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86-142 CITY OF ST. PAUL COUNCIL F NO. �7� FINAL ORDER �� ' ' � . By _ , File No. la3l3 Voting In the Matter of � �� t li�ptfa� Oht'ati01� �aasti l�ru tirt Ward itearatiw lisbtf� sTst� i* d�t EollawL�� pxojset ara�a 1 �at� si�a e! iisr�M �►� � 2�i0 f�t Ikst �! �iateria w lA@ �t iat of �t1:; lstb sf� ot lietorL ltn�t �sa� iSQ h�t ard� oE Qacsri to l�ti �et se�tL o� �taod; Ya�st sLM oi it. ��iaa� SEsrst fr� 6r�se� to I�0 i'�tt r�th oi tirawd � � �at sid�s of Dai� sts+ut tre� it�a�ri te 1S0 �Nt wa�� ! Cirs�i; for tb� "� �osths at J'aaws� tbss �cwUer, 1l�. , � � , „ ,� ;� � ,� � � under Preliminary Order �-r��7�—� approved /o� —`3��3 '� , ,� The Council of the City of Saint Paul has conducted a public hearing upon the above improvement, due notice thereof having been given as prescribed by the City Charter; and WHEREAS, The Council has heard all persons, objections and recommendations pertaining to said proposed improve- ment and has fully considered the same; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby order that the above-described improvement be made, and the proper City officers are hereby directed and authorized to proceed with the improvement; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon the completion of said improvement, the proper City officers shall calculate all expenses incurred therein and shall report the same to the City Council in accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Charter. COUNCIL PERSON Adopted by the Council: Date FEB G - 1986 Yeas �� Nays ,�� Certifie assed Council Secretary sc�i�� In Favor Soas�ti � Z�� Against Mayor Mii'°a FEB i 0 1986 . �� y�' P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL I�MBERS IN SSSSION JANUARY 28, 1986 The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. , � ��'�`�� ' P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL �ERS IN SESSION JAN[JARY 28, 1986 The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. � �� y� MEMO: TO ST. PAUL CITY COUNCIL � From: Peter Denzer, 814 Grand Avenue (Front Porch Pottery) Subject: Petition protesting decorative lights on Grand Avenue February 6, 1986 Herewith various copies of a petition signed by business- persons, home-owners, and renters on Grand Avenue from Dale Street to the MacAlester Mall area. Of the approximately 65 signatures (as of Feb. 4) 48 represent businesses between Dale and Lexington on Grand. One signature originates farther west . A clearer demonstration is not needed to prove that the Summit Hill Association/District 16 Planning Council does not represent the D�lstrict. Before the Council can be permitted to dispose of any more public monies ways must be found to hold the Council accountable to all the citizens of the District affected by Planning Council activities. The Council and its ancillary and supporting groups like GABA were able, however, to persuade the City Council that a significant number of District people including business persons were in support of decorative lighting. That such an unrepresentative body should be able to, in effect, tax us for expensive designs to which we have persistently objected clearly indicates a serious malfunction of government. The checks and balances that require accountability of all agencies using tax monies have either failed or been circumvented. We have no choice, therefore, but to demand that the City Council investigate this matter with particular attention to the way the Planning Council has been chartered and enabled to use public money or cause it to be used. Exactly how are the respon- sibilities of the Planning Council defined and how is the Council held accountable and to whom? What precisely are the powers delegated to the Planning Council and how are these powers limited? The assumption, promoted by the Summit-Hill Association, has been that one, District 16 represents all of us in the District and, 2, that it seeks to poll opinions on any particular issue. This is not the case. The Planning Council represents some self- appointed planners and aesthetes who presume to make planning decisions for the entire area. Those of us who disagree with the devoted advocates of such things as decorative lights have, in fact, been excluded from the transaction. It is brilliantly clear that a vote at a District 16 meeting is not a vote by the District or any given neighborhood which may be the target for a Council program. A vote by the District Council bears no relationship to the opinions of affected citi- zens. There are signatures here of people who have worked hard for a number of Grand Avenue improvements. There is no signer who does not express outrage at the way deeisions are made for us by people in no way qualified to make decisions for us. We are all outraged by the claims of these organizations who would have us believe that Grand Avenue's growth and development is the consequence of their promotions. All of us who are being told that we will have to pay the 1 �(�--. y� -,y� bill for these decorative lights have been exploited by a series ' of misrepresentations. Jim Wengler, one of the owners of Vic- toria Crossing East, told me he could not sign this petition since he had originally, RELUCTANTLY, gone along with the scheme because he had been given to understand that the majority of businesses in the area were supporting it. He added that he had been satisfied with the original lights installed by the mall