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1'1.ti The City of Saint Paul
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1M Meetings for the Week of
October 18th, thru October 22nd, 2004
MONDAY - October 18th
No Meetings Scheduled
TUESDAY - October 19th
*Ramsey County Board 9:00 AM Council Chambers
WEDNESDAY - October 20th
*City Council's Budget Committee-of-the 10:00 AM Council Chambers
Whole Meeting
*Ad Hoc Legislative Agenda Committee 1:00 PM Council Chambers
*Public Library Agency 2:00 PM Council Chambers
*City Council --- see Agenda 3:30 PM Council Chambers
Rice Street Plan Task Force Meeting 5:30 PM 1079 Rice Street - The Klub Haus
THURSDAY - October 21st
Mississippi River Critical Area Task 8:30 AM Room 1307 City Hall Annex
Force
Saint Paul Heritage Preservation 90 West 4th St. - 4th Floor
Commission 5:00 PM Central Library
FRIDAY - October 22nd
Planning Commission Steering
Committee 7:45 AM Room 41 City Hall
Planning Commission 8:30 AM Room 40 City Hall
* Cablecast live and repeated on Saint Paul Channel 18.
Interpreter service for the hearing impaired will be provided at public meetings upon request. Request can be made by
calling(651)266-8509(Voice and TDD)Monday thru Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. A minimum of two days notice is
required.
For more information on any of these meetings,you can send Email to:
citizen.service @ ci.stpaul.mn.us, or call the Saint Paul Citizen Service Office at 651-266-8989
http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/depts/meetings.html 10/15/2004
MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
Saint Paul City Council's Budget Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004, 10:00 A.M.
City Council Chambers, 300 City Hall, 15 West Kellogg Blvd, Saint Paul,
MN
As of: 10-15-04.
I. Review and Approve Agenda for October 20th and tentative agendas for October
27th and November 3rd. (Council President Kathy Lantry)
II Review and Update as Necessary, the latest Version of the "City Council 2005
Budget Issues List" (Bob Kessler, Council Research)
III. Historical FTE Analysis With Focus on Staff Support Functions: Office of Financial
Services, Office of Human Resources, Citizen Services, Human Rights, Risk
Management, and Office of City Attorney. (Greg Blees, Budget Consultant)
IV. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for Office of Financial
Services, Including Contract and Analysis Services (Matt Smith, Director of
Financial Services and Linda Camp, Contract and Analysis Services Manager)
V. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for Office of Human
Resources, Including Labor Relations and Risk Management Angie Nalezny,
Human Resources Director,Jason Schmidt Labor Relations Manager, and Ron
Guifoile, Risk Manager)
VI. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for the Office of Citizen
Services, Including Marketing and City Clerk (Don Luna Director Of Citizen
Services and Sarah Fossen, Marketing Director)
VII. Budget. Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for the Department of Human
Rights (Tyrone Terrill,Director of Human Rights)
VIII. Budget. Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for the Office of the City
Attorney (Time Permitting) (Manuel Cervantes, City Attorney)
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IX. Is the current distributed organizational structure (Affirmative Action in the Office
of Human Resources, Vendor Outreach Program in the Office of Financial Services,
Minority Development and Retention in the Department of Planning and Economic
Development, and contract enforcement and complaint investigation in the
Department of Human Rights) effective in achieving the City's goals for workforce
diversity, equal opportunity for minority and women owned businesses and people
with disabilities, and the elimination of discrimination? (Montgomery and Helgen)
X. Are service improvements possible if the organizational structure was changed by
breaking up the Department of Human Rights and combining its services with one
or more of the separate functions identified in Question IX. above? (Helgen)
A. What level of service improvements might be achievable?
B. How long would it take to achieve the service improvements?
C. What is the appropriate oversight role for the Human Rights Commission for
the entire function of encouraging workforce diversity, equal opportunity in
contracting, and elimination of discrimination?
