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January 20, 2026 City Planning Commission
Minneapolis City CouncilWednesday, January 21, 2026
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[0:14] Welcome everyone to the regular meeting
[0:15] for the Minneapolis Planning Commission
[0:16] for January 20th, 2006. My name is Chris
[0:19] Meyer and I'm a chair of the commission.
[0:20] At this time, I will ask the clerk to
[0:22] please call the role.
[0:25] >> Commissioner Chowry is absent. Connley
[0:28] is absent. Garcia
[0:31] >> here.
[0:32] >> Gordon is absent. Jones
[0:35] >> here.
[0:36] >> Shfty is absent. Shepard
[0:38] >> here.
[0:39] >> Wagner is absent. Vice President Baxley
[0:43] >> here.
[0:43] >> President Meyer
[0:44] >> here.
[0:45] >> There are five members present.
[0:46] >> We have a quorum. Uh first we'll go to
[0:48] the minutes for January 5th, 2026. Is
[0:51] there a motion to adopt those minutes?
[0:52] >> So moved.
[0:53] >> Is there a second?
[0:54] >> Second. All right. Any discussion? All
[0:56] in favor say I. I. Opposed. Abstensions.
[1:00] The minutes are adopted. Uh, next we'll
[1:02] organize our agenda. We have four public
[1:04] hearing items. Staff is recommending
[1:06] that all four items be put on the
[1:08] consent agenda. I'm going to read
[1:10] through each item. If you came to speak
[1:12] against the staff recommendation, then
[1:15] raise your hand when I call on that
[1:16] item. So, first we have 716
[1:20] South 7th Street in Ward 6. Was anyone
[1:22] here to speak against the staff
[1:24] recommendation for item number four?
[1:28] All right, we'll keep that on consent.
[1:32] Uh second, we have 1914 Washington
[1:35] Avenue North in W 5. Was anyone here to
[1:37] speak against the staff recommendation
[1:39] on number five?
[1:42] All right, we'll keep that on consent.
[1:45] Next is 2116 Nicollet Avenue. Was anyone
[1:48] here to speak against the staff
[1:49] recommendation for item number six? Uh,
[1:52] Chair Meer, just a clarification. Item
[1:53] number six is a twocycle continuence.
[1:56] >> I Yes. Thank you. Okay. So, we will
[1:59] continue. Item number six.
[2:03] Item number seven is 2500 Elm Street
[2:06] Southeast. Was anyone here to speak
[2:08] against the staff recommendation for
[2:10] item number seven?
[2:15] All right. We will have that on consent.
[2:18] So, to review, we'll have four, five,
[2:19] and seven on consent. Number six will be
[2:21] continued. Is there a motion to adopt
[2:23] that agenda?
[2:25] >> Is there a second?
[2:26] >> Second.
[2:27] >> All right. Any discussion? All in favor
[2:29] say I.
[2:30] >> I. Opposed.
[2:31] >> That is adopted. Um can staff that
[2:34] remind me, do we have to have a separate
[2:35] vote on the continuence or is that all
[2:36] part of the same?
[2:38] >> Okay. Uh so I will open the consent
[2:41] hearing. If you wanted to speak about
[2:43] one of these items, you can do so now.
[2:45] Would anyone like to speak to any of our
[2:47] consent agenda items?
[2:51] All right. Not seeing any. So I will
[2:53] close the hearing. Commissioners, are
[2:55] there any questions or discussion on our
[2:56] consent items?
[3:00] Is there a motion to adopt our consent
[3:02] agenda?
[3:03] >> So moved.
[3:03] >> There second.
[3:04] >> Second.
[3:05] >> All right. Any last discussion? All in
[3:07] favor say I.
[3:08] >> I. Opposed. Absentions. That is adopted.
[3:12] And then we have the calendar. Um, would
[3:16] someone like to move the 2026 planning
[3:18] commission calendar?
[3:21] >> All right. Is Commissioner Jones moves
[3:23] the calendar. Is there a second?
[3:24] >> Second.
[3:25] >> All right. Any discussion about the
[3:26] calendar?
[3:29] >> All right. All in favor of adopting the
[3:30] calendar. Say I.
[3:31] >> I. I.
[3:32] >> Opposed. Abstensions. That is adopted.
[3:35] Uh, so that concludes our business for
[3:37] the day. um committee the whole is
[3:40] canled for this Thursday and our next
[3:42] regular planning commission is February
[3:44] 2nd. Are there any updates from staff or
[3:47] commissioners?
[3:48] >> No updates from staff.
[3:49] >> All right, that's it everybody. Thank
[3:51] you.
[3:52] >> Thank you.