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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, April 16, 1997 - 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
Present - 5 - Blakey, Bostrom, Harris, Megard, Morton
Absent - 1 - Thune
Vacancy - 1 - Ward 5
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Policy Session
• City Goverment Role in implementing Community Development Agenda
• Cigarette Sales to Minors
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 March 12, 1997 and March 26, 1997 Closed Door Session.
Laid over to April 23 Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Ben Corbett, Kerry Kinas, Anne Kuettel, Bo Link, Shelly Mayer, Michael Olson, Gail
Ryan, and Richard Stevens.
Referred to Employee /Risk Management Division
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3. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Allstar Construction, Inc., vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
4. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Frances Wells vs. the City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by May & Mai Yang, dba May's
American- Oriental Food Market, Inc., 422 University Avenue West. (Uncontested)
6. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Judith Favia, dba Cahoots
Coffee Bar, 1562 Selby Avenue. (Uncontested)
7. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Tuan J. Pham, dba Capital
Market, 478 University Avenue West. (Uncontested)
8. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Cosmic Charlie's, 189
Snelling Avenue North. (Uncontested)
9. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Good International Corp.,
dba Convenience of West 7th, 499 West 7th Street. (Uncontested)
10. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Awny A. Alkatout, dba
Craig's Country Boy, 922 Thomas Avenue. (Uncontested)
11. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Mukund S. Joshi, dba Lou's
Food Market, 1199 White Bear Avenue North. (Uncontested)
12. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Alan Miller, dba Rice Street
Spur, 1440 Rice Street. (Uncontested)
13. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning adverse action against cigarette license held by Turf Club, Inc., 1601
University Avenue West. (Uncontested)
14. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by OPBM, Inc., dba Amelia's Nite Club & Eatery, 175 5th
Street East, 4140. (Uncontested)
15. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by Campus Sports Grill & Nightclub, Inc., dba Campus Sports
Grill & Goldies, 2554 Como Avenue. (Uncontested)
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16. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by Distinctive Laundry Processing, Inc., 531 Ohio Street.
(Uncontested)
17. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by Larry's Auto Body, 933 Atlantic Street. (Uncontested)
18. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by Laro, Inc., dba Patrick's Lounge, 1318 Larpenteur Avenue
West. (Uncontested)
19. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
April 23, 1997, concerning licenses held by Mike and Cheryl Hilyar, dba Rice Street Laundromat, 1104
Rice Street. (Uncontested)
20. Letters from Saint Paul Public Health declaring 1383 Arcade Street, 578 Forest Street, 557 Jenks
Avenue, and 587 Stryker Avenue as "nuisance properties" and setting date of Legislative Hearings for
April 15, 1997 and City Council Hearings for April 23, 1997.
21. Letters from Saint Paul Public Health declaring 1561 Jackson Street and 677 Kent Street as
"nuisance properties." (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if
necessary.)
22. Communication from Saint Paul Animal Control dated April 7, 1997, announcing a request from the
University of Minnesota Research Lab for unclaimed dogs and cats.
23. Administrative Orders:
D001197 Amending the 1996 budget in Public Health by transferring spending authority to clear deficit
object codes.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
D001198 Amending the 1996 budget in the Police Department by transferring money to provide
sufficient funding at the budgetary control levels.
Laid over to April 23 Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
D001199 Amending the 1996 budget in the Department of Libraries /Aids and Grants Fund to cover
negative balances in several major object codes and activities.
D001200 Addition of $14,739.00 to the contract for remodeling Como Zoo restrooms for handicap
accessibility.
D001201 Amending the 1996 budget in the Department of Technology and Management Services to
correct 1996 year end variances in the Finance Special Projects Fund.
D001202 Amending the 1996 budget in Public Health /Health Enforcement Ordinance Activity.
D001203 Amending the 1997 budget in the Department of Public Works by revising the 1997 Municipal
Equipment fund budget to account for a refund to Fire and Safety Services for overpayment of a vehicle
sold to them.
D001204 Amending the 1996 budget in the Citizen Services Office to correct 1996 year end variances.
D001205 Amending the 1996 budget in General Government Accounts to correct 1996 year end
variances.
D001206 Amending the 1996 budget in the Department of License, Inspections and Environmental
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Protection to balance the General Fund Budget.
D001207 Addition of $34,007.00 to the contract for Saint Paul Civic Center Expansion, CP -4 building
Construction Multiscope - Parking Ramp Alternate A.
D001208 Amending the 1996 budget in the Office of the City Attorney to balance the 1996 Family
Violence Unit budget.
D001209 Amending the 1996 budget in the Department of Human Rights by transferring funds from
object codes where there was a surplus to cover object codes where there was a shortfall.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
D001210 Amending the 1996 budget in the Office of the Mayor by transferring funds from object codes
where there was a surplus to cover object codes where there was a shortfall.
Laid over to April 23 Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
D001211 Amending the 1996 budget in the Department of Planning and Economic Development to
correct accounting codes for the Wabasha Street Improvements.
Noted as on File in the City Clerk's Office
D001212 Amending the 1996 budget in the Office of License, Inspections, and Environmental
Protection to balance the Special Fund Budget.
Laid over to April 23 Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
D001213 Addition of $3,345.00 to the contract for shingle Roof Replacement at Central Service
Facility.
