>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 8, 2025, REGULAR MEETING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARAIS BJORNBERG AND I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. JUST A REMINDER TO SILENCE YOUR
CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TO SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE WHEN GIVING TESTIMONY. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL SO WE MAY VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM >> COUNCIL MEMBER ALEXANDER. >> PRESENT. >> BOOTE.
>> PRESENT. >> HERR IS ABSENT. KARATO. >> PRESENT. >> MELLBLOM. >> PRESENT. >> THOMAS. >> PRESENT. >> WALLACE IS ABSENT. RODRIGUEZ. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR MASTIN. >> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR BJORNBERG. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD RLECT THAT WE DO HAVE QUORUM AND THAT COMMISSIONER HERR PROVIDED PROPER NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE A CONFLICT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEIR ABSENCE IS EXCUSED AND
ALSO THAT COMMISSIONER WALLACE IS NOW IN ATTENDANCE. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. WE WILL WORK FROM THE AGENDAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BY THE CLERK AND THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION, PUBLIC COMMENT,
AND COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND ACTION, ITEM NUMBER FOUR GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION, ADDRESSES AS LISTED IN THE AGENDA, WARD 2. COMMISSIONERS, MAY I HAVE A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGENDA? >> MASTIN SO MOVES. >> IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. ANY DISCUSON? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WL BE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 18, 2025, MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
THOSE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >>HANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, BOOTE. IS THERE ANYDISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES]
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS INCLUDING COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE ABSENT? >> KARATO ABSTAINS. >> RODRIGUEZ ABSTAINS. >> THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. BEFO I OPEN THE MEETING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET ME SUMMARIZE THE PROCESS FOR CONDUCTINGHE PUBLIC HEARING.
FIRST, PLANNING STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS REPORTED AND COMMISSIONERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF. THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AND COMMISSIONERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS. LAST, WE WILL INVE PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, WE NEED YOU TO DO TWO THINGS; PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP ON THE SHEET OVER BY THE CLERK. IF YOU HAVE SIGD UP, I WILL CALL YOUR NAME TO TESTIFY. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS ALREADY, YOU CAN DO SO AFTERWARDS. WHEN YOU COME UP TO TESTIFY, YOU
MUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PLEASE KEEP COMNTS SPECIFIC TO THE APPLICATION BEFORE US. TONIGHT WE HAVE A STRICT 6:00 P.M. MEETING END TIME AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, SO I WILL LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO TWO MI FOCUS ON NEW INFORMATION NOT
ALREADY PRESENTED. IF YOU HAVE MATERIALS TO HAND OUT, PLEASE GIVE THEMO OUR COMMITTEE CLERK SO THAT THEY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION AND ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. DO NOT APPROACH THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DAIS. AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE COLETE, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND COMMISSIONERS WILL
DELIBERATE AND ACT ON THE APPLICATION BEFORE US. THAT IS WHAT THE TIMER WILL SOUND LIKE. OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 4, GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DI.
THIS APPLICATION IS FOR LOCAL DESIGNATION OF A HISTORIC DISTRIBUTE THE STAFF REPORT IS PRESENTED BY ROB SKALECKI.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG. AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ROB SKALECKI, SENIOR CITY PLANNER IN THE PLANNING DIVISION. TODAY I AM PRESENTING THE DESIGNATION STUDY OF THE GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DISTRICT.
GLENDALE TOWNHOMES AS COMMONLY KNOWN TODAY IS A MULTIFAMILY HOUSIN COMPLEX CONSISTING OF 13 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PROSPECT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE MINNEOLIS HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHICH LATER BECAME THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY HIRED
LARSON & MCLAREN TO DESIGN THE COMPLEX. CONSTRUCTED AT THE EDGE OF PROSPECT PARK, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES WAS DESIGNED TO FOLLOW THE CHARACTER OF THE PROSPECT PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LINEAR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, GRASS BOULEVARDS, WHILE PROPERTIES WERE DESIGNED WITH LARGE LAWNS, GREENSPACES,ND PLAYGROUNDS BETWEEN BUILDINGS. THESE BUILDINGS ARE RELATIVELY UNIFORM BETWEEN 1 AND 2 STORIES, AND THEY FEATURE SIX DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS WITH 1 TO 4 BEDROOMS
AND THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN 1952. RECTANGULAR FLOOR PLAN WITH A FRONT PORTICO, THEY RETAINED
THEIR ORIGINAL BRICK VENEER PLATTING. THESBESTOS SIDING WAS REPLACED IN 1989. THE BUILDINGS ORIGINALLY HAD FLAT ROOFS WITH FLAT ROOF PORTICOS. BUT THOSE WERE REPLACED WITH THE HIP ROOFS AND THE GALA ROOFS OVER THE PORTICOS.
THE MAIN BUILDINGS WERE REPLACED IN 1972. AND THE POICO ROOFS REPLACED TO THE CURRENT GABLE FORM WERE DONE IN 1989. WINDOWS WERE ALSO REPLACED ON ALL BUILDINGS. BUT THESE HISTORIC OPENINGS DO REMAIN THE POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
WAS ASSESSED FOR SIGNIFICANCE BY THE MINNESOTA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE IN 2015 IN RESPONSE TO A PROACTIVE APPROACH BY THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSIN AUTHORITY TO EVALUATE THE PROPERTY IN ANTICIPATION OF A FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTHICH WOULD TRIGGER SECTION 106 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THE STATE PRESERVATION OFFICE DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY LACKED SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC INTEGRITY TO BE LISTED IN THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THAT TIME. IN MAY 2024, ROBIN WANSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD 2,
NOMINATED IT FOR CONSIDERATION AS A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE NOMATION WAS HEARD AT THE JUNE 4, 2024, HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING. STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE NOMINATION BASED ON EVIDENCE THAT WAS COMPILED IN THE 2019 ENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC
DISTRICT DESIGNATION STUDY WHICH CONCLUDED THE PROPERTIES DID NOT APPEAR ELIGIBLEOR LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT STATUS DUE TO A LOSS OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY. NOT WITHSTANDING STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE HPC APPROVED THE NOMINATION AND DIRECTED THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO PREPARE A
DESIGNATION STUDY OF THE GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS; ONE, BASED ON CRITERIA ONE, THE CITY'S FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AND IN THAT MATTER, THE CITY HAS HAD CULTURAL AND SOCIAL RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE, AND SECONDLY
THAT BASED ON CRITERION FIVE THE EXISTING SITE RETAINS THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE LANDSCAPE AN LUMETRIC SENSIBILITY WHICH WAS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR LANDSCAPE FEATURES. STAFF HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 85
WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT. ABOUT 50 OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE PUBLISHING OF THE STAFF REPORT, SO YOU DID HAVE THOSE IN THE STAFF REPORT. THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMENTS WERE INCLUDED FOR CONSIDERATION
IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. AS STATED, IN THE 2019 DESIGNATION STUDY, IT WAS DETERMINEDHAT THE DISTRICT APPEARS TO MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE SEVEN CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION CONTAINED IN SECTION
599210 OF THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER THE DESIGNATION STUDY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT IT LACKS INTEGRITY BE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGNATION STATUS. IT STATES IT'S SIGNIFICANT IN
THE AREAS OF SOCIAL HISTORY AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MINNEAPOLIS. CONSTRUCTED UND THE NEWLY FORMED MINNEAPOLIS AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, GLDALE IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX BUILT IN MINNEAPOLIS I RESPONSE TO THE HOUSING SHORTAGE AFTER WORLD WAR
II. CONSIDERABLE PLANNING WENT INTO THE GLENDALE PROJECT BY THE MINNEAPOLIS HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO PLAN, CONSTRUCT, AND MANAGE THIS PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT WHICH ESTABLISHED A SOCIAL, AR
ARCHITECTUL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRECEDENT. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANCE UNDER CRITERION FIVE THAT THE POTENTIAL GLENDALE HOUSING HISTORIC DISTRICT IS SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION FIVE FOR ITS APPROACH TO PUBLIC HOUSING AND DESIGN. THE DESIGNATION STUDY AGAIN HAS
STATED THAT THE PROPERTIES HAD SIGNIFICANCE, HOWEVER IN ORDER TO BE LOCALLY DESIGNATED, THEY MUST MAINTAIN SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY. THESE LATER ALTERATIONS HAVE
DIMINISHED THE COMPLEX AS A POST WORLD WAR II HOUSING COMPLEX. IN THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COMPARISONS WITH THE DIFFERENT ROOF SHAPES AND CLADDING MATERIALS THAT WERE CHANGED OVER TIME. THE PRESERVATION CHAPTER OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES ALSO REQUIRES THAT IT BE SUBMITTED TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PRESERVATION OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. COMMSIONERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A MEMO FROM STAFF THAT
EXPLAINS WHAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE'S PRESERVATION OFFICE. THEY DATED IT MARCH 14TH, AND INTENDED TO SEND IT TO STAFF ON THAT DATE. BUT SOMEHOW IT DIDN'T GET SENT AT THAT TIME.
