeless
units,
and
those
are
the
the
big
highlights.
W
A
I'll
ask
the
authors
if
they
would
like
to
highlight
their
own
amendment.
I
will
note
that
the
non-profit
and
for-profit
developers
that
have
traditionally
been
a
part
of
this
process
and
given
the
opportunity
to
comment
we're
not
asked
to
comment
about
this
amendment.
They
don't
know
about
it.
I've
been
getting
texts
along
the
way
from
people
saying
how
come
we
weren't
told
about
this
in
advance,
and
it
seems
as
though
the
scoring
changes
have
done
exactly
what
the
authors
want
to
do.
A
But
this
dramatic
change
seems
to
be
something
that
we
should
not
be
doing
without
asking
our
partners
who
actually
do
the
work
on
this
housing
to
chime
in
and
I'm
highly
concerned
about.
It.
I'll
also
note
that
I
was
told
that
the
staff
support
these
changes.
So
perhaps
you
can
clarify
the
position
of
the
staff
working
on
this
sure.
W
So
I
will
make
a
couple
statements,
knowing
that
we
haven't
gone
over
those
amendments.
Quite
yet,
but
I
would
like
to
highlight
that
the
directions
staff
received
from
the
mayor's
office
was
to
evaluate
recommendations
for
the
trust
fund
that
would
further
the
production
of
30
units
without
reducing
overall
production
of
affordable
housing
in
the
city
and
after
robust
testing
and
Analysis,
which
includes
analyzing
the
financing
structure
and
unit
structure
of
projects
that
apply
to
the
trust
fund.
W
We
assess
the
various
funding
sources
that
are
available
for
the
volume
of
projects
and
the
types
of
projects
that
apply
as
well
as
we
consider
the
challenge
challenges
projects
face.
At
closing.
We
arrived
at
the
recommendations
before
you
today
to
increase
the
number
of
30
percent
and
homeless
units
required
to
receive
points.
W
The
amendments
deal
with
increasing
the
overall
point
structure
and
increasing
that
overall
point
structure
doesn't
necessarily
correlate
to
increase
production
numbers,
because
there
are
many
factors
that
go
into
a
pro:
getting
a
project
to
construction
besides,
just
simply
scoring
high.
In
any
case,
staff
would
want
more
time
if
we
could
have
it
to
analyze
proposed
scoring
changes
before
making
recommendations
to
ensure
there
are
no
unintended
consequences
to
these
amendments.
I
know
there
is
one
Amendment
for
one
of
the
categories
that
we
are
actually
recommending.
W
A
point
increase
in,
and
so
there's
another
recommendation
above
that
I
think
that
would
be
worth
taking
a
look
at
in
that
category.
So
you
know
if
it's
possible
staff
could
evaluate
those
changes
for
the
next
program
update
after
which
we'd
also
have
the
benefit
of
the
changes
we're
recommending
today
to
take
into
consideration.
X
Chickenman
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
our
staff
for
the
recommendations
they
made
to
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
I
appreciate
your
time
and
effort
going
on
to
this
customer
Chuck
Tai
and
I
have
three
different
motions
that
you
all
have
in
front
of
you,
so
I'll
make
a
motion
to
move
them
all
together.
X
X
Projects
that
are
dedicated
to
30
Ami
will
increase
from
up
to
15
points
to
up
to
20
points,
projects
that
are
rental
use.
They
use
rental
use
program.
Assistance
with
vouchers
would
go
from
up
to
15
points
to
20
points,
projects
for
housing,
homeless,
individuals
in
this
housing
and
homeless
crisis
that
we
have
right
now
will
go
from
up
to
20
points
to
up
to
25
points,
and
we
will
also
establish
youth
in
the
Equitable
development
criteria
to
address
youth
homelessness
that
we
need
to
desperately
address.
X
I
believe
that
housing
is
a
fundamental
human
right,
especially
in
this
housing
affordability
crisis
that
we're
in.
We
need
to
build
more
deeply
affordable
housing
that
will
reduce
homelessness,
and
these
amendments
will
help
us
prioritize
housing
for
some
of
the
most
disinvested
community
and
vulnerable
community
members
in
the
state
of
Minneapolis
and
housing
is
a
personal
issue
to
me
and
why
I
ran
for
office.
X
X
A
A
So
the
whole
partnership
about
us
asking
our
partners
what
they
think
they
should
what
they
need
in
order
to
be
more
productive
is
reflected
in
the
staff
recommendations,
since
they
had
a
public
process
they
reached
out
to
the
development
sector
and
they
asked
them
what
changes
need
to
be
made.
