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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 3:30 - 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
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom,Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• Ordinances
• Policy Sessions
• Suspension Items
CONSENT AGENDA (Itemsl -16)
NOTE: ALL ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDAWILL BE ENACTED BY ONE
MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OFTHESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS
DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THECONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
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FOR ACTION
1. Approval of minutes of July 1, 1998.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
2. Claims of D'Andre Gameliel Brown,Jesse Londer DeCarlo, Timothy Lehmann, Wheeler Hardware
Co., Carl Lee Sandbergand John Stolle.
Referred to Employee /Risk ManagementDivision
3. Summons and Complaint in the matterof Michael McGrath vs. the Board of Water Commissioners.
Referred to the City Attorney'sOffice
4. Letter from the Office of the CityAttorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
August26, 1998 to consider adverse action against the cigarette license heldby The American Dream
Machine, Inc., dba Christine Liquors, 111 ConcordStreet. (Uncontested)
5. Letter from the Office of the CityAttorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
August26, 1998 to consider adverse action against the cigarette license heldby K -Mart Corporation, dba
K -Mart, 245 Maryland Avenue East. (Uncontested)
6. Letter from the Office of the CityAttorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
August26, 1998 to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerningadverse action
against licenses held by Jill D. Rasmuson, dba R & RBooks, 674 University Avenue.
7. AdministrativeOrders:
D001579 Amending the 1997 CapitalImprovement Budget fund to provide spending authority for
paving the entrywayto the Ecolab building and accepting reimbursement from Ecolab Inc.
D001580 Addition of $13,410.50to the contract for demolition /site clearance of the Lawson
Block.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk'sOffice
8. Resolution - 98 -721 - Approvingthe 1998 -2000 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 andLocal Union 844, District Council 14 of the American Federation of State,County and
Municipal Employees, AFL -CIO. (Laid over from August 12 foradoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 98 -722 - Approvingthe 1998 -2000 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 andLocal Union 1842, District Council 14 of the American Federation of State,County and
Municipal Employees, AFL -CIO. (Laid over from August 12 foradoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 98 -723 Approvingthe 1997 -1999 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 andMinnesota Teamsters Local 320 representing Food Service Personnel. (Laidover from August
12 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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11. Resolution - 98 -724 - Approvingthe 1997 -1998 Agreement between Independent School District No.
625 andSchool Service Employees Local 4284, S.E.I.U. AFL -CIO representing CookManagers. (Laid
over from August 12 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 98 -725 - Approvingthe 1997 -1999 Labor Agreement between Independent School
District No. 625and District Lodge 77, International Association of Machinists and AerospaceWorkers
AFL -CIO. (Laid over from August 12 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 98 -759 - CongratulatingSergeant Thomas A. Dunaski on being named the 1998
Minnesota Police Officerof the Year and declaring Wednesday, August 19, 1998 as Thomas A.
DunaskiDay.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 98 -760 - Authorizinga loan and grant from the STAR Revolving Loan Fund for
financing to CoffeeNews Cafe and Peter and Donna Kelly at 1662 Grand Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Preliminary Order 98 -761 - Inthe matter of improving the following streets with construction of
coloredconcrete curb and gutter as part of the Margaret /Arcade Area Street Pavingand Lighting Project:
Bates Avenue from North Street to Maury Street, GreenbrierStreet (west side) from North Street to
Maury Street, and North Street(north side) from Bates Avenue to East Seventh Street, and setting dateof
public hearing for September 9, 1998. (File 418855 -cc)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution Approving Assessment- 98 -762 - In the matter of condemning and taking permanent
easements forthe reconstruction of Shepard Road from Western Avenue to approximately70 feet east of
vacated Market Street, and setting date of public hearingfor August 26, 1998. (File 418878E)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
17. First Reading - 98 -763 - An ordinancefinalizing City Council action approving the application of
Children'sHealth Care to rezone property from B -3 (General Business) to B -5 (CentralBusiness- Service)
to allow the entire hospital campus to be in the samezoning district at 233 Grand Avenue. (Public
hearing held July 22, 1998)
Laid over to August 26 for secondreading
18. POLICY SESSION
Traffic Calming
L Situation Overview: Whyconcerns about traffic are growing
A. City traffic data includingstatistics about number of cars, traffic volumes,
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driver behavior (e.g.red light running), speed studies. Commander Dick
Ekwall - Saint PaulPolice Department
B. What is happening in the metroarea with growth and the transportation
system and how it might affectSaint Paul. Connie Kozlak - Metropolitan
Council
11. City Policy Context: Overview offransportation Plan and street classification system.
Nancy Frick - Department of Planning and Economic Development
III. Traffic Calming Implementation: What has been done to date and what to do in the
future.
A. Enforcement: Citationsand legislative initiatives Commander Dick Ekwell
- Saint Paul PoliceDepartment
B. Engineering: Growth in the trafficcontrol system, roadway planning, and
Saint Paul's experience with trafficcalming. Al Shetka - Department of
Public Works
C. Minneapolis' experience with trafficcalming: What has worked and what has
not. Mike Monahan - MinneapolisDivision of Public Works and
Transportation
D. Reducing auto use through transitimprovements Brian Lamb -
Metropolitan Council
IV. Public Comments
V. Council Questions
SusimnsionItem
Resolution - 98 -764 - Finalizing CityCouncil action taken July 22, 1998 denying the application of
William Dunniganto rezone property for expansion of an existing auto repair and servicestation at 365-
367 and 371 Smith Avenue North.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 98 -765 - Establishinga moratorium on currency exchanges, pawn shops, tobacco shops,
second handstores, or other similar uses stores pending a review and recommendationby the Planning
and Economic Development Department and the Planning Commission.
Laid over to August 26 Yeas -7 Nays - 0
Ordinance - 98 -766 - Establishinga moratorium on currency exchanges, pawn shops, tobacco shops,
second handstores, or other similar uses stores pending a review and recommendationby the Planning
and Economic Development Department and the Planning Commission.
Laid over to August 26 for firstreading Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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