SO WHEN WE INQUIRED LAST WEEK, SPO, RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO SEND THAT AS SOON AS WE REQUESTED IT. IN THEIR LETTER, THEY DO NOTE WHAT STAFF HAS NOTED THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE THERE, BUT THE PROPTIES DO LACK HISTORIC INTEGRITY AND THE STATE PRESERVATION OFFICE NOTES THAT FOR LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
STATUS, THE PROPERTIES DO NOT SEEM TO BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL DESIGNATION BASED ON THE LACK OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY. STAFF ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO PREST THE DESIGNATION IN FRONT OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO STAFF DID THIS AT THEIR RECENT MEETING AND AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE WAS REALLY NO CLEAR CONSENSUS AMONG MEMBERS THERE. THERE WERE DFERING OPINIONS ABOUT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION LOCALLY IS AND THE USE OF
DISTRICT STATUS AS A TOOL TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNIFICANCE HERE. SO THO ARE SUMMARIZED BRIEFLY JUST FOUR POINTS. FOR COMMISSIONERS IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE WERE TWO PLANNING MMISSIONERS THAT WERE AGAINST THE DESIGNATION.
ONE THAT WAS FOR THE DESIGNATION AND ONE THAT WAS MAYBE UNDECIDED BUT UNDERSTOO BOTH SIDES OF WHERE THERE CAN BE SIGNIFICANCE, BUT ALSO LACKING HISTORIC INTEGRITY. SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ADOPT STAFF FINDINGS FOR THE LOCAL DESIGNATION OF THE GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DISTRICT GENERALLY BOUNDED BY WILLIAMS
AVENUE SOUTHEAST ON THE EAST AND ST. MARY'S PLACE ON THE SOUTH. D RECOMMENDED THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COCIL DENY THE LOCAL DESIGNATION OF THE GLENDALE TOWNHOUSES HISTORIC DISTRICT. AS STAFF, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID SHOW UP TODAY AND
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE AS WELL AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER STAFF. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
OKAY, THANK YOU. I'LL NOW OPEN -- SORRY, ONE QUESTION. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. SKALECKI. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION REGARDING POLICY 92 IN THE
REPORT, IT STATES THAT GLENDALE HAS COMPROMISED HISTORIC INTEGRITY AND WOULD NOT BE THE BE EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNDER THE CONFINES OF LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. DO WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE OR WHAT WOULD BE BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS TO CONVEY THAT?
THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG, AND COMMISSIONER MASTIN. AT THIS TIME, I AM NOT RECALLING EXACTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANDREA BURKE, STAFF, HAS A MEMORY OF THAT. BUT WHEN WE DO LOOK AT HISTORIC DISTRICTS OVERALL IF THERE IS A
LACK OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY, THAT'S KIN OF A COMMON PHRASE THAT WE WILL USE ESPECIALLY WHE CONSIDERING ONES THAT HAVE HAD THEIR ROOF SHAPES ALTERED TO THIS EXTENT. SO AT THIS TIME, I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT REMEMBERING OTHER EXAMPLES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> DOES STAFF HAVENYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG, AND COMMISSIONER MASTIN. I'M ANDREA BURKE, THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TEAM. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, WE
DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THAT EXTANT OR WOULD REPRESENT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN MINNEAPOLIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER WALLACE. >> THANK YOU. I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR BEING
LATE TO START OFF THERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. HAVE ANY OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS BEEN TORN DOWN ALL TOGETHER OR IS IT MOSTLY THE ALTERATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU'RE DESCRIBING THE LOSS
OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY? >> CHAIR BJORNBERG, COMMISSIONER WALLACE, IT IS THE ALTERATIONS. I BELIEVE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE THAT WERE ORIGINAL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO THE ROOF SHAPES. I'M MORE INTERESTED IN WHY ONLY 1952 KIND OF THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS
THE YEAR OF SIGNIFICANCE AND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN EXTENDED INTO THE 1970s. I UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHEN IT STARTED, THE 1970s HASN'T REACHED THE 50 YEAR PERIOD, BUT NOW THEY HAVE. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OR HAS THERE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS ANY CONSIDERATION OF EXPANDING THE PERIOD THAT MIGHT INCLUDE THESE ROOF ALTERATIONS IN THE 1970s WHICH WERE WITHIN THE PAST 50 YEARS AT THIS POINT? >> THANK YOU. CHAIR BJORNBERG, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WHEN DRAFTING THE STAFF REPORT, THE SIGNIFICANCE IDENTIFIED FOR THE PROPERTIES WAS REALLY BASED IN EIR POST WORLD WAR II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, SO SPECIFICALLY TO THE 1950s ERA OF WHEN THAT SIGNIFICANCE IS IDENTIFIED. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CRITERION OF SIGNIFICANCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE CONTEXT OF THAT ERA OF HOUSING. SO CHANGES TT HAVE MADE FOLLOWING THAT ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER TO HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE
BUILDINGS FROM THAT 1952 DATE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUEIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY, THANK YOU.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WOULD THEY LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE,
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ABDUL HASSANI. MY OFFICE ADDRESS IS 1001 WASHINGTON AVENUE NORTH.
THANK YOU, CAN I START? COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO TALK TO YOU LITTLE BIT ABOUT GLENDALE. GLENDALE TOWNHOMES WAS DEVELOPED IN 1952. 2,000 FAMILIES HAVE CALLED
GLENDALE HOME SINCE ITS INCEION. IT IS MPHA'S LARGEST HOLDING AT 12 ACRES LOCATED IN ONE OF MINNEAPOLIS'S NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANT TO FOCUS TODAY NOT ON THE
BUILDINGS, NOT ON THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE BUILDINGS, BUT O THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLENDALE AND THE NEED OF GLENDALE. GLENDALE IS HOME TO 600 LOW COME RESIDENTS. 89% ARE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN.
41% ARE FAMILIES OF FIVE OR MORE. 20% OF HOUSEHOLDS REPORTED A DISABLED FAMILY MEMBER. 80% ARE ELDERLY. AND 60% OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS
HAVE A MEDIAN IOME OF $40,000. NOW THEY HAVE USED GLENDALE RESIDENTS TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INTERESTS. WHEN GLENDALE WAS BUILT IN 1952, IT WAS SUPPORTED IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IT WAS A BUFFER ZONE
FROM THE ENCROACHING INDUSTRIAL AREA. DURING THE GREEN LINE TRANSIT AREA PLANNING, NEIGHBORS PUSHED GLENLE DESPITING ZONING OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. IT MEANT DENSITY FOR ME BUT NOT
DENSITY FOR THEE. WHEN THEY BEGAN TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES WITH GLENDALE RESIDENTS A DECADE AGO, PROSPECT PARK NEIGHBORS FIERCELY OPPOSED THIS EFFORT. BORN FROM THIS OPPOSITION WAS THE IDEA OF THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF GLENDALE.
NEIGHBORS PROMISED DESIGNATION WOULD SAVE GLENDALE HOMES AND PRESERVE SECTION 9 FUNDING. AS YOU KNOW, IT DOES NO NEIGHBORS CONNECTED OVER FEARS OF DISPLACEMENT AND LOSS OF
HOUSING TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THIS FERMENTED UNFOUNDED AND UNSUBSTANTIATED FEAR AMONG RESIDENTS LEADING TO A DECADE LONG STRUGGLE BETWEEN MPHA AND ITS RESIDENTS. HISTORIC DESIGNATION IS SIMPLY THE MOS RECENT ATTEMPT BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE GLENDALE TO
PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. NOW, ALL OF THE EXPERTS INCLUDING THECITY, THE STATE, AND THE PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AGREE THAT GLENDALE DOES NOT MERIT HISTORIC DESIGNATION. TIME AND TIME AGAIN THIS HAS
BECOME THE FACT. HOWEVER, EXPERTS RECOGNIZE THAT GLENDALE'S CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORIC SHOULD BE PRESERVED. MPHA STRONGLY AGREES WITH THIS. HOWEVER, LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION DOES NOTHING TO PRESERVE THE STORIES OF GLENDALE
AND ITS RESIDENTS. IT ONLY RESTRICTS HOW MPHA CAN INVEST IN THESE HOMES. COMMISSIONERS, GLENDALE NEEDS HELP. THE CAPITAL BACKGROUND OF GLENDALE IS $22 MILLION.
