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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 [1:22] I WILL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND [1:23] SORT OUT WHICH ITEMS WILL BE [1:24] WITHDRAWN, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE [1:25] CONTINUED, WHICH ITEMS WILL BE [1:27] DISCUSSED, AND WHICH ITEMS WILL [1:28] BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO [1:30] BE AS APPROVED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.