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Brooklyn Park Planning Commission Meeting 3/12/2025

Osseo Area SchoolsWednesday, March 12, 2025
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Brooklyn Park Planning Commission Meeting 3/12/2025

Call to order and roll call

Pledge of Allegiance

Public hearing procedures and protocols

Election of officers: Chair, Vice Chair, and General Officer

Business Forward liaison position status

Adoption of bylaws

Discussion of meeting start times

Discussion of public hearing quorum requirements

Training on Robert's Rules of Order

Approval of consent agenda and meeting minutes

Review of 2025 planning commission work plan

Full Document Analysis

Votes (5)

Reappoint Kevin as Chair

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner · Seconded by Unspecified

Reappoint Kathy Frazier as Vice Chair

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner · Seconded by Unspecified

Reappoint Tahiti Wacko as General Officer

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Unspecified · Seconded by Unspecified

Approve bylaws as presented with staff tasked to clarify quorum language

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner · Seconded by Unspecified

Approve consent agenda and minutes with noted edits

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner · Seconded by Unspecified

Notable Quotes (2)

If there are more public hearings than can be reasonably expected to be concluded by 11 p.m... where is 11 p.m. coming from?

Tahiti Wacko
BylawsDuring discussion on bylaw limitations.

There’s nothing magic about the 4 hours. That’s something the commission could decide for itself to change.

Staff Representative
BylawsResponding to questions on bylaw time limits.

People (3)

ChehanChair

Presiding over the meeting and facilitating officer elections.

Kathy FrazierVice Chair

Re-elected as Vice Chair; noted as chair of the working session.

Tahiti WackoCommissioner

Re-elected as General Officer; raised questions regarding Robert's Rules and bylaw quorum language.

Places Mentioned

Brooklyn Park Planning Commission ChambersBrooklynpark.org

Events & Meetings (1)

