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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 18, 2020 Page 3 the people in the community, that are the majority, as far as the family, the people who want 1 to stay here. The new Mosque came in and is a whole new demographic. She is not seeing 2 any of that represented here in the proposed policies. She was seeing a lot of “this needs to be 3 two inches”, etc. She wondered how “we” are being represented in this. 4 5 Chair Westrick thanked Commissioner Neumann and indicated those are good points and the 6 Commission can discuss those with the City Planner and developer after the public hearing is 7 closed. She asked if there was any clarifying questions for Mr. Grittman on his presentation. 8 9 Commissioner Rude indicated Mr. Grittman mentioned there was a study that mentioned .9 10 parking spaces per bedroom, and he wondered if that was in facilities with primarily one 11 bedroom or was that where there were two or three bedrooms. Mr. Grittman explained he did 12 not have the research in front of him but to his recollection the median bedroom size count in 13 the studies that were done supporting that number was 1.3 bedrooms per unit. 14 15 Chair Westrick asked if the representative or developer was at the meeting. 16 17 Mr. Mike Holst, lead developer, addressed the Commission on who Interstate Development is 18 and presented the proposed plan. 19 20 Commissioner Morita asked if there have been any adjustments made to the plan since the 21 working session. Mr. Holst indicated there have only been further refinements of the 22 landscape plan and the exterior but those were minor refinements. 23 24 Chair Westrick asked if there was any public comment. 25 26 There were no comments from the public. 27 28 Chair Westrick inquired if any written comment was received by staff. Mr. Grittman 29 indicated he has not seen any. 30 31 Chairperson Westrick closed the public hearing at 7:48 p.m. 32 33 Commissioner Neumann indicated one of the things as a person of color, as a black or non-34 black identified person of color in this community that also pays taxes, is a constituent and 35 cares about what goes on in the City and wants to make sure that it also benefits her and those 36 that look like her and those who represent her, etc. She wondered how Mr. Holst went about 37 taking into consideration for example, the racial inequalities or disparities that are in St. 38 Anthony Village. She thought everyone was aware of the 2016 confrontation where St. 39 Anthony Police Department ended up killing Philando Castille and also aware of the Federal 40 racial lawsuit with the Mosque in the City and also what is going on with the Lowry Grove. 41 She indicated all of those things that have impacted the residents in the community, people 42 have come out in an outpouring of emotions saying this is what we need, etc., she wondered if 43 or how the developer took into consideration that piece, the human aspect versus how many 44 parking space and light fixtures and how residents will be living. She asked where the people 45 of color are represented in there. 46