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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/13/2024 3:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
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AO 24-79 11Administrative OrderAmending the Department of Public Works General Fund spending budget for transferring funding to the 2024 Bicycle Facility Improvements Program.Received and Filed  Action details Not available
RES 24-1591 12ResolutionApproving the use of grant funds through the Ward 3 Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program for Xiong & Xiong LLC DBA X2 Pastries.Adopted  Action details Not available
RES 24-1625 13ResolutionApproving the application for change of ownership to the Wine On Sale and Malt On Sale (Strong) license now held by Christopher & Daphne LLC d/b/a Mandalay Kitchen (License ID #20240000265) for the premises located at 383 University Avenue West.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1630 15ResolutionApproving the Mayor’s appointment of Elena Lodhaseng, Olivia Robins, and Sernay Than to the Business Review Council.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1633 16ResolutionApproving the Mayor’s appointment of Mui M Da and Kaitlyn Hang to the Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity Commission.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1634 17ResolutionApproving the Mayor's appointments of Kasia Yang and Alexis Lor to the Labor Standards Advisory Committee.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1635 18ResolutionApproving the Mayor's appointments of Eh Ler, Makayla McCaster, and Zaryah Mosby to the Neighborhood Safety Community Council.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1645 19ResolutionAuthorizing the Police Department (“SPPD”) to accept a Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), Intensive Comprehensive Police Officer Education and Training (ICPOET) Program.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1650 110ResolutionApproving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 417 in order to provide clarification to the Plumbers and Sprinkler Fitters collective bargaining agreement relating to Appendix F for the Fire Protective Systems Inspector classification.Laid Over  Action details Not available
RES 24-1652 111ResolutionApproving a Second Hand Dealer - Motor Vehicle - New Location license to Tiger Martin Collection LLC d/b/a M & A Auto Sales (License ID 20240001721) for the premises located at 780 Rice Street.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1662 112ResolutionApproving the agreement for transfer of Saint Paul Police employee Michael D. Whisler to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025).AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1664 113ResolutionAuthorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to $80,000, with no funding match required from the City, from Age-Friendly Minnesota for the Engaging Aging Saint Paul Project.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1665 114ResolutionApproving the election of Gary Grabko to the Administrative Committee of the Pension Plan of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1670 115ResolutionAuthorizing the City to acquire 10 temporary construction easements from properties along the Robert Street Corridor (between Kellogg Boulevard and 11th Street) for the purpose of 2025 construction staging and sidewalk placement.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1595 116ResolutionChanging the rate of pay for DSI Fire Safety Inspector II, EG 02, AFSCME Technical.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1596 117ResolutionChanging the rate of pay for DSI Fire Safety Inspector III, EG 02, AFSCME Technical.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
RES 24-1629 14ResolutionApproving the Mayor’s appointments of Paw Mu Thaw and Rory Vang to a two-year term on the Advisory Committee on Aging.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-1651 118ResolutionAuthorizing the issuance and sale of Recycling and Solid Waste Revenue Bonds, Series 2024E; awarding the sale thereof to the purchaser named herein; and fixing the form and specifications of the Recycling and Solid Waste Revenue Bonds, Series 2024E and providing the requirement for future parity revenue bonds.Adopted As AmendedPass Action details Not available
SR 24-192 119Staff ReportFire Department Suboxone Program Update.Received and Filed  Action details Video Video
Ord 24-32 220OrdinanceAmending the gas and electric franchises granted by the City to Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (“Company”).Amended and Laid Over for Final AdoptionPass Action details Not available
Ord 24-34 121OrdinanceAmending Chapter 324.04 of the Legislative Code to allow a Tobacco Shop or Tobacco Product Shop licensee to relocate within a Shopping Center or the Same Parcel of Property under certain circumstances. (To be withdrawn)Laid Over to Second Reading  Action details Video Video
Ord 24-26 122OrdinanceAmending Chapters 65 and 66 of the Legislative Code pertaining to drive-through sales and services and walk-up service windows.Laid Over to Second ReadingPass Action details Video Video
Ord 24-33 123OrdinanceGranting the application of Church of St. Pascal Baylon to rezone property at 470 White Bear Avenue North from H2 residential district to RM2 medium-density multiple family residential district and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.Laid Over to Second ReadingPass Action details Video Video
ABZA 24-3 124Appeal-BZAConsidering the appeal of GB Realty Acquisitions, LLC c/o McClay-Alton, PLLP to a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals denying a variance request pertaining to a proposed rental storage use at 287 Sixth Street East.Withdrawn  Action details Not available
