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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, February 17, 1999 - 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
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Order
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Policy Session
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom,Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Coleman (arrived afterthe consent agenda)
CONSENT AGENDA (Itemsl - 23)
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.
FOR ACTION
1. Claims of American Family InsuranceGroup (for Jennifer Tiedman), Catherine Carbone, James
Coleman, James Hockert,Fredex Hudson, Tommie Milton, Roberta Sladky, Damion White, and
Christina& Kenneth Wohlford.
Referred to the Employee /RiskManagement Office
2. Eminent Domain Petition inthe matter of the Board of Education of Independent School District
4625vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al. (736 York Avenue)
Referred to the City Attorney'sOffice
3. Letter from the Citizen ServiceOffice /Property Code Enforcement declaring 559 Lawson Avenue East
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as "nuisanceproperty." (For notification purposes only; public hearing will be scheduledat a later date if
necessary.)
4. AdministrativeOrder:
. D001651 Authorizing an expenditureof $2,500 by the Division of Parks and Recreation to the
Como Ski Centerfor a trip by its ski school graduates and their families to Wild MountainSki
Area.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
5. Resolution - 99 -143 - Recognizingthe outstanding contributions made by Kathryn Paulson, Charles
Skrief,and Dr. Robert Frame III to the City of Saint Paul's Heritage PreservationCommission.
Substitute introduced andadopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
6. Resolution - 99 -144 - AmendingChapter A -14 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to read:
"Chapter 14.Policy Concerning Citizen Committees."
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 99 -145 - Allowingthe Saint Paul Police Department to participate in a D.A.R.E. Golf
Tournament.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 99 -146 - AcceptingFederal Weed & Seed grant monies and establishing a budget to
expendthe funds in the Police Department.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 99 -147 - Acceptinga grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in which the
SaintPaul Police Department will receive five Automated External Defibrillators,and authorization for
Chief Finney to accept the defibrillators.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 99 -148 - Acceptingthe offer of the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority to purchase a
$4,600,000Sewer Revenue Note of 1999, provide for its issuance, and authorize executionof the project
loan agreement.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 99 -149 - Authorizingthe proper City officials to enter into an agreement with the
MinnesotaDepartment of Transportation for payment to the City of $8,426.85 for thepurchase of
landscaping materials to be used for a regreening project alongTrunk Highway 94 from Kittson Street to
Mounds Boulevard.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 99 -150 - AmendingCouncil File 98 -1007, adopted November 4, 1998, which vacated
and discontinuedpublic property located near Clarence Street and Maryland Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 99 -151 - Reducingthe assessment amounts for incorrectly assessed parcels for the
IrvineAvenue Storm Sewer Connection Project.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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14. Resolution Approving Assessment- 99 -152 - In the matter of approving assessments for storm sewer
connectionsinstalled during 1989 to 1994, and setting date of public hearing for April7, 1999. (File
418569-4,18726,18755, 18720 -CONK)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Preliminary Order - 99 -153- In the matter of improving Pillsbury Street from Raymond Avenue to
St.Anthony Avenue as part of the Eustis /Desnoyer Area Paving and LightingProject, and setting date of
public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418760 -A)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Preliminary Order - 99 -154- In the matter of improving the alley in Block 1, Pigott's Carbon
Additionby grading and paving with bituminous material (bounded by Maryland, Albermarle,Orange,
and Rice), and setting date of public hearing for April 7, 1999.(File 418887)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
17. Preliminary Order - 99 -155- In the matter of condemning and taking an easement in the land
necessaryfor the slope, cuts and fills in connection with the grading and pavingof the alley in Block 1,
Pigott's Carbon Addition (bounded by Maryland,Albermarle, Orange, and Rice), and setting date of
public hearing for April7, 1999. (File 4188875)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Resolution Approving Assessment- 99 -156 - In the matter of construction of streets with bituminous