and that the new lights were going to "cost a bundle." Who, then, wanted these lights in the first place? It is clearly the case that Grand Avenue for good or ill is the sum of all our labors with no small part of the cost of progress borne by small, carefully managed businesses. Some of the more recent enterprises have already disappeared from the scene -- victims of their own mismanagement or over-optimistic expectations generated by hype. The survivors should not now become the victims of someone else' s bad management and arrogance. Those larger and more ambitious undertakings recently arrived now enjoy the benefit of the work of many old, established and responsible businesses. Jim Solin of Ace Hardware, former GABA president, was one of the most energetic promoters of the lights. He told me that if I did not want to pay $40fd.00-a-year in assessments for the lights I could, as he had, buy a light outright for $5,fd00. What small businessman given the choice of how to spend his money wil l buy a pig-in-a-poke like that for five grand? One of the signers of this petition reported that he'd been told by one of the electricians who worked on the new wiring that if the job had been privately bid instead of for the city the job would have cost much less. We want to know how this job was bid? Was the bidding truly competitive? Who were the other bidders? How carefully did the Public Works Department examine the bids and what requirements were made of the successful bidder? Is there any oversight process and were there any performance requirements? Once again it is clear that the small businessperson with no institutional protection is being had by organizations which pretend to represent him or her. And it is a pretense ! I have been reproached by representatives of the Planning Council who tell me that I should have participated in their deliberations; I was given, they said, ample opportunity to respond to letters informing us of every step in the process of planning. This is simply not true. At the last meeting called by GABA at the offices of First Bank Grand, those of us who objected to the decorative lighting were told that nothing was final, we would have another opportunity to make our position known. The next thing we knew pavement was being broken for the installation of new wiring. At the first hearing called by the Public Works Committee of this Council on this matter it was clear that the Chairman expected no opposition and was ready to report the proposal out as approved. There was also pressure from the Public Works Department to get on with the job. It will be said that the project was in gestation for several years but from our point of view it was pushed through with altogether inadequate public scrutiny as to costs and benefits. As it turns out there was 2 .� " ` ��G/y� nothing like a neighborhood consensus in favor of these decora- • tive lights. Upon examination I think it may be established that there is and was a consensus against the lights and that we were generally gulled into believing that we were a minority against them. District 16 Planning Council, GABA and others who promoted these lights tried to make it appear that the Block Development Grant provided by the city had to be used for the decorative lights or it would be money lost to the district. The fact is that the money could have been used in a number of ways and that had there been adequate and sensible public discussion Grand Avenue might have enjoyed the benefit of more imaginative and useful projects. There was no attempt to stimulate or provoke such public discussion at a time when the entire city was facing a fiscal crunch as well as a need for all kinds of repair and re- structuring. Indeed, the impression was generated that the Block Development Grant was in some mysterious way "free money" while, in fact, it was just more of the same old money taken from the same old hard working taxpayer. The number of businesspeople eager to sign these petitions suggests that we have just scratched the surface of this affair and that there are a great many questions that remain to be asked. Certainly the questions which have been raised more than suffice to justify this demand for a review of the entire matter and an inquiry into the precise means by which this frivolous project was foisted on what appears to have been a largely una- ware public. And I am going to contest the imposition of any assessment at all for these entirely undesirable and outrageously expensive and demonstrably unessential decorative lights. Unless we as citizens say "NO" to the irresponsible use of our money and "NO" to those who contrive to avoid accountability for the way they use our money and "NO" to self-serving schemes that pass for "planning" we will see our cities go bankrupt. It seems to me that this City Council can do no less than to investigate, with scrupulous attention to all details, this entire matter. Under the circumstances there are serious ques- tions about the legality of all the transactions that would have the signers of this petition face 2fd years of heavy payments for the bad judgment, if that is all it be, of the members of a couple of exclusive clubs. Attached herewith is a list of all the businesses represented by petitioners: 3 -�� . l�� -�� Acropol Inn All Season Cleaning American Auto Service Auto Clinic Inc . Balloon Bunch Bream Construction Bream Gallery Bullets Stained Glass