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CPED STAFF REPORT Prepared for the City Planning Commission CPC Agenda Item #x November 2, 2020 PLAN11658

LAND USE APPLICATION SUMMARY

Property Location: 2837 Chicago Avenue S; 2855 Chicago Avenue S: 2830 10th Avenue S Project Name: Allina Transportation HUB Prepared By: Peter Crandall, Senior City Planner, (612) 673-2247 Applicant: Allina Health System Project Contact: Tony LaCroix-Dalluhn Request: To amend the comprehensive plan, Minneapolis 2040. Required Applications: Comprehensive plan To amend the future land use guidance in Minneapolis 2040 from Parks and Open amendment Space to Public, Office, and Institutional, and to amend the built form guidance from Parks to Transit 10 for the properties located at 2837 Chicago Avenue, 2855 Chicago Avenue S, & 2830 10th Avenue S.

SITE DATA

Existing Zoning OR3 & R1A Lot Area 25,402 square feet Ward(s) 9 Neighborhood(s) Midtown Phillips; Phillips West Future Land Use Parks and Open Space Goods and Services Chicago Avenue S Corridor Built Form Parks

September 23, Date Application Deemed Complete Date Extension Letter Sent October 8, 2020 2020 November 23, End of 60-Day Decision Period End of 120-Day Decision Period January 21, 2021 2020

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BACKGROUND

SITE DESCRIPTION AND PRESENT USE. The site is made up of three existing linear parcels located at 2837 Chicago Avenue S, 2855 Chicago Avenue S, and 2830 10th Avenue S. The 10th Avenue S site is largely occupied by an existing Allina Health laboratory and storage building. The Chicago Avenue sites are currently vacant and contain a small pedestrian pathway leading from Chicago Avenue to the Midtown Exchange building and a landscaped slope adjacent to the Midtown Greenway.

SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD. The subject sites are located in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood and are directly adjacent to the Midtown Greenway. Chicago Avenue is a Goods and Services corridor in the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan and the surrounding neighborhood contains a broad mix of uses, including small-scale commercial uses, large institutional and medical uses including the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus, and the Midtown Exchange mixed use complex. The broader Midtown Phillips and Phillips West neighborhoods also contain a significant amount of lower-scale residential uses including single and two-family homes and small apartment buildings.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION. The proposed project is an addition of two stories to the existing ramp located at 2801 Chicago Avenue S, and the construction of a new 8-story parking facility adjacent to the existing structure. The existing parking ramp has a total of 1,130 stalls. The new parking ramp additions would add 1,865 new stalls for a total of 2,995 parking stalls. Primary access to the vehicle parking would be via an existing curb cut on Chicago Avenue. The existing loading access point on Chicago Avenue would also be maintained to service loading docks along the east side of the property.

The project includes a small leasable space along the Chicago Avenue frontage. The exterior design of the parking facility would include a mix of precast concrete and brick with a complimentary scheme to the existing parking ramp, as well as a custom perforated metal panel system for the upper portions of the elevations. Along the Midtown Greenway, the structure is incorporating a green wall system with climbing vines to mitigate the blank wall effect adjacent to the greenway.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. Like any planning effort, stakeholder outreach and participation are essential to create stronger communities. Minneapolis 2040 reflects the result of over three years of engagement with the people of Minneapolis, including over 150 meetings and conversations with thousands of residents, business owners, and community members.

As part of the application for the comprehensive plan amendment, the applicant was required to conduct public outreach and engagement to raise awareness about the proposed application and actively prepare stakeholders to engage and provide feedback on the application. A copy of the applicant’s Engagement Plan and a summary of the outreach and engagement process is attached to this memorandum.

The applicant has provided letters of support with their application. Copies of the letters are attached to the staff report. Any additional correspondence received prior to the public meeting will be forwarded on to the Planning Commission for consideration.

