City Hall and Court House  
15 West Kellogg Boulevard  
Council Chambers - 3rd  
Floor  
City of Saint Paul  
651-266-8560  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Council President Rebecca Noecker  
Vice President HwaJeong Kim  
Councilmember Anika Bowie  
Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson  
Councilmember Saura Jost  
Councilmember Matt Privratsky  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang  
Wednesday, June 18, 2025  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
Public Hearing on creating the 1624/1626 White Bear Avenue North Commercial  
Development District at 10:00 AM at 1965 Hoyt Avenue East in the Hayden Heights  
Recreation Center gymnasium  
Regular Council Meeting at 3:30 PM in Council Chambers  
ROLL CALL  
Meeting started at 10:00 AM  
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Present  
Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Councilmember Nelsie Yang,  
Councilmember Anika Bowie, Councilmember Saura Jost, Councilmember  
Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Matt Privratsky  
1 - Councilmember HwaJeong Kim  
Absent  
Public Hearing (The public hearing on this item will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the  
Hayden Heights Recreation Center gymnasium, 1965 Hoyt Avenue East)  
Amending the Appendix to Chapter 409 of the Legislative Code pursuant to  
Section 17.07.1 of the Charter, and Section 409.20 of the Legislative Code to  
create an additional Commercial Development District at 1624/1626 White  
Bear Avenue North.  
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Nufue Chang, business owner, spoke during the public hearing.  
Leeyan Yang, business owner, spoke during the public hearing.  
Va Chang, business owner, spoke during the public hearing.  
Lee Chang, spouse of business owner, spoke during the public hearing.  
Ianni Houmas, resident, spoke during the public hearing.  
Lisa Theis from the Greater East Side Community Council spoke during the public  
hearing.  
Councilmember Yang moved to close the public hearing and gave remarks.  
Councilmember Johnson gave remarks.  
Council President Noecker gave remarks.  
Laid over to June 25, 2025 for Final Adoption  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
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Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
RECESS (The Council will recess, and reconvene at 3:30 p.m. in Council Chambers.)  
Meeting recessed at 10:15 AM  
ROLL CALL  
Meeting resumed at 3:31 PM  
6 -  
Present  
Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Councilmember Nelsie Yang,  
Councilmember Anika Bowie, Councilmember Saura Jost, Councilmember  
Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Matt Privratsky  
1 - Councilmember HwaJeong Kim  
Absent  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
Amending the 2025 Neighborhood STAR Program budget by $165,000 for  
project management of Neighborhood STAR projects.  
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Received and Filed  
Amending the 2025 Cultural STAR Program budget in the amount of  
$50,000.00 for project management of Cultural STAR projects.  
Received and Filed  
Amending the 2025 financing and spending budget in Public Works Sewers  
Utility Fund Sewer Capital Maintenance accounting unit to move $6,000,000 of  
infrastructure spending to contribution to fund equity financing to better align  
spending and financing budgets.  
Received and Filed  
CONSENT AGENDA  
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate  
discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item will be removed from the  
Consent Agenda for separate consideration.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
Councilmember Bowie moved approval.  
Consent Agenda adopted  
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Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Authorizing the pursuit of grant funding through the MNDOT Local Partnership  
Program for the implementation of two 2027 Capital City Bikeway Projects.  
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Adopted  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Vacant Building  
Registration fees billed during September 16, 2024 to January 22, 2025, and  
setting date of Legislative Hearing for July 15, 2025 and City Council public  
hearing for August 20, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against  
individual properties. (File No. VB2511, Assessment No. 258819)  
Adopted  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Securing and/or Emergency Boarding  
services during February 2025, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for July  
15, 2025 and City Council public hearing for August 20, 2025 to consider and  
levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2511B,  
Assessment No. 258111)  
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Adopted  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Demolition services from December  
2024 to January 2025 (C.D.B.G. Funds), and setting date of Legislative  
Hearing for July 15, 2025 and City Council public hearing for August 20, 2025  
to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No.  
J2506C, Assessment No. 252006)  
Adopted  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Demolition services from March to April  
2025 and setting date of Legislative Hearing for July 15, 2025 and City Council  
public hearing for August 20, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments  
against individual properties. (File No. J2507C, Assessment No. 252007)  
Adopted  
Authorizing the Fire Department to accept the donation of teddy bears valued  
at $142.00 from Gregg and Jeralyn Radecki.  
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Adopted  
Approving the application for change of ownership to the Liquor Off Sale and  
Tobacco Shop license now held by CJL Inc d/b/a Park Liquors (License ID  
#20250000672) for the premises located at 140 Snelling Ave N.  
Adopted  
Adopting the 2024 Stormwater Permit Annual Report.  