  • Annual organizational meeting, February 2025
Transcript
00:00:07.166 --> 00:00:12.467 704. I now call this meeting to order, um, let’s start with uh 00:00:12.467 --> 00:00:55.767 roll call. Present. Present Well Awesome. Let’s stand for 00:00:55.767 --> 00:01:01.834 the Pledge of Allegiance. I, I pledge allegiance to the flag 00:01:01.834 --> 00:01:05.400 of the United States of America and to the republic for which 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:09.634 it stands, one nation under God indivisible with liberty and 00:01:09.634 --> 00:01:20.233 justice for all. All right, the next, uh, agenda item uh 00:01:20.233 --> 00:01:22.467 explanation by chair, please be advised that the public 00:01:22.467 --> 00:01:25.767 hearings are recorded and televised live on cable 00:01:25.767 --> 00:01:28.634 television and web stream over the internet at 00:01:28.634 --> 00:01:31.634 Brooklynpark.org. The audio system will not pick up 00:01:31.634 --> 00:01:34.867 comments from the seating area. If you want to be heard and 00:01:34.867 --> 00:01:39.033 made a part of the public work group, please go to the podium 00:01:39.033 --> 00:01:42.233 or if participating remotely, turn on your camera, speak into 00:01:42.233 --> 00:01:45.467 the microphone, stating your full name and address. Please 00:01:45.467 --> 00:01:48.634 sign the public hearing logbook on the table near the entrance 00:01:48.634 --> 00:01:52.300 to the council chambers if you are attending in person to 00:01:52.300 --> 00:01:55.200 ensure accuracy of name and address in the public record. 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:59.500 Please note that the agen agenda for tonight’s uh uh 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:02.500 media indicates that the commission chair has the 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:06.233 prerogative to evoke a time limit for speakers during any 00:02:06.233 --> 00:02:10.000 public hearing in the interest of maintaining focus and the 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.634 effective use of time. Thank you in advance for your 00:02:12.634 --> 00:02:18.000 cooperation. The planning commission consists of 9 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.233 resident volunteer members appointed by the city council 00:02:20.233 --> 00:02:25.467 to advise the city council on planning and land use issues. 00:02:25.467 --> 00:02:28.734 The commission discusses and evaluates development proposals 00:02:28.734 --> 00:02:33.000 based on zoning regulations and comprehensive plan policies. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.800 The planning commission vote is a recommendation that is 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:41.500 forwarded to the city council for official and final action. 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:49.467 All right, we’ll move to the next agenda item, um. Or the 00:02:49.467 --> 00:02:53.467 next item of business is to uh approve the agenda. Are there 00:02:53.467 --> 00:03:02.900 any additions or changes to the agenda? Uh yeah, uh, 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:09.233 commissioner, uh, before we have uh. Oh, I thought you 00:03:09.233 --> 00:03:12.567 wanted some changes made. Now. Minutes. All right. Sounds 00:03:12.567 --> 00:03:20.900 great. I’ll make a motion. No. All right, the, uh, motion has 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:28.634 been made. It has been 2nd, all in favor. Say aye. All right, 00:03:28.634 --> 00:03:34.934 motion carries. So, um, are we to go to the next agenda item, 00:03:34.934 --> 00:03:39.133 uh, which are the, the required duties. The election of 00:03:39.133 --> 00:03:42.934 officers, Mr. Chair. Sounds great. Let’s do that. Uh, so, 00:03:42.934 --> 00:03:46.033 uh, Mr. Chair, members of the planning commission, I can just 00:03:46.033 --> 00:03:48.767 introduce this really briefly before turning it back over to 00:03:48.767 --> 00:03:53.033 the chair. Um, so there, this is the organization of the 00:03:53.033 --> 00:03:57.300 annual organizational meeting where the commission elects 00:03:57.300 --> 00:04:02.166 officers of chair, vice chair, and general officer, the, um, 00:04:02.166 --> 00:04:04.800 the agenda also notes the election of a business forward 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.533 liaison. Let me just say a couple words about that. Uh, 00:04:08.533 --> 00:04:12.000 you may recall last year, um, the commission actually struck 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:18.634 that lead. on position from the Bylaws because that group no 00:04:18.634 --> 00:04:21.500 longer exists. However, there is, um, some interest, as I 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:26.100 understand it, and reconstituting that, that, that, 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:30.467 that business forward group sometime this year. So what I 00:04:30.467 --> 00:04:33.266 would propose is that um because the, the group doesn’t 00:04:33.266 --> 00:04:37.000 exist now, it’s, it’s probably not necessary to appoint a 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:41.400 liaison, but in the event that that group is reconstituted 00:04:41.400 --> 00:04:43.867 during 2025, uh, the commission could revisit the bylaws, add 00:04:43.867 --> 00:04:47.634 that lease. back in if it’s so chose to, and then elect a 00:04:47.634 --> 00:04:51.734 liaison to serve in that role. So my suggestion tonight would 00:04:51.734 --> 00:04:54.133 be simply to elect those 1st 3 officers, the chair, vice chair, 00:04:54.133 --> 00:05:02.467 and General officer. Um Of course, right now, the chair is, 00:05:02.467 --> 00:05:07.800 is, is Chehan, uh, vice chair, uh Kathy Frazier, general 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:13.734 officer, uh, Tahiti Wacko. Um And um, so those are the 00:05:13.734 --> 00:05:17.367 incumbents, uh, as I mentioned in an email the other day, uh, 00:05:17.367 --> 00:05:22.667 the makeup of the commission is not changing, um, the 00:05:22.667 --> 00:05:25.000 commission did reappoint or the council rather did reappoint 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.133 the three commissioners who were up, uh, for reappointment. 00:05:28.133 --> 00:05:32.367 So, um, anybody who is, um, currently serving and serving 00:05:32.367 --> 00:05:35.033 throughout this year is eligible for any of these. 00:05:35.033 --> 00:05:37.834 Officer positions. So with that, I’ll turn it back over to the 00:05:37.834 --> 00:05:45.767 chair. All right, uh, thanks, uh. Let’s start with the 00:05:45.767 --> 00:05:54.233 election of officers, so we have the chair position um. Um 00:05:54.233 --> 00:05:57.767 anybody interested and uh uh being considered for that, I am, 00:05:57.767 --> 00:06:00.634 you know, again more than willing to, you know, maintain 00:06:00.634 --> 00:06:05.634 the position. It’s, uh, but no one interested in also. Then we 00:06:05.634 --> 00:06:16.033 can have a debate. I don’t know. For 2 hours. Yeah. All right. 00:06:16.033 --> 00:06:23.634 Uh Make motion. Go ahead. I make a motion to appoint Chair, 00:06:23.634 --> 00:06:32.100 Kevin. To be vice chair for this coming cycle. A second All 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:40.166 right. Darn it No no no. All right. Any, uh, motion has been 00:06:40.166 --> 00:06:49.834 made, um, um, it has been 2, All in favor, say aye aye. 00 00:06:49.834 --> 00:07:05.800 yeah. You have. Uh, speech I’d like to say, um. Uh, Mr. 