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ACTION MINUTES OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
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 - 651- 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Suspension Items
• Citizen Committee Openings
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 17)
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.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
The following communications were read into the record:
Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing before
the City Council on December 6, 2000, to consider the appeal of Maurice Weaver of a Board of Zoning
Appeals decision denying two variances in order to construct an addition to the existing apartment
building at 1604 Cohansey Street.
Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
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December 6, 2000, regarding the provisional taxicab driver's license held by Alonzo Crenshaw.
1. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Thaddeus A. Wilebski vs. the City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
2. Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 676 Edmund Avenue,
495 Sherburne Avenue, and 964 Woodbridge Street as nuisance properties. (For notification purposes
only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
3. Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 689 Orleans Street and
45 Winona Street West as nuisance properties and setting date of Legislative Hearings for December 5,
2000, and City Council Hearings for December 20, 2000.
4. Administrative Orders:
D001941 Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to pay for all costs associated with the
second annual awards banquet held at the Saint Paul Hotel on February 8, 2001.
D001942 Authorizing the use of City funds to pay for a Dixieland band as part of the City's bidding
presentation to bring the 2005 International Institute of Municipal Clerks Annual Conference to Saint
Paul.
D001943 Amending the 2000 budget in the Division of Real Estate by transferring money to purchase
office equipment and software licenses.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
FOR ACTION
5. Approval of minutes of November 15, 2000, Closed Door Session.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
6. Resolution - 00 -1104 - Authorizing the transfer of ownership of Snoopy sculptures to the Saint Paul
Foundation to be auctioned on the Internet as part of the Peanuts on Parade project.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 00 -1105 - Accepting a television set that was won by an Office of Cable
Communications' employee in a random drawing at the Minnesota Association of Community
Telecommunications Administrators Annual Conference on October 12 -13, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 00 -1106 - Accepting a palm pilot that was won by an Office of Cable Communications
employee in a random drawing at the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and
Advisors Annual Conference on September 15, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 00 -1107 - Authorizing the proper City officials to explore private sector sponsorship of
the Fire Department's Award Ceremony to be held on February 8, 2001.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -1108 - Authorizing City officials to request SCORE State recycling grant funds
from Ramsey County in the amount of $536,239 for support of the City -wide curbside and multi - family
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recycling collection program in 2001.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -1109 - Establishing a new project in the 1999 Capital Improvement Budget entitled
Frogtown Center for Families /West Minnehaha Recreation Center Remodeling and Expansion.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -1110 - Recommending the Board of Ramsey County Commissioners approve the
repurchase application for property located at 383 Cretin Avenue South.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -1111 - Placing deed restrictions on properties acquired with Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) grant fund.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 00 -1112 - Removing fourteen properties from the assessment roll for the
Western /Lawson Area Paving and Lighting Project and reimbursing any payments already made
towards these assessments.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -1113 - Referring the Application for a Second Hand Dealer -Motor Vehicle License
by Todd Bauer, dba Victree Vehicles, 637 Rice Street, to an Administrative Law Judge. (Legislative
Hearing Officer recommends referral to an AL J)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 00 -1114 - Authorizing the withholding of tax forfeit parcels from public sale.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution Ratifying and Confirming Condemnation and Awards of Damages and Assessments - 00-
1115 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement to widen Maryland Avenue at Arcade Street,
and setting date of public hearing for December 20, 2000. (File 418927E)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
18. Resolution - 00 -1078 - Adopting the 2000 Large Neighborhood STAR Loan and Grant Program.
(Laid over from November 15)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 00 -1091 - Adopting the two recommended 2000 Large STAR Projects which fall under
the business subsidy legislation. (Public hearing held and laid over from November 15)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
(Councilmember Benanav was excused from the meeting)
20. Consideration of the appeal of Buffalo Sober Group, LLC to a decision of the Planning Commission
denying an application for a Change of Nonconforming Use Permit to establish a rooming house at 97
North Oxford Street providing permanent living facilities for 24 men in early sobriety. (Public hearing
held and laid over from November 15)
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Laid over to December 6 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
21. Interim report by the City Attorney on the matter of the operations of the Gopher State Ethanol Plant
and the effect of those operations as to whether there exists sufficient grounds to merit preparation of
legal action. (Per C.F. 00 -1069 adopted on November 8)
Clayton Robinson, City Attorney, presented an interim report; he will also present a second
interim report on December 13, 2000. Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
22. Report on the status of the East Building of the Science Museum Building, District 17.
Laid over to December 6 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
NOTE: AN ORDINANCE IS A CITY LAW ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS READ AT
FOUR SEPARATE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE AFTER PASSAGE BY
THE COUNCIL AND 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE SAINT PAUL LEGAL LEDGER.
23. Final Adoption - 00 -550 - An ordinance to regulate newsracks that are located within public rights -
of -way. (Substitute introduced and laid over from November 8 for final adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
24. Final Adoption - 00 -890 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 33.02 to
allow the fire marshal to suspend or revoke a Certificate of Occupancy for buildings and structures
determined to be nuisances.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
25. Final Adoption - 00 -993 - An ordinance approving zoning ordinance amendments related to the
Brewery /Ran -View Small Area Plan and 40 Acre Study.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
26. Final Adoption - 00 -1015 - 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
Sunray- Battlecreek- Highwood, District One Community Council neighborhood to be known as the
Sunray- Battlecreek- Highwood, District One Community Council Special District Sign Plan.
Laid over to December 27 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
27. Final Adoption - 00 -1018 - 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
Shepard Davern neighborhood to be known as the Shepard Davern Special District Sign Plan.
Laid over to December 27 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
28. Final Adoption - 00 -1020 - 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
Macalester- Groveland neighborhood to be known as the Macalester- Groveland Special District Sign
Plan.
Laid over to December 27 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
29. Final Adoption - 00 -1024- 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
North End /South Como neighborhood to be known as the North End /South Como Special District Sign
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Plan.
Laid over to December 27 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
30. Final Adoption - 00 -1042 - 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
East Side neighborhoods to be known as the Greater Eastside Area Special District Sign Plan.
Amended and laid over to December 6 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
31. Final Adoption - 00 -1022 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 66.214
eliminating the language that permits advertising signs within 660 feet of the right of way of the
Lafayette Freeway and Interstate Highway 94 between the Lafayette Freeway and Robert Street.
Laid over to December 6 for final adoption Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
32. Final Adoption - 00 -1043 - An ordinance declaring a moratorium on commercial variances, new
business licenses, and SCUPs in the area designated in the White Bear Avenue Small Area Plan.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
33. Final Adoption - 00 -1044 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 409
requiring dramshop insurance coverage for temporary wine and liquor licenses and correcting an
obsolete reference to Class II licenses.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
34. Final Adoption - 00 -1045 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 410
requiring dramshop insurance coverage for temporary 3.2 beer licenses and correcting an obsolete
reference to Class II licenses.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
35. Final Adoption - 00 -1046 - An ordinance placing the position titled Emergency Paramedical
Services Chief in the unclassified service pursuant to Section 12.03.2(H) of the City of Saint Paul
Charter.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
36. First Reading - 00 -1116 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action approving the petition of
Wayne Carlson to rezone property at 542 and 548 Ohio Street from B -2 to RT -2. (Public hearing was
held November 1, 2000)
Laid over to December 6 for second reading
37. First Reading - 00 -1117 - An ordinance preserving the status quo with respect to the use of property
for methadone outpatient treatment services pending completion of a study of these facilities by the
Planning Commission.
Laid over to December 6 for second reading
SusDension Items
Resolution - 00 -1118 - Authorizing Joseph R. Plumbo, dba Joseph R. Plumbo, Taxicab License 4111 to
change the color scheme of his vehicle from orange and white to dark purple with white lettering
identifying its affiliation with River City Cab.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1119 - Waiving the 45 day notification requirements and issuing a Liquor On -Sale and
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Sunday On -Sale License to Bies Kokaisel, Inc., dba Old Hudson, 1045 Hudson Road.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1120 - Waiving the 45 day notification requirements and issuing an Off -Sale Liquor
License to SLT Enterprises, Inc., dba Corner Liquor, 1047 Hudson Road.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
REMINDER: THERE WILL NOT BE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 29TH SINCE IT IS THE FIFTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
Want to become more involved within the Saint Paul
community?
The City of Saint Paul is currently seeking applicants for the following committees:
• Advisory Committee on Aging
• Cultural Capital Investment Program, residency required
• 1 opening for a member at large
• 1 opening for someone who represents a philanthropic
organization
• Heritage Preservation Committee, residency required
• Planning Commission
• Zoning Board, residency required
The committees serve a wide range of needs and interests. The deadline for applications is Friday,
December 1, 2000. For more information and /or an application, please see the City's web site at
www.ci.stpaul.mn.us /mayor /committeeinfo/ or contact Tom Marver at 651.266.6610 for more
information on how you can become involved.
In addition, we are still accepting applications for the following committees.
• Capital Budget Committee
o Must reside in Senate Districts 64, 65, 66 or 67
• Human Rights Commission, residency required
• Zoning Board, residency required
• Youth Fund Board, residency required \Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center, Neighborhood
Advisory Committee
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