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AGENDA OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, August 9, 2000 - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3RD FLOOR
City Hall and Court House
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Nancy Anderson, Assistant Secretary to the Council
Mary Erickson, Clerical Support - 651- 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• Public Hearings
• Housing and Redevelopment Authority
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 22)
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, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
FOR ACTION
1. Approval of Minutes of July 12 and July 19, 2000.
2. Claims of Matthew Goepfert, Kristie Lau, Geraldine Lusty, and Nicole Walter.
3. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Community Stabilization Project vs. the City of Saint Paul,
et al.
4. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on August
23, 2000, to consider the vacation of a portion of East Fifth Street lying between the east line of
Clarence Street and the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 9 Hamer's Subdivision, for the
purpose of extending current development construction for new housing by Dennis Guptil (Vacation
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412- 2000).
5. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on August
23, 2000, to consider the vacation of property on John Street for construction of the new Law
Enforcement Center. (Vacation 41 -2000)
6. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
August 23, 2000, to consider adverse action against all licenses held by E & K Corporation, dba
Checkers Nite Club, 1066 7th Street East for failure to pay delinquent license fees.
7. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
August 23, 2000, to consider adverse action against the Cigarette /tobacco License held by Twin Cities
Stores, Inc., 4571, dba Oasis Market, 2067 Grand Avenue.
8. Administrative Orders:
D001901 Amending the spending and financing plans of the Vandalia Street Bridge, the 1997 MSA
Contingency and the 1998 MSA Contingency projects in the Department of Public Works.
D001902 Amending the spending and financing plans of the Margaret /Arcade RSVP & 1998 Major
Sewer Repairs in the Department of Public Works.
9. Resolution - 00 -692 - Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and
the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association, Local 633, who represent certain
employees at the Saint Paul Regional Water Utility. (Laid over from August 2 for adoption)
10. Resolution - 00 -718 - Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and
Painters Local No. 61. (To be laid over one week for adoption)
11. Resolution - 00 -719 - Approving the July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003 Maintenance Labor
Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 9. (To
be laid over one week for adoption)
12. Resolution - 00 -720 - Memorializing the decision of the City Council on May 24, 2000, denying the
appeal of Frost, Leonard, and Clark to the decisions of the Historic Preservation Commission and the
appeals of Severson to the decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Planning Commission
regarding property at 420 Portland Avenue.
13. Resolution - 00 -721 - Providing local approval for Omnibus Tax Act, Ch. 490, Art. 11, §40
regarding a housing TIF district in the northeast quadrant of downtown, and amendment to 469.084,
Subd. 1. LAR. Ch. 286 regarding Port Authority recreational facilities need not abut rivers and lakes.
14. Resolution - 00 -722 - Establishing an account in the Technology and Management Services Special
Projects 2000 Budget and authorizing the spending of the State grant for the implementation of Phase I
of the Response Action Plan (RAP) for clean up at Pig's Eye dump.
15. Resolution - 00 -723 - Amending the spending and financing plans of the Wabasha Street
Bridge /Raspberry Island and the Kellogg Boulevard projects by transferring MSA from the Earl Street
Bridge and Pierce Butler Realignment Projects.
16. Resolution - 00 -724 - Revising the permit fee for construction /reconstruction of walk, curb, and
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driveway in the public right -of -way.
17. Resolution - 00 -725 - Transferring the remaining budget from the Police Department's 1999 Capital
Maintenance project to a 1996 capital project for roof repair at the F.O.R.C.E. Unit at 699 East 7th
Street.
18. Resolution - 00 -726 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to accept a donation
of $3,000.00 from Health Partners for the Risk Watch program.
19. Resolution - 00 -727 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to solicit the United
States Fire Administration for its National Fire Safety Campaign grant program for the translation of its
"Footsteps to Fire Safety" program.
20. Resolution - 00 -728 - Approving special legislation allowing creation of a special purpose tax
increment financing district in the North Quadrant of downtown St. Paul.
21. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -729 - In the matter of installation of bituminous roadway,
constructing concrete curb and gutter, concrete driveway aprons and outwalks, boulevard sodding, tree
planting, construction of a lantern style lighting system, and all other work necessary to complete
improvements for the Western /Lawson RSVP Paving and Lighting Project, and setting date of public
hearing for September 27, 2000. (File 418904)
22. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -730 - In the matter of the Seventh/
Eleanor Area Paving and Lighting Project, and setting date of public hearing for September 6, 2000.
(File 418908)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
23. Third Reading - 00 -550 - An ordinance to regulate newsracks that are located within public rights -
of -way. (Substitute introduced June 7; laid over from June 28)
24. Third Reading - 00 -685 - An ordinance amending Council File 97 -1568, an interim ordinance
preserving the status quo with respect to advertising signs, to permit advertising signs at the new hockey
arena.
25. Third Reading - 00 -686 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 66, Section
66.103.A, pertaining to the definition of advertising signs and adding new language to Section 66.214 to
permit and regulate advertising signs at sports facilities.
26. Resolution - 00 -215 - Revoking the provisional operator status as a taxicab driver for Keith Hooks
for failure to enroll in the taxicab driver training course. (Laid over from June 28)
27. Resolution - 00 -433 - Revoking the provisional operator status as a taxicab driver for Dwight Smith
for failure to enroll in the taxicab driver training course. (Laid over from June 28)
28. Resolution - 00 -731 - Approving creation of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 (North
Quadrant) and adoption of a tax increment financing plan.
29. Public hearing regarding the City's Notice of Intent to Franchise Providers of Cable Communication
Service and applications received from Everest Connections Corporation and WideOpenWest
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Minnesota, LLC.
30. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Douglas Berends to a decision of the Planning Commission
denying a request for a special condition use permit to allow for a used car sales lot on the property at
1170 Arcade Street (southeast corner of Rose Avenue and Arcade Street).
31. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Motorscope /Dean C. Johnson to a decision of the Planning
Commission attaching conditions to a Special Condition Use Permit allowing reconstruction of an auto
specialty store at 360 South Snelling Avenue.
32. Public hearing to consider the application of the Episcopal Church Home to rezone property from P-
1 and B -3 to RM -2 to allow for the expansion of a retirement community at the southwest corner of
University and Fairview Avenues.
33. Public hearing to consider the application of Dennis Guptil for a revised final plat for Newbridge
(adding 3 lots) for subdivision of property along Fifth Street between Clarence Street and east of Etna
Street into 35 residential lots and 4 outlots, with a request for a variance of minimum lot width and area
requirements to provide for 34 new housing units including two twinhome structures and 30 single
family detached townhomes.
34. Public hearing to consider the application of Northern Star Company for a preliminary and final plat
to create three industrial lots and one outlot at property south of the Burlington Northern tracks, west of
Westgate Drive and east of the Minneapolis and Saint Paul border.
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Wednesday, July 26, 2000
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, Third Floor
City Hall
Angela Simons, Clerical Support
(651) 266 -6605
AGENDA
ROLL CALL
CONSENT
1. Approval of Minutes from June 14 and June 28, 2000.
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2. Authorization to Acquire HUD Foreclosed Parcel 290 Bates under the Dayton's Bluff Capital City
Development Program, Dayton's Bluff, District 4.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
3. Authorization to Execute the Sale of Parcel 443 Charles Avenue under the City Wide Redevelopment
Plan, Thomas Dale, District 7.
4. Approval of Issuance of $5,125,000 in Tax - Exempt Conduit Revenue Bonds for Goodwill Industries,
District 11.
5. Resolution Authorizing Execution of Land Sales Contract for Blocks 17 and 31 in North Quadrant
and Loan and Grant to Northeast LLC; Resolution Establishing the Tax Increment Financing District
No. 1 (North Quadrant), District 17.
DISCUSSION
6. Designation of Sibley Park Apartments for Reservation of Year 2001 Low Income Housing Tax
Credits, District 17.
STAFF REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
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