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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 1/21/2026 3:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
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AO 26-7 11Administrative OrderDesignating Hnuchee Vang, Jodi Pfarr, and Nickolaus Stumo-Langer, Assistant Mayors, as authorized signers for contracts made in the name of the City of Saint Paul pursuant to Section 86.01 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code.Received and Filed  Action details Not available
RES 26-129 12ResolutionAuthorizing the City to apply to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Redevelopment program for a project at 642 Selby Avenue, "The Beasley", on behalf of the Rondo Community Land Trust.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 26-44 13ResolutionAuthorizing the use of a Project Labor Agreement for a 2028 federal funded Gold Line Pedestrian Improvements Public Works project.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 26-85 14ResolutionAuthorizing City officials to execute a grant agreement on behalf of the City for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2026 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant Program.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 26-106 15ResolutionApproving the application for a license for Gambit Brew Co LLC d/b/a Gambit Brewing for the Liquor On Sale-100 seats or less, Liquor On Sale-Sunday, Malt Off Sale (Growler)-Brew Pub & Entertainment (A) license (License ID # DSIBLLIQ-000345-2025) for the premises located at 141 4th St E, Suite LL2.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 26-119 16ResolutionApproving the Memorandum of Agreement for the January 2026 Wage and Fringe Adjustment (Dues Only) between the City of Saint Paul and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82. (To be laid over one week for adoption)Laid Over  Action details Not available
RES 26-132 17ResolutionCelebrating 140 Years of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-1914 18ResolutionOutlining the City's 2026 Legislative Agenda. (laid over from December 17, 2025)Laid OverPass Action details Video Video
RES 26-121 19ResolutionCalling on Governor Walz to pass an eviction moratorium through Executive Order to support Saint Paul in keeping families in their homes, and further protect them from ICE.Adopted As AmendedPass Action details Video Video
RES 26-166 1 ResolutionRecognizing Friday, January 23, 2026, as a Day of Truth and Freedom.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
SR 26-9 110Staff ReportReview of Emergency Management Services - Early Notification Systems (ENS).Received and Filed  Action details Video Video
Ord 26-1 111OrdinanceModifying and establishing certain City Council staff positions in Chapter 16 of the Administrative Code.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
Ord 26-4 112OrdinanceGranting the application of Baillon Company to rezone four (4) I1 light industrial parcels to B5 central business-service.Laid Over to Second Reading  Action details Video Video
Ord 26-5 1 OrdinanceAdding Chapter 268 to the Legislative Code to prohibit law enforcement staging operations on city-owned properties and limit access to non-public City spaces.Laid Over to Second Reading  Action details Not available
Ord 26-2 113OrdinanceChanging references in the Legislative and Administrative Codes from Animal Control to Animal Services and correcting typographical errors.Laid Over to Final AdoptionPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 25-293 114Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to amend the financing and spending plan in the amount of $85,709 and to enter into an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Commerce to accept Solar on Public Buildings grant program funds for solar installation at Dayton’s Bluff Recreation Center.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 25-294 115Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to amend the financing and spending plan, in the amount of $72,000, and to enter into an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Commerce to accept Solar on Public Buildings grant program funds for solar installation at Frogtown Community Center.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 25-295 116Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept grant funding in the amount of $203,680.00 from the State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources (authorization to enter into a grant agreement detailing the requirements of said grant, and to amend the Department of Parks and Recreation Grant Fund to reflect said funds) to support Saint Paul’s tree planting program.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 26-9 117Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing execution of a grant agreement and amending the city’s 2026 operating budget to include a $100,000 donation from the Unity Church-Unitarian to support the work of the Saint Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 26-10 118Resolution-Public HearingApproving the petition of the Church of St. Bernard Inc., to vacate a portion of alley right-of-way in Block 1 of Barney, Norton and Kingsley's Second Addition to St. Paul, address 147 Geranium Avenue West.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 26-11 119Resolution-Public HearingApproving the petition of the Friends of Nova Classical Academy, to vacate the air space over and across the intersection of Madison Street and Mercer Way.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
PH 26-2 120Public Hearing-Misc.Public hearing on grievances about federal immigration operations.Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
RLH SAO 26-3 221Resolution LH Summary Abatement OrderFirst Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 1079 WESTERN AVENUE NORTH in Council File RLH SAO 25-71.Adopted As AmendedPass Action details Video Video
RLH TA 25-275 222Resolution LH Tax Assessment AppealRatifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1762 ENGLEWOOD AVENUE. (File No. VB2510A, Assessment No. 258833)Adopted As Amended  Action details Not available
RLH VO 26-1 223Resolution LH Vacate OrderAppeal of Austen Fisher, SMRLS, on behalf of Tenant JLynne Reigns to a Fire Inspection Report, including a Condemnation Order to Vacate at 1891 SEVENTH STREET EAST #301.Adopted  Action details Not available
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RES 26-121 1/22/2026 12:15 AMOlivia For The sheer amount of mutual aid, donations, and outreach that our community has had to organize in response to the federal occupation of our cities should be proof enough that a rent moratorium is needed. We are doing our best to take care of each other, but the governor and the government has an obligation to do so as well in any way they can. I urge Governor Walz to p*** an eviction moratorium as soon as humanly possible - failing to do so would only add to the number of families who have been displaced and disrupted as a result of this violent occupation.
