The DMNA Land Use Committee works to promote a safe, active, and welcoming public realm; a stable, civically engaged residential neighborhood; and architecturally distinctive urban design.
The Land Use Committee meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Mill City Museum. In addition to advocating for land use policies that promote a vibrant, safe and sustainable Downtown, the committee receives presentations and provides feedback on proposed significant construction or rehab projects within Downtown East and West. The committee formalizes this feedback through letters of support, which are reviewed and approved/denied by the DMNA Board of Directors at the following board meeting (third Monday of the month). These letters are then included in land use review packages that are evaluated by the City. Contact info@thedmna.org for more information.
Land Use Committee Leadership: Tom Schmid, Chair; LB Guthrie, Vice Chair; Kevin Frazell*, Board Liaison
Active Land Use Committee members include: Denise Holt; Pam McCrea*; Randy Manthey; Tom Novak; Joey Senkyr*; Carletta Sweet*; and Dianne Walsh*. (* Denotes DMNA Board Member)
Map of Downtown East and Downtown West
City of Minneapolis Zoning Maps
North Loop/Downtown East Master Plan (2003)
Downtown Public Realm Framework
Pedestrian Master Plan (2009, Citywide)
Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan
DMNA Land Use Committee Goals
Development Tracker as of 09-04-2020
Meeting Agendas and Approved Letters of Support
2020
- Letter of Support for the McKesson Bldg Certificate of Appropriateness
- Letter of Support for preliminary concept plan for 21 Washington Avenue North
August 4,2020 – No meeting took place
- Updated Reuter Walton plans for 200 12th Avenue South
- 500 S 7th Street
- 500 S. 7th Street Letter of support
- 200 12th Avenue South supplemental letter
March 2, 2020 – REVISED#3
February 4, 2020 – UPDATED
- 200 12th Street South presentation
- OX-OP Sign Applications presentation
- Letter regarding the OX-OP Sign Applications
- Letter of support for Sherman Associates Washington and Portland Avenues Project
January 7, 2020 – UPDATED
- Updated Letter of support for the Harlem Irving project at 270 Hennepin Avenue South
- Letter of support for the Mill City Museum Certificate of Appropriateness application
2019
November 5, 2019 – UPDATED
- Letter of support for City Center Sign Variances
- Letter of support for Thrivent Sign Variance
- Letter of comment regarding the proposed Inclusionary Zoning Policy
- Minneapolis Inclusionary Zoning – Draft Policy Recommendations handout
- City Center Sign Variance – email
- City Center Sign Variance – exhibit
- Letter of support for 301 Nicollet – Opus
- Letter of support for 233 Park Avenue – Sherman Associates
July 11, 2019 – UPDATED
- Letter of support for 801 Chophouse
- Letter of support for Bacon Social House
- Letter of support for The Breakfast Bar
- Letter of support for the McKesson Building Park Lot Improvements
May 7, 2019 – REVISED
- DMNA letter to CPED staff regarding the Ironclad project
- DMNA letter to Council Member Fletcher regarding the Ironclad project
- DMNA letter of support for Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative for gap financing applications
- Letter of support for Cooperative Energy Futures Community Solar Garden on Ramp A
- Letter of support for the Handicraft Building – Registered Land Survey
- Letter of support for Bus Stop Brewhouse Dittmer Bus Sign
- Letter of support for Rally Health Illuminated Rooftop Sign
- Letter of support for 314 1st Avenue North Certificate of Appropriateness application
- Letter of support for Canopy Hotel liquor license application
- Letter of support for Ryan Companies project at 700 S. 4th Street
2018
- Letter of support for Wild Greg’s Saloon liquor license
- Letter of support for Meyer Goneya Partnership’s application to demolish the Oakland Apartments
- Letter of support for 501 11th Avenue South
- Letter of support for 240 and 250 Hennepin Avenue – Harlem Irving
- Letter of support for Hibachi Daruma
- Letter of support for Sherman Associates Environmental Response Fund grant application for Portland and Washington Avenues Mixed-Use Project
- Letter of support for the Kraus Anderson Project at 8th and Portland – preliminary concept plan
- Letter of support for Garden Communities project at 240 Park Avenue – preliminary concept plan
- Letter of support for Harlem Irving’s project at 240 and 258 Hennepin Avenue – preliminary concept plan
August – REVISED
City Receives four responses to 800 Washington Avenue RFP
DMNA LUC Project Review Checklist – Draft
- Letter of support for 417 N. 2nd Avenue
- Letter of support for 527 Marquette Avenue
- Letter of support for Solhem’s OX-OP Gallery and Residences
- Letter of support for United Properties Gateway Project on the Nicollet Hotel Block
- Letter of support for the Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction Project
- Letter of support for the Erik the Red Billboards
- Letter of support for Gray Fox Coffee & Wine Bar
- Letter of support for Thrivent Corporate Headquarters land use applications
- Letter of support for Alatus Project at 228 S. 12th Street
- Letter of support for the Consolidated City Office Building
- Letter of support for the use of MPRB Park Dedication Fees for the Water Works Project
- Letter of support for the AC Hotel Expansion of Premises application
- Letter of support for the 11th Avenue Bikeway
- Letter of support for the JR Hospitality Hotel Project
- Approved the Land Use Committee Charter
- Letter of support for the Preliminary Concept Plan for Alatus project at 228 S. 12th Street
- Letter of support for the Thrivent Corporate Headquarters Project
- Letter of Support for the East End Apartments PUD Amendment
- Letter of support for the Preliminary Concept Plan for Ryan Companies Eleven Project
2017
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