Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/17/2021 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 Accessible Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Accessible Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (49) Public Comments (4) 49 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 CO 21-87 1 1 Communications & Receive/File Mayor's Emergency Executive Orders 21-40 and 21-41. Received and Filed   Action details Not available RES 21-1532 1 2 Resolution Approving the Audit Committee’s recommendation to examine how businesses interested in developing residential housing development projects navigate the various City departments' processes and requirements. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1618 1 4 Resolution Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during September 1 to 13, 2021, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for December 21, 2021 and City Council public hearing for February 23, 2022 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2209A, Assessment No. 228508) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1619 1 5 Resolution Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during September 14 to 30, 2021, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for December 21, 2021 and City Council public hearing for February 23, 2022 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2210A, Assessment No. 228509) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1634 1 7 Resolution Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the adjustment of City facilities on Trunk Highway 94 projects. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1639 1 8 Resolution Approving the polling locations for the 2022 elections pursuant to Minnesota Statute, Section 204B.16. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1640 1 9 Resolution Approving the extension agreements for transfer of Saint Paul Police employees, Tina C. McNamara, David A. Titus, and Michel D. Whisler, to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1643 1 10 Resolution Approving the use of grant funds through the Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program for the Victoria Theater Arts Center. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1648 1 11 Resolution Authorizing carry forward of unused Private Activity Bond Volume Cap. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 21-1575 1 3 Resolution Approving the application with conditions, per the Deputy Legislative Hearing Officer, for DWD Group LLC (License ID # 20210000875), d/b/a Billy’s on Grand, for a Liquor on Sale - 291 or more seats, Liquor on Sale - Sunday, Liquor on Sale - 2 AM Closing, Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio), Entertainment (B), and Gambling Location licenses, located at 857 Grand Avenue. (Laid over from November 17, 2021.) Laid Over Pass Action details Video RES 21-1631 1 6 Resolution Approving the appointment of Doua Yang as the Legislative Aide in Ward 4. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES 21-1655 1 12 Resolution Recognizing November 20th as World Children’s Day and pledging the City of Saint Paul's commitment to the future of its youngest residents Adopted Pass Action details Video SR 21-184 1 13 Staff Report Update on the 2020 Census. Received and Filed   Action details Video Ord 21-42 1 14 Ordinance Amending Section 220.05 of the Legislative Code to set rates for base level garbage service to be effective January 1, 2022. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-45 1 15 Ordinance Amending Chapter 64 of the Administrative Code to update deferral language, delete sewer separation references, and update assessment procedures. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-46 1 16 Ordinance Amending Chapter 60 of the Administrative Code to clarify hardship deferral language. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-47 1 17 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. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-48 1 18 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. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-49 1 19 Ordinance Amending Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code to clarify hardship deferral language and other language clarification. Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 21-50 1 20 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. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-300 1 21 Resolution-Public Hearing Considering the recommendation and order on Motion for Summary disposition submitted by the Administrative Law Judge concerning the cigarette/tobacco license held by Zakariya Abukhudeer, d/b/a The One Stop Market, LLC at 1541 Maryland Avenue East. Withdrawn Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-288 1 22 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessment for the 2021 Street Maintenance Service Program for sweeping and lighting. (File No. 2021SMSP, Assessment No. 210025) Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RES PH 21-319 1 23 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing the City to accept $11,588,419.60 in Round Two Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Funds; amending the 2021 budget to incorporate and appropriate the funds; and authorizing the execution of necessary agreements. Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-426 2 25 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2211 BENSON AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A2, Assessment No. 210111) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH SAO 21-71 2 26 Resolution LH Summary Abatement Order Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 1143 CHURCHILL STREET in Council File RLH SAO 21-70. Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-405 2 27 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 914 COOK AVENUE EAST. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No. 210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-408 2 28 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 822 EDMUND AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A4, Assessment No. 210113) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-431 2 29 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1501 ELEANOR AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-398 2 30 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1282 HAGUE AVENUE. (File No. CG2102A1-1, Assessment No. 210114) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-400 2 31 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1282 HAGUE AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-421 2 33 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 667 LAUREL AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-451 1 34 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Amending the previously ratified assessment to reduce the assessment for Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during October to December 2020 at 667 LAUREL AVENUE. (File No. CG2101A1, Assessment No. 210100) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-453 1 35 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Amending the previously ratified assessment to reduce the assessment for Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during January to March 2021 at 667 LAUREL AVENUE. (File No. CG2102A1, Assessment No. 210106) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-432 2 36 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1769 MARSHALL AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A4, Assessment No. 210113) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-444 2 37 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1789 MARYLAND AVENUE EAST. (File No. CG2103A2, Assessment No. 210111) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-419 2 38 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1115 NORTON STREET. (File No. CG2103A2, Assessment No. 210111) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-446 2 39 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1774 REANEY AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No. 210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-424 2 40 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1707 ROSE AVENUE EAST. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No. 210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-425 2 41 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 843 SELBY AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-428 2 42 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1706 SIMS AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No. 210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-445 2 43 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 120-122 STEVENS STREET WEST. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-429 2 44 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1343 STILLWATER AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No. 210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-396 2 45 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2279 SUMMIT AVENUE. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH AR 21-91 2 46 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2021. (File No. CG2103A1, Assessment No. 210110) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH AR 21-92 2 47 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2021. (File No. CG2103A2, Assessment No. 210111) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH AR 21-99 2 48 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2021. (File No. CG2103A3, Assessment No.210112) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH AR 21-100 2 49 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2021. (File No. CG2103A4, Assessment No.210113) Adopted   Action details Video RLH TA 21-158 4 32 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 936 JEFFERSON AVENUE. (File No. J2106E1, Assessment No. 218314) (Amend to delete) Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RLH TA 21-449 2 24 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1454 ARONA STREET. (File No. CG2103A2, Assessment No. 210111) Adopted Pass Action details Video  Add New Comment 4 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