They
are
outlined
in
the
report
from
staff,
so
these
things
in
a
way
just
feel
a
bit
pulled
out
of
the
air
I,
don't
even
understand
how
you
go
from
five
points
for
something
to
ten
points
for
something.
That's
doubling
the
points.
A
What's
the
effect
of
that
council
member
Chavez,
can
you
explain
to
me
technically
speaking
on
your
second
motion,
one
to
five
vouchers,
Five
Points,
to
ten
points,
what
that's
going
to
do,
how
that's
going
to
affect
the
scoring?
What
choices
will
be
made,
what
trade-offs
will
be
made?
I
mean:
where
did
these.
X
X
A
Z
Z
Z
They
want
to
see
what
we're
doing
with
our
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
they
want
to
know
what
we're
doing
around
deeply
affordable,
low-income
housing,
that,
by
the
way
we
have
been
producing
and
I'm
sure
the
homework
way
home
report
cited
this
at
six
times
the
amount
that
we
previously
were
able
to
get
done
six
times
the
amount
of
deeply
affordable,
low-income
housing.
Nobody
disputes
that
we
need
to
be
doing
even
more
than
that,
but
by
taking
recommendations
from
staff
by
trusting
the
expertise
of
people
to
do
the
work
on
a
daily
basis.
Z
That's
not
my
opinion.
Those
are
the
numbers
I'm
of
the
position
that
we
should
be
not
simply
trusting
our
own
opinion,
but
trusting
experts
that
do
this
work
every
single
day.
Z
We've
got
a
a
huge
opportunity
here
with
the
amount
of
money
that
could
potentially
be
coming
out
of
the
state
to
the
tune
of
a
billion
dollars.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
double
down
even
further
in
the
work
of
this
affordable
housing
but
I.
My
purpose
really
in
coming
here
was
to
say
thank
you.
You
all
are
experts,
you
all
have
been
doing
the
work
and
the
numbers
that
we
are
getting
on.
Z
A
per
capita
are
at
or
near
Nation
leading
we're
proud
of
that
and
we're
proud
of
you
and
I
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
R
No
you're
fine.
May
you
go
well.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
I
I
think
all
of
us
are
committed
to
creating
affordable
housing
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
That
starts
from
the
leadership
from
the
mayor
all
the
way
to
the
staff,
and
we
have
been
commuting.
We.
It
shows
that
the
evidence
shows
that
but
I
think
what
I
understand
is
that
council,
member
Chavez
is
once
create
more
opportunity
and
attract
more
organizations
to
build
30,
Mi
homeless
folks
places
that
don't
make
profit,
but
actually
this
money.
R
The
way
we
give
points
the
way
I
understand
is
that
if
you
meet
certain
points,
then
you
get
awarded,
that's
how
I
understand,
affordable
housing.
Trust
fund
works,
so
we're
attracting
more
people
to
say:
hey
come
build
this
for
the
lowest
of
the
lowest
of
the
resident.
We
have
homeless
problem
in
City
of
Minneapolis.
We
have
increments
problem.
We
have
youth
homelessness.
We
have
folks
that
cannot
afford.
R
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
You
know.
I'm
I'm
really
excited
to
be
bringing
this
these.
These
amendments
forward,
this
motion
forward
with
with
council
member
Chavez
and
wanted
to
just
address
a
few
different
things
that
were
brought
up
today.
N
You
know
I
I,
understand
very
clearly
I
unders
I,
know,
council,
member
Chavez
understands
really
clearly
that
a
point
system
does
not
result
in
what
actually
gets
built.
There's
there
are
a
lot
of
steps
in
between
how
we
decide
we
give
our
Awards
and
ground
being
broken
on
a
project
or
a
project
being
completed
residents
moving
in
I,
don't
think
anyone
here.
It
was
not
the
intent
of
authors
to
to
claim
that
that
was
something
that
would
result
from
this.
N
We
talk
about
homelessness
on
in
on
this
body
a
lot
and
our
approach
as
as
a
city
to
issues
around
home
homelessness,
specifically
with
youth
homelessness,
specifically
with
with
those
who
are,
are
transitioning
into
homelessness,
and
we,
you
know,
I,
think
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
we
hear
staff
talk
about
in
those
moments
is
challenging
us
as
policy
makers
to
be
thinking
about
and
investing
in
Upstream
Solutions,
and
that
is
absolutely
the
correct
position
for
for
our
our
professional
staff
to
be
challenging
us
to
think
about.
