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ACTION MINUTES 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
Web Index
• Consent Agenda
• Communications and Administrative Orders
• For Action
• For Discussion
• Ordinances
• Suspension Item
Present - 6 - Benanav, Blakey, Bostrom, Coleman, Harris, Helgen
Absent - 1 - Lantry (excused)
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 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 COUNCIL,MEMBER, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
1. Claims of Debra Carter, and Kenneth Hamblin.
Referred to the Risk Management Division
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.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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.
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.
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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.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
FOR ACTION
8. Approval of minutes of October 22, 2003.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 03 -1040 - Dedicating the Selby Avenue Bridge to the late Merle Harris.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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14. Resolution - 03 -1043 - Accepting a gift from Capital City Productions of the Shamrock Shuttle on
behalf of the Department of Fire and Safety Services to be used in training exercises for bus extractions,
evacuations and other bus emergencies.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 03 -1045 - Approving a Final Plat for Great Northern Business Center.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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).
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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).
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
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Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
ORDINANCES
NOTE: AN ORDINANCE IS A CITY LA W ENACTED BY THE CITY CO UNCIL. IT IS READ AT FO UR
SEPARATE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE AFTER PASSAGE BY THE
COUNCIL AND 30 DAYS AFTER 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
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)
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Laid over to January 7, 2004 Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
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.
Laid over to December 3 for third reading /public hearing
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.
Laid over to December 3 for third reading /public hearing
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.
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Laid over to December 3 for third reading /public hearing
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.
Laid over to December 3 for second reading
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.
Laid over to December 3 for second reading
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. § 2991 Subd. 4.
Laid over to December 3 for second reading
Suspension Item
Resolution - 03 -1075 - Approving an application with a condition for a Dance or Rental Hall License by
Stanley E. Romanstein, President /CEO, dba Minnesota Humanities Commission, 987 Ivy Avenue East.
Adopted Yeas - 5 Nays -1 (Harris)
Resolution - 03 -1076 - Amending $145,000 STAR loan funds to $145,000 STAR grant funds for the
800 East Third Street project.
Adopted as amended Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
Council Meeting Information
Website
For an updated copy of the City Council Meeting agendas or minutes, please visit our website at
htpp://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us /council
Cable
The City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Meetings are cablecasted live on
Channel 18 and repeated on Thursdays at 7: 00 p.m., Saturdays at 12:30 p.m., and Sundays at 1: 00 p.m.
(Subject to change). Also, the City Council and HRA Agendas are cablecasted on Saturdays at 8:00
a. m. and 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m., Mondays at 8: 00 a. m. 1: 30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays at
8: 00 a. m., and 5:30 p.m.; and Wednesdays at 8: 00 a. m. and 1: 30 p.m.
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