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ACTION MINUTES
OF THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 - 3:30 p.m.
POLICY SESSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
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
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 BY
A COUNCILMEMBER, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
1. Claims of LeeAvia Anderson, William Bright, Christopher Deno, Dudley and Smith (Attorneys for
John Owen), Howard Goserud, James Halvorson, Pascal Pimptor, Jesus Preciado, Redlinger Law Firm
(Attorneys for Kazia Moua), Veronica Thouin, Sally Wingert and Charles Worthington.
Referred to the Risk Management Division
2. Summons and Complaint in the matter of Tanna Barnett, o /b /o her minor sons Shawn James and
Keyaun James, vs. the City of St. Paul, et. al.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
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3. Order to Show Cause in the matter of the Petition of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers
Association in relation to the Certificate of Title No. 387529 issued for land in the County of Ramsey.
Referred to the City Attorney's Office
4. Letters from the Citizens Service Office /Division of Property Code Enforcement declaring 1076 Blair
Avenue and 837 Fourth Street East as nuisance properties. (For notification purposes only; public
hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
5. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on June 5, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., Room 220, Conference Room B, Saint Paul City Hall, 15 W. Kellogg
Blvd., concerning the application for a Taxicab Driver's License by James Rejsa.
6. Letter from the Office of the City Attorney announcing a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge
on June 12, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., Room 42, Saint Paul City Hall, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd. Concerning all
licenses held by Cab's Pub & Eatery, Inc., dba Cab's Pub & Eatery, Inc. for the premises at 992 Arcade
Street.
7. Letter from the Real Estate Division announcing a public hearing before the City Council on June 4,
2003, to consider a petition granting a license to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to occupy and use
a one foot wide strip within Johnson Parkway running from the I -94 right -of -way to Phalen Boulevard for
the purpose to install, maintain and operate a fiber -optic communications cable.
8. Administrative Orders:
D002293 Approving payment, not to exceed $50,000.00, to hire programming services towards building
an Exam/Applicant system in Oracle to replace the outdated PICK system as part of Human Resources'
business system conversion.
D002294 Amending the 2002 General Fund budget within the Department of Fire and Safety Services to
cover year -end variances.
D002295 Allocating funds from Ward 3 Neighborhood Investment Initiative Program to Books for
Africa, Inc.
D002296 Authorizing payment, not to exceed $1,500.00, for the Police Department's annual Police
Memorial Day Ceremony and Reception on May 15, 2003, at Mears Park.
Noted as on file in the City Clerk's Office
FOR ACTION
9. Resolution - 03 -450 - Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and
the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 482 for the 2003 wage and fringe
adjustment. (Laid over from May 14 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
10. Resolution - 03 -451 - Approving the establishment of two classified positions entitled "Food Service
Assistant 2" in the 2001 -2003 Labor Agreement between the Independent School District 4625 and the
Minnesota Teamsters Local No. 320 representing Food Service Personnel and "Food Service Reporting
Clerk" in Grade 026 of the 2002 -2004 Labor Agreement between the Independent School District 4625
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and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 14. (Laid over from May
14 for adoption)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
11. Resolution - 03 -473 - Approving the appointment, by Mayor Kelly, of Gary Christensen and Traci
Gauer to the Ramsey County Workforce Investment Board.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
12. Resolution - 03 -474 - Approving the appointment, by Mayor Kelly, of Andy Dawkins as Director of
the Office of Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement, Assistant to the Mayor V, effective
June 3, 2002.
Adopted Yeas - 6 Nays - 1 (Blakey)
13. Resolution - 03 -475 - Approving the Traffic Control Signal Agreement between the State of
Minnesota, Department of Transportation, and the City of Saint Paul to revise the existing traffic control
signal with street lights, emergency vehicle pre - emption and signing on Trunk Highway No. 5 (West 7th
Street) at Abion Avenue.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
14. Resolution - 03 -476 - Authorizing the Police Department to enter into a multi - agency law
enforcement agreement with the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department for participation in the St. Paul
Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAO)
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
15. Resolution - 03 -477 - Authorizing the subordination of certain security documents securing the STAR
loan to the Minnesota Business Academy.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
16. Resolution - 03 -478 - Referring to an Administrative Law Judge the license application for a Malt On
Sale (Strong), Wine on Sale, Entertainment (B) and Restaurant (B) Licenses by Mai Yia Lee, dba
Samosone Restaurant, 1177 Clarence.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
17. Resolution - 03 -479 - Authorizing payment of $10,500.00 to Sia and Mai Thao and their attorneys,
Chestnut and Cambronne, in full settlement of their claim against the City of Saint Paul.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
18. Resolution - 03 -480 - Appointing outside counsel of Kennedy and Graven to represent the City in the
matter of the acquisition, relocation and possible condemnation of certain property for secure parking for
the new police headquarters site (Griffin Building).