GLENDALE COMPRISES LS THAN 3% OF MPHA'S PORTFOLIO, BUT 8% OF THE BACKLOG. FOLLOWING DECADES OF FEDERAL DISINVESTMENT, THESE PROPERTIES REQUIRE MAJOR CAPITAL INFUSION. NELY A DECADE AGO, MPHA
ADDRESSED GLENDALE RESIDENTS F POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT, BUT WAS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RECENTLY WE BEGAN TO TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE BELIEVE THE VISION OF GLENDALE SHOULD BE LED BY ITS RESIDENTS.
MPHA LED LISTENING SESSIONS WITH RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES THEY WOULD PRIORITIZEN MANY RENOVATIONS. WE'VE HEARD MANY STORIES, MAINLY THE LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY LIMITING WHEELCHAIR-BOUND RESIDENTS. FAMILIES WH MANY CHILDREN SHARING A SINGLE BATHROOM.
EIGHT OR MORE CHILDREN WITH ON BATHROOM AND NO SPACE TO EAT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. THE NEEDOR BETTER INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND AIR-CONDITIONING AND THE NEED FOR OURGING RESIDENTS TO AGE IN PLACE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HEARD
FEARS AND YOU WILL HEAR TODAY MANY FEARS OF THE FACT THAT FOLKS ARE AFRAID OF DISPLACEMENT AND THEY WANTED TO KNO THAT THEY WOULD BE WELCOMED BACK TO GLENDALE FOLLOWING ANY REDEVELOPMENT. MPHA WOULD NOT DISPLACE OUR RESIDENTS AGAINST THEIR WILL AND
E AGENCY HAS A TRACK RECORD OF HONORING THIS COMMITMENT OF NO INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE MANY RESIDENT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS BOTH A THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL. NOW WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR
RESIDENTS AND YOU CAN S ON THE SCREEN SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY'VE HAD, AND WE DOCUMENTED IT IN THAT SLIDE. NOW, IN FEBRUARY, MPHA STAFF PRESENTED FOUR INITIAL
RENOVATIONS FOR RESIDENTS TO COMMENT AND FEEDBACK. THESE ARE NOT FINAL PLAN THEY'RE EXAMPLES OF WAYS FORWARD TO GAUGE THE RESIDENTS. THEY MARK A BEGNING OF CONVERSATION FOR THE FUTURE OF . NOW, AS HISTORIC DESIGNATION
COMMISSIONERS WOULD LOCK RESIDENTS IN 70-YEAR-OLD HOMES THAT DO NOT MT THEIR NEEDS. AND IT WOULD BLOCK FAMILIES FROM PRIORITIES AS LISTED. A HISTORIC DESIGNATION STOPS GLENDALE RESIDENTS FROM GETTING GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT THAT
THEY NEED. IT ALSO CONTINUES THE DARK LEGACY OF OUR CITY IN REDLINING GLENDALE AND PREVENTING MAJOR INVESTMENT. T'S NOT PERPETUATE THIS SHAMEFUL LEGACY. SINCE THE 1930s, PROSPECT PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN A DESIRABLE, WHITE, AND AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD. WHILE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AT GLENDALE WAS DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS, LESS DESIRABLE, AND
LOCKING RESIDENTS OUT OF FHA MORTGAGES. THIS IS A MODERN DAY ATTEMPT AT REDLINING. COMMISSIONERS, REDLINING IS A PRACTICE IN WHICH FINANCIAL SERVICES ARE WITHHELD FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES. MPHA OPPOSES THIS MODERN DAY ATTEMPT AT REDLINING TO STOP A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN GLENDALE THAT RESIDENTS NEED AND DESERVE. I WOULD REMIND YOU, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT MPHA HOUSE ARE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN. HA WORKS TIRELESSLY TO RECTIFY THE HISTORIC TRAUMAS INFLICTED ON BLACK FAMILIES IN WHAT HAS
BEEN TERMED THE JIM CROW OF THE NORTH. WE OPPOSE THIS ATTEMPT TO INFLIC ANOTHER HARM ON AN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BLACK COMMUNITY USING A CENTURY-OLD CITY TOOL. GLENDALE'S LEGACY OF REDLINING
IS ON DISPLAY TODAY WHERE A COMMUNITY OF ALMOST ENTIRELY BLACK FAMILIE LIVE IN 70-YEAR-OLD HOMES WITH $22 MILLION IN REPAIR NEEDS. MEANWHILE THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES OF GLENDALE ENJO MAJOR AFLUENCY, INVESTMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY.
IN THE MAP ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE GLENDALE IN THE RED EXISTS BETWEEN TWO HIGHLY AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN PROSPECT PARK. TO THE NORTH IN THE BLUE, YOU CAN SEE THE MAX APARTMENTS. A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH UNIT,
THE MINIMUM IN $2,0. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD RENT IN GLENDALE IS $621 AND NOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD HAS THE LUXURY OF AN EXTRA BATHROOM EVEN THOUGH THOSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES NEED IT.
TO THE EAST ON THE GREEN IS THE FAMILY HOMES WITH A MEDIAN MARKET VALUE OF $458,000. NOW THE MEDIAN HOUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS IS VALUED AT $329,000. AND 67% OF THE GLENDALE
HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A MEDIAN INCOME OF $31,000. A HISTORIC DESIGNATION CODIFIES THIS LEGACY OF REDLINING IN GLENDALE SHUTTING OUT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. NOW THERE IS A WAY FORWARD, A SIMPLEAY FORWARD, A WAY TO
HELP THE 600 RESIDENTS AT GLENDALE. THATS STOP THIS MODERN DAY ATTEMPT AT REDLINING BY AN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND INSTEAD, LET THE 600 RESIDENTS AT GLENDALE SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THEIR HOMES. NEIGHBORS HAVE PROMISED
DESIGNATION WHICH SAVE GLENDALE HOMES AND PRESERVE SECTION 9 PUBLIC HOUSING, CONNECTING THESE FALSE CLAIMS TO THE FEAR IT IS OF OUR RESIDENTS OF DISPLACEMENT AND YOU KNOW THAT THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION DOE NOT GIVE THOSE
PROTECTIONS. ALSO PLEASE, LET MPHA COCREATE THE FUTURE OF GLENDALE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND MAKE THAT INVESTMENT IN GLENDALE FAMILIES THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE. ALSO I WANT TO REMIND EACH ONE OF YOU HERE, LET MPHA ADDRESS
THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND BUILD MORE FAMILY HOMES. MPHA'S WAITING LIST FOR FAMILY HOMES SITS AT 4,0. THAT'S 4,300 FAMILIES THAT NEED A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
WE OPENED OUR WAITING LIST BACK IN OCTOBER FOR FIVE DAYS AFTER THREE YEARS, AND RECEIVED 3,300 NEW APPLICANTS. THAT'S 3,300 EXTRA FILIES IN FIVE DAYS. A HISTORIC DESIGNATION STOPS
MPHA FROM BUILDING NEW DESPERATELY NEEDED DEEPLY AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING IN AN AFFLUENT AND MEDIANLY RICH NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE. COMMISSIONERS, THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE IN FNT OF YOU TODAY.
