[0:15] [ GAVEL ]. [0:17] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS [0:20] THE JUNE 26, 2025ZONING BOARD OF [0:22] ADJUSTMENT REGULAR MEETING. MY [0:23] NAME IS MATT PERRY, I'M CHAIR OF [0:25] THE BOARD. I WILL NOW CALL THIS [0:28] MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK THE [0:30] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT [0:32] WE MAY VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF [0:35] QUORUM. [0:35] >> BOARD MEMBER CALLAHAN. [0:37] >> PRESENT. [0:39] >> EICHOLZ. [0:40] >> HERE. [0:40] >> GRANS KORSH. [0:42] >> HERE. [0:43] >> HUTCHENS IS ABSENT. INGRAHAM. [0:45] >> AYE. [0:46] >> PERRY. [0:48] >> HERE. [0:49] >> SMRIKAROVA. [0:50] >> HERE. [0:50] >> WANG. [0:51] >> HERE. [0:52] >> WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS [0:53] PRESENT. [0:53] >> LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE [0:55] QUORUM. WITH THAT, WE'LL PROCEED [0:56] TO OUR AGENDA. A COPY OF WHICH [1:00] WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO [1:03] THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE [1:08] MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AVAILABLE AT [1:10] LIMS.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV, IS THERE [1:10] A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA? [1:12] >> SO MOVED. [1:13] >> IS THERE A SECOND? [1:15] >> SECOND. [1:15] >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. IS [1:17] THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE [1:19] MOTION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN [1:20] FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY [1:23] SAYING AYE. [1:23] >> AYE. [1:23] >> ANY AGAINST? [1:26] >> -- [1:27] >> OKAY. [1:28] >> IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS [1:30] AGAINST? HEARING NONE. AND WITH [1:32] THAT, THE MOTION PASSES. AND WE [1:36] HAVE AN APPROVED AGENDA. I [1:38] BELIEVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS [1:40] HAVE SEEN A COPY OF THE MINUTES [1:42] FROM THE JUNE 12, 2025, ZONING [1:44] BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING. IS [1:45] THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? [1:46] >> SO MOVED. [1:47] >> SECOND. [1:47] >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. IS [1:49] THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING [1:52] NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION [1:55] INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [1:56] >> AYE. [1:57] >> ANY AGAINST INDICATE BY [2:00] SAYING NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? [2:03] >> ABSTAIN ON THIS ONE. [2:05] >> OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONE [2:11] ABSTENTION. WITH THAT, THE [2:13] MOTION PASSES. THE MINUTES ARE [2:13] APPROVED. AND SO SOME GENERAL [2:27] INSTRUCTIONS. A REMINDER TO [2:28] APPLICANTS AND OTHERS IF YOU'RE [2:29] GOING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC [2:32] HEARING, PLEASE SIGN IN ON THE [2:34] SHEET AVAILABLE FROM THE CLERK [2:35] AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE [2:37] MICROPHONE. IF YOU HAVE NOT [2:38] SIGNED IN, YOU CAN DO SO ON YOUR [2:40] WAY OUT. ALSO TO APPLICANTS AND [2:42] OTHERS, PLEASE CONTACT STAFF [2:44] AFTER THE HEARING WITH ANY [2:45] QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR [2:49] PROJECTS. I WILL READ THE AGENDA [2:52] NUMBER ADDRESS OF THE PROJECT [2:54] AND STATE WHETHER IT'S SLATED [2:55] FOR CONSENT, CONTINUANCE, [3:00] WITHDRAW, CONCERN OR DISCUSSION. [3:02] LET'S LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED [3:03] DISPOSITION OF OUR ITEMS. WE [3:05] HAVE ONE LAND USE REQUEST AGENDA [3:09] ITEM TODAY. IT'S 5344 YORK [3:12] AVENUE SOUTH, AGENDA ITEM 