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ACTION MINUTES OF
THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, January 5, 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 - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Suspension Items
• Reconsider Vetoed Item
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I - 20)
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 Chris Fritz and Heidi Fields- Fritz, Kathleen Kranz, and Ronnie Porter.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Office
2. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Donna M. Post v. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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3. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 12, 2000, to consider adverse action against all licenses held by Blues Saloon, Inc., 601 Western
Avenue North.
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 12, 2000, to consider adverse action against all licenses held by Food -N -Fuel, Inc., 675 7th
Street West.
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 12, 2000, to consider adverse action against all licenses held by Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.,
dba Hardee's of Midway, 369 Hamline Avenue North.
6. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 12, 2000, to consider adverse action against the Malt Off -Sale License held by Paul Kamp, dba
Kamp's, 1059 Western Avenue North.
7. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 12, 2000, to consider adverse action against the Auto Body Repair Garage License held by
Steve's Auto Body St. Paul, Inc., dba Steve's Auto Body, 1196 7th Street East.
8. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 783 Como Avenue as
"nuisance property." (For notification purposes only; a public hearing will be scheduled at a later date if
necessary.)
9. Administrative Orders:
D001800 Approving expenditure, not to exceed $300.00, for catering services for the January 12 24,
2000, Parks and Recreation Commission Annual Retreat.
D001801 Authorizing a staff member (non -City employee) to attend the "Health Realization Internship"
program in Saratoga, CA, in five separate sessions beginning December 2, 1999, and ending September,
2000.
D001802 Transferring funds to the proper expenditure code to permit funding of the 1999 share of costs
for the 1999 PC replacement program for computers provided to the Division of Contract and Analysis
Services.
D001803 Approving transfer of spending authority within the Asphalt Plant Internal Service Fund to
adjust spending budgets for the year 1999 for compliance with fund sufficiency policies and to reflect
where spending has or is projected to occur through the year -end process.
10. Resolution - 00 -1 - Approving the appointment of Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A., to represent
City Employee James V. Crudo.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -2 - Authorizing City staff to purchase the vacant railroad parcel adjacent to Kellogg
Boulevard and Broadway Street and that the parcel be improved as a surface parking facility.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -3 - Finalizing City Council action taken December 22, 1999, suspending all licenses
held by Todd Erickson, dba Summit Amusement, 2274 University Avenue West, until all fees are paid.
Adopted Yeas -7 Nays - 0
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13. Resolution - 00 -4 - Approving the release of an unneeded sewer easement on an area of vacated Mt.
Hope Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 00 -5 - Amending the spending and financing plans for the Rice /Arlington Field
Lighting Project and the Harriet Island Park Reconstruction Project.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -6 - Approving application for a Parking Ramp License by Park N Jet LLC, dba Park
N Jet, 1465 Davern Street. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution- 00 -7 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property at 1704, 1720, 1740, & 1750 Norfolk Avenue, and 1073 Thomas
Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 00 -8 - Approving allocation of Federal Emergency Grant Program Funds to various
non -profit agencies for the purpose of providing a wide range of services to people who are homeless or
at risk of becoming homeless.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 00 -9 - Establishing the rate of pay for a new classification entitled Administrative
Assistant - Department of Human Rights.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 00 -10 - Changing the rate of compensation for the existing classification of Assistant
Director of Human Rights (unclassified).
