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ACTION MINUTES
OF THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 - 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
• Reconsidered Item
Present - 7 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Lantry, Reiter
Absent - 0
CONSENT AGENDA (Items I -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 BY
A COUNCILMEMBER, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
1. Claims of Margaret Kelsey, Douglas Mentes, Frank Omann, Woods & Thompson, Attorneys at Law
(for Shannon White), Beth Wille, and Chue Xiong.
Referred to the Risk Management Division
2. Amended Complaint in the matter of Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., f/k/a Eller Media Company vs. the
City of Saint Paul.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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3. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on May 30, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., Room 220, Conference Room B, concerning the application for a
Taxicab Driver's License by Otis Taylor, 995 Beech Street.
4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on June 4, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., Room 41, Saint Paul City Hall, to consider all licenses held by Dinner
Club 2000, Inc., dba Dinner Club 2000, 1177 Clarence Street.
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on June 13, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., Room 42, Saint Paul City Hall, to consider all licenses held by AJS, Inc.,
dba Brown Derby Lounge, 567 Stryker Avenue.
6. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on May 22,
2002, to consider the petition of Realife, Inc. to vacate surplus property and City street and alley right -
of -way to support the development of a 59 -unit senior housing cooperative near Johnson Parkway and
Phalen Boulevard.
7. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on May 22, 2002, to consider the application of David and Alison Kronmiller to
rezone property from RM -2 (Multi - Family Residential) to B -2C (Community Business - Converted) to
allow a professional office at 1684 Selby Avenue (between Pierce and Aldine Streets).
8. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on May 22, 2002, to consider the application of Mark Steigauf to rezone
property from RT -1 (Two - Family Residential) to B -2 (Community Business) to conform with existing
business and building at 1645 Iglehart Avenue (northeast corner at Pierce Street).
9. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on May 22, 2002, to consider the application of John Kratz for combined plat
approval for subdivision of property at 843 and 847 Lexington Avenue at Albion Avenue for a
residential development.
10. Letter from the Department of Planning and Economic Development announcing a public hearing
before the City Council on May 22, 2002, to consider the application of Loraine Mike to rezone property
from RT -1 (Two - Family Residential) to B -3 (General Business) or I -1 (Industrial) to expand a legal
nonconforming auto body shop at 388 Front Street and 955 Western Avenue (southwest corner at Front
Street and Western Avenue).
11. Administrative Orders:
D002151 Authorizing the Division of Parks and Recreation to pay catering companies providing food
for Como Conservatory Special Events for 2002 not exceeding $34,500.00.
D002152 Authorizing the Police Department to pay for related travel expenses for a non -city employee
from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to attend Encase training in Los Angeles,
California from June 4 -7, 2002.
D002153 Transferring budget money to provide sufficient funding at the budget control level of the
Division of Parks and Recreation's 2001 Grants /Aid Special Revenue Fund (860).
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Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
FOR ACTION
12. Approval of minutes of March 26, 2002.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
13. Resolution - 02 -400 - Approving the appointments of Pete Rauch, Jose Santos, Ray Ogren, Brooke
Blakey, Don Johnson, and Barbara Cox and the reappointment of Steve Gordon, by Mayor Kelly, to the
Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) Board.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 02 -401 - Directing the proper City officials to enter into a contract with Ramsey County
for the dispersal of State of Minnesota After School Youth Enrichment grant funds.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 02 -402 - Accepting a Livable Communities Demonstration Grant from the Metropolitan
Council in the amount of $723,750 for the Pan Asian Urban Village Project for construction of a parking
deck and transit shelters.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 02 -403 - Approving submission of an application to the Economic Development
Administration for a $2 million grant for construction of the first phase of Phalen Boulevard.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 02 -404 - Authorizing a First Amendment to the Contract for Redevelopment by and
between the City, Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and Centex Multi - Family Communities and
an amendment to the Special Loan Agreement whereby the City loaned the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority $6 million to contribute to the public improvements of the Upper Landing site.
Substitute introduced and adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
18. Final Order - 02 -358 - In the matter of construction of a sanitary sewer and connections in Atlantic
Street from approximately 700 feet north of East Seventh Street to approximately 1,075 feet north of
East Seventh Street. (File No. 18965)
(Laid over from April 24)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 02 -405 - Approving First Amendment to a Pledge Agreement for Housing and
Redevelopment Authority issuance of approximately $18.6 million Parking Revenue Bonds for Block
19 Parking Project (7th and Jackson Streets).
Adopted as amended Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 02 -342 - Approving a revised and restated amendment to the tax increment financing
plans for the New Housing and Blighted Lands Development Project and the Saint Paul Neighborhood
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Redevelopment Project (scattered site, Spruce Tree /Metz and Snelling and University). (Laid over from
May 1)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
21. Resolution - 02 -395 - Authorizing the sale of Town Square Park in accordance with Chapter 13 of
the Saint Paul City Charter and Chapter 51 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code. (Laid over from May
1)
Withdrawn (The City Council requested the staffs from the Real Estate Office and the Division of
Parks and Recreation to prepare a Request for Proposal on this sale.) Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
NOTE: AN ORDINANCE IS A CITY LA W ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS READ AT FOUR
SEPARATE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE AFTER PASSAGE BY THE
COUNCIL AND 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE SAINT PA UL LEGAL LEDGER
22. Second Reading - 02 -391 - An ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
correct a typographical error and a grammatical error regarding the regulation of the size and time for
displaying temporary election signs.
Laid over to May 22 for third reading /public hearing
SUSDension Items
Resolution - 02 -406 - Supporting the establishment of a Twin Cities Chapter of City Year, a national
youth service Americorps Program.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 02 -407 - Commending all of the parties involved in the decision by Excel Energy to replace
the coal -fired High Bridge Plant with a natural gas plant.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 02 -408 - Honoring Mary Quigley for her years of dedication and leadership with Catholic
Charities and declaring Wednesday, May 8, 2002, as Mary Quigley Day in the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 02 -409 - Supporting the Mississippi River Relief - Big River Clean- Up for June 22 -30,
2002.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Resolution - 02 -410 - Proclaiming the week of May
City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12 through May 18, 2002, to be Police Week in the
Resolution - 02 -411 - Authorizing the proper City officials to enter into negotiations with Ramsey
County to lease the Benz Building at the new Ramsey County Law Enforcement site for City police
operations.
Laid over to May 15 Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
Reconsidered Item
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Final Adoption - 02 -309 - An ordinance amending Chapter 33 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
increase the permitted height of a fence and eliminating the exemption for non - opaque fences except on
school or park playgrounds. (At the City Council Meeting on May 1, 2002, this item was laid over to
June 5).
Reconsidered, substitute introduced and laid over to June 5 for public hearing)
Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Coleman not present for vote)
Council Meeting Information
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