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ACTION MINUTES OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING 7:00 - 9:00 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 - 651- 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Suspension Items
• Public Hearings
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Harris (arrived after the Consent Agenda)
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 22)
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. Claims of Felicia Frelix, Donna Reubold, and Kimberly Waite.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Division
2. Summons and Complaint in the matter of the St. Paul Police Federation vs. the City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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3. Petition and Order for Summons in the matter of the application of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity,
Inc. to register title to real estate in Ramsey County.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
4. Summons in the matter of the application of Amherst H. Wilder Foundation to register title to land in
Ramsey County.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
5. Summons and Verified Complaint and Petition for Writ of Mandamus, etc. in the matter of REF LLC,
a Minnesota limited liability company, and F &R Development, a Minnesota general partnership, v. the
City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
6. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on October 25, 2000, to consider the appeal of Hilsgen, et al., to a decision of
the Planning Commission granting a Noncon- forming Use Permit to change from a machine shop to a
Laundromat at 962 Forest Street.
7. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
November 1, 2000, to consider the petition of 175 Fort, LLC, to vacate a portion of West Seventh Street
at Kellogg Boulevard in order to correct an existing encroachment.
8. Administrative Orders:
D001927 Returning surplus CIB money to contingency in the Division of Parks and Recreation and
provide funding to award a construction contract for Indian Mounds Park Restroom Replacement project
D001928 Amending the 2000 budget in the Office of Financial Services for the PC Replacement
Program.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
9. Resolution - 00 -942 - Approving the 2000 - 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City
of Saint Paul and AFSCME Local 3757 - Legal.
(Laid over from October 11 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -957 - Approving the appointment of Julia Cruz, by Mayor Coleman, to the Police
Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -958 - Recognizing the Office of Cable Communications for receiving national
awards.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -959 - Supporting the National Clean Cities Program and endorsing the City of Saint
Paul's participation in the Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition (TC4).
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -960 - Authorizing the Department of Public Works to lobby the U.S. Department of
Transportation for funds to construct a gondola across the Mississippi River.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 2 (Benanav, Lantry)
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14. Resolution - 00 -961 - Transferring remaining dollars in the Office of the City Attorney's 2000
budget for publication of the Legislative and Administrative Codes to the Citizen Service Office to
correct errors, publish, and distribute the Codes.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -962 - Amending the financing and spending plans of the General Fund in the
Department of Fire and Safety Services by adding $71,336.00 received from the insurance company of
William McGrann who was involved in an motor vehicle accident with Engine 45.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 00 -963 - Requesting the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Saint Paul to
proceed with financing of the Central Library renovation as a redevelopment project, expand the
Downtown and Seventh Place Redevelopment project area, and authorize the Office of Financial
Services to proceed with financing for renovation of the Central Library and schedule appropriate
hearings.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 00 -964 - Authorizing the Division of Parks and Recreation to accept a new 2001 Polaris
Utility Snowmobile from the Polaris Industries loaner program to groom City cross - country ski trails.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 00 -965 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property at 586 -588 Reaney Avenue, 634 Snelling Avenue South, 875 Thomas
Avenue, 1430 York Avenue, 412 Goodrich Avenue, 60 Rose Avenue East, regarding repair of
billboards, and 97 Oxford Street North.
