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July 29, 2025 Heritage Preservation Commission
Minneapolis City CouncilWednesday, July 30, 2025
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[0:17] AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER THE
[0:20] JULY 29th REGULAR MEETING OF
[0:21] THE MINNEAPOLIS HERITAGE
[0:22] PRESERVATION COMMISSION. FOR
[0:23] THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARAIS
[0:27] BJORNBERG AND I SERVE AS CHAIR
[0:28] OF THE COMMISSION. JUST A
[0:30] REMINDER TO SILENCE YOUR CELL
[0:31] PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC
[0:32] DEVICES AND TO SPEAK CLEARLY
[0:33] INTO THE MICROPHONE WHEN
[0:34] SPEAKING AT THE DAIS OR GIVEN
[0:36] TESTIMONY. WOULD THE CLERK
[0:36] PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SO WE MAY
[0:38] VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A
[0:40] QUORUM?
[0:42] >> COMMISSIONERS ALEXANDER?
[0:45] >> PRESENT.
[0:46] >> BOOTE.
[0:47] >> PRESENT.
[0:48] >> HER.
[0:49] >> PRESENT.
[0:49] >> KARATO IS ABSENT. MELLBLOM
[0:52] IS ABSENT. RODRIGUEZ.
[0:55] >> PRESENT.
[0:56] >> THOMAS.
[0:57] >> PRESENT.
[0:57] >> WALLACE.
[0:59] >> PRESENT.
[1:00] >> VICE CHAIR MASTIN.
[1:03] >> PRESENT.
[1:04] >> VICE CHAIR BJORNBERG.
[1:05] >> THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS
[1:06] PRESENT.
[1:06] >> THREAT THE RECORD REFLECT
[1:07] THAT WE DO HAVE QUORUM AND
[1:10] COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM PROVIDED
[1:13] NOTICE THAT THEY ARE ABSENT AND
[1:15] THEIR ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. OUR
[1:16] FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO
[1:17] ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THIS
[1:19] EVENING. WE WILL WORK BY THE
[1:21] AGENDA AVAILABLE BY THE CLERK.
[1:22] I WILL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND
[1:23] SORT OUT WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:24] WITHDRAWN, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:25] CONTINUED, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE
[1:27] DISCUSSED, AND WHICH ITEMS WILL
[1:28] BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO
[1:30] BE AS APPROVED TO BE APPROVED AS
[1:33] RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WITHOUT
[1:34] FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO THE JAND
[1:39] IS ITEM NUMBER 4, 105 25TH
[1:45] STREET EAST, WARD 10. THIS
[1:47] APPLICATION IS FOR A CERTIFICATE
[1:48] OF APPROPRIATENESS, AND ITEM
[1:49] NUMBER 4 WILL BE ON CONSENT
[1:51] UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK IN
[1:53] OPPOSITION TO OR MODIFY THE
[1:55] STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO THE
[2:01] PROPOSED AGENDA IS THE CONSENT
[2:02] AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 4,
[2:04] 105 TWOBTH STREET EAST -- 25TH
[2:06] STREET EAST, WARD 10. IS THERE
[2:07] ANY OPPOSITION FROM
[2:08] COMMISSIONERS TO THE STAFF
[2:10] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM?
[2:16] IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC
[2:17] THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN
[2:18] OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM?
[2:20] HEARING NO OPPOSITION TO PLACING
[2:22] THIS ITEM ON CONSENT, WE WILL
[2:24] APPROVE THIS CONCEPT ITEM IN ONE
[2:25] MOTION AT THE START OF THE
[2:27] MEETING. COMMISSIONERS, MAY I
[2:28] HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
[2:29] PROPOSED AGENDA?
[2:36] >> MASTIN SO MOVES.
[2:38] >> HERR SECONDS.
[2:39] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HERR.
[2:40] ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR
[2:42] SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[2:46] ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE AGENDA IS
[2:50] APPROVED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF
[2:52] BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE
[2:53] MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 12th
[2:56] MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO
[2:57] APPROVE THOSE MINUTES?
[3:00] >> COMMISSIONER WALLACE SO
[3:01] MOVES.
[3:01] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[3:03] WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND?
[3:05] >> THOMAS SECONDS.
[3:06] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[3:07] THOMAS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING
[3:10] NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[3:14] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
[3:18] ABSTENTIONS? BJORNBERG
[3:20] ABSTAINS. THE MINUTES ARE
[3:21] APPROVED. BEFORE I OPEN TO
[3:28] HEARING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET
[3:29] ME SUMMARIZE THE PROCESS FOR
[3:30] CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[3:32] FIRST, WE WILL ACT ON THE
[3:33] CONSENT AGENDA WE JUST SET.
[3:35] ONCE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
[3:37] ARE APPROVED, THE COMMISSION IS
[3:39] DONE WITH THOSE ITEMS AND
[3:41] APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING
[3:42] STAFF TOMORROW ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
[3:44] I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC
[3:46] HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
[3:48] ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 4, 150 --
[3:55] 105.
