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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, January 11th, 1995 - 3:30 PNI
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 - 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Suspension Items
Present - 6 - Councilmembers Blakey, Grimm, Guerin, Harris, Megard, Thune
Absent - 1 - Rettman (Excused - arrived after the votes on the consent agenda)
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, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
FOR ACTION
1. Approval of minutes of November 2, November 9, and November 16, 1994, meetings.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Notica Moon, Stacey Ringness, Chris Rulli, Patricia Valtierra, and John Weber.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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3. Letters from the Division of Public Health declaring 511 Case Avenue and 52 Geranium Avenue
West as "nuisance properties ". (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a
later date if necessary.)
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney setting date of hearing before an Administrative Law
Judge for January 24, 1995, concerning adverse action against taxicab driver's license held by Robert M.
Marrone, Jr., 840 East Third Street, St. Paul.
5. Administrative Orders:
. D00421 Amending the 1994 budget in the Division of Parks and Recreation /General Fund to
reflect proper accounting for continuation of normal operations.
. D00422 Amending the 1994 budget in the Division of Parks and Recreation /Watergate Marina to
reflect proper accounting for continuation of normal operations.
. D00423 Amending the 1994 budget in the Division of Parks and Recreation /Special Services
Fund to reflect proper accounting for continuation of normal operations.
. D00424 Amending the 1994 budget in the Division of Parks and Recreation /General Fund to
reflect proper accounting for continuation of normal operations.
. D00425 Amending the 1994 budget in the Division of Parks and Recreation /General Fund to
reflect proper accounting for continuation of normal operations.
. D00426 Amending the 1994 budget of the Civic Center /Operating Fund by transferring funds for
salaries.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
6. Executive Order:
E -49 Employee drug and alcohol testing policy for drivers of commercial motor vehicles.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
7. Resolution - 95 -1 - Approving renewal of a Parking Lot /Ramp License by G M T Corporation, dba L
B C Parking Ramp, 255 6th Street East. (ID 432040) (Laid over from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 95 -2 - Approving renewal of an Auto Body Repair Garage License by Larry's Auto
Body, 933 Atlantic Street. (ID 426998) (Laid over from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 95 -3 - Approving renewal of various Class III and Supporting Licenses by: Whebbe's
Auto Service, 71 Annapolis Street West; Prospect Towing and Tire Company, 2565 Franklin Avenue;
Precision Auto Body, 1322 Rice Street; and North End American Legion 4474, 72 Ivy Avenue West.
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(ID 414791- 98156) (Laid over from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 94 -1848 - Approving the appointments, by Mayor Coleman, of the following
individuals to the Neighborhood Sales Tax Board: Larry Laughlin, Russ Miller, Jaye Rykunyk, David
Skilbred, Michelle Vojacek, Lola Franco, Stacey Millett, Shem Shakir, Mary Pickard, Paul Mattessich,
Steve Wellington, Frank Gurney, Triesta Brown, John Loban, and Kou Vang. (Laid over from January
4)
Substitute Introduced and Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 95 -4 - Approving the reappointments of Harold Hebl, Kathryn Barron and Nancy
Adair, and the appointments of Sheila White Eagle, Mary Claire Olson, Dean Lemke, and Mary
Weisensee, by Mayor Coleman, to the Advisory Committee on Aging. (Laid over from January 4 for
adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 95 -23 - Approving the reappointment of Gloria Bogen and the appointment of Arlend
"Buzz" Wilson, by Mayor Coleman, to the Board of Zoning Appeals. (To be laid over one week for
adoption)
Laid over to January 18 for adoption
13. Resolution - 95 -6 - Approving Memorandum of Agreement between the City of St. Paul and Local
1842, District Council 14, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
(Laid over from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 95 -7 - Approving the 1994- 1995 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 and the City of St. Paul Professional Employees Association, Inc., and the 1994 -1996 Agreements
between Independent School District No. 625 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local 110 and the United Association of Plumbers, Local 34. (Laid over from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 95 -8 - Approving a pilot trainee project in accordance with Civil Service Rules 8.A.6
and approval of an accompanying memorandum of agreement with AFSCME Local 2508. (Laid over
from January 4 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 95 -24 - Approving the addition of 59 organizations to the eligible list for the 10% Club
for 1995.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 95 -25 - Authorizing the City Attorney's Office to retain outside counsel to represent the
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City of St. Paul in a workers' compensation claim by a former employee of the Police Department.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 95 -26 - Accepting Mississippi River Books on behalf of the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
DISCUSSION
19. Resolution - 94 -1481 - Establishing the rate of pay for Lead Gardener (Production) and Lead
Gardener (Display) in the Salary Plan and Rates of Compensation Resolution. (Laid over indefinitely
October 12, 1994; to be recalled)
Recalled; Substitute Introduced and Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
20. Final Adoption - 94 -1834 - An ordinance amending Chapter 86 of the Saint Paul Administrative
Code to provide for alternate signatures for the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance
and Management Services on City contracts.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Final Adoption - 94 -1835 - An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 13534 approved January 31,
1967, by adding that Quirnia Avenue, bounded by St. Paul Avenue and Edgcumbe Road become a one -
way street (eastbound).