4. [3:15] STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS ITEM [3:17] FOR CONSENT. IS THERE ANYONE [3:18] HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM? [3:22] DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY [3:23] QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM? [3:26] >> BOARD MEMBER PERRY, I HAVE [3:28] TWO QUESTIONS OF CLARIFICATION [3:29] FOR STAFF. [3:29] >> SURE. [3:31] >> IN THE STAFF REPORT, ONE OF [3:33] THE FINDING, ADDITIONAL FINDINGS [3:35] FOR THE SHORELAND OVERVIEW [3:38] DISTRICT INCLUDE VISIBILITY OF [3:40] THE WATERWAY I BELIEVE FROM THE [3:43] SITE. AND THEN IN THE STAFF [3:44] REPORT IT SAID THAT THERE WERE [3:46] NO IMPACTS ON VISIBILITY. ONE OF [3:48] THE PUBLIC COMMENT LETTERS THAT [3:49] WAS ATTACHED WITH THE REPORT DID [3:52] NOTE THAT THERE WERE VISIBILITY [3:54] IMPACTS DUE TO THE PROPOSED [3:56] WORK. CAN YOU JUST ADD SOME [3:58] POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THERE [4:00] WEREN'T ANY PHOTOS INCLUDED IN [4:01] THE REPORT SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW [4:04] WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING TO [4:06] CONSIDER. [4:06] >> SURE. CHAIR PERRY, BOARD [4:09] MEMBER, THE ADDITIONAL FINDING [4:15] FOR THAT SPECIFIC VARIANCE [4:17] REQUEST RELATES TO VISIBILITY [4:19] FROM THE WATERWAYS. IF I [4:22] REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE COMMENTS [4:25] SUBMITTED WERE IN REFERENCE TO [4:27] THE VISIBILITY FROM THEIR [4:27] PROPERTY TO THE WATERWAYS. [4:29] >> I BELIEVE THE LETTER [4:32] REFERENCED VISIBILITY BOTH WAYS. [4:33] BOTH FROM THE WATERWAY TO [4:37] UPWARDS IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY [4:39] LIKE THAT THE PROPOSED WORK ON [4:42] THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN -- THE [4:44] EDGE OF WHERE IT MEETS THE CREEK [4:46] WOULD IMPACT BECAUSE YOU WOULD [4:47] SEE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT THEN [4:48] FROM THE CREEK. [4:51] >> YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR PERRY, [4:53] BOARD MEMBER, THE STAFF'S [4:56] POSITION ON THAT WAS THE [4:59] VISIBILITY FROM THE CREEK ISN'T [5:00] INCREASED BY THE NEW [5:01] DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S ALREADY AN [5:02] EXISTING TWO-STORY STRUCTURE ON [5:04] THE PROPERTY. SO IT DOESN'T -- [5:07] THE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE IS [5:10] PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY. IT [5:11] DOESN'T EXCEED THE MAXIMUM LOT [5:14] COVERAGE OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE [5:18] REQUIREMENTS. IT'S NOT EXCEEDING [5:20] MAXIMUM HEIGHT. SO IT WOULD BE [5:22] PERMITTED NOTWITHSTANDING THE [5:27] SHORELINE REQUIREMENT. SO WE [5:29] FIND THAT'S MET. THERE'S NOT -- [5:31] IT'S NOT CONFLICTING WITH THE [5:33] DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURROUNDING [5:34] AREA. [5:39] >> CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER. [5:40] >> YES. [5:40] >> IF I COULD ADD ON TO THAT A [5:42] LITTLE BIT. [5:43] >> PLEASE. [5:44] >> THERE'S ALREADY DEVELOPMENT [5:45] IN THIS AREA THAT IS VISIBLE [5:46] FROM THE WATERWAY. THIS NEW [5:49] STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE ANY MORE [5:51] VISIBLE THAN ANY OF THE OTHER [5:54] STRUCTURES. THERE WILL BE NO [5:56] CHANGE WHATSOEVER BUT THAT IT'S [5:57] NOT GOING TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL, [6:01] YOU KNOW, VISIBLE FEATURE THAN [6:03] THE EXISTING SURROUNDING [6:04] DEVELOPMENT. [6:04] >> OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK [6:08] JUST A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT [6:11] THE SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT. [6:12] ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN THE