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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, March 27, 1996 - 3:30 PM
PUBLIC HEARINGS AT 5:00 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 - 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
Present - 7 - Councilmembers Blakey, Bostrom, Guerin, Harris, Megard, Rettman, Thune
Absent - 0
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 29, 1995 and March 6, 1996
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Jeanne Marie Breske, Shirley A. Casillas, Karen and Jonathan Hausman, Kirsten Kuhnly-
Jorgenson, Michele L. Mead, Catherine A. Paulet, Jeffrey B. Peterson, Stanley C. Rasmussen, Todd A.
Smoyer, Frances Wells, and Charity Yule.
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Referred to the City Attorney's Office
3. Letters from Ramsey County Property Records and Revenue transmitting Abatement Applications
AC 96 -5044, 778 Otto Avenue, and AC 96 -5072, 1331 Maryland Avenue East, for reduction in assessed
valuation.
Resolution pertaining to 1331 Maryland Avenue was introduced under suspension (see page 7)
4. Administrative Orders:
. D00863 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $600.00, to Kowalski's Deli for box lunches for a
Police Department "Graffiti Seminar" to be held March 28, 1996.
. D00864 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $2500.00, to Kowalski's Deli for box lunches for
Police Department "Street Safe /Officer Survival for the 90s" courses to be in held in May, 1996.
. D00865 Addition of $17,650.22 to the contract for Civic Center Expansion, CP -I Demolition,
Excavation and Bridge Construction.
. D00866 Addition of $8,443.42 to the contract for on -site asbestos abatement air monitoring and
OSHA lead in -air monitoring in the Civic Center Concourse Building.
. D00867 Addition of $16,368.00 to the contract for Civic Center Expansion, CP -3 Temporary
Facilities.
. D00868 Addition of $71,957.71 to the contract for Randolph Avenue - Osceola to I35E.
. D00869 Amending the 1995 budget in the Police Department to provide sufficient funding at the
major object levels of the general fund budget.
. D00870 Addition of $1,244.39 to the contract for Traffic Signal on White Bear Avenue and East
Third Street and Street Lighting on White Bear Avenue from Conway Street to Fremont Avenue.
. D00871 Addition of $17,649.80 to the contract for Thompson Street Reconstruction/
Traffic Control Signal System.
. D00872 Addition of $10,212.83 to the contract for White Bear Avenue from Conway Street to
Fremont Avenue.
. D00873 Addition of $123,777.16 to the contract for Palace /Toronto Storm Sewer and Paving.
. D00874 Amending the 1994 Capital Improvement Budget by $46,000.00 in Division of Parks and
Recreation to complete installation of safety railings on the public dock at Harriet Island Park.
. D00875 Amending the 1995 budget in the Citizen Service Office to provide sufficient funding at
the major object level.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's office
5. Resolution - 96 -270 - Approving the reappointments of Councilmembers Dino Guerin, Michael
Harris, and Janice Rettman, by Mayor Coleman, to the Water Board of Commissioners. (Laid over from
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March 20 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
6. Resolution - 96 -288 - Approving the 1995 -1997 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 and the Twin City Glaziers, Architectural Metals and Glass Workers Local 1324. (To be laid over
one week for adoption)
Laid over to April 3 for adoption
7. Resolution - 96 -289 - Finalizing City Council action taken January 24, 1996, approving the
Preliminary Plat for Willenbring Woods Addition for a six (6) lot subdivision for single family
development.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 96 -290 - Approving payment of $4,850.00 to Beatrice M. Wobse and James H. Wobse in
full settlement of their claim against the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 96 -291 - Authorizing the proper City officials to execute a contract with the University
of Minnesota for the services of Dr. Leon Satran to the Saint Paul Public Health Refugee Health
Program.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 96 -292 - Authorizing the proper City officials to execute a contract with the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission for the provision of investigative services.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 96 -293 - Approving the addition of Boy Scout Troop 4174, Duluth & Case Booster
Club, Indianhead Council Boy Scouts of America, Margaret Booster Club, North Area Football
Association, Rice Street Athletic Club, Scheffer Booster Club, South St. Anthony Booster Club, St. Paul
Storm Youth Girls' Volleyball Association, and St. Paul Urban Tennis Association to the 1996
Charitable Gambling 10% Club.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 96 -294 - Authorizing additional spending of $31,360 related to the Joint Powers
Agreement between the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the City of Saint Paul under which
the City will receive federal funds up to $200,000 to participate in a coordinated traffic management
system project.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 96 -295 - Authorizing the proper City officials to enter in a cooperative construction
agreement with Ramsey County for reconstruction of County State Aid Highway 53 (Dale Street)
between St. Anthony Avenue and Central Avenue between University Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 96 -296 - Accepting the STAR Small Grant Adverse Lending Report, and authorizing
the Neighborhood STAR Board to proceed with Second Cycle Neighborhood Pre -
applications and Small Grant Application selection process.
