15 West Kellogg Blvd.  
Saint Paul, MN 55102  
City of Saint Paul  
Minutes - Final  
Legislative Hearings  
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer  
Mai Vang, Hearing Coordinator  
Joanna Zimny, Executive Assistant  
legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us  
651-266-8585  
Thursday, November 13, 2025  
9:00 AM  
Room 330 City Hall & Court House/Remote  
9:00 a.m. Hearings  
Special Tax Assessments  
1
RLH TA 25-427  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 263  
COLBORNE STREET. (File No. CG25Q2B2, Assessment No. 250119)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: the property owner submitted an Unoccupied Dwelling  
Registration Form (UDRF) hold to Waste Management in February 2025 but Waste  
Management didn’t report that hold correctly to us, so it was not processed correctly  
and not found when a UDRF search was done. Staff recommends removing the  
assessment.  
Moermond: poor communication with Waste Management during transfer of  
information. Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
2
RLH TA 25-445  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 629  
HALL AVENUE. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for yard waste but did not have  
a cart. Staff recommends removing the assessment as service was never provided.  
Moermond: if you were signed up for yard waste in 2024 you were automatically  
reenrolled in 2025 but it wasn’t transferred through correctly due to the transfer of  
haulers. Recommend deleting assessment.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
3
RLH TA 25-446  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 629  
HALL AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250118)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner didn’t have a cart until August 2025 so  
they didn’t utilize the service during quarter 2 of 2025. Staff recommends removing the  
Quarter 2, 2025.  
Moermond: no cart, no bill. Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
4
RLH TA 25-443  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2030  
PINEHURST AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q2B2, Assessment No. 250119)  
Jost  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner had Aspen cart for all of 2025 up until  
recently. It was not serviced by FCC Environmental during Quarter 2, 2025. They were  
out of town until recently and just learned of the program changes. They reached out to  
restart service after a vacation hold.  
Moermond: another case of transition of records from old hauler to City, and they were  
misinformed they couldn’t do a longer hold until they contacted City later.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
5
RLH TA 25-447  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 211  
STEVENS STREET WEST. (File No. CG25Q2B1, Assessment No.  
250118)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner purchased home in January 2025 and  
experienced flood shortly after closing and was unable to set up a hold due to  
misinformation from staff. Property is still completely vacant. Set up Unoccupied  
Dwelling Registration Form on both sides until repairs are completed. Staff  
recommends removing assessment.  
Moermond: recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
10:00 a.m. Hearings  
Special Tax Assessments  
6
RLH TA 25-444  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1142  
FARRINGTON STREET. (File No. CG25Q2B4, Assessment No.  
250121)  
Kim  
Sponsors:  
Reduce assessment from $357.75 to $273.39.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: purchased February 2025 and requested a cart swap in  
April however the billing was incorrect due to transfer of information and they should  
have only been charged for two 96 gallon carts for Quarter 2, 2025 if they didn’t request  
a cart swap. The swap was processed and there was an error that caused it to  
undercharge the 25 gallon carts and leave the 96 gallon cart charges on the account.  
Staff recommends reducing the Quarter 2, 2025 bill from $357.75 to $273.39, which is  
3 weeks of having two 96 gallon carts and 11 weeks of having three 35 gallon carts  
because it was a tri-plex.  
Moermond: another case of the new system needing tweaks during transfer of  
information. Recommend reduction to $273.39.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
7
RLH TA 25-449  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 11  
COMO AVENUE, UNIT 1. (File No. CG25Q2B4, Assessment No.  
250121)  
Bowie  
Sponsors:  
Reduce the assessment from $275.06 to $137.53.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for two 96 gallon carts at this  
property id but there was only one cart due to it being a legal duplex recently split into  
3 condos. The condo conversion never happened and the property manager passed  
away. Owner is remodeling so it can be sold as a legal duplex and inquired how to  
merge property id’s again. They were billed for 4 96 gallon carts but only 2 carts were  
on site. Staff recommends reducing the assessment to $137.53.  
Moermond: that makes sense, recommend the reduction from $275.06 to $137.53.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
8
RLH TA 25-450  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 11  
COMO AVENUE, UNIT 3. (File No. CG25Q2B4, Assessment No.  
250121)  
Bowie  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: recommend removing Quarter 2 assessment because 2  
units are livable but one is complete uninhabitable and should have had a Unoccupied  
Dwelling Registration Form.  
Moermond: intention was to make this a 3 unit building which was never completed,  
cart was assigned to the unit and shouldn’t have been. Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
11:00 a.m. Hearings  
Special Tax Assessments  
9
RLH TA 25-435  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 545  
COMO AVENUE. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Kim  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for yard waste without a cart.  
Staff recommends removing the assessment.  
Moermond: another assumption that yard waste would transfer from 2024 to 2025 but  
that didn’t work out because they didn’t have a cart from 2024. Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
10  
RLH TA 25-426  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1544  
EDGCUMBE ROAD. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Jost  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for yard waste without a cart.  
Staff recommends removing the assessment.  
Moermond: another assumption that yard waste would transfer from 2024 to 2025 but  
that didn’t work out because they didn’t have a cart from 2024. Mix up of information.  
Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
11  
RLH TA 25-439  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 667  
FOURTH STREET EAST. (File No. CG25Q2B5, Assessment No.  