RES PH 24-274 125Resolution-Public HearingApproving the application of Salvation Army Northern Division for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound for the Annual “Tree of Lights” Light Program in Rice Park starting November 16, 2024 through January 5, 2025 at Rice Park - 109 Fourth Street West.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-267 126Resolution-Public HearingAmending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the amount of $89,200 for the 2024 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-276 127Resolution-Public HearingAmending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the amount of $350,000 for a contribution received from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education (MBFTE) to pay for training and equipment for the Minnesota Aviation Rescue Team (MART) and helicopter training with the Minnesota State Patrol.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-277 128Resolution-Public HearingAmending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the amount of $150,000 for a contribution received from the Minnesota State Fire Marshal Office and the Fire Service Advisory Committee to pay for training and equipment for the Minnesota Aviation Rescue Team (MART).AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-268 129Resolution-Public HearingAmending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department's 2024 capital maintenance project budget for Fire Station 3.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-269 130Resolution-Public HearingAmending the financing and spending plans in the General Government Capital Projects in the amount of $105,000 for the public art project at the Fire Department Headquarters/Station 1 building.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-279 131Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing the Police Department (SPPD) to accept the DWI/Traffic Safety Officer grants from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and to amend the 2024 Grant Fund budget for these awards.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-280 132Resolution-Public HearingAuthorizing the Police Department (SPPD) to accept an amended award from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the Intensive Comprehensive Police Officer Training (ICPOET) program, and to amend the 2024 Grant Fund Budget.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-281 133Resolution-Public HearingAmending the City’s 2024 Capital Improvement Budget to allocate $6,789,929.00 of HOME-ARP funds.Laid OverPass Action details Video Video
RES PH 24-282 134Resolution-Public HearingApproving and authorizing the adoption of a Fourth Amendment to Tax Increment Financing Plan for the Housing Tax Increment Financing District No. 2, the Shepard Davern Rental Housing Project (District 15, Ward 3).AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
RLH RR 24-34 335Resolution LH Substantial Abatement OrderOrdering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 674 MAGNOLIA AVENUE EAST within fifteen (15) days after the November 6, 2024, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to remove within 15 days)Referred  Action details Video Video
RLH RR 24-43 236Resolution LH Substantial Abatement OrderFourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 733 FAIRVIEW AVENUE NORTH in Council File RLH RR 24-26.Continue Public Hearing  Action details Not available
RLH SAO 24-70 237Resolution LH Summary Abatement OrderMaking finding on the appealed of Edward Albrecht to a nuisance abatement ordered for 1529 GRANTHAM STREET in Council File RLH SAO 24-52.Adopted  Action details Not available
RLH CO 24-8 240Resolution LH Correction Order (Code Enforcement Only)Appeal of Thomas Nelson & Ranettia Alexander-Nelson to a Correction Notice at 493 VAN BUREN AVENUE. (Public hearing continued to November 13, 2024)Continue Public Hearing  Action details Not available
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Ord 24-33 11/27/2024 3:22 AMJulie Schramke Against As a neighbor, I am against letting Beacon Interfaith run another property until they get Kimball Court under control. The proposed building will have families as well as single people. Will narcotics be allowed, as they are at Kimball Court? Will people be allowed to deal drugs, use drugs, and leave their paraphernalia lying around, as they do at Kimball Court? Will residents be allowed to openly trade sex for drugs, as they do at Kimball Court? What plans are being made for support for the residents? Will there be 24 hour security? I used to work on the East Side. The East Side doesn’t need another Kimball Court. +1
Ord 24-33 11/27/2024 3:05 AMJennifer Hadley Against Beacon has for many years mismanaged the Kimball Court property in the Hamline Midway area of St Paul and should NOT be allowed to build or manage another property where drugs are actively used. Inside the property, the living conditions are horrid, people are har***ed, abused and neglected by other tenants, drugs are dealt, and bathrooms are unsafe. Outside the property, drug users abound - Kimball Court is a magnet for struggling people who now live and use drugs all around the Midway. They leave their used syringes everywhere and their aluminum foil that's a public health hazard. PLEASE DO NOT allow Beacon to mismanage more properties, ruin more neighborhoods and put people who are struggling into bad living situations. +1
Ord 24-33 11/27/2024 2:40 AMAndrea D. Suchy-Shinn Against The housing first model is a threat to our children and schools. If this zoning is approved, our children WILL find used syringes, burnt aluminum foil and little blue pills strewn about the ground. They WILL see people lighting aluminum foil with a lighter, smoking drugs through a straw or shooting a syringe in their veins in their hallways, playgrounds, streets, alleys and YES, in their backyards. Some of them WILL see people die as those around them rob them and take off. Our children WILL witness fights, woman being punched and kicked by men and drug dealers armed with guns as they walk down the street to school. How do I know this? Because I see it every day, almost every hour because of the poor management from Beacon at Kimball Court. Those that use NIMBY as a defense, do not have Kimball Court (and soon Aragon) as a neighbor. Demand a better partner for supportive housing besides Beacon and don't put children in the same building as housing first. +1
ABZA 24-3 11/9/2024 1:04 AMMercy Das For With so much downtown office space vacancy and no return to previous levels of occupancy in sight, buildings have to be re-purposed. Storage is an essential part of residential occupancy and would add to the convenience of downtown living. Storage facilities require greater security so it's a much better option than an empty building. The facade will stay the same so there will be no change in the neighborhood character. +2
ABZA 24-3 11/8/2024 9:49 PMEmily Larson Against This proposal is contrary to the goals set for downtown of increasing vibrancy through increasing residency and workforce presence. +1 -1
ABZA 24-3 11/8/2024 7:48 PMKylle Jordan Against This type of project does not add jobs, community benefit, taxable value or prestige to our community. -1