City Hall and Court House  
15 West Kellogg  
Boulevard  
City of Saint Paul  
Council Chambers - 3rd  
Floor  
Meeting Agenda  
City Council  
651-266-8560  
Council President Rebecca Noecker  
Vice President HwaJeong Kim  
Councilmember Anika Bowie  
Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson  
Councilmember Saura Jost  
Councilmember Molly Coleman  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang  
Wednesday, September 17, 2025  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
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.  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the 2026 -  
2027 health insurance contribution rates and VEBA contribution rates. (To be  
laid over one week for adoption)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Acknowledging receipt of District Energy St. Paul, Inc. notice of rate increase as  
of October 1, 2025, and directing the Office of Financial Services, the City  
Attorney’s Office, and Council Operations to review and analyze the rate  
changes.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Fire Certificate of  
Occupancy fees billed during May 2 to June 5, 2025, and setting date of  
Legislative Hearing for October 7, 2025 and City Council public hearing for  
January 14, 2026 to consider and levy the assessments against individual  
properties. (File No. CRT2601, Assessment No. 268200)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Excessive Use of Inspection or  
Abatement services billed during March 25 to April 21, 2025, and setting date of  
Legislative Hearing for October 7, 2025 and City Council public hearing for  
January 14, 2026 to consider and levy the assessments against individual  
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properties. (File No. J2601E, Assessment No. 268300)  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Vacant Building Registration  
fees billed during July 31, 2024 to April 22, 2025, and setting date of Legislative  
Hearing for October 14, 2025 and City Council public hearing for January 14,  
2026 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File  
No. VB2601, Assessment No. 268900)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Securing and/or Emergency Boarding  
services during May 2025, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for October  
14, 2025 and City Council public hearing for January 14, 2026 to consider and  
levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2601B,  
Assessment No. 268100)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the City to apply for $72,000 from the Minnesota Department of  
Commerce’s Solar on Public Buildings Grant Program for solar installation at  
Frogtown Community Center.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Approving the application for a license approval for Amsterdam LLC d/b/a  
Amsterdam Bar & Hall for the Liquor On Sale - 181-290 seats, Liquor On  
Sale-Sunday, Liquor On Sale - 2 AM Closing, Liquor Outdoor Service Area  
(Patio), Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Sidewalk) & Entertainment (B) license,  
(License ID #20110002591) for the premises located at 6 6th St W.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving a Rental Hall New Location license to Cakes By Jerilyn Mariee LLC  
d/b/a Venue 1944 (License ID 20250000938) for the premises located at 839  
University Ave W Suite #105.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Approving the application for change of ownership to the Auto Repair Garage  
license now held by Vue’s Auto Repair LLC d/b/a Vue’s Auto Repair (License ID  
#20250001121) for the premises located at 1202 Dale St N.  
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Sponsors:  
Kim  
Attachments:  
Approving a Liquor On Sale - 100 seats or less, Liquor On Sale Sunday New  
Location license to Saint Bark LLC d/b/a Saint Bark (License ID 20250001162)  
for the premises located at 1145 Snelling Ave N.  
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Sponsors:  
Coleman  
Attachments:  
Celebrating 40 Years of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.  
Noecker, Coleman, Yang and Kim  
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Sponsors:  
Accepting the donation of conference registration from PFMAM (PFM Asset  
Management) for City Treasurer Sarah Brown and Debt Manager Neal  
Younghans to attend the 2025 Minnesota Investment Forum on October 7,  
2025.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Approving the application for change of ownership to the Tobacco Products  
Shop license now held by Fog Tobacco Plus INC d/b/a Imperial Smoke Shop  
Plus (License ID #20250010001) for the premises located at 227 Snelling  
Avenue North.  
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Sponsors:  
Coleman  
Attachments:  
Directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the Liquor On  
Sale - 100 Seats or Less, Entertainment (A), Liquor On Sale Sunday, and  
Gambling Location license against Taste of Rondo LLC d/b/a Taste of Rondo  
Restaurant (License ID #20190000107) for the premises located at 976 Rondo  
Avenue.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Memorializing a City Council decision to approve an application to re-zone 5  
parcels of land located at 694 Minnehaha Avenue East, et al. from I-2 general  
industrial to H2 residential, RM2 medium-density multiple-family residential, and  
T3 traditional neighborhood.  
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Sponsors:  
Johnson  
Attachments:  
Approving the use or non-use of a Project Labor Agreement on Department of  
Parks and Recreation construction projects for the second half of 2025.  
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Sponsors:  
Coleman  
Approving the City of Saint Paul Audit Committee’s next study related to the  
data practices process and authorizing Wilder Research to conduct the study.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker, Coleman and Kim  
FOR DISCUSSION  
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.  
Final Adoption  
Amending Chapter 45 of the Administrative Code to define reporting  
requirements and require that the City's Legislative Agenda be presented to City  
Council no later than the second Wednesday in December.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker, Yang, Kim, Coleman and Johnson  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to  
testify.  
Establishing the classification titled City Council Communications Lead in the  
unclassified service pursuant to Section 12.03.2(H) of the City Charter (must be  
approved by Civil Service Commission after adoption by City Council and prior  
to Mayor signature).  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Amending Chapter 441 of the Legislative Code to adjust the electric-vehicle  
charging station rates.  