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:10.100 Chairman, uh, thank you very much for the wonderful job 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:14.800 you’ve done this year and uh it’s an honor to have you, uh, 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:22.300 reappointed for a second term, so. Thank you. Thank you. All 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:27.367 right, and the motion has been made. It has been 2nd all in 00:07:27.367 --> 00:07:37.266 favor. I In the post All right, motion carries. Um, the next is 00:07:37.266 --> 00:07:44.734 the vice chair, uh, The commissioner, Frazier’s 00:07:44.734 --> 00:07:49.767 currently serving in that position, um. Um, anybody else 00:07:49.767 --> 00:07:56.567 interested in fulfilling that role? If not, uh, uh, can I get 00:07:56.567 --> 00:08:06.100 a motion to Are you interested in refilling. 00, I’d like to 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:11.900 make a motion to reappoint uh the current vice president. Uh, 00:08:11.900 --> 00:08:16.400 oh, sorry, vice chair. Can we please promote her to vice 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:22.767 president. And no last election did not go very well for the 00:08:22.767 --> 00:08:30.734 vice president. We want this, we want this one to go better 00:08:30.734 --> 00:08:35.000 appointed the current vice chair to another term. Like 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:41.533 Right, motion has been made. It has been 2nd, uh. Uh, all in 00:08:41.533 --> 00:08:51.567 favor. Oh, God. Good. Uh, well, um, I think uh the vice chair, 00:08:51.567 --> 00:08:55.767 uh, the, the work she’s done speaks for herself, uh, when in 00:08:55.767 --> 00:08:58.400 the absence of the chair, the the vice has done a wonderful 00:08:58.400 --> 00:09:05.934 job, so. Uh, it’s, uh, my honor to, you know, uh. nominate her, 00:09:05.934 --> 00:09:11.467 so I, I hope she wins. Thank you. Saying is, it’s been 00:09:11.467 --> 00:09:15.467 absolute pleasure, uh, have you as vice chair and uh you’ve 00:09:15.467 --> 00:09:20.533 stepped up every time, uh, um, so it is an honor to, to have 00:09:20.533 --> 00:09:25.266 you as vice chair, so thank you appreciate it. Um, all right, 00:09:25.266 --> 00:09:28.567 motion has been made that that’s been 2nd. We’ve had some 00:09:28.567 --> 00:09:35.467 discussion. All in favor, say aye. I the pose. All right, 00:09:35.467 --> 00:09:40.634 Motion carries. All right, uh, the general officer currently 00:09:40.634 --> 00:09:48.100 served by Commissioner Waco, um. Um, anyone else interested in? 00:09:48.100 --> 00:10:00.100 General officer. Are you interested? All right, uh. Yeah 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:15.867 it Yeah it Sounds great. All right, uh. Uh Any comments or I 00:10:15.867 --> 00:10:25.500 didn’t right. you know I’ll second that. All right, um, All 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:34.734 in favor. the post. All right, motion carries. Congratulations. 00:10:34.734 --> 00:10:56.900 I And All right, uh, let’s see here. Uh, the next agenda item 00:10:56.900 --> 00:11:00.667 is 4.2 adoption of the bylaws, is that? Yeah, yes, Mr. Chair, 00:11:00.667 --> 00:11:03.834 members of the commission, um, this year’s staff are not 00:11:03.834 --> 00:11:07.100 proposing any, any changes to the bylaws over the last year, 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:09.734 we will, we will fill in the blanks for the officers based 00:11:09.734 --> 00:11:14.500 on the election that just occurred and put those names in, 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:17.734 um, otherwise what’s before you is what’s what staff is 00:11:17.734 --> 00:11:21.467 recommending for the bylaws, you know, we do, I will just 00:11:21.467 --> 00:11:24.634 say some at times as staff, we do propose if the commission 00:11:24.634 --> 00:11:27.900 would ever be interested in moving the meeting to 6 p.m. 00:11:27.900 --> 00:11:29.667 and putting that in the bylaws we would be in. in favor of 00:11:29.667 --> 00:11:32.367 that, but we understand that that doesn’t work for 00:11:32.367 --> 00:11:34.767 everybody’s schedule, and I, in all seriousness, I won’t 00:11:34.767 --> 00:11:37.500 propose that tonight because we are missing a couple, a couple 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:39.634 of commission members and if it doesn’t work for everybody, we 00:11:39.634 --> 00:11:43.000 need to make sure it does if, if, if that’s where the 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:47.100 commission were to go, so, um, That’s all I had to say about 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:49.867 the bylaws and but the commission is welcome to, of 00:11:49.867 --> 00:11:52.734 course, discuss and propose any, any changes that it wishes to 00:11:52.734 --> 00:11:58.300 discuss. All right, thank you. Um, let’s see here, do I have 00:11:58.300 --> 00:12:03.634 the bylaws in front of me. Oh yeah, I do. All right, great. 00:12:03.634 --> 00:12:10.567 All right, um, uh, the bylaws are in front of us, um, any 00:12:10.567 --> 00:12:14.767 Discussion, uh, with regards to the bylaws or? Anything you 00:12:14.767 --> 00:12:18.634 would like to change or see different at this time we can, 00:12:18.634 --> 00:12:27.166 I believe we can revisit this. There are issues commissioner. 00:12:27.166 --> 00:12:34.200 I, I’d like to make a, you know, uh, suggestion for a change. Um, 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:39.634 the, uh, staff mentioned that uh we, we have issues with the 00:12:39.634 --> 00:12:43.100 um meeting time. Uh, changing it from 6 o’clock, my 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:49.000 suggestion would be, why don’t we follow the uh Uh, like 7 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:52.767 times, uh, uh, thing, you know, so, so that when the Dallas 7 00:12:52.767 --> 00:12:55.567 time changes, we drop them a meeting to 6 or sorry, we, you 00:12:55.567 --> 00:13:00.767 know, to 6 o’clock and we it. But then this we push it back 00:13:00.767 --> 00:13:06.266 to to 7 because uh because, you know, um, 7 o’clock in winter 00:13:06.266 --> 00:13:09.767 it’s a little bit harder to uh to attend than uh 7 o’clock 00:13:09.767 --> 00:13:22.100 this summer. Just a suggestion to consider. I Yeah Thank you. 