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 11:07 PMKatie C For The state of Minnesota needs to take care of it's residents by p***ing this moratorium. It is unconscionable for people to fear losing their housing while under ICE occupation, especially during such a brutal winter. We need to protect our most vulnerable communities, it is the only moral choice. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 10:12 PMAmber Westley  For No eviction under ice occupation. We need to evict ice and support our communities. We must p*** a moratorium. +3
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 10:06 PMJordan For The abduction of our neighbors and violent, illegal action by the occupation of ICE is unconscionable and we must evict them for the soul of our state. +2 1
1/21/2026 9:51 PMChase For My apologies. This is a new forum for me and apparently it's going to take three tries to get the right combination of feelings, resolution number, and phrasing. We need to approve this memorandum to protect our neighbors from wrongful and harmful evictions due to their inability to leave home and work while ICE terrorizes our streets. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 9:46 PMChase   We need to approve this memorandum to protect our neighbors from repercussions at work due to their inability to leave their homes while ICE is terrorizing our streets. Getting our neighbors these protections in trying times is absolutely vital. +3
RES 26-119 1/21/2026 9:44 PMChase For We need to approve this memorandum to protect our neighbors from repercussions at work due to their inability to leave their homes while ICE is terrorizing our streets. Getting our neighbors these protections in trying times is absolutely vital.
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 9:00 PMLaura Millberg  For I encourage the City Council to support the resolution asking Governor Walz to make an executive order for a moratorium on evictions during the ICE surge and for a reasonable time period afterwards to allow people time to return to work. I have heard numerous instances through my own and others congregations and schools that there is a great and increasing need for this relief. +5
1/21/2026 8:40 PMMia Freiberg For Everything has been said already. Please do what you can to keep our communities safe and cared for. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 8:18 PMBridget Adams For Please support the eviction moratorium. Minnesota residents should not have to fear losing their housing while fearing abduction by federal agents. +5
PH 26-2 1/21/2026 8:16 PMHighland Park  Against I am disgusted and terrified by ICE occupation of my city. When will I or my loved ones be har***ed or murdered by masked thugs for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? End this madness please. +1
1/21/2026 8:14 PMScout H For We need an eviction moratorium. The last time we had one was Covid, in response to dire need from our community. During Covid, people are unable to leave their homes to work or have small children on online school who need to be supervised, impacting ability to work. That is what we are seeing now. Immigrants have been put in an impossible place, where they are at risk of being kidnapped or ***aulted (regardless of “legal status” just going to work or bringing their kids to school. A moratorium is the most tangible way to protect immigrants and other vulnerable people in our community. Please p*** this resolution calling for a moratorium. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 8:08 PM  For Don't evict during ICE occupation. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 6:37 PMIan Rosenthal For Hello City Council, My name is Ian Rosenthal and I’m here to lend Jewish Community Action’s voice to the chorus of advocates demanding an eviction moratorium. The Jewish principle of Pikuach Nefesh tells us that the preservation of life supersedes almost all other rules. The racist invasion of federal forces to the Twin Cities is endangering all of us, and the daily violence our immigrant neighbors and loved ones are experiencing is a civic crisis of the highest order. We know that lives are at stake, because we have already lost so many. There is no justice in eviction under occupation. There is no justice in eviction at all. For this reason, we are calling on St Paul city council to unanimously p*** the resolution today. And to Governor Walz we say: do your part. Declare a state of emergency and use your executive power to p*** a statewide eviction moratorium immediately. +3
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 6:35 PMJuan Luis Rivera-Ryes For The Equity in Place Coalition is writing in support of the proposed Eviction Moratorium Resolution RES 26-121 for the City of St. Paul. As a coalition, we pride ourselves on being a diverse group of strategic partners from organizations led by people of color and housing advocacy organizations. We believe that everyone in Minnesota deserves to live where they want to live and have access to opportunity. We are seeing the impacts of this siege directly on our communities, affecting our fellow Minnesotans' abilities to live and thrive. We are 11 days away from the end of the month and the beginning of the next, which means we are a little more than 2 weeks away from folks not being able to pay for their rent, pay for their bills, and ensure they can continue to shelter in place. It is more urgent than ever that our local leaders in our cities, counties, and state government act. We need an Eviction moratorium now. Thank you Equity in Place Coalition +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 5:41 PMHayley K.  For We must p*** an eviction moratorium through Executive Order to support Saint Paul in keeping families in their homes, and further protect them from ICE. The Saint Paul City Council must do everything in their power to stand up for the community that has ALREADY stepped up to protect and care for itself. HELP US PROTECT US! +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 5:30 PMAdam Wohlwend For Please support the eviction moratorium. We need to support our people during this unwarranted federal overreach. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 5:23 PMCarmen Castello For As a concerned resident of St Paul, I want to echo all the other comments in support of the eviction moratorium. This, in addition to agenda # 20, protects our neighbors and our community in one of the most traumatic and dangerous times for immigrants in Minnesota. We know immigrants make our country and city strong, so the government should do everything in its power to protect them, including keeping folks in their homes and keeping federal ICE agents out of the city. +1
1/21/2026 5:22 PMkaitlin hughes For The eviction moratorium is a must while our federal government attacks it’s citizens. Many people don’t feel safe to leave their homes, let alone work, and should have grace during this unprecedented time to pay their rent without the pressure of possible eviction.
