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ACTION MINUTES OF
THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, November 3, 1999 - 3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARINGS 5:30 - 6:30 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 - 651- 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Coleman - arrived after roll call
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Reconsidered Item
• Suspension Items
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 12)
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 September 15 and 22, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Jeanne Fischer, Natalie Patovisti, and Kimoanh Thi Truong.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Division
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3. Communication from Mayor Coleman announcing his veto of Council Ordinance 99 -694 adopted
October 20, 1999, establishing a "Managed Competition" chapter of the Saint Paul Administrative Code.
C.F. 99 -694 Reconsidered and adopted (Veto overridden) Yeas - 6 Nays -1 (Harris)
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
November 24, 1999, concerning the Renewal License Application for a Taxicab Driver's License by
Leon D. Wagner, Jr., 69 East George Street.
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on December 10, 1999, at 9:30 a.m., Room 41 St. Paul City Hall, concerning all licenses held by Ward
Property Management, Inc., dba Rockin' East Side, 893 Payne Avenue.
6. Communication from Sharon Anderson requesting that Bill Dahn, Jim Kane, and Sharon Scarella be
placed on a future City Council agenda.
7. Administrative Orders:
D001770 Moving the budget from Undesignated Adopted STAR budget in the Department of Planning
and Economic Development to the Univ- Marketplace Facade Improvement Program
D001771 Authorizing the Office of Financial Services to pay Sparton Promotional Group, Inc. an
amount not to exceed $800.00 for promotional supplies for the Graffiti Busters Program.
D001772 Authorizing payment not to exceed $300.00 to the Center for Criminal Justice /Law
Enforcement to cover expenses for outside agencies attending the Police Department's "Forensic
Technicians" seminar.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
8. Resolution - 99 -1065 - Reducing the assessment for street paving and lighting improvements for
property located at 1001 Hawthorne Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 99 -1066 - Authorizing the withholding of various tax forfeit parcels from public sale.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 99 -1067 - Suspending all licenses held by Arthur Heutmaker, dba Conoco and
Automotive, 1208 Arcade Street, for failure to pay 1998 -99 license fees.
Withdrawn Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 99 -1068 - Approving application for Malt On Sale, Grocery (C), and Cigarette /Tobacco
Licenses by Kevin R. Wong, dba Golden Supermarket, 315 University Avenue West. (Legislative
Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 99 -1069 - Approving retention of Briggs and Morgan to represent the City in the
condemnation of Advanced Recycling needed for the Phalen Corridor Phase I Project and the East
Metro Transit Facility Project.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
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13. Resolution - 99 -1070 - Adopting the 1999 Large STAR Loan and Grants.
Adopted (Attachments amended) Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 99 -1064 - Regulating trucking facilities pending passage of an interim ordinance. (Laid
over from October 27)
Laid over to November 10 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Update from the Department of Planning and Economic Development regarding the loans and grants
that have been processed subject to the regulations and reporting requirements of the Minnesota
Business Assistance Act. (Update requested by Council on September 8, 1999)
Brief update presented by Department of Planning and Economic Development Staff
ORDINANCES
16. Final Adoption - 99 -786 - An ordinance requiring disclosure of campaign contributions relating to
City managed competition contracts and collective bargaining agreements. (Substitute introduced on
October 27)
Failed Yeas - 3 Nays - 4 (Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Lantry)
17. Final Adoption - 99 -967 - An ordinance amending Chapter 324 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
prohibit tobacco vending machines in facilities where minors are present and to establish an
administrative penalty to be imposed against the clerk at a licensed premise who sells tobacco or tobacco
products to a minor.
Laid over to February 16, 2000 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Final Adoption - 99 -968 - An ordinance amending Chapter 376 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
correct the changes in the taxicab fare structure to correctly reflect the fares agreed to by the industry
and the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Final Adoption - 99 -969 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action to rezone property located
directly south of 954 and 976 West Minnehaha Avenue from RM -2 to I -1 to allow Saint Paul Brass and
Aluminum to provide employee parking and truck access to the rear of the existing foundry building.
(Public hearing held September 8, 1999)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Final Adoption - 99 -996 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action approving a petition of the
Port Authority to rezone property along the north side of Shepard Road northeast of vacated Palace
Avenue and vacated Western Avenue from I -3 to I -2. (Public hearing held September 8, 1999)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Final Adoption - 99 -997 - An ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to zoning for the City of Saint Paul and the zoning maps thereof allowing the conversion of a
single family residence at 1678 Selby Avenue into a professional office by rezoning the property from
RM -2 to 132 -C.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
22. Second Reading - 99 -1049 - An ordinance memorializing City Council action granting the
application of Roger Bonfe to rezone property from RT -2 (townhouse residential) to P -1 (parking) to
allow a parking lot in association with Bonfe Auto Repair, 366 and 372 Smith Avenue. (Public hearing
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held October 6, 1999)
Laid over to November 10 for third reading
23. Second Reading - 99 -1063 - An ordinance enacted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §462.355, Subd.
4. preserving the status quo with respect to the use of property within the City of Saint Paul pending the
completion of studies of possible amendments to city zoning regulations relating to trucking facilities.