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:32.367 I get that. Um I think, uh, I think, uh, I mean, that’s a 00:13:32.367 --> 00:13:38.734 great point, um. Uh, because it is bylaw, you know, it would be 00:13:38.734 --> 00:13:45.634 nice to have. For the commissioners here to all. Uh 00:13:45.634 --> 00:13:49.400 Have a debate, if you will, on the, on the timeline, but I 00:13:49.400 --> 00:13:52.667 love your suggestion. Um, obviously we’ll have to work 00:13:52.667 --> 00:13:57.900 with the staff as well, you know, but uh. I think we should 00:13:57.900 --> 00:14:03.233 have this just my opinion that we should have um uh all the. 00:14:03.233 --> 00:14:09.734 commissioners here that, that debate. For discussion. With 00:14:09.734 --> 00:14:16.233 you. At the person this. Will you, let’s uh Am I going to 00:14:16.233 --> 00:14:29.467 guarantee? I, uh, no, no. I, I, I will just How, how that 00:14:29.467 --> 00:14:35.934 Sounds great. Uh, so, Mr. Chair, Dama, the question is how would 00:14:35.934 --> 00:14:41.266 it affect staff if, if we, if the commission chose to do base 00:14:41.266 --> 00:14:44.400 start times on daylight saving time, that, that’s what I mean, 00:14:44.400 --> 00:14:50.233 I, um, I think it could create some confusion, um, with both 00:14:50.233 --> 00:14:53.900 staff and the public, you know, because we have, of course, 00:14:53.900 --> 00:14:58.767 public hearings at these meetings, um. You know, I, I 00:14:58.767 --> 00:15:04.767 think having a consistent start time would be important, um, so 00:15:04.767 --> 00:15:06.500 people just know if, you know, if it’s a planning commission 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:10.133 meeting, it’s a, it’s at 7 o’clock or, or 6 o’clock 00:15:10.133 --> 00:15:11.800 whatever the commission decides that that would be my 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:14.266 suggestion. I mean, it’s that we can deal with it, we could, 00:15:14.266 --> 00:15:17.467 you know, make the change twice a year just like we all do with 00:15:17.467 --> 00:15:21.800 our clocks. Um, but, um, my suggestion would be to just 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:26.100 choose a time and and stick with it. But again, I, I, I 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:29.467 agree with that, the conversation should probably 00:15:29.467 --> 00:15:38.300 wait until we have all 9 commissioners present. Was that 00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:44.166 All right, any other discussion on the bylaws? Yes. Chair, one 00:15:44.166 --> 00:15:51.100 question I have is on, on bylaws, uh, number one. B In 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:56.533 the event that there are More public hearings than can be 00:15:56.533 --> 00:16:01.767 reasonably expected to be concluded by 11 p.m. That’s 00:16:01.767 --> 00:16:09.367 like 4 hours window between 7. To 11 p.m. And Um, we haven’t 00:16:09.367 --> 00:16:14.800 reached to that level as far as I’ve been here. But, uh, where 00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:20.000 is 11 p.m. coming from, and I just wanna know. Uh, that Has 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.467 to be 4 hours window or, you know, uh. Just wanted to know 00:16:24.467 --> 00:16:31.734 where. That 11 comes, can it be 10? Can it be 9? Just a 00:16:31.734 --> 00:16:35.467 question about that, Mr. Chair, members of the commission, um, 00:16:35.467 --> 00:16:38.300 you know, the history of that, I would imagine that, uh, at 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:40.867 least at the time that it was proved the bylaws probably 00:16:40.867 --> 00:16:46.266 matched. A similar rule the city council had for itself. 00:16:46.266 --> 00:16:49.300 There’s been a lot of that just trying to, you know, match with 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:54.200 the city council does, um. But, um, but no, that, I mean that 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.834 there’s nothing magic about the 4 hours. That’s something the 00:16:56.834 --> 00:17:00.467 commission could decide for itself to change to a different, 00:17:00.467 --> 00:17:05.467 a different time if it’s so chose. But to your point, 00:17:05.467 --> 00:17:08.000 Commissioner Wacker, we, you know, as of late, at least, we 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:15.634 have not had meetings that have Approach that, yeah. I’m, I’m 00:17:15.634 --> 00:17:20.800 not, oh, sorry. I’m not to release to just change unless, 00:17:20.800 --> 00:17:23.667 you know, majority, you know, many people needs to, to change, 00:17:23.667 --> 00:17:30.467 but. I do feel that a little bit lengthy. In terms of Scope. 00:17:30.467 --> 00:17:32.734 We haven’t reached to that level, but if this is 00:17:32.734 --> 00:17:35.166 consistent with the city council. I think I’m fine with 00:17:35.166 --> 00:17:43.934 it. OK. And, and one Just share one last question is, uh, uh, 00:17:43.934 --> 00:17:50.800 the last page. Uh, talks about any rule of order not covered 00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:54.500 by these bylaws shall be governed by the Robot rule of 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:59.233 Order of Standard. parliamentary procedure and 00:17:59.233 --> 00:18:04.567 That is really to mention that every year if there is kind of. 00:18:04.567 --> 00:18:08.567 Maybe you know, 5 10 minutes presentation about Robert’s 00:18:08.567 --> 00:18:13.100 rule of law. Uh, that would be good. I have seen where that is 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:16.367 very, very important in running commissions when I was in the 00:18:16.367 --> 00:18:21.300 budget advisory commission. Um Not everybody is, you know, 00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:24.767 yeah, the robot’s rule of law is out there. You know, the 00:18:24.767 --> 00:18:29.734 book is there, but. How the city You know, procedure 00:18:29.734 --> 00:18:33.533 function, you know, when we run commissions if, you know, if, 00:18:33.533 --> 00:18:37.300 for some, it could be repeat, for some it could be, you know, 00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:42.000 refreshing and new. Uh, I would like to see if there is any way 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:46.233 to add that, you know, um, at the beginning of the session. 00:18:46.233 --> 00:18:52.100 Uh, not every meetings, but, you know, cycle. There will be 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:56.000 some brief presentation about Robert rule of law. Are you OK 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.800 with that being at one of the working sessions. Yes, I’m OK 00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:07.100 with that to be one of the working sessions, yes. Uh 00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:08.634 excellent suggestion, Commissioner Waco. Uh, we’ve 00:19:08.634 --> 00:19:12.000 done that in the past and we’ll be happy to add that to, um, 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:16.634 you know, the list of, um, I’m kind of trainings that we’re 00:19:16.634 --> 00:19:19.266 doing over the course of the year at work sessions, so 00:19:19.266 --> 00:19:28.000 thanks for that suggestion. Great. Thank you. OK. Jeff The 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:39.634 light is on, so. Did you have something? now OK. You’re like. 00:19:39.634 --> 00:19:48.133 All right, uh. Sorry. Can I point out something to the uh 00:19:48.133 --> 00:19:54.033 the commissioner, um, if, if you look at this, uh Uh, bylaws, 00:19:54.033 --> 00:19:59.367 uh, if, if you look at number 1112, 13, going down. There are 00:19:59.367 --> 00:20:03.367 some aspects of the robust rule of law that has been mentioned 00:20:03.367 --> 00:20:10.500 here as, as it affects this meeting. So, um. We Maybe we 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:13.367 will need to visit it, but we may not need to take a full 00:20:13.367 --> 00:20:16.467 course on it because it’s, you know, if it can be complicated, 00:20:16.467 --> 00:20:21.800 we should just take the parts that affects us. And, and, and, 00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:27.100 uh, listed out here as it is, you know, to simplify so that 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:31.900 we don’t spend all time the betting on. On, on, on, on the 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:35.367 role aspects instead of 70 public as as we’re supposed to 00:20:35.367 --> 00:20:38.233 do, that’s just my, my suggestion, we should 00:20:38.233 --> 00:20:41.533 streamline things as much as possible. With without creating 00:20:41.533 --> 00:20:44.734 no chaos, so that we become, you know, uh focused around. 