ANALYSIS

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT The Department of Community Planning and Economic Development has analyzed the application for a comprehensive plan amendment to amend the future land use guidance in Minneapolis 2040 from Parks and Open Space to Public, Office, and Institutional and to change the built form guidance from Parks to Transit 10 for the properties located at 2837 Chicago Avenue S; 2855 Chicago Avenue S; & 2830 10th Avenue S based on the following findings:

1. The extent to which the proposed change would be consistent with the comprehensive plan goals and associated policies The proposed comprehensive plan amendment would be consistent with the applicable guidance, goals and policies of Minneapolis 2040 (2020):

Future Land Use Guidance Staff Comment Park and Open Applies to land or water areas generally The proposed use is an 8-story Space free from development. Primarily used for parking garage with an enhanced (Existing) park and recreation, natural resource landscaped pedestrian pathway conservation, transportation, historic, or connecting Chicago Avenue S with scenic purposes. Park related uses such as the Midtown Exchange complex. amphitheaters, food service, parkways, and The proposed pedestrian pathway

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equipment rental are also permitted. This use is consistent with the Parks generally does not capture privately-owned and Open Space designation, and operated open spaces and plazas. however, because part of the parking garage is located on both parcels, the future land use guidance needs to be changed to support the addition to the parking ramp. Public, Office, The proposed future land use and guidance would be consistent with Institutional Accommodates major office centers, public the applicant’s proposal to and semi-public uses, including museums, construct an addition to an hospitals, civic uses, and college and existing parking garage and to university campuses. Entertainment uses of enhance the existing pedestrian greater intensity such as stadiums should pathway on the site. The parking be focused in downtown and university garage supports the larger Abbott campuses. Multi-story residential uses are Northwestern hospital campus, an permitted in this category, with mixed-use institutional use supported under encouraged – particularly fronting major the proposed land use guidance corridors. and consistent with the majority of the parcels in the immediate vicinity. Goods and Guidance Staff Comment Services Corridor Chicago Avenue Changing the future land use Goods and Services Corridors serve two S guidance from Parks and Open purposes: 1) To indicate where commercial Space to Public, Office, and uses should front in relation to properties Institutional would be consistent guided for commercial future land uses, with the guidance for a Goods and and 2) In addition to the guidance for the Services corridor in the mixed use land use categories found in this Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive section, Goods and Services Corridors Plan. The proposed parking identify where the establishment or garage is part of the Abbott expansion of commercial uses can be Northwestern Hospital Campus considered. Properties immediately and is consistent with the OR3 adjacent to a Goods and Services Corridor zoning on the site. The proposed may be considered for commercial activity, land use guidance would support allowing for uses similar in scale and scope small-scale commercial uses in the to the Neighborhood and Corridor Mixed proposed ground-floor active use Use categories. along Chicago Avenue. Built Form Guidance Staff Comment Parks (Existing) New and remodeled buildings in the Parks The existing parks designation built form district should be designed to under the built form guidance support typical parks activities such as does not support the shelters, amphitheaters, food service, and establishment of the proposed equipment rental. Building heights should structures. A change in built form

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be 1 to 2.5 stories. Requests to exceed 2.5 guidance is necessary to achieve stories will be evaluated on the basis of the desired land uses. whether or not a taller building is a reasonable means for further achieving Comprehensive Plan goals. Transit 10 The applicant is proposing to change the built form guidance on the site from Parks to Transit 10 which is consistent with the remainder of the proposed building parcel. Additionally, Transit 10 is consistent with the New and remodeled buildings in the Transit built form guidance for much of 10 district should reflect a variety of the immediate area surrounding building types on both moderate and large the site including the Midtown sized lots. Building heights should be 2 to Exchange complex directly across 10 stories. Building heights should be at the Midtown Greenway. The least 2 stories in order to best take Transit 10 built form guidance advantage of the access to transit, jobs, would be consistent with the and goods and services provided by the proposed 8-story addition to the Transit 10 district. Requests to exceed 10 parking garage and the proposed stories will be evaluated on the basis of modification to the slope of the whether or not a taller building is a Midtown Greenway. Additionally, reasonable means for further achieving the comprehensive plan calls for Comprehensive Plan goals. the implementation of Transit 10 along high-frequency transit routes. The subject sites are located adjacent to the 5 Metro Transit bus route, a high- frequency transit route and a planned bus rapid transit route.