Crocus Hill Foods Dixie ' s Restaurant Europeans First Grand Avenue Liquors Four Seasons Front Porch Pottery George' s Shoe Service Grand Ave Frame & Gallery Grand House Antiques Grand Ole Creamery Grand Ole Too Grand Spectacle Grand Tan Lake Country Landis Restoration Learn Me Bookstore Little Apple Lloyd' s Automotive MacCafferty's Irish Fashions MacCafferty's Irish Village Magnuson Interiors Mandarin Palace Mane Image Many Voices Maximiliano' s O'Connell' s Bar Oriental Rug Gallery Oxford Antiques Paperback Traders Phone Center Pebbles Law Associates Puvogel Flowers Ramaley Liquors Regency Travel Saji-ja, Inc. Shutterbug Inc. Touch of Class Hair Design Uptown Antiques Viking Pawn Brokers Video Update 877 Grand Fourplex . � C�'r= D� - /�/�-' , , , , , 454 South Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105 • (612) 699-2022 Comments regarding the proposed decorative lighting for Grand Avenue To whom it may concern: It is difficult making money in a business . It ' s particularly difficult in a small business which must often be price competitive with larger businesses in the marketplace, but does not have the economies of scale the larger business enjoys . Therefore , the nature of the small business tends to be one of specialization where unique products or services can be sold for a higher price to compensate foF higher overhead. My sense is that the appeal of Grand Avenue to the customer is partly based on the convenience factors of being local , neighborhood establishments . Perhaps of equal draw is the wonderful and interesting diversity of styles resulting from the efforts of people working to turn individual skills and dreams into a meaningful , self-responsible existence . The economic reality of operating a small business makes money-spending decisions relatively simple . Two questions can be asked which I use to arrive at answers for the operation of my business . These are: Will the expenditure of these monies increase my income by this amount or more? Will the expenditure of these monies decrease my expenses by this amount or more? My sense is that the expenditure of the monies for this lighting project will not increase my income , and my expenses v�ill surely be increased . To be in favor of this project would be to make a very poor business decision for myself. I believe that a single ethic speaks for the intentions of this country ' s founders , and that we would all benefit and grow if the message was understood and acted upon . The principal to remember is simply that we each have the right to choose our own directions as long as we do not interfere with the rights of another . This project is not a social safety issue to put lighting where none exists for the benefit of the general public . This is a business marketing plan to put decorative lighting for aesthetic reasons only . r � �,��,� _��, I am unwilling to share the expense for this project so that a small , select group of businesses might see some increase in business . I am as aware as many others of the necessity of a good "image" . However , I see many very classy , well-designed places struggling or dying because too many of those involved thought the "image" translated automatically into sales . Good, solid, customer-oriented businesses are more valuable to a community than businesses that are fancy but lack substance . Thumbs down on the lighting . �� Chris A. LaFontaine President Shutterbug Six-Hour Photo , Inc . . ' f (��- �� -iy:� • ,i � I P E T I T I O N � TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL NIEMBERS IN SESSION � , 198� The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we pr�pose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. ��,G,Q,,,,� g,�,�,�.�� . ,,.,�--,. , (�.�,�`w'�, '0`- �cu------• � � ^ � � � � � r��u� 1�� l� � �;�c� ; � � �� . �, `t�,� �,1��,�e a,,,�.,�.� Ce��►� J, • C�nn,�.s �w► �R� �� ., /033 6�AI�/Y� -dd �� Ot.✓�v�C� . ` '�f�3 �rx�l /"'�v r ��47�r� � �� l o�� e-C�.,�,� � 33 �'��- ry� �- � � i�'�G�,�i ��'( I' zo �,�. �L ��e �e � � U�- � _ � (��S'�, C� ��`/��'� , 57 �, ,�van �-`aZ� �wh �tr-� , .•r . , �,��G-/�/�' P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of instal la- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S y�� /� / ��3^��, (` � ��vsv �7 �� GRANO Tav � 58 G�.A o 5�....�.... St�a�, ZZ� -9ob�3 T�.le�liroPea�.s ��Ff Grc,n� /�Ci� A.GN9'fs,qr2�A�� 2q2-i��D � . �� y� P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. 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S�'"�'-�'f � � !!, T"s .: � h�i . � �� - ��. � �� <��,� P E T I T I O N �,��, � TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS t The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, propert�-�wners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S ` �1 C�+M-�- '-�'" • � N u t7��3u c�, �%vc . c �S � FRO��' ��°E�`�°-� 4��J�'�'��°! � �l � ��:� �;�� V�. S7� P�u�., r�v ��o� �� r �� , �'�/ �''�� i� ' � ��-� 8 ou�f �, w� r � 5�- � V i c�6��, ��1 ��, �� C)� � �aVT f�t,t�S . � �,�.,,.�.�._ � , �. �� c�� , � �: - - , ,✓ . ��. �,� �� C� . i � . `�� . �- ��,�� P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S �_� .��, ;� �� ,` , ��S ,��.--.1 �- ��.u.2 �.. .s-s-�o�-- �_ ; , ,. � ��i" C �72� ��'�. S-�/ � � - �� , -�-- , ; . �� . . ___� ��s ��. ��7 ��-�o�- „ � � ^ yJ , S=-�? f' , � �_ �(f� �� , / I 4 r ��/v� V . � �� P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. 