YOCAN LET THE GLENDALE RESIDENTS SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURE. DO WE BUILD MORE FAMILY HOMES AND TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE WAITING LIST, OR DO WE PRESEE THE CITY'S SHAMEFUL LEGACY OF SEGREGATION, OF REDLINING, AND LET THE PROSPECT PARK
ASSOCIATION STOP GLENDALE RESIDENTS FROM GETTING THE GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT THEY DESERVE. PUBLIC HSING IS NOT A THEORY, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LI. IT'S REAL HOMES. IT'S ACCESSIBILITY. IT'S AGING IN PLACE. AND IT'S THE NEEDS OF THE
CHILDREN IN GLENDALE FOR EXTRA BATHROOMS AND EXTRA SPACE AND CLEAN AIR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY, THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HERE TO ANSWER. I DO APOLOGIZE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER? COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
BUT FIRST I GUESS I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MEAN BY GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT AND HOW THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS -- I GET FROM AN AMENITIES STANDPOINT, HAVING AN EXTRA BATHROOM, HAVING CLEAN
INDOOR AIR QUALITY, HAVING SINGLE-STORE LIVING OPTIONS FOR THOSE THAT CAN AGE IN PLACE. I GET THAT THOSE COULD ALL BE POTENTIAL BENEFITS. THE GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT THOUGH, IS THERE A PATHWAY TO OWNERSHIP?
I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO HOW THAT HAS A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THESE RESIDENTS? >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WHAT THIS DECISION TODAY DOES IS IT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN DO IN
GLENDALE. IT LIMITS US ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. THE PREVIOUS CITY STAFFER MENTIONED THAT GLENDALE WAS BUILT IN 1952. IT WAS BUILT FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC. THE HOUSES ARE TOO SMALL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'VE HEARD STORIES, ESPECIALLY 39% ARE FAMILIES AND LARGE FAMILIES. WE'VE HEARD STORIES TT ONE LADY SAID TO ME, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR WAITING LIST. AND REMEMBER EVERY MORNING WE HAVE A WAITING LIST TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
THE DESIGN DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS AREA TO DESIGN HOMESHAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT LIVE THERE CURRENTLY. AND ALSO THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE ON OUR WAITING LIST. WE NEED LARGER HOMES. WE NEED FIVE-BEDROOM HOMES IN
GLENDALE. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE. WE NEED ONE-BEOOM HOMES IN GLENDALE THAT ARE DISABLED ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE. WE HAVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE WHEELCHAIRS AND THERE'S NO ACCESSIBILITY. ALL OF THESE THINGS IS THE
GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT. AND ALSO I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT PROSPECT PK IS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAS THE LIGHT RAIL, IT HAS T. THERE ARE A LOT OF AMENITIES. THE PARK IS RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE A HEAD START. IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN.
BUTHESE CHILDREN ARE BEING RAISED IN BUILDINGS WITH BAD R-CONDITIONING, NO CLEAN AIR. THEY'RE BEING RAISED IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE CRAMPED, THAT NEED A LOT OF WORK, ROOFS THAT ARE LEAKING, BASEMENTS THAT ARE FLDING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN.
IF WE REALLY INVEST IN GLENDALE AND DESIGN IN A WAY THAT MEETS THE RESIDENTS NEEDS, TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE WAITING LIST, AND WE NEED TO MEET THE 2040 PLAN. MPHA HAS DEMONSTRATED -- WE TOOK
13 HOM OFFLINE AND BUILT 84 UNITS TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AND GET THEM OFF THE WAITING LIST. DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECT OF THE 2040 PLAN FOR MINNEAPOLIS. THIS COULD BE DEMONSTRATED IN AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY, 12 ACRES, KEEPING THE GREENSPACE AND THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT.
SO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES. 2,000 FAMILIES HAVE CALLED GLENDALE HOME. THOUSANDS MORE CAN CALL GLENDALE HOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED ERE HAVE HAD SUCCESSES. BUT IMAGINE WHAT THEY COULD HAVE IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL DIGNIFIED HOUSING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE.
21st CENTURY HOUSING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SAY WHEN WE SAY GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE PLANS TO G SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES IN A FAMILY HOUSING TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS. AND IN FACT, WE'VE DONE A STUDY AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OUR FAMILY
HOUSING ACTUALLY HELPS FAMILIES FIND THEIR FEET. AND SINCE 2020, IN OUR CHR PORTFOLIO, AROUND 14% OF THE FAMILIES THAT GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM WENT ON TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS. SO THIS ACTUALLY WORKS, BUT PROSPECT PARK I A GREAT AREA
AND IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST WITHHOLDINGS. IT THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS TO HOUSE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> COMSSIONER THOMAS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A BRIEF QUESTIO
REGARDING THE COMMENTS YOU MADE ABOUT NOT DISPLACING ANY FAMILIES. MY QUESTION RELATED TO THAT ESSENTIALLY IS NEW DEVELOPMENT TYPICALLY MAKES RENTS QUITE A BIT HIGHER. I KNOW THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE EFFORTS TO MAKE THESE DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE FOR RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THEY'PROBABLY BE PAYING AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE IF NOT A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW. SO WHILE YOU MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY DISPLACING THEM, IS THERE A RISK THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO
LIVE THERE? >> WE WOULD BE OWNING THESE UNITS. THEY WOULD STILL BE PUBLICLY OWNED. THEY WOULD TRANSITION FROM THE SECTION 9 PLATFORM WCH IS PUBLIC HOUSING TO THE SECTION 8 PLATFORM WHICH IS LOW INCOME
HOUSING WHICH WOULD STILL BE US. RES WOULD STAY THE SAME. IF THEY DON'T HAVE RENT,HEY WOULD BE PAYING THE MINIMUM $75. SO NOTHING CHANGES, AND I THINK THERE IS THAT MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISINFORMATION THAT THESE UNITS WILL BECOME PRIVATIZEDR BECOME SECTION 42.
NO, IT WILL STILL BE OWNED BY PUBLIC HOUSING. MPHA WILL STILL HAVE THE STAFF. AND WE'VE DONE THIS. WE'VE DONE THIS WITH OUR SITES WHICH IS 800 PLUS UNITS. 3,300 REDENTS.
WE STARTED OFF DOING THE CONVERSION WHERE 3,100 DENTS. NOW WE HAVE 200 ERA RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE PUT MONEY IN AND WE GOT MORE UNITS COMING ONLINE AND WE HAD NO DISPLACEMENT.
WE PRESERVED HUNDREDS OF UNITS, WE ADDED TEN MORE UNITS. SO WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF NO DISPLACEMENT. BUT WHEN YOU SEW FEAR AND TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO BE RELOCATED, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR HOMES, IT'S NOT TRUE. EVEN WITHIN RELOCATION, WE HAVE
A RELOCATION CONTRACT WITH OUR RESIDENTS. WE MEET RESIDENTS HOUSEHOLDS ONE ON ONE. WE WORK WITH THEM AND THERE ARE PROTECTIONS. THERE'S AN M.O.U. BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHICH CODIFIES ALL OF THE FEDAL PROTECTIONS FOR
RESIDENTS. SO RENT IS NOT GOING TO GO UP, STILL PUBLICLY OWNED, RUN BY THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. BY WHY GO FROM SECTION 9 TO SECTION 8, BAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT SECTION 8 IS MORE VALUABLE BECAE THEY TAKE THE VOUCHERS,
THEREFORE IT'S ALWAYS FUNDED, 100% IT'S FUNDED. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GET TWO AND A HALF TIMES MORE SUBSIDIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE OWE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO GET MORE RESOURCES INTO THESE HOMES. >> THANK YO >> COMMISSIONERS WALLACE.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.I HAVE A QUESTION E $22 MILLION BACKLOG. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT OR THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AMOUNT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANY OF THE RENOVATIONS OR UPKEEP THAT
KIND OF THING WAS ADDRESSED COMPREHENSIVELY AT THE SITE? >> WE DID IT IN 197 AND 1988. >> THOSE ARE THE TWO? >> AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF CHANGED THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDINGS. >> SURE. I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT WHE
YOU TALK ABOUT INVESTMENT AND BUILDING THESE OUT TO BE HOUSES THAT ARE USEFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS, I JUST WONDERED HOW LONG THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN. >> COMMISSIONER WALLACE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE STUCK IN THE SITUATION THAT
WE'REN. WE GET $0.10 ON THE DOLLAR FOR EVERYTHING W NEED ON IMPROVEMENT. OUR CAPITAL BACKLOG, WE HAVE 6,000 UNITS ACROSS HIGH-RISES AND EVERYTHING, IT'S $260 MILLION. THAT'S BAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DISINVESTED IN
PUBLIC HOUSING FOR GENERATIONS, THEY'VE DONE IT, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO, WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE MONEY AROUND AND WE TAKE OUR SECTION 8
MONEY AND MOVE IT TO PUBLIC HOUSING. AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THE SECTION 8 ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD RESERVES. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BUILD RESERVES IN THE PAST EVEN FOR GLENDALE. IT ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD RESERVES AND YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE UPKEEP. AND WE CAN DEFINITELY CAMPAIGN
FOR GETTING RESOURCES, WE REINSTATED THE TAX LEVY AT T CITY, WE GOT RESOURCES FROM THE STATE. AND THERE'S A NEED FOR FAMILY HOUSING WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHY GLENDALE IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. THE $ MILLION BACKLOG IS A LARGE BACKLOG.
AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE SECTION 9 PLATFORM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE MONEY THAT WE NEED AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO DO THE CONVERSION AND THE WORK THAT SCARES SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. >> IS THE CONVERSION TO SECTION
9 NOT POSSIBLE WITH HISTORIC DESIGNATION OR LANDMARK DESIGNATION? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. THE CONVERSION IS POSSIBLE, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN MISLED ON. THEY WERE TOLD THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION RESERVES THE
SECTION 9 BECAUSE THAT'S PUBLIC HOUSING, IT DOESN'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION DOES NOT PRESERVE THE USE OF THE HOUSE, IT JUST PRESERVES THE FACADE, THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT CHALLENGES US TO ADD THINGS. BUT WE CAN DO THE CONVERSIONS
AND NOT REAP THE OPPORTUNITY OF REDEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS IT DOESN'T ADDRESSHE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT SAY WE WANT TO KEEP IT PUBLIC HOUSING. THAT DOESN'T HELPUS, BECAUSE WE NEED THE SUBSIDY. IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANYBODY FROM INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT.
AND IN FACT, IF THESE UNITS CANNOT GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED IN THE FUTURE, IT MIGHT DISPLACE RESIDENTS. THAT QUOTE, HELL IS PAVED WH GOOD INTENTIONS. SO LET'S KEEP IT HISTORIC, BUT THEN YOU MIGHT LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY OF REALL
REIMAGINING AND REDESIGNING GLENDALE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO LOSING THAT EXTRA MONEY THAT YOU GET WITH THE CONVERSIONS. >> DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
NER? OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SO I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AS A REMINDER, I WILL BE LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES AND THE CLERK WILL SET THE CLOCKO TRACK TIME.
PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE CLERK'S DESK IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AND I WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN GIVING TESTIMONY, REMEMBER TO FOCUS ON NEW INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT FOR
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, ALRNATE FORMATS TO REPORT CAPTIONING ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT OFFICE OF CITY CLERK AT 612-673-2216R cityclerk@minneapolismn.gov.
IF YOU NEED AN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE OR OTHER LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE THIS REQUEST AT LEAST FIVE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TOHE MEETING. PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING CAN USE A RELAY SERVICE
TO CALL 311 A 612-673-3000. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY NAME MISPRONUIATIONS. FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS
SHANEEN. JUST AS A REMINDER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M SHANEEN BUT SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE A
SO THROAT. THANK YOU. >> HI, I'M NATASHA REEVES, I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR SHANEEN. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MY NAME IS SHANEEN AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF E GLENDALE COMMUNITY TOWNHOMES FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
I MOVED HERE WITH MY CHILDREN IN 2002 AND THEY IMMEDIATELY LOVED IT THERE. WE HAD MOVED FROM CHICAGO, UNCERTAIN OF STARTING OVER IN A NEW UNFAMILIAR CITY. BUT WE FOUND SO MANY THINGS THAT
WE DIDN'T HAVE BACK HOME IN CHICO. IT WAS TRULY WONDERFUL -- IT WAS TRULY WONDERFUL TO ARRIVE AT GLENDALE. HERE, THEY COULD SAFELY WALK OUT THE DOOR AND BE SAFE, WELCOMING
INTO AOMMUNITY ENJOYING EVERYTHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD TO OFFER INCLUDING PARKS ON THE SITE. WHEN THEY BEGAN SCHOOL HERE, THE EDUCATION THEY RECEIVED WAS EXCELLENT.
BOTH OF MY CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IN CHIGO. DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF MY SONS HAVING TO SIMPLY BEING ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE TO AND FROM SCHOOL. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING HAS TRULY BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. AS MY CHILDREN GREW INTO ADULTS AND MOVED OUT TO BEGIN LIFE ON THEIR OWN, I INQUIRED WITH THE
PROPERTY MANAGER ABOUT DOWNSIZING. I NO LONGER NEEDED THE EXTRA BEDROOM SPACE. I WAS SHOCKED AND DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO MOVEO A DIFFERENT ONE BEDROOM UNIT AT GLENDALE.
AS I DIDN'T WANT MY CHILDREN TO RETURN -- INSIDE JOKE. THE MOVE ALLOWED ME TO AGE IN PLACE. AND REMAIN IN A COMMUNITY THAT
HAD COME TO MEAN SO MUCH TO ME. I'M SORRY, I AM GRATEFUL THAT MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING HAS MEANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. NOW THAT I'VE RETIRED, I STAY
BUSY HELPING MPHA WITH LANDSCAPING, VOLUNTEERING IN TH. AT GLENDALE, WE ARE TRULY A COMMUNITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY. THE FAMILIES HERE THRIVE FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARRID.
AND WE EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN OURLIVES. THIS SAFE HAVEN HAS FOR GENERATIONS BEEN A VITAL STEPPING-STONE TO HELP FAMILIES STABILIZE WHEN IN A VULNERABLE
PLACE, SET DOWN ROOTS AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON THE
LIST IS PATRICIA LEE WOODS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PATRICIA LEE WOODS.
AND I LIVE AT 2801 ST. MARY'S PLACE IN GLENDALE. WHEN I MOVED INTO GLENDALE IN 1991 I HAD TWO SONS. SO I'VE LIVED IN GLENDALE FOR 31 YEARS. AND NOW I LIVE ALONE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO A ONE BEDROOM LIKE SHANEEN BEFORE ME. I'VE FOUND COMFORT AND SAFETY HERE I GLENDALE. AND I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
SHOP BY MYSELF, THE AMENITIES THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LUXEN PARK AND ESPECIALLY ACCESS TO THE LIGHT RAIL. MY EXPERIENCE FROM MY 31 YEARS IN GLENDALE HAS BEEN THAT MPHA TRULY DOES MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
RESIDENTS. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSS WITH ANY REPAIRS THAT I'VE NEEDED DONE IN MY UNIT. I FEEL APPRECIATED AND I FEEL SAFE AND RESPECTED. UNFORTUNATELY, IELIEVE THAT
THE MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATING ABOUT PRESERVING GLENDALE AS A HISTORICAL AREA IS CAUSING RESIDENTS TO BE FEARFUL AND RESISTANT TO THE POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GLENDALE.
I BELIEVE THAT GLENDALE'S RESIDENTS DO DESERVE CHANCE TO RESHAPE OUR COMMUNITY AND LIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY WITH MODERN AMENITIES. I FOR ONE HAVE TO PUT AN AIR
CONDITIONER IN MY WINW EVERY SUMMER AND REMOVE IT AND I CAN'T ALWAYS FIND SOMEONE TO HELP M TO DO THAT. I KNOW THAT FEAR DOES EXIST AND
SOME OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE OF THE MISINFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> OKAY THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON
THE LIST IS KANTRELL MOTLEY. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> MY NAME IS KANTERIAL MOTLEY.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF GLENDALE TOWNHOMES FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS NOW. THIS PLACE IS HOME FOR ME, IT SERVES AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR ME AND MY TWO CHILDREN. GLENDALE HOLDS A SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE FOR ME BECAUSE OF THE STRONG BONDS I'VE BUILT WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
THE WAY WE STICK TOGETHER IS A RARE THING TO FIND THESE DAYS.T WE'VE MADE IS INVALUABLE. AND THE SAFETY THAT THIS PLACE PROVIDES FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE A SECURE ENVIRONMENT TO BE KIDS IN. THIS AREA IS REMARKABLY SAFE
THANKS TO SECURITY GUARDS AND THE VIGILANT NEIGHBORS WHO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT A CONSISTENT WORRY ABOUT PREDATORS OR STRAY BUETS. THEY ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE RECREATIONAL CENTER, THE STAFF AND EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY LOOKS OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS WELL AS THEIR WELL BEING. THIS HELPSEEP THEM ENGAGED AND AWAY FROM NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON THE STREETS. WE ALSO BENEFIT FROM EASY ACCESS TO RESOURCES. WE HAVE A FD SHELF ON SITE AS WELL AS A LAUNDRY ROOM.