The following goals from Minneapolis 2040 (2020) apply to this proposal: Goal 12. Healthy, sustainable, and diverse economy: In 2040, Minneapolis will remain the economic center of the region with a healthy, sustainable, and diverse economy.

The Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan states, “To achieve this goal, the City of Minneapolis will support existing businesses and help them grow. Additionally, the City will foster innovation and entrepreneurship in business sectors that show promise for growth and give Minneapolis a competitive advantage. This means supporting new business creation with a focus on creating opportunity for people of color and indigenous people. Minneapolis will maintain and expand opportunities to start and grow businesses. This means strengthening downtown’s position as the region’s business, commercial, cultural and entertainment center. It also means supporting neighborhood business districts and corridors. And it means ensuring the physical space necessary for the production, processing, and distribution of products, which also helps provide quality living-wage jobs to residents.”

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The following policies and action steps from Minneapolis 2040 (2020) apply to this proposal: Policy 2. Access to Employment: Support employment growth downtown and in places well-served by public transportation. a. Establish minimum development densities for downtown and areas served by regional transit lines to ensure that enough land is available to accommodate projected employment growth. b. Continue to allow office and institutional uses where they currently exist throughout the city. c. Guide new office and institutional uses to locations well-served by public transportation. d. Encourage large medical, educational, and cultural institutions to grow within their existing footprint, especially where territorial expansion would result in a reduction of housing stock.

The proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment supports the continued growth and competitive vitality of an important large employment center in the city, namely the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus and the associated Midtown Exchange building, home to the Allina Health Systems office headquarters. The proposed addition to the parking garage will allow Allina to add parking capacity for both the hospital campus and the Allina Midtown Exchange office headquarters while consolidating parking from across the campus and allowing the hospital to expand medical facilities without greatly expanding the footprint of the campus.

The applicant is proposing to enhance the subject parcels by improving the landscaping, formalizing the pathway with new paving and increasing safety and security with new pedestrian-scale lighting. The south façade of the proposed parking garage will incorporate a decorative metal screen enclosure and a green wall to complement the natural character of the Midtown Greenway. In addition to the enhanced pedestrian pathway the proposed project will accomplish the following: • Remove 12 power poles and associated overhead electric and communications lines along Chicago Avenue and the Midtown Greenway. • With Chicago Avenue frontage, provide office and meeting spaces for two local non-profit organizations: Our Streets Minneapolis and the Midtown Greenway Coalition are the planned tenants. • A Solar Contractor, Cooperative Energy Futures, has been selected to Design, Construct, and Operate a Community Solar Garden as the roof of Ramp 7. • Allina is planning to construct a 200-space bicycle storage and locker room facility along the Greenway adjacent to the currently closed Free Wheel business. This project may expand to include portions of the Free Wheel but that partnership is still under development. • Enhance the landscaping along the slope of the Midtown Greenway adjacent to the proposed pedestrian pathway.

Staff finds that the proposed comprehensive plan amendment is consistent with the goals and associated policies above.

2. Evidence demonstrating the reason(s) that the plan should be changed, including but not limited to whether new information has become available since the comprehensive plan was adopted that supports reexamination of the plan, or that existing or proposed development offer new opportunities or constraints that were not previously considered.

