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ACTION MINUTES OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, June 7, 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
• For Action
• Administrative Orders
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
• Miscellaneous
• Suspension Items
Present - 6 - Benanav, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Blakey (arrived later in the meeting)
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I - 36)
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 Jim Hayden, Sean Keating, Kerri Lafayette, and Karen Sieck.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Division
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2 Letters from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 1317 Arkwright Street
and 429 Lafond Avenue as nuisance properties. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be
scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
3. Administrative Orders:
D001887 Amending the spending and financing plan of the Railroad Island Neighborhood Safety
Improvement Project in the Department of Public Works.
D001888 Authorizing expenses, not to exceed $300.00, for a joint meeting /dinner between Saint
Paul Public Library staff and Saint Paul Public School staff on April 12, 2000. Money has been
received from The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library to pay for the event.
D001889 Approving a Lease Agreement to provide 4,500 square feet of space in the Arts and
Science Center to the Charter School Building Corporation for storage of work stations.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
4. Resolution - 00 -482 - Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and
Saint Paul Supervisors Organization, Saint Paul Manual and Maintenance Supervisors Association,
AFSCME Clerical 42508, Laborers Local 4132, and Teamsters Local 4120 for the purpose of piloting a
uniform policy for employees in the City's Golf Operations Unit for the 2000 golf season. (Laid over
from May 24 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
5. Resolution - 00 -515 - Recognizing Don Singer, a teacher in the Saint Paul Public Schools for 34
years, and proclaiming Thursday, June 1, 2000 as Don Singer Day in the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
6. Resolution - 00 -516 - Approving the appointment of Sherri Mortenson -Brown and the reappointment
of Nancy Dudley Kelly, by Mayor Coleman, to the Saint Paul Civil Service Commission.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
7. Resolution - 00 -517 - Approving the appointments of Joe Zappa, Billie Young, Tom Azzone, Pat Igo,
Dave Baker, Sean Lazenby, Amy Galles, Ryan Kaess, and Carrie Wasley, and the reappointments of
Robert Cardinal and Stuart Simek, by Mayor Coleman, to the Business Review Council.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 00 -518 - Approving the appointments of Peter Anderson, Tom Poul, Romi Slowiak, Don
Luna, and Michelle Vojacek, by Mayor Coleman, to the Neighborhood Sales Tax Reinvestment (STAR)
Board.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 00 -519 - Approving the appointment of Heidi Welsch and the reappointments of
Kenneth J. Mauer and John O'Halloran, by Mayor Coleman, to the Saint Paul Parks and Recreation
Commission.
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Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -520 - Approving the appointments of Larry Dandrea, Ron Lattin, Ruth Blackman,
Amanda Welliver, and Tim Johnson, by Mayor Coleman, to the Saint Paul Long -Range Capital
Improvement Budget Committee (CIB).
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 1 (Coleman)
11. Resolution - 00 -521 - Approving the proposed January 1, 2000 Restatement of the "Pension Plan of
the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota."
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 00 -522 - Authorizing Chief William Finney to enter into agreements with Ramsey
County and Saint Paul Public Schools.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -523 - Accepting the donation of $4,000.00 from Clifford Timm for improvements at
Pickeral Lake.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 00 -524 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on a Property Code
Enforcement Appeal for property at 714 Hawthorne Avenue East.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 00 -525 - Allowing expenditure of fund balance in 30151 (Social Policy Prevention
Strategy) in the Office of Human Rights.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 00 -526 - Amending the spending and financing plan of the pedestrian connection
(between RiverCentre and the downtown skyway system) capital project.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 00 -527 - Authorizing payment in the amount of $9,925.18 to Mike and Tara Seefeld in
full settlement of their claim against the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 00 -528 - Authorizing payment in the amount of $8,000.00 to Eric Mickelson in full
settlement of his claim against the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 00 -529 - Authorizing payment in the amount of $15,000.00 to Bounmy Saengdora in
full settlement of his claim against the City of Saint Paul.
