The Minneapolis Planning Commission on Nov. 3 adopted the minutes of its Oct. 20 meeting and approved an agenda that left items 4 and 5 on the consent docket while scheduling items 7 and 8 for discussion, Chair Chris Meyer said.

The moves cleared routine business for the commission and set the hearing schedule for the evening. The chair read the agenda and invited anyone who wished to speak against staff recommendations for the consent items to raise their hand; none did, and the chair kept items 4 (4255 Second Avenue South) and 5 (250 Fremont Avenue North) on the consent list. The commission then voted by voice to adopt the minutes and to adopt the agenda. The motions were seconded; the meeting record shows voice approvals but does not list individual roll-call tallies.

Chair Chris Meyer introduced the meeting and identified himself as chair. New clerk Carrie McCaig introduced herself and told attendees they could contact her by email or message with questions. During roll call, Commissioner Choudhury, Jones and Shepke were recorded absent; Connelly, Gordon, Sheppard, Wagner and Vice President Baxley were recorded present, and Meyer noted a seven-member quorum.

Chair Meyer also noted that item 4301 Lake Street East would be discussed after a member of the public indicated an intent to speak. While waiting for captioning to return, Meyer asked who was present to speak on item 7 (which he described as the Ward 13 items at 4109 and 413 Sheridan Avenue) and said that, because captioning might drop again, speakers would be limited to two minutes each.

Shortly after opening the consent hearing, staff reported that live captioning had been lost and the commission recessed briefly. A staff member, Kimberly, said she had no update on an estimated time of return for captioning. Chair Meyer thanked attendees for their patience and said the commission would resume the hearing when captioning was restored.

The meeting record includes no formal roll-call vote tallies for the adopted motions and does not show further substantive debate on agenda items in the provided transcript excerpt. Any future floor action on items flagged for discussion (including 4301 Lake Street East and the Ward 13 items) will appear in the meeting record when the hearing resumes.