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ACTION MINUTES OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Suspension Items
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I - 21)
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 Brandon Ferraro, Great West Casualty Company (for Gary Bartholomew), and Barbara
Vang.
Referred to the Employee /Risk Management Division
2. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Larry Larue Lipscomb vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
3. Petition in Condemnation and Motion for Transfer of Title and Possession; Notice of Hearing to
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Approve Petition; Notice of Intent to Take Possession; Order Granting Petition and Appointing
Commissioners; and Order Authorizing Payment or Deposit and Transferring of Title in the matter of
the Saint Paul Port Authority vs. City of Saint Paul, et al, for the Phalen Corridor Industrial
Development District.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
January 24, 2001, to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning the application for
a Recycling Collection Center License by GB Core, Inc., 500 Bush Avenue.
5. Letter from the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection announcing a public
hearing before the City Council on February 7, 2001, to consider the sound level variance application of
Tom Scanlon, President of Scanlon Public, Inc. (Dubliner Pub), 2162 University Avenue West, to allow
live music during their St. Patrick's Day Party.
6. Letters from the Office of Citizen Service /Property Code Enforcement declaring 452 Edmund
Avenue, 676 Edmund Avenue and 964 Woodbridge Street as "nuisance properties" and setting date of
Legislative Hearings for January 16, 2001, and City Council Hearings for February 7, 2001.
FOR ACTION
7. Approval of Minutes of November 8, 15, and 22, 2000.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
8. Resolution - 01 -20 - Recognizing and thanking Duane Ruiz, Metro Transit bus driver, for his heroic
actions in protecting an injured police sergeant from further harm.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
9. Resolution - 01 -21 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to accept a donation of
$5,000.00 from Local 21 for the awards banquet to be held on February 8, 2001.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 01 -22 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to accept a donation of
$5,000.00 from Blue Cross and $15,000.00 from Andersen Windows, Inc. for the Risk Watch Program.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 01 -23 - Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with Independent
School District 4625 to participate in the School Police Patrol Program for the 2000 -2001 school year.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 01 -24 - Approving the decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for property located at 1120 Grand Avenue and 1610 Charles Avenue.
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends approval)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 01 -25 - Approving various organizations to the 2001 10% Club List of Eligible
Recipients.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 01 -26 - Authorizing City officials to enter into a joint powers agreement to provide
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signal maintenance for the City of Oak Park Heights.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 01 -27 - Settling the uninsured /under insured motorist claim of Officer Chad Dagenais
against the City of Saint Paul in the amount of $25,000.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 01 -28 - Settling the property damage claim of Farmers Insurance, as subrogee for Larry
Weins, against the City of Saint Paul in the amount of $8,189.45.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 01 -29 - Amending the 1993 Capital Improvement Budget by deleting the Mississippi
River Boulevard Trail Construction - 1993 Project due to being inadvertently included in both of the
1993 and 1994 budgets.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 01 -30 - Amending the 1992 Capital Improvement Budget to accurately reflect the
Cochrane Park Fountain Restoration Project funding.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 01 -31 - Amending the Department of Planning and Economic Development's
Governmental Employment and Training Program 2000 year budget for the Workforce Vendors of the
welfare to work Federal program.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 01 -32 - Establishing a 2000 financing and spending plan in the Office of Citizen
Service /Property Code Enforcement for the Railroad Island and Econ Weed and Seed Grant Programs.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Resolution - 01 -33 - Amending Council File No. 00 -1031 (adopted on November 1, 2000,) by
removing the word "sewer" easements, as it only applied to the release of a slope easement taken for use
during alley construction in the block bounded by McLean Avenue, Bates Avenue, Mound Street, and
Elliot Place.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
22. Consideration of the application of Al and Linda Huey for subdivision by lot split (22 foot wide
parcel running from the south side of 718 Maryland Avenue West to Grotto Street) of property of
Independent School District 625 to be tied to 718 Maryland Avenue West. (Public Hearing held and laid
over from January 3)
Laid over to February 7 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
23. Resolution - 00 -1205 - Accepting conveyance of Lot 2, Block 2 in Phalen Village (District 2) less
the westerly 19 feet from the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) for open space purposes.
(Reconsidered (originally adopted on December 27), amended, and laid over from January 3)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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ORDINANCES
24. Final Adoption - 00 -1172 - An ordinance to provide for the assessment and collection of fees for
excessive police and nuisance enforcement services. (Substitute introduced on January 3)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
25. Final Adoption - 00 -1189 - An ordinance providing for the collection of refuse and the assessment
and collection of service charges for such services. (To be withdrawn on January 10) (See Replacement
Ordinance - Item No. 27 - C.F. 01 -19)
Withdrawn Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
26. Second Reading - 01 -11 - An ordinance amending Chapter 33.04(G)(8) of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code by changing the inspection permit fee rates for fire sprinkler systems by eliminating the $48.00 fee
for the first ten sprinkler heads and increasing the rate from $10.00 to $15.50 for each ten sprinkler
heads or fraction thereof.
Laid over to January 24 for third reading /public hearing
27. Second Reading - 01 -19 - An ordinance providing for the collection of refuse and the assessment
and collection of service charges for such services.
Laid over to January 24 for third reading /public hearing
28. First Reading - 01 -34 - An ordinance amending Sections of Chapter 66 of the Saint Paul Zoning
Code pertaining to the repair of advertising signs as recommended by the Saint Paul Planning
Commission pursuant to Council File No. 97 -1658 and Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, Subdivision
4.
Laid over to January 17 for second reading
SUSDension Items
Resolution - 01 -35 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to conduct various fire
training exercises at the property located at 196 Vernon Street.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 01 -36 - Approving additional 2001 City of Saint Paul legislative initiatives.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Councilmember Blakey requested that Police Chief Finney meet with the City Council to discuss
the racial profiling data. He also requested that Council Research and the Office of Human Rights
together meet with the Police Department to complete a more thorough analysis of the data. It was
also agreed that Chief Finney be invited to discuss these issues at the City Council Organizational
Meeting on January 24, 2001, at 10:00 a.m.
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