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AGENDA OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, February 17, 1999 - 3:30 - 5:OOP.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 Order
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Policy Session
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 23)
NOTE: ALL ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ENACTED BY
ONEMOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS.
IFDISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENTAGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
FOR ACTION
1. Claims of American Family Insurance Group (for JenniferTiedman), Catherine Carbone, James
Coleman, James Hockert, FredexHudson, Tommie Milton, Roberta Sladky, Damion White, and
Christina& Kenneth Wohlford.
2. Eminent Domain Petition in the matter of the Board of Educationof Independent School District 4625
vs. the City of Saint Paul, etal. (736 York Avenue)
3. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Property CodeEnforcement declaring 559 Lawson Avenue East
as "nuisance property. "(For notification purposes only; public hearing will be scheduled ata later date if
necessary.)
4. Administrative Order:
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D001651 Authorizing an expenditure of $2,500 by the Division ofParks and Recreation to the Como Ski
Center for a trip by its skischool graduates and their families to Wild Mountain Ski Area.
5. Resolution - 99 -143 - Recognizing the outstanding contributionsmade by Kathryn Paulson, Charles
Skrief, and Dr. Robert Frame III tothe City of Saint Paul's Heritage Preservation Commission.
6. Resolution - 99 -144 - Amending Chapter A -14 of the Saint PaulAdministrative Code to read:
"Chapter 14. Policy Concerning CitizenCommittees."
7. Resolution - 99 -145 - Allowing the Saint Paul Police Departmentto participate in a D.A.R.E. Golf
Tournament.
8. Resolution - 99 -146 - Accepting Federal Weed & Seed grantmonies and establishing a budget to
expend the funds in the PoliceDepartment.
9. Resolution - 99 -147 - Accepting a grant from the MinnesotaDepartment of Public Safety in which the
Saint Paul Police Departmentwill receive five Automated External Defibrillators, andauthorization for
Chief Finney to accept the defibrillators.
10. Resolution - 99 -148 - Accepting the offer of the MinnesotaPublic Facilities Authority to purchase a
$4,600,000 Sewer RevenueNote of 1999, provide for its issuance, and authorize execution ofthe project
loan agreement.
11. Resolution - 99 -149 - Authorizing the proper City officials toenter into an agreement with the
Minnesota Department offransportation for payment to the City of $8,426.85 for the purchaseof
landscaping materials to be used for a regreening project alongTrunk Highway 94 from Kittson Street to
Mounds Boulevard.
12. Resolution - 99 -150 - Amending Council File 98 -1007, adoptedNovember 4, 1998, which vacated
and discontinued public propertylocated near Clarence Street and Maryland Avenue.
13. Resolution - 99 -151 - Reducing the assessment amounts forincorrectly assessed parcels for the Irvine
Avenue Storm SewerConnection Project.
14. Preliminary Order - 99 -152 - In the matter of approvingassessments for storm sewer connections
installed during 1989 tol994, and setting date of public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418569 -4, 18726,
18755, 18720 -CONN)
15. Preliminary Order - 99 -153 - In the matter of improvingPillsbury Street from Raymond Avenue to
St. Anthony Avenue as part ofthe Eustis /Desnoyer Area Paving and Lighting Project, and settingdate of
public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418760 -A)
16. Preliminary Order - 99 -154 - In the matter of improving thealley in Block 1, Pigott's Carbon
Addition by grading and paving withbituminous material (bounded by Maryland, Albermarle, Orange,
andRice), and setting date of public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418887)
17. Preliminary Order - 99 -155 - In the matter of condemning andtaking an easement in the land
necessary for the slope, cuts andfills in connection with the grading and paving of the alley in Blockl,
Pigott's Carbon Addition (bounded by Maryland, Albermarle, Orange,and Rice), and setting date of
public hearing for April 7, 1999.(File 41 8887S)
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18. Preliminary Order - 99 -156 - In the matter of construction ofstreets with bituminous roadway,