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The Minneapolis 2040 Plan was formally adopted by the Minneapolis City Council and forwarded to the Metropolitan Council in December of 2018. The plan included future land use and built form guidance for every parcel in the city. Parks and Open Space, as a future land use category, was applied to a variety of parcels, including parcels identified by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board as part of their long-term master plans for property acquisition, and remnant parcels that were either guided by previously adopted policies for park-like uses or remnant open spaces. The subject sites are located immediately adjacent to the Midtown Greenway, which is owned and operated by Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority as a public open space. The subject parcels are owned by the City of Minneapolis and Allina and are not associated with the Midtown Greenway, nor are they a part of any Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board master plan for parkland acquisition. There are no adopted City of Minneapolis policy plans that would prevent the subject parcels from being re-guided to Public, Office, and Institutional land uses. Similarly, the Transit 10 built form district would allow for additional investment in this large institutional, medical campus near high-frequency transit routes and the Midtown Greenway. The proposed development on the site offers the opportunity to fulfill multiple 2040 Comprehensive Plan goals and policies, including supporting the continued economic vitality of the Allina campus and the formalization and improvement of an existing remnant open space for enhanced pedestrian circulation and safety.

3. The relationship of the proposed amendment to the supply and demand for particular land uses within the city and the immediate vicinity of the site. The proposed amendment increases Allina Health’s ability to support the continued employment growth and service capacity of their existing hospital campus. Land for expansion of the hospital campus is limited due to its location in a fully developed and largely residential neighborhood. The City of Minneapolis owned parcel adjacent to the greenway is a remnant parcel of land from the establishment of the Midtown Greenway and is not guided under any formally adopted area or policy plans for specific public park uses. The applicant is proposing to retain the majority of the existing parcel as a publicly accessible open space with an enhanced pedestrian pathway, thereby achieving two land use goals on the subject parcel.

4. A demonstration that the proposed amendment has merit beyond the interests of the applicant. Changing the future land use guidance of the subject parcels from Parks and Open Space to Public, Office, and Institutional, and changing the built form guidance from Parks to Transit 10 allows for the consolidation of parking services for the Allina Health campus while formalizing and enhancing an existing pedestrian connection. The additional landscaping, lighting, and architectural features will enhance the public experience of the subject parcel while supporting the continued growth and vitality of the existing Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus and Midtown Exchange office complex.

5. The possible impacts of the amendment on all specific elements of the comprehensive plan as may be applicable, including but not limited to: (a) Land use and built form; The proposed land use is consistent with the designated land uses of adjacent parcels and with the larger Abbott Northwestern Hospital complex. Public, Office, and Institutional land use designation supports the proposed parking garage use and the small-scale office uses proposed for the ground level along the Chicago Avenue Goods and Services corridor. The proposed built form designation of Transit 10 is consistent with the remainder of the building site and would support the establishment of a new 8-story parking garage addition and the modification to the existing pedestrian pathway and greenway slope. (b) Transportation;

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The proposed amendment allows for the establishment of a new parking garage addition, adding significant parking capacity to the Allina medical campus and allowing consolidation of parking from other areas of the campus. The Abbott Northwestern Hospital master plan envisions new medical facilities within their existing footprint that will be facilitated by this parking consolidation effort. The addition would incorporate electric vehicle charging stations and includes a community solar garden on the roof. The applicant will be providing a Travel Demand Management Plan as part of the project with a goal of decreasing employee reliance on single-occupancy vehicles. Within the project scope, the applicant is proposing to establish a bicycle commuter facility along the Midtown Greenway corridor with showers, lockers, and bike storage for Allina employees. (c) Housing, including the extent to which the proposal contributes to the City’s adopted housing goals; Not applicable. The applicant is not proposing any housing on the site. (d) Economic competitiveness; The proposed amendment supports the continued growth and competitiveness of an important employment and medical center in the city. The parking garage addition will serve employees of both the Abbott Northwestern hospital campus and the Allina Midtown Exchange office complex as well as general hospital customers and visitors. The project is consistent with the campus-wide master plan which calls for the consolidation of parking from other areas of the campus, allowing for expansion of medical facilities, services, and capacity without significantly increasing the hospital footprint or displacing any existing nearby land uses. (e) Environmental systems; The project will incorporate some electric vehicle charging stations as well as a community solar garden on the roof of the structure. Additionally, the project will need to comply with an adopted Travel Demand Management Plan with goals to reduce employee reliance on single-occupancy vehicles. (f) Public health; Supporting the continued growth and competitiveness of essential medical services and hospital facilities within the city is consistent with the following adopted public health policies: Policy 85: Access to Health, Social and Emergency Service: Expand equitable access to health, social, emergency preparedness, and emergency response services. a. Encourage the recruitment and retention of a diverse health care workforce and work to reduce implicit bias among health care providers. (g) Heritage preservation; The subject site is neither historically designated nor is it located within a locally adopted historic district. (h) Arts and culture; Not applicable. (i) Parks and open space; The applicant is proposing to change the future land use guidance for the site from Parks and Open Space to Public, Office, and Institutional and the built form guidance from Parks to Transit 10 in order to facilitate the implementation of a parking garage addition and the enhancement of an existing pedestrian walkway on the site. The subject parcels are not a part of any adopted parks master plan

