Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised Meeting date/time: 9/27/2023 3:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - 3rd Floor Published agenda: Agenda Accessible Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Accessible Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (48) Public Comments (7) 48 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 23-53 1 1 Communications & Receive/File Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 195 Goodrich Avenue a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.) Received and Filed   Action details Not available AO 23-89 1 2 Administrative Order Authorizing the Library to reallocate $276,000 from salary savings in the 2023 adopted budget to the services budget item and provide the appropriate levels of spending authority. Received and Filed   Action details Not available AO 23-94 1 3 Administrative Order Accepting $15 M PFA Infrastructrue B64grant/loan and establishing the 2023 spending and financing projects budget in the Water Utility Fund. Received and Filed   Action details Not available AO 23-95 1 4 Administrative Order Amending the 2023 spending budget in the Department of Public Works Sewers Utility Ford Stormwater Management District accounting unit. Received and Filed   Action details Not available AO 23-97 1 5 Administrative Order Amending CDBG Project Budgets: funding for 1676 White Bear Avenue (V&I Best Steak House) project. Received and Filed   Action details Not available RES 23-1446 1 6 Resolution Approving the Liquor-Off Sale Micro Distillery, Liquor-Micro Distillery Cocktail Room, Liquor On Sale-Sunday, Entertainment (A) and Liquor-Outdoor Service Area (Patio) licenses for King Coil Spirits, Co. d/b/a King Coil Spirits (License ID 20230001516) for the premises located at 550 Vandalia Street, Suite #140. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1452 1 7 Resolution Authorizing the City to enter into Agreement No.1054003 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for federal participation in a force account for the West Side Signal Project. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1460 1 8 Resolution Setting a public hearing date of November 1, 2023 for 2024 Water Charges. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1466 1 9 Resolution Authorizing the Department of Public Works to ask for and accept donations of new and gently used mittens, hats, and scarves; non-perishable food items; and hygiene products to be donated to people in need through the Community Cupboard at 891 Dale Street. Adopted Pass Action details Not available Min 23-31 1 10 Approval of Minutes Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of July 12, 19, and 26, 2023. Adopted Pass Action details Not available Min 23-34 1 11 Approval of Minutes Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of August 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2023. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1384 1 12 Resolution Authorizing the Office of Neighborhood Safety and the Police ASPIRE unit to jointly apply for future federal and state public safety enhancement grants to further their common mission and without needing individual preapproval from City Council of each individual grant application when the grant applied for does not have city grant obligations of providing matching funds, spending requirements, or hiring or retention requirements beyond grant funding periods. (Laid over from September 13, 2023) (To be withdrawn) Withdrawn   Action details Not available RES 23-1339 1   Resolution Authorizing the City to amend the HUD Section 3 Compliance (Collaborative) Program Joint Powers Agreement. (Laid over from September 6.) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1471 1 13 Resolution Approving a 2024 maximum property tax levy for the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1481 1 14 Resolution Approving a 2024 maximum property tax levy for the City. Adopted Pass Action details Not available Ord 23-40 3 15 Ordinance Amending Title XXIII Public Health Safety and Welfare of the Legislative Code to add Chapter 222, titled Smoking in City Parks and Certain Building Entrances Prohibited. Adopted Pass Action details Not available Ord 23-42 1 16 Ordinance Granting the application of York Avenue Land Development LLC to rezone property at 1500 and 1510 York Avenue from a combination of R4 one-family residential & RM2 multiple-family residential to all RM2, and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map. Laid Over to Final Adoption Pass Action details Not available Ord 23-43 1 17 Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map and specific sections of the Legislative Code pertaining to zoning regulations to promote the production of 1-6 unit residential housing options as recommended in Phase 2 of the 1-4 Unit Housing Study and amending additional Legislative Code sections that regulate those aspects of property maintenance associated with 1-6 unit housing. Laid Over to Second Reading   Action details Not available RES PH 23-245 1 18 Resolution-Public Hearing Denying the application of Bigos Management/Kellogg Square for an exception to the general hours of skyway operation. (Public hearing continued from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-275 1 19 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the petition of Sonia Carroll, on behalf of Open Arms Assembly of God, to vacate the alley rights in Block 16 and Block 19, Gurney Highland Park. (Public hearing continued from September 20, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-224 1 20 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessment for the Curtice Street from Woodbury Street to Andrew Street paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2022 St. Paul Street Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19257, Assessment No. 225204) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-225 1 21 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessment for the Edgcumbe Road from St. Paul