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AGENDA OF THE SAINT PAUL CITY
COUNCIL
Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 3:30 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3RD FLOOR
City Hall and Court House
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Mary Erickson - 651- 266 -8565
Chris Rider - 651- 266 -8633
Office of the City Council
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Housing and Redevelopment Authority
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 BY A COUNCILMEMBER, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
1. Claims of Debra Carter, and Kenneth Hamblin.
2. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Prince Carl Butler, Jr. ( a minor) by his legal guardian,
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, vs. Officer Tou M. Cha and the City of
St. Paul.
3. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a public hearing before the City Council on
December 17, 2003, to consider the report of the Administrative Law Judge concerning the Currency
Exchange License Renewal Application of New Money Express, Inc., 785 7th Street East.
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4. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on December 2, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., Room 41 St. Paul City Hall, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul,
MN, to consider all licenses held by M. Reaney, Inc., dba Reaney's Bar, 870 Payne Avenue.
5. Letters from the Office of the City Attorney recommending revocation of Provisional Taxicab Driver's
Licenses for the following individuals based upon their failure to enroll in and /or successfully complete a
taxicab driver training course: James Adams, Abdirizak Ali, Liban Bile, Keyse Daad, Clarence Etheridge,
James Flodin, John Galush, Mark Gasior, Mohamed Gelle, Adam Guled, Tony Hang, Ayanle Hashi,
Charles Higgins, Jr., Joseph Huber, Abdulkadir Ilmi, Said Kadi, Kevin Klein, Jermain McKinley,
Mukhtar Mohamed, John Nelson, Richard Olasandre, Jared Pickett, David Priebe, and Troy Sherlin.
6. Letters from the Citizen Service Office, Division of Property Code Enforcement, declaring 690 Burr
Street, 930 Duchess Street, and 598 Western Avenue North as nuisance properties. (For notification
purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary)
7. Administrative Orders:
D002344 Amending the 2003 budget in the Department of Planning and Economic Development
Operations Fund.
D002345 Authorizing the proper City Officials to remit to Byerly's, 1959 Suburban Avenue, an amount
not to exceed $875.00 to cover expenses for food service for participants in the Police Department's
course `Breaking the Routine: Field Training Officer Instructor and Certification" on December 1 -5,
2003.
D002346 Authorizing the proper City Officials to remit to Holiday Inn - Saint Paul East, 2201 Burns
Avenue, an amount not to exceed $780.00 to cover expenses for meeting room set -up, AV equipment,
coffee and juice for the Police Department's fourth quarter management training meeting on December
11, 2003.
FOR ACTION
8. Approval of minutes of October 22, 2003.
9. Resolution - 03 -1038 - Approving the appointment by Mayor Kelly of Penny Harris Reynen to serve as
Assistant to the Mayor - Director of Education Initiative, effective November 17, 2003.
10. Resolution - 03 -1039 - Thanking the members of the Cesar Chavez Street Naming Legislative
Advisory Committee for their dedicated service and for their participation on the Committee.
11. Resolution - 03 -1040 - Dedicating the Selby Avenue Bridge to the late Merle Harris.
12. Resolution - 03 -1041 - Honoring the Listening House on its Twentieth Anniversary of service and
proclaiming December 17, 2003 to be Listening House Day in the City of Saint Paul.
13. Resolution - 03 -1042 - Approving payment of $60,000 to Desmond Cornelious and his attorney
Robert Bennett in full settlement of their claim against the City of Saint Paul.
14. Resolution - 03 -1043 - Accepting a gift from Capital City Productions of the Shamrock Shuttle on
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behalf of the Department of Fire and Safety Services to be used in training exercises for bus extractions,
evacuations and other bus emergencies.
15. Resolution - 03 -1044 - Approving the October 30, 2003, decisions of the Legislative Hearing Officer
for appeals of Letters of Deficiency, Correction Notices, and Correction Orders for the following
addresses: 1927 Laurel Avenue, 361 Bates Avenue, 1941 Nortonia Avenue, and 2516 Seventh Street.
16. Resolution - 03 -1045 - Approving a Final Plat for Great Northern Business Center.
17. Resolution - 03 -1046 - Memorializing City Council action taken April 23, 2003, granting the appeal
of Macalester - Groveland Community Council to a decision of the Saint Paul Planning Commission
upholding a billboard repair permit issued by the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental
Protection and denying the request of two district councils to revoke the repair permit for replacement of
sign face panels and stringers on a rooftop billboard at 1278 Grand Avenue (SE corner of Syndicate
Street).
18. Resolution - 03 -1047 - Memorializing City Council action taken April 23, 2003, granting the appeal
of District 2 Community Council to a decision of the Saint Paul Planning Commission upholding a
billboard repair permit issued by the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection and
denying the request of two district councils to revoke the repair permit for replacement of sign face
panels and stringers on four rooftop billboards at 1680 White Bear Avenue (SE corner of Larpenteur
Avenue).