XI. Are certain economies of scale and cost savings possible if the organizational
structure was changed by breaking up the Department of Human Rights and
combining its services with one or more of the separate functions identified in
Question IX. (Helgen)
A. What level of cost savings could be achieved?
B. How long would it take to realize the savings?
C. What is the appropriate oversight role for the Human Rights Commission to
insure that efficiencies are achieved while maintaining the staff necessary to
promote workforce diversity, equal opportunity in contracting, and the
elimination of discrimination?
Tentative Agenda for October 27th:
Review of Enforcement Functions: Office of License, Inspections and
Environmental Protection (LIEP), the Neighborhood Housing and Property
Improvement Function (NHPI), and Fire Prevention (Matt Smith, Director of
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Financial Services)
II. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for the Office of License,
Inspections and Environmental Protection (LIEP) (Janeen Rosas,LIEP Director)
III. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for the Neighborhood Housing
and Property Improvement Function (NHPI) (Andy Dawkins, Director of NHPI) *
IV. Budget, Critical Issues, and Historical FTE Analysis for Fire Prevention (Fire Chief
Doug Holton and Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard)
Tentative Agenda for November 3rd:
I. Review Follow Responses To Questions and Issues Identified for the Following
Departments: (See Issues List for Complete Description of the Items Identified)
A. Fire Department, Issue 27: What Is the Attrition Rate Based on Current
Staffing Levels and the Attrition Rate Based on a Potential Increased
Staffing Level (Adding up to Seven Additional Firefighters).
B. Police Department, Issues 8 Through 13: Comm Center Burnout,
Distribution of Fine Revenue, Efficacy of Admin Fines, Plans for Use of
Photo Cop, and The Plans for Deployment of the Five Additional Police
Officers Approved by the Mayor after His Budget Was Presented to the City
Council.
C. Parks and Recreation, Issues 1 Through 7, 14, and 50: Rec Center Program
Priorities, Comprehensive Preventive Maintenance Report, Increased
Programming for Senior Citizens, Programming for the New Jimmy Lee Rec
Center, Scholarship Program for Recreation Activities, Internet Access in
Recreation Centers, Feasibility of Locating the Kroc Center in Conjunction
with the New Jimmy Lee Rec Center, and the Status of Dutch Elm Removal
on Public and Private Property.
II. Further Discussion of the Options for ROW Maintenance Assessment Rates.
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Saint Paul Planning Commission
MASTER MEETING CALENDAR
WEEK OF OCTOBER 18-21, 2004
Mon 18
Tues 19
Wed 20 5:30- Rice Street Plan Task Force Meeting The Klub Haus
7:30 p.m. (Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659) 1079 Rice Street
-Rice Street property development scenarios
Richard Milgrom, Metropolitan Design Center,U of M
- Macalester College Study- what makes a successful commercial corridor?
- Zoning on Rice Street - Discussion on alternatives
(Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659)
Thurs 21 8:30- Mississippi River Critical Area Task Force Room 1307-CHA
10:00 a.m. (Larry Soderholm, 651/266-6573) 25 West Fourth Street
-Regulations on building heights and views
Fri 22 7:45 a.m. Planning Commission Steering Committee Room 41 City Hall
(Larry Soderholm, 651/266-6575) Conference Center
15 Kellogg Blvd.
8:30- Planning Commission Meeting Room 40 City Hall
11:00 a.m. (Larry Soderholm, 266-6575) Conference Center
15 Kellogg Blvd.
Zoning OLD BUSINESS
#04-145-175 West Side Flats Urban Development-Conditional Use Permit for a
building 75 feet high in the TN3 district with variance of 61 feet to permit a total
building height of 136 feet. ,NE corner of Water Street and Wabasha. (Lucy Thompson,
651/266-6578)
#04-145-045 West Side Flats Urban Development LLC- Site Plan Review for West Side
Flats Phase 1. ,NE corner of Water Street and Wabasha. (Tom Beach, 651/266-9086)
NO NEW BUSINESS
Neighborhood& Current Payne-Phalen Boulevard Main Street Redevelopment Plan-Approve resolution.