[3:55] [LAUGHTER]
[3:58] TWENTY-FIFTH STREET EAST, WARD
[3:59] 10. AGAIN, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS
[4:03] OPPOSE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
[4:04] FOR THIS ITEM? ARE THERE ANY
[4:09] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OPPOSE
[4:10] THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR
[4:11] THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL
[4:14] NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
[4:18] THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAY I
[4:19] HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF
[4:21] FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[4:22] THIS ITEM?
[4:26] >> RODRIGUEZ SO MOVES.
[4:27] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[4:29] RODRIGUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND?
[4:32] >> MASTIN SECONDS.
[4:32] >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
[4:35] MASTIN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE
[4:51] LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
[4:54] COMMISSIONER KARATO IS NOW HERE.
[4:56] OKAY. SEEING NONE,, ALL IN
[4:59] FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSESSED
[5:02] SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT
[5:08] ITEM IS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
[5:09] BY STAFF ON THE AGENDA, AND
[5:10] APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING
[5:11] STAFF ABOUT NEXT STEPS. DO
[5:14] STAFF HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[5:21] >> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR
[5:23] BJORNBERG. MY NAME IS ANDREA
[5:24] BURKE, AND I'M THE SUPERVISOR
[5:26] FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
[5:28] TEAM AND CPED. I HAVE THREE
[5:30] ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR THIS
[5:31] EVENING, ONE IF YOU ARE
[5:33] INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE
[5:34] PRESERVE MINNESOTA CONFERENCE
[5:36] PUT ON BY THE STATE HISTORIC
[5:38] PRESERVATION OFFICE FROM
[5:39] SEPTEMBER 10th THROUGH
[5:40] SEPTEMBER 12th, AND WOULD LIKE
[5:41] TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR
[5:43] YOUR REGISTRATION FEE AND
[5:45] LODGING, WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED
[5:47] A CLG PASS THROUGH GRANT FOR,
[5:49] PLEASE LET US KNOW BY THIS
[5:51] THURSDAY, JULY 31st, IF YOU'RE
[5:52] NOT SURE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT,
[5:56] PLEASE TALK TO ERIN KAY AND WE
[5:58] CAN DISCUSS OPTIONS. I KNOW IN
[6:05] SOME CASES PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
[6:11] SPONSOR THE FEES BUT I WANTED TO
[6:12] LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE THAT
[6:14] SCHOLARSHIP VA AVAILABLE AND
[6:15] CAN PROVIDE SOME COSTS TO
[6:18] ATTEND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
[6:20] NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE
[6:21] MINNEAPOLIS AFRICAN AMERICAN
[6:22] HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
[6:24] STUDY, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
[6:26] MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND
[6:28] OUR GRANT IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE
[6:29] AND CLOSED OUT. AND WE'LL BE
[6:33] BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO YOU AS
[6:34] A DISCUSSION ITEM AT THE NEXT
[6:36] HPC MEETING, SO. AND THEN ALSO
[6:38] JUST A FINAL PLUG, I KNOW I HAVE
[6:40] EMAILED YOU, BUT THE NATIONAL
[6:41] ALLIANCE OF PRESERVATION
[6:44] COMMISSION SHORT COURSE, WHICH
[6:46] IS TWO DAYS, THERE'S A LITTLE
[6:47] BIT MORE INFORMATION ON EACH OF
[6:48] THE SESSIONS THAT ARE BEING
[6:50] GIVEN. I WILL BE GIVING ONE OF
[6:53] THEM. I WILL BE GIVING THE
[6:54] FIRST ON LOCAL ORDINANCES. I'M
[6:55] PARTICIPATING WITH A PANEL ON
[6:56] THAT ONE. BUT THAT IS
[6:59] AUGUST 20th AND 21st. THERE
[7:00] IS A REDUCED RATE FOR
[7:03] COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE PART OF AN
[7:05] NAPC MEMBERSHIP, WHICH WE ARE,
[7:09] BUT JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A
[7:11] LOOK AT THAT MESSAGE, AND IF YOU
[7:12] ARE INTERESTED IN GOING, I KNOW
[7:14] SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT
[7:14] TO ME, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE
[7:17] DISCOUNT CODE TO REGISTER ON
[7:17] YOUR OWN. I KNOW THE CITY
[7:19] CAN'T, WE WON'T, WE CAN'T COVER
[7:21] THAT COST, BUT IT IS A REDUCED
[7:24] RATE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ON
[7:26] YOUR OWN. THAT CONCLUDES MY
[7:29] UPDATES. THANKS.
[7:30] >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
[7:32] COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE
[7:36] ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WITH
[7:37] THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL
[7:38] ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS
[7:41] MEETING. THERE BEING NO OTHER
[7:42] BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS
[7:43] MEETING, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION,
[7:44] I WILL DECLARE THE MEETING
[7:45] ADJOURNED. THE NEXT REGULAR
[7:47] MEETING OF THE HBC IS
[7:49] AUGUST 12th. THANK YOU.