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WHEREAS, It is the desire of the Saint Paul City Council to
further the qua.lity of life of the residents of Saint Paul through
the performance of comprehensive City planning activities and the
performa.nce of well-planned housing and economic development
activities; and
WHEREAS, The efficient and effective performance of these
activities requires a high degree of coordina.tion between City
offices, depa.rtm�nts� and agencies and a strong City planning
effort; and
WHEREAS, Recent changes in local, state� and Federal programs
in the area of planning and community development have indicated
an even greater need for a strong planning effort and for coordi-
na.tion between City offices, departments, and agencies, demanding
the immediate attention and direction of a Planning Coordina.tor; '
and
WHEREAS, The City is una.ble to secure the services of a
qualified Planning Coordina.tor quickly enough to address the urgent
and immediate planning and development needs of the City of Saint
Paul as hereinabove noted; and
WHEREAS, The Council has considered the interim program for
planning and community development activities as outlined in the
attached "Memorandum of Understanding", and has concluded that it
effectively addresses the need to immediately strengthen and give
direction to the City planning function and to achieve the high
degree of coordination necessary for the efficient performance of
community development activities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Tha.t the Saint Paul City Council hereby endorses "
the interim program for the performa.nce of planning and community
COUPTCILMEN Requested by Department of: "
Yeas Nays
Christensen
Hozza [n Favor
Levine
Rcedler A gains t BY
Sylvester
Tedesco
President Hunt
Adopted by Council: Date Form Approved by City Attorney
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Presented By
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development activities as outlined in the Memorandum of Understand-
ing; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED� Tha.t the City Council hereby directs the
City Attorney to perform all actions necessary and incidental to
the implementation of the proposal outlined in the Memorandum of
Understanding with all due speed.
COUIVCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Christensen
Hozza [n Favor
Levine
Rcedler�� � Against BY
Sylvester
Tedesco
President Hunt N Ov
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PUSLISHED NOV 16 197�4
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
l The purpose of this memorandum is to set forth
2 certain understandings which have been reached
3 as a result of recent discussions on possible
4 solutions to the problem of developing an interim
5 program to effectively manage planning and
6 community development activities in the City.
7 This interim program can be divided into two time `�
8 periods.
9 Period 1: Period l, expected to last approximately
10 three months, involves the appointment of the present
il Executive Director of the Housing and Redevelopment
12 Authority to the additional positions of Acting
13 Planning Coordinator and head of the proposed
14 Office of Economic Development. This multiple
15 appointment could occur through contract with the
16 HR.A, which could continue to pay Mr. Helfeld's
17 salary, Selection and appointment of a permanent
18 Planning Coordinator would occur at the earliest
19 possible time. During this period, Mr. Helfeld's
20 efforts would be principally aimed at the City
21 Planning Office. As Acting Planning Coordinator,
22 he would be expected to 1) insure the timely
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23 completion of the City's community development
24 application, 2) identify present and emerging
25 major problems in the City Planning Office in
26 the areas of both personnel and work program
27 (this could include staffing questions relating
28 to community development planning) , and 3) begin
29 analysis designed to enable the City to develop
30 a formal City policy on planning. Because of the short
31 du�ation . of period 1, Mr. Helfeld would be �
32 expected only to identify problems, not solve
33 them--his problem identification would be used
34 by the new Planning Coor.dinator in the latter' s
35 effort to manage and improve the City planning
36 function. It is anticipated that Mr. Helfeld
37 would be in close contact with the new Planning
38 Coordinator as soon as he is appointed.
39 As head of OED, Mr. Helfeld would be expected to
40 begin hiring necessary staff and to implement
41 development district legislation.
42 Period 1 would end when the new Planning Coordi-
43 nator officially assumes his position.
44 Period 2: Period 2, which would last for a
45 specified and agreed-on period of time, involves
46 Mr. Helfeld's continuation as head of OED and
47 Executive Director of HRA, and the relinquishment
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48 of his position as Acting Planning Coordinator.
49 This dual role could likewise occur through contract
50 with the HRA, which could continue to pay Helfeld's
51 salary.
52 During this period, Mr. Helfeld's efforts would
53 be principally aimed at OED. As head of OED, he
54 would make the office fully operational. This
55 would include maxi.mum implementation of develop-
56 ment district legislation as well as coordination
5'7 of public and private economic development and
5g study of other economic development tools which
5g the City might wish to use in OED•
60 For the first part of period 2, he would be
61 involved in the development of the City planning
62 function as an advisor to the Planning Coordinator,
63 the Mayor, and the Council. In addition, during
64 the period of the contract, he would work in
65 developing recommendations for the City's
66 long-term community development administrative
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