00:20:44.734 --> 00:20:48.667 Our men Function in a while, you know, we know, we know why 00:20:48.667 --> 00:20:53.233 we are here and what we have to do. Sounds great. I like that 00:20:53.233 --> 00:21:00.166 suggestion, so and the training session and the working session, 00:21:00.166 --> 00:21:05.734 uh, uh, focusing on the uh Not the entire book about what’s 00:21:05.734 --> 00:21:16.734 important to, uh, uh. Uh This commission Sounds great. 00:21:16.734 --> 00:21:26.367 Frazier. Yes, so there seems to be a conflict with the quorum. 00:21:26.367 --> 00:21:30.867 That’s required, so it’s majority. Um, of members 00:21:30.867 --> 00:21:38.033 appointed. And then it says that public hearing should not 00:21:38.033 --> 00:21:48.233 contain. More than 3 or fewer. So Essentially we can have a 00:21:48.233 --> 00:21:55.166 public here and without a quorum if that’s the case. What 00:21:55.166 --> 00:22:03.634 So she’s 4A. That shall consist of a minimum of a majority of 00:22:03.634 --> 00:22:07.533 current appointed and seated commissioners in no case shall 00:22:07.533 --> 00:22:11.867 a public hearing be held if only 3 commissioners or fewer 00:22:11.867 --> 00:22:16.000 are present. I think that’s uh Go ahead. Oh maybe you were 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:21.000 just going to say, a chair came in, um, and Commissioner 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:24.000 Frazier, I think the intent there is in the event that 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:28.300 there are fewer than 9 commissioners seated as in 00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:32.567 there are open seats that haven’t been appointed. That 00:22:32.567 --> 00:22:37.400 will reduce the quorum for a meeting. Um, so let’s say the 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:46.467 quorum was Um I don’t, so you could imagine a situation where 00:22:46.467 --> 00:22:50.800 there’s a lower quorum than we would have when, when all 9 are 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:55.500 seated, um, but in no in any case, regardless of how many 00:22:55.500 --> 00:23:00.300 are seated, um, you can’t, you have to have 3 for a public 00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:05.266 hearing. Is that I’m, I’m not explaining very clearly. It’s, 00:23:05.266 --> 00:23:09.900 it’s we, yeah, right. So, so in the case where we’re fully 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:15.266 seated and have 93 is not the number. 5 is the number. Yeah, 00:23:15.266 --> 00:23:41.533 right. Yeah, yeah. Right. It’s what I’m saying. There there 00:23:41.533 --> 00:23:48.934 might be a situation in which the city council uh failed to, 00:23:48.934 --> 00:23:53.166 uh, approve of members for them. For whatever reason and in 00:23:53.166 --> 00:23:55.934 those situations, uh, you know, you know, let’s say they are, 00:23:55.934 --> 00:24:02.166 you know, there are only 4 or 5 people, and in those situations, 00:24:02.166 --> 00:24:04.467 3 could become the decorum, is that what you are, is that 00:24:04.467 --> 00:24:08.100 where, what this is for a public hearing. Yes, that seems 00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:10.934 like an extreme case, but I think that’s what it’s, what 00:24:10.934 --> 00:24:21.467 it’s saying, yup. Yes. I, I definitely understand that. I 00:24:21.467 --> 00:24:26.834 think that’s what it was written for. But if we are a 00:24:26.834 --> 00:24:37.000 full commission. And members are missing and we have 3. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.367 Members here, commissioners here, we’re not gonna be able 00:24:40.367 --> 00:24:45.567 to hold up. Correct. And I don’t think that’s clear. How 00:24:45.567 --> 00:24:55.734 this is written. Trying to think of a way of making it 00:24:55.734 --> 00:25:06.834 clear. Could we just do a matrix? That, you know, if 00:25:06.834 --> 00:25:12.734 they’re, you know, just 4 commissioners here, um, for a 00:25:12.734 --> 00:25:21.900 meeting and um uh. Uh That’s, uh, that, uh, I should say 4 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:30.900 seated commissioners here. Uh You need at least 3. Oh, so the, 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:33.634 uh, for the majority, you wouldn’t have a majority vote, 00:25:33.634 --> 00:25:37.934 right? If there are only 4 because Right. There’s only 2, 00:25:37.934 --> 00:25:42.300 right? And so you need at least another person, 5 seated 00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:48.734 members to. I don’t know. I think a matrix could possibly 00:25:48.734 --> 00:25:52.767 yeah. Um, if this is a concern of the commission, I think 00:25:52.767 --> 00:25:56.000 rather than try to edit it on the fly here staff could er 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.166 could spend some time with this and propose something that is 00:25:59.166 --> 00:26:03.467 more clear, um, and, um, you know, so the commission could 00:26:03.467 --> 00:26:07.734 choose. You could, one action you might, you could consider 00:26:07.734 --> 00:26:13.567 taking tonight is a, is a proving. The, um, bylaws as 00:26:13.567 --> 00:26:18.033 presented here, um, with a direction to staff to, to edit 00:26:18.033 --> 00:26:22.100 this line. Um, and bring it back for approval at the next 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:28.800 regular meeting. So move, I like. Yeah, I think you said it, 00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:32.500 yeah, you said it well, you know, so I would say that’s the 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:36.200 the motion, right? I, I feel like I overstepped and made a 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:41.567 motion. I’m not supposed to do that. I, uh, I’m making the 00:26:41.567 --> 00:26:49.400 motion on behalf of the words that you’ve. It has been 2nd, 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:55.834 uh, all in favor of proving the bylaws. I Any opposed? All 00:26:55.834 --> 00:27:05.500 right, uh, Motion carries. Let’s see here. All right, uh, 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:11.233 the next agenda item, uh, the consent agenda which includes 00:27:11.233 --> 00:27:16.033 uh uh proving the meeting minutes, um. Uh, are there any 00:27:16.033 --> 00:27:24.033 changes uh to the meeting minutes. Uh There is uh a chain, 00:27:24.033 --> 00:27:28.467 uh, I would like to suggest a change on minutes of uh 00:27:28.467 --> 00:27:32.934 February 12, 2025. On the first page it says uh the chair is 00:27:32.934 --> 00:27:44.500 excused. But if you go to page. Um, Uh, page 303. Which one is 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:48.634 it? What, what, what document are you not the work session 00:27:48.634 --> 00:27:53.133 but the minute the regular meeting minute. Regular meeting. 