The Business, Housing & Zoning Committee met on December 2, 2025 (afternoon meeting; called to order in open session). Vice Chair Aurene Chowdhury presided in the absence of Chair Jamal Osman (who joined later). The committee approved a large consent calendar, held multiple public hearings on licensing, land use, finance, and housing items, heard extensive public testimony on a proposed Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (TOPA) ordinance (but took no final action on the ordinance), decided a quasi-judicial land use appeal, and received Q2–Q3 2025 encampment closure reporting.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the business housing and zoning committee. I will call to order this regular meeting for December 2nd, 2025. My name is Aurene Chowdhury and I am the vice chair of this committee. Before we begin the meeting, I want to remind everybody that these meetings are broadcast live to enable greater public participation. They include real-time captioning to increase the accessibility of our proceedings to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so that our captioners can fully transcribe all comments for the broadcast. We ask all speakers to moderate their speed and clarity of their comments. Members, we will be using speaker management for this meeting, so please make sure you are signed in. At this time, I will ask the clerk to call the roll so we can verify a quorum. Council Member Vita. Present. Cashman. Present. Jenkins is absent. Chavez. Present. Vice Chair Chowdhury. Present. Chair Osman is absent. There are four members present. All right. Let the record reflect. We have a quorum. I will also note that Council Member Osman, Chair Osman, is away for a part of this meeting because he is at a press conference and he will be joining us shortly. Our agenda is in front of us and we will begin with the consent item number 11 is approving six liquor licenses. Item number 12 is approving eight liquor license renewals. Item number 13 is approving one gambling license. Item number 14 is approving a building permit extension for Silva on the river. Item number 15 is authorizing agreements for the Great Streets Facade Grant Program. Item number 16 is accepting a grant from the Federal Transit Administration for the Great Streets Facade Grant Program. federal transit administration for the blue line extension item number 17 is authorizing agreements for the 2025 emergency solutions grant item number 18 is authorizing two loans to the martisur hospitality group on nicollet ave item number 19 is reauthorizing the stable homes stable schools appropriation and contract item number 20 is approving a street vacation for the location at 4301 Lake Street East. Item number 21 is authorizing a settlement of a loan to TLC Precision Technology. Item number 22 is authorizing a grant agreement with Cirtis Financial for rehabilitation at the Heritage Park. Item number 23 is approving Bruce Brunner to seat number 10 on the Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Housing. Item number 24 is authorizing a temporary construction item number 25 is approving an ordinance related to the minimum building height requirements in the zoning code. Item number 26 is receiving and filing the prolonged vacancy enforcement report. Item number 27 is authorizing a Great Streets Gap loan to Newbie 314 property holdings. And lastly, item number 28 is receiving and filing a report related to pet restrictions and rental Item number 28 is receiving and filing a report related to pet restrictions and rental properties. With that, do any of my colleagues have any discussion or questions?