Planning Committee (Sheri Pemberton, 651/266-6615)
Speaker Hamm's Brewery Redevelopment Project - Update by Penny Simison, PED
Bruton\Calendars\October 18-21,2004
AD HOC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
1:00 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3RD FLOOR
City Hall and Court House
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
AGENDA
_ ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of October 6, 2004 Meeting Minutes.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Update from Nancy Haas, Deputy Chief of Staff on the City's legislative Priority list for
the 2005 legislative session. (Additional information or new items)
2. Central Corridor Update -
Staff report from the Central Corridor Committee
Staff report from the Central Corridor Partnership /update on the advocacy efforts,
coalition building and other aspects.
3. Bioscience Bonding Request Discussion/additional information requested (Nancy Haas,
Matt Smith)
4. Health Care Learning Center Bonding Request/additional information requested (Nancy
Haas, Matt Smith)
OLD BUSINESS
NEXT MEETING DATE
November 3, 2004, Time 2:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
PUBLIC LIBRARY AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, Third Floor
Saint Paul City Hall
Mary Rubio, Recording Secretary
(651) 266-7073
ROLL CALL
CONSENT AGENDA
NOTE: ALL ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE
NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED BYA COUNCILMEMBER,
THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
1. Resolution - L.B. 04-005 - To provide funds to obtain new servers for the Library's
Circulation System.
FOR ACTION
2. Approval of Summary Minutes of September 15, 2004.
FOR DISCUSSION
3. Information Update Report on the Urban Library Project (Teaching Library).
ADJOURNMENT
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www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/council.
Cable
The City Council and Public Library Agency (PLA)Meetings are cablecasted live on Channel 18
and repeated on Thursdays at 7:00p.m., Saturdays at 12:30p.m., and Sundays at 1:00p.m. (Subject
to change). Also, the City Council and HRA Agendas are cablecasted on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. and
7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m., Mondays at 8:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays at 8:00
a.m., and 5:30 p.m.; and Wednesdays at 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
SAINT PAUL HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
5:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
4th Floor, Central Library
90 West 4th Street
PUBLIC HEARING
AGENDA
5:00 I. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
II. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
5:05 III. PERMIT REVIEW/PUBLIC HEARING
A. 551 Ashland Avenue, Hill Historic District, by owner Dennis Breining, for a
building permit to construct a rear entrance addition with siding and roofing to
match. File #05-001.
B. 1397 Summit Avenue, Summit Avenue West Historic District, by owners
Rob and Amy Stolpestad, for a building permit to relocate the garage and
construct a first floor addition. File #05-002.
C. 740 East 7th Street, Dayton's Bluff Historic District, by Sheri Pemberton-
Hoiby of the Planning and Economic Development Department of St. Paul, for
a demolition permit to raze the structure. File #05-003.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
V. ADJOURN
Commission members: Please call 651.266.9078 if unable to attend.