N
N
This
point
system,
incentivizing
investment
in
in
housing
or
in
units
built
at
30,
Ami
for
and
for
youth
transitioning
out
for
those
transitioning
out
of
homelessness
for
youth,
we
are
in
making
an
investment
and
incentivizing
in
those
some
of
those
Upstream
Solutions
in
terms
of
an
increase
in
in
the
production
of
deeply
affordable
housing.
N
In
the
way
home
report
that
we
talked
about
earlier
and
the
six-fold
increase
that
we've
seen
in
deep
in
the
production
of
deeply
affordable
housing-
that's
not
just
because
of
work
that
the
city
has
done,
that's
be
as
a
result
of
work
that
that
the
county
has
done
in
incentivizing
the
production
of
housing
at
30
Ami
this.
What
we're?
N
What
this
amendment
that
you're
looking
at
today
is
the
city
aligning
our
priorities
with
the
county,
aligning
our
priorities
with
with
the
state
and
saying
that
we
are
deeply
committed
to
investing
in
building
for
those
who
need
it
the
most
and
investing
in
these
Upstream
Solutions.
So
we
can
start
to
see
its
impact
in
the
coming
years.
N
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
understand
the
author's
passion
in
the
author's
recognition
of
the
housing
crisis.
What
I
don't
understand
is
I
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
to
see
this
that
you
didn't
come
into
my
office.
You
didn't
explain
this
to
me.
You
know
I'm
sitting
on
the
committee
with
the
two
of
you
and
you
know,
I
guess
my
opinion
doesn't
count,
but
I
I
do
have
some
questions
about
what
this
does
to
other
affordable
affordability
units.
So
fifty
percent
sixty
percent
eight
percent.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair
council,
member
rain,
Vell.
So
I
guess
my
response
would
be
we
don't
we
don't
have
that
information
at
this
point
to
know
we
haven't
done
the
analysis
to
know
you
know
what
would
this
change
mean
in
terms
of
impacting
other
levels
of
affordability?
O
We
just
we
haven't,
had
a
chance
to
do
that.
You
know
so.
As
far
as
the
proposals
that
staff
brought
forward
in
terms
of
our
recommendations,
you
know
increasing
the
number
of
30,
you
know
units
increasing
the
number
of
homeless
units
and
increasing
the
points
you
know
we
tested
that
against
projects
that
have
received
affordable
housing,
trust
funds
over
the
past
couple
years.
So
do
a
sensitivity.
Analysis
just
to
you
know,
get
an
understanding
of
what
those
impacts
would
be.
O
But
we
haven't
done
that
kind
of
work
on
the
proposed
amendment,
and
so
we
don't
have.
We
don't
have
a
clear
answer
for
you.
Unfortunately,
okay.
D
Thank
you
and
again
I
hate
to
put
you
on
a
spot
like
this,
but
I
haven't
had
the
chance
to
talk
to
anyone
else.
D
What
what
does
this
do
with
our
relationship
with
the
other
developers
that
that
have
been
allowed
to
give
their
opinion
on
this
or
to
respond
to
this?
That's
that
doesn't
seem
like
a
very
good
partnership
that
we
have.
O
Well,
Madam,
chair
council,
member
rainville,
I,
guess
you
know
that
would
be
a
concern
from
staff
side
as
well.
We
also
we
also
work
very
closely
with
the
the
state
and
Hennepin
County
was
mentioned.
You
know
on
these
projects
and
we
don't.
We
haven't,
had
a
chance
to
talk
through
these
proposals
with
them.
The
proposed
changes
that
I
just
listed.
You
know
that
are
in
the
staff
report.
B
D
So
I
guess
I
would
ask
the
authors.
Would
you
be
willing
to
delay
this
the
cycle
to
give
our
staff
a
chance
to
reach
out
to
the
state
and
the
county
and
the
other
developers.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I.
Do
I
do
remember,
I
think
it
was
2018
myself
and
then
councilmember
Alondra
Cano
had
had
some
discussion
around
changes
to
the
point
system
and
I
believe
that
we
made
some
changes.
I,
don't
off
the
top
of
my
head.
Remember
what
those
were
the
staff
remember
what
those
changes
were.
F
It
was
yeah
I
know
it's
a
long
time
ago,
I
I
guess
I
just
mentioned
it
just
to
say
that
I
think
that
what
we
were
trying
to
do
at
that
time
it
you
know
it
was
we
felt
like
we
were
wedged
in
between
you
know.
