Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised Meeting date/time: 11/3/2021 3:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - 3rd Floor Please see below for meeting guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Accessible Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (35) Public Comments (7) 35 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video AO 21-54 1 1 Administrative Order Amending the 2021 spending budget in the Department of Public Works General Fund Traffic Signals accounting unit. Received and Filed   Action details Not available AO 21-57 1 2 Administrative Order Amending CDBG projects budget: funding for 605-617 (Stryker Senior Housing). Received and Filed   Action details Not available RES 21-1546 1 3 Resolution Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept $2,910,000 in funding through the Legacy Amendment Arts & Cultural Heritage for programmatic development at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory and to enter into a grant agreement with the State of Minnesota that includes indemnification language. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1565 1 4 Resolution Amending Civil Service Rule 14 providing promotional rights to Emergency Medical Technicians into the fire fighting group and Community Engagement Cadets into the police group. Laid Over   Action details Not available RES 21-1568 1 5 Resolution Authorizing the Sewer Utility to enter into a Project Funding Agreement with the Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD), for the creation of Trout Brook Storm Sewer Hydraulic, Hydrologic, and Water Quality Detailed Modeling and Reporting. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1569 1 6 Resolution Authorizing the City to enter into the attached Lease Agreement with Tajana’s 11th House, LLC for mooring space on the Harriet Island Public Dock for the Covington Inn Bed and Breakfast. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1573 1 7 Resolution Approving the Labor Agreement between the Independent School District 625 and AFSCME District Council 5, Local Union 844, representing Clerical and Technical employees (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2022). Laid Over   Action details Not available RES 21-1574 1 8 Resolution Approving the use of grant funds through the Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program to African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1588 1 9 Resolution Authorizing an agreement between the City and property owner at Saint Paul River Centre for the Police Department’s use of commercial space for police operations. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1590 1 10 Resolution Approving the use of grant funds through the Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program for the Friends of Wacouta Park Tot Lot Project. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1502 1 12 Resolution Approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement (January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022) between the City and AFSCME District Council 5, Legal - Local 3757. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1528 1 13 Resolution Approving the Collective Bargaining Agreements between the Independent School District 625 and Tri-Council: Local 49, Local 120 and Local 363 (July 1, 2020 - September 10, 2021) and Laborers Local 563 (September 11, 2021 - April 30, 2024). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1600 1 11 Resolution Honoring Saint Paul Veterans on Veterans Day, November 11, 2021. Adopted Pass Action details Video SR 21-186 1   Staff Report Update on the rent stabilization ordinance. Received and Filed   Action details Video Ord 21-29 2 14 Ordinance Amending Chapter 324 of the Legislative Code in order to create separate licenses for Tobacco Products Shops and Tobacco Shops, to restrict pricing discounts or coupons, and to create a distance requirement between establishments licensed to sell tobacco. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-33 1 15 Ordinance Amending Chapters 65 and 66 of the Legislative Code pertaining to homeless services facilities. Laid Over to Final Adoption Pass Action details Video Ord 21-38 1 16 Ordinance Amending Section 94.13 of the Legislative Code to ensure consistency with the 2015 MN Plumbing and Building Codes. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-42 1 17 Ordinance Amending Section 220.05 of the Legislative Code to set rates for base level garbage service to be effective January 1, 2022. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-45 1 18 Ordinance Amending Chapter 64 of the Administrative Code to update deferral language, delete sewer separation references, and update assessment procedures. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-46 1 19 Ordinance Amending Chapter 60 of the Administrative Code to clarify hardship deferral language. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-47 1 20 Ordinance Amending Chapter 177, Removal of Dangerous Trees, of the Legislative Code by deleting it in its entirety and combining its provisions into Chapter 175 of the Legislative Code. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-48 1 21 Ordinance Amending Chapter 175A of the Legislative Code, Emerald Ash Borer Pest Insect, by deleting it in its entirety and combining its provisions into Chapter 175 of the Legislative Code. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-49 1 22 Ordinance Amending Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code to clarify hardship deferral language and other language clarification. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-50 1 23 Ordinance Amending Chapter 175 of the Legislative Code in order to combine three chapters regarding the abatement of dangerous or diseased trees into one chapter, and to clarify hardship deferral language. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Video Ord 21-41 1 24 Ordinance Amending the commercial development district known as the Schmidt Brewery Commercial Development District to remove liquor license restrictions. Laid Over to Final Adoption Pass Action details Video Ord 21-44 1 25 Ordinance Granting a five-year extension of the Energy Park Utility Company Franchise, held by the Port Authority, from August 1, 2036 to August 1, 2041. Laid Over to Final Adoption Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-282 1 26 Resolution-Public Hearing Establishing the Water Charges for 2022. (Laid over from November 3.) Laid Over Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-297 1 27 Resolution-Public Hearing Setting the 2022 Sanitary Sewer and Storm Sewer rates. (Laid over from November 3.) Laid Over Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-298 1 28 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing a Business Subsidy for the OMG Studios. (The public hearing was closed on November 3) Laid Over Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-304 1 29 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of 594 Mkt LLC/TJL Development for a sound level variance for the installation of a soil retention system in preparation for a new Apartment Building Construction Project at 594 Selby Avenue, work to be done from November 11-15, 2021. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-309 1 30 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing Public Works to request $893,166 in SCORE grant and Incentive funds from Ramsey County to support the curbside recycling program and setting the 2022 City Recycling Service Fees. (Laid over from November 3.) Laid Over Pass Action details Video RLH FCO 21-150 2 32 Resolution LH Fire C of O OR Correction Order Appeal of Craig Thiele to a Fire Inspection Correction Notice at 1040 MARGARET STREET. Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH VBR 21-68 2 34 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Kaye Sisombath and Di Vang to a Vacant Building Registration Fee at 243 WINIFRED STREET EAST. Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH RR 21-59 4 31 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 830 IGLEHART AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the September 22, 2021, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to grant 180 days) Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RLH RR 21-41 2 33 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 864 MARION STREET in Council File RLH RR 21-2. (Public hearing closed on November 3) Laid Over Pass Action details Video  Add New Comment 7 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by File # Group by Name Group by District Group by Opinion Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word File # Date  Name District Opinion Comment Action Ord 21-42 11/18/2021 10:13 PM Eric Lein -- #4 -- Regarding PW Fixed Costs Response     EXAMPLE: A single-family household that wants a second cart pays FAR less for two carts than a duplex pays for two carts. The single family pays lower hauler fees and just one City administrative fee. The single family's 2-cart price advantage reflects the fact that fixed costs for a second, third or fourth cart are negligible. This No-Sharing Penalty has thousands of multi-family households subsidizing single-family households while over-paying haulers for non-existent fixed costs. +1 Ord 21-42 11/10/2021 8:40 AM Eric Lein -- #3   Against AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED FOR 2021 and PROPOSED FOR 2022: Households that produce MORE Trash are rewarded with LOW per-gallon fees. Households that produce LESS Trash are penalized with HIGH per-gallon fees. ///--||--\\\ REALLOCATION RESULTS: Grand Total Fees to be paid by households to haulers for each cart size (including collection, disposal, billing, bulkies, county tax, state tax) will be -- (1) 35-Gal EOW @ $11.53/month [savings vs proposed rate = $8.24/mo]; (2) 35-Gal Weekly @ $18.49/month [savings = $4.78/mo]; (3) 64-Gal Weekly @ $30.95/month [savings = $1.24/mo]; (4) 96-Gal Weekly @ $43.68/month [added cost = $8.07/mo]. /// Please protect consumers and the environment via an EQUITABLE GARBAGE PROGRAM that encourages and rewards conservation of natural resources. /// Again, please refer to my E-MAIL and its ATTACHED FILE that shows detailed calculations. +7 Ord 21-42 11/10/2021 8:17 AM Eric Lein -- #2   Against Please adopt "Sec 220.05(a) Base Level Fees" that are substantially equivalent to the "Reallocated Fees" shown here: (1) 35-Gallon EOW @ $8.37; (2) 35-Gal, Weekly @ $13.42; (3) 64-Gal, Weekly @ $22.47; (4) 96-Gal, Weekly @ $31.71. /// This schedule of Reallocated Fees charges all customers equally on a per-gallon basis. For example: LOW Wasters pay $5.56 per Month per 1,000 gallons annual capacity; HIGH Wasters pay $5.56 per Month per 1,000 gallons annual capacity. /// Haulers will collect the same total revenue with Proposed or Reallocated fees -- $25,952,978 per year. /// Haulers' bottom line will not be affected unless thousands of customers reduce their garbage volume (supposedly a good thing) and switch to smaller carts. /// Instead of perpetuating disincentives, thank you for enacting incentives that will work to protect the environment. /// PLEASE SEE MY E-MAILED TESTIMONY and its ATTACHED .PDF FILE with two pages of fine print and many detailed calculations. +11 2 Ord 21-42 11/10/2021 8:04 AM Eric Lein -- #1   Against The fee schedule is not equitable, and flies in the face of City Ordinance Sec. 357.05 that requires trash prices to be “in proportion to the amount or weight of mixed municipal solid waste collected and shall differ significantly and incrementally one from another.” The City’s Organized Trash Collection Program does not meet this requirement. /// Households that produce MORE trash are rewarded with LOW per-gallon fees. /// Households that produce LESS trash are penalized with HIGH per-gallon fees. /// For example: (a) LOW Wasters pay: $12.13 per Month per 1,000 gallons annual capacity [Small cart; EOW]; and HIGH Wasters pay: $4.38 per Month per 1,000 gallons annual capacity [Large cart; Weekly] /// High-trash-volume customers are subsidized by excessive fees charged to lower-waste and zero-waste customers. /// St. Paul's existing fee structure works against city, state and national efforts to REDUCE trash volume. +6 -1 Ord 21-29 11/3/2021 11:04 PM L. Daak   For The Minnesota Prevention Alliance strongly and fiercely support ordinances of this kind. They protect our youth from the dangers of tobacco products. Thank you for considering this ordinance amendment to be on of the strongest in the State. Ord 21-29 10/20/2021 12:19 AM Ward 2   Against I believe this will do nothing but chase more smaller business out of st. Paul. People will just go else where. This will not help people quit smoking. I think crime, the pandemic and the fact people can not afford food right now. Please get your priorities straight! As a resident of st.paul for almost 65 years, I have to say that in the p*** few years I have considered moving out of the city because of the government costing me more money with every crazy new idea. It is much easier and cheaper to shop and live in surrounding areas. And safer! Please focus on whats important! Plus if it's not illegal to force businesses to charge a certain amount for a certain product...it should be. +2 -1 Ord 21-29 10/14/2021 7:29 PM James Wilkinson   For I strongly support the efforts to reduce tobacco in the City. These are good steps. As a member of the St Paul Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity Commission, I will report that the Commission p***ed a resolution of support for such a proposal some months. ago. +1