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Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 00 -530 - Recommending that the Board of Ramsey County Commissioners approve the
repurchase application for property at 224 Avon Street.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays - 1 (Bostrom) Abstention -1 (Blakey)
21. Resolution - 00 -531 - Concurring with action taken by the Board of Water Commissioners to
increase compensation for citizen members attending meetings.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
22. Resolution - 00 -532 - Authorizing the Department of Planning and Economic Development to
submit a grant application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Brownfield
Economic Development Initiative grant and an associated Section 108 loan for the Phalen West Project
Area from Williams Hill to Arcade Street.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
23. Resolution - 00 -533 - Accepting the dedication of an easement for public lighting purposes adjacent
to Nativity School and directing the proper City officials to file the dedication in the Office of the
Ramsey County Recorder.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
24. Resolution - 00 -534 - Authorizing the reconveyance of tax forfeited property at 613 Blair Avenue to
the State of Minnesota for subsequent resale to the City of St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment
Authority.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
25. Resolution - 00 -535 - Authorizing the reconveyance of tax forfeited property adjacent to the Mounds
Park Maintenance Center to the State of Minnesota.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
26. Resolution - 00 -536 - Correcting the legal description of easements taken for the Marillac Lane
Sewer Project.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
27. Resolution - 00 -537 - Canceling the assessment for an incorrectly assessed parcel for summary
abatement (graffiti) at 310 Sycamore Street West.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
28. Preliminary Order - 00 -538 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Wards 1, 2, 3 & 4, and
setting date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 500107 - 500116)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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29. Preliminary Order - 00 -539 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Wards 5 & 6, and setting
date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 4S00117- S00126)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
30. Preliminary Order - 00 -540 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Wards 1, 3 & 4, and setting
date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 4S00134- S00141)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
31 Preliminary Order - 00 -541 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Wards 1, 2 & 7, and setting
date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 4S00152- S00154)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
32. Preliminary Order - 00 -542 - In the matter of construction of areaways on Wabasha and Fourth
Streets in connection with the Wabasha West Streetscape Project, and setting date of public hearing for
June 28, 2000. (File 418894A)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
33. Preliminary Order - 00 -543 - In the matter of construction of areaways on Fifth Street in connection
with the Wabasha West Streetscape project, and setting date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File
#1889413)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
34. Preliminary Order - 00 -544 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Ward 2, and setting date of
public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 4S00142- S00151)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
35. Preliminary Order - 00 -545 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction in Wards 5, 6 & 7, and setting
date of public hearing for June 28, 2000. (File 4S00127- S00133)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
36. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -546 - In the matter of improving the intersection of Seventh
Street West and Kittson Street by installing a traffic signaling system, and setting date of public hearing
for June 28, 2000. (File 418872)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
37. Letter from Mayor Coleman dated May 31, 2000, requesting that staff of his administration present a
report regarding additional parking at the corner of Grand and Victoria Avenues.
Susan Kimberly, Deputy Mayor, and Tom Harren, Department of Planning and Economic Development
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presented a report.
An update was requested by the Council on June 21.
38. Resolution - 00 -456 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 249 Fourth Street East, aka 253 Fourth Street East. (Laid
over from May 10)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
39. Resolution - 00 -547- Approving a Management Agreement for RiverCentre with Saint Paul Arena
Company, LLC.
Laid over to June 14 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
40. Report from the Planning Commission on the Seven Corners Gateway Plan. (Report requested by
the Council on May 15; C.F. 00 -250)
Laid over to June 28 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
41. Update from the Department of Planning and Economic Development on training for Quebecor
dislocated workers. (Updated requested by the Council on May 3)
An update was provided by Wayne Young, Department of Planning and Economic Development, and
Larry Orcutt, Saint Paul Port Authority.
42. Report from the Office of Human Rights pertaining to "fair housing." (Report requested by the
Council on May 3)
Laid over to June 21 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
43. Report from the Administration on Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota, 225 North Wilder Street.
(Report requested by the Council on May 10)
Laid over to July 5 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
44. Letter from District Energy Saint Paul, Inc. requesting an extension of the Term of the District
Heating Development Company Franchise for an additional twelve years from October 4, 2013 to
October 4, 2025.