You
know
essentially
affordable
housing,
not
being
prioritized
for
places
like
North,
Minneapolis
and
and
at
the
time
you
know
well
currently
yeah
ward,
nine,
which
then
councilman
McConnell
represented
and,
and
we
did
run
into
some
issues
around.
F
You
know
Holmen,
and
these
these
other
types
of
things
and
I
think
that
we
were
largely
able
to
cut
through
those
with
some
deliberation.
Discussion
I
see
that
what
councilmember,
Chavez
and
Chuck
Tai
here
really
in
the
same
vein
of
that
conversation,
I,
know
know
that
this
that
this
is
that
this
exact
point
system
hasn't
been
fully
vetted,
but
do
we
really
feel
like
this
is
a
complete
rewrite
of
the
point
system?
These
you
know.
Are
these
increases
moderate?
Are
they
extreme?
They
look
moderate
to
me.
F
I
guess,
I'll
put
it
that
way,
and
so
I
guess
wanted
to
see
a
response
from
staff.
On
that
sure.
S
Madam,
chair,
councilmember
Ellison
I,
really
appreciate
that
characterization
and
really
appreciate
to
the
the
councilmember
Chavez
for
for
bringing
forward
an
amendment
that
would
help
try
to
increase
the
production
of
affordable,
deeply
affordable
housing
at
30
Ami.
We
know
that
that's
where
the
greatest
need
is-
and
we
understand
that
you
know
as
as
Carrie
mentioned
before
in
her
presentation,
we
spent
we've
spent
the
last
six
months
running
through
different
scenarios,
doing
the
sensitivity
analysis
looking
at
our
looking
at
our
current
policy,
trying
to
figure
out
ways
to
improve
it.
S
Meeting
with
folks,
like
beacon,
beacon,
has
been
a
great
partner
in
this
work.
We've
met
with
them
several
times.
We,
you
know.
We
we
put
this
up
for
a
45-day
public
comment
period.
We
meet
with
the
house,
affordable
housing
Advocates.
We
we
meet
with.
S
We
meet
with
developers
of
all
kinds,
as
as
Amy
mentioned,
we
meet
with
our
funding
partners,
because
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
is
a
gap
funding
program
that
doesn't
do
anything
without
other
sources
of
fun,
so
other
state
funding,
County
funding,
other
funding.
So
this
is
extremely
robust.
The
analysis
that
we
do
and
everything
that
we
do
does
affect
everything
else
in
in
this,
and
so,
while
the
face
of
it
does
seem
like,
maybe
it
could
be
helpful
in
advancing
30
Ami
units.
S
S
You
know
some
comment
on
on
what
is
being
done
or
what
is
being
proposed
and
I
mean
I
guess.
One
of
the
concerns
that
I
would
have
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
projects
that
really
need
serious,
City
investment
in
the
preservation.
S
You
know
we
do
have
projects
that
are
coming
forward
like
little
earth
like
Heritage
Park,
like
mpha
preservation
projects
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
also
prioritizing
in
this,
and
those
are
the
kinds
of
considerations
that
we
give
when
we
are
considering
making
changes
to
this
and
so
I
I,
absolutely
100
appreciate
the
the
what
the
goal
is
of
this
amendment
and
I
think
you
know,
we've
been
working
really
hard
to
advance
that
goal
and
to
make
policy
recommendations
that
that
advance
that
goal,
but
I,
think
you
heard
you
know
I've
consulted
with
the
housing
team.
S
F
If
I
could
just
matter
of
chair
I
am
I
think
the
only
thing
that
I'm
challenged
by
is
that
I'm
I'm
inclined
to
support
the
council,
member
Chavez
and
chick
ties
motion
today.
I
would
welcome
another
cycle
for
us
to
consider
it,
but
it
but
I
also.
It
doesn't
seem
advisable
that
we
take
another
cycle.
I
feel
like
that's
kind
of
the
point
where
I
feel
wedged
it's
kind
of
like
you
know
we
want
to
get
this
out.
F
We
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
kind
of
know
what
the
scoring
criteria
is
going
to
be.
We
have
award
week
coming
up
I
think
so
we're
so
we're
if
we
did
delay
this
another
cycle
we're
talking
three
weeks
instead
of
instead
of
two.
F
So
I
guess,
that's
my
you
know,
I
guess,
there's
not
a
question
in
that.
It's
just
to
say.
You
know
I'm
inclined
to
support
this
today.
