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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, December 8, 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 later in the meeting)
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Suspension Item
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I -15)
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 October 20, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Karen Davis, Kristin Hall, Adrian Richardson, and Robert Washington.
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Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Office
3. Letter from the Real Estate Office announcing a public hearing before the City Council on December
22, 1999, to consider vacating the right -of -way abutting the intersection of Bidwell and Delos Streets.
4. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 648 Western Avenue
North as "nuisance property," and setting date of Legislative Hearing for December 21, 1999, and City
Council Hearing for January 5, 2000.
5. Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 397 Aldine Street, 1031
Bradley Street, and 640 Watson Avenue as "nuisance properties." (For notification purposes only; public
hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
6. Administrative Orders:
. D001783 Accepting a donation from the Saint Paul Foundation and amending the budget in the
Division of Parks and Recreation for Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion at Harriet Island.
. D001784 Authorizing expenditures from the Stepping Stone grant to the Saint Paul Library for
refreshments and transportation for families and children attending library programs.
D001785 Reallocating $15,600 from the budget in the Department of Planning and Economic
Development for the CHIP program to project code 77300 designated for the loan for 1035 Beech
Street.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
7. Resolution - 99 -1167 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 1000 Shop Road.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 99 -1168 - Approving a three -year agreement between the City of Saint Paul and Norman
Byng to continue the "Sparky The Seal Show" at Como Park Zoo.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 99 -1169 - Approving a preliminary and final plat for Wilder Square, Inc. and Ryan
Addition along the east side of Chatsworth Street between Lafond Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue.
(Public hearing held November 3, 1999)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 99 -1170 - Establishing annual fees for the curbside recycling program effective January
1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 99 -1171 - Changing the rate of pay for the classes entitled Senior Consultant- Business
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Consulting Services and Human Resources Senior Consultant Manager.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 99 -1172 - Releasing an unneeded sewer easement on the property at 590 York Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 99 -1173 - Electing to continue participating in the Local Housing Incentive Account
Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 99 -1174 - Authorizing the proper City Officials to execute an amendment to the lease
agreement with the Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 99 -1175 - Approving and authorizing issuance of a STAR -PED Program for
Neighborhood Projects Loan to Circus of the Star, a non -profit corporation, for construction of a circus -
arts facility at 1200 Montreal Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
16. Recommendation from the Planning Commission concerning the Snelling- Hamline Special Sign
District Plan. (Requested per C.F. 99 -940 adopted October 6, 1999)
Laid over to December 15 Yeas - 6 Nays- 0
17. Recommendation from the Planning Commission to concerning the WSCO Special Sign District
Plan. (Requested per C.F. 99 -941 adopted October 6, 1999)
Laid over to December 15 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Report from Terry Haltiner, Labor Relations Office, on a 6, 12, and 18 -month work plan for
addressing the recommendations outlined in the Labor Relations Performance Audit. (Laid over from
October 27)
Terry Haltiner, Labor Relations, and Marcia Moermond, Council Research, presented reports.
Council requested that the Director of Labor Relations appear before the Council one month after
the appointment is made with a work plan schedule.
19. Resolution - 99 -1103 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 790 Selby Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Laid over from November 24) (Legislative
Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted as amended Yeas 6 Nays - 0
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(owner is allowed six months to complete rehabilitation)
20. Resolution - 99 -1104 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 872 Selby Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Laid over from November 24) (Legislative
Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
(owner is allowed three months to complete rehabilitation)
21. Resolution - 99 -1176 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 559 McKnight Road South. (Laid over from November 24)
Withdrawn Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
22. Resolution - 99 -1132 - Recommending denial of the Auto Body Repair Garage and Auto Repair
Garage License Applications by Ray's Auto Body, Inc., 353 Larch Street. (Laid over from November
24; to be laid over to December 22)
Laid over to December 22 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
(Coleman arrived)
23. Resolution - 99 -1177 - Accepting the report entitled A Study of Police Employee Survey Issues,
Phase I: Services to the Public.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
23a. Resolution - 99 -1164 - Accepting the report entitled Light Rail Transit on University Avenue: A
Review of the Potential, and requesting the Department of Planning and Economic Development to
continue to participate on behalf of the City in the study of light rail alignments underway by Ramsey
County and include consideration of all light rail transit options in the Central Corridor, and requesting
that the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority include consideration of potential alignments in their
study of the Central Corridor. (Laid over from November 24)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 5 Nays - 2 (Blakey, Harris)
