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>> IS THERE ANYONE IF HE TO PLACING THIS ON CONSENT WE'LL APPROVE THIS CONSENT ITEM ON THIS ONE MOTION AT THE START OF THE MEETING. COMMISSIONERS MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGENDA? >> SO MOVED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL TOGETHER IN FAVOR SAY AI >> AI. AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS. YE. >> AYE. AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH 2025 MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? HER HE HER SO MOVED.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HERR. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS INCLUDI COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE PRESENT. >> MASTIN ABSTAINS. >> THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
BEFORE I OPEN THE HEARING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS LET ME SUMMARIZE THE PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARG FIRST WE WILL ACT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WE JUST SET. ONCE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE APPROVED THE COMMISSION IS
DONE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. ITEM NO. 4761 WASHINGTON AVENUE NORTHWARD 3 DO THE
COMMISSIONERS AROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS WHO -- SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS
ITEM? >> MELLBLOM APPROVES. >> THANK >> CAME KARATO MOVES. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KARATO. ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
ABSTENTIONS? THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF ON THE AGENDA AND APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT PLANNING STAFF ABOUT NEXT STEPS. DO STAFF HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG. COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS ANDREA BURKE AND I'M THE I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE HISTORIC THAT -- THE MINNEAPOLIS ESERVATION AWARDS ARE COMING UP NEXT WEEK. IT IS THURSDAY
MARCH 13TH AT THE CAPRI THEATER WHICH IS 2027 WEST BROADWAY. THEY START AT ABOUT 5:00 PM WHEN YOU CAN START SHOWING UP AND THEY LAST UIL 7:30. THEY AWARD RIPIENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED SO THANK YOU TO THOSE
WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SIT ON THE JURY HERE. SO YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THAT AT THE WEBSITE. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS. WITH THAT I DO HAVE A FEW
OTHERS. THERE WAS ONE APPEAL I DID NEGLECT TO MENTION AT THE LAST HPC MEETING THAT WE HEARD THAT DAY. WE'VE RECEIVED AN APPEAL ON THE CONDITION FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS HEARD AT ON FEBRUARY
4TH. 207 EAST. THERE'S A VARIETOF SCOPES OF WORK THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS AND THE APPLICANTS APPEALED ONE OF THE CONDITIONS AND WERE GRANTED THE APPEAL SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT DATE. THERE WAS ALSO AN APPEAL
OF 3501 HIAWATHA AVENUE, THE DEMOLITION OF THE GRAIN ELEVATORS. THAT ACTUALLY JUST WENT TO BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE TODAY. THAT APPEAL WAS DENIED. THE APPEAL WAS TO, OF COURSE, OVERTURN THE
HPC'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION. SO THE DEMOLITION WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED BY THE DEVELOPERS. AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A WHILE AGO WE
HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME REVISING OUR WEBSITE AND REVAMPING IT, REORGANIZING IT AND SECOND PART OF THAT WAS TO REVISE ALL OF OUR LANDMARK AND HISTORIC DISTRICT PROFILES TO BE IN PLAI
LANGUAGE. I GUESS THIS CAME FROM A FEDERAL DIRECTIVE. AND SO WE SPENT THE -- ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR DOING THIS. SYSTEMATICALLY REWRITING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR OVER 200 DESIGNATED PROPERTIES.
DESCRIPTIONS WITH PICTURES AND INTO PLAIN LANGUAGE SO IT IS RE READABLE ON THE WEBSITE. AND IT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. THAT IS NOW LIVE SO IT IS -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO THERE. YOU CAN NAVIGAT TO IT. YOU COULD SEE IT. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC CAN SEE
IT. AND JUST WANT TO REALLY MUCH THANK EVERYBODY ON OUR TEAM. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TEAM. WE HAD HELP FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR TEAM TO DO THIS. WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS HELP AND I JUST -- AM VERY HAPPY AND PROUD THAT WE ARE WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS. AND TO FINALLY GET THIS WEBSITE INTO SHAPE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLI FOR INFORTION ON THE CONTEXT STUDY THERE HAS BEEN A DRAFT THAT HAS BEEN GIVENO THE
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, HPC VOLUNTEERS THIS IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CONTEXT STUDY. AFRAN-AMERICAN WORKGROUP MEMBERS AND IT WAS ALSO POSTED ONLINE IN THE AGENDA FOR THE LAST WEEKS WORKGROUP MEETINGS SO IF ANYBODY IS
INTERESTED WHO DID NOT SPECIFICALLY VOLUNTEER TO RECEIVE A COPY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO TO THAT AGENDA AND TAKE A LOOK. THE CITY'S AGENDA. FOR A DRAFT OF THAT CONTEXT STUDY COMMENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER. I THINK WE'RE HAVING
COMMENT PERIOD UNDER THE END OF MARCH. FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE REVIEWING IT AND THEN ALSO THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF THE 25 PROPERTIES THAT IS GOING ALONG IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT CONTEXT STUDY IS IN PROGRESS AT THE MOMENT.
AND THEN THERE WAS -- THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE AFRICAAMERICAN HERITAGE WORKGROUP WAS LAST WEEK. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MARCH, MARCH 25TH. AND THEN ALSO JUST A HEAD'S UP, THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE MEETINGS AND THEN THE WORKGROUP WILL CONCLUDE IN JUNE.
ND THEN I THINK MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS JUST -- IT IS O OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS NOT HPC 'CAUSE WE ARE FULLY SEATED. I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN SITTING ON
A BOARD AND COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IT IS SPRING APPOINTMENT SEASON TO DIRECT THEM TO E CITY'S WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT SEATSD COMMISSIONERS. WITH THAT, THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATES. THANKS. >> THANK YOU.
DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS MEETING AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THE NEXT REGULAR
MEETING OF THE HPC IS MARCH 18TH. THANK YOU.