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Sponsors:  
Jost  
Amending the Department of Public Works Capital Improvement Budget to add  
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Community Resilience grant funding to the  
Jackson Street Project.  
Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of Laura K LeFebvre, Highland Park Harmonies event,  
for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound on Saturday,  
October 4, 2025 at Highland Park Picnic Shelter, 1227 Montreal Ave.  
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Sponsors:  
Jost  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Police Department to accept the High Intensity Drug Trafficking  
Areas (HIDTA) Program grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy,  
authorizing the execution of the grant agreement, and amending the 2025 grant  
fund budget and add activity budget.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Amending the City's Operating Budget to reflect the final sale details resulting  
from the issuance of the Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2025C.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEMS  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenant, Jill Ackerman, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 934  
ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 1.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenant, Vincent Cornell, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at  
934 ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 2.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenant, Kayla Simonson, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at  
942 ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 8.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenant, Jessica Skaare, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at  
942 ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 9.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenants, Samuel Perkins & Chloe Cable, to a Rent Stabilization  
Determination at 942 ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 11.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Jim Poradek & Abbie Hanson, Attorneys for Housing Justice Center,  
representing Tenants, Lillian Johnson & Eleanor Rowen, to a Rent Stabilization  
Determination at 942 ASHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 12.  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
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.  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1499 ALBERT  
STREET NORTH. (File No. J2525R, Assessment No. 258565)  
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Sponsors:  
Privratsky  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 427 AURORA  
AVENUE. (File No. J2522R4, Assessment No. 258582) (Public hearing  
continued to August 6, 2025)  
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Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 724 CASE  
AVENUE. (File No. J2512E, Assessment No. 258322) (To refer to November 4,  
2025 Legislative Hearing; Public hearing continued to January 14, 2026)  
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Sponsors:  
Yang  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 732 CASE  
AVENUE. (File No. J2525R, Assessment No. 258565)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 869 CLARK  
STREET. (File No. J2524R, Assessment No. 258563)  
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Sponsors:  
Kim  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 875 CLARK  
STREET. (File No. J2524R, Assessment No. 258563)  
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Sponsors:  
Kim  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 263 CURTICE  
STREET WEST. (File No. J2507T1, Assessment No. 258537) (Continued  
public hearing to August 27, 2025)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
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)  
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Sponsors:  
Privratsky  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 360 KENNARD  
STREET. (File No. J2512B, Assessment No. 258112) (September 16, 2025  
Legislative Hearing)  
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Sponsors:  
Johnson  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 650 LAFOND  
AVENUE. (File No. J2512E, Assessment No. 258322)  
Sponsors:  
Bowie  
Attachments:  
Third Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 401  
ROSE AVENUE EAST in Council File RLH RR 25-14.  
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Sponsors:  
Kim  
Attachments:  
Ordering the razing and removal of the structures at 670 SIMS AVENUE within  
fifteen (15) days after the September 17, 2025, City Council Public Hearing.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 676 THIRD  
STREET EAST. (File No. J2504E, Assessment No. 258303) (Continue public  
hearing to August 6, 2025)  
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Sponsors:  
Johnson  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1760 WILSON  
AVENUE. (File No. J2525R, Assessment No. 258565) (To refer back to  
November 4, 2025 Legislative Hearing)  
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Sponsors:  
Johnson  
Ratifying the assessment for Rubbish and Garbage Clean Up service during  
May 12 to 28, 2025. (File No. J2525R, Assessment No. 258565)  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Excessive Use of Inspection or Abatement service  
billed during January 22 to February 18, 2025. (File No. J2512E, Assessment  
No. 258322)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Graffiti Removal service during February 28 to  
March 28, 2025. (File No. J2510P, Assessment No. 258409)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Removal of Diseased and/or Dangerous Tree(s)  
service during May 2025. (File No. 2506T, Assessment No. 259008)  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Collection of Vacant Building Registration fees  
billed during March 1, 2024 to February 17, 2025. (File No. VB2512,  
Assessment No. 258825)  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding services  
during March 2025. (File No. J2512B, Assessment No. 258112)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
ADJOURNMENT  
City Council meetings are open for in person attendance, but the public may also comment on  
public hearing items in writing or via voicemail. Any comments and materials submitted by  
12:00 pm of the day before the meeting will be attached to the public record and available for  
review by the City Council. Comments may be submitted as follows:  
The public may comment on public hearing items in writing or via voicemail. Any comments and  
materials submitted by 12:00 pm of the day before the meeting will be attached to the public  
record and available for review by the City Council. Comments may be submitted as follows:  
Written public comment on public hearing items can be submitted to  
Contact-Council@ci.stpaul.mn.us, CouncilHearing@ci.stpaul.mn.us, or by voicemail at  
651-266-6805. Live telephone testimony is not available at this time.  
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agendas and Council files are all available on the Web (see below). Council members use  
mobile devices to review the files during the meeting. Using a mobile device greatly reduces  
costs since most agendas, including the documents attached to files, are over 1000 pages  
when printed.  
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