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MEMBERS IN SESSION JANUARY 28, 1986 The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. � . ��/ � , �, :?2��. ��C��KCe �� /C..�.l! GCU �� /�C'�/L� ' � V� .. �� ,�S �� . , .� �� , �� z�.� --� ` ��. �'�%� ; � '�v (%�i��'�LJ/C_.,CX-�� ` r ��i O UA(� � • rKK � � �C.c�"' �� (/K_ O� t � j l/�� G2,(-� /U ��L/X.� l,ZL��.J , -�-- `�� iC� � � � � ��-r� � ,_ � �� -/�� P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. 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Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S A �� V �/ ��i�� ... �� L� � I / � �!•'./ � . .•..i.�. � ... � � �� N�. r � F�r.s-E �r �n A�e I„ , ,�a r�r � � � �C�'a`n � �� 5 � .-- ?q� �� c��-� �d� � � � v � �� S �� NC!'� �� ` ��u� �1��''S 9� �e'u'��er� ��n��- � �• I,, �, / � 638�� .,�.�, P a�a-dag� �� : � , � �� - �� P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S �� .� .. ,��- p� s slo � �' �'�7Y-�.q ',v�'. ��r- �� v .�, �i�aL S`�(`"i�` . � � � �� ya P E T I T I O N TO: St. PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS The undersigned home-owners, renters, businesspersons, property-owners and other citizens materially affected by increases in property taxes and assessments herewith protest the imposition of costs of a decorative lighting program on a significant number of Grand Avenue people who have been unable to make their objections audible. Since the undersigned did not want the decorative lights and do not benefit from the lighting we propose that the City distribute both the costs of installa- tion and maintenance on a sliding scale among those primarily business establishments who lobbied for the system and expect to be benefitted by it. N A M E A D D R E S S — — — — — — —��r^�C�. ��CL�C � `/�. 7�� / 1y�� i��—e_� /��lhOt � r ��'��e+��11�_ �=�lY2Gc-{�l�C C/J I ��i•C2�7.C� J`� ^�C�� 1� � �� ' � ��c.,�.,�_ .�,...�.�.��_ ij;,�;�-��.�.�..� `��5 % `��--�� .� �� r � i • �:., : " : � >: �>; � � �� - i yz � �`4W� ..'A ll* ; W �. '� � ^K � � � 'nf � '� . S� mrn !$ h � ll �ummit hill . � . . ass�c�at�on 4 February 1986 Dear Council Members, Jecorative li�;htins along urand avenue has been planned for some time and supported by the �rand Avenue Business association and tYie Uistrict 16 Plannin� Council . Both of the Grand Avenue Task Forces, one for the east end and one for the west end of the street ( studies set up by the Ylanning Com�nission) � recom- inended ciecorative ligtitin�; alon� with other streetscape improv- ments. Tlie�se studies were co�npleted in the sumrner of 1983 and endorsed by the City Council in the fall of 1983 . In keeping with th�se recommendations both ua13A and liistrict lb ' sou��;ht Nrr funding in 19�34 fur the four block area from llale to Victoria. t'rivate matches were about five to one on this project . Letters describing this project were sent to aver 200 property owners . (See attacried copies) . Articles were written in both 'fhe �eacori, a �istrict 16 newsletter dropped at every door in , the district, and the �ran3 �azette which is also delivered door to door in the area. Five people .respond�d to these letters and articles; after contacts, only two continued to be dissatis- fiecl with the project . �dditional NYi' projects are planned for ttle area from Victoria to _Lexington and from Snelling to Fairview. Uf the two parts of this project, istallation and operation, the (:ity Council has already passed the installation order�• Wirinb an� la�np bases were installed in the Fall of 1985s poles and la:nps are in shipment from the west coast . This issue, currently under attack, is for operational assess- ments only. Ttie followii:b mernbers of the �rand Avenue business community urge the City ��ouncil to pass this operations assess- � ment so tliat the li�hts now bein� installed can be turned on. Sincerely yours, �.--- � . %� summit avenue ramsey � '' Gr.�� %f ` n�(�n ��C�i c o >GCd � � . �ec�`�0 ��t'e � � �'` ' � � ' d istrict 16 ��s � � b y��1 Gr�;,�,�N� o �iLsi 6 N Q\g�y� ��. ''' �;�� 1� �`��,� � rEturn address: 928 lincoln avenue, saint paul, minnesota 55105 .. , ,:, t �, Mt �� f� q'N:; S i ie' �i:4' ,� K.:'�x� b!.",�'$ � � � ��`_ Y - �� :�� ,MS� � � #lk �? � � �,§ � � .. 0 �` x� r� i# kY �'s summit hill . _ sur�mit hill . ��'�� 4 February 19�36 Dear Council Members, Jecorative li�;litin;; along �rand �venue has been planned for some tiine and supporteci by the �rand Avenue Business association and tlie District 16 rlanning c:ouncil. �3oth of the �rand AvPnue Task Forces, one for the east end and one for the west end of the street ( studies set up by t11e Ylanning Comrnission) � recom- ;nended ..ecorative �LL�I1C1T7� alo�i� �� ittl otlzer streetscape i�nprov- ments . "iiiese stuuie5 ��ere cou►��l�tad in tlie swnlner of 19�33 and enclorseci by the C:ity Couneil in tiie fall of 1983 . in keepin� with thes� recommendations both �.�i3A and i�istrict lb sati�rlt i�l r fundi�l� ici 19�4 t�r the four block area from llale to ✓ictoria. Yrivat� r�atches ��re ab�ut five to one on this project . Letters describing ttiis project ��ere sent to over 20U property owners. (�ee attactieci col�ies) . E�rticles were written in both I'he �eacori, a .�istrict 16 nek sletter dropped at every door in the district� and t,ze :�ranj ��zette �vhich is also delivered ,;��r to door in ttie �-�rc�. :'i��e ��co�le responc�e� to ttiese letters �;.