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Meeting Minutes - Action Only

City Council

Council President Rebecca Noecker

Vice President HwaJeong Kim

Councilmember Anika Bowie

Councilmember Molly Coleman

Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson

Councilmember Saura Jost

Councilmember Nelsie Yang

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

ROLL CALL

3:30 PM

Council Chambers - 3rd Floor

Meeting started at 3:30 PM

5 -

Present

Councilmember Nelsie Yang, Councilmember Anika Bowie, Councilmember

Saura Jost, Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Molly

Coleman

2 - Councilmember Rebecca Noecker and Councilmember HwaJeong Kim

Absent

COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE

Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 52 Elizabeth

Street East a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public

hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)

CO 25-40

AO 25-55

AO 25-56

Received and Filed

Amending ESG project budgets: funding for 2024-25 Emergency Solutions

Grant activities administered by Ramsey County per the Joint Powers

Agreement approved via RES 19-2110.

Received and Filed

Amending the 2025 spending budget in the Department of Public Works

Grants Electric Vehicle Charging Stations accounting unit and project code to

align project spending.

Received and Filed

Authorizing the Police Department to reallocate budget to more accurately

record expenditures for the department capital fund.

AO 25-60

AO 25-63

Received and Filed

Amending CDBG Project Budgets: $144,405.85 of funding for DSI demolitions

and $2,474.30 of additional funding for 650-658 Sherburne Ave.

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

Consent Agenda adopted as amended

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Authorizing the Department of Planning and Economic Development to apply

to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

(DEED) for contamination cleanup funding for a project at 1165 Arcade Street

N (Dist. 5, Ward 6).

RES 25-1481

RES 25-1495

Adopted

Authorizing the Department of Planning and Economic Development to apply

to the Metropolitan Council for Livable Communities Demonstration Account

for Tax Base Redevelopment Account projects at: 680-694 Minnehaha

Avenue E. (Hamm's Brewery - District 4, Ward 7) and 1165 Arcade Street

(F2F@Arcade by Face to Face - District 5, Ward 6); as well as applying for

TBRA-SEED Site Investigation funds for projects at 680-694 Minnehaha

Avenue E. (West End of Hamm's) and 706 Marshall Avenue (Rondo

Revitalize - District 8, Ward 1).

Adopted

Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Como Park Zoo

and Conservatory to accept a grant of $400 from the Mid-America Orchid

Congress for the purchase of orchid plants in the year 2025.

RES 25-1514

Adopted

Authorizing the City to enter into an Interconnection Agreement with Xcel

Energy, which includes an indemnification clause, for solar at Fire Station #7.

Adopted

Approving a partial waiver of the Sustainable Building Ordinance for the

Primates Mechanical Building at Como Zoo.

Adopted

Approving a partial waiver of the Sustainable Building Ordinance for the Polar

Bear Mechanical Building at Como Zoo.

Adopted

Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for grant funding

from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Community

Tree Planting Grants Program to invest in public property tree planting to

restore, enhance and diversify tree canopy throughout Saint Paul.

Adopted

Approving the use of NSTAR grant funds for a change in scope of work for BP

Sushi LLC.

Adopted

Approving the use of grant funds through the Ward 6 Neighborhood Star

Year-Round program for Sensuel Lingerie LLC.

Adopted

Approving the Mayor's appointment of Councilmember Molly Coleman to

serve on The Family Housing Fund.

Adopted

Accepting the donation of registration, travel, and lodging expenses from

ReConnect Rondo for Councilmember Anika Bowie to attend the

Reconnecting Communities Summit 2025 in Washington, D.C. from

September 28-29, 2025.

Adopted

Approving the use of grant funds through the Ward 5 and Ward 6

Neighborhood Star Year-Round Programs for Lavish Luxe Hair Studios LLC.

Adopted

Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Mariana Smith to the Human Rights and

Equal Economic Opportunity Commission.