Adopted as amended (97 Oxford Street North laid over to October 25)
Yeas - 4 Nays - 3 (Blakey, Bostrom, Lantry)
19. Preliminary Order - 00 -966 - In the matter of the Knapp /Hillside Area Street Paving and Lighting
Project, and setting date of public hearing for November 15, 2000. (File 418930)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
20. Preliminary Order - 00 -967 - In the matter of sidewalk repairs and /or repair of sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, and /or water service connections, if requested by the property owner, in conjunction with the
Knapp /Hillside Area Street Paving and Lighting Project, and setting date of public hearing for
November 15, 2000. (File 418930 -misc)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
21. Preliminary Order - 00 -968 - In the matter of the Residential Street Paving and Lighting project for
the Charles /Griggs Residential Street Vitality Project, and setting date of public hearing for November
1, 2000. (File 418936)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
22. Preliminary Order - 00 -969 - In the matter of construction of storm sewer connections, sanitary
sewer connections, water connections, and sidewalk reconstruction, if requested by the property owner,
in conjunction with the Charles /Griggs Residential Street Vitality Project, and setting date of public
hearing for November 1, 2000. (File 418936C)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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FOR DISCUSSION
23. Resolution - 00 -847 - Recommending denial of the application for a Recycling Collection Center
and Second Hand Dealer license by Poor Richard's, Inc., 627 Bush Avenue. (Uncontested) (Laid over
from September 20)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Resolution - 00 -916 - Disbanding the Downtown Airport Advisory Council and replacing it with the
Saint Paul Airport Relations Council. (Laid over from October 4)
Laid over to December 6 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
25. Resolution - 00 -917 - Changing the rate of pay for the Deputy Chief of Police class from Grade 28 to
Grade 31 of the Non - represented City Managers, Employee Group 17, Salary Ranges. (Laid over from
October 4)
Laid over to November 1 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 00 -918 - Granting a waiver in order for the Office of Human Resources and the
Division of Contract and Analysis Services to establish master contracts for certain temporary staff
positions. (Laid over from October 4)
Laid over to November 1 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
27. Resolution - 00 -970 - Recommending a transit alternative to the Ramsey County Regional Railroad
Authority (RCRRA) as part of the public comment to the St. Paul Riverview Corridor Major Investment
Study Draft Report.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
28. Second Reading - 00 -956 - An ordinance amending Chapter 66.216 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code pertaining to special sign district sign plans creating a new special sign district ordinance for the
Dayton's Bluff neighborhood to be known as the Dayton's Bluff Special District Sign Plan.
Laid over to October 25 for third reading /public hearing
29. First Reading - 00 -971 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 409.06
prohibiting off -sale liquor licenses within 300 feet of residentially zoned property, parks or child care
centers and setting forth conditions under which the distance restriction can be waived.
Laid over to October 25 for second reading
30. First Reading - 00 -972 - 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 facilitating the development
of a mixed -use urban village on the West Side Flats.
Laid over to October 25 for second reading
Suspension Items
First Reading - 00 -973 - An ordinance amending sections of Chapter 66 of the Saint Paul Zoning Code
pertaining to signs as recommended by the Saint Paul Planning Commission pursuant to Council File
No. 97 -1658 and Minn. Stat.
§462.355, Subd. 4.
Laid over to October 25 for second reading Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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Resolution - 00 -974 - Amending Council File 400 -912 adopted by the City Council on September 27,
2000, by correcting a typographical error in the legal property description (approving the petition of
Dennis Guptil to vacate a portion of East Fifth Street, Etna Street, and the alley in Hamer's Subdivision
in order to allow construction of new housing units).
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -975 - Recommending to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human
Services that the license application for the Twin Town /Meridian Behavioral Health Network to locate a
methadone clinic at University Avenue and Aldine Street be denied.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -976 - Supporting changes in State Statutes that provides cities with the option of
providing domestic partnership benefits (medical, dental, disability, and life insurance and other forms
of benefits) to same sex couples and include this issue in the official list of City priorities for the
upcoming 2001 Legislative Session and requesting the Office of Risk Management to investigate the
feasibility and possibility of adding domestic partners to its current benefit packages.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays -1 (Bostrom) (Reiter not present for vote)
At this time the City Council recessed their meeting and reconvened at 7:00 p.m. for the following
public hearing:
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Minnesota Brewing and Gopher State Ethanol Plant
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Monroe Community School
810 Palace Avenue
St. Paul, MN
AGENDA
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
A. 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - SPEAKERS
1. Brief history of the issue
Speakers: Dan Smith, Saint Paul Planning and Economic Development Department, and Bill Gunther,
Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection
2. Plant's emissions requirements and the upcoming emissions tests
Speaker: Rhonda Land, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
3. Minnesota Department of Public Health's role in evaluating the public health risks involved
with the plant and the odor problem
Speaker: Dan Pena, Minnesota Department of Public Health
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4. Minnesota Brewing and Gopher State Ethanol Plant efforts to address problem
Speaker: Jack Lee, President of Minnesota Brewing and Gopher State Ethanol
5. Technical efforts the plant has undertaken to correct odor problem
Speaker: Rob Latta, Harris Mechanical
B. 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - PUBLIC TESTIMONY
C. 8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Written testimony may be submitted to Gerry Strathman, Secretary to the City Council, 15 W. Kellogg
Blvd., City Hall - Suite No. 310, St. Paul, MN 55102 or via e -mail at gerry .strathman@ci.stpaul.mn.us.
and must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 27, 2000.
For further questions regarding the meeting, please contact David Godfrey at (651) 266 -8571 or Ken
Smith at (651) 266 -8589, City Council Research Staff.
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