19. Resolution - 03 -1048 - Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with the United
States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, to participate in an Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004.
20. Resolution - 03 -1049 - Establishing a budget and authorizing financing from the Internal Borrowing
Fund to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the Koch -Mobil Redevelopment Project and
authorization the Director of the Office of Financial Services and the Director of HRA to execute the
record of interfund loan to memorialize the transaction.
21. Preliminary Order - 03 -1050 - In the matter of constructing Phalen Boulevard from Payne Avenue to
Arcade Street, and setting date of public hearing for December 17, 2003.
FOR DISCUSSION
22. Resolution - 03 -1051 - Requesting the Department of Public Works to undertake the necessary steps
to rename Concord Street from Anita to Wabasha Streets as Cesar Chavez Street.
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 DAYSAFTER PUBLICATION IN THE SAINT PAUL LEGAL LEDGER.
23. Final Adoption - 03 -963 - An interim ordinance enacted pursuant to Minn. Stat. §462.355, Subd. 4
preserving the status quo with respect to the use of property within the City of Saint Paul pending the
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completion of studies of possible amendments to the Saint Paul Legislative Code relating to the repair or
maintenance of non - conforming advertising signs. (Substitute introduced on November 19)
24. Final Adoption - 03 -992 - An ordinance amending Chapter 86 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code
pertaining to the rules and regulations of the Board of Water Commissioners.
25. Final Adoption - 03 -993 - An ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to zoning for the City of Saint Paul with changes for the Trout Brook/Lower Phalen Creek
Greenway zoning maps.
26. Final Adoption - 03 -994 - An ordinance amending Chapter 402 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to
comply with changes to the state law regarding charitable gambling.
27. Final Adoption - 03 -995 - An ordinance amending Chapter 409.21 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
to comply with changes to the state law regarding charitable gambling.
28. Final Adoption - 03 -1002 - An ordinance amending Chapters 33 and 34 of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code to establish requirements for student dwellings including Certificate of Occupancy inspections and
the installation of hard wired smoke detectors.
29. Second Reading - 03 -1027 - An ordinance amending Chapter 43 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
by raising the vacant building fee from $200.00 per year to $250.00 per year to reflect an increase in the
cost of enforcement.
30. Second Reading - 03 -1028 - An ordinance amending Chapters 60 through 69 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code pertaining to zoning code reformatting and streamlining, adding Traditional
Neighborhood zoning districts, and related amendments.
31. Second Reading - 03 -1029 - An ordinance amending Chapter 64 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to the administration of the zoning code and setting fees to defray the costs of reviewing,
investigating and administering services, materials, and work performed and furnished to persons making
zoning applications to the City.
32. First Reading - 03 -1052 - An ordinance amending Legislative Code Chapter 33 pertaining to housing
and inspections by establishing a certificate of occupancy requirement for a new class of occupancy to be
known as student housing and providing for the inspection, renewal and enforcement of such certificates
for student housing by the City's fire marshall.
33. First Reading - 03 -1053 - An ordinance amending Legislative Code Chapter 58 pertaining to hard
wired smoke detectors by providing for the installation of hard wired smoke detectors in student housing,
as that occupancy is defined in chapter 33 of this code, and as required in chapter 34 of this code.
34. First Reading - 03 -1054 - An ordinance amending Legislative Code Chapter 34 pertaining to
minimum housing maintenance standards and inspections and for the purpose of safeguarding life and
property by establishing a smoke detector requirement for student housing occupancies pursuant to Minn.
Stat. § 299F.011, Subd. 4.
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HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers, Third Floor
Saint Paul City Hall
Angela Simons, Clerical Support
(651) 266 -6605
AGENDA
ROLL CALL
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Budget Amendment for 2003 Debt Service Expenditures.
2. Resolution Authorizing a Budget Amendment of Federal HOME Funds for the St. Paul Down Payment
and Closing Cost Assistance Program, City Set -Aside for Community Neighborhood Housing Service,
targeted St. Paul Planning Districts.
3. Resolution Approving the Issuance and Sale of Variable Rate Demand Housing Development Revenue
Bonds (Bridgecreek Senior Place, Limited Partnership Project), Series 2003A and the Subordinate
Revenue Bonds, (Bridgecreek Senior Place, Limited Partnership Project), Series 2003B, and Authorizing
the Execution of Documents relating thereto for the Development of the Old Johnson Liquor Site at 1143
Old Hudson Road, Dayton's Bluff District 4.
PUBLIC HEARING
4. Resolution to Approve Contract for Sale of Land at 215 East 10th Street, District 17.
DISCUSSION
5. Resolution Approving a Forgivable Loan to the 800 East Third Street Project,
District 4. (No report attached. Staff will request this item be laid over to the December 10, 2003,
meeting).
STAFF REPORT
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6. 2004 HRA Budget Presentation. (Handouts will be distributed at meeting).
ADJOURNMENT
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