D001214 Addition of $423,773.57 to the contract for Grand /St. Albans Storm Sewer and Street Paving
proj ect.
D001215 Approving payment, not to exceed $5,500.00, for the Saint Paul Public Library volunteer
recognition program.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
24. Resolution - 97 -406 - Approving the appointment of Charles Senkler, by Mayor Coleman, to the
Neighborhood Sales Tax Reinvestment (STAR) Program Board of Directors. (To be laid over one week
for adoption)
Laid over to April 23 for adoption
25. Resolution - 97 -407 - Establishing a budget for the Saint Paul Police Department's match for the
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 97 -408 - Authorizing the City of Saint Paul to accept $183,940 from the State of
Minnesota to assist dislocated workers through the Minnesota Software Employment and Training
Program.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
27. Resolution - 97 -409 - Approving the issuance of an approximate $3,000,000 taxable and tax - exempt
conduit bond issue for construction of a new approximate 64,000 square foot office and production
facility in the Saint Paul Port Authority's Crosby Lake Business Park and to acquire and install new
equipment in the same facility.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
28. Resolution - 97 -410 - Indemnifying the Minnesota State Fair from use of their parking lot for the
Hmong Sports Festival on July 4 and 5, 1997.
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Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
29. Resolution - 97 -411 - Consolidating capital project budgets for the Shepard Road and Warner Road
reconstruction projects from 1991 -1996 into one spending and financing budget in 1997 and removing
$144,550.00 in TIF financing from the 1993 Warner /Shepard Road reconstruction project never
collected from PED and adding $25,356.00 in additional Water Utility funding.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
30. Resolution - 97 -412 - Requesting an extension of time to complete work being done on a building at
874 -878 Selby Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
31. Resolution Approving Assessment - 97 -413 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction on Winchell,
1378 Mcafee, East Magnolia, East Cottage, Case, Birmingham, East Orange, East Lawson, East
Hyacinth, East Hawthorne, and Prosperity, and setting date of public hearing for June 11, 1997. (File 4
S95038 -39, S95048, S95054 -57, S95093 -97 & S95102)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
32. Preliminary Order - 97 -414 - In the matter of improving the platted roadway in the Williams Hill
Business Park from University Avenue to Mississippi Street, and setting date of public hearing for June
11,1997. (File 418844)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
33. Resolution - 97 -369 - Approving the appointment of William Tyrone Terrill, by Mayor Coleman, to
serve as the Director of the Saint Paul Human Rights Department. (Laid over from April 9)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
34. Final Order - 97 -398 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction on both sides of Juliet Avenue from
Davern Street to South Wheeler Street; north side of Randolph Avenue from Davern Street to South
Wheeler Street; 1845 Sheridan Avenue (work to be done on Sheridan and Edgcumbe); both sides of
Sheridan Avenue from South Wheeler Street to Edgcumbe Road; and both sides of Wordsworth Avenue
from South Prior Street to Sue Street. (File 4S97008- S97012) (Laid over from April 9)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
35. Report by the Administration on options for addressing disparity issues. (Requested on March 19)
Laid over to April 23 Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
36. Report by the Administration on the status of City of Saint Paul legislation. (Requested on April 9,
C.F. 97-405)
An additional update by the Administration on April 30
ORDINANCES
37. Final Adoption - 97 -288 - An ordinance amending Chapter 347 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
bring the chapter up -to -date, require Saint Paul pet -shop owners to provide customers purchasing an
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animal requiring a permit the necessary documentation for obtaining a permit and to more accurately
reflect the current animal control environment in the City. (Substitute introduced and laid over from
April 9)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
38. Third Reading - 97 -351- An ordinance finalizing City Council action approving the petition of the
Saint Paul Port Authority to rezone property at the Arlington- Jackson Business Park from B -2 to I -1.
(Public hearing held January 8, 1997)
Laid over to April 23 for final adoption
39. Third Reading - 97 -352 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action approving the petition of
Daniel and Linda Burns to rezone property at 986 Grand Avenue from RM -2 to P -1. (Public hearing
held February 26, 1997)
Laid over to April 23 for final adoption
40. POLICY SESSION
A. Role of City government in implementing the Saint Paul Community Development Agenda.
Denise Harris, Co -chair of the Saint Paul Community Development Task Force and President of the
Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation
Patrick Donovan, Co -chair of the Saint Paul Community Development Task Force and Regional
President of Twin Cities Banking for Norwest Bank
Tim Marx, Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff
B. Cigarette Sales to Minors
Virginia Palmer, City Attorney's Office
a. Enforcement options for the sale of tobacco to minors
b. Federal Statutes
Bob Kessler, Director, License, Inspections and Environmental Protection,
a. Compliance Checks
Pat Fluery, Hospitality Association
Mark Moeller, Business Review Council
Jane Waldock McGuire, Smoke Free Coalition
John Kinzell and Bill Bahl, SuperAmerica Stores
Miles Canning, MBC Presentations
Representatives from Ramsey County Attorney's Office (Prosecution of Minors)
Rick Wilson & Rick Spreeman, Four Seasons Automotive, 373 Ruth Street N.
Denny Reyes, Hazel Park Amoco, 1200 White Bear Avenue N.
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