Avenue to Fairview Avenue paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2022 St. Paul Street Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19234, Assessment No. 225202) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-233 1 22 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessment for Wheelock Parkway from east of Edgerton Street to west of Arcade Street paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2022 St. Paul Street Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19210, Assessment No. 225203) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-283 1 23 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessments for Replacement of Lead Water Service Line on Private Properties. (File No. 2302LDSRP, Assessment No. 234001) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-284 1 24 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessments for Repair of Sanitary Sewer Line on Private Properties. (File No. SWRP2302, Assessment No. 233001) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-285 1 25 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessments for Replacement of Lead Water Service Line on Private Properties. (File No. 2303LDSRP, Assessment No. 234002) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-286 1 26 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessments for Repair of Sanitary Sewer Line on Private Properties. (File No. SWRP2302, Assessment No. 233002) Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-280 1 27 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Twin Cities in Motion for eleven (11) sound level variances in order to present amplified sound for announcements, speakers and music on Saturday, September 30, 2023 and Sunday, October 1, 2023 during the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon at the State Capitol Complex, 75 Rev Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and ten (10) various other locations (from Mississippi River Boulevard Eustis St to Marshall Ave, Mississippi River Boulevard from Exeter Pl to Cretin and East along Summit Avenue to Selby Avenue and State Capitol). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-287 1 28 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Derrick Diedrich for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on October 1, 2023 at 1509 Ashland Avenue. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-288 1 29 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Anderson Race Management for the Walk for Water event sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on October 7, 2023 at 180 Shepard Rd - Upper Landing Park. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-291 1 30 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Church of St. Mark for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound on October 7, 2023 at 1976 - 1983 Dayton Ave - parking lot and street. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-293 1 31 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Laura LeFebvre for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound on October 7, 2023 at 1227 Montreal Ave - Highland Park picnic shelter. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH RR 23-18 6 32 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Fourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 318 EDMUND AVENUE in Council File RLH RR 21-11. (Public hearing closed, laid over from August 16, 2023) Laid Over Pass Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-52 2 33 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Yee Fang, Naocha Management, to a Vacant Building Registration Notice at 720 COOK AVENUE EAST. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH RR 23-45 2 34 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Ordering the razing and removal of the structures at 50 FILLMORE AVENUE EAST within fifteen (15) days after the September 27, 2023, City Council Public Hearing. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH RR 23-31 3 40 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 455 ROBERT STREET SOUTH within fifteen (15) days after the August 2, 2023, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to remove only) Referred Pass Action details Not available RLH SAO 23-38 1 41 Resolution LH Summary Abatement Order Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 34 SYCAMORE STREET in Council File RLH VBR 23-54 Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RLH SAO 23-35 2 35 Resolution LH Summary Abatement Order Appeal of Joseph Dalbec to a Summary Abatement Order plus Notice to Cut Tall Grass And/Or Weeds at 913 JOHNSON PARKWAY. Adopted   Action details Not available RLH TA 23-301 2 36 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 110 MANITOBA AVENUE. (File No. J2326A1, Assessment No. 238542) (Public hearing continued to March 13, 2024) Continue Public Hearing   Action details Not available RLH RR 23-43 6 37 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Fourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 595 PARK STREET in Council File RLH RR 23-12. (Public hearing continued to April 10, 2024) Continue Public Hearing   Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-53 2 38 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Rob Clapp to a Vacant Building Registration Renewal Notice at 949 PAYNE AVENUE. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH TA 23-303 2 39 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 879 RICE STREET. (File No. J2326A, Assessment No. 238534) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-57 1 42 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Amending Council File No. RLH VBR 23-51 to waive the vacant building fee for 120-day at 575 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-55 2 43 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Chris McCalla, PBH Real Estate, to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement at 1630 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH AR 23-54 3 44 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessments for Graffiti Removal services during January 3 to 12, 2023. (File No. J2305P, Assessment No. 238404) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH AR 23-68 2 45 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessments for Property Clean Up services during May 12 to 30, 2023. (File No. J2326A, Assessment No. 238534) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH AR 23-69 2 46 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessments for Equipment and Labor for Clean Up services during January to May 2023. (File No. J2328A, Assessment No. 238537) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH AR 23-70 2 47 Resolution LH Assessment Roll Ratifying the assessments for Tree Removal service from January 2023. (File No. J2329A, Assessment No. 238538) Adopted Pass Action details Not available  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 23-43 10/18/2023 2:02 PM Salina Amey   Against I live on Curtice St E., in the neighborhood called the "West Side". I have lived here more than 25 years, and in recent years high numbers of homes near mine have been bought up by slum landlords, who are not held accountable by the St Paul Dept. of Safety and Inspections (DSI) to live up to their legal obligations to maintain the properties as required by ordinance. When young couples have bought homes in my neighborhood, they quickly regret their decision and sell, in order to move to neighborhoods in which the homes and properties are adequately maintained. I have received hundreds if not thousands of offers through the mail and over the phone to purchase my home, by investment companies seeking homes to buy as rental properties. This ordinance will be extremely harmful to the neighborhoods, such as mine, which are in a state of decline due to the greed and negligence of DSI, which only cares about collecting fees but does not care a whit about their responsibilities to residents. -2 Ord 23-40 9/7/2023 12:25 PM Jessica   For Even carrying marijuana on a person without smoking it gives out a toxic odor that is detrimental to the health of nearby people who have to breathe it in. This toxic odor needs to be banned in all public places. -3 1 Ord 23-40 9/7/2023 3:27 AM Andrew Ainsley   Against We do not need to spend time as a city implementing ordinances that are already covered at the county and state level. Together the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) & the Ramsey County Smoking and Commercial Tobacco Use Ordinance (SCTUO) prohibits smoking and vaping indoors and within 25 feet of entrances, exits, open windows and ventilation intakes of public places and places of work throughout Ramsey County. There is no need to go any further than that. Please oppose this ordinance that will most definitely be enforced unfairly against minority groups and would have negligible impact on the existence of secondhand smoke from cannabis. It is a waste of time, resources, and there are much better things that we could be focusing our energy on to improve the public's health in our great city. Thank you. +2 -1 1 Ord 23-40 9/6/2023 8:50 PM Robert Jacobson   Against I oppose this proposed amendment. The proposed amendment deliberately limits the freedoms of the people of St Paul without due cause. The proposed amendment will disproportionately affect low income people and people of color. The proposed amendment is being considered without the affirmation, consent, or consideration of the people it will affect. For these reasons, I respectfully request the Council reject the proposed amendment. +5 -1 Ord 23-40 9/6/2023 7:30 PM Alex Mongin   Against As a resident of Ward 4, I oppose this ordinance. This rule would inadvertently target renters and homeless. A petty misdemeanor makes it harder to get or stay on a lease, so it will create more strain on shelters, public services and police. Second hand smoke is harmful, but the effect of woodsmoke is many times worse. We cannot discuss a ban on public smoking over health concerns without first discussing a ban on wood fires which many St. Paul residents having in their backyards and fireplaces. Meanwhile, the MCIAA is functioning well at protecting non-smokers from second hand smoke. When I have done community engagement for local people running for office, the top question I receive is whether the candidate supports legalization of cannabis. Our community wants and deserves safe and legal access to cannabis. Let's continue to be on the right side of history. Please do not p*** this ban. Thank you for considering. +5 -1 Ord 23-40 9/6/2023 2:56 PM Tony Aarts   Against Council Members, I am writing in opposition to the proposed cannabis ordinance as written. The idea framed in this ordinance would mean that those without a private residence, property, a backyard, etc., would be virtually shut out from the cannabis law just p***ed this past legislative session. This language details a petty misdemeanor charge, a hefty fine, and furthers the implications of difficulty with securing housing and employment in the future should a fine go unpaid. Why has this ordinance not been discussed in such a way across the city enterprise? Where was the community input and feedback? How could the Parks Dept be consulted in this regard? What about other related city offices like Library, SPPD, etc. ? Given the framing of the ordinance, it is almost certain that the punitive effects will land hardest on young folks, working cl***, and communities of color. That is not acceptable. St. Paul can and must do better for our communities. +4 -1 Ord 23-40 9/1/2023 1:53 PM Patty Lammers   For The city has responsibility to protect public health. I know many people who have breathing issues and struggle when they have to be around smell and smoke from pot. It is far worse for your health then second hand cigarette smoke. While I respect people's right to smoke in their homes I should not have to be exposed to it at a public park or other public space. It will dimmish people's enjoyment of public spaces. +1 -4