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
19. Resolution - 03 -481 - Memorializing City Council action taken on April 23, 2003, granting the
application of the Metropolitan Council (Eastside Bus Garage) approving the preliminary and final plat
creating two industrial lots at 800 Mississippi (between York and Minnehaha Avenues).
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
20. Resolution - 03 -482 - Authorizing the proper City officials to submit a grant application for the
Ramsey County Soccer Partners grant of $1,000,000 for the development of six fields for the Sandy Lake
soccer complex.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
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21. Resolution Approving Assessment - 03 -483 - In the matter of the assessment of benefits, cost and
expenses for providing weekly garbage hauling service for the first quarter of 2003 (J03 TRASH IQ),
summary abatements (property clean -up) for part of April of 2003 (J0304A), and setting date of public
hearing for July 23, 2003.
Adopted Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
22. Report from the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection (LIEF) on the Citizen's
Advisory Committee report summarizing their findings, conclusions and recommendations of LIEP's
practices and procedures (including LIEP's timelines for written policies, corrective orders and citations,
gambling, and ethics and conflict of interest policies). Also, a report will be provided whether AMANDA
has the capability to include parameters and if it has a second technological level to target high activity
properties. (Council requested these reports on February 19)
Laid over to July 16 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 DAYSAFTER PUBLICATION IN THE SAINT PAUL LEGAL LEDGER.
23. Final Adoption - 03 -367 - An ordinance amending Chapter 66 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
pertaining to sports facilities sponsorship signs. (Substitute introduced and laid over from May 7)
Substitute introduced and laid over to June 4 for final adoption and public hearing on the new
substitute Yeas - 7 Nays - 0
24. Second Reading - 03 -469 - An ordinance amending Title II of the Saint Paul Administrative Code by
adding a new chapter thereto pertaining to the adoption of "council ward boundaries."
Laid over to May 28 for third reading /public hearing
25. First Reading - 03 -484 - An ordinance amending the Saint Paul Legislative Code, Appendix F,
District Heating Franchise - District Heating Development Company, and Appendix K, District Energy
Services Franchise, to grant the franchise holder legal authority to use the public right -of -way to install a
fiber optic network for use by the City of Saint Paul, the State of Minnesota, and the County of Ramsey.
Substitute introduced and laid over to May 28 for second reading
Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Reiter not present for vote)
26. POLICY SESSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Parks and Recreation Reorganization
L Overview of the Parks and Recreation Reorganization and Budget Discussion
Bob Bierscheid, Director
Judy Barr, Manager of Recreation Services
IL Perspective from Stakeholders
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• Parks Commission
Al Paulson
• Employee Representatives
Robin Madsen & Kurt Erickson, AFSCME Technical
Dave Wagner, Saint Paul Supervisors Organization
• Friends of the Parks
Peggy Lynch
. Booster Clubs
Jim McDonough
Saint Paul Rec Alliance
Marty Wolf
III. Public Comment Period
The City Council requested the Director of Parks and Recreation to report back at their May 28
Council Meeting regarding the input received from the various participants at the Parks and
Recreation Reorganization Policy Session.
Recalled Item
Final Adoption - 02 -570 - An ordinance establishing a new height limit for boulevard plantings of 36
inches, except for plantings within fifteen feet of any intersection or within five feet of any alley,
driveway approach or public utility fixture where plantings may not exceed the current height
requirement of twelve inches in height. (Laid over indefinitely on October 23, 2002)
Recalled, substitute introduced, and laid over to May 28 for final adoption
Yeas - 6 Nays - 0 (Coleman not present for vote)
Council Meeting Information
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