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and have not been identified by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board for future parkland acquisition. Hennepin County Regional Railroad authority does not have formal plans for the parcels as part of their long-term vision for the Midtown Greenway and does not have interest in acquiring the site. Minneapolis CPED does not have formal plans for the city-owned parcel. The formalization and enhancement of the existing pedestrian pathway and the improvement of the site through enhanced landscaping, lighting and access is consistent with the following adopted goals and policies in the Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan for parks and open space: Policy 9: Open Spaces in New Development: Create new open spaces and plazas in conjunction with new development.

a. Encourage the creation of equitable publicly-accessible open spaces and plazas that connect to other public or semi-public spaces through incentives and requirements. d. Encourage design of open spaces and plazas that are interconnected across developments, facilitate public access to, movement along, and views of public amenities such as parks, trails, and historic and natural features. (j) Public services and facilities Not applicable. (k) Technology and innovation. Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The Department of Community Planning and Economic Development recommends that the City Planning Commission adopt staff findings for the application by Allina Health Systems for the properties located at 2837 Chicago Avenue S; 2855 Chicago Avenue S; & 2830 10th Avenue S: A. Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Recommended motion: Approve the comprehensive plan amendment to amend the future land use guidance in Minneapolis 2040, for the properties located at 2837 Chicago Avenue S; 2855 Chicago Avenue S; & 2830 10th Avenue S from Parks and Open Space to Public, Office, and Institutional and to amend the built form guidance in Minneapolis 2040 from Parks to Transit 10.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Zoning map 2. Written description and findings submitted by applicant 3. Community Engagement Plan, Feedback and Outcomes 4. Site plan 5. Parcel map 6. Plans 7. Renderings 8. Photos 9. Public comments

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PROPERTY ADDRESS FILE NUMBER 2837 Chicago Avenue; 2855 Chicago Avenue; 2830 10th Avenue PLAN11658 PROPOSED USED and DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

