15 West Kellogg Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55102

City of Saint Paul

Meeting Minutes - Action Only

Legislative Hearings

Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer

Mai Vang, Hearing Coordinator

Joanna Zimny, Executive Assistant

legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us

651-266-8585

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

9:00 AM

Room 330 City Hall & Court House/Remote

9:00 a.m. Hearings

Special Tax Assessments

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 554

ARUNDEL STREET. (File No. VB2504, Assessment No. 258803)

RLH TA 24-508

RLH TA 24-521

RLH TA 24-510

RLH TA 24-517

Bowie

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1631

CHARLES AVENUE. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Jalali

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2356

CHARLES AVENUE. (File No. J2507R, Assessment No. 258512)

Jalali

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1425

GALTIER STREET. (File No. J2506T, Assessment No. 258511)

Kim

Sponsors:

Layover to LH January 7, 2024 at 9 am (no contact info for PO).

Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 1/7/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 460 and 464

MARYLAND AVENUE WEST. (File No. J2506T, Assessment No. 258511)

RLH TA 24-519

RLH TA 24-522

RLH TA 24-518

RLH TA 24-520

RLH TA 24-527

Kim

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $215 to $75.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 440

MINNEHAHA AVENUE WEST. (File No. J2507R, Assessment No. 258512)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1014 PACIFIC

STREET. (File No. J2507R, Assessment No. 258512)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1559 SUMMIT

AVENUE. (File No. J2506T, Assessment No. 258511)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Layover to LH January 7, 2024 at 9 am (no contact info for PO).

Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 1/7/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 627 VIRGINIA

STREET. (File No. J2507R, Assessment No. 258512)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Special Tax Assessments

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 96

WHEELOCK PARKWAY EAST. (File No. CRT2504, Assessment No.58203)

RLH TA 24-484

Kim

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $387 to $228.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 564 BLAIR

AVENUE. (File No. J2506R, Assessment No. 258509)

RLH TA 24-477

Bowie

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment (noting appellant is no longer contesting).

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/12/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1055

FOURTH STREET EAST. (File No. J2505R, Assessment No. 258508)

RLH TA 24-472

Johnson

Sponsors:

Continue CPH to September 10, 2025 and if no same or similar violations, delete the

assessment. Otherwise approve in full.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/12/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 571 EARL

STREET. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

RLH TA 24-502

RLH TA 24-476

RLH TA 24-500

RLH TA 24-499

RLH TA 24-504

Johnson

Sponsors:

Approve and make payable over 4 years.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1601

FREMONT AVENUE. (File No. J2503E, Assessment No. 258302)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/5/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1075

BURGESS STREET. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Kim

Sponsors:

Recommendation forthcoming (LHO to review property lines).

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 251

DEUBENER PLACE. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Noecker

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1011

FOURTH STREET EAST (1011 4TH STREET EAST). (File No. J2507T,

Assessment No. 258515)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 559 IDAHO

AVENUE EAST. (File No. J2504E, Assessment No. 258303)

RLH TA 24-512

RLH TA 24-503

RLH TA 24-523

Kim

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 9 JESSAMINE

AVENUE EAST. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Kim

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1721

MARGARET STREET. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Recommendation forthcoming (needs review of property lines by LHO). Layover to

January 21, 2025 at 10 am.

Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 1/21/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1243

THOMAS AVENUE. (File No. J2505R, Assessment No. 258508)

RLH TA 24-485

RLH TA 24-525

RLH TA 24-486

Jalali

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/12/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1251 VAN

BUREN AVENUE. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

Jalali

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment (appellant is no longer appealing).

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 107

WINNIPEG AVENUE. (File No. J2506R, Assessment No. 258509)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Approve the assessment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/12/2025

10:00 a.m. Hearings

Special Tax Assessments-ROLLS

Ratifying the assessment for Rubbish and Garbage Clean Up services during

August 12 to 26, 2024. (File No. J2507R, Assessment No. 258512)

RLH AR

24-113

Jalali

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the assessment for Tall Grass and Weed Removal services during

May 29 to July 31, 2024. (File No. J2506T, Assessment No. 258511)

RLH AR

24-114

Jalali

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the assessment for Rubbish and Garbage Clean Up services during

September 4 to 6, 2024. (File No. J2508R, Assessment No. 258513)

RLH AR

24-115

Jalali

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

Ratifying the assessment for Tall Grass and Weed Removal services during

August 1 to 30, 2024. (File No. J2507T, Assessment No. 258515)

RLH AR

24-116

Jalali

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 2/19/2025

11:00 a.m. Hearings

Summary & Vehicle Abatement Orders

Appeal of Rachel Kessy to a Summary Abatement Order at 1289

DANFORTH STREET.