PH 26-2 1/21/2026 5:18 PMMary Lanham   At last week's meeting, the Council promised to move with urgency to update and strengthen Saint Paul's separation ordinance. I urge the Council to keep that promise and take whatever steps are available to update the ordinance quickly. ICE is here now, and the people of Saint Paul need expedited action from the Council now.
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 5:13 PMMary Lanham For Every Minnesotan has the right to safe and dignified housing, and in the middle of a Midwest winter, shelter is even more a matter of life and death. When so many are losing access to income and stability due to the unlawful actions of ICE agents, the only right thing is to protect our neighbors. We're counting on the Council and Governor Walz to help us do that by pausing evictions. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 5:06 PMVivi Stroh   Please support a moratorium on rent and electric payments for Minnesotans. We are under siege and occupation by the Federal Government and that is causing our neighbors to go into hiding and miss work. Please support our Minnesotan neighbors by providing this relief while folks are unable to work. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:59 PMKelsey Knothe For I am asking the City Council to p*** an eviction moratorium immediately. With winter conditions and widespread financial instability, allowing evictions at this time would be dangerous and inhumane. Many residents are missing work and income and should not be forced into housing insecurity as a result. Please take decisive action to keep our neighbors housed and safe. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:49 PMLeo Vader For The moment we all feared is here. We need to do absolutely everything in our power to protect our people from this invasion. We must stand with our neighbors now, completely, or we never will. +3
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:36 PMSydney Roberts  For Council Members: We urge you - please p*** an eviction moratorium to protect our neighbors, friends and family. Please are struggling right now, especially our Black and Brown immigrant community members who are living in fear because of the federal government and cannot leave their homes to go to work. Please do what's right and support our neighbors! +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:15 PMColleen Sylvester For I live in the Merriam Park neighborhood, and urge you to p*** the eviction moratorium and do everything possible to keep our neighbors safe and housed. It is a brutally cold winter right now, and leaving our most vulnerable neighbors susceptible to eviction would be inhumane and needlessly cruel. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:06 PMVivia johnson  For I and many of my neighbors are struggling with federal invasion. The economy was in a downturn already and now many people can not go to work or face state violence at the hands of federalized thugs. Ensuring people have a safe place to live during these times is tantamount to liberty itself. Please pressure the governor and also p*** a moratorium locally for the city of Saint Paul. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 4:00 PMRebecca Homard For Governor Walz, Council President, and Council Members: I write from Dayton's Bluff, one of the many under-resourced neighborhoods in our beautiful St Paul. This neighborhood, like many others, is also wonderfully diverse, and therefore targeted HEAVILY by ICE during their operations. Many folks in St Paul are living paycheck-to-paycheck and because they can't go to work from fear of being detained, are missing those paychecks and are at high risk of eviction. It is crucial that they are able to stay home and stay safe during this surge, especially given how dangerous MN winter can be. We urge you - please p*** an eviction moratorium to protect our neighbors, family, and friends. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 3:59 PMRachel Kenrick-Schwartz For Minnesota drew me here because of a strong sense of community, something that reminded me of the East Coast. I came here for an education opportunity and what I have seen has amazed me. People willing to risk being detained to protect their neighbors, m***ive protests, and quiet behind-the-scenes support of immigrant businesses, mutual aid, and our schools. Even the schools have seen the emergency and have shut down, making it even more difficult for parents to work. It is now time for the government to step in. The people of St. Paul have been out in the streets doing the work, but it's not enough. Neighbors are scared to go to school, to go to work, to shovel their walks. When there are currently so many things to fear, the fear of losing your housing should not be one of them. Please, call for an eviction moratorium and help keep our neighbors safe and housed during these horrific times. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 3:45 PMjo hjelle For the choice of an eviction moratorium is whether or not to send our most vulnerable neighbors out into the streets in minnesota winter in the midst of a violent federal occupation of our metro area and beyond. if the job of a government isn’t to protect our neighbors, then what is it? the only moral option is to p*** this resolution and do ALL within your power to protect our most vulnerable neighbors. +1
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 3:35 PMMary Willms Wohlwend For I emphatically support this resolution. Our neighbors are being targeted and unable to work/leave home. We must allow them this small bit of relief from the threat of eviction. Thank you to the council for all that you are doing. +1
1/21/2026 3:12 PMAlyssa Rogers For I am appalled at what the Fed has been doing in our city and MN as a whole. Choosing the Twin Cities and MN to make an example of what this Administration wants to pursue for the entire country. Residences are scared and terrified to leave their homes, attend work, go to school because of the brutality ICE and DHS have been inflicting upon citizens. They are under no obligation or rules of law, other than the ones they create for themselves. I ask the city council to p*** these measures, to stand up to the Administration and stand up FOR its residents.