SITE DESCRIPTION The site is made up of one large parcel and one smaller parcel that lines the Midtown Greenway. The larger parcel is currently occupied by a 5-story parking ramp with clinical spaces at the ground level and a large surface parking lot adjacent to the Midtown Greenway. The lot also serves as a loading access point for storage and lab facilities on the adjacent parcel to the east. The site has frontage along E 28th Street, Chicago Avenue, and the Midtown Greenway PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project is an addition of two stories to the existing ramp and the construction of a new 8-story parking facility adjacent to the existing structure. The existing parking ramp has a total of 1,130 stalls. The new parking ramp additions would add 1,865 new stalls for a total of 2,995 parking stalls. Primary access to the vehicle parking would be via an existing curb cut on Chicago Avenue. The existing loading access point on Chicago Avenue would also be maintained to service loading docks along the east side of the property. The project includes a small leasable space along the Chicago Avenue frontage with two planned tenants being Our Streets Minneapolis and The Mid-Town Greenway Coalition. The exterior design of the parking facility would include a mix of precast concrete and brick with a complimentary scheme to the existing parking ramp, as well as a custom perforated metal panel system for the upper portions of the elevations. Along the Midtown Greenway, the structure is incorporating a green wall system with climbing vines to mitigate the blank wall effect adjacent to the greenway.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Located along Chicago Avenue, which is sometimes called a ‘life sciences corridor’ due to the high concentration of medical providers, these parcels are needed to support an economic engine of the area: Abbott Northwestern Hospital. These parcels of land will be changed from “parks and open space” to “public, office, and institutional” in order to complete the footprint of the new Transportation Hub project. Note that Allina Health is planning to acquire the adjacent parcel to the south from the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority, along the Midtown Greenway, and that this southern parcel will keep its designation as “parks and open space.” All parcels will support the goals of the comprehensive plan in several ways: 1- Allina Health plans to grow and add jobs at the Abbott Northwestern location, and the Transportation Hub project is key to supporting that growth. 2- Allina contributes to the local economy by generating jobs themselves and supporting nearby businesses. 3- The land use for this parcel will contribute to a high quality environment in the area. The building will be eight stories, which fits within the Transit 10 category for a parcel along the Greenway. The building plan includes human scale design features, attractive architectural elements, and support for active usage along the street. 4- The adjacent parcel to the south, which will remain open space, also meets the 2040 goals. Completion of this Transportation Hub project will include upgrades to the landscape architecture along the Midtown Greenway. 5- Provide adequate off-street parking to assist in the reduction of parking along neighborhood streets. 6- Provide Electric Vehicle charging stations to promote the use of alternate fuel source vehicles. Twenty (20) stations are currently planned. 7- With Chicago Avenue frontage, provide office and meeting spaces for two local non- profit organizations: Our Streets Minneapolis and the Midtown Greenway Coalition are the planned tenants. 8- Remove 12 power poles and associated overhead electric and communications lines along Chicago Avenue and the Midtown Greenway. This relocation effort not only supports the Allina project, but also supports the goals of a MWBE property owner on the west side of Chicago Avenue. 9- Provide a lighted, concrete promenade connector from Chicago Avenue to the Elliot Avenue Bridge and the Midtown Exchange. The promenade is located at the top of the slope , and is completely visible from Chicago Avenue and maintains the same pathway as the current City sidewalk. 10- Provide an aesthetically appealing structure that replaces the surface parking lot and also shields from view the existing loading dock operation. 11- A Solar Contractor, Cooperative Energy Futures, has been selected to Design, Construct, and Operate a Community Solar Garden as the roof of Ramp 7. 12- 11- Allina is planning to construct a 200 bicycle storage and locker room facility along the Greenway adjacent to the currently closed Free Wheel business. This project may expand to include portions of the Free Wheel but that partnership is still under development.

Abbott Northwestern Comprehensive Plan Amendment Community Engagement Plan

Abbott Northwestern Campus Development Plan Outreach

Abbott Northwestern started the Community Engagement for its Campus Revitalization project in October 2019. Outreach included:

• Meetings with Minneapolis officials, including Mayor, applicable City Council members, CPED leadership, Public Works leadership, Police Department leadership • Meetings with Hennepin County Commissioners Callison, Greene and Conley, as well as HCRRA staff and Hennepin County Community Works staff • Project presentations to the following community groups: o Midtown Business Association (12/18/19 and 2/19/20) o Midtown Global Market board of directors o Midtown Community Works o Chicago-Lake Transit Station hub planning team • Presented project information and tabled at the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association annual meeting (February 27, 2020) o Comments shared by residents at this meeting included: . Concerns about construction noise and light pollution . Gratitude that ANW “was doing something to deal with the parking problem” . Asked ANW to include a promenade to encourage walking at the top of the Greenway similar to what the neighborhood envisioned in a plan that was developed in 2007 . Asked ANW not to drop snow off the top of the parking ramp so close to nearby houses • Added information about the project to ANW’s website

Comprehensive Plan-specific Outreach

In August 2020, ANW learned that a Comprehensive Plan Amendment was required to acquire the ¼ acre parcel of land adjacent to the future site of the Transportation Hub. In accordance with the Comprehensive Plan community engagement requirements, ANW held a virtual community meeting on Sept. 21, 2020. Outreach prior to the meeting included:

• Mailed letters via U.S. mail to the 33 households that immediately surround the ANW campus to introduce the project and announce the meeting • Sent the community meeting invite to the Midtown Phillips and Phillips West neighborhood associations. At least one of them forwarded the notification on to the entire neighborhood association mailing list • Sent the meeting invite to community partners who shared it with neighbors and widely on social media sites

We had no attendees at the community meeting. Despite having no attendees, we did give the full virtual presentation, recorded it, and have posted it on Allina Health’s YouTube channel. The link to the presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1U9HQq4ufw) has been shared with community partners and the neighborhood associations for broader dissemination. The link has also been posted to the project page of the ANW website which neighbors were sent to for more information. We are also having discussions with The Alley community newspaper to ensure project information is included in the community paper on a regular basis going forward.

Abbott Northwestern made a promise to this community early on in this process that we would be transparent with our decisions, proactive in our communication and provide opportunities for community to interact and reach project staff and hospital leadership. We maintain a presence on social media as well as in community spaces. We will continue to:

• Seek opportunities to share our plans for the campus • Maintain an up-to-date presence on social media • Make information available in multiple languages • Engage with community when possible to gain their feedback directly • Respond to inquiries, questions and concerns as they arise Below is an email record of the on-going dialogue with Councilmember Cano regarding various elements of the the Transportation Hub project :

From: Elisa Pluhar To: Crandall, Peter Cc: Alison Pence Subject: [EXTERNAL] Letter of Support for Abbott Northwestern from NDC Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 9:52:38 AM Attachments: ANW LOS-NDC .docx

Dear Peter, Please accept this letter of support from Neighborhood Development Center (NDC) as a co- owner of the Midtown Global Market. Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. Thank you!

Elisa Pluhar, Chief Development & Communications Officer Direct: 612.669.2017 ndc-mn.org 663 University Ave W, Suite 200 St. Paul, MN 55104

Creating jobs, transforming neighborhoods, changing lives Support your neighborhood entrepreneurs here. [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Roberta Barnes To: Crandall, Peter Subject: [EXTERNAL] Letter of Support for Abbott Northwestern Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 1:35:22 PM Attachments: CWC Letter of Support for Abbott Northwestern.pdf

Mr. Crandall,

I am attaching a letter of support for Abbott Northwestern; it was an honor to write this letter, as they are an important and intricate part of our community, and we want to see them strengthen themselves so they continue to be a pillar in our community.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Roberta Barnes| Deputy Cultural Compliance Officer & Backyard Community Health Hub Director Cultural Wellness Center Midtown Global Market 920 East Lake Street, Suite 137E Minneapolis, MN 55407 | 612.353.6211 | [email protected] [email protected] www.culturalwellnesscenter.org

[EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Allison Sharkey To: Crandall, Peter Subject: [EXTERNAL] Letter of Support for Abbott Northwestern Campus Development Project Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 10:04:54 AM Attachments: Lake Street Council Letter of Support for Abbott Northwestern Campus Development Project.pdf

Hi Peter,

I am pleased about Allina's upcoming project and have enclosed a letter of support.

Allison

Allison Sharkey Executive Director, Lake Street Council Mobile: 612.824.7420 Web: VisitLakeStreet.com Address: PO Box 7091, Minneapolis, MN 55407

See a thank you video from Lake Street's business owners! Donate to help Lake Street rebuild: WeLoveLakeStreet.com

[EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Ann Cazaban To: Crandall, Peter Cc: Pence, Alison K Subject: [EXTERNAL] Letter of Support Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:03:02 PM Attachments: Southside Letter of Support.pdf

Hi Peter,

Please find Southside’s letter of support for the ANW project attached.

Let me know if there is anything else you need from me.

Best, Ann

Ann Cazaban | Executive Director Southside Community Health Services address: 4243 4th Avenue South direct: 612-821-2025 | fax: 612-767-4545 website: www.southsidechs.org | pronouns: she/her/hers

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