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Amending RES 18-145 by incorporating the changes to the Similar Use Determination, as set forth in the Terms of Agreement contained in the Stipulation for Consent and Order for Entry of Judgment of the Ramsey County District Court, in the matter of Listening House of St. Paul, Inc. v. City of Saint Paul.
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WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul, in Council Resolution 18-145, memorialized and consolidated its decisions regarding two appeals arising from a Similar Use Determination which allowed the Listening House of Saint Paul, Inc. (“Listening House”) to operate in the First Lutheran Church building located at 463 Maria Avenue, subject to certain conditions, as approved by the City’s planning commission in Planning Commission Resolution No. 17-64 and
WHEREAS, one of the said appeals was filed by Listening House under City Council File APC 17-2 while the other appeal was filed under City Council File APC 17-3 by neighbors who objected to the City’s Similar Use Determination; and
WHEREAS, although Council Resolution 18-145 denied both appeals, with respect to the appeal by filed by Listening House under Council File APC 17-2, the Council amended some of the conditions as reflected in Council Resolution 18-145; and
WHEREAS, Listening House disagreed with some of the conditions in Council Resolution 18-145 and filed a lawsuit in Ramsey County District Court to challenge those conditions under Listening House of St. Paul, Inc. v. City of St. Paul, Ramsey County District Court File No. 62-CV-18-2146; and
WHEREAS, in response to the lawsuit, the City and Listening House met and conferred with the mutual interest of resolving differences regarding the conditions set forth in Council Resolution 18-145. The City and Listening House eventually agreed to mutually acceptable terms regarding Council Resolution 18-145; and
WHEREAS, the City and Listening House thereafter submitted a Stipulation for Consent Order and Entry of Judgment to the Rams...
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