RLH SAO

24-84

Kim

Sponsors:

Grant to January 10, 2025 for compliance.

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025

11:30 a.m. Hearings

Orders To Vacate - Code Enforcement

Appeal of Amber Duncan to a Notice of Condemnation as Unfit for Human

Habitation and Order to Vacate at 973 FRONT AVENUE.

RLH VO 24-37

Kim

Sponsors:

Rec forthcoming.

Voicemail left at 1:04 PM for Amber Duncan: this is Marcia Moermond calling about

973 Front. Calling later than we hoped, but still in the time period we hoped. We’ll try

you later this afternoon.

Voicemail left at 3:35 PM for Amber Duncan: this is Marcia Moermond from St. Paul

City Council calling you again about the condemnation at 973 Front. We haven’t come

to a conclusion about whether it can be reoccupied or not and under what conditions. I

had hoped we could have it resolved before the holidays. We’ll call Georgia. Your

Council Public Hearing is tomorrow. Let’s get this sorted, bye.

Voicemail left at 3:37 pm for Georgia Duncan: good afternoon Georgia, Marcia

Moermond. We have a follow up hearing with Amber today, she didn’t answer her phone

earlier and we just tried her again and she didn’t answered. Getting the furnace working

is great, but there are a lot of other things written up and we need follow up on the

furnace in terms of invoices, receipts, permits, sanitation inside the house. Assuming

it can be reoccupied without attaching conditions and expectations is not a good thing.

I will do my best to come up with something for the Council Public Hearing tomorrow,

but wanted to flag for you this isn’t buttoned up on my view.

Referred to the City Council due back on 12/18/2024

1:00 p.m. Hearings

Vacant Building Registrations

Appeal of Heather Mendiola, SMRLS (Southern Minnesota Regional Legal

RLH VBR

24-68

Services), representing Kyaw Die, owner, to a Vacant Building Registration

Renewal Notice and Summary Abatement Order at 729 HAWTHORNE

AVENUE EAST.

Yang

Sponsors:

Waive VB fee for 90 days (to March 7, 2025).

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025

Appeal of Richard A. Bowen to a Vacant Building Registration Fee Warning

Letter at 767 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST.

RLH VBR 24-70

Noecker

Sponsors:

Layover to LH January 14, 2025 at 1 pm (due to LH schedule 12/17).

Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 1/14/2025

Appeal of Hassan Haydar to a Vacant Building Registration Notice at 480

GERANIUM AVENUE EAST.

RLH VBR

24-74

Kim

Sponsors:

Waive VB fee for 90 days (to March 1, 2025).

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025

Appeal of Greater Metropolitan Housing Corp/GMHC Holding LLC to a Vacant

Building Registration Renewal Notice at 1117 JENKS AVENUE.

RLH VBR

24-75

Yang

Sponsors:

Deny the appeal.

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025

Appeal of Damon Mason, Rondo Community Land Trust, to a Vacant Building

Registration Renewal Notice at 843 SELBY AVENUE.

RLH VBR

24-76

Bowie

Sponsors:

Waive VB fee for 90 days (to April 2, 2025).

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025

Appeal of Shawn Punjwani, Embassy Thomas LLC, to a Vacant Building

Registration Notice at 1333 THOMAS AVENUE.

RLH VBR 24-73

Jalali

Sponsors:

Layover to LH January 7, 2025 (per owner's request).

Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 1/7/2025

1:30 p.m. Hearings

Orders To Vacate - Fire Certificate of Occupancy

Appeal of Scott Swanson to a Correction Notice-Complaint Inspection (which

includes condemnation) at 999 HUDSON ROAD.

RLH VO 24-38

Johnson

Sponsors:

Layover to LH January 14, 2025 at 1 pm (for update on heat if necessary). CPH Jan

15.

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/15/2025

Appeal of Tamer Azzazi, T & M Properties, to a Notice of Condemnation-Unfit

for Human Habitation-Order to Vacate at 722 SIXTH STREET EAST.

RLH VO 24-36

Johnson

Sponsors:

Deny the appeal and waive the VB fee for 90 days (to March 5, 2025).

Referred to the City Council due back on 1/8/2025