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ACTION MINUTES OF
THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, January 19, 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
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 31)
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 November 10, and 17, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
2. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on January 26, 2000, to consider the application of Pat Carney and Jules Inda to
rezone property at 1956 Feronia Avenue (corner of Prior, Feronia, and St. Anthony) from RM -2 to OS -1
to allow a mixed office residential use.
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3. Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 923 Agate Street and
668 Fifth Street East as nuisance properties. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be
scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
4. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement amending the compliance date for
nuisance property at 62 Winifred Street West.
5. Administrative Orders:
D001811 Transferring funding in the Department of Planning and Economic Development to Project
477296, Snelling Selby Commercial Public Improvement Project.
D001812 Amending the spending and financing plans of the Major Sewer Repairs -98 budget in the
Department of Public Works by decreasing Sewer Service Fund financing.
D001813 Approving the transfer of a portion of the unspent Payroll Conversion project salary money to
pay temporary programming staff in the Office of Information Services.
D001814 Moving spending budgets to the Operating Transfer to General Fund object code to pay for PC
Replacement acquisitions for 1999 in the Public Works Traffic, Signal and Lighting Fund.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
6. Resolution - 00 -36 - Approving the appointment of Travis Logan, by Mayor Coleman, to the Youth
Fund Board.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 00 -37 - Approving the appointment of Anne D. Briseno, by Mayor Coleman, as an
Assistant to the Mayor effective December 27, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 00 -22 - Approving a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and the
Saint Paul Police Federation establishing the implementation procedures for moving current incumbents
holding certified appointments to the Lieutenant classification into the Commander classification as a
result the consolidation of the Lieutenant and Commander classes; and amending Article 18 (Premium
Pay /Special Allowances) of the current collective bargaining agreement by establishing a 5% premium
pay for "Senior Commander" duty assignment. (Laid over from January 12 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Bostrom did not vote)
9. Resolution - 00 -38 - Recognizing April 22, 2000, as Earth Day in the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -39 - Approving the 2000 City of Saint Paul Legislative Initiatives.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -40 - Approving the proposed items of support for the City's 2000 Legislative
Agenda.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -41 - Approving the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities' 2000 Policies and
Legislative Proposals.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -42 - Approving the League of Minnesota Cities' 2000 City Policies for Legislative
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and Administrative Action.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 00 -43 - Memorializing the decision of the City Council on December 8, 1999, denying
the appeal of Samuel S. Anderson to a decision of the Planning Commission to attach a condition to a
Non - Conforming Use Permit for a duplex at 885 West California Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -44 - Memorializing the decision of the City Council on December 8, 1999, granting
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.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 00 -45 - Authorizing the City of Saint Paul to accept $765,000 of discretionary funds
from the State of Minnesota to provide services to St. Paul Companies dislocated workers.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 00 -46 - Agreeing to hold Ramsey County and the City of Maplewood harmless for its
use of Round Lake for a family fishing event.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 00 -47 - Authorizing the Office of Financial Services, Treasury Section, to initiate all
necessary action leading to the issuance of City General Obligation Bonds, Water Revenue Bonds and
any justified refunding bonds on February 16, 2000, with the City Council awarding bids that afternoon.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 00 -48 - Amending the spending and financing plans in the Department of Public Works
for Shepard Road, 1998 and 1999 Sewer Rehabilitation programs.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 00 -49 - Amending and /or closing the spending and financing plans of various capital
project accounts in the Department of Public Works
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Resolution - 00 -50 - Accepting a Federal Weed and Seed Asset Forfeiture Grant in the Police
Department and establishing a spending and financing plan for the grant.
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
22. Resolution - 00 -51 - Authorizing the Police Department to establish a financing and spending plan
for an overtime grant in the amount of $98,000 received from the Minnesota Department of Public
Safety
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
23. Resolution - 00 -52 - Accepting a Local Law Enforcement Block Grant from the United States
Department of Justice, authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with Ramsey
County, and setting a date for a public hearing on the proposed use of the grant.