I
do
want
to
respect
staff's
concerns
about
what
these
changes
would
make
and
invite.
You
know
not
really
sure
what
to
do
about
that.
We've
got
a
timing
issue.
We
don't
want
to
delay
this.
We've
got
an
amendment
that
that
maybe
could
require
some
analysis,
but
what
kind
of
has
to
be
decided
today
right.
S
Madam,
chair
councilmember
Ellison.
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
time
and
consideration
again.
We
also
consult
with
the
key
funding
Partners
Minnesota
housing
with
a
billion
dollars
that
they're
getting
from
this
legislative
session.
They
are
more
important
than
ever
in
our
coordination
with
them,
so
we
wouldn't
want
to
get
off
the
timeline,
because
it's
going
to
be
really
important
for
us
to
try
to.
We
work
really
hard
to
leverage
every
state
dollar
we
possibly
can
for
projects
in
Minneapolis,
and
so
that
is
why
the
timing
is
important
to
align.
S
Our
recommendation
to
you
is
that
we
that
you
move
forward
with
our
our
proposed
recommend
our
recommended
changing
to
the
changes
to
the
policy,
which
we
believe
are
the
the
the
the
changes
that
will
best
position,
the
city
to
produce
the
most
affordable
housing
and
the
most
deeply
affordable
housing.
We
believe
that
that's
what
we're
presenting
to
you
today.
Our
recommendation
is
that
we
look
at
these
proposed
changes
for
next
year.
We're
here
every
single
year
and
I
think
the
The
Challenge
and
we
would
be
willing
I
won't
be
here
but
I
know.
S
I
can
speak
for
Alfred
Port,
our
housing
director
in
saying
that
we
would
be
willing
to
look
at
our
timeline
and
meet
with
members
of
this
committee
earlier
much
earlier
in
the
process
when
we
can
sit
down
and
look
at
potential
additional
changes
and
have
build
in
the
time
to
do
the
analysis
so
that
we
continue
this
positive
trajectory
that
we've
been
on
to
every
year
after
year
after
year,
increase
the
affordable
housing
production
and
increase
the
deeply
affordable
housing
production.
We
believe
the
recommended
action
before
you
today
will
do
that.
D
F
D
Believe
so,
okay,
thank
you!
So
I'm
I'm
not
going
to
vote
in
favor
of
this.
Today
we
need
to
be
more
transparent.
Our
government
I
agree
with
the
authors
suggestions,
but
there's
so
many
other
questions,
and
especially
the
people
who
do
the
work
so
I'm
I'm,
going
to
abstain
on
this
vote.
A
Affordable
housing
units
at
30
percent,
it
might
actually
not
allow
us
to
spend
the
money
that
we
have,
because
ultimately,
30
units
require
multiple
other
funding
sources.
The
amount
of
nine
percent
tax
credits
which
go
into
almost
every
30
project
is
limited
by
the
federal
government
and
the
bonds
that
come
with
it
are
also
limited.
A
So
what
we
could
end
up
doing
is
assigning
these
the
you
know
changing
the
points
dramatically
and
there
probably
won't
be
enough
applications
to
even
use
the
money
to
meet
the
criteria,
because
building
at
30
percent
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
do.
It
also
takes
an
extended
period
of
time.
I'll.
A
A
We
have
been
a
leader
as
the
result
of
the
work
by
our
professional
staff.
There
is
no
Rhyme
or
Reason
to
any
of
these
numbers,
and
these
numbers
are
going
to
skew
the
way
that
this
is
set
up.
In
the
system-
and
we
might
not
see
enough
projects,
we
certainly
won't
see
enough
support
funding.
We
won't
have
enough
tax
credits
or
bonds.
We
won't
have
the
money
from
the
other
agencies,
and
so
our
money
could
just
be
sitting
there
in
the
end.
Ultimately,
these
are
professional
staff
for
a
reason,
they've
been
super.
A
Successful
we've
seen
that
today,
the
timing
of
this
was
ironic,
because
there
wasn't
any
discussion
of
any
amendments.
As
the
chair,
I
wasn't
told
about
any
amendments
still
this
morning
and
all
the
people
doing
this
work
we're
not
told
either
and
they're
not
here
in
the
room
to
be
able
to
give
feedback.
So
winning
a
vote
today
is
not
winning
for
building
affordable
housing.
A
D
A
The
eyes
happens
seeing
no
further
business
before
us
and
without
objection
we
will
call
the
meeting
adjourned.