roadway,concrete curb and gutter, concrete driveway aprons, boulevard sodding,tree planting,
construction of lantern style lighting system, water sanitarysewer and storm sewer service connections,
watermain, and all other worknecessary to complete the Cohansey Park Paving and Lighting Project,
andsetting date of public hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418888)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
19. Preliminary Order - 99 -157- In the matter of construction of the Wabasha West Streetscape
ProjectPhase I, and setting date of public hearing for March 24, 1999. (File 418894)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
20. Preliminary Order - 99 -158- In the matter of condemning and taking a permanent roadway easement
toimprove the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue, andsetting date of public
hearing for April 7, 1999. (File 418895E)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
21. Preliminary Order - 99 -159- In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction on both sides of S. Albert
Streetfrom Stanford Avenue to Berkeley Avenue; and the north side of Palace Avenuefrom S. Saratoga
Street to S. Pascal Street, and setting date of publichearing for April 14, 1999. (File 4599001, 599002)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
22. Preliminary Order - 99 -160- In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction on the east side of Duluth
Streetfrom E. Hawthorne Avenue to E. Orange Avenue; both sides of Frank Streetfrom E. Hyacinth
Avenue to E. Ivy Avenue; both sides of E. Hawthorne Avenuefrom Frank Street to Duluth Street; and
the north side of E. Orange Avenuefrom Frank Street to E. Hyacinth Avenue, and setting date of public
hearingfor April 14, 1999. (File 4599003 - 599006)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
23. Resolution Approving Assessment- 99 -161 - In the matter of summary abatements (grass cutting by
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TDBC)from July through October 1998; demolition of vacant buildings from Augustthrough November
1998, and administration costs for 774 Ashland Avenue;boarding -up of vacant 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; andsummary abatements
(property clean -up) from October through December 1998,and setting date of Legislative Hearings for
March 16, 1999, and City CouncilHearings for March 24, 1999. (File 4J98TDBC2, J9812C, J981213,
J9812A, J9812V,J9812A1)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
24. Report by Gerry Strathman, CouncilResearch Director, on employee survey of workplace conditions
in the PoliceDepartment. (Requested by the Council on November 4, 1998, C.F. 98 -998)
A report was presented byGerry Strathman, Council Research Director.
25. Resolution - 99 -74 - Approvingthe appointment of Harold Fotsch, by Mayor Coleman, to the Saint
Paul PlanningCommission. (Laid over from January 27)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 98 -1142 - Approvingapplication for a Malt Off Sale License by Abdulhadi K. Abrahim,
dba Mona's,920 Selby Avenue. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval withconditions)
(Laid over from February 3)
Laid over to February 24Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
27. Second Reading - 99 -136 - Anordinance prohibiting the use of the City's traffic signal preemption
andpriority systems by unauthorized persons, and providing authority for suchuse by authorized
operators of emergency vehicles and public transit servicebuses.
Amended and laid over toFebruary 24 for third reading /public hearing
28. Second Reading - 99 -137 -An ordinance amending Council File 98 -766 relating to study of
pawnshops.
Laid over to February 24for third reading /public hearing
29. First Reading - 99 -162 -An ordinance to amend the Zoning Code relating to the location of
pawnshops.
Laid over to February 24for second reading
30. POLICYSESSION
Three Comprehensive Plan Chapters
L Staff Presentation on the "Summary and General Plan" Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan
Ken Ford, Planning Administrator, Department of Planning and Economic Development
11. Staff Presentation on the "Implementation" Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan
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Ken Ford, Planning Administrator, Department of Planning and Economic Development
III. Staff Presentation on the "HousingPlan" Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan
Nancy Homans, Planner, Department of Planning and Economic Development
IV. Public Comment on the Third Chapterof the "Housing Plan:" Ensuring Availability of Affordable
Housing- 45 Minutes
[Break]
V. Public Comment on the First Chapterof the "Housing Plan:" Take Care of What We Have
(Existing HousingStock) - 45 Minutes
VI. Public Comment on the Second Chapterof the "Housing Plan:" Meet New Market Demand (New
Construction)- 45 Minutes
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