00:27:53.133 --> 00:28:03.567 OK. Got it. Oh, I see it. Yeah, on this. 3 or 7 page 3 it says. 00:28:03.567 --> 00:28:05.734 Commissioner Chair Kevin reopened the public meeting. 00:28:05.734 --> 00:28:15.900 That Change. Yeah. Fraser wasn’t here. Yeah. I think 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:29.233 that’s, that’s all. Right. that change Yeah. Comments, edits. 00:28:29.233 --> 00:28:34.500 All right, uh, can I get a motion to, uh, approve the 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:38.867 consent agenda and the meeting minutes with the uh comments 00:28:38.867 --> 00:28:47.900 that uh Make the one added on page 30 7. OK. All right, uh, 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:51.734 motion has been made, has, uh, can I get a second 2nd. All 00:28:51.734 --> 00:28:56.367 right, motion has been 2nd. Can I ask one question of clarity 00:28:56.367 --> 00:29:01.900 on last page of the work session minutes. says interim 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:06.300 commissioner Chair Fraser. They not supposed to say vice chair 00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:19.467 or? Uh, she is the chair of the working. Um, session. OK. She 00:29:19.467 --> 00:29:26.300 is the chair for the working session. Also So uh Mr. Chair, 00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:29.133 members commission, I propose that we strike the words 00:29:29.133 --> 00:29:46.100 interim commissioner. Yes, yeah. OK All right So, um, So we do 00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:54.100 the motion. Um, so we’d like to make a motion to approve uh the 00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:59.934 uh consent agenda and uh meeting minutes with uh the and 00:29:59.934 --> 00:30:06.867 it’s of on the uh regular meeting February 12 to uh uh 00:30:06.867 --> 00:30:12.266 change from commission chair, uh, to commission, uh, or. Uh, 00:30:12.266 --> 00:30:17.033 Commissioner Frazier opening the public hearing and then on 00:30:17.033 --> 00:30:24.500 the working session changing the uh um. Number 5, their 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:27.900 interim uh commissioner striking interim. Um-hum. All 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:35.166 right. motion as we made, it has been 2nd. All in favor say 00:30:35.166 --> 00:30:45.367 aye, you opposed? All right, motion carries. The catch All 00:30:45.367 --> 00:30:52.000 right, uh, let’s see here. Do we have anything for a public 00:30:52.000 --> 00:31:00.367 hearing? OK. OK. Nothing for, uh, item number 6. let’s move 00:31:00.367 --> 00:31:06.734 to item number 7 other business, uh, 7.1, 2025 work plan. Mr. 00:31:06.734 --> 00:31:10.000 Chair, members of the commission, um, you’ll recall 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:16.266 that the February work session, uh, we included in the packet 00:31:16.266 --> 00:31:20.033 the proposed 2025 planning commission work plan and 00:31:20.033 --> 00:31:22.800 discussed it briefly with the intent that this regular 00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:25.300 meeting, the commission would take a vote, so I, I don’t 00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:27.100 intend to give another presentation on it, but I’m 00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:29.900 happy to entertain any questions you may have on it 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:32.934 before, um, Before taking a vote on improving the work plan. 00:31:32.934 --> 00:31:47.233 Right, thank you. Um Anyone need uh, any. Clarification 00:31:47.233 --> 00:31:52.166 regarding the 2025 work plan or can we get a motion to Approve 00:31:52.166 --> 00:32:01.900 the work plan. Right I’d like to make a motion to approve the 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:09.800 work. All right, um, Can I get a second? second. Alright, the 00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:13.400 motion has been made, it has been 2nd. Any further 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:20.900 discussion. Yes, um, I have, I have a question maybe for uh 00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:25.100 staff, um, in this work plan, I don’t see, you know, like 00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:30.467 anything related to budgets or departmental things. Uh, for, 00:32:30.467 --> 00:32:35.300 for the planning commission and the department, you know, uh. 00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:39.033 In their budgetary implication or. Um, and the other thing is 00:32:39.033 --> 00:32:42.767 maybe as part of the work plan is to add the training. You 00:32:42.767 --> 00:32:48.634 know, components that we, we just talked about. Uh And I 00:32:48.634 --> 00:32:54.500 think a year ago or, you know, some time we had a tool to 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:59.834 Other city developments to see. You know how other cities are 00:32:59.834 --> 00:33:02.500 doing and planning commission has taken us to St. Louis Park, 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:09.000 uh. to also Bloomer and all this and. Could this be part of 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.233 the plan if you could, could those be in here? Is my 00:33:12.233 --> 00:33:18.734 question. Um, Mr. Chair, commissioner Waco and members 00:33:18.734 --> 00:33:21.200 of the commission. So I heard 3 questions there, budget, 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:24.900 training, and tour are those are the three, OK, so on the 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:29.767 first question of budget, um, so the certainly some of these 00:33:29.767 --> 00:33:33.500 projects do have um budget implications. Um, I can tell 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:38.467 you that everything is budgeted for in the 2025 adopted budget 00:33:38.467 --> 00:33:41.000 that’s shown here, um, you know, typically it has not been the 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:43.634 business of the planning commission to or other 00:33:43.634 --> 00:33:45.734 commissions to work on budgets aside from, of course, the 00:33:45.734 --> 00:33:49.567 budget advisory commission. advisors, the city council on 00:33:49.567 --> 00:33:53.834 the overall city budget, as you’re well aware, um, um, but, 00:33:53.834 --> 00:33:57.500 uh, anytime I’m, you know, certainly happy to entertain 00:33:57.500 --> 00:34:00.200 questions whether tonight or any other time about, you know, 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:04.467 how how these, how these things are budgeted for, um, training, 00:34:04.467 --> 00:34:06.634 um, the training item is on the work plan, but I, I think we 00:34:06.634 --> 00:34:11.900 can. We can just take it as an understanding, um, based on 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:14.033 your previous suggestion, Commissioner Wacker, that we 00:34:14.033 --> 00:34:17.834 will add the, um, Robert’s rules, uh, to our list of 00:34:17.834 --> 00:34:21.634 things that we’ll train on at at work session, um, and then 00:34:21.634 --> 00:34:25.834 the third thing, tour, um, for other commissioners who weren’t 00:34:25.834 --> 00:34:30.667 around, this was 2 years ago, 2023, that Commissioner Walker 00:34:30.667 --> 00:34:34.367 was talking about when the, when the city council enacted a 00:34:34.367 --> 00:34:36.033 moratorium on new development in the northern part of the 00:34:36.033 --> 00:34:40.800 city, and then we commenced that 6:10. development study, 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:44.100 um, that resulted in, um, new minimum expectations for 00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:48.867 development, uh, kind of along the 610 corridor, um. We did do 00:34:48.867 --> 00:34:53.033 a tour of some uh example uh higher density mixed-use 00:34:53.033 --> 00:34:56.367 developments in Saint Louis Park and in Bloomington, um, 00:34:56.367 --> 00:34:59.100 that was informative for that for that study. We we took both 00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:02.133 the planning commission and the city council on that tour. Um, 00:35:02.133 --> 00:35:06.367 I agree that was very valuable for that work. Um, we will 00:35:06.367 --> 00:35:09.400 definitely do tours in the future that go outside Brooklyn 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:12.767 Park. Uh, there will be a tour, um, this should be on your 00:35:12.767 --> 00:35:15.634 calendars. If it’s not, we will, we will make sure it is. Um, 00:35:15.634 --> 00:35:20.233 it’s on my list to announce later. reminder, but on April 00:35:20.233 --> 00:35:24.533 23rd, um, of this year in place of the planning commission work 00:35:24.533 --> 00:35:27.767 session, there’s going to be a development tour within 00:35:27.767 --> 00:35:31.033 Brooklyn Park, um, for both the planning commission and the 00:35:31.033 --> 00:35:34.800 city council, taking a look at um development that has been 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:38.033 completed and some of the many development opportunities, uh, 00:35:38.033 --> 00:35:40.867 that exist for future development. So, uh, look for 00:35:40.867 --> 00:35:53.033 that. Yeah, yeah. I, I, I think, uh, that’s good, uh. Uh, I’ll, 00:35:53.033 --> 00:35:58.166 I’ll take it and, and, and the area of budgets, you know, for 00:35:58.166 --> 00:36:00.367 commissioners to be advocates for the department if there is 00:36:00.367 --> 00:36:04.567 any way in the, you know, in the future, there are any. 00:36:04.567 --> 00:36:11.000 Either You know what role we could play to advocate for the 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:16.400 department function, so that’s where I’m. Coming from, and, uh, 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.100 I think, uh, we can take it in the work session, but the rest 00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:25.467 of it is very good and thank you again, thanks. All right, 00:36:25.467 --> 00:36:29.734 uh, motion has been made. It has been 2nd any further 00:36:29.734 --> 00:36:34.133 discussion. All right, uh, let’s vote, uh, all in favor 00:36:34.133 --> 00:36:42.000 say aye. Any pose? Right, motion carries. All right, 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:48.667 let’s move to the next agenda item, any um. Discussion items 00:36:48.667 --> 00:36:57.467 for the good of the group, right? Um I, I have noticed 00:36:57.467 --> 00:37:03.400 over time that um When the planning Commission, um, makes 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:07.166 that decision on on projects that have appeared before the 00:37:07.166 --> 00:37:13.000 commission, um, usually goes to the city council. And um Most 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:16.767 of the time, the liaison for the city council will tell us, 00:37:16.767 --> 00:37:23.033 you know, give us an update. But um on other items that we 00:37:23.033 --> 00:37:25.467 have approved that maybe the city council have also approved 00:37:25.467 --> 00:37:31.634 or whatever. Uh, we don’t hear about it anymore. Is there um a 00:37:31.634 --> 00:37:36.634 mechanism that we can follow up because I know that we approved 00:37:36.634 --> 00:37:42.367 several big projects. And um It’s been years and uh you know 00:37:42.367 --> 00:37:49.367 we haven’t really um Uh He um And anything, the last thing I 00:37:49.367 --> 00:37:53.533 heard that there was one, I had my brother the last time. The, 00:37:53.533 --> 00:37:56.166 uh, development by the uh police station right there. And, 00:37:56.166 --> 00:37:58.834 um, you know, and uh after years, uh, you know, we know 00:37:58.834 --> 00:38:03.100 we’re told that the president had some difficulties, uh, 00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:07.900 raising funds, um, you know, so we, we’d like to know. You know, 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:10.634 um, you know, maybe have an idea of things like that until 00:38:10.634 --> 00:38:15.734 either the uh project is canceled. Or It’s no more 00:38:15.734 --> 00:38:20.166 viable. So is, is there a mechanism that we can just, you 00:38:20.166 --> 00:38:22.934 know, not that there’s much we can do, but we’d like to. Um, 00:38:22.934 --> 00:38:26.300 you know, have an idea of, uh, you know, what, what, you know, 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:30.934 that, you know, what, what we’ve approved, um, you know, 00:38:30.934 --> 00:38:38.033 has, uh. done. Yeah. Uh yeah, OK, Mr. Chair, Commissioner, 00:38:38.033 --> 00:38:40.667 members of the commission. I, I think that’s a good idea, you 00:38:40.667 --> 00:38:45.233 know, they’re, they’re, it does happen on occasion, um, that 00:38:45.233 --> 00:38:48.000 the planning commission recommends an approval of a of 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.634 a project like a new building or whatever it is. that and 00:38:50.634 --> 00:38:56.000 goes to the city council they approve it, um, and then, um. 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.634 You look around the city and you don’t see it being built in 00:38:58.634 --> 00:39:00.934 a year or 2 or 3 passes and you’re wondering whats going on. 00:39:00.934 --> 00:39:04.734 I think that’s what you’re saying, right? Yeah, um, so 00:39:04.734 --> 00:39:07.734 yeah, you know, there’s all sorts of circumstances that can 00:39:07.734 --> 00:39:10.400 arise that cause something to not be built or to be delayed, 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.533 but I think, I think what your request is, if I’m 00:39:12.533 --> 00:39:15.734 understanding it, is that perhaps we as staff could, you 00:39:15.734 --> 00:39:20.533 know, maybe do a citywide scan or update for you maybe at a 00:39:20.533 --> 00:39:24.767 work session on, on what the status of some of those. 