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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, March 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 - 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Order
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
Present - 6 - Benanav, Bostrom, Coleman,Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Blakey (arrived laterin the meeting)
CONSENT AGENDA(Items 1 - 21)
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. Approval of minutes of January 13, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays- 0
2. Claims of Stacy Bettison,Bill Cutting, Jan Gasterland & BillyPeterson, Russell Felt, Minikanda Mini
Storage, Brian Poppoff, ProgressiveInsurance Company (for Jen Stefanik), Thomas Schwinghammer,
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and BarbaraStandal.
Referred to Employee /RiskManagement Office
3. Letter from the Departmentof Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
beforethe City Council on March 10, 1999, to consider the appeal of St. AnthonyPark Community
Council to a decision of the Planning Commission approvinga site plan for an Amoco gas and
convenience store at the northwest cornerof Kasota Avenue and Highway 280.
4. Letters from the Citizen ServiceOffice /Property Code Enforcement declaring 430 Blair Avenue and
993 BurrStreet as nuisance properties and setting date of Legislative hearingsfor March 16, 1999, and
City Council Hearings for March 24, 1999.
5. Letters from the Citizen ServiceOffice /Property Code Enforcement declaring 372 Clifton Street, 310
GeorgeStreet West, and 1087 Ross Avenue as nuisance properties. (For notificationpurposes only;
public hearing will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
6. AdministrativeOrder:
. D001652 Authorizing paymentto Dennis A. Goldberg & Associates, Inc. for negotiation services
rendered.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
7. Resolution - 99 -185 - Establishinga public hearing date of March 24, 1999, for the proposed Saint
AnthonyPark Special Sign District.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 99 -186 - Suspendinglicenses held by Checker's Nite Club, 1066 East 7th Street, for
delinquenttaxes owed to the State of Minnesota.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 99 -187 - Authorizingthe proper City officials to execute a contract with the U.S. Equal
EmploymentOpportunity Commission for the provision of investigative services.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 99 -188 - Approvingpayment in the amount of $23,441.19 to Debra Smith, Gordon
Smith, and theirattorney Martha Neese in full settlement of their claim against the Cityof Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 99 -189 - RefundingSewer Availability Charge, issued December 31, 1998, in the
amount of $1,000.00to S and S Construction.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 99 -190 - Holdingthe State of Minnesota harmless for granting a variance to permit
portionsof Victoria Street between Arlington Avenue and Larpenteur Avenue to beconstructed to a
design which does not meet Municipal State Aid standards.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 99 -191 - Approvingthe January 1, 1998 - December 31, 1999 Collective Bargaining
Agreementbetween the City of Saint Paul and the International Association of FireFighters AFL -CIO
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Local 21. (To be laid over to March 10 for adoption)
Laid over to March 10th for adoption - Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 99 -192 - Approvinga 1998 Memorandum of Agreement between Independent School
District No.625 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,Local No. 844
to implement a pilot program to see if recruitment of qualifiedpersons of color can be increased in the
Civil Service systems by usinga different recruitment and testing model. (To be laid over to March 10for
adoption)
Laid over to March 10th for adoption - Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 99 -193 - Authorizingthe Saint Paul Human Rights Department to retain the services of
Jon L.Lunde at the rate of $93.00 per hour for services as law officer relativeto the Verification Center,
Inc. Civil Enforcement Hearing.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 99 -194 - Approvinga program of refunding Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds to
providefor the recycling of program monies.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 99 -195 - Transmittingthe Planning Commission's recommendations on pawnshop
zoning regulationsto the City Council.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 99 -196 - Authorizingthe proper City officials to accept and expend $56,760 in grant
fundingmade available through the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Drug EliminationProgram for
youth programming and teen council activities at McDonoughRecreation Center.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 99 -197 - Authorizingthe Division of Parks and Recreation to apply for a Department of
NaturalResources National Recreation Trail Program grant.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 99 -198 - Authorizinga grant application and execution of a contract between the City of
SaintPaul, Greening the Great River Park, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
21. Resolution - 99 -199 - Allowingthe Saint Paul Police Department to enter into an agreement with the
MinnesotaNational Guard Armory to accommodate inservice training for police officers.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
22. Updatefrom the Director of Technology and Management Services on the City's effortsto prevent
and solve potential problems associated with "The Year 2000Computer Bug." (Requested by the
Council on November 25; update will notbe presented but will be laid over to March 10)
Laid over to Marchl0 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
23. Resolution- 99 -89 - Mayor recommendation and City Council adoption of the Saint
PaulComprehensive Plan: Summary and General Policy. (Laid over from February24)
Laid over to March 17 Yeas- 6 Nays -1 (Coleman)
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24. Resolution - 99 -90 - Adoptingthe Saint Paul Housing Plan as an amendment to the Saint Paul
ComprehensivePlan contingent on further review by adjacent communities and the
MetropolitanCouncil. (Laid over from February 24)
Laid over to March 17 Yeas- 7 Nays - 0
25. Resolution - 98 -1133 - Adoptingthe Land Use Plan as an amendment to the Saint Paul
Comprehensive Plan.(Amended and laid over from February 24)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
(An amendment was made tothe Land Use Plan)
26. Resolution - 99 -200 - Changingthe rate of pay for the Citizens Service Director classification from
Grade20 to Grade 26 of the Non - represented City Managers, Employee Group 17.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
27. Resolution - 99 -201 - Directingthe Police Department and City Attorney to explore the feasibility
andadvisability of filing suit against gun manufacturers and report theirrecommendation to the City
Council on March 24, 1999.