�� articles; after coritacts, only two continucd to be dissatis- �it�cl ��it;l the proj�ct . .1u�litional \rt' ,�rojccts are plar.nc� for ttie area fro;n Victoria to L�xin�;ton an�i frocn �nelling to r'airview. Uf the two �arts of this project, istallation and operation� the City Council lias already passed the installation order: Wirin�; and la�np bases were installed in the Fall of 1985j poles an3 la:nps are in shi��ment from tlie west coast . This issue� currently under attack, is for operational assess- ments only. Ttie followino members of the t�rand Avenue business community urbe the City Louncil to pass this operations assess- men�� so tliat ttze li�;hts now being insta cl can be turned on. Sincerely yours, • //� �� . A ' , / > ��,^�` l' l�� J � � � Cl -�� t�L6Zt�LL� � `� F� � ��C�'� . �t� ? , � � ��°�� summit avenue ramsey _ � e�J �/,,� ,��/, , { d istrict 16 ti�, 0 �1''��'"v 0 5a� ` N Q�es return address: 928 lincoln avenue, saint paul, minnesota 55105 _.. � , ��_��- i�� —2— �iy�'�i�---�' , � '6�1 � �:� � ��. �C��. `�� =",-- '—��V �-��.c:�c,� � 7%��'"�.,Z+C � ��7��"7n1 ��.,� � .�, ,l�-�,.� . .�j � �� 6`=-�.� �.,�--�'Gl u c:--e_.-��-�- � _ � ' � � . � J�>2"�`��,L � t 21/ �u t"--�G'1vGy-C Lla:t� � . {� C � ✓ � �.�� y�� o-��-�- u.-: t� , �� t `�� O�� 1�.�-�.� C.c� � �� r� it hil � �� ,��- ��r�r�i� �ill association 20 November 1984 Dear Grand Avenue Property Owner, Earlier this year the joint effort of the Surnmit Hill Association and . the Grand Avenue Business Association to obtain a NPP grant from the City was rewarded with a $ 150,000 grant. Our proposal was to improve the streetscape - lighting, trees� tree-grates and benches - from Victoria to Dale, along Grand Avenue. We asked for $250,000 to do this jobi but we received less. Subsequent meetings between the two organizations were held to determine how to expend the .fieduced amount . Should we improve only the rnajor busi- ness intersections? Or should we improve the entire length from Dale to • Victoria, making up the shortage by assessment? It was decided that to improve only a few spots would look patchy, that we should improve the full length to achieve the best effect . Trees� tree-grates and benches may have to wait. Lighting seems to have the greatest impact for a given amount of money. To provide decorative lighting� then, from Victoria to Dale, wr�pping corners at Victoria, St.Albans and Dale, will cost more like $360,00� - even more than our original request, and more than twice what we received from the C ity. If Grand Avenue property owners agree to meet this difference via a 20-yr. assessrnent at the current rate of 9 3/4%, it will cost the property owner about $6.50 per front foot per year, estimating conservatively� for every- thing - installation, operation and maintenance. Business expansion along Grand Avenue has been exciting� property values have soared, these improvements are overdue. . Highland Village is planning improvements costing $ 1 .6 to $ 1 .7 million in 1985 . Fort Road� Snelling/ Selby and Lowertown already have new decorative lighting in place. The fixtures installed this year at Selby and Western are the design selected for Grand Avenue. If you see them, you' ll be impressed. We're confident that Grand Avenue property owners will go along with these proposed changes. If you have any questions, call the SHA office at 222-1222 . Be sure to let us know if you have any problems with these plans. Sincerely yo�s�,� , �� . , ��-.,�: . �y,1 � , //�1�-Gl_._r c__�:'.�. \ - l'�,t__�� ..�;3"7 --��eland L. Larsorr, � iden� Jim Solin�President Summit Hill Associ ion/D3/strict 16 Grand Avenue Business Association return address: 928 lincoln avenue, saint paul, minnesota 55105 . ,� �(� _�r�z, , ';, ' ` � �� i < '� _, . � _ . ,x � summit hi � i summit hill � a�sociation 25 January 1985 Dear Grand Avenue Property Owner� In November we sent you a letter describing our NPP grant from the city for $ 150,000 to be used for lighting i.mprove- ments along Grand Avenue from Victoria to Dale. Since then, several people have called or written to the SHA/ District 16 office with questions about the plan and the pro- � cess. Hopefully all questions have been satisfactorily answered. We are now ready to take the next step which is asking the City Council to approve the assessment which will be needed to complete the whole .project. If you recall, the NPP grant �et about half the anticipated cost of $360�000 . You' ll soon be notified of a date set by the Council for a public heari.ng on the assessment. If you have questions prior to that time, the SHA/District 16 office at 222-1222 will try to answer them. We expect that the lighting fixtures will be installed this summer. It usually takes about five months once the fixtures are ordered, for delivery. Si.nce ly yours, � � ,. � G'`-�� ,� � Lel L. Larso � P eside t ; Jim Solin, President S t Hill Ass ' ation ' Grand Avenue Business Association D' trict 16 � i LLL/ra summit avenue ramsey � J � d istrict 16 � '�e� 5� N Q\�a s return address: 928 lincoln avenue, saint paul, minnesota 55105 a � • C� �'� - %��- � c� � � II. LIGHTING /�� U �r� C,>rl�-,.c��l�-� �J�.r 7� �-� L a S T �,_5"� �O YC� S — �Gc l�t�,C�' 7�' / ��3 Recommendation . 