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
22. Second Reading - 95 -19 - An ordinance preserving the status quo with respect to the establishment
of pawn shops within the City of Saint Paul pending the completion of studies of possible amendments
to the City's Comprehensive Plan and regulatory ordinances concerning pawn shops.
Laid over to January 18 for third reading /public hearing
23. First Reading - 95 -27 - An ordinance to remove the sunset provision in Council File 93- 1872
allowing the gambling tax in Subsection (a) of Section 402.05 to remain at 2 %.
Laid over to January 18 for second reading
24. First Reading - 95 -28 - An ordinance to limit the number of on -sale intoxicating liquor licenses, to
reduce the concentration of liquor licenses, and to limit new licenses outside the downtown business
district to hotels and restaurants.
Referred to City Operations Committee Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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25. Third Reading - 94 -1863 - An ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code,
Zoning Code, so as to add provisions regulating the location of currency exchange businesses. (City
Operations Committee recommends approval)
Laid over to January 18 for final adoption
26. Final Order - 95 -29 - In the matter of improving the alley in Block 28, A. Gotzian's Rearrangement
of Sigel's Addition (bounded by Gotzian Street, Johnson Parkway, and Third Street) by grading and
paving with bituminous material. (File 418774)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
27. Final Order - 95 -30 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement in the land necessary for
the slopes, cuts and fills, including right of removal of lateral support from subject land or remainder
thereof, occasioned by excavations thereof or construction of slopes in the grading and paving of the
alley in Block 28, Gotzian's Rearrangement of Sigel's Addition (bounded by Gotzian Street, Johnson
Parkway, and Third Street). (File 418774 -5)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
28. Final Order - 95 -31 - In the matter of improving the alley in Block 12, Michel and Robertson's
Addition (bounded by Chatsworth, James, Milton, and Randolph) by grading and paving with
bituminous material. (File 418776)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
29. Final Order - 95 -32 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement in the land necessary for
the slopes, cuts and fills, including right of removal of lateral support from subject land or remainder
thereof, occasioned by excavations thereof or construction of slopes in the grading and paving of the
alley in Block 12, Michel and Robertson's Addition (bounded by Chatsworth, James, Milton, and
Randolph). (File 418776 -5)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
30. Resolution - 95 -33 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by AM /PM Mini
Market, 1377 Arcade Street. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Resolution - 95 -34 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Como Raymond
Standard, 2102 Como Avenue. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
32. Resolution - 95 -35 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Food -N- Fuel, 2233
Energy Park Drive. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
33. Resolution - 95 -36 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Holiday Station
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Store, 1445 7th Street West. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
34. Resolution - 95 -37 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Knowlan's Super
Markets, 900 Maryland Avenue East. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
35. Resolution - 95 -38 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Mini Pac 66, 1184
Maryland Avenue East. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
36. Resolution - 95 -39 - Approving adverse action against cigarette license held by Minnehaha Liquor
Store, 945 Minnehaha Avenue West. (Uncontested)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
37. Resolution - 94 -1406 - Ordering the owner(s) to repair or remove the building at 915 -917 Ashland
Avenue within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Laid over from December 28, 1994)
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Laid over to January 25 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
38. Resolution - 94 -1630 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 675 Cook Avenue
East within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Laid over from November 9, 1994)
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Laid over to January 25 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
39. Resolution - 95 -40 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 15 Acker Street West
within five (5) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
40. Resolution - 95 -41 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 484 Edmund Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends allowing
the owner 180 days (July 18, 1995) to complete the rehabilitation contingent on obtaining the
appropriate bonds before the January 11 City Council meeting)
Adopted per recommendation of the Legislative Hearing Officer Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
41. Resolution - 95 -42 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 35 Geranium Avenue
West within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends
approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
42. Resolution - 95 -43 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 475 Whitall Street
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within five (5) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval and
requested that Chuck Votel notify the new owner of this action)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
43. Resolution - 95 -44 - Ordering the owner(s) to remove or repair the building at 944 Woodbridge
Street within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends
allowing the new owner 180 days (July 18, 1995) to complete the rehabilitation)
Adopted per recommendation of the Legislative Hearing Officer Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
44. Resolution - 95 -45 - Establishing "No Parking from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Except by Permit" zones on both sides of Moore Street from Ashland Avenue to Laurel Avenue, and on
the north side of Grand Avenue from 100 ft. east to 350 ft. east of Cleveland Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
45. Public hearing to consider the request of Scraper Development Ltd. to rezone property from R -3 and
RM -2 (residential) to B -1 (local business) to allow development of a Walgreen Drug Store; 1217
Birmingham Street, 1395, 1405, 1415 Maryland Avenue East, 1218 and 1224 -1226 Etna Street.
Motion of Intent Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Suspension Item
Resolution 95 -46 - Approving submission of sales tax expenditures report to the State of Minnesota.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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