ORDINANCES
24. Final Adoption - 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.
(Substitute introduced and laid over from November 24)
Amended and laid over to December 22 for final adoption Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
25. Third Reading - 99 -1142 - An ordinance memorializing City Council action granting the application
of Sherman Rutzick to rezone property northwest of Grace and Toronto Streets and southeast of Osceola
Street from RT -2 to RM -2 to allow development of a housing complex for seniors age 55 and over.
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(Public hearing held October 27, 1999)
Laid over to December 22 for final adoption
26. Second Reading - 99 -1157 - An ordinance amending Chapters 87, 89, 90, 92, and 94 of the Saint
Paul Legislative Code pertaining to the rules and regulations of the Saint Paul Regional Water Services
as recommended by the Board of Water Commissions of the City of Saint Paul.
Laid over to December 22 for third reading /public hearing
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
27. Public hearing to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning all licenses held
by Todd Erickson, dba Summit Amusement, 2274 University Avenue West. (Laid over from November
24; to be laid over to December 22)
Laid over to December 22 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Bostrom not present)
28. Resolution - 99 -1178 - Reciting a proposal for financing a multi - family rental housing development
project (Lowry Professional Building) and authorizing the Housing and Redevelopment Authority to
exercise the powers granted in Minnesota Statutes Section 462C.01 to 462C.08.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Bostrom not present)
29. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Samuel S. Anderson to a decision of the Planning
Commission to attach a condition to a Nonconforming Use Permit for a duplex at 885 West California
Avenue that the permit is valid only so long as the property is owned and occupied by Samuel S.
Anderson or his spouse.
Motion of Intent - Appeal granted and denied the issuance of a non - conforming use permit. The
Council finds that there was an error in one or more of the findings of the Planning Commission
in that under 62102(e), the structure is non - conforming with a conforming use, and with the
condition being part of the motion that this should only be used as a single - family dwelling. Yeas -
6 Nays - 0 (Bostrom not present)
30. Resolution - 99 -1148 - Establishing "No Parking 7AM -4PM Monday through Friday, August 15
through June 15, Except by Permit" (Area 25) on both sides of Hartford Avenue from Syndicate Street
to Hamline Avenue. (Substitute introduced and laid over from December 1 for continuation of public
hearing)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Second Reading - 99 -1165 - An ordinance adding a new subdivision to Saint Paul Legislative Code
Chapter 60, Division 5, entitled "Special Districts," establishing commercial and residential
redevelopment overlay districts in the Shepard- Davern area. (Laid over from November 24)
Laid over to December 15 for third reading
32. Public hearing to consider the appeals of the Hamline Midway Coalition and JLT Group to a
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decision of the Planning Commission to approve a site plan with conditions for two office /warehouse
buildings at 1900 Minnehaha Avenue West. (Laid over from December 1 for continuation of public
hearing)
Laid over to January 12 for public hearing Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Harris not present)
33. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Joseph Stanislav, Franciscan Health and Housing, to a
decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals denying several variances in order to construct a new 101 unit
senior apartment building at 1925 Norfolk Avenue.
Motion of Intent - Appeal and variances granted. The Council finds that there was an error in one
or more findings by the Board of Zoning Appeals in that the application does meet the
applications of the Code and that the property cannot be put to a reasonable use under the strict
conditions of the Code without the variances and with the condition that the number of units be
reduced from 101 to 93 units.
Yeas - 6 Nays - 1 (Coleman)
Suspension Item
First Reading - 99 -1179 - An ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 17.07.1 of the Charter of the City of
Saint Paul and Section 409.20 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code creating a Commercial Development
District on property with the address of 2082 Ford Parkway.
Laid over to December 15 for second reading
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