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AGENDA OF THE
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, September 4, 2002 - 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
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Public Hearings
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 28)
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 BY A COUNCIL,MEMBER, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
1. Summons and Complaint, Affidavit of Expert Review and Interrogatories to Defendants of the City in
the matter of Timothy Bailey, as trustee for the next -of -kin of Virginia Bailey, deceased, vs. the City of
Saint Paul and the Fire and Safety Services Department.
2. Notice of Filing of Orders, Order Authorizing Payment or Deposit and Transferring of Title, Order
Granting Petition and Appointing Commissioners in the matter of the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Saint Paul vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al, regarding the condemnation of real
property at 2551 Franklin Avenue (Saint Paul) for the Franklin- Emerald Redevelopment Project.
3. Petition in Condemnation and Motion for Transfer of Title and Possession, Notice of Intent to Take
Possession, Notice of Hearing to Approve Petition in Condemnation and Motion for Transfer of Title
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and 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 of vs. the
City of Saint Paul, et al, regarding the condemnation of certain real property for the Phalen Corridor
Project, West Section.
Elliot Contracting Corporation's First Set of Interrogatories and Corporation's Requests for
Production of Documents in the matter of Weber Electric, Inc., vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
5. Answer, Counterclaim and Cross - Claims of Elliott Contracting Corporation in the matter of Weber
Electric, Inc., vs. the City of Saint Paul, et al.
6. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Division of Property Code Enforcement declaring 130
Sycamore Street East as nuisance property and setting date of Legislative Hearing for September 10,
2002, and City Council Hearing for September 25, 2002.
7. Letter from the Citizen Service Office /Division of Property Code Enforcement declaring 695 Charles
Avenue, 278 Topping Street, and 136 Wilder Street North as nuisance properties. (For notification
purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
8. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on September 25, 2002, to consider the application of Arthur Baumeister to
rezone property from R -4 (One - Family Residential) to RT -1 (Two - Family Residential) to construct two
duplexes at the southwest corner of Page and Concord Streets.
9. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
September 25, 2002, to consider the petition of the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority on
behalf of Atlantic Financial Group to vacate certain subterranean areas of Filmore Street between Robert
Street and Livingston Avenue to facilitate construction of a pedestrian tunnel and a private storm sewer.
(File No. 25 -2001)
10. Administrative Orders:
D002188 Authorizing and directing the proper City officials to execute Lease Agreement NHPI/O1 with
5005 Properties, Inc., to provide office space for one year for the Office of Neighborhood Housing and
Property Improvement at 1612 White Bear Avenue.
D002189 Establishing a new City vehicle policy.
FOR ACTION
11. Resolution - 02 -796 - Changing the rate of pay for the classification of Security and Safety Officer -
Library from Grade 21U to Grade 17A of Bargaining Unit 12, Operating Engineers Local 470 Salary
Schedule.
12. Resolution - 02 -797 - Approving the appointment of Gregory Kleindl, by Mayor Kelly, to the Board
of Zoning Appeals.
13. Resolution - 02 -798 - Approving the appointments of Timothy Benjamin, Lori Dowell, Denise
Miller, and Gerri Hayes and the reappointments of Michelle Bergman, Jim Counts, Jr., Laurel Frost,
Thomas Heinl, Mark Hughes, Jean LaClare, Daniel Reed, Robert Reedy, Walter Waranka, Rachel
Wilcox, and Kay Willshire, by Mayor Kelly, to the Mayor's Advisory Task Force for People with
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Disabilities.
14. Resolution - 02 -799 - Approving the decisions of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code
Enforcement Appeals for 1078 Front Avenue, 977 Fuller Avenue, 184 Baker Street East, 456 Osceola
Avenue South, and 201 Genesee Street.
15. Resolution - 02 -800 - Requesting the Ramsey County District Court Bench to increase selected
parking fines in Saint Paul.
16. Resolution - 02 -801 - Approving an appropriation for the study of Saint Paul's recreation center
system.
17. Resolution - 02 -802 - Authorizing the proper City officials to accept and set up a financing and
spending plan for a cost -share agreement between the Capital Region Watershed District and the City
for work that is being done on East Como Lake Boulevard.
18. Resolution - 02 -803 - Authorizing the tennis courts at Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center to
be named "Ernie Greene Tennis Courts."
19. Resolution - 02 -804 - Approving expenditures and granting spending authority of $1,000.00 in the
Office of Marketing and Promotions to defray the costs of the Ramsey County Fair.
20. Resolution - 02 -805 - Authorizing payment of $2,000.00 to District 7 Planning Council from the
Office of Marketing and Promotions for Frogtown Days.
21. Resolution - 02 -806 - Authorizing payment of $500.00 from the Office of Marketing and Promotions
for the "Fall 2002 Saint Paul Art Crawl ".
22. Resolution - 02 -807 - Approving the financing and spending plans in the General Fund for the
Department of Fire and Safety Services for a donation of $10,000.00 from Schering Pharmaceuticals for
Hepatitis C testing for firefighters.
23. Resolution - 02 -808 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to enter into a
hazardous materials emergency response contract with the State of Minnesota, Department of Public
Safety.
24. Resolution - 02 -809 - Authorizing the Department of Fire and Safety Services to enter into a joint
powers agreement for fire protection services with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
25. Resolution - 02 -810 - Setting a public hearing date for November 6, 2002, before the City Council
on the proposed 2003 sanitary and storm sewer rates.
