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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, February 22, 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, Harris, Megard, Rettman, Thune
Absent - 1 - Guerin (Excused)
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 January 18, and January 25, 1995 meetings and January 18, 1995 Closed
Door Session.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
2. Claims of City Wide Cab, Lynn Eld, James Warren Lockway, Jr., Alicia Ann Randall, and
Christopher G. Roth.
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Referred to the City Attorney's Office
3. Letter from the Division of Public Health declaring 783 Central Avenue West as "nuisance property"
(For notification purposes only; public hearing will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
4. Letters from the Division of Public Health declaring 511 Case Avenue, 654 Holly Avenue, 650
Sherburne Avenue, and 696 Wells Street as "nuisance properties ", and setting Legislative Hearings for
March 7, 1995, and City Council Hearings for March 15, 1995.
5. Administrative Orders:
. D00471 Amending the 1995 budget in the Department of Finance and Management Services by
allocating 1995 reductions to the appropriate accounts.
. D00472 Deduction of $1,790.24 from the contract for Linwood Community Center Site
Development.
. D00473 Amending the 1994 budget in the Office of the City Attorney by reallocating approved
funding to the appropriate accounts.
. D00474 Executing Contract Change Agreement No. 1 to the contract for structural deck
restoration, Civic Center Parking Ramp.
. D00475 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $2,000, to Kowalski's Deli for lunch to be provided
at six two -day police training courses during the period of April to October, 1995.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
6. Resolution - 95 -138 - Approving renewal of Gas Station License by Luvern Goodman, dba Mel's
Direct Service, 2165 University Avenue West. (ID 414895) (Laid over from February 15 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 95 -139 - Approving the appointment of Kristine Bolander, by Mayor Coleman, to the
Neighborhood Sales Tax Board, representing the Capital Improvement Budget Committee. (Laid over
from February 15 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 95 -170 - Approving the appointments, by Mayor Coleman, of Richard Vang and Clayton
Robinson to the Saint Paul Human Rights Commission. (To be laid over one week for adoption)
Laid over to March 1 for adoption
9. Resolution - 95 -171 - Approving the reappointments of Robert Fashingbauer, Bruce Weber, and Gail
Bohr and the appointments of Johnnie Burns, Carol Eisenbarth, and Jill Peterson, by Mayor Coleman, to
the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center Neighborhood Advisory Committee. (To be laid over one
week for adoption)
Laid over to March 1 for adoption
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10. Resolution - 95 -172 - Increasing the daily fine on adult library materials from 20 cents to 25 cents
per day.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 95 -173 - Supporting the creation of a tax - exempt organization, under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code, for the Saint Paul /Ramsey County Children's Initiative.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 95 -174 - Approving payment of $5,700 to Helen Follmer and Matthew Follmer in full
settlement of their claim against the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 95 -175 - Approving the sale of land owned by the Saint Paul Board of Water
Commissioners in Spring Lake Park, MN to Artistic Screening Company, Inc.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 95 -176 - Approving the issuance of $7,540,000 taxable general obligation bonds.
(Midway Marketplace Bonds)
Adopted as Amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Preliminary Order - 95 -177 - In the matter of improving the east -west alley in Block 7, Eastville
Heights Addition bounded by Rose, Forest, Geranium and Mendota, and setting date of public hearing
for April 12, 1995. (File 418787)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Preliminary Order - 95 -178 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement in the land
necessary for grading and paving the alley in Block 7, Eastville Heights Addition, and setting date of
public hearing for April 12, 1995. (File 418787 -S)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
17. Resolution - 95 -179 - Establishing a formal request for proposal process to determine how to select
professional services such as engineering, bond counsel and financial advisor services.
Amended and Referred to Finance and Budget Committee Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
18. Final Adoption - 94 -706 - An ordinance amending Chapter 366 of the Legislative Code by adding
language authorizing the Police Chief to assess a fee to cover the cost of providing security for a block
party, community festival, special event, march, demonstration or public gathering. (Recalled and laid
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over from February 8) (Finance and Budget Committee recommends approval)
Laid over to March 1 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
(Amendment made to the Draft of the Citywide Special Events Policy Yeas - 6 Nays - 0)
19. Final Adoption - 95 -106 - An ordinance Amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
finalize Council approval of a petition of Scraper Development Ltd. to rezone property located at 1217
Birmingham Street, 1395, 1405, 1415 Maryland Avenue East, 1218 and 1224 -1226 Etna Street from R-
3 and RM -2 to B -1.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
PUBLIC HEARINGS
20. Third Reading - 94 -774 - An ordinance amending the Administrative Code by adding a provision
relating to the collection of registered bills by the City of Saint Paul. (Laid over from February 15 for
continuation of public hearing) (Finance and Budget Committee recommends approval)
Laid over to March 1 for continuation of public hearing and final adoption
Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
21. Third Reading - 95 -133 - An ordinance designating Minnesota Street between Twelfth Street and
Columbus Avenue one -way northbound.
Laid over to March 1 for final adoption
22. Resolution - 95 -180 - Approving application for a Bingo Hall License by Edward B. Hughes, dba
West 7th Bingo, 1026 West 7th Street.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
23. Final Order - 95 -85 - In the matter of United /Children's Hospital Streetscape and Decorative
Lighting Improvements on Smith and Grand Avenues. (File 418777) (Laid over from January 25)
Laid over to March 8 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
24. Final Order - 95 -86 - In the matter of operating costs for the Above Standard Street Lighting System
for United /Children's Hospital Streetscape Project on Smith and Grand Avenues. (File 418778) (Laid
over from January 25)
Laid over to March 8 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
25. Final Order - 95 -181 - In the matter of improving Hoyt Avenue between Hamline Avenue and
Victoria Street. (File 418780) (Companion to Resolution 95 -183)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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Suspension Item
Resolution 95 -183 - Authorizing the Department of Public Works to request a variance to Municipal
State Aid street width standards on West Hoyt Avenue between Huron Street and North Victoria Street.
(Companion Resolution to Council File 95 -181)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
26. Final Order - 95 -182 - In the matter of the construction and /or repair of sanitary sewer, storm sewer
and /or water service connections, if requested by the property owner, in conjunction with the Hoyt
Avenue Street and Lighting project between Hamline Avenue and Victoria Street. (File 418781)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
27. Third Reading - 95 -20 - An ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to Zoning; adding provisions regulating the location of firearms dealers.
(City Operations Committee recommends approval of a substitute ordinance)
Amended and laid over to March 1 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Resolution 95 -184 - Authorizing the Council President to provide copies of the City Codes to other
cities without charge.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Resolution 95 -185 - Supporting District Energy Saint Paul to pursue amending the 1994 Biomass Power
Mandate legislation to enable this project to qualify for the 1998 mandate for electric energy- installed
capacity.
Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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