• Directing letter be filed with the City Clerk
• Notifying "decision- makers" and "parties" that ex -parte communications regarding this matter are
prohibited as per Saint Paul Administrative Code Chapter 11 Ex parte Contacts
• Assigning staff responsibility
The letter from District Energy will be filed with the City Clerk.
The City Council and the Administration will report back to the Council on this issue on June 21. Yeas -
7 Nays - 0
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ORDINANCES
45. Final Adoption - 00 -457- An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 310
correcting an error in the fee schedule for a Mobile Food (Limited) license.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
46. Final Adoption - 00 -374 - An ordinance amending Chapter 170 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
permit dogs to be unrestrained in posted off -leash dog areas of the Saint Paul park system. (Substitute
introduced on May 24)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
47. Final Adoption - 00 -375 - An ordinance amending Chapter 200 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
permit dogs to be in posted off -leash dog areas without restraints. (Laid over from May 24)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
48. Second Reading - 00 -497 - An ordinance finalizing City Council action granting the appeal, with
conditions, of Mr. Pong Yun Kim to a decision of the Planning Commission denying him a special
condition use permit for a billiard hall at 681 North Snelling Avenue. (Public hearing held April 12,
2000)
Withdrawn Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
(See Suspension Item Resolution 00 -558)
49. First Reading - 00 -548 - An ordinance amending Chapter 19 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
allow inspectors of the Board of Water Commissioners to issue summonses.
Laid over to June 14 for second reading
50. First Reading - 00 -549 - An ordinance amending Chapter 90 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to the use of fire hydrants by public agencies.
Laid over to June 14 for second reading
51. First Reading - 00 -550 - An ordinance to regulate newsracks that are located within public rights -of-
way.
Substitute introduced and laid over to June 14 for second reading
(Harris was excused from the meeting at this time)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
52. Resolution - 00 -551 - Concerning adverse action against all licenses held by White Lily, Inc., dba
White Lily Restaurant, 758 Grand Avenue. (To be withdrawn)
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Withdrawn Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
53. Resolution - 00 -552 - Concerning adverse action against the General Repair Garage and Second
Hand Dealer Motor Vehicle Licenses held by C & C Auto, Inc., 923 University Avenue West.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
54. Resolution - 00 -553 - Concerning adverse action against the Auto Repair Garage License held by
William Anderson, dba S & G Auto Repair, 390 Western Avenue North.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
55. Report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning all licenses held by Metro Bar & Grill, Inc., dba
Arnellia's, 1183 University Avenue.
Adopted the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendation of the Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) dated April 4, 2000, as amended by the Office of License, Inspections, and Environmental
Protection (LISP) in its Written Exceptions dated May 3, 2000, and imposed a 45 day suspension (with
15 days stayed) beginning on the third Wednesday following passage and approval of a resolution
reducing the foregoing to writing in this matter,
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays -1 (Reiter)
56. Resolution - 00 -554 - Approving the application for a sound level variance from James Tolaas,
Project Engineer, Ramsey County Public Works, to allow rehabilitation work on the Ford Bridge over
the Mississippi River from July 1, 2000, through October 31, 2002, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to
7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
57. Appeal of Robert M. Lewis, Best & Flanagan LLP, to a summary abatement order for property
located at 240 West Sycamore Street. (Laid over from May 10)
Laid over to August 23 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
58. Final Order - 00 -555 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruction on Van Buren Avenue. (File
4500099) (Laid over from May 24)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
59. Resolution Ratifying Assessment - 00 -556 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruc- tion in Ward 2.
(File 4598006 - 598025)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
60. Resolution Ratifying Assessment - 00 -557 - In the matter of sidewalk reconstruc- tion at 616 Como
Avenue. (File 4599007)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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MISCELLANEOUS
61. Recognition of Retiring City Employee, Socorro (Cory) Gomez, Department of Technology and
Management Services.
Cory Gomez was recognized for 40 years of service to the City.
Suspension Items
Resolution - 00 -558 - Finalizing City Council action taken April 12, 2000, granting the appeal, with
conditions, of Mr. Pong Yun Kim to a decision of the Planning Commission denying him a special
condition use permit for a billiard hall at 681 North Snelling Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 00 -559 - Declaring Monday , June 5, 2000, to be Greg Horan Day in the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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