WE ARE SITUATED BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, EASY ACCESS TO GROCERY STORE AND OTHER NECESSARY AMENITIES. IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING THAT OFFER ALL OF THESE ADVANTAGES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PARTICULAR NEED FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES LIKE ME AND
MYSELF, I FOUND GLENDALE AT A TIME THATT TRULY SAVED ME AND MY FAMILY. I HAD EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SLEEPING IN CARS WITH MY CHILDREN DESPITE HAVING A GOOD
JOB. RECEIVING THE CALL FROM GLENDALE WAS TRULY A BLESSING. BEING A PART OF GLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITIES IS CONTINUING TBE A BLESSING FOR ME AND MY ILDREN. I UNDERSTAND CHANGE CAN BE UNSETTLING AND MANY ARE AFRAID OF CHANGE, CHANGE CAN ALSO BE POSITIVE.
GLENDALE IS FILLED WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND I REALLY APPRECIATEIT. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST ANTHONY ROWE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANTHONY ROWE. I'M AN EMPLOYEE AT MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AT 1001 WASHGTON AVENUE NORTH. I'VE WORKED AT MPHA FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. FOR SEVEN O THOSE YEARS, I'VE SERVED AS GLENDALE'S REGIONAL
PROPERTY MANAGER. IN THAT TIME, I DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILIES WHILE MANAGING WORK ORDERS CELEBRATING COMMUNITY MILESTONES AND HELPING RESIDENTS OVERCOME VARIOUS CHALLENGES I THEIR LIVES. BUT RESIDENTS CAN CLEARLY SEE
THE REALITY THAT A GROWING NUMBER OF THINGS NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND REPLACED IN THEIR HOMES. HOWEVER, MORE RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT BY A SELECT RESIDENT AND OUTSIDERSO SCARE AND MISLEAD RESIDENTS.
JUST LAST WEEK I GOT A CALL FROM THE DAUGHTER OF AN ELDERLY RESIDENT WHO HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE OCK ON HER DOOR, SAID THAT IF SHE DIDN'T SIGN A PETITION, SHE WOULD LOSE HER HOUSE AND BE THROWN ON THE STREET.
THAT PETITION WAS TO SIGN IN SUPPORT OF THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION. SADLY, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. OUR STAFF HAVE ANSWERED NUMEROUS CALLS LIKE THIS IN RECENT WEEKS. THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES
REDENTS CALL WHEN THEY'RE CONFUSED. WE'RE THE ONES THAT RESIDENT LLS WHEN THEY'RE SCARED. I CAN'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATES SOMEONE TO THREATEN VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE RESIDENTS AT GLENDALE BY AND LARGE DO NOT WANT HISTORIC
PRESERVATION. GLENDALE RESIDENTS WANT TO DESERVE THE FREEDOM TO SHAPE THEIR FUTURE IN THEIR OWN TERMS ALONG FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THEY DO NOT WANT THIS COMMISSION TO STOP A MAJOR INVESTMENT BY MPHA IN GLENDALE THAT RESIDENTS
NEED AND DESERVE. THAT'S BECAUSE GLENDALE FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR THEIR LITTLE ONES. THAT'S WHY MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. OKAY, THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON MY
LIST UMI CARR. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> HELLO. I LIVE IN 2805 DELAWARE. I WAS MOVING A LOT WHEN WE CAME
TO GLENDALE AND MY FAMILY SETTLED DOWN WHEN WE CAME. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN GLENDALE FOR FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THE TRAIN, THE GAS STATION. AND FIRST, WHEN WE WENT DOOR
KNOCKING, WE ASKED THEM AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE SIGNED IT. THERWAS OVER SEVEN PAGES SIGNED. BUT EITHER WAY, GLENDALE IS LIKE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN STEP OUTSIDE WITHOUT BEING SCARED. LIKE SOME PLACES IN SECTION 8 WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE, YOU GET SCARED OF SHOOTINGS OR DRIVE
BYES, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WHEN YOU STEP OUTSI IN GLENDALE, YOU GET THE FRESH AIR, KIDS ARE PLAYING OUTSIDE, AND PEOPLE TRUST EACH OTHER WITH DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WE WOULD NEED HISTORIC DESIGNATION BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AT A DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WHEN THEY
RENT. SO EITHER WAY, THEY DIDN'T GET DISPLAD, THEY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE AND THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE INTO DIFFERENT HOUSES. BUT THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEX NAME I HAVE ON THE LIST IS JOE RING.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADESS. >> MY NAME IS JOSEPH RING. I LIVE AT 101 MELBOURNE AVENUE SOUTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS IN THE PROSPECT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM CHAIR OF THE TAR HEEL PARK COMMITTEE, PARTF PTA.
AND IN 1995, MY WIFE AND I WERE MADE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT THE RP PLAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUTTOGETHER. AND OUR MAIN TASK WAS TO IDENTIFYND DO ANY RESEARCH AND
WHETHER IT WAS VALID, THERE WERE ANY HISTORIC ASSETS IN PROSPECT PARK. I SPENT 30 YEARSORKING ON THAT. WE WERE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. AS YOU KNOW, THE PARK ARE ON THE NAONAL REGISTER. PROSPECT PARK IS ON THE NATIONAL
REGISTER. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THEOUNTRY. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ASSESSMENT WAS DONE, SHE IDENTIFIED THREE POTENTIAL CAND
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED PROSPECT PARK, AND GLENDALE. SO ONCE WE FINISHED THE PARK AND PROSPECT PARK, WE MOVED ON TO GLENDA. THE RESIDENTS IN GLENDALE WERE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN
PURSUING THAT. AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN PURSUING IT. I HAVE ONLY ACTED AS A COULTANT TO HELP THEM. I RESENT THE CHARACTIZATION OF
MY NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING REDLINING. HE HAS NO PROOF OF EVER REDLINING COMING TO PROSPECT PARK. IN FACT IN 1913, 2 FAMILIES
MOVED INTO PROSPECT PARK, THE JACKSONS. THEY WERE FAMILIES OF COLOR. THERE WAS RESISTANCE AT THE BEGINNG, BUT AFTER EFFORTS BY THE JACKSONS, WELL UNDERSTOOD
THAT THEY WERE PEOPLE LIKE ALL OF THE REST OF US. I AM HORRIBLY DIS -- I'M JUST REALLY,EALLY TRAUMATIZED BY SOMEONE SAYING REDLINING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON TH. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.
>> MY NAME IS SHANNY. I AM A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL. I GREW UP IN GLENDALE. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR GLENDALE TOWNHOMES. WE NEED TO HONOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE US.
AS YOUTH WE WANT TO RESPECT THE BLACK MOTHERS AND THE YOUTH WHO FOUGHT FOR US IN THE PAST AND WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, GLENDALE U ENROLLED PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF GLENDALE TOWNHOMES.
GLENDALE U HAD CLASSES THAT INCLUDED HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, PSYCHOLOGY, FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES TO HELP PEOPLE PASS THE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXAM. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE GLENDALE U BACK. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR
VOICES. GOOD-BYE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST I SAIED A.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND SPEAK. >> I WILL INTERPRET. >> THANK YOU. >> I AM GOING TO INTERPRET FOR HIM BECAUSE THERE'S NO INTERPRETER. WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES, RIGHT? >> YES.
WE CYCLE IT TWICE. SO YOU WILL HEAR THE NOISE. >> I'M SENDING YOU ALL GREENGS.
I'VE LIVED IN GLENDALE FOR 16 YEARS.
IT'S GLENDALE IS A PLACE WHERE WE'RE VERY HAPPY AT WHERE WE ARE DOING WELL AND WE HAVE SAFETY. TRANSPORTATION IS NEAR US.
THE TRAIN IS NEAR . AND THE U OF M IS NEAR US. WE ARE LOW INCOME PEOPLE. WE ARE POOR PEOPLE. WE CAN'T COVER THE COST. WE CAN'T EVEN FIND OTHER HOUSING
ANYWHERE ELSE. BECAUSE OF OUR INCOME. AS A RESULT, WEANT YOU TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF
GLENDALE. NOBODY'S USING US, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IS USING US IN TERMS OF THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE BEFORE THAT THERE'S SOMEEOPLE USING US. SO THERE'S NO ONE ELSE USING US.