1. The five major commerciai nodes on Grund Avenue should be highlighLed by pedestrian-oriented ciecorative Iighting. � . � a. GABA, in conjunction with the High Winds development, should submit a Neighborhood Partnership Progr,am proposal for the Grand and Cambridge �and:Crdnd and Fairview commercial areas. The proposai should�use investments in private property, particularly investmenLs for improvements to conform with the Grand Avenue Design Guideiines and Special district Sign Pian, to ieverage NP fund money for decorative lighting. � b. GABA, in conjunction wiLh Lhe redevelopment of the eastern corners of Grand and Grotto, shouId submit an NPP proposal similar to the above to leverage NP /'und mone>> for �edestrian-oriented decorative liahtinn IR i.i1C CURllil�'T':;LQi Qf'GQ CCilii,'"C;Q Oil C.r^��::: uiii: v�:i::.�.. C. �,.•�1�t� SIIUUtQ S:;lii�iii. G .:iiii:iu; :i.1' �:,-��::.,,... ��u� ri�G..:,... .�..- oriented decorative lighting in the Grand and Lexington commercial area. Private investments shouid emphasize irnprovements to conform with the Grand Avenue � . Design Guideiines and Special District Sign Pian. Unified for�n and pattern in street elements such as lighting and trees can do a great deal to create a sense of pattern and interconnectedness for the Avenue. Decorative lighting with a consistent design and pattern can highlight the special character of Grand Avenue and its pattern of distinct residenti=l areas and commercial nodes. There are five major commercial nodes on Grand Avenue: Grand and Grotto, Grand and Victoria, Grand and Lexington, Grand and Cambrid�e, and Grand and Fairview. It is ln these five commercial cluster areas that the largest number and variety of businesses should exist, that most commercial expansion should take place, and that shared use parking lots should be developed. Grand Avenue's five major com- mercial nodes should be highlighted by special pedestrian- oriented decorative lighting. � . ��-�� -�`�`� The decorative lighting used in the Grand and Cambridge � and Grand and Fairview commercial nodes should be the same � double green lantern fixture on a fluted pole that is being used in the Selby and Western commercial area. Gceen lantern style fixtures are used almost exclusively in the neighborhoods ` around Grand Village, and are a well known part of the area's image. However, the street lights on Grand Avenue in this • area are mounted on power company poles. High pressure � sodium lights in double lantern style fixtures set 25 feet from � corners and 65 feet apart should be used to highlight the Grand and Cambridge and Grand and Fairview commercial ' nodes, replacing the existing street lights. ; ' The pedestrian-oriented decorative lighting used in the Grand � I and Grotto, Grand and Victoria, and Grand and Lexington _ commercial nodes should build on the pattern set at Victoria Crossing and St. Albans Crossing. In these areas the��pedestrian i j oriented decorative lighting used to highlight the commercial I . . nodes will not replace the existing street lights, which are � Ion modern 30-foot-high Daviet Arm style decorative poles. , The use of low-level mercury vapor lights in the new pedestrian i oriented fixtures can correct for the coloration of the high p�essure sodium street lights and highlight_the.s�toc,,efr�onfs.: The style of the pedestrian oriented decora,tive�lig�£�:�at � : ;� + � Victoria Crossing and St:`Albans Crossing is compat�le with :'; I the modern style street:lights. ' �'�� '�"}T '�r �' � ` • 3 ,-ii�'{r`ley�"�.:,t�. � The City pays for a�basic level of street lighting.~TFie��' � erating costs of additional lights will be paid for�by{fciSnting - property owners. In Grand Village, since the hew green tantern � fixtures would replace the existing street lights; 'the'operating costs for half of the poles and a �uarter of the lights will be paid f or by the City. On the eastern part of�Gcand Avenue, where fairly new street lights already provide an adequate level of lighting, fronting property owners will pay foc the operation of.all additional decorative lights. 4 ��x � 4 , . l,f— 0!9��7�` E��gE�¢�.��m�~r�c �. z � ;��-�' ttif� ..^�i ° v' �a.aAB'�� - }�i t„S. �.'�� I .��, .£ � aJ�;�,Y�� '�v�i.D ,.�� '�� 'r�'� ��„�.;. ;x . . ... � �rr��3��.� ki : a: ' � s '3 �: ;s . � , �} ..�.f.. ..`c�?��.��: >::�:!:`�`�: Volume One, Number 1 April 10, 1984 New Decorative Lighting on Grand Avenue By Ruth Armstrong Getting everyone in a family to agree when buying a new car is The$150,000 grant by the city is leas than originally sought. really difficul�la it time to give up the sports car and get a station Now the two organizations must alao decide how best to opuate wagon?Should the move be made from�lashy to practical?Just with only a portion of what is nceded for the task.Should the how much does image count? improvements be apread out more�stretching the funds that way? The Summit Hill Association and the Grand Avenue Business Or ahould the area itself be rerluced and the task completed Iater? Aasociation are currendy facing a similar dilemma. The two Or ahould other ways of funding be aought to complete the organizationa joindy applied for,and received,money from the project as originally conceive�? city through its Neighborhood Partnerahip Program (NPP) to Many deeisions are gtill to be made by both organizations. make atreetscape improvements'on Grand Avenue from Victoria Both agree that they would like the project to be completed in to Dale. 1984,so agreementa will have to be amved at quickly,With the At a joint meeting on March 29 at The University Club,with. renovated buildings at Grotto and Victoria,and the new building two membera of the aty's Planning Department,Bill Huser and planned for 825 Grand all scheduled for completion this Allen Tontenson, designs for