250122)  
Johnson  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: When property owner called in about the Quarter 1  
assessment on 1517 Van Buren Avenue, PO requested Unoccupied Dwelling  
Registration Form on all four units on 667 4th Street East. The property owner was  
charged for garbage service for half of the quarter, but the service holds should have  
been backdated to April 1, 2025 due to the vacant building registration. Staff  
recommends removing assessment.  
Moermond: recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
12  
RLH TA 25-419  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1112  
MARION STREET. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Kim  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for yard waste without a cart.  
Staff recommends removing the assessment.  
Moermond: another assumption that yard waste would transfer from 2024 to 2025 but  
that didn’t work out because they didn’t have a cart from 2024. Mix up of information.  
Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
13  
RLH TA 25-436  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 815  
MARSHALL AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q2B5, Assessment No. 250122)  
Bowie  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: Garbage account was cancelled in December 2024.  
Owner passed away in Sept 2024 and requested account cancellation a couple of  
months later. Republic confirmed the last time the property was invoiced was Quarter 4  
2024; there was no Quarter 1 invoice. There is no cart at the property. Property owner  
currently also has a Quarter 3 bill for $58.47. Placed Unoccupied Dwelling Registration  
on account effective October 1 of 2025. Staff recommends removing assessment.  
Moermond: recommend deletion, they’d been deceased for about 6 months. They  
probably weren’t throwing things away.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
14  
RLH TA 25-448  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 645  
SARATOGA STREET SOUTH. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No.  
250500)  
Jost  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner was billed for yard waste without a cart.  
Staff recommends removing the assessment.  
Moermond: another assumption that yard waste would transfer from 2024 to 2025 but  
that didn’t work out because they didn’t have a cart from 2024. Mix up of information.  
Recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
15  
RLH TA 25-440  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1387  
THOMAS AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q2B5, Assessment No. 250122)  
Coleman  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: property owner purchased in February 2025 and was  
unable to place a hold with previous hauler. When the property owner called in about  
the Quarter 1 assessment on 1517 Van Buren Avenue, the property owner requested  
an Unoccupied Dwelling Registration Form on 1387 Thomas Avenue. The property  
owner was charged for garbage service for entire quarter and service hold was not  
applied, but the service hold should have been backdated to April 1 instead of May 15  
when it was entered. Staff recommends removing assessment  
Moermond: bad transfer of information, recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
16  
RLH TA 25-438  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1912  
UPPER AFTON ROAD. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Johnson  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: the property owner did not utilize Yard Waste Service in  
2025. The property owner was billed for a yard waste subscription but did not utilize the  
service. FCC Environmental confirmed they did not collect any yard waste from this  
property. Staff recommends removing assessment.  
Moermond: recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
SR 25-246  
17  
Review Request of Ronald Danatus to Ratifying the Appealed Special  
Tax Assessment for property at 1517 VAN BUREN AVENUE adopted  
by Council on August 13, 2025 under RLH AR 25-62. (File No.  
CG2503A2, Assessment No. 250117)  
Coleman  
Sponsors:  
Approve the assessment.  
Staff Report by Jillian Barden: the property owner requested an Unoccupied Dwelling  
Registration Form hold in December 2024, which was sent to Aspen. Aspen confirmed  
they received the hold on December 3, 2024. The property owner purchased the home  
in October 2024 and requested service hold, starting in December 2024. The property  
owner received the Quarter 1, 2025 delinquent notice in May 2025 and called to  
originally to dispute the charges and requested removal. The property owner also  
asked multiple questions about multiple other properties, and the Quarter 1  
assessment removal was not investigated further. The property owner called in again in  
October 2025 to inquire about Quarter 2, 2025 charges on other properties and asked  
about the Quarter 1, 2025 charge and its status. Staff then investigated issue and it  
was determined the Quarter 1 charges are from November 2025, which was rolled over  
onto the Quarter 1 billing cycle due to how the haulers did the billing. Staff does not  
recommend removing the assessment.  
Moermond: there was no way for the hauler to know ahead of time there would be a  
November expense, and that’s a situation where it is properly billed on the next quarter  
and is the only thing that shows. Normally we wouldn’t accept an assessment from a  
previous quarter expect in a case like this where it couldn’t have been known earlier.  
Recommend approving the assessment.  
Received and Filed  
18  
RLH TA 25-418  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1139  
WHITE BEAR AVENUE NORTH. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No.  
250500)  
Yang  
Sponsors:  
Delete the assessment.  
Staff report by Jillian Barden: the property owner did not utilize Yard Waste Service in  
2025. The property owner called on August 8 and reported he did not have a Yard  
Waste cart delivered to his home and requested we remove the charges. The request  
to adjust the charge was not added to the Quarter 2 2025 Adjustment Spreadsheet, so  
the charge was never removed. Staff recommends removing assessment.  
Moermond: 2024 to 2025 transition issue, therefore recommend deletion.  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
Special Tax Assessments-ROLLS  
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RLH AR 25-99  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File No.  
CG25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250118)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
RLH AR  
25-100  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File No.  
CG25Q2B2, Assessment No. 250119)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
RLH AR  
25-101  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File No.  
CG25Q2B3, Assessment No. 250120)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
RLH AR  
25-102  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File No.  
CG25Q2B4, Assessment No. 250121)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
RLH AR  
25-103  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File No.  
CG25Q2B5, Assessment No. 250122)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
RLH AR  
25-104  
Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of  
Delinquent Yard Waste Bills for services during April to June 2025. (File  
No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)  
Noecker  
Referred to the City Council due back on 12/17/2025  
Sponsors: