Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/20/2023 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 (49) Public Comments (6) 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 23-52 1 1 Communications & Receive/File Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 975 Reaney 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 RES 23-1249 1 2 Resolution Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during July 5 to 13, 2023, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for October 17, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 17, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2404A, Assessment No. 248503) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1250 1 3 Resolution Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during July 14 to 25, 2023, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for October 17, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 17, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2405A, Assessment No. 248504) Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1298 1 4 Resolution Approving the polling location changes for the November 7, 2023 general election. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1344 1 5 Resolution Accepting a 2024 Crime Victim Services 12-Month Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in the amount of $139,767 for the City Attorney’s Office to provide crime victim services during the 12-month period of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, and amending the 2023 spending and financing budget for the City Attorney's Office. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1395 1 6 Resolution Approving adverse action against the Tow Truck/Wrecker (Operator) and Tow Truck/Wrecker (Vehicle) license applications submitted by ARRC Enterprise, LLC d/b/a Stress Less Towing Powered by ARRC (License ID# 20230000508) for the premises located at 118 Acker Street East. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1406 1 7 Resolution Approving an Auto Repair Garage and a Second Hand Dealer - Motor Vehicle Parts license for Carflip Repair, LLC d/b/a Carflip Repair, LLC (License ID 20220001135) for the premises located at 1221 Pierce Butler Route. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1422 1 8 Resolution Naming Highland Way as a private street. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1425 1 9 Resolution Approving the final plat for The Heights. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1431 2 10 Resolution Authorizing the City to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement, on behalf of the Police Department, with the Metropolitan Council, on behalf of its Metropolitan Transit Police Department for mutual aid and emergency services. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1433 1 11 Resolution Approving the Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicle license for Jimmy’s Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a Jimmy’s Auto Sales, LLC (License ID 20230000910) for the premises located at 1414 Arcade Street. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1443 1 13 Resolution Approving Ordinance Permit 20220010211 for Sidewalk and Bike Trail Infrastructure Installed by Ryan Companies, Inc. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1444 1 14 Resolution Approving the 2024 City Council meeting schedule. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1445 1 15 Resolution Authorizing the Police Department to submit an application for funds under a request for proposals for the 2024-25 Youth Intervention Programs grants, issued by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS). Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1380 1 17 Resolution Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the International Association of Fire Fighters AFL-CIO Local 21 to amend the 2021 - 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement for the purpose of employing and retaining employees trained as paramedics and defining the retention period of licensure upon paramedic course completion. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RES 23-1450 1 16 Resolution Recognizing the City of Laasanod, Sool for their formation of a transitional state in Somalia. Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RES 23-1451 1 18 Resolution Recognizing the career of Julie Kraus with the City of Saint Paul and congratulating her on retirement. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES 23-1426 1 19 Resolution Extending the current garbage collection contract for 1-4 unit dwellings through March 31, 2025. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-66 1 20 Resolution-Public Hearing Ratifying the assessment for the Wabasha Street: Kellogg to Seventh Street paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2022 St. Paul Street Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19209, Assessment No. 225200) (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-142 1 21 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the petition of Brian Ingram on behalf of Hope Fire House, LLC to vacate a portion of Leech Street from Grand Avenue to West Seventh Street. (Public hearing closed, laid over from August 23, 2023) Withdrawn   Action details Video RES PH 23-268 1 22 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department, to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $149,635.10 in funds from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for the 2024 NHTSA: DWI/Traffic Safety Officer grant program. (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-269 1 23 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $309,000 in funds from awarded from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Auto Theft Prevention Grants Program (Dedicated Investigator). (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-270 1 24 Resolution-Public Hearing Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $761,787.05 in funds awarded from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Auto Theft Prevention Grants Program (General). (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Video Ord 23-40 2 25 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. Amended and Laid Over for Final Adoption Pass Action details Video Ord 23-42 1 26 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 Video RES PH 23-227 1 27 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the Preliminary Plat for United Village Development. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-229 1 28 Resolution-Public Hearing Granting the extension of an existing interim use permit issued to MUSC Holdings, LLC for temporary surface parking lots on property at 400 Snelling Avenue North. Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Not available RES PH 23-232 1 29 Resolution-Public Hearing Granting an interim use permit to Snelling-Midway Redevelopment, LLC for a temporary surface parking lot at 1566 University Avenue West (temporary address - northeast corner at Snelling and Shields Avenues). Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RES 23-1442 1 12 Resolution Amending RES PH 16-239 which enacted the Snelling-Midway Redevelopment Site Master Plan and Design Guidelines by adding new language and deleting old language to Condition No. 5 pertaining to parking. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-254 1 30 Resolution-Public Hearing Amending the financing and spending plans in the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget to authorize Green Energy Loan Program energy improvements at the George Latimer Central Library and make other changes to the program budget. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-256 1 31 Resolution-Public Hearing Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $5,000 for funds contributed from the St. Anthony Park Community Council for the Westgate Commons Park project. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-262 1 32 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the request of Energy Park Utility Company to amend rates. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-271 2 33 Resolution-Public Hearing Amending the City's Capital Improvement Budget to reflect the final sale details resulting from the issuance of the G.O. Capital Improvement Bonds, Series 2023D, moving forward 2023 project revenue budgets to 2024, and recognizing capital improvement bond revenue made available by financing North End Community Center and Fire Station 7 with sales tax bonds (per 2023 adopted plan). Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-272 1 34 Resolution-Public Hearing Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public Works Capital Budget for the Capital City Bikeway Phase 1 Project. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-273 1 35 Resolution-Public Hearing Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public Works Capital Budget for the Kellogg/Third Street Bridge Project. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-275 1 36 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) Continue Public Hearing Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-278 1 37 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Stone Saloon, SBC dba Waldmann for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound on September 22-24, and September 29 - October 1, 2023 at 445 Smith Avenue North. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-279 1 38 Resolution-Public Hearing Approving the application of Down Syndrome Association of MN for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on September 24, 2023 at Como Park Picnic Pavilion - 1199 Midway Parkway. Adopted Pass Action details Video RES PH 23-290 1 39 Resolution-Public Hearing Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of two grant agreements with indemnity obligations, and amending the operating budget for the City's sponsorship of a Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Contamination Cleanup Grant, and a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act Contamination Cleanup Grant for Prior Works Creative Enterprise Zone, 755 Prior Avenue North (District 11, Ward 4). Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH RR 23-39 2 40 Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 621 BIDWELL STREET within one-hundred eighty (180) days after the September 6, 2023, City Council Public Hearing. (Amended to grant 90 days) Adopted As Amended Pass Action details Video RLH TA 23-250 2 41 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 399 BLAIR AVENUE. (File No. CG2302A2-1, Assessment No. 230112) (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023) Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH RR 23-31 3 47 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. (Public hearing continued to September 27, 2023) Continue Public Hearing Pass Action details Video RLH VBR 23-54 2 48 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Randall Radunz to a Vacant Building Registration Notice, Revised Notice of Condemnation as Unfit for Human Habitation & Order to Vacate, plus Vehicle Abatement Order at 34 SYCAMORE STREET EAST. Adopted Pass Action details Video RLH TA 23-25 3 42 Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1520 ALBEMARLE STREET. (File No. J2310A1, Assessment No. 238526) Adopted As Amended   Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-50 2 43 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of Carolyn Brown, Community Stabilization Project, and Shai Leibovich to a Vacant Building Registration Notice at 1129 BEECH STREET. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH OA 23-4 2 44 Resolution LH Other Appeal Type Appeal of Ashley Marie Tieman to a Denial of a Fence Variance at 376 BEACON AVENUE. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH VBR 23-48 2 45 Resolution LH Vacant Building Registration Appeal of My Lam, CTW Group Incorporated, to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement at 945 CONWAY STREET. Adopted Pass Action details Not available RLH RR 23-43 5 46 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 October 4, 2023) Continue Public Hearing   Action details Not available RLH FCO 23-64 2 49 Resolution LH Fire C of O OR Correction Order Appeal of Lorenzo Montiel to a Correction Notice-Complaint Inspection at 400 VAN BUREN AVENUE #2. Adopted Pass Action details Not available  Add New Comment 6 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 23-40 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