Adopted

Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Timothy DeGiau and Barak ade Soleil to

the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities.

Adopted

Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Morgan Kuschel and reappointments of

Thomas Eckstein, Ronald Weisman, Marj Ebensteiner, Imogene Treichel,

Meghan Redmond, Teisha Magee, and Alaina Gall to a two-year termꢀonꢀtheꢀ

AdvisoryꢀCommitteeꢀonꢀAging.

Adopted

Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Sequoia Rutan to the Saint Paul Public

Housing Agency (PHA).

RES 25-1584

RES 25-1610

Adopted

Approving the appointment of Saura Jost to serve on the Metropolitan Library

Service Agency (MELSA) Board of Trustees.

Adopted

FOR DISCUSSION

Approving the Proposed Issuance of Conduit Revenue Bonds by the Housing

and Redevelopment Authority for the Twin Cities German Immersion School

Project, 1031 Como Avenue, under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152

through 469.1655 (District 10 Ward 5).

RES 25-1545

Adopted

4 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and

Councilmember Coleman

1 - Councilmember Yang

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Approving the proposed issuance of conduit charter school lease revenue

notes by the Port Authority (the “Port Authority”) for the Metro Deaf School

Project located at 1125 Energy Park Drive (District 10, Ward 4).

RES 25-1556

Adopted

4 -

Yea:

Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and

Councilmember Coleman

1 - Councilmember Yang

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Authorizing the City's ranked list of 2026 State General Obligation bonding

requests for submittal to Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB).

RES 25-1598

Adopted as amended

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

SUSPENSION ITEM

Appointing the Public Rights Project as special counsel for the purpose of

providing legal representation to the City of Saint Paul in the matter of City of

Boston, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al., to be filed in the

District of Massachusetts.

RES 25-1650

Adopted

5 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

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

Amending Chapters 60, 63, 65, 66, 67, and 69 of the Legislative Code as

recommended in the Traditional Neighborhood (T) District Zoning Study.

Ord 25-59

Laid over to November 5, 2025 for Second Reading

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Amending Chapter 74 of the Legislative Code by enacting a new section

designating the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company Heritage Preservation

District as a Heritage Preservation Site.

Ord 25-61

Amended and laid over to October 22, 2025 for Second Reading

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways

to testify.

Considering the application of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority

(HRA) to rezone property at 1059 Maryland Avenue (NW Corner of Earl St)

from B2 Community Business to T2 Traditional Neighborhood and amending

Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.

Ord 25-58

Laid over to October 22, 2025 for Final Adoption

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Approving the application of Saint Paul Public Schools for a conditional use

permit for an outdoor trade school in an I2 zoning district at 0 Empire Drive.

(To be withdrawn)

RES PH 25-227

Withdrawn

LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEM

Appeal of Mark Puchala II to a Summary Abatement Order and Vehicle

Abatement Order at 2016 FREMONT AVENUE. (Public hearing continued to

October 15, 2025)

RLH SAO 25-55

Public hearing closed and laid over to November 5, 2025

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and 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

Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda adopted as amended

5 -

Yea:

Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,

Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman

Nay:

2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim

Absent:

Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 42 BAKER

STREET WEST in Council File RLH SAO 25-53.

RLH SAO 25-57

RLH VO 25-19

Adopted

Appeal of Isaac Garland and Franchesca Vann-Wickstrom to a Notice of

Condemnation as Unfit for Human Habitation and Order to Vacate at 705

DAYTON AVENUE. (Public hearing continued to October 15, 2025)

Adopted as amended

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1762

ENGLEWOOD AVENUE. (File No. VB2510A, Assessment No. 258833)

(Public hearing continued to August 27, 2025)

RLH TA 25-275

Public hearing continued to January 7, 2025

Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 1593

MARGARET STREET in Council File RLH SAO 25-50.

RLH SAO 25-54

Adopted as amended

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting ended at 4:25 PM

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