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 3:04 PMRachel Haakana For Minnesotans are terrified to go to work. If they can't go to work, they can't pay rent. We cannot expect community members, neighbors, and friends to support such a m***ive financial expense as rent for thousands of people. This is the time to show that our government and state care about its citizens. People deserve dignified housing. We are proud we are a diverse city with a make up of many cultures. We must defend our vulnerable community members from this federal invasion. Please don't choose landlords and the ruling cl*** over the working cl***. Now is the time to show the world what we stand for in Saint Paul. +2
PH 26-2 1/21/2026 3:00 PMKatie Launderville  For Governor Walz and City Council Members, I firmly believe thay Agenda #9 and #20 go hand in hand. The urgency to p*** an eviction moratorium to help our community in their homes without eviction during this horrible time in which so many are afraid to leave and attend work. This is to no fault of their own and to punish them further with possible evictions is disheartening. Right now they need some sense of security and the four walls they reside is just that. If we can do at minimum, keep them safe there, we owe them that. In terms if the federal immigration operations, I know you are all doing your best, I believe in our state, I understand these again are unprecedented times and we may be yet again be the pawn in some evil game or the playbook that changes it all. We have that choice to make. It is hard to hear press conferences but little action, the words are becoming less strong. Our community is feeling like we are fending ourselves from the wolves and we need your actions and he +6
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 2:55 PMBrianna Olson-Carr  For There has never been a better time for an eviction moratorium. There has never been a better time to come together as Minnesotans and say we stand together against forces trying to tear our communities apart and we will provide the space for that in the form of rental ***istance. The world is once again looking to see what the twin cities are going to do because we are extraordinary. We have created an incredible network of mutual aid and Community organizing. Now it's time for you to decide. Will you step up again as government officials and stand up with your brave citizens? Stand with us and provide a rent mortitorium so vulnerable families can stay safe through this difficult time in American history. There has never been a better time to stand together. +2
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 2:54 PMMollie Lacy For I have friends and neighbors who are legal immigrants afraid for their safety when leaving their homes. Many people have not been able to work with ICE causing violence and chaos in our streets. They need help now. No one should be evicted over this. +3
RES 26-121 1/21/2026 2:44 PMAlexis Neeley For Our community deserves - now and ALWAYS - safe and dignified housing. If we claim to be proud and supportive of our vibrant and diverse state, we MUST protect those who are most vulnerable. They cannot safely get to work, school, the grocery store, the laundromat, and they certainly should not be penalized for the brutal and unlawful conditions making their day to day lives impossible. Governor Walz must p*** an eviction moratorium through executive order to keep our neighbors safe. +2
RES 26-121 1/20/2026 9:52 PMAlana Hawley For Our last state of emergency was over Covid. Pandemics and federal deployments are cir***stances out of our control, but the ability to distinguish an emergency and take necessary action to prevent damage to human life during that emergency is the only ability that warrants the election to public office. For context on the scale of this problem; Minneapolis currently owes 50 million for three months of rental ***istance from August 2025. That’s the amount of money our twin owes for rent help in NORMAL cir***stances. We don’t have the numbers for Metro Surge yet, but it’s clear: NO AMOUNT OF MUTUAL AID WILL COVER RENT. Great people have donated hundreds of thousands to keep their neighbors fed, and we’re still talking about a need that is MULTIPLE orders of magnitude greater than what individuals can cover. This is where the government steps in. If landlords are harmed financially in this moment, they should be looking at the federal government to end the cir***stances harming them. +3