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Adopted  
Approving and authorizing the execution of a Pledge Agreement and taking  
other actions in connection with the issuance by the Housing and  
Redevelopment Authority of Parking Enterprise Revenue Refunding Bonds,  
Series 2025A and Taxable Parking Enterprise Revenue Refunding Bonds,  
Series 2025B.  
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Adopted  
Memorializing a City Council decision to grant the appeal of Ruben A Benegas  
on behalf of Benegas Properties, LLC, from a Board of Zoning Appeals  
decision to deny the applicants request for variances at 1963 Grand Ave  
related to a multiunit development in an RM2 zoning district.  
Adopted  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation in  
the amount of $300 from the Hamline Husky Pack PTA, with no required  
match by the City.  
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Adopted  
Approving the Maintenance Labor Agreement (May 1, 2025 - April 30, 2028)  
between the City of Saint Paul and the Operative Plasterers and Cement  
Masons International Association, Local 633.  
Adopted  
FOR DISCUSSION  
Honoring and recognizing the national holiday Juneteenth 2025 as an annual  
celebration of Black Liberation in the City of Saint Paul.  
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Councilmember Johnson introduced the resolution.  
Repa Mekha, founder and CEO of Nexus Community Partners, gave remarks.  
Lavasha Smith from Nexus Community Partners gave remarks.  
Candy Lane, supporter, introduced herself.  
Ty Sims, Smith's son, introduced himself  
Genesia Williams, supporter, introduced herself.  
Olivia Funkhouser Reynolds from Nexus Community Partners gave remarks.  
Danielle MkaliDanielle from Nexus Community Partners gave remarks.  
Council President Noecker spoke in support.  
Johnson moved approval.  
Adopted  
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Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop & Liquor Off Sale license  
held by 7 White Bears Liquor Llc d/b/a 7 White Bears Liquor, (License ID  
#20170000483) for the premises located at 1785 7th Street East. (Licensee  
will speak to Council on his own behalf).  
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Therese Skarda, Deputy City Attorney, gave a staff report and answered  
councilmember questions.  
Isaac Gebreyesus addressed councilmembers.  
Councilmember Yang moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
SUSPENSION ITEM  
ORDINANCES  
An ordinance is a city law enacted by the City Council. It is read at three separate  
council meetings and becomes effective after passage by the Council and 30 days  
after publication in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Public hearings on ordinances are  
generally held at the second reading.  
First Reading  
Authorizing Public Works to collect fees from RDUs for garbage services to  
support the costs of operations and disposal and setting the 2025 late fee for  
delinquent garbage bills.  
Sarah Haas, Solid Waste and Recycling Program Administrator in the Department of  
Public Works, gave a staff report and answered councilmember questions.  
Laid over to June 25, 2025 for Second Reading  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
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Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways  
to testify.  
Approving the host issuance by the City of Eyota of one or more series of  
conduit revenue bonds, approving a Bond Compliance and Fee Agreement,  
and authorizing the execution of documents relating thereto, all for the 180  
Degrees, Inc. Project located at 1281, 1291, and 1301 7th Street East (District  
2, Ward 6).  
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Councilmember Yang moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
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Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Police Department in the  
amount of $129,000 for a contribution received from the Minnesota  
Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal Office (SFM) to pay for  
approved bomb disposal tools/equipment from SFM.  
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Councilmember Privratsky moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Accepting a $25,000 donation from Craig Leipold and Helen Johnson-Leipold  
to support CollegeBound Saint Paul and amending the 2025 budget for the  
Office of Financial Empowerment.  
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Councilmember Jost moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Approving the application of Great River Passage Conservancy for the Music  
on the Mississippi event sound level variance in order to present amplified  
sound on June 21, 2025 at 226 Spring St - Upper Landing Park.  
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Councilmember Johnson moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Approving the application of Minny Festivals, LLC for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on July 18-20, 2025 at Harriet Island  
Regional Park - 49 Harriet Island Rd.  
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Councilmember Yang moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Approving the application of Evie Mouacheupao for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on June 28, 2025, and June 29, 2025 at 353  
University Avenue, 394 University Avenue and on the corner of Western Ave N  
and Sherburne Ave.  
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Councilmember Bowie moved approval.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEM  
Appeal of Brett Johnson, tenant, to a Vacant Building Registration  
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Requirement at 1514 CARROLL AVENUE.  
Appeal denied.  
Brett Johnson, resident, appeared in person  
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer: This is an appeal of a vacant building  
registration. The building was condemned and did not have water service. The owner  
had left due to a hospitalization and is now in a care facility. There is no responsible  
party who can address conditions and make the space habitable, so it should be in  
the vacant building program to the point that a code compliance inspection has been  
conducted and all items are addressed in the subsequent report. The appellant has  
been living there without an official rental agreement. There was an order for the  
resident to move out and to secure the property on May 13, 2025. All that's in front of  
you, though, is the vacant building registration. There are issues of standing, since the  
appellant is not the owner paying the fee or rehab costs.  
