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ACTION MINUTES OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, December 20, 2000
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 - 651- 266 -8565
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Suspension Items
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Coleman (arrived following roll call)
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I - 18)
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
1. Claims of Susan Harer, Steven Terry /Terry & Associates, P.A. (for Mhret Ketem), William Miller,
and Domingo Valdes- Garcia.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Division
2. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on January
24, 2001, to consider the vacation of part of the alley in Block 5, Norwood Addition near I -35E and
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Michigan and Oneida Streets to allow the petitioners, Pam and John Boardman, to join together two
parcels of property into one continuous parcel.
3. Administrative Orders:
D001948 Amending the 2000 Police Department Budget - Special Revenue Fund 436 to accurately
reflect expenditures appropriate for the Urban Lab and Strike Force Grants.
D001949 Amending the 2000 Police Department Budget for the Citywide and Police Capital
Maintenance Projects by transferring $450.00 from the 2000 Citywide Capital Maintenance Projects for
their share to replace a new furnace.
D001950 Authorizing the Department of Public Works to purchase dinner certificates to acknowledge
their employees who have been accident free for five years or more.
D001951 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $150.00, to Events By Design for food services for the
Citizen Police Academy Graduation Ceremony scheduled on November 29, 2000.
D001952 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $300.00, to Events By Design for food services for the
Police Department Outdoor Range Open House on October 7, 2000.
D001953 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $345.00, to Events By Design for food services for
outside agencies participating in the Forensic Technician course sponsored by the Police Department
Professional Development Institute on October 25 -27, 2000.
D001954 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $1,050.00, to Events By Design for food services for
outside agencies participating in the Field Training Officer Certification course sponsored by the Police
Department Professional Development Institute on December 4 -8, 2000.
D001955 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $200.00 to Events By Design for food services for outside
agencies participating in the Street Response to Mental Illness course sponsored by the Police
Department Professional Development Institute on December 13, 2000.
D001956 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $360.00 to Events By Design for food services for outside
agencies participating in the Interview and Interrogation, Maximizing the Opportunity course sponsored
by the Police Department Professional Development Institute on November 16 -17, 2000.
D001957 Amending the 2000 budget in the Information Services General Fund by transferring
$30,000.00 to the appropriate object code for contracted programmers who temporarily filled vacant
positions until new staff can be hired.
FOR ACTION
4. Approval of minutes of November 1, 2000.
Laid over to December 27 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
5. Resolution - 00 -1175 - Approving allocation of Federal Emergency Shelter Grant Program funds to
various non -profit agencies for the purpose of assisting them to provide a wide range of service to
people who are "homeless" or at "risk of becoming homeless."
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
6. Resolution - 00 -1176 - Adopting the Summary of The Hamline Midway Community Plan as an
addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 00 -1177 - Memorializing the decision of the City Council on October 25, 2000, granting
the appeal of Hilsgen, et al. to a decision of the Planning Commission granting a non - conforming use
permit to change from a machine shop to a Laundromat at 962 Forest Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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8. Resolution - 00 -1178 - Memorializing the decision of the City Council on September 20, 2000,
granting the appeal of Dayton's Bluff District 4 Community Council to a decision of the Planning
Commission granting a change of non - conforming use permit to change from a small custom welding
shop to a janitorial service at 841 Hudson Road.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 00 -1179 - Placing $10,000,000 in Council contingency to facilitate the co- location of the
Saint Paul Police Department in the new Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -1180 - Authorizing the Western District of the Police Department to accept the
donation of a digital camera, valued at approximately $1,000, from the Frogtown Weed and Seed
Committee.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -1181 - Accepting a $100,000.00 community policing overtime grant from the
Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Drug Police and Violence Prevention and authorizing
Chief Finney to enter into an agreement with same.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -1182 - Approving additions to the Division of Parks and Recreation financing and
spending plans in the 2000 budget for the repayment of the wood chipper loan.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -1183 - Approving additions to the Division of Parks and Recreation financing and
spending plans in the 2000 budget to purchase equipment and supplies for use at the Como Campus.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 00 -1184 - Accepting the donation of $2,000 from Rotiald Randall Benson and
establishing a spending plan in the Division of Parks and Recreation 2000 budget towards the cost of
fencing and signage for the off -leash dog area at the south end of Arlington /Arkwright Park.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -1185 - Approving additions to the Division of Parks and Recreation financing and