Laid over to April 3 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 96 -297 - Approving a $20,000 contribution from the City of Saint Paul to the J.J. Hill
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Elementary School parents organization to assist in the cost of relocating the children's play area and
equipment to a safer location on the school grounds.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 96 -298 - Requesting an extension of time to complete work being done on a building at
591 Mackubin Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Preliminary Order - 96 -299 - In the matter of condemnation and taking of Lots 1 through 5, Block 3,
Brenner Addition No. 2 and vacated McAfee Street adjoining said lots for the Phalen Wetland
Restoration Project, and setting date of public hearing for May 22,1996. (File 418816)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Preliminary Order - 96 -300 - In the matter of grading, paving and constructing sanitary sewer and
connections on Howard Street from the end of the existing paved roadway located approximately 400
feet southwest of Oakridge Street to approximately 457 feet southwest of Oakridge Street, and setting
date of public hearing for May 22, 1996. (File 418819)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Preliminary Order - 96 -301 - In the matter of constructing long water service connections from the
existing water main in Howard Street in conjunction with improving Howard Street, and setting date of
public hearing for May 22, 1996. (File 418819 -W)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Preliminary Order - 96 -302 - In the matter of constructing a sanitary sewer and a public water main
in Wiggins Road from Hillwood Court to approximately 145 feet north of Hillwood Court for the
proposed Willenbring Woods Addition, and setting date of public hearing for May 22, 1996. (File
418820, 18821)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Resolution Approving Assessment - 96 -303 - In the matter of grading and paving the alley in
Sandberg's Rearrangement and in Block 15 College Place East Division (bounded by Holton, Albert,
Englewood and Hubbard), and setting date of public hearing for May 22, 1996. (File 418692)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
22. Resolution - 96 -247 - Approving the Polluted Lands Cleanup Program Guidelines and authorizing
the execution of the HUD grant agreement. (Laid over from March 13)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0 (Revised guidelines were presented)
23. Administrative Order - D00859 - Authorizing payment, not to exceed $500.00, to Woolley's
Restaurant for meeting costs for a Fire and Safety Services Team meeting.
(Laid over from March 20)
Laid over to April 3 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Resolution - 96 -304 - Establishing the use of a public purpose analysis for City financial assistance
packages to the private sector.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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25. Resolution - 96 -305 - Accepting the "1995 Job Impact Report to Mayor Norm Coleman and the
Saint Paul City Council ".
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 96 -306 - Approving an exchange of Capital Improvement Bond funds for Municipal
State Aid monies for the 1996 Ohio Street reconstruction project, allocating the available MSA monies
to the Wabasha Bridge and $600,000 of CIB interest earnings to the Ohio Street project with the
remaining $430,000 of CIB interest earnings to a specified contingency for the 1996 Residential Street
Paving Program, and applying the City's CIB fund assessment policies to Ohio Street property owners.