IT'S OUR VOICE. WE ARE THE RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE RESPECT AMONGURSELVES AND WE RESPECT EACH OTHER.
WE CAN DO REPAIRS WHILE WE'RE IN THE HOME. THE ISSUE WITH THE FIXING AND REPAIRS CAN BE DONE INSIDE THE HOMES AND IT'S NOT, WE CAN DO IT WHILEE'RE INSIDE THE HOMES.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. WE WANT OUR HOMES TO BE SAVED. WE WANT TO SAVE OUR MES. WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE US ALONE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT AND
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO. IT'S FOUR MINUTES. WHO'S THE NEXT PERSON? I'M INTERPRETING FOR EVERYBODY.
>> IF I MAY -- SO TO GET FOUR MINUTES, THEN I RECYCLED IT SO IT WENT THROUGH TWO SO THIS IS THE SECOND SO HETILL HAS -- EACH PERSON WHO'S GETTING TRANSLATED WILL GET FOUR MINUTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> AND ONE QUICK INTERJECTION
FROM THE DAIS AS WELL, COULD YOU PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SMACKING OR SLAMMING ON THE PODIUM SO OUR CAPTIONERS HAVE A CLEAR AUDIO TO BE ABLE TO CAPTION. >> THANK YOU.
>> IN CONCLUSION, WE WANT TO SAVE OUR HOS. WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE US ALONE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE DISPLACED.
HA IS OUT OF THE EQUATION AND THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE GOVERNMENT BASICALLY HE'S TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT PROTECTION. AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WILL
DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LOW INCOME. WE WANT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOMES TO BE PRESERVED.
WE WANT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOME TO BE PROTECTED, BASICALLY HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
>> THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT NAME THA I HAVE ON THE LIST IS FATIMA. >> YEAH. >> PERFECT, JUST CHECKING. >> I'M SAYING HELLO TO EVERYONE. I'M SENDING YOU GUYS GREETINGS
TO EVERYBODY. I HAVE BEEN OTHE WAIT LIST TO GET INTO GLENDALE TOWNHOMES FOR SIX YEARS. I WAS LIVING IN A MARKET-RATE
APARTMENT OR HOUSE. I WAS PAYING MARKET-RATE RENT. SEVEN YEARS. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SEVEN
YEARS TO GET INTO GLENDALE. AND I LIVED IN MARKET RATE, I COULDN'T PAY THE RENT. I WAS ALMOST EVICTED.
AT NIGHTTIME BECAUSE OF GLENDALE I SLEEP WELL. MY CLDREN ARE HAPPY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY LIVING IN GLENDALE.
I HAVE CHILDREN AND I HAVE KIDS. MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL NEAR THE HOME. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT PEOPLE TELLING ME ABOUT THE
DISPLACEMENT. WE CANNOT, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH RENT AND MKET RATE APARTMENTS.
I LIVE IN A VERY NICE, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND GLENDALE IS AND I WANT GLENDALE TO BE LEFT
ALONE. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE FAMILY HER.
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE FAMILY HERE, SHE SAID THAT IT GIVES ME THAT SUPPORT THAT I NEED THAT WHEN I CANNOT WORK, I GET SUPPORT THAT IT'S LOW INCOME, WHEN I'M WORKING, I PAY THE MONTHLY RENT THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO PAY. AND WHEN I'M NOT WORKING, THEN I PAY THE LOW INCOME RENT THAT I SUPPOSED TO PAY.
I FEEL SUPPORTED BASICALLY THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE FAMILY HERE. NOW I DON'T SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE THREATS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO
MOVE TO. I'M ALWAYS WORRIED NOW. ARE WE EVEN GOING TO COME BACK? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TOOME BACK? WILL WE BE MOVED TO SOMEWHERE REALLY BAD THAT'S FAR, FAR AWAY? I NEED THE TRAIN AND THE BUS.
I CAN GO TO THE EMERGENCY NOW IF MY KIDS GET SICK. WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTA OUR VOICE. I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. I'M NOT GOING TO FIND ALL THE
TIME SOMEONE TO INTERPRET FOR O. I WANT THE HOMES, I WANT MY VOICE TO GO FAR, AND I WANT THE HOMES TO BE SAFE AND TOE LEFT ALONE. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME I HAVE ON THE LIST
IS KARHIA. >> ALLF YOU, SHE'S SENDING YOU
GREETINGS. MY NAME IS -- I'VE BEEN ON A LONG WAITING LIST TO GET INTO
THE HOUSES IN GLENLE. WHEN I'M ABLE TO PAY RENT, I PAY RENT. AND WHEN I'M NOT ABLE TO PAY THE
RENT, I GET SUPPORT. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT US IN THAT WAY. I UD TO BUS TO GO GROCERY
SHOPPING. I COME BACK WITH THE BUS. I HAVE SAFETY. I SLEEP WELL KNOWING THAT I DON'T HAVE RENT ALL THE TIME
LOOMING OVER ME THAT I'M GOING TO BE EVICTED. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HIGH RENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I'M NOT ABLE TO PAY THE RENT AND I'M NOT AFRAID THAT I'LL BE KICKED OUT, THAT I'LL GET SUPPORT. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WANT GLENDALE, OUR HOMES TO BE LEFT
ALONE. WE LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. EVERYWHERE WE TAKE THE TRAIN. IF WE GO SOMEWHERE R, WE CAN'T TRAVEL TO GO TO THE MARKET AND
TO BUY THINGS. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US AND WE CAN'T PAY THE RENT WHEREVER THEY TAKE US.
WE WANT T HOMES TO BE LEFT ALONE AND WE THANK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELPING US IN THAT AND WE WANT THE HOMES TO BE LEFT ALONE FOR US. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEACE AND A LOT OF SAFETY.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE DISPLACED. WE WANT WHATEVER IS BROKEN IN THE HOUSE TO BE FIXED BASICALLY. INSIDE THE HOUSE, WHATEVER. WE WANT THE HISTORY OF GLENDALE
TO BE AMPLIFIED. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE ERASED. WE WANT TO STAY IN OUR HOMES.
WE JUST WANT THEM TO FIX AND RE HOMES AND WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE OUR HOMES ALONE. THANYOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON THE
LIST IS JERAIN CUFF. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> MY NAME IS JERAIN CUFF. MY ADDRESS IS 2307 THOMAS AVENUE
NORTH. >> CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT MORE? THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TONIGHT.
SO I'M A COUSIN OF RUBY BARBER. AND I AFFECTIONATELY CALLED HER AUNT RUBY. AND HER PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OFGLENDALE WAS MOTHER WHITTAKER AND I CALLED HER MOTHER WHITTAKER.
IN THE '60s, I WOULD COME AND VISIT MY FAMILY AND I HAD A BLAST THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS THERE. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE AT THE TIME. I JUST KNEW I WAS HAVING FUN. I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT TODAY I WOULD BE STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE PRESERVATION COMMISSIONERS. ASKING TO PRESERVE THE NEW HEAD START, THE NEW DAYCARE PRRAM, AND THE NEW LITTLE CO-OP. THAT'S A VISION.
THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF PROJECTS IN STORE FOR GLENDALE AND THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE ARE WILLING, READY, AND ABLE TO MAKE GLENDALE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
FUTURISTIC AND FRIENDLY SITE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I AM GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CHECK AND SAY THAT WE ARE
AT 5:43 AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY ATE LAW TO END AT 6:00 P.M. SO I WILL CONTINUEO CALL NAMES DOWN THE LIST AND WE WILL HEAR TESTIMONY, BUT I WE GET TOO CLOSE, WE WILL HAVE TO EITHER CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT
MEETING IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO END PUBLICOMMENT AND START TO DELIBERATE AS A COMMISSION. SO JUST A HEADS UP TO EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT 6:00 P.M. DEADLINE. OKAY, THE NEXT NAME I THINK IS, I'M SORRY, I CANNOT READ THIS
SUPER WELL. LATOW JOSEPH. THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD >> HI, I'M LATOW JUSEF.
I'VE LED IN GLENDALE SINCE 2004. 20 YEARS. I AM THE COFOUNDER OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING COALITION. I WANT TO CLARIFY SOME MYTHS MFHA HAS SAID. DEFEND GLENDALE IS OWNED BY RESIDENTS.
