Okay, the May 16th meeting of the St.

Paul Planning Commission will now come to order.

Um, the first item uh is approval of the minutes for the May 2nd 2025 planning commission meeting.

Do I have a motion for the minutes?

So motion by Commissioner Ritzburg.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Commissioner Hackney.

Is there any discussion on the minutes?

Seeing no discussion, we'll move forward with a vote.

All those in favor?

All right.

All that's posed.

Any abstentions?

All right, the minutes packed.

Next up is the chair's announcements.

Um I have no announcements this week.

Just you know, nice to see you all.

Um, and next up is the planning director's map.

Good morning, everybody.

Uh, I just want to give you an update on the room.

Uh the speakers in the ceiling have been disconnected.

So hopefully that mysterious noise will not occur again.

Um also have been working with uh the city to get us some sort of mobile PA system.

Uh and today we're trying out a little different orientation for presentations.

So um working working on our accommodations might be a little bit of a slow go, but uh I think we're making some progress.

Okay, thank you.

Um the next up is the zoning committee.

Um the zoning committee meeting was canceled last week.

Um, and there are items on the meeting on the agenda for next Thursday.

So we will happy be holding that meeting.

Um tag yeah, isn't here.

Um I think that can be the extent of the update for this week.

Uh next up is comprehensive and neighborhood planning committee.

Um Commissioner Holtz.

Good morning, everyone.

The comprehensive neighborhood planning committee met uh last Wednesday on the 14th.

Uh we heard about the Hamlin Midway neighborhood plan.

Uh, more coming to the uh planning commission on that in the near future.

And then um, if you recall, uh we had the minor text amendments zoning study uh that passed committee unanimously.

So again, that will be coming to uh the planning commission uh in the future.

And then today we have a presentation by Spencer on the traditional neighborhood district zoning study where we will ultimately uh release for public comment.

All right, thank you very much for post chair Spencer Miller Johnson from a planner on the long range team and um you know me.

Um today I've got a little presentation on the traditional neighborhood district zoning study.

This is the zoning study that we've been working on for a while, and we're really excited to bring to you all this morning.

And they have a recommendation for you all to release it for public review at this point.

I'll just go through some of the kind of key components, remind you of what we're and then uh go through some of them text methods.

So um you probably know this, but the St.

Paul zoning code is pretty use-based in terms of how it's organized.

That means that it categorizes development based on residential, business, industrial, and then also traditional neighborhood.

Traditional neighborhood, we often abbreviate to T.

So the T districts are a little bit different.

They provide for a kind of unique mix of land uses and also some design standards that uh make sure development is pedestrian-oriented and um focuses on kind of transit corridors.

And the two districts currently exist throughout St.

Paul.

You'll notice that the T districts are the primary zoning district used along properties adjacent to transit corridors and at major neighborhood notes.

These are areas like university, snelling, plus seven, arcade, rice, and others throughout the city.

When staff process rezoning requests, we're often processing a request from an applicant that's going from like a B district or an each district to a T district.

So since their adoption, they've only become more popular as well.

These are just a few examples from Street View.