26. Resolution - 02 -811 - Authorizing the proper City officials to execute a two -year extension of Lease
Agreement PD /14 with the Wilder Foundation for the West Side Police Substation.
27. Resolution - 02 -812 - Releasing easements in vacated Hawley Street and the alley in Block 5,
Hager's Subdivision of Lots 1 through 7 and 14 through 18, Walcott's Addition to Cottage Homes for the
development of senior housing.
28. Resolution - 02 -813 - Approving dedication of easement to Ramsey County for drainage purposes so
storm water in Vadnais Heights can be drained properly from the intersection of Owasso and Vadnais
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Heights Boulevards.
FOR DISCUSSION
29. Presentation of certificates awarded to the City of Saint Paul by the Metropolitan Council for
Liveable Communities Accounts.
30. Follow -up report by Gerry Strathman, Council Research Director, and the Administration on
"Information Summary Regarding the Organizations Responsible for the City of Saint Paul's
Convention, Entertainment, Visitor and Tourism Industry." (Requested by the City Council on April 10;
laid over from June 5)
31. An update from staff in the Department of Public Works on the City streets /traffic involved with the
Safe Routes to School Program. (Requested by the City Council on August 21)
32. An update from staff in the Department of Public Works for considering the "Keep Kids Alive"
program for the City of Saint Paul. (Requested by the City Council on August 21)
ORDINANCES
NOTE: AN ORDINANCE IS A CITY LA W ENACTED B Y THE CITY CO UNCIL. IT IS READ AT
FOUR SEPARATE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE AFTER PASSAGE BY
THE COUNCIL AND 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE SAINT PAUL LEGAL LEDGER
33. Final Adoption - 02 -710 - An ordinance amending Chapter 246 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
allow the sale and consumption of strong beer on a street which has been blocked off for a block party,
festival or community event in the downtown business district, and to correct a typographical error.
34. Final Adoption - 02 -711 - An ordinance amending certain sections of Saint Paul Administrative
Code Chapter 82 pertaining to monetary requirements in bids.
35. Final Adoption - 02 -712 - An ordinance amending certain sections of Saint Paul Administrative
Code Chapter 83 pertaining to definitions and bond requirements.
36. First Reading - 02 -814 - An ordinance amending Chapters 87 and 91 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code pertaining to the rules and regulations of Saint Paul Regional Water Services as recommended by
the Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (public hearings will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
37. Third Reading - 02 -770 - An ordinance amending Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 310.18 with
housekeeping language and adding a fee for a Taxicab Replacement Vehicle license sticker and the
required taxicab driver training course.
38. Resolution - 02 -815 - Granting the application of James Runyon, representing Cretin - Derham Hall
High School, 550 Albert Street S., for a sound level variance to allow outside amplified live band music
on a stage at the school on September 14, 2002, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
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39. Resolution - 02 -816 - Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building 611 Dayton Avenue
(carriage house) within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (Legislative Hearing Officer
recommends laying over to the October 8, 2002, Legislative Hearing and the October 23, 2002,
City Council Meeting.)
40. Appeal of Colleen Moore to a summary abatement order for property at 1774 Norfolk Avenue.
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends laying over to the October 8, 2002, Legislative Hearing
and the October 23, 2002, City Council Meeting.)
41. Appeal of P. Mulvaney, Jr. to a summary abatement order for property at 2194 Nortonia Avenue.
(Legislative Hearing Officer recommends laying over to the October 8, 2002, Legislative Hearing
and the October 23, 2002, City Council Meeting.)
42. Resolution - 02 -817 - Approving the petition of Amherst H. Wilder Foundation to vacate alley right -
of -way to construct a parking lot adjacent to their property at 919 Lafond Avenue.
43. Resolution - 02 -818 - Approving the petition of the City of Saint Paul to vacate surplus City property
for correcting alley drainage problems in constructing a new parking lot for the Amherst H. Wilder
Foundation at 919 Lafond Avenue.
44. Final Order - 02 -819 - In the matter of the operating costs of the above standard street lighting
projects for 2003 in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7.
45. Resolution Ratifying Assessment - 02 -820 - In the matter of the assessment of benefits, cost and
expenses for summary abatement (property clean -up) at 1194 Albemarle Street. (J0204AA) (Laid over
from August 28) (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends laying over to the September 10, 2002,
Legislative Hearing and the September 25, 2002, City Council Meeting.)
46. Resolution Ratifying Assessment (Amended) - 02 -821 - In the matter of the assessment of benefits,
cost and expenses for the Operation of the Above Standard Street Lighting projects for 2002.
47. Resolution Ratifying Assessment - 02 -822 - In the matter of the assessment of benefits, costs and
expenses for the Case /Hazelwood Area Street Paving and Lighting project. (File No. 18929)
48. Resolution Ratifying and Confirming Condemnation and Awards of Damages - 02 -823 - In the
matter of opening and extending the alley in Block 4, Lockey's Addition and adjacent Block 1, Lyton's
Addition by condemning and taking a permanent easement for alley purposes near Stellar Street and
Lyton Place.
49. Public hearing to consider the application of Steven Darmer for combined plat approval for
subdivision of property at 569 and 575 McKnight Road, between Mailand and Burlington Roads, to
create two residential lots.
50. Public hearing to consider the cross appeals of Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. and nine (9)
neighborhood organizations to a decision of the Planning Commission pertaining to five (5) new
billboard locations along Kellogg Bridge, Rice Street, E. Seventh Street and Lafayette Road, and along
Como Avenue.
Council Meeting Information
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