spending plans in the 2000 budget for removal of trees and other growth from holding ponds throughout
the City.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 00 -1186 - Amending the financing and spending plans of the 2000 Sewer Rehabilitation
Program by transferring sewer funding from the 1997 Inflow /Infiltration, 1998 and 1999 Sewer
Rehabilitation Programs.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 00 -1187 - Agreeing to hold the State of Minnesota, its officers, agents and employees
harmless from any and all liability or damages resulting from removal of deer from the Pig's Eye Site
between January 1, 2001, and April 1, 2001.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -1188 - In the matter of the assessment for installation of a
fire protection system at 386 North Wabasha Street (Ecolab University Center) and setting date of public
hearing for January 3, 2001. (File 4FP9902)
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Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
19. Resolution - 00 -916 - Disbanding the Downtown Airport Advisory Council and replacing it with the
Saint Paul Airport Relations Council. (Laid over from December 6)
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. 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 December 6)
Laid over to January 3 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Resolution - 00 -1121 - Requesting the Office of LIEP to conduct a study of the liquor license fees
issued to theaters to determine whether the fee set is sufficient to cover the City's licensing and
enforcement costs and whether the reduced fee is economically necessary for theaters, and to report to
the Council by October 1, 2001. (Laid over from December 13)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 1 (Blakey)
ORDINANCES
22. Final Adoption - 00 -1065 - An ordinance to create a separate fee for intoxicating liquor licenses
issued to theaters. (Amended and laid over from December 13)
Adopted Yeas - 4 Nays - 3 (Blakey, Harris, Reiter)
23. Final Adoption - 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.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Second Reading - 00 -1172 - An ordinance to provide for the assessment and collection of fees for
excessive police and nuisance enforcement services.
Laid over to January 3 for third reading /public hearing
25. First Reading - 00 -1189 - Providing for the collection of refuse and the assessment and collection of
service charges for such services.
Laid over to December 27 for second reading
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
26. Third 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 27 for final adoption
27. Resolution - 00 -1190 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 689 Orleans Street
within five (5) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends laying
over to the February 6 Legislative Hearing and the February 28 City Council meeting.)
Laid over to February 28 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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28. Resolution - 00 -1191 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 45 Winona Street
West within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends
laying over to the January 2 Legislative Hearing and the January 24 City Council meeting.)
Laid over to January 24 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Reiter not present for vote)
29. Resolution - 00 -1192 - Approving the increase for the Sewer Service Availability Charge (SAC)
from $1,100.00 to $1,150.00 beginning January 1, 2001 and from $1,150.00 to $1,200.00 beginning
January 1, 2002, in compliance with the Metropolitan Council's Environmental Services method of
charging local governing bodies.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
30. Resolution Ratifying and Confirming Condemnation and Awards of Damages and Assessments - 00-
1193 - In the matter of condemning and taking an easement to widen Maryland Avenue at Arcade Street.
(File 418927E)
Laid over to January 24 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Public hearing to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning all licenses held
by Beaver Lounge, Inc., 756 Jackson Street.
Laid over to December 27 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
32. Public hearing to consider the application of Cayuga Street LLC to rezone property at 178, 182, and
186 Cayuga Street from RT -1 to P -1 to allow development of an off - street parking lot.
Motion of Intent - Application granted and adopted the findings and conclusions, including the
associated conditions, of the Planning Commission as contained in their Resolution No. 00 -67
dated November 17, 2000.
Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
SusDension Items
Resolution - 00 -1194 - Supporting the proposal of Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from issuing a final rule on the sounding of
train whistles until October 1, 2001, and disputing any need for further Federal regulation of railroad
crossings in the City.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1195 - Waiving the prohibition of the issuance of an off -sale liquor license within 300
feet of any public or parochial school, church or synagogue (Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church) for
Solo Vino, LLC, dba Solo Vino, 517 Selby Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1196 - Approving the waiver of the 45 -day notice requirements for issuance of an Off -
Sale Liquor License for Solo Vino, LLC, dba Solo Vino, 517 Selby Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1197 - Granting an off -sale liquor license , with conditions, for Solo Vino, LLC, dba
Solo Vino, 517 Selby Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -1198 - Amending the 2000 budget for the Mayor's Special Projects Fund to account for
the close out of the Peanuts on Parade Project.
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Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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