STAFF [6:14] REPORT TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS [6:16] ISN'T IN VIOLATION OF THE [6:20] IMPERVIOUS SURFACE VIOLATION. [6:20] I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE OVERALL [6:22] DECISION OF THE ZONING CODE OF [6:25] WHY THERE'S NOT SEPARATE [6:27] PROVISIONS FOR PROPERTIES WITHIN [6:29] THE SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT [6:30] GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPERVIOUS [6:34] SURFACE CAN OFTEN LEAD TO MORE [6:36] RUNOFF AND PROBLEMS WITH [6:38] EROSION. TWO THINGS THAT THIS [6:40] OVERLAY DISTRICT IS CONCERNED [6:41] ABOUT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT [6:42] THAT IN TERMS OF JUST A BROADER [6:45] ZONING DISCUSSION OR IF THAT'S [6:49] BEEN CONSIDERED. [6:49] >> I WILL JUMP IN ON THAT AGAIN, [6:51] IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, CHAIR. THE [6:53] CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE [6:56] SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT WERE [6:57] ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF [6:58] MINNESOTA. OUR ORDINANCE IS [7:01] BASED ON STATE STATUTE AND IS IN [7:03] COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. SO WE HAVE [7:05] CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE A MORE [7:07] RESTRICTIVE STANDARD THAN [7:08] REQUIRED BY STATE ORDINANCE. [7:09] >> GREAT. THANK YOU. [7:11] >> ANY OTHER -- DOES THAT [7:12] ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS? [7:13] >> YES. THANK YOU. [7:14] >> OKAY. GREAT. DOES ANYBODY [7:17] ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF [7:19] STAFF WHILE WE HAVE MR. CARRIER [7:21] UP? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THERE [7:29] WAS NO ONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK [7:31] AGAINST THIS ITEM. SO LET -- AND [7:34] THAT IS OUR ONLY LAND USE ITEM. [7:36] SO LET'S REVIEW THE ITEMS ON THE [7:38] AGENDA FOR CONSENT. THEY ARE [7:40] ITEM NUMBER 4. IS THERE A MOTION [7:43] TO ADOPT THIS ITEM ON CONSENT. [7:47] >> SO MOVED. [7:47] >> IS THERE A SECOND? [7:48] >> SECOND. [7:49] >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL [7:53] IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE [7:55] BY SAYING AYE. [7:57] >> AYE. [7:59] >> ANY NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? [8:03] THAT PASSES. YOUR LAND USE [8:04] REQUEST IS APPROVED. GOOD LUCK [8:06] WITH YOUR PROJECT AND THANKS FOR [8:08] COMING DOWNTOWN. [8:09] >> THANK YOU. [8:09] >> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY UPDATES? [8:13] >> CHAIR PERRY, MEMBERS OF THE [8:15] BOARD, I WILL UPDATE YOU ON TWO [8:17] ITEMS THAT WERE HEARD AT YOUR [8:20] JUNE 12TH HEARING WHICH HAVE [8:22] BEEN APPEALED. [8:23] THE FIRST IS FOR 4640 17th [8:25] AVENUE SOUTH. THIS WAS A SETBACK [8:28] VARIANCE REQUESTED TO ALLOW [8:31] ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR A SCHOOL. [8:32] THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPEALED. THE [8:36] OTHER WAS EDMUND BOULEVARD. THAT [8:39] ITEM HAS ALSO BEEN APPEALED. [8:40] THOSE WILL GO TO THE JULY 15TH [8:45] BHZ HEARING. [8:45] >> JULY 15TH. OKAY. ANY [8:48] QUESTIONS OF MR. VERCODA? I SEE [8:51] NONE. THANKS FOR THOSE UPDATES. [8:52] WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL [8:54] THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS [8:57] MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING IS [9:01] JULY 17TH, 2025. AND I'D [9:02] ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. [9:04] >> SO MOVED. [9:04] >> SECOND. [9:05] >> SO MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN [9:07] FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [9:09] >> AYE. [9:09] >> WE ARE ADJOURNED. [9:12] [ GAVEL ]