Laid over to November 10 for third reading /public hearing
(Blakey was excused from the meeting at this time)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
24. Third Reading - 99 -1034 - An ordinance amending Chapter 105 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
by removing obsolete references to the "department of public health" to reflect the present "citizen
service office" department, division of "property code enforcement."
Laid over to November 10 for final adoption
25. Third Reading - 99 -1036 - An ordinance amending Chapter 85 of the St. Paul Administrative Code
allowing waivers for certain contracts.
Substitute introduced, amended and laid over to November 10 for final adoption
26. Resolution - 99 -1071 - Adopting the 1999 Large STAR Loan and Grants including Business Subsidy
Requirements.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
27. Resolution - 99 -1072 - Approving a Housing Program in order to issue $900,000.00 in Tax Exempt
Revenue Bonds and $500,000.00 in Taxable Revenue Bonds for Hampden Square Apartments.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
28. Resolution - 99 -1073 - Giving the City of Saint Paul's approval of Health Facility Revenue Bonds
for a project by People, Inc., referring the proposal to the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic
Development, and approving a joint powers agreement with the City of Taylors Falls.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
29. Resolution - 99 -1074 - Giving the City of Saint Paul's approval for the City of Roseville to issue
Health Facility Revenue Bonds for a project by St. Ann's Residential Services and approving a joint
powers agreement by Saint Paul and the City of Roseville.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0 Abstained -1 (Coleman)
30. Resolution - 99 -1075 - Consideration of the petition of United Properties for the vacation of a
portion of West Fourth Street lying westerly of Wabasha Street.
Adopted Yeas -6 Nays - 0
31. Final Order - 99 -1076 - In the matter of improving streets with bituminous roadway, concrete curb
and gutter, concrete driveway aprons and outwalks, boulevard sodding, tree planting, construction of a
lantern style lighting system, and all other work necessary to complete improvements for the
Western /Lawson Street Paving and Lighting Project.
(File 418904)
Laid over to November 17 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
32. Final Order - 99 -1077 - In the matter of construction of water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer service
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connections and sidewalk reconstruction, if requested by the property owner, in conjunction with the
Western- Lawson Area Street Paving and Lighting Project. (File 418904C)
Laid over to November 17 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
33. Final Order - 99 -869 - In the matter of improving Sibley Street from Warner Road to 5th Street with
concrete curb, new concrete block surfaced roadway, concrete block sidewalks, concrete driveway
aprons, tree planting, an irrigation system, sewer service connections, and reconnections and
reconstruction of globe lighting system. (File #18905) (Laid over from September 8)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
34. Final Order - 99 -1078 - In the matter of improving Edmund, Charles, Sherburne, Taylor, and Hewitt
Avenues, Oxford, Chatsworth, Milton, and Clayland Streets, Hewitt and Clayland Place with one or
more of the following: new bituminous surfaced streets, concrete curbs and gutters, concrete driveway
aprons and outwalks. Boulevards will be landscaped with sod and trees, and a lantern style street
lighting system will be installed, in conjunction with the Charles /Chatsworth Residential Street Vitality
Project. (File 418912)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
35. Final Order - 99 -1079 - In the matter of construction of storm sewer connections, sanitary sewer
connections, water connections, and sidewalk reconstruction, at the request of the property owners, in
conjunction with the Charles /Chatsworth Residential Street Vitality Project. (File 418912C)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
36. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Christopher Prior to a decision of the Board of Zoning
Appeals denying a variance in order to convert a single family home into a duplex at 848 Third Street
East.
Motion of Intent - Appeal Denied (including denial of the variances and adopted the findings and
conclusions of the Board of Zoning Appeals as contained in their Resolution 99 -239 dated
September 27, 1999.) Yeas - 5 Nays -1 (Coleman)
37. Public hearing to consider the application of Saint Paul Brass Foundry Company for a combined plat
for the creation of two (2) industrial lots and one (1) residential lot at 954 West Minnehaha Avenue.
Motion of Intent - Application Granted (including the approval of the subdivision and adopted the
proposed findings in the staff report, File #99 -174.) Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Reconsidered Item
(See Page 1 - Item No. 3)
Final Adoption - 99 -694 - An ordinance establishing a "Managed Competition" chapter of the Saint Paul
Administrative Code to provide a framework by which the City of Saint Paul can enter into contracts
with vendors, including existing City employees and outside entities, to provide City services currently
performed by City employees. (Substitute introduced and laid over from October 13 for final adoption)
Reconsidered and Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays -1 (Harris)
Suspension Items
Resolution - 99 -1080 - Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of Midwest Special Services.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 99 -1081 - Approving the canvass and making the results official for the Saint Paul General
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Election.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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