Laid over to January 12 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 00 -11 - Approving a project to improve the bike trail on the south side of Warner Road
west of Fish Hatchery Road and approving all permanent and temporary easements needed to complete
said improvement.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
21. Resolution - 99 -1206 - Approving the appointments of Councilmember Chris Coleman and
Councilmember -Elect Patrick Harris, and the reappointment of Councilmember James Reiter, by Mayor
Coleman, to the Saint Paul Water Board of Commissioners. (Laid over from December 22)
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
22. Final Adoption - 99 -1157 - An ordinance amending Chapters 87, 89, 90, 92, and 94 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code pertaining to the rules and regulations of the Saint Paul Regional Water Services as
recommended by the Board of Water Commissions of the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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23. Final Adoption - 99 -1179 - An ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 17.07.1 of the Charter of the
City of Saint Paul and Section 409.20 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code creating a Commercial
Development District on property with the address of 2082 Ford
Parkway.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Second Reading - 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 to January 12 for third reading /public hearing
25. Second Reading - 99 -1228 - An ordinance to limit the number of one -day entertainment licenses
available at any one location.
Laid over to January 12 for third reading /public hearing
26. Second Reading - 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.
Amended and laid over to January 12 for third reading /public hearing
Yeas - 7 Nays - 0 27. Second Reading - 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.
Laid over to January 12 for third reading /public hearing
28. First 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.
Laid over to January 12 for second reading
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
29. Third Reading - 99 -1202 - An ordinance amending Section 157.04 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code to delete an obsolete reference to the Department of Community Services and to allow the Director
of Parks and Recreation, rather than the Director of Community Services or a designee, the ability to
post signs indicating that tree trimming work is in progress and banning parking within one hundred feet
of such work.
Laid over to January 12 for final adoption
30. 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 to January 26 for public hearing Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
31. Public hearing to consider the appeal of Lincoln Pawn to a decision of the Planning Commission
granting the appeal of the District 2 Community Council of the Zoning Administrator's approval of a site
plan for the expansion of a pawn shop at 1675 White Bear Avenue.
Motion of Intent - Appeal Denied including adopting the findings, conclusions and
recommendations of the Planning Commission as contained in its Resolution 99 -74, dated
November 5, 1999. This pawn shop expansion further encroaches into an area intended to
separate commercial uses from residential uses and violates the legislative intent behind
separation requirements, a problem not solved by application of linear distance measurements.
Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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32. Public hearing to consider the following cases concerning a new carriage house proposed to be built
at 420 Portland Avenue: appeal of Greg and Carol Clark, Patricia Leonard, and Laurel Frost to a
decision of the Heritage Preservation Commission to approve the design; appeal of Ron Severson to a
decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals to deny a variance to reduce the required front yard setback;
and application of Ron Severson to review the site plan.
Laid over to February 9 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
33. Resolution - 00 -13- Consideration of a petition to vacate part of Pierce Street southerly of Carroll
Avenue and north easterly of the Soo Line Railroad right -of -way and the south 1.00 foot of the west
161.10 feet of Carroll Avenue easterly of Pierce Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
34. Resolution - 00 -14 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 762 Lafond Avenue
within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends
allowing the owner six months to complete rehabilitation provided a $2,000.00 bond is posted, a
code compliance inspection is completed, and the vacant building fee is paid by noon on January
5, 2000)
Laid over to January 12 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
35. Resolution - 00 -15 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building at 648 Western Avenue
North within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends
approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Suspension Items
Resolution - 00 -16 - Approving the election of Daniel Bostrom as President of the Saint Paul City
Council.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -17 - Approving the election of Jay Benanav as Vice - President of the Saint Paul City
Council.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -18 - Approving the election of Gerry Strathman as Secretary to the City Council.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -19 - Approving the appointment of John Lesch as Legislative Aide to Councilmember
Chris Coleman, Ward 2.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -20 - Approving the appointment of Matthew Reinartz as Legislative Aide to
Councilmember Patrick Harris, Ward 3.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Reconsidered Vetoed Item
Ordinance - 99 -1063 - Enacted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §462.355, Subd. 4. preserving the status
quo with respect to the use of property within the City of Saint Paul pending the completion of studies of
possible amendments to city zoning regulations relating to trucking facilities. (Adopted on December
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22, 1999 and vetoed by the Mayor on January 4, 2000)
Veto Overridden Yeas - 5 Nays - 2 (Blakey, Reiter)
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