concrete curb and gutter, concretedriveway aprons, boulevard sodding, tree planting, construction
oflantern style lighting system, water sanitary sewer and storm sewerservice connections, watermain,
and all other work necessary tocomplete the Cohansey Park Paving and Lighting Project, and settingdate
of public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418888)
19. Preliminary Order - 99 -157 - In the matter of construction ofthe Wabasha West Streetscape Project
Phase I, and setting date ofpublic hearing for March 24, 1999. (File 418894)
20. Preliminary Order - 99 -158 - In the matter of condemning andtaking a permanent roadway easement
to improve the intersection ofWhite Bear Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue, and setting date of
publichearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418895E)
21. Preliminary Order - 99 -159 - In the matter of sidewalkreconstruction on both sides of S. Albert
Street from Stanford Avenueto Berkeley Avenue; and the north side of Palace Avenue from S. Saratoga
Street to S. Pascal Street, and setting date of publichearing for April 14, 1999. (File 4S99001, S99002)
22. Preliminary Order - 99 -160 - In the matter of sidewalkreconstruction on the east side of Duluth
Street from E. HawthorneAvenue to E. Orange Avenue; both sides of Frank Street from E.Hyacinth
Avenue to E. Ivy Avenue; both sides of E. Hawthorne Avenuefrom Frank Street to Duluth Street; and
the north side of E. OrangeAvenue from Frank Street to E. Hyacinth Avenue, and setting date ofpublic
hearing for April 14, 1999. (File 4S99003- S99006)
23. Resolution Approving Assessment - 99 -161 - In the matter ofsummary abatements (grass cutting by
TDBC) from July through October1998; demolition of vacant buildings from August through
November1998, and administration costs for 774 Ashland Avenue; boarding -up ofvacant properties
during July and September 1998; summary abatements (property clean -up) from August through
December 1998; towingabandoned vehicles from properties from July through September 1998;and
summary abatements (property clean -up) from October throughDecember 1998, and setting date of
Legislative Hearings for March 16,1999, and City Council Hearings for March 24, 1999. (File
4J98TDBC2,J9812C, J981213, J9812A, J9812V, J9812A1)
FOR DISCUSSION
24. Report by Gerry Strathman, Council Research Director, onemployee survey of workplace conditions
in the Police Department. (Requested by the Council on November 4, 1998, C.F. 98 -998)
25. Resolution - 99 -74 - Approving the appointment of HaroldFotsch, by Mayor Coleman, to the Saint
Paul Planning Commission. (Laid over from January 27)
26. Resolution - 98 -1142 - Approving application for a Malt OffSale License by Abdulhadi K. Abrahim,
dba Mona's, 920 Selby Avenue. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval withconditions)
(Laid over from February 3)
ORDINANCES
27. Second Reading - 99 -136 - An ordinance prohibiting the use ofthe City's traffic signal preemption
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and priority systems byunauthorized persons, and providing authority for such use byauthorized
operators of emergency vehicles and public transit servicebuses.
28. Second Reading - 99 -137 - An ordinance amending Council File98 -766 relating to study of
pawnshops.
29. First Reading - 99 -162 - An ordinance to amend the Zoning Coderelating to the location of
pawnshops.
30. POLICY SESSION
Three Comprehensive Plan Chapters
L Staff Presentation on the "Summary and General Plan" Chapter ofthe Comprehensive Plan
Ken Ford, Planning Administrator, Department of Planning and
Economic Development
11. Staff Presentation on the "Implementation" Chapter of theComprehensive Plan
Ken Ford, Planning Administrator, Department of Planning and
Economic Development
III. Staff Presentation on the "Housing Plan" Chapter of theComprehensive Plan
Nancy Homans, Planner, Department of Planning and EconomicDevelopment
IV. Public Comment on the Third Chapter of the "Housing Plan: "Ensuring Availability of Affordable
Housing - 45 Minutes
[Break]
V. Public Comment on the First Chapter of the "Housing Plan:" Take Care of What We Have (Existing
Housing Stock) - 45Minutes
VI. Public Comment on the Second Chapter of the "Housing Plan: "Meet New Market Demand (New
Construction) - 45 Minutes
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