00:39:24.767 --> 00:39:29.100 Projects are, we would be happy to do that. um. And maybe the 00:39:29.100 --> 00:39:32.800 commission’s interested, yeah, maybe it’s uh I’m thinking of a 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:38.200 different city, uh, but that is that on the website and the 00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:43.166 building department to show here are the, the status of 00:39:43.166 --> 00:39:45.767 projects and I thought I read that or saw it somewhere or at 00:39:45.767 --> 00:39:48.300 least I try to keep track of Mr. Chair, members of the 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:53.734 commission, we as staff do maintain and interactive map um 00:39:53.734 --> 00:39:59.000 online that, that does show, um, Uh, projects that are about to 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.734 come before the commission, projects that have been 00:40:01.734 --> 00:40:06.467 approved by the city council projects that are under 00:40:06.467 --> 00:40:10.734 construction and then projects that um have been opened in 00:40:10.734 --> 00:40:15.500 maybe the last year or so. So we have those 4 categories, um. 00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:18.900 What it doesn’t do is what Commissioner Odama is asking 00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:22.467 about, you know, whatever happened to that one project. 00:40:22.467 --> 00:40:25.734 It’ll eventually just fall off of that map. Um, so what I 00:40:25.734 --> 00:40:30.100 think we can do is we can present that map, um, at, at a 00:40:30.100 --> 00:40:33.634 work session, but also talk about some of those other major 00:40:33.634 --> 00:40:35.634 projects that have fallen off the radar and what their status 00:40:35.634 --> 00:40:39.000 are, because not, not all of them are dead, um, some of them 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.867 are still in process. Sure, yeah, yeah, but I don’t know, I 00:40:41.867 --> 00:40:44.800 just thought I saw it again, it’s probably a different city, 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:49.133 but uh. where it’s still, you know, the developer is still, 00:40:49.133 --> 00:40:52.900 you know, try seeking funding uh funding been paused for 00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:56.266 whatever, right, but reasons, uh, you know, they’re not 00:40:56.266 --> 00:41:00.533 funding or whatever it is, so that’s stopping that, uh, from 00:41:00.533 --> 00:41:07.266 moving forward, but I think that’s a great idea. All right. 00:41:07.266 --> 00:41:13.800 Any other discussion items? All right, let’s move on to the 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:18.467 next agenda, uh, verbal reports and announcement, uh, council 00:41:18.467 --> 00:41:25.734 member liaison is not present, um. Paul you have something 00:41:25.734 --> 00:41:30.900 that I can do that when we get to my right, sounds great. uh, 00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:35.200 commissioner comments. Any further comments? All right, 00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:38.734 staff liaison comments. OK, Commissioner Chair Kain, 00:41:38.734 --> 00:41:40.667 members of the commission, bear with me. I do have several 00:41:40.667 --> 00:41:43.834 items. Um, one is in place of council member Mugabe, who 00:41:43.834 --> 00:41:48.533 couldn’t be here tonight. I can summarize recent council 00:41:48.533 --> 00:41:50.567 actions forwarded by the planning commission, so I’m at 00:41:50.567 --> 00:41:54.900 the regular meeting of the council on February 24th, um, 00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:58.467 the council approved on consent the conditional use permit for 00:41:58.467 --> 00:42:02.900 the social club and banquet hall at 8432 Xerxes Avenue 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:06.667 North. They also approved on consent, uh, the sign variants 00:42:06.667 --> 00:42:09.000 from True. that was the variance at what at what’s 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.133 going to be the Clean freak car wash that had been previously 00:42:12.133 --> 00:42:17.166 approved over at the Edinburgh Center area. Um, and then they 00:42:17.166 --> 00:42:21.533 approved the first reading of the minor zoning code text 00:42:21.533 --> 00:42:24.567 revisions that staff had proposed and that the planning 00:42:24.567 --> 00:42:28.000 commission forwarded, um, the second reading of those. second 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:34.300 reading meaning final approval will be March 24th. Um, also at 00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:38.567 the March 24th council meeting, um. Uh, the once and future 00:42:38.567 --> 00:42:41.233 chair of the planning commission, Chair Kain will 00:42:41.233 --> 00:42:44.567 present the 2024 annual report. Um, I think you’re still on the 00:42:44.567 --> 00:42:50.000 calendar for that, right? I am, I’m thinking about passing it 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:55.834 off though. Um, a reminder that, uh, and I just sent an email 00:42:55.834 --> 00:42:58.867 reminder about this a few minutes ago before the meeting, 00:42:58.867 --> 00:43:04.166 um, this coming Monday, March 17th, is a joint city council 00:43:04.166 --> 00:43:06.834 planning commission work session focused on the 00:43:06.834 --> 00:43:11.133 Northwest Growth area plan, um, that starts at 6 o’clock. 6 00:43:11.133 --> 00:43:18.567 o’clock, um, upstairs in room A 203, um, that is a, it is an 00:43:18.567 --> 00:43:21.767 EDA night for the council members, so they will be having 00:43:21.767 --> 00:43:25.533 their regular EDA meeting following the work session. So, 00:43:25.533 --> 00:43:28.233 um, it’s at 6 o’clock, we’re planning to keep that meeting 00:43:28.233 --> 00:43:32.100 to about an hour, um, so that the EDA can have their regular 00:43:32.100 --> 00:43:34.667 meeting after that. Um, it’s going to be really interesting, 00:43:34.667 --> 00:43:38.567 so I hope you can all make it and looking for your feedback 00:43:38.567 --> 00:43:42.634 on the next steps of that planning process. Um, that will, 00:43:42.634 --> 00:43:47.000 that meeting will take the place of the work session slot 00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:50.266 for the 4th Monday this month, so we will not have a work 00:43:50.266 --> 00:43:53.300 session on the 4th or the 4th Wednesday, we will not have a 00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:56.033 work session on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Um, we 00:43:56.033 --> 00:44:00.767 will have a regular meeting on April 9th as usual, and then as 00:44:00.767 --> 00:44:05.567 I just mentioned earlier on April 23rd, there will be that 00:44:05.567 --> 00:44:08.834 development tour, um, within Brooklyn Park, um, with the 00:44:08.834 --> 00:44:12.634 planning commission and the city council that goes from 5 00:44:12.634 --> 00:44:15.200 o’clock um until 8 o’clock. So I know for some that’ll be a 00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:18.567 challenge, but I hope most of you can make it 5:00 to 8 00:44:18.567 --> 00:44:24.233 o’clock. April 23rd. And we, we’ve sent all this in email 00:44:24.233 --> 00:44:26.467 that we will send reminders with all this information so 00:44:26.467 --> 00:44:31.867 you have it. Do think we need to prepare for for the March 00:44:31.867 --> 00:44:37.100 17th, all the materials will be provided at the meeting. Yeah. 00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:52.100 Awesome. All right, uh, With that sad, um, First, 00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:55.867 congratulations to uh all the uh commissioners that were 00:44:55.867 --> 00:44:59.100 reappointed, uh, excited to have you guys back, so, uh, 00:44:59.100 --> 00:45:04.000 looking forward to another great year. Um, And with that,