Council President Noecker: How is eligibility to appeal determined?  
Moermond: We like to be generous in these types of situations.  
Brett Johnson: I've lived here for over 10 years. I consider the owner to be my aunt.  
She moved into a care facility recently. I have done plenty for her over the years in  
exchange for rent. Her sister is a friend of mine, and she is the power of attorney for  
her. She has not expressed interest in evicting me. I would like to leave today if I  
could, but it's hard. Our water was turned off by the Department of Safety and  
Inspections (DSI) without any opportunity to ask a question or make things right.  
Councilmember Bowie moved to close the public hearing. Approved 6-0.  
Bowie: I move Moermond's recommendation to deny the appeal. The space is not safe  
to be living in.  
Councilmember Privratsky: When is the effective date?  
Moermond: The notice to vacate the property was posted on April 4, with the vacate  
date of April 11.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1980  
STANFORD AVENUE. (File No. VB2509, Assessment No. 258808)  
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Assessment ratified and made payable over 3 years.  
Jeff Lindbeck, owner, appeared in person  
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer: This is an appeal of a special tax  
assessment for a vacant building registration in the amount of $2,618. It covers  
August 8, 2024 through August 7, 2025. We are 10.5 months into the year being  
assessed here. Last year I recommended that Council grant a 3-month waiver on the  
fee, but it was not done in that time period. My recommendation is to approve the full  
assessment and make it payable over 3 years.  
Jeff Lindbeck: I've been an owner and landlord here for 20 years. I work hard to make  
this a safe space to live. I always try to follow the rules. I've been working with the  
insurance company to get estimates, which took until November. Then the contractors  
saw those estimates and they thought the property might need more work than what  
was estimated. There were a lot of issues here. I'm trying to keep the place as clean  
as if someone is living there. I would appreciate any relief.  
Councilmember Jost moved to close the public hearing. Approved 6-0.  
Jost: I move Moermond's recommendation.  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 692  
SIXTH STREET EAST within five (5) days after the June 18, 2025, City  
Council Public Hearing.  
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Removal ordered within 5 days.  
Mark Ciccarelli, owner, appeared in person  
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer: My recommendation here is to order the  
building removed within 5 days with no option for its rehabilitation. I am asking for a  
shorter time period than the traditional 15 days because of the state of the building.  
You can see on the screen in front of you that there's a photograph of the building from  
the front that clearly shows fire damage. A photo from the back also shows significant  
fire damage. It has been my view consistently that fire damaged structures, whether  
they are immediately going to fall down or whether they appear like this, present a  
substantial nuisance to the neighborhood.This has been in the vacant building  
program since February of 2019. Things changed for the building considerably in June  
of 2021 when the fire occurred. The fire was spotted by a vacant building inspector  
doing his rounds down the street. This was his next building and he called 911, and the  
fire was put out. Since that time we've seen 25 summary abatement orders and 26  
work orders, meaning the City has been the only one doing work to maintain and keep  
the nuisance conditions at bay. Those orders included boarding the building,  
shoveling, mowing the lawn, and so on. The City has taken complete care of it. There  
are 2 owners of this property. Mark Ciccarelli is here today. The other owner is Hossein  
Varasteh Amiri, who is not here today. The mail for this property has been addressed  
to the address of Amiri that he provided to Ramsey County taxation. A servicer went to  
serve the information on these hearings to the address of the LLC who owns the  
building and there was no one there. The first legislative hearing I conducted on this  
was on May 13. No one showed up. The second time I spoke about this was June 10.  
What was strange about that is that it wasn't on the Legislative Hearing agenda for that  
day. Ciccarelli had come in because he had just learned about this proposed order for  
removal, and he did not want that. The 2023 and 2024 property taxes are delinquent.  
There was a code compliance inspection a few years ago that has since expired. No  
performance deposit has been posted. This is a building and a property that's been  
completely abandoned and presents a very disheartening nuisance to the immediate  
neighbors, if not the neighborhood at large.  