ALL OF THE MOMSACK HERE ARE MEMBERS OF GLENDALE. WE WERE THE ONES ASKING PEOPLE TO SIGN THE PETITION. NO ONE WAS FORCED TO SIGN THE PETITION, THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED THE PETITION WERE OKAY WITH IT AND THE ONES WHO DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN IT, THEY DIDN'T SIGN IT. A COUPLE OF THINGS, PROSPECT
PARK IS NOT IN CHARGE OF US. WE RECEIVED 98% OF 100% FOR INSPECTION. THE REDLINING IS FALSE. IT'S BASICALLY AN ASSASSINATION. SOMEONE CAME TO GLENDALE AND SAID THEY WOULD REMOVE THE CONTRACTS OF THE M.O.U. WHICH IS
A SET UP. THEY'VE CUT THE SECTION 8 FUNDING TWICE. SO THEY'RE LYING. THEY ALSO TOLD US SECTION 8 WOULD ENDING. THEY WANTO LEASE THE LAND TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
THERE'S NO CHANCE OF ANY OF US COMING BACK. THEY'R ALREADY DEMOLISHING ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY -- WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THE TENANTS FAMILIES WITH 6 OR 7 CHILDREN THAT NEED TWO BATHROOMS, THEY
CAN'T EVEN GO. THE INCOME FOR GLENDALE TOWNHOMES IS $20,000 PER FAMILY. SO YOU TELL ME HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THE RENT THA THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY WHICH IS NOT SECTION 9, IT'S SECTION OR 42 OR WHATEVER THAT WAS.
THEY'VE BEEN DEMOLISHING THAT. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS 200 OUT OF 700 OR 200 ARE HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND ONLY SEVEN ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. GLENDALE HAS A LONG HISTORY. GLENDALE IS THE ONLY PUBLIC
HOUSING IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAS THE HISRY THAT IT HAS. SO PLEASE VOTE YES FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION BECAUSE WE'RE PRESERVING GLENDALE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK PEOPL BEFORE US AND THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE NEXT NAME THAT I HAVE ON THE
LIST IS TRACY. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD EVENING I GUESS.
I'M ACTUALLY AT 2710 DELAWARE. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE ON MY OWN, BUT I WAS READING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND INTEGRITY. I'M LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS. I JUST MOVED IN FEBRUARY 13TH AND THEY WELCOMED ME, THE
NEIGHBORS, AND THE COMMUNITY. I ACTUALLY LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOMES THAT'S BEEN THERE PROBABLY BEFORE GLENDALE TOWNHOMES. AND THERE'S COLLEGE PEOPLE AND MAYBE A FAMILY, I DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET. BUT I NOTICE IN MY SHORT TIME BEING THERE THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY HAPPY. I'M HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO GRADUATE. HE'S COMFORTABLE THERE. WE CAME FROM HIGH-RISE ON FRANKLIN. AND WHAT I HEAR HERE IS THE TRUTH, IT'S SAFE OVER THERE. THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE.
THERE'S MANY THINGS FOR MY SON.. THERE'S THE DAYCARE FOR THE MOTHERS WHO NEED CHILDCARE RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE PROPERTY AND IF YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY, HEADSTARTAS THE FIRST MINNEAPOLIS THAT SITS ON
THAT PROPERTY HEAD START IN MINNESOTA. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY LOOK IT UP, AND THAT WAS MY COUSIN DELORES PRICE, SHE WAS PART OF THAT TO GET IT STARTED HERE. SO THAT SPOT THERE HEAD START WAS CREATED. ON THE INTEGRITY, WHEN I LOOK AT
THE LOCATION, WE DO HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, A SIMILAR PROPERTY WITH HISTORY, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME BEFORE US IN 1851 OR SO. THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES OR ADDITIONS. THE HISTORICAL SITE I AM FOR.
BECAUSE THAT SPOT, I SAY THAT SPOT, BUT THE GLENDALE TOWNHOMES WAS THERE PRIOR TO THEIR UPDATES. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY LOOKED BEFORE AND THE UPDATES ARE MINOR. I SEE THEM AS MINOR CHANGES. SOME OF THE FLOORING MAY BE
ORIGINAL. SOME OF THE WOOD AROUND THE WINDOWS LOOK ORIGINAL TO ME. AND THE STRUCTURE HAS NOT CHANGED. I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE WITH THE STRUCTURE WHEN I LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS. NOTHING IS REARRANGED, NOTHING IS MOVED FROM THE FOUNDATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE DESIGNED, WE DON'T KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE FAMILIES HERE FOR 30 YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. I SAY TO UPDATE THESE APARTMENTS. IF THE MONEY, THEY HAVE THE MONEY,E DON'T WANT IT REBUILT. I BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE AWAY THE
HISTORIC SITE SO I'M FOR IT. THEY CAN DO UPDATES. MY APARTMENT I WILL SAY WAS UPTED PRETTY NICE. SO I'M HAPPY WITH IT. AND MY SON WILL GRADUATE FROM THERE, BUT I HEARD STORIES OF GRANDKIDS. SHE DID SPEAK ON IT. >> WE HAVE TO -- >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S
WHAT I S WITH THE HISTORICAL SITE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE DO HAVE FOUR NAMES LEFT. WE ARE AT 5:50. SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR TESTIMONIES BRIEF AND ADD NEW INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE THEM.
THE NEXT NAME THAT HAVE IS ERIC WONDERLUCK. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDSS FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS ERIC WONDERLOOK. I LIVE A 413 5th STREET
SOUTHEAST. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF PRESERVATION QUESTIONS OVER THE YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REAL GOOD JOB DONE ON SAYING WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING TECHNICALLY MEETS THE STANDARD, THE ROOF LINE, THE PILLARS, THE SPINDLES. WHAT WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IS THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S VERY MUCH A PART OF HISTORIC PRESERVATIONN THIS CASE. IT'S THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT THE BUILDINGS. IF THESE BUILDINGS ARE TORN DOWN AND REHABBED UNDER T SECTION 9 OR RAD, THAT'S GOING TO RUIN THE COMMUNITY. IT WON'T BE THERE ANYME.
THEY'LL BE DISPLACED IN THE INTERIM, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS. IF IT TAKES 3, 4, 5 YEARS, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE GONE. THIS AREA HAS BEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS THE FIRST MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALL KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE LITERALLY SUNK INTO THE SWAMP. THE SUMNER TOWNHOMES. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY. THE $20 MILLION BACKLOG OF
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISN'T AN EXCUSE TO GIVE UP ON THE COMMUNITY. AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S A SHAME THAT THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH DEVELOPERS AND SQUANDERING ITS INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSG.
THIS CITY SHOULD BE IF ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY NOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE SELLING THE PUBLIC ASSETS TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND THAT'S ALL THE R PROGRAM IS. IT BRINGS IN PRIVATE DOLLARS AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF OUR PUBLIC HOUSING. THANYOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO I WAS WRONG, WE HAVE SIX NAMES. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL NECESSARILY GET THROUGH THEM TONIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT ANDREA, I'M
ASMING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM. >> CHAIR BJORNBERG, I WOULD ADVISE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO END BEFORE 6:00 P.M. AND NOT A SECOND OVER TO NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
SO I GUESS WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM? >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THE ITEM AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING, HPC MEETING. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MELLBLOM. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THOMAS SECONDS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT? >> WE CAN DO A VOICE VOTE. THAT'S FINE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES]
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, THAT ITEM IS CONTINUED TO THE APRIL 2nND -- APRIL 22, 202
MEETING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE, I THINK IT GOES FOR ALL OF US, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE SHOWING UP HERE TESTIFYING. IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT IT IS VERY NERVE RACKING. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US USUALLY DO. BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS BOTH PEOPLE
SHOWING UP HERE AND TESTIFYING TODAY AND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS. WE DO GET THOSE AHEAD OF TIME AND REALLY VIEW THEM AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I APPRECIATE THAT AND AS I
SAID, THIS ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED ON THE APRIL 22, 2025 MEETING. ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR BJORNBERG. VERY QUICK, I'LL JUST SAY AS
EVERYBODY IS AWARE, OUR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HPC IS ON MAY 15TH. AND JUST THE CITY HAS COME OUT AND PARTNERED WITH THE DOORS OPEN PROGRAM WHICH WILL ALSO BE THE MIDDLE OF MAY. I BELIEVE IT'S MAY 17 THROUGH
MAY 19TH. PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS. IT'S A GREAT EVENT ANDHAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE HPC IS APRIL 22, 2025.
THANK YOU.