lighting-fixtures were reviewed. summer, the lighting improvemenb will be a timtly project. Coats wae compared;hook•up options were described.Lighting - : . in other areas of the city were discussed;i.e.Foct Road,Selby.: Crime on the Rise in Sumtnit Hill Western and Lowertown are alated for Gghting improvemenb{ By Elaine Dunbar thia year. "A rash of burglariea have occurred in aur area during the paat The two designs most populaz among membera of the commit• f ive to six weeks," said Sergeant Tom Walah of the St. Paul tee are 1)the double green lantem and 2)the three-globe deaign; ,police Departrr:ent. Walsh is the department's Gaison oEficer similar to what ia cwrendy at Victoria Crossing. They clearly ��ed to Diatrict 16."These burglaries are part of an increas- reflect two opposing viewpointa toward the project.. ? �ng pattem of residential burglaries in the neighborhood,"he aaid. Those who like the double green lantem design point out that, "The department's OfEense Summary Report ahows us this thoae fuctures are traditional and used throughout the neighbor;� Pattem in two ways,"Walsh added."Between 1980 and 1983, hood and on Summit Avenue.Grand Village and other commer= burglaries increased 14%citywide,from 6,057 to 6,927.In the cial areas west of Sneiling expect to use the green lantem fixture �e Period,burglaries increased 52�(in the Summit Hill/Dis- when they get new 6ghting in the near fuhue. Although this �ct 16 area,from 212 to 323.Comparing 1983 to 1982�there fixture cosb a litde more,they are usually spaced further apart, : �,�,� a «ty-wide decrease of 29(� in the n�unber of residential making the coat difference minimal. Using the green lantern �Slaries. ln•tlsis neighborhood, however, there was a'29% would better unite the commeraal and residential parts of the increase in the number of,theae offenaea:" � ' Grand Avenue neighborhood and better unite both ends of the " �: '�outbreak of crime has become a major aource of concem Aveaue. to S�unmit HiU ndghbon.The Comniunity Services Coinniittce Those who argue for the three-globe fixture point out that theae � of the Summit H'ill/District 16 Board'u beginning to organize a lights have become aasociated with Grand Avenue most . Crime Watch program.Become a Crime Watch block worku. recendy, reflecting the area's reaurgence. They are already j,et's band together to stop crime in au neighborhood.lf you are widdy used on East Grand, both in decorative street 6ghting, �oncerned and would lilce to help,caU the Summit Hill/Diatrict 16 around parldng lots, and on�me building facadea. Replacing office(222-1222). .. these fixtures would be cosdy and the money from the city would not go as far.The Grand Avenue Task Forca in its 1983 repod W TH1S ISSUE � PAGE recommended the use of these Gghts,pointing out that the three- p��daiYs I.etter 2 globe atyle was more compatible with the modem style 30•foot ��,w]j C�e Wateh 3 atreet lighta:currendy in uae. Summit Hill Preservstion Award � 4 Trees and poaaibly tree-gratea will also be part of the improvr 1'ri��e p�g�utification , 5 ment plan. Fortunately trees do not arouse strongly differing p�s{��{rj�{� , 6 viewpoints.�veryone agreea that they are needed in combination progr��ve Supper � _ 7 • �` �.with t��•L'gkt'ing for"the r"nost�attractiv��atie�tst+aP�• A+ddenda � fmm the editor - 8 1 .__._._. ._ _. -...__ • . . . ... . , � _ CITY OF AAINT PAUL ��" " /�� '� � • OFFIOE OF TH1C CITY COQNCIL Rieiii : -' - D d t e : January 22, 1986 COMMITTEE RE PORT TO + Sqint Pau t City Councii FROM � Committee Oh PusLic woxxs C H A I R, CNRIS NICOSIA �/Yt � The Public Works Committee at its meeting of Januery 22, 1986 took the foilowing actlon: Hearina Date 1. 1/28/86 FINAL ORDER: To decide on the above standard street lighting system for the LONERTOWN AREA for the months of January thru December, 1966, the following st�eetss Both stdes East Fifth Street - from Wall Street to Jackson Streett Both sides East Sixth Street - from Wall Street to Jackson Street; Both stdes Stbley Street - from Fourth Street to Seventh Street; Both stdes Wacouta Street - from Fourth Street to Seventh • Street; and East side of Jackson Street - from Fifth Street to Sixth Street. Recommended approval. 2. 1/28/86 fINAL OROER: To decide on the above standard street lighting system for the SELBY-WESTERN AREA for the months of January thru Oecember, 1986 the folloNing streets: Selby Avenue - from Arundei Street to Virginla Streett East Side Arundel St. - from Selby Avenue to 172.5 feet south, and Mestern Avenue - from l20 feet south of Selby Avenue to Dayton Avenue. Recornnended approval. ��A°!y F 7�,...�'` ''wF'1/li` d street i i �fion Cos�s for th�oraCl' '°�`��1►ting � �!!Me foltowing proJect area for the months of JAqNI��gr. 1986: Both sides of Grand Avenue fran 260 feet West of Vtctoria to l00 feet east of Oale; Both stdes of Victoria Street from 150 feet north of Grand to 150 feet south of Grandi West stde of St. Albans Street fran Grand to 150 feet north of Grand and East slde of Dale Street from Grand to l50 feet north of Grand. V1'��31W. 4. I/28/86 F1NAL ORDER: To decide on the operating costs of the above standard street lighttng system on the North side of Ford Parkway from Mississippt Rlver Blvd. to 713.02 feet east of Kenneth Streeti South side of Ford Parkaay from Misstssippl River Blvd. to 587.13 feet east of , Kenneth Street; West side of Clevetand Avenue from 95.65 feet north of Scheffer Avenue to 265 feet south of Ford Parkway and East side of Cleveland Avenue from 240 feet ` - . . C� �� -�y� north of Eleanor Avenue to 222 feet south of ford Parkway for the months of January thru December• 1986. Recomnended approval. 5. RESOLUTION: authorizing an indemnification agreement between the City and the Chicago and North Western ' ' °" "" ' 'Transportation Company for the storage of the Hazel Avenue Pedestrtan Br(dge truss on Transportation Company property. Laid over in Comnittee to 2/5/86. 6. RESOLUTION: amending the 1985 budget by transferring ;10.101 from Contingent Reserve to Public Norks-Ltghting Operations and Maintenance. Withdrew resolution because 1985 budget cannot be changed in 1986. 7. RESOLUTIONi amending Chapter 113 pertaintng to snow removal - this change wiil remove exemptton of Weekends and holidays from the time the diviston is required to allow for removal of snoH 6 ice from sidewalks. Laid over in Committee to 2/5/86. 8. PETITION of St. Paui Port Authortty to consider approval . of a Registered Land Survey located in the Red Rock Industrtal Dlstrict between Barge Channel and Red Rock Road. Recam�ended approval. 9. PETITION of the St. Paul Port Authority for approval of a Registered Land Survey in Red Rock Industrial District between Barge Channel and Nighway 61. Recomnended approval. 2 :•'�'��\T Y ��„�I��t � . ��4 . ��' � l�� °• ' '�� ' SAIN� PAUL CITY COUNCIL a �� iii'iii'ii �c � ' ' 1_ /1�� ,,� C PUaLIC l�EARING NO�i ICE , ��0� '° ��. � �m��`'6 PUBLIC IMPROVEMEN7 CONSTRUCTION � City Council District # 1 District Planning Council � �6 • �ile No. �8392 Dear Property Owner: • To decide on whettier to proceed with the operation costs for PURPOSE the decorative lighting system in the following project area for the months of January through December, 1986: AND LOCATION Both sides of GRAND AVENUE from 260 feet� west of Victoria to 100 feet east of Dale. Both sides of Victoria Street from 150 feet north of Grand to 150 feet south of Grand; West side of St. Albans Street from Grand to 150 feet north of Grand and East side of Dale Street from Grand to 150 feet north of Grand or t e months o January through December, 1986. HEARING Tuesday, January 28, 1986, 1t 10:00 A.M. . Citv Council Chambers, 3rd Floor City Hall - Court Nouse . . If the Council a�,proves this project, a portion of the costs FINANCING will be assessed (after construction) against Uenefitted INFORMATION li�ro��crtics. Tl�e estimated assessments for this project are as fol.loias: ' . ESTIMATED EXCESS COSTS OF OPERATING SPECIAL LIGHTING $7,210 ESTIMATED COST PER ASSESSABLE FOOT $1.60 commercial ESTIMATED COST PER ASSESSABLE FOOT $.35 residential T},e City Council will hold another hearing in the fall of 1986 to ratify the assessments. You wi11 receive a notice at that time advising' you of the exact amount that you will be required to pay. QUESTIONS Lighting: 292-6293 Assessments: 298-5,317 Also, City staff will be available to answer any last minute questions on this project in Room 218 City ilall from 9:30 - 10:00 A.M. the same da as the hearin . � N MAP � NotiCe sent January 10, 1986 by the Val uati ons and ��F ;� '�E �;�pRbU�.� 1�� Assessment__Division, ; Department of Finance ' and Management Services , „ Saint Paul , Minnesota 55102 I . �'=� �� _��-�� . ��.;� - ,. , _2 � � � �; ��f �' � � � ��. 1`.;�i ' � � : � � �---�---_._____._�.... � °' •�- •;• i .I.� � I .I. � .. �_ i - '�,i:� +.� �-`il.l � �.' .�, ,;, .� i �' '� �:=: > :;: � � .� ==' ' ,I I ,f ,, �= . ';: � f'' ! I': I' :tz I ' `;l.':�':'� ''�� 'n! I � o �.� I � � ! M ' �6 i r:;l�� I;I�`��::: �I '�� i�I�� r7t I f Ei � , • !' . .. y i 1 ; �•i'I• .' ' L �,� _'i-�•�:• '•r- ii. .`e,s.�s :�. ,� � . i ; I I ;��, �---' r ' , _�� LI• _ � ,r `[ ;� l ,"i"�-�-�;.. � ��• �� !...'�� r 'I"I�` � � � � " I I I ;'_'��_1.�` \n^RA j_,ti�, n_ _ --- " . . ' ��i1 - �� i `� ��-i � ,- J � , � �� i,� � � �.�.j.� �.i �-�-I�-I-rr _ . . ,�� ,I, �. . 1!:Lll� " �-i-i ;. �....,_� .�_•.I: _I'a �' �.�. � � �-�-I I � —� 1.i� ,�,��` I,�._ i t� �� ' �) � t—. ..�J=1: f=i:l-"i . �..f`-�"�:.��I" � . .� r . • � �-,�r. {{� _/��,y P1tBL��IAltY O1tII� CounciI�'iie No.85�I743—By Aiiis'I4ffcosia- � • ,. In the Mstter of the abov�standard street Iightina operativa,c;osts @t;#�e� deca�atf��ti�►-sys�m imr�i�gpr�ai�ea�Vb��d� • # �. Both ridts oi Grand Aven�ue from�8p teet West o!Victosla ta 1QO feet east oi DaL�" Both sildes of Victoria Street from l��ioet nbrt�t o!Granti t�)-4i5a ie�t soutt�+�`f Gnad, West side oi St.Albans Street from;�ransi tQ.�Sp feet north oi Grand aad East sfde ot Dale 8treet f�c�a Grand to 150 fcet north of Grand;for the months oi : Jaa�arY throug�s Dec�nber, 1886. - . The Cottncil of the City af Ss�at P-aul having r�ceived tlu:rep�ort oi th�� upon the. above improwement, and having cot�aidered said report, hereby resolves: ' . _ :_ . , !: That�he said re�os�t:aad th�seme i�s herEb7�AP��with�alfi.�rssati�res, and that the�ted�*r�at th�+�of is:�7.2i0,�naac`e.d-B3*8sse�t�:; F'' ;. : 2. That a public hearing be had on said improvement on the 28th �ia� op � J ' ' �„in the Couneil Chambers oi the C�' t Houee Buil ing e i y of 5aint PauL . � 3. That notice of;e�d publfc hearing be given to the persoae-asd in the mamn�tt provided by the CzipR^rter,stating the time attd place of heariag,the nature of tlie iYaprovement�d t�e totsl eost thereof as estimated. � File No. 18392 Adopted by the Council DecpmbeF 31, 1985. �pproved January�, 1986. . _ . (J�auary 11, 2986) : e