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ACTION MINUTES OF THE SAINT PAUL
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, January 26, 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
Present - 5 - Benanav, Bostrom, Coleman, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 2 - Blakey, Harris (arrived later in the meeting)
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Suspension Item
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 -14)
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 24, November 30 (Special Meeting), and December 1, 1999.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
2. Claims of Stephen Curry, Elizabeth Rauer- Kramer, and Daniel Wathum -Ocama and Rhoda Wathum-
Ocama.
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Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Office
3. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on February 2, 2000, to consider the application of Amherst Wilder Foundation
to rezone property at 510 Humboldt Avenue and 514 South Robert Street from B -2 to RM -2 and P -1 to
RM -2 to avoid creating lots with split zoning when replatting Wilder's Rarig campus to create separate
lots for the nursing home building now owned by Health East and for the independent senior housing
buildings still owned by the Wilder Foundation.
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
February 9, 2000, to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning all licenses held by
Megusta Mexican Cuisine, dba Megusta Mexican Restaurant, 433 Robert Street South.
5. Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 443 Charles Avenue
and 681 Edmund Avenue as nuisance properties, and setting date of Legislative Hearings for February 1,
2000, and City Council Hearings for February 9, 2000.
6. Administrative Orders:
D001815 Authorizing the Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with the
College of Saint Catherine and various vendors for services associated with the 2000 Winter
Carnival and Senior Royalty Coronations, Teen Dance and Senior Day and Judging Parties.
D001816 Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to pay stipend costs for teachers
attending two -hour training workshops on "Risk Watch" injury - prevention curriculum.
D001817 Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to remit $300.00 to Byerly's for
costs associated with the training workshops for teachers on "Risk Watch"
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
7. Resolution - 00 -63 - Adopting the area plan summary of A Plan for Capitol Heights as an addendum
to The Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 00 -64 - Approving the issuance of conduit bonds in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000
to finance the acquisition of property located in the block bounded by 10th, 11th, Wabasha, and St. Peter
Streets.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 00 -65 - Authorizing the issuance of revenue notes by the City of Brainerd under
Minnesota Statutes Sections 469.152 through 469.165, as amended, to finance property for the benefit of
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -66 - Directing the Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into a lease agreement
with the State of Minnesota for the Get Ready program space at Baker Community Center.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
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11. Resolution - 00 -67 - Rescinding the assessment amount for sidewalk reconstruction that was not
constructed at 1769 Rome Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -68 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property at 550 Wheeler Street North, 380 St. Peter Street, 1280 Raymond
Avenue, and 668 - 670 - 672 -674 Fourth Street East.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
13. Preliminary Order - 00 -69 - In the matter of improving the alley in Block 9, Lindley park and Block
6 H.F. Schwabe's Addition, from the west property line of Griffith Street to 560 feet west, by
constructing a storm sewer and drainage structures, and grading and paving with bituminous material
(bounded by Wakefield, Frank, Wilson, and Griffith), and setting date of public hearing for February 23,
2000. (File 418923)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
14. Preliminary Order - 00 -70 - In the matter of condemning and taking easements in the land necessary
for the slope, cuts and fills in connection with the improvement of the alley in Block 9, Lindley Park and
Block 6 H. F. Schwabe's Addition, from the west property line of Griffith Street to 560 feet west
(bounded by Wakefield, Frank, Wilson and Griffith), and setting date of public hearing for February 23,
2000. (File 418923 -S)
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
15. Report from the Mayor's Office on the effectiveness of the Multifaceted Pilot Prevention and
Enforcement Program to reduce youth access to alcohol. (Requested per C.F. 98 -862 adopted September
23, 1998) (Laid over from December 1, 1999)
Reports were provided by Bob Kessler, Director, Office of License, Inspections and Environmental
Protection (LISP); Traci Toomey and Jim Farrell, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee Members.
16. Resolution - 99 -1132 - Denying the Auto Body Repair Garage and Auto Repair Garage License
Applications by Ray's Auto Body, Inc., 353 Larch Street. (Laid over from December 22, 1999)
Reconsidered and laid over to February 23 Yeas 7 Nays - 0
17. 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 January 12; laid over from January 19)
Laid over to February 2 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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18. Resolution - 00 -72 - Authorizing the Division of Parks and Recreation to issue a Request for
Proposal (RFP) for the management and operation of the Como Lakeside Pavilion and waiving any
requirement related to managed competition in the Saint Paul Administrative Code !� 1 /285.04.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
19. Final Adoption - 99 -1227 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 423 to
establish a separate license for auto body repair shops and auto body painting shops. (Laid over from
January 12)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Final Adoption - 99 -1228 - An ordinance to limit the number of one -day entertainment licenses
available at any one location. (Laid over from January 12)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Final Adoption - 99 -1229 - An ordinance amending Chapter 66.216 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code pertaining to special sign district sign plans by creating a new special sign district sign plan for the
Snelling- Hamline Neighborhood to be known as the Snelling- Hamline Special District Sign Plan. (Laid
over from January 12)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
22. Final Adoption - 99 -1241- An ordinance amending Chapter 66.216 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code pertaining to special sign district sign plans by creating a new special sign district plan for the
West Side Neighborhood to be known as the West Side Special District Sign Plan. (Substitute Page 1
was introduced on January 12 and laid over)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
23. Final Adoption - 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)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Second 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 February 2 for third reading /public hearing
Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
25. Second 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
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establishments in order to receive a 7% discount on the liquor license fee.
Laid over to February 23 for third reading /public hearing
26. First Reading - 00 -73 - An ordinance changing the insurance coverage requirement amounts in
stationary event permits to comply with the new monetary limits in the Minnesota municipal tort
liability statute.
Laid over to February 2 for second reading
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
27. Third Reading - 99 -1203 - An ordinance amending Council File 97 -1568 pertaining to advertising
signs to allow limited processing of advertising sign permits for DeLite Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (Laid
over from January 5)
Laid over to February 2 for final adoption
28. Resolution - 00 -74 - Vacating an alley located within an area currently used as a parking lot on the
southwest corner of Grand Avenue and Victoria Street allowing consolidation of the separate lots into
one parcel as petitioned by James A. Stolpestad, for Victoria Crossing LLC.
Amended and laid over to February 23 for public hearing
Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
29. Resolution - 00 -75 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 927 Charles Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends laying
over to the February 15, 2000, Legislative Hearing and the February 23, 2000, City Council Meeting
provided that the vacant building fee is paid and the mortgage company makes arrangements to maintain
the exterior of the building.)
Adopted (remove or repair within 15 days) Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
30. Resolution - 00 -76 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 297 Morton Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends granting
the owners six months to complete rehabilitation provided a code compliance inspection is completed if
the one they have is not satisfactory and that a $2,000.00 bond is posted by noon of January 26, 2000)
Laid over to February 2 for public hearing Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Public hearing 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.
Motion of Intent - Application granted including adoption of the findings and conclusions of the
Planning Commission as contained in its Resolution 00 -06 dated January 14, 2000. Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Suspension Item
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Resolution - 00 -71 - Authorizing the Department of Planning and Economic Development to enter into
an agreement with the State of Minnesota for a $20,000 Metro Greenways Planning Grant to continue
planning for habitat protection and restoration in the Lower Phalen and Troutbrook areas.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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