MEETING NOTICE
BOARD OF RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
15 W. KELLOGG BLVD., ST. PAUL, MN 55102
651 266-8350
RAMSEY COUNT'/
Monday, October 18, 2004
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
9:00 a.m. - County Board Meeting
Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House
1:30 p.m - Human Services/Workforce Solutions Committee
Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House
Immediately following County Board Meeting or Human Services/Workforce Solutions
Committee Meeting:
- Legislative Committee of the Whole
Council Chambers, Third Floor Court House
- Board Workshop — Community Human Services Vendor Oversight
Room 220 Court House, Large Conference Room
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
7:00 p.m. - Ramsey County Library Board
Roseville Library
2180 N. Hamline Avenue, Roseville
Thursday, October 21, 2004
9:00 a.m. - 800 MHz Policy Planning Committee
Public Works Facility
1425 Paul Kirkwold Drive (Highway 96 & Hamline) Arden Hills
5:00 p.m. - Ramsey Nursing Home Task Force
1919 University Avenue, Ramsey Room, St. Paul
Friday, October 22, 2004
Advance Notice
October 26, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. - County Board Meeting, Council Chambers
November 2, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. - County Board Meeting, Council Chambers
November 9, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. - Budget Committee of the Whole — Council Chambers
(No County Board Meetings)
November 16, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. - County Board Meeting, Council Chambers
November 23, 2004 - 9:00 a.m. - County Board Meeting, Council Chambers
Lucille Johnson - Metro Meetings Page 1
From: "Dawn Hoffner" <dawn.hoffner@metc.state.mn.us>
Date: 10/15/2004 9:33:24 AM
Subject: Metro Meetings
WEEK OF: October 18 -22, 2004
Community Development—Mon., Oct. 18, 4 p.m., Room 1A. The agenda
includes:
- regional park grant for North Mississippi Regional Park development;
- HRA programs utility allowance schedule;
-Assessment against Lebanon Hills Regional Park for Dodd Road
improvements and framework for future assessments;
- City of Andover comprehensive plan amendment, MUSA expansion into
rural reserve;
- HousingLink;
- Update—housing goals—setting framework work group;
- Committee and liaison reports; and other business.
Public Information Meeting on Systemwide Septage Management Study—
Tues., Oct. 19, 3 p.m., Metro 94, 455 Etna St., St. Paul
TAB Programming Committee—Wed., Oct. 20, 12 Noon, Chambers. The
agenda includes:
-sunset date criteria and extension procedures;
-2004-06 TIP amendment: Mn/DOT metro division;
-draft 2005 regional solicitation criteria and process; and other
business.
Transportation Advisory Board—Wed., Oct. 20, 1:30 p.m., Chambers.
The agenda includes:
-committee reports;
- Itaska project strategy to address regional transportation problems;
- Items of TAB members; agency reports; and other business.
Canceled: Committee of the Whole—Wed., Oct. 20, 3 p.m., Room 1A
TAC Funding and Programming Committee—Thurs., Oct. 21, 1:30 p.m.,
Room 2A. The agenda includes:
-TAB report;
-2005 regional solicitation package preparation; and other business.
Land Use Advisory Committee—Thurs., Oct. 21, 4 p.m., Room 1A. The
agenda includes:
-guidelines for evaluating MUSA expansion plan amendments; and other
business.
Livable Communities Advisory Committee—Fri., Oct. 22, 9 a.m., MHFA
Offices, 400 Sibley St., St. Paul
TENTATIVE MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25-29
Transportation Committee—Mon., Oct. 25, 4 p.m., Chambers
Public Hearing on the Amendment to the Water Resources Management
Lucille Johnson - Metro Meetings Page
Policy Plan—Tues., Oct. 26, 3 p.m., Chambers
Environment Committee—Tues., Oct. 26, 4 p.m., Room 1A
Management Committee—Wed., Oct. 27, 2:30 p.m., Chaska City Hall
Metropolitan Council—Wed., Oct. 27, 4 p.m., Chaska City Hall
Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting—Thurs., Oct. 28, 7:30 a.m.,
Doubletree Park Place Hotel, St. Louis Park
Livable Communities Advisory Committee— Fri., Oct. 29. 9 a.m., Room
1A
The Metropolitan Council is located at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth
St., St. Paul. Meeting times and agendas are subject to change.
METROPOLITAN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE COMMISSION
Special Meeting of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission—
Tues., Oct. 19, 4 p.m., Room 1A. The agenda includes:
-Victory Memorial Drive Regional Trail master plan;
- Regional parks CIP size, agency allocations and ranking criteria;
- Continued discussion on results of initial public and stakeholder
surveys on primary policies in the regional recreation open space policy
plan and discussion on policy directives;
-Addressing policy directive B-11: operations and maintenance
funding;
- Minority outreach meetings; reports; and other business.
The Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission offices are located at
Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101. To verify
meeting times and agenda items, please call Sandi Dingle at
651-602-1312.