Withdrawn
ORDINANCES
27. Final Reading - 96 -168 - Finalizing City Council action taken January 24, 1996, approving a petition
of Multi -Clean Inc., (Pet Food Warehouse) to rezone property from P -1 and I -1 to B -2 at 2277 Ford
Parkway. (Laid over from March 13)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
28. Second Reading - 96 -284 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action approving the petition of
Steve Scribner to rezone property at 1374 Arcade Street from B -3 and R -4. (Public hearing held
February 28, 1996)
Laid over to April 3 for third reading
29. Second Reading - 96 -285 - An ordinance amending Section 170.10 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code by deleting gender
specific references and increasing the amount of time a person may be expelled from a recreation center.
Laid over to April 3 for third reading /public hearing
30. First Reading - 96 -307 - An ordinance amending Chapters 60 and 64 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code pertaining to zoning.
Laid over to April 3 for second reading
31. First Reading - 96 -308 - An ordinance amending Chapter 43.04 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
relating to Vacant and Unoccupied Buildings.
Laid over to April 3 for second reading
PUBLIC HEARINGS
32. Third Reading - 96 -260 - An ordinance amending the Saint Paul Legislative Code by establishing a
user charge for excessive consumption of health code enforcement services.
Substitute introduced and laid over to April 3 for final adoption
33. Resolution - 96 -309 - Approving application for a Second Hand Dealer -Motor Vehicle and Auto
Body Repair Garage License by Frieda Corporation, dba A & M Auto Sales and Service (Ali Zahedi),
845 Robert Street South. (ID 423761)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
34. Resolution - 96 -310 - Approving application for a Liquor On Sale -A, Sunday On Sale Liquor,
Entertainment -B, and Restaurant -B License by CRM Trade Center, Inc., dba Heartthrob Cafe (James
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Domoracki), 30 8th Street East. (ID 419207)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
35. Resolution - 96 -311 - Approving application for a Wine On Sale and On Sale Malt (strong beer)
License by Mill City Cafe (Jack Whittemore) , 791 Raymond Avenue. (ID 43740 1)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
36. Resolution - 96 -312 - Approving application for a Sunday On Sale, Off Sale Malt, Gambling
Location -B, Restaurant -B, Entertainment -A, and Liquor On Sale -B License by BBB On Rice Inc., dba
Schally's (Alden Landreville), 1091 Rice Street. (ID 414580)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
37. Resolution - 96 -313 - Approving application for an Off Sale Malt, Grocery -C, Gas Station, and
Cigarette License by Twin Cities Stores, Inc., dba Oasis Market (Glenn Keller), 1200 Rice Street. (ID
431839)
Laid over to April 3 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
38. Final Order - 96 -141 - In the matter of improving and widening Dale Street North, University to
Minnehaha and St. Anthony to Central. (Laid over from March 6)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
39. Resolution - 96 -314 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 1921 Roblyn Avenue, 800 -804 East Third Street, 1454
Roblyn Avenue, and 660 Wells Street.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Megard not present for vote)
40. Resolution Ratifying Assessment - 96 -315 - In the matter of summary abatements (property clean-
up) from mid - summer to September 1995; boarding up vacant buildings for July, 1995; boarding up
vacant buildings for August 1995; and demolition of vacant buildings for August through December
1995.
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval with the following exceptions:
224 N. Grotto Street (J9603A) - delete assessment
323 Erie Street (J9603A) - approve assessment and spread payments over 10 years
622 Aurora Avenue (J9513B) - laid over to April 2, 1996, Legislative Hearing
1554 Almond Avenue (J9513B) - laid over to April 2, 1996 Legislative Hearing
703 Wells Street (J9512C) - laid over to April 2, 1996, Legislative Hearing
867 Ocean Avenue - laid over to April 24, 1996, City Council Meeting
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
41. Resolution - 96 -316 - Vacating air rights around the northwest corner of Kellogg Boulevard and
Cedar Avenue to develop a ballroom facility for the Radisson Hotel.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Suspension Item
Resolution - 96 -317 - Requesting a hearing on the matter of the abatement application for 1331
Maryland Avenue East before the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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