Mark Ciccarelli: I've lived in Saint Paul my whole life. I live in Highland Park and  
bought the house almost 2 years ago for one of my employees, Jose, who is here with  
me today. He was going to fix it up and live there. That was the intent when I bought  
the house. I didn't even know that it was considered a rehab house. When we started  
doing renovations, the City told us we could not do the work without a permit. They said  
the house had to go through a special process of having plans drawn up. The house is  
in the state that it is because the City wouldn't allow us to at least side the front of the  
house and make it look presentable. Before the City ever told us, we gutted the entire  
house, cut down trees in the backyard, and mowed the lawn. I was buying the house  
as a favor to somebody, so they could rehab it and live there. I was under the  
impression that Amiri, who also does work with Jose, was on top of it because he was  
going to help him with the paperwork. None of this was conveyed to me until about 2 or  
3 weeks ago. I was under the assumption that they were handling this. About 8 months  
ago I was going to sell it to somebody who can rehab it, rather than tear it down and  
build something new. I can't do that now because of this teardown order. I could go  
down there and make it look presentable in a day or two. I don't know that all of what  
you see is fire damage. It is still largely structurally intact. I didn't pay for the house  
with the intention of having to monitor this. I want to sell it to someone who will  
renovate it. Jose knows someone who can do that work. I was also under the  
impression that these guys were going to pay the taxes and do all that stuff. I didn't  
learn about this until two or three weeks ago. I was here last week and I'm here now. I  
can facilitate this getting done without having to tear this house down. I'm from Saint  
Paul. I don't want eyesores in our neighborhoods either. I also don't want to lose the  
money that I paid for the house because now the City decides they want to tear it  
down. The person that they have wanting to buy the property would pay the taxes and  
performance deposit. I don't have the capability, with where my company is right now,  
to be able to put $20,000 or $30,000 into it and not know what's going to happen.  
Councilmember Johnson moved to close the public hearing. Approved 6-0.  
Johnson: Ciccarelli, is the 1304 Concord Street your address or is it Amiri's?  
Ciccarelli: That's his business address. I live at 1419 Palace.  
Johnson: Since you became aware of this, have you taken any steps to do things like  
pay taxes, apply for a code compliance inspection, or put down a performance deposit?  
Ciccarelli: We have someone who wants to buy it as it is right now.  
Johnson: I'm not talking about that. I'm asking you about steps you've taken on those  
three things.  
Ciccarelli: I haven't, because I don't want to do all of that if it's going to be torn down. I  
thought they were paying the taxes and doing these things. Jose lives just down the  
block on 6th Street now. I believe Amiri was back in his home country for 5 weeks,  
which is why he wasn't there. He told me he paid the taxes.  
Johnson: Moermond, what is the most up to date status of the structure and  
inspection?  
Moermond: An inspection occurred in March 2023. The report lists 5 pages of  
corrections. The building was also placarded on February 10 of this year, indicating  
that it had been declared a nuisance building and next steps. Correspondence was  
sent to all interested parties at that time. It was then replacarded on March 12. Work  
had not been completed and hearings were scheduled. Notice went through posting on  
the building, first class mail, and service. It's very extensive.  
Johnson: Who is the person you brought with you, again?  
Ciccarelli: The person I bought the house for.  
Johnson: I move Moermond's recommendation.  
Council President Noecker: I support that motion.  
Adopted  
6 -  
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Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
LEGISLATIVE HEARING CONSENT AGENDA  
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will receive a combined public hearing and be  
enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. Items may be removed from the  
Consent Agenda for a separate public hearing and discussion if desired.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
Councilmember Jost moved approval.  
Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda adopted as amended  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Privratsky  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 899 BURR  
STREET. (File No. VB2509, Assessment No. 258808)  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1470 DALE  
STREET NORTH. (File No. 2504T, Assessment No. 259004)  
Adopted  
Appeal of Tenant, Abigail Moe to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 195  
DUNLAP ST. SOUTH APT. 6.  
Adopted  
Appeal of Tenant, Mary Freitag, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 195  
DUNLAP ST. SOUTH APT 23.  
Adopted  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1218 EDMUND  
AVENUE. (File No. J2509B, Assessment No. 258108)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 588 FOREST  
STREET. (File No. 2503T1, Assessment No. 259007)  
Adopted  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2285  
HAMPDEN AVENUE. (File No. VB2509, Assessment No. 258808)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 995  
MINNEHAHA AVENUE WEST. (File No. VB2509, Assessment No. 258808)  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1453 PAYNE  
AVENUE. (File No. VB2509, Assessment No. 258808)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Collection of Vacant Building Registration fees  
billed during February 20 to November 19, 2024. (File No. VB2509,  
Assessment No. 258808)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding services  
during December 2024. (File No. J2509B, Assessment No. 258108)  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Collection of Fire Certificate of Occupancy fees  
billed during December 18 to January 21, 2025. (File No. CRT2508,  
Assessment No. 258207)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Excessive Use of Inspection or Abatement  
services billed during October 22 to November 21, 2024. (File No. J2509E,  
Assessment No. 258308)  
ADJOURNMENT  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Removal of Diseased and/or Dangerous Tree(s)  
service during December to February 2025. (File No. 2504T, Assessment No.  
259004)  
Adopted  
Meeting ended at 4:40 PM  
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