Substitute introduced andlaid over to March 17 Yeas - 6 Nays - 1 (Reiter)
28. Report from the Divisionof Parks and Recreation on a work plan to address the recommendations
inthe performance audit. (Requested by the City Council on February 24)
Laid over to April 7 Yeas- 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
29. Final Adoption - 99 -20 - Anordinance amending Chapter 21 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code
entitledOfficer's Qualifications by establishing minimum qualifications for theunclassified position of
Parks and Recreation Director.
(Amended and laid over fromFebruary 24)
Amended and laid over toMarch 10 for final adoption
Yeas - 4 Nays - 3 (Blakey,Bostrom, Harris)
30. Final Adoption - 99 -136 -An ordinance prohibiting the use of the City's traffic signal preemptionand
priority systems by unauthorized persons, and providing authority forsuch use by authorized operators
of emergency vehicles. (Amended on February 17)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Final Adoption - 99 -137 -An ordinance amending Council File 98 -766 relating to study of
pawnshops.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 2(Blakey, Coleman)
PUBLIC HEARINGS(public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
32 Third Reading - 99 -162 - An ordinanceto amend the Zoning Code relating to the location of
pawnshops.
Substitute introduced andlaid over to March 10 for final adoption
33. Resolution - 99 -202 - Approvingthe Taxicab Driver's License Renewal Application by Brian T.
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Gore, 537Topping Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
34. Final Order - 99 -203 - Inthe matter of improving the alley in Block 10, Sylvan Place (bounded
byPalace, Saratoga, Jefferson, and Warwick Project 418892a -i with Pascal -Jeffers onProject 18882) by
grading and paving with a bituminous material. (File#18892a -i)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
35. Final Order In CondemnationProceedings - 99 -204 - In the matter of condemning and taking an
easementin the land necessary for the slopes, cuts, and fills, including the rightof removal of lateral
support from subject land or reminder thereof, occasionalby excavations thereof of construction of
slopes in the grading and pavingthe alley in Block 10, Sylvan Place (bounded by Palace, Saratoga,
Jefferson,and Warwick Project 418892a -S with Pascal- Jefferson Project 18882). (File418892a -S)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
36. Final Order - 99 -205 - Inthe matter of improving the alley in Block 6, Sylvan Park and Block 3
Vernon'sRE (bounded by Jefferson, Brimhall, Stanford, and Saratoga Project 418892b -iwith Pascal -
Jefferson Project 18882) by grading and paving with a bituminousmaterial. (File 418892b -i)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
37. Final Order In CondemnationProceedings - 99 -206 - In the matter of condemning and taking an
easementin the land necessary for the slopes, cuts, and fills, including the rightof removal of lateral
support from subject land or reminder thereof, occasionalby excavations thereof or construction of
slopes in the grading and pavingof the north -south alley bounded by Jefferson, Brimhall, Stanford,
andSaratoga Project 418892b -S with Pascal- Jefferson Project 18882. (File 418892b -S)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
38. Final Order - 99 -207 - Inthe matter of improving the alley in Block 6, Jefferson Park (bounded
byWellesley, Pascal, Stanford and Albert Project 418892c -i with Pas cal-Jeffers onProject 18882) by
grading and paving with a bituminous material.
(File 418892c -i)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
39. Final Order In CondemnationProceedings - 99 -208 - In the matter of condemning and taking an
easementin the land necessary for the slopes, cuts, and fills, including the rightof removal of lateral
support from subject land or reminder thereof, occasionalby excavations thereof or construction of
slopes in the grading and pavingof the east west alley in Block 6, Jefferson Park (bounded by
Wellesley,Pascal, Stanford and Albert Project 418892c -S with Pascal- Jefferson Projectl8882). (File
418892c -S)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
40. Final Order - 99 -209 - Inthe matter of improving the alley in Block 3, Sylvan Park Addition
andBlock 2, Vernon's RE (bounded by Brimhall, St. Clair, Saratoga, and StanfordProject 418892d -i with
Pascal- Jefferson Project 18882) by grading and pavingwith a bituminous material. (File 418892d -i)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
41. Final Order In CondemnationProceedings - 99 -210 - In the matter of condemning and taking an
easementin the land necessary for the slopes, cuts, and fills, including the rightof removal of lateral
support from subject land or reminder thereof, occasionalby excavations thereof or construction of
slopes in the grading and pavingof the north -south alley (bounded by Brimhall, St. Clair, Saratoga,
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andStanford Project 418892d -S with Pascal- Jefferson Project 18882). (File4l8892d -S)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
42. Public hearing to considerthe application of The Better Living Homes Inc. for a Combined Final
andFinal Plat Review to allow for the subdivision of property into lots f6r30 townhouses and one
proposed office at 1310 -1368 Conservatory Court.
Motion of Intent - ApplicationGranted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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