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ACTION MINUTES
OF THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, July 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
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• For Action
• Administrative Order
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Policy Session
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 1 - Coleman (arrived later in the meeting)
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 -17)
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 June 21, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
2. Claim of William Cook.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Office
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3. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Joseph John Palermo vs. the City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
4. Plaintiffs Notice of Motion and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in the matter of Conleatha
Shutes individually and as parent and natural guardian of Edward Wayne Shutes and Alice Shunette
Shutes vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
July 26, 2000, to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning the application for
Pool and Billiard Hall and related licenses by Thu Dinh Trinh, dba Song Thanh Billiard, 995 University
Avenue.
6. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Property Code Enforcement declaring 684 Cook Avenue East
and 414 Edmund Avenue as nuisance properties. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be
scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
7. Administrative Orders:
. D001895 Moving monies from Mayor's Contingency for 4.0 FTEs for the Succession Planning
function in the Department of Public Works.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
8. Resolution - 00 -655 - Approving payment of $10,000.00 to Thomas J. Strassener and his attorney,
Lapp, Laurie, Libra, Thomson & Stoebner, in full settlement of their claim against the City of Saint
Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 00 -660 - Establishing the Rate of Pay for the new class, Historical Preservation
Specialist.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 00 -661 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 1171 Selby Avenue; 1603, 1609, 1615, 1921, 1929 Ford
Parkway, 1469 Randolph Avenue, 469 Pascal Street South, and 681 Oakland Avenue; 1161 St. Clair
Avenue; 795 Sixth Street East; 748 Linwood Avenue; 769 Payne Avenue; 927 Hudson Road; and 833
Grand Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 00 -662 - Increasing the spending authority of the Division of Parks and Recreation by
$500,000.00 to allow the Division to clean up the City of tree debris resulting from storm damage.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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12. Resolution - 00 -663 - Renaming a budget activity in the Mayor's Special Fund to account for
purchases and sales of the "Snoopy Sculptures," and increasing the current project budget to account for
additional orders of the sculptures.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 00 -664- Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with Zylstra
Cycle Company, Inc.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
14. Preliminary Order - 00 -665 - In the matter of Operation and Maintenance Costs for the Arcade /Case
and the Grand /Snelling parking lots for 2001, and setting date of public hearing for September 6, 2000.
(File 418744 & 18746)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
15. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -666 - In the matter of the Arcade /Case and Grand /Snelling
parking lots operation and maintenance costs for 2001, and setting date of public hearing for September
6, 2000. (File 418744 & 18746)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -667 - In the matter of installation of a Fire Protection System
at 340 Cedar Street (St. Paul Athletic Club), and setting date of public hearing for July 26, 2000. (File
4FP9904)
Withdrawn Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution Approving Assessment - 00 -668 - In the matter of 2000 replacement of lead water
service connections as requested by property owners, and setting date of public hearing for September 6,
2000. (File 400LDSCRPL)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
18. Resolution - 00 -669 - Approving the following appointments, by Mayor Coleman, to the City -
County Workforce Investment Board (WIB): Karen Dee, Daniel Galles, Richard Hanson, Louis Henry,
Richard Krohn, Rolf Middleton, Michelle Ott, Kathleen Pinkett, Shelley Rose, Mary Schmitz, Ellen
Watters, Joy Wise Davis, Richard Grigos, Eng Herr, James Smith, Lorrie Louder, William Lynch,
Donovan Schwichtenberg, Harry Melander, Mary Brunkow, Jon Gutzmann, John Mohr, and Charlotte
Strong.
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
19. Second Reading - 00 -657 - An ordinance authorizing the Port Authority to issue bonds in the
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principal amount not to exceed $4,500,000, for the Great Northern Business Center - Phase I, which will
produce at least $4,000,000 for project costs and authorizing the Port Authority to pledge the City's
general obligation to the full amount of these bonds.
Laid over to July 26 for 3rd reading /public hearing
20. POLICY SESSION
Neighborhood Commercial Corridor Revitalization
L Overview - Joel Spoonheim, Department of Planning and Economic Development
A. Why do neighborhood commercial corridors matter?
B. Neighborhood Commercial Corridors defined
C. Socio- economic factors impacting neighborhood commercial corridors
D. Market analysis
11. Approaches
A. Actions taken to date
B. Case Study: LISC Commercial Corridor Revitalization Program
• Steve Peacock - Senior Program Officer, LISC
• Julie Eigenfeld - Executive Director, Riverview Economic
C. Development Association
■ Katya Ricketts - Director, Payne Avenue Main Street Project
III. Lessons Learned - Joel Spoonheim, Dept. of Planning and Economic Development
A. Sustained commercial corridor investment works
B. Resources needed
No Suspension Items
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