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CANARV - DEPARTMENT G I TY OF�- SA I NT PA U L File NO. �� ��
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Council Resolution �: �-
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Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is made up of three officially designated
historic districts and about 50 officially designated historic buildings;
and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul is a City of rich history and tradition; and
WHEREAS, changing traditional street names may cause a loss to the City's
history and confusion and disruption to property owners along the street;
and
WHEREAS, changing street names could, on the other hand, enhance and
highlight the City's history;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, any proposed name change for a Saint Paul
City street, which has had its current name for 50 years or more, shall
be reviewed and commented on by the Saint Paul Heritage Preservation
Commission prior to action by the City Council; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City Council shall have a moratorium on any
street name changes until the Heritage Preservation Commission has adopted
guidelines for their review and recommendation on �treet name changes and
until the City Council has approved any necessary amendments to Section 73
of the Legislative Code.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas � Nays
N"os'a [n Favor
Rettman �
S�� __ Against BY
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wilson
.�UN — 9 ��7 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified Va s b Council , e BY
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Approved Mavo Dat _ '� ��N � 2A�+ed by Mayor for Submission to Council
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
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11° ��� OFFICE OF THE CITY COIINCIL
KIKI SONNEN
Councilmember
MOLLY O'ROURKE �/C`�
June 2, 1987�'��;� ^
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Mayor Latimer and � : �,;
City Councilmembers ���� .%;
347 City Hall "
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
Dear Mayor Latimer and City Councilmembers:
Since we are doing away with Council Committees and have not yet refined our
procedures, I'm sending you this letter (so that you have advance notice of
my proposal) regarding a resolution I've sent to the City Clerk on June 2nd.
The resolution requires Heritage Preservation Commission (IiPC) review of any
street name change prior to Council action. It also requires a moratorium
on street name changes until the HPC adopts review guidelines and until the
appropriate City codes can be amended. The resolution affects only streets
which have had their current name for 50 years or more. A copy of the
resolution is enclosed.
The reason I am proposing this is to make sure any street name changes do
not damage the City's history. Here is one example of what I perceive to be
the problem: It has been brought to my attention that Wall Street in St.
Paul was changed from Rosabel Street to Wall Street in 1970. It has been
Rosabel Street from 1849 to 1970 -- which is 121 years. The 1970 name
change was prompted by North Central Life Insurance Company which had
purchased the Wall Street Mutual Fund. The Company wanted to have a Wall
Street address to use with the Mutual Fund. Looking back at this 1970 name
change from the perspective of 1987, I'm not sure the change was justified
and personally I'd like to see the street name changed back to historic
Rosabel. In any event, I believe we need to pay more attention to name
changes in the future so that any name changes reflect our City's rich
history and tradition. If you have any questions on this, please call me at
298-5378.
Sincerely,
I�.
KIKI SONNEN
Councilmember
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cc: Allan Torstenson, HPC staff
Don Nygaard, Public Works
Gene Schiller, Finance
Karl Trout
A1 Olson, City Clerk
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GEORGE LATIMER (612) 298-4323
MAYOR
RECEIVED
June 10, 1987
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Councilmember Kiki Sonnen BUDGET OFFICE
Room 722 City Hall
Saint Paul, M' o�a 55102
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Dear Coun ' e r onnen:
The approac of your resolution on proposed street name change reviews by the
HPC seems appropriate and easily implementable. The volume of name changes
(one or two proposed per year) would be manageable for the HPC.
Al1an Torstenson, HPC staff inember, and the Commission will develop guidelines
for HPC review over the next three months.
Very truly yours,
org atimer
Mayor
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Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, William Lindig Jr. has submitted the attached proposed lot split for
City Council approval ; and
WHEREAS, the Departments of Planning and Economic Development and Public Works
have reviewed the proposed lot split at 1304 Desoto Ave. as described on the
attached survey; and
WHEREAS, the proposed lot split meets the requirements of Sections 67.304 and
67.406 of the Zoning Code, except for lot area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on May 14, 1987 held a public hearing to determine
the advisability and necessity for the granting of variances from the strict
application of the provisions of Sections 67.304 and 67.406 of the Zoning Code
at which hearing all persons present were given an opportunity to testify; and
WHEREAS, following said public hearing, the City Council made the following
findings of fact:
1 . The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use under the
strict provisions of the code;
2. The plight of the landowner seeking to divide the property is due to
circumstances unique to his property, and these circumstances were not
created by the landowner; and
3. The variance requested is in keeping with the spirit and intent of the
code, and is consistent with the health, safety, comfort, morals and
welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Saint Paul ; and
COUNC[LMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas pfeW Nays
N"°5'e In Favor
Rettman
Scheibel
Sonnen __ Agal[1St BY
Tedesw
Wilson
Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY
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A►pproved by Vlavor: Date _ Approv y Mayor for Sub �i to �uncil
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