Adopted as amended (Public Hearing scheduled for February 2) Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Resolution - 00 -53 - Increasing the 2000 budget in the Police Department for the Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grant and authorizing Chief William Finney to enter into an agreement
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with the Minnesota Department of Economic Security.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
25. Resolution - 00 -54 - Establishing a financing and spending plan for the agreement between the Saint
Paul Police Department and the City of Minneapolis providing funding for law enforcement services
targeting methamphetamine production and trafficking.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 00 -55 - Authorizing the Police Department's Professional Development Institute to
enter into an agreement with Metropolitan State University to provide facility rental from January 1,
2000, through December 31, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
27. Preliminary Order - 00 -56 - In the matter of the operation of the above standard street lighting
system for the Dale/University- Minnehaha Area and the Hamline University Area for the months of
January through December 2000, and setting date of public hearing for March 22, 2000. (File 4188030P
& 188860P)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
28. Preliminary Order - 00 -57 - In the matter of improving the alley in Block 8, Finch's Addition,
bounded by Tuscarora, Bay, Watson, and Osceola, by grading and paving with a bituminous material,
and setting date of public hearing for March 22, 2000. (File 418921)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
29. Preliminary Order- 00 -58 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement in the land
necessary for the slopes, cuts, and fills, including the right of removal of lateral support from subject
land or remainder thereof, occasioned by excavations thereof or construction of slopes in the grading
and paving of the alley in Block 8, Finch's Addition, bounded by Tuscarora, Bay, Watson, and Osceola,
and setting date of public hearing for March 22, 2000. (File 418921 S)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
30. Preliminary Order - 00 -59 - In the matter of installation of a twin lantern style lighting system on
both sides of Snelling Avenue from Hague Avenue to Dayton Avenue, the north side of Selby Avenue
from approximately 229 feet west of Snelling Avenue to 340 feet east of Snelling Avenue, the south side
of Selby Avenue from approximately 229 feet west of Snelling Avenue to 220 feet east of Snelling
Avenue, and the north side of Hague Avenue from approximately 180 feet east of Snelling Avenue to
Snelling Avenue, and setting date of public hearing for March 22, 2000. (File 418903)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Preliminary Order - 00 -60 - In the matter of operating costs for the above standard street lighting
system on both sides of Snelling Avenue from Hague Avenue to Dayton Avenue, the north side of Selby
Avenue from approximately 229 feet west of Snelling Avenue to 340 feet east of Snelling Avenue, the
south side of Selby Avenue from approximately 229 feet west of Snelling Avenue to 220 feet east of
Snelling Avenue, and the north side of Hague Avenue from approximately 180 feet east of Snelling
Avenue to Snelling Avenue from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000, and setting date of public
hearing for March 22, 2000. (File 4189030P)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
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32. Resolution - 00 -27 - Changing the rate of pay for Park 6oneessiorr Facility Supervisor in the Salary
Plan and Rates of Compensation Resolution. (Laid over from January 12)
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
33. Consideration of the appeals of the Hamline Midway Coalition and JLT Group to a decision of the
Planning Commission to approve a site plan with conditions for two office /warehouse buildings at 1900
Minnehaha Avenue West. (Public hearing held and laid over from January 12)
Laid over to January 26 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
34. Third Reading - 00 -12 - An ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
rezone property at 550 Concord Street from RM -2 to OS -1. (Public hearing held December 1)
Laid over to January 26 for final adoption
35. First Reading - 00 -61 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 33.04; inserting
the 50% reduction of all housing - related permits as part of a pilot program to increase housing in Saint
Paul.
Laid over to January 26 for second reading
36. First Reading - 00 -62 - An ordinance amending Section 310.19 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code;
eliminating the investigation services required from a security agency to be selected and contracted with
the City of Saint Paul to provide alcohol awareness training to liquor - licensed establishments in order to
receive a 7% discount